Opinion

The reels from Palestine and Italy might be a century old – but they feel shockingly of the moment

In an attempt to control the flow of information, the rulers of Afghanistan plunged the country into darkness. That decision has backfired

Blaming Reform’s leader for impending tax cuts only makes sense if you push the UK closer to the EU, too

For my generation, the internet meant connection. Now it only means division

Trump has forged a peace in Gaza – but his inability to influence Israel has undermined the US’s reputation and weakened its global alliances

A bullying autocrat has succeeded where years of calm diplomacy failed. Progressives must ask why

Welcome to Sora, the AI video platform so powerful it risks throwing the entire internet, and all its users, into confusion

The recent parliamentary election result was not a show of support for PAS but instead one for Europe – and against Russia

The country is teaching its people a version of the past in which China is always the victim. The consequences of that could be highly dangerous

Two right wing crooks have finally brought the slaughter to an end. Now, there must be law and accountability, or there will never be peace

In Farage and Badenoch's eyes, is even paying taxes in Britain good enough for EU nationals like me?

Leaving the ECHR would revive damaging wars with Brussels that Badenoch’s supporters don’t want

The Prosperity Institute’s plans have been tried and failed

The richest 3600 Europeans hold as much wealth as the poorest 181 million, according to a new report by Oxfam

In her closing speech to conference today, the Tory leader presented herself as a sensible fiscal Conservative. But she is something very different

This government’s stupid criminalisation of peaceful protestors is a hole they keep on digging

The former footballer who removed a union flag is now a target of the hypocritical right

You don’t need to negotiate with anyone, and if you suddenly decide that whatever plans you made before leaving no longer suit you then you can change your mind

Big tech is using the ‘nanny state’ arguments pioneered by the tobacco and alcohol industries to convince us that their freedom to sell equates to our freedom to choose. The opposite is true

Digging into the detail and data to separate the noise from the news

If you want to understand the true depths of Labour’s electoral challenge, pay a visit to Hampstead

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The PM was right to call Reform’s leave to remain policy racist – but he will regret it

There is, so far, no philosophical consensus about how we should go about our lives. We have to keep thinking for ourselves

Funeral laws in Germany have long been a model of order and control. But one state’s reform could change the way the nation mourns

Moisés Naím’s new book unpacks how these snake-oil shysters deceive the public

Slowly, indigenous cuisine from the highlands is becoming part of Dhaka’s multicultural food scene

After just 27 days in office, France’s prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned and threw the country into chaos – again

As Donald Trump knows, fear is a powerful tool in politics and makes people do dangerous things

As Bengaluru continues to expand, hair pickers quietly shoulder a job no one else wants

Babiš’s win had long been anticipated, but for many Czechs, the result was a sign that extremism had not completely triumphed