Europe

A German court has heard a story of hardcore politics, shootings and hold-ups. The accused denies all charges, but doesn’t seem moved by the suffering of the victims.

In a Vanity Fair interview, the star footballer said he was worried by the rise of the hard right. The result was a wave of race-baiting, and the return of the big Le Pen lie: that unless you’re white, you’re not really French

You can’t walk up the Spanish Steps, there’s nowhere to park and most sacreligiously of all, pre-cooked pasta dishes are now on display to lure tourists. Is the Eternal City on the verge of falling to the visiting hordes?

Donald Trump sends friends and family round the world to negotiate on his behalf – is it any surprise that Putin should do the same?

The city is getting shinier, but a diner with no name remains one of its highlights

French Protestants came in search of religious freedom. Then the Glorious Revolution changed everything

A 1950 visit to Florence inspired the artist’s greatest work. Now he’s back in the places that changed him

The Oscar-winner’s Bounty is a subversively beautiful work about the ugliness of colonialism

Péter Magyar has a huge challenge ahead of him to repair the catastrophic damage done to Hungary by Viktor Orbán. The first job is to clear out all of his corrupt cronies

Losing 5,000 US soldiers is bad for us - but arguably worse for America

Charles and Camilla aren’t the only royals to have visited the Trump White House – and though Charles’s speech went down well in the UK, the MAGA faithful will no doubt see it very differently

A new book suggesting Jesus and Christ were separate entities has scandalised the nation - even few will ever read it

The Serbian president still blames Nato and New Labour over Kosovo

There’s something deeply unconvincing about the new German chancellor – here are five reasons why voters here don’t like him

Poor Timmy got beached on the German shoreline. Then it happened again. But when the same whale washed ashore for a third time, people started asking whether something was up

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The Italian city marks the religious holiday in a way that can only be described as unique

The Estonian artist thought the French masters were ‘hideous’ and ‘boring’. How does his own work measure up?

Young people have turned away from the French classic – but that doesn’t mean the end of artisan boulangeries

Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian rule is over, but Magyar once had a poster of him on his bedroom wall. When the celebrations are over and reality returns, what kind of government will Hungary have?

A new exhibition celebrates the absurd brilliance of designer Elsa Schiaparelli, creator of the shoe hat and the skeleton dress

The AfD is surging in Saxony-Anhalt – and ready to unveil frightening policies for schools, culture and identity

Nonesuch brings magical realism to wartime London to dazzling and profound effect

Rob Jetten is in power, but at the same time, he isn’t. He runs the government, but at the same time he doesn’t. That’s too bad

He spent over a decade tearing up the rules of Hungarian politics and society, and became a model for the new authoritarian global right. And now he’s out, the country is overwhelmed with joy

The autocrat’s defeat is a blow to Trump, Putin - and populists like Nigel Farage

The far right CNews channel was following a familiar template to boost extremists. Then came the race row that may see it closed down

The populist PM looks increasingly desperate, yet even a narrow loss in Sunday’s election would see his grip on the country’s institutions continue

The PM made a tepid speech on fall-out from Iran. But now has an opportunity to save Britain and himself

A new exhibition explores his radical transformation from law professor to abstract art rebel

A new history finds divisions that predate colonialism - and suggests that the future might be federal

Merz thought he had the answer for how to deal with Trump. But it turns out he didn’t