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Trump and Putin, the accidental founders of modern Europe
If the continent wants to survive, it has to adopt new fresh and bold thinking
Our new world demands vision. Does Starmer have one?
The PM has been a disappointment so far. Now he must make voters choose between Farage’s view of the past, and his own view of the future
The country desperate for EU membership
Unfortunately for Edi Rama, Albania’s prime minister, the country’s place in the EU will be secured not by optics, but by its democratic credentials and right now, those are being tested
If universities sink, then so will Starmer
Some Labour figures believe Britain has too many unis. But if they start failing, local economies – and Starmer’s re-election prospects – will go with them
Donald Trump’s imaginary genocide
The ‘white genocide’ story overlooks the suffering faced by the majority of South Africans. It also ignores the entire history of Apartheid
When is it the right time to leave home?
When it comes to building the person you’re meant to become, there are no shortcuts
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Grand designs: Britain’s forgotten housing revolution
Trump’s own Afghan scandal
Nerd’s Eye View: 12 things you need to know about the Strait of Hormuz
Meet Claude, the $14bn AI that thinks it wears a tie
The parallel geography of violence in Mexico
Letter of the week: Why Starmer must be tougher with the media
Does everything come down to Luck?
Sandie Peggie and the dangers of gender groupthink
Writers
Alastair Campbell
My date with Ghislaine Maxwell
Tanit Koch
Summer holidays, Germany’s hot topic
James Ball
Meet Claude, the $14bn AI that thinks it wears a tie
Bonnie Greer
What I got wrong about Donald Trump and America
Paul Mason
Corbyn’s new party will put Farage in No 10
Liz Gerard
How the Express keeps on digging
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Another of Farage’s MPs probed by standards chief: er, Nigel Farage
Parliament’s standards commissioner has announced he is looking into a possible rules breach by the Reform leader
Lionesses get the reception Boris Johnson refused
England’s Euros-winning squad have made it to Downing Street after the former prime minister declined to offer an invite three years ago
Meet the new face of Reform in Wales
Laura Anne Jones, Nigel Farage’s first member of the Senedd, has an uncanny ability for making headlines. Just not good ones
Summer holidays, Germany’s hot topic
To avoid chaos, and in true German style, the country’s schools break-up for summer at different times
War in the quiet hours
Russia has intensified its aerial assault on Kyiv. One night may pass in relative calm, giving a fragile sense of normality. The next, destruction starts again
In Germany, priests are embracing prostitutes
A festival in Leipzig marks half a century since sex workers and priests stood together in solidarity against police violence
Podcasts
The Two Matts
Gary Lineker speaks out about Gaza, the BBC and the Daily Mail
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Are we finally getting bolder over Gaza?
The Two Matts
Rise of the far right and the resurrection of Jeremy Corbyn
The Two Matts
The real crime is how Labour let Farage control the narrative
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Why do Reform get such disproportionate airtime?
The New Europe
Letters: Europe has a tech problem. Here’s how to fix it
The continent lacks tech giants due to fragmented capital markets – a true single market also needs fiscal union
Letters: Resounding silence greets Starmer’s reset
The new UK-EU deal has annoyed all the usual suspects, so Keir Starmer must be doing something right
Why you should visit Heligoland
Eighty years ago, the island was nearly wiped off the map. Today it relies on wind-farm crews more than tourists
Greenland knows what it wants, and it’s not JD Vance
If the vice-president wishes to return to the country, he may want to be better prepared
War in the quiet hours
Russia has intensified its aerial assault on Kyiv. One night may pass in relative calm, giving a fragile sense of normality. The next, destruction starts again
The drone and the death of compromise
The first unmanned flying weapon was launched over a century ago – the full implications of that flight are only now being understood
How to beat Putin
Europe could save Ukraine and defeat a dictator by shutting down Russia’s shadow fleet and scaling up its own defence production. But will wary voters accept rising tension as the price of peace?
‘Russia is the enemy, not queer people’
Under the shadow of war, the LGBTQ community and other minorities are fighting for equality in Ukraine
Europe’s history is repeating itself
In the age of drone warfare, people in Ukraine are living a higher-tech version of the terror that struck suburban London
Britain is not ready for war
Thrown into a conflict like the one Ukraine, the British army would be combat ineffective within weeks. The UK needs a new kind of military – and fast
Grand designs: Britain’s forgotten housing revolution
Social housing in the UK has a reputation for drabness. Other countries have done it far better – it’s time to learn from the ones who got it right
Korea, a nation divided against itself
Seventy-five years ago, western troops went into Korea and the 20th century’s forgotten war began. The brutality and suffering cost five million lives – and achieved almost nothing
We’ve been living in a fantasy world for centuries
Gore Vidal, the man who lived for verbal jousting
Why we need to be more chill about language change
Welcome to the future of dating
Arvo Pärt’s angel music
Wrapped in resistance: the story of the sari
Gore Vidal, the man who lived for verbal jousting
Mary Wells: The Queen of Motown who renounced her throne
Lee Miller: The photographer who washed the dirt of Dachau off in Hitler’s own tub
Dr Ruth Westheimer, the trained killer turned world’s most famous sex therapist
Louis Armstrong, the man who spread jazz’s gospel around the world
