Opinion

From Ashkenazi roots to German titles, the surname of Israel’s president carries centuries of meaning

A celebrity couple suddenly filed for divorce. The reasons for it were so shocking that it could bring about a change in the law

The leaders of Reform and the Greens both want to turn Britain into a huge political experiment. That’s the last thing we need

Sara Duterte, the vice president of the Philippines, is so extreme she once threatened to dig up the body of a rival’s father and throw it into the sea. And now she wants to become president

Generations of Iranians have been fighting for democracy, and many of them have been killed. Iranians at a Paris protest made clear: war isn’t the solution

If people have heard of my Brussels neighbourhood, it’s because of the terror attacks of 2016. I used to be embarrassed telling people where I live, but not any more

Afghanistan underwent such profound change after the Taliban takeover that it has become a different country. One stranded diplomat has continued to speak for the old, vanished nation

The Tory claims a Muslim ceremony was about ‘domination and division’. Is his intervention really about British values, or something darker?

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Starmer and Reeves are talking tougher than before. Now they need to make a positive case for the UK in a bolder Europe

After saying goodbye to old mates, I’ve got a new philosophy: Stay young, no matter how old you are

I used to feel joy at the prospect of visiting the US. But now it feels like entering hostile territory. Wish me luck at passport control

More than 1,300 dead, up to 3.2m Iranians displaced, shockwaves through the world economy - and the president is having the time of his life

Bring back quantitative easing, reboot the OBR and – for a while – let inflation shrink the debt mountain

The regulator is there to make sure news channels don’t break the rules. But somewhere along the line, it stopped doing its job. Why?

We need Ofcom to act against a TV channel out of control. Here’s how you can help

There are plenty of politicians and commentators out there who will tell you that too many kids go to university. But they don’t mean their own kids

The Ukrainian high jumper, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, has one record left to beat – a Russian one

The Labour mayor of London has made a big intervention on Brexit – and his timing looks very canny indeed

Nick Timothy’s recent comments on Muslims have been so inflammatory they’ve done the unthinkable – they’ve drawn a unified, strong response from the Labour government

In a challenge to Starmer, the London mayor says the party must campaign for a reunion with the EU

It’s very easy to get drawn into a life shaped entirely by the ogres who control the algorithms of social media. But that’s the route to populism. Why not go outside, and see what’s going on in the trees?

The right wing channel allows a handful of token left wingers on the air to be shouted at for ‘balance’. This is what it feels like to be one of them

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey pushed Keir Starmer to say what he’d do about the TV station that has broken all the rules

The leader of the Restore party promotes immigration policies so extreme, that he’s even further right than the old BNP. His slogan, “millions must go”, is a clear indication of how, if given the chance, he’d rip British society apart

The best way to prevent invasion is to become nuclear armed. The Iranians have learned this lesson – and other nations across the Gulf, Europe and the far east will be thinking the same

Anti-democratic voices are gaining ground in British politics. Excessive tolerance of these people is the route to disaster – they must be confronted

The argument over the design of Britain’s banknotes is absurd, and misses a much more important financial decision taken in Westminster that most politicians seem to have missed or ignored

It’s depressing to see tiny children glued to screens and worrying to think what this total absorption in tech will do to their young minds. Are we raising a generation of screen-addicted zombies?

Franz Xaver Mozart is known as ‘FX’ – because English speakers are baffled by his middle name

With her distinctive bold colours, grey curls and bright scarves, Saadawi became a feminist icon. Margaret Atwood called her ‘one of the great radical voices of our time’

A woman in a US hospital had a sample taken of her cancer cells that went on to become the most important biopsy in all medicine. Is her family due compensation?