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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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Tim Bradford’s cartoon: All about the Nobel Peace Prize
My struggle with Mein Kampf
The Labour MPs giving up on Starmer
The disinformation war on Europe
Why Donald Trump should try ayahuasca
How the Diddy verdict silenced #MeToo
Is Meloni now leaning to the left?
Trump’s army makes America poor again
Writers
Alastair Campbell
After one year in office, here’s what Starmer needs to do now
Tanit Koch
The ex-Nazis who got away with their past
James Ball
The Labour MPs giving up on Starmer
Bonnie Greer
What I got wrong about Donald Trump and America
Paul Mason
The silent threat of China
Liz Gerard
How the Express keeps on digging
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Tim Bradford’s cartoon: All about the Nobel Peace Prize
My struggle with Mein Kampf
The world of extremism has moved on during the past 100 years – but the core ideas of Hitler’s book have not gone away
Nadine Dorries is quids in at the Mail
The former culture secretary missed out on a seat in the Lords – but is doing very nicely courtesy of the struggling paper
Is Scott Bessent the biggest toady in the court of King Donald?
A series of sycophantic interviews should serve the Treasury secretary well in his ambition to be chair of the Federal Reserve
Tories’ Hall signs up for Rupert Lowe’s new project
The Conservatives’ former mayoral candidate is an advisor to Restore Britain – a new hard-right group with some extreme policies
Mr. Osborne nearly went to Washington
The former chancellor was under consideration by Keir Starmer’s team to be the UK ambassador to America, The New World can reveal
Podcasts
The Two Matts
Special guest Tom Baldwin: Can Keir turn a bad start around?
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Should we admire Keir Starmer’s willingness to back down?
The Two Matts
What really makes humans tick? And what’s going on in Number 10?
The Two Matts
Meanwhile in Gaza… Have we lost our moral compass?
The Two Matts
This week’s Two Matts Q&A: Could Just Stop Oil now be considered terrorists?
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
‘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
Ukraine braces for a cruel summer
As Putin’s summer offensive begins, insiders in Zelensky’s camp say they are facing the toughest time in years – with scary ramifications for Europe and the world
In Kyiv, my app told me: You are about to be bombed
What it’s like to be in the centre of one of Putin’s airstrikes
Putin’s tortured prisoners of war
Evidence and eyewitness testimony shows how Russia has maimed some Ukrainian PoWs. But other soldiers and civilians have simply disappeared from sight
Meanwhile, in Gaza…
Hundreds of thousands of children face famine, betrayed by our leaders with their silence
Steve McQueen and the art of resistance
A collection of images curated by the director tells the story of protest and resistance in Britain. But who wins and who loses is only part of the story
Can Milan afford its art boom?
Grace Pervades proves theatre can be everything
How the Diddy verdict silenced #MeToo
Oasis: The trauma and the glory
The insanity and greatness of Apocalypse Now
Why I’m rooting for Zohran Mamdani
Louis Armstrong, the man who spread jazz’s gospel around the world
Joey Dunlop, the ordinary man who did extraordinary things
Jorge Luis Borges, a doppelganger in Buenos Aires
Jack Johnson, the boxer who thrived as the world exploded around him
Geneviève de Galard, the reluctant Angel of Dien Bien Phu
