Domino Effect

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

Religious leaders are appalled by violent rhetoric over Iran and shocked by a gangsterish threat to the Pope’s authority

The president’s apocalyptic threats should spur major constitutional change

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

You’ll never have a two-sided conversation with a cherry tree – but it probably has a far simpler sentience of its own

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

After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion

Voters are not swayed by the sight of Black or Brown faces in a political party’s leadership team. They care about the policies – and on that front, the political parties have been failing on immigration, foreign policy and racial equality

The leader of the biggest, most feared cartel in Mexico was killed, with CIA help, in Guadalajara. This is what happened

Nowhere can escape the effects of the US war in the Middle East. In the Philippines, the country’s most important means of transport is on the verge of grinding to a halt

Religious leaders are appalled by violent rhetoric over Iran and shocked by a gangsterish threat to the Pope’s authority

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

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

In Argentina you might think you’re sitting down for the evening meal. But you’re not. Not even close

With Epic Fury’s epic fail, the president has given encouragement to aggressors everywhere

Feeling you are right and assuming the public agree is not enough. If you feel strongly, shout very loudly

The president’s apocalyptic threats should spur major constitutional change

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

With no apparent challengers, the unloved leaders look set to survive a May 7 meltdown

Reform’s deputy leader is under pressure over the same kind of allegations he once used to bash Angela Rayner

It’s uncomfortable to think that an authoritarian nation run by a king is more forward-looking than the UK. But when it comes to renewable energy, the kingdom is leaving everyone else in the dust

Network and All the President’s Men are 50 years old. Both diagnose the beginnings of today’s political diseases – and show symptoms of the sickness of conspiracy theory

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

Actor Benjamin Voisin, star of a new movie version of the French classic, believes there is ‘something admirable’ in murderous anti-hero Meursault

Before Google Maps, travellers had to rely on guides and phrasebooks that mixed useful advice with imperial arrogance and surreal oddities

People are being incentivised to do increasingly extreme things online to gain attention – and money. But this new culture is reducing people’s chances of intimacy in the real world

Movies intended to make you scream with fright are everywhere. Ones to make you scream with laughter, not so much

Stefan Golaszewski’s series about baby loss explores how couples can communicate what they need – and what can happen when they don’t

The ‘charming, cool’ winner of best male newcomer at France’s Grammys wants his eclectic style to cross the channel

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

It’s clear what the Trump administration wanted – but what did anyone else get out of it?

After years of misinterpretation, François Ozon’s blank and beautiful movie truly understands the Camus classic

A performance in Japan meant the end of the Revolution – and began a new chapter in the life of an eccentric genius

The former academic turned Reform rabble-rouser will today speak at an event for an Orbán-aligned pressure group in Budapest

Not everyone at the channel was delighted to see the late-night presenter and Trump cheerleader in their London studios this week

Ben Delo, who is returning to the UK to give millions to Reform, once paid a $10m penalty after pleading guilty to a financial crime in the US

Both the Conservative and Reform leaders ruled themselves out of attending the former PM's conference within hours of it being announced

The party and its media claimed children were being told at school to write cards for asylum seekers. As the watchdog discovered, it wasn't true

Which syllables should be stressed is a cause of stress – so here’s a guide

I popped in to get some admin done, and found a man loudly trying to pitch an AI-based start-up to some investors. It was unbearable