The border with Europe just got a little harder
A new Brexit rule has just come into force, making it even harder for people from the EU to enter Britain. Right now that’s the last thing we need
Why do we all feel so much poorer?
Wages may be showing signs of improvement, but on its own that won’t solve the problem
PMQs, haunted by the political ghost of David Cameron
The former PM is apparently training Kemi Badenoch for her weekly clash with Keir Starmer. As with everything Cameron has attempted in life, it’s not turning out very well
Tracey Emin: ‘Brexit was hideous and heinous’
The acclaimed artist takes Florence in her first institutional solo show in Italy
Letters: Labour are showing a complete lack of empathy
The party has no clear vision or strategy, and appears to take delight in announcing further cuts that will adversely affect peoples’ lives
The poster artists firing back at Musk and Trump
An exhibition of artworks telling the terrifying story of MAGA and Trump’s second coming has made it on to the streets of London in poster form
Why Big Tech has never been weaker
The US giants have become sprawling conglomerates, precisely the kind of fat, complacent companies they once set out to disrupt
The cancer vaccines under threat from MAGA
Researchers have developed a promising vaccine for pancreatic cancer, but its future is uncertain due to Robert F Kennedy Jr
Could Megyn Kelly become president?
JD Vance and Pete Hegseth are both desperate to succeed Trump in the White House. But a star podcaster could beat them to it
The chancellor’s dodgy forecasts
Rachel Reeves was insistent that she would only have one major budget-type event every year but circumstances have forced her to abandon that pledge
Tim Bradford’s cartoon: Why do chancellors have to be made of iron?
We shouldn’t be shocked at Rachel Reeves and Freebiegate
Despite her promises, the chancellor has become a product of the Westminster environment
Dear Rachel, here’s a big idea for you
No matter how loudly we call for a return to the customs union and the single market, Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are not going to listen
Lie of the week: Nigel Farage on Marine Le Pen
Germany’s embarrassing mobile network
Mobile phone coverage is notoriously patchy due to past policy failures and slow infrastructure expansion, leaving rural areas full of dead zones
Argentina returns to dictatorship
Using teargas, rubber bullets and water cannons against a demonstration of pensioners is reminiscent of the country’s past
North Macedonia loses an entire generation
With 59 fatalities and over 200 hospitalisations, the fire at Club Pulse was the stuff of nightmares
Trump kicks out an ambassador
In a recent speech, Ebrahim Rasool claimed Trump was launching a ‘supremacist assault’ in both the US and South Africa
The barbarians of Italy’s far south
A vampire-style taste for pig’s blood is found across the country, where it is a key ingredient in traditional cakes and sausages
Can Spain keep the kids away from porn?
Today, it seems that sexual content is so easily accessible online as to have become almost mainstream. Spain’s government is trying to change that
How Le Pen wrote the rules of her own downfall
The far right leader demanded French courts get tough on corrupt politicians. Now she is paying the price
Rachel Reeves’s impossible spring statement
In a week where the chancellor has found herself beleaguered, my message to her is: rearm and the economy will grow
Stop worrying about a Le Pen backlash
Her political ban might boost the National Rally – but equally, it could now crumble. So let’s celebrate
When Fred Trump lost his mind
What happens if Donald goes the same way as his father – and what if he already has?
Paris versus the populists
The city’s referendum gives Parisians the chance to have their say. Should Britain do the same?
The US brain drain is only just beginning
As Trump attacks America’s top academic institutions, more and more researchers are deciding to leave – and most of them have one destination in mind
The ‘hellish nightmare’ of the Depardieu trial
While a cinema legend faces sexual assault claims, his Kremlin-defending lawyer denigrates witnesses – and compares his client’s treatment to the French revolution terror
Will Trump accidentally trigger a European boom?
Trump doesn’t understand anything about economics – might his aggressive stance on Europe have some unintended consequences?
The Brexit statistic that puts Rachel Reeves’s boasts to shame
The chancellor crowed about tiny real GDP growth while ignoring a much bigger bombshell
Is this really Labour’s vision?
Rachel Reeves seems happy to let 50,000 children live in poverty in order to make a spreadsheet add up on a Wednesday afternoon
We’re not ready for the next pandemic
Trump, foreign aid cuts and anti-vax hysteria have set the world back. We are less prepared than we were in 2020
Letters: We can’t afford to alienate young men
Dismissing the possibility of issues unique to young men may further isolate those who are struggling
Living in the shadow of coal
Communities whose lives have been shaped and scarred by mining are now shaken by the prospects of a green transition
A new argument for a progressive future
In an extract from their new book Abundance, two leading US thinkers set out the fundamental problem with mainstream beliefs – on both the left and right
The choreography of fascism
The shocking treatment of US deportees to El Salvador is just one attraction in Trump’s theme park of brutality. But why do so many Americans seem keen to buy a ticket?
Alastair Campbell’s Diary: Putin’s dirty tricks campaign
Whether or not they were involved in the Heathrow fire, the Russians revel in the mayhem their hybrid actions cause
The return of Nasa’s ‘stranded’ astronauts
The politicisation of SpaceX’s routine mission raises concerns over Nasa’s reliance on the increasingly erratic Elon Musk
Elon Musk: a very controversial export
South Africans hold mixed views on their most notorious expat – some see him as a genius, others as a reckless megalomaniac
Shopping to death in America
The EU bans around 1,000 chemicals from its food products due to health risk. In the US the number is just seven
Singing songs of feminism in Nice
Though the city’s International Women’s Day demonstration was well-behaved and good-humoured, its politics were fierce
Lie of the Week: Richard Tice on the Heathrow fire
Cartoon: Who are the toxic male influencers?
Trump is about to blow up the spring statement
An April 2 tariff bombshell could make much of what Rachel Reeves says irrelevant
The moral maze of welfare reform
Too often, a mission to help the poor can also lead to judgments about who does – and does not – deserve help. That’s when the problems start
The key to Russia lies in Beijing
Once the war ends, the Russian economy will deflate and become entirely reliant on China
Britain needs to be more like Switzerland
The UK could boost growth with a bespoke EU deal like the one the Swiss have just renegotiated. What’s the hold-up?
Rachel Reeves’s greatest failure
Does the chancellor really think the same as Boris Johnson?
The day Putin took power
The foundations of the Kremlin strongman’s ascent to power were forged in the ruins of Grozny a quarter of a century ago
This is how the Tory government ended
Simon Hart’s book tells the inside story of the final years of Tory rule. But is the former chief whip entirely free of blame?
A new front in the Brexiteers’ war on reality
A right wing think tank uses very selective evidence to claims Brexit damage has been overstated
EU defence fund won’t destroy the Brexit reset
UK exclusion from an EU arms fund makes a big deal on May 19 much more, not less, likely
How Labour conservatively cut welfare
Rushed welfare cuts backed up with dodgy statistics is a shoddy – and all too familiar – way to run the UK
Trump’s economic boost – to Europe
However irritating the US president might be for Europe’s political leaders, Donald Trump might actually be doing them a favour
Should Canada join the EU?
Stranger ideas have been mooted – but an expanded deal that shuts out Trump is more likely
Ten Trump Lies – and where they came from
The president comes out with a ludicrous stream of nonsense. But some of what he says has its origins in some unexpected places
Liverpool and the worldmakers
Throughout the 20th century, the currents of global change pulsed through the city. One man was at the centre of it all
Populism’s Monty Python problem
Reform has thrown out MP Rupert Lowe, again raising the question of whether the British hard right is inevitably destined to tear itself apart
Letters: Look at the bigger numbers, Rachel
The chancellor should be targeting the big oil, tech and energy firms to raise extra revenue – it’s an untapped tax goldmine
Can Cop30 solve its ethical dilemma?
Thousands of trees are being felled in the Amazon rainforest to build a four-lane highway for this year’s climate summit in Belém
What we can learn from Covid
The government is planning a major drill this autumn to test the UK’s readiness in the event of a new pandemic
Are YOU addicted to copium?
American liberals who think Trump has already failed, and that a Democratic renaissance is on its way, understand nothing
The government’s case for cuts
Wes Streeting has taken a scythe to the nation’s health services. Will it work?
Merz faces his next challenge
If Germany’s problems don’t get resolved, the extremists could be leading the charge in the next general election
Lie of the week: The number of people on universal credit
The hard right will tear itself apart
The idea that Nigel Farage could be prime minister is laughable when he is struggling to hold his party together
The women against Milei
Argentina is one of the most politically forward-thinking countries in Latin America but its president is pushing a narrative that opposes feminism
Cartoon: Please buy a Tesla (please)
Vučić under pressure as Serbia erupts in protest
Over 100,000 people gathered in Belgrade at the weekend for the latest in a series of anti-corruption demonstrations against the president
Italy’s lingering fear of nuclear energy
The country buys nuclear energy from France and other European countries. Italians just don’t want the power plants in their backyard
Fleeing the heat of Trump’s America for Ireland
Meet the Americans swapping Trump’s Florida for the gentle rural landscapes of County Kerry
Healing through harmony: 20 years of the European Doctors Orchestra
The EDO celebrated the milestone with a public charity concert at the Glasshouse International Centre for Music in Gateshead
Why have so many people got ADHD?
If you are neurodiverse, there’s a strong possibility that the health secretary doesn’t believe you
The real crisis in young men
Influencers stroke egos, fuel dangerous fantasies and enrich themselves by telling young males they are being victimised by a woke society
The social media philosophers
Online influencers can no longer get away with being opinionless, detached, glamorous faces on a screen. Nowadays they need to offer more
A nation gripped by political horror
Canadians are aghast at what has happened to their neighbours, but this presents a perfect opportunity for Britain to strengthen old ties
Brexit Britain is being outstripped by Slovenia and Malta
Real incomes in most European countries are growing faster than the UK – and our poorest households are losing out
Pick Putin’s pockets to pay for the war against him
The case for confiscating $300bn worth of frozen Russian assets is clear
PMQs Review: A dangerous question for Keir Starmer
The leader of the opposition was almost invisible in the Commons today – but the real threat to Starmer comes not from the Tories, but from the benches behind him
Elon Musk is in freefall
When it comes to billionaires, there’s only one reliable way to keep score – and by that measure, there’s no doubt Musk is losing badly
JD Vile. The smallness of the vice-president of America
Vance has gone from punchline to the man who punches first and asks questions later. And he’s a heartbeat from the presidency
Letters: Britain is fundamentally European
The UK needs to be part of the European project as a fully active member. Only then can Europe truly stand united against both Trump and Putin
Digging for treasure after Assad
In Syria, villagers search under their homes for long-buried gold and jewels. But this is speculation in every sense of the word
How to build a new town
The government is planning to build ‘up to 12’. Is this the key to Britain’s housing problems, or are they an environmentally damaging waste?
Our media obsession with Trump is playing into China’s hands
China may soon become the most powerful country on earth – but the UK media has taken its eye off the ball thanks to the circus in America
Everyday Philosophy: Why corporal punishment must be banned
Modelling physical violence as a way of controlling other people is bad in itself, but emotional damage for victims can be long-lasting and debilitating, too
Don’t cut welfare. Raise taxes on the richest
If ever there was an opportunity – and a need – for a government to say that it needed to raise more cash from taxpayers, this is it
Germansplaining: A tough road ahead
Friedrich Merz’s critics are already queueing up long before his new government has even left the starting blocks
Lie of the Week: Trump’s laughable lack of awareness
Women and the far right
Extremists portray themselves as defenders of women, but really they are simply exploiting them
The young right wingers turning away from Farage
They say that failing to support Tommy Robinson and mass repatriation is weakening the Reform Party
The markets have sussed Trump out
Wall Street craves stability – which is why an unstable president is causing stock market drops
Trump is America’s logical destination
The recent scenes in the Oval Office were horrifying – but the disdain Trump showed to Zelensky is not as new as it seems
Farage’s Lowe blow
Reform’s leader has seen his party and Brexit sabotaged by Trump. Now he faces stinging criticism from one of his own MPs
Perfectly expressed… a manifesto for the future of Europe in the face of Trump and Putin
A French senator has given a powerful speech setting out how the continent must deal with the twin threats from America and Russia
Simon Marks, the Trump truth-teller
The veteran broadcaster’s straight-talking dispatches from Washington DC in feverish times have seen him called the ‘harbinger of daily astonishment’
PMQs Review: It was all going so well for Kemi Badenoch
It was an understandably subdued prime minister’s questions until the Conservative leader reverted to type
Can Europe defend itself?
Trump is breaking up the old post-war alliance designed to protect Europe from Moscow. If the US withdraws support, can the continent go it alone?
Letters: With a European army we could deter Putin
If the UK was part of a Europe-wide army there would be sufficient forces to protect Ukraine without the need for US assistance
The Tories lurch towards the extreme
Kemi Badenoch doesn’t see Trump’s regime as authoritarian – she sees it as the Conservatives’ blueprint for power
Siena, the shining city
For a golden period, the Tuscan hill town ruled the art world. Now its treasures are reassembled in a remarkable exhibition