An unrestrained Israel is reshaping the Middle East

TEN years and a lifetime ago, Binyamin Netanyahu offered a stark vision of the future. Israel’s prime minister told a parliam...

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Labour can still rescue Britain’s growth prospects

What a mess. Rachel Reeves lamented a “world that is changing before our eyes” as she laid out, in her Spring Statement on Ma...

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White House denials over the Signal snafu ring hollow

THE ROW over Mike Waltz’s security slip-up rages on. On March 11th America’s national security adviser accidentally added Jef...

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Catch up:European leaders gather in Paris; Trump’s car tariffs

Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, met European leaders in Paris. Emmanuel Macron, France’s president, and Sir Keir Sta...

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Catch up:Bolsonaro to stand trial; Britain’s economic bind

Brazil’s supreme court ruled that Jair Bolsonaro, the country’s former president, will stand trial for leading an alleged cou...

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Catch up:Trump’s car tariffs; more anti-Hamas protests in Gaza

Several countries criticised Donald Trump’s announcement of 25% tariffs on all cars and some automobile parts imported to Ame...

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Catch up:Stocks fall on expected Trump tariffs; Britain’s economic bind

Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on all imported cars. American stocks slid in anticipation of the announcement: the S&...

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Catch up:Trump announces tariffs on cars; Bolsonaro to stand trial

Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff on all imported cars. American stocks slid in anticipation of the announcement: the S&...

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Who will speak for Henry?

It is hard to feel sorry for someone who boasts about their £460 ($600) Sony headphones. It is difficult to worry about the f...

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Oleg Gordievsky worked for both sides in the cold war

The first thing Oleg Gordievsky did, having decided in July 1985 to defect, was to barricade the door of his Moscow flat. Whe...

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