Opinion

Her confrontation with Pakistan’s military rulers was rooted in a lifetime of activism that began in childhood and never wavered

Trump’s public health appointees are spreading such dangerous disinformation that it’s killing Americans. The world of science has to take a stand

The Crewkerne Gazette’s right wing videos have racked up 150 million views – and their creator even claims they forced Angela Rayner out of office

Oh, Mary!, the surprise West End hit about Mrs Abraham Lincoln, is a triumph of childish, profane pointlessness

The far right populist is likely to be the next president of France. A new book explains why

A rebuilt concert hall delivers mid-century style with a dose of EU symbolism – but with big queues, and a heavy price

Sorry, but leaving the universe to right itself is just misguided wishful thinking

From Mariupol to Tehran, Cecilia Sala’s new book captures young people forced into extraordinary acts of resistance

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It’s the one lesson that power-mad authoritarians always forget – and nowhere embodies that truth more than Afghanistan

Thieves have been stealing sacred artefacts in Nepal which have turned up for sale in western galleries. Now we want them all returned

Alessandro Mendini turned corkscrews into characters and armchairs into art. An exhibition of his work is on at the Estorick in London

Robert Fico went to Washington in the hope of a photo opportunity with Trump. It now looks like a disastrous political mistake

One neighbourhood in Nairobi is now so commercially successful that it has become a regional trade hub

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The revelations go far beyond a paedophile's vile exploitation - and explain why so many hate the super-rich elites

Another batch of Tory defectors means Nigel Farage’s Reform is becoming a blend of the worst of Trussonomics and the worst of racist nativism

Once again, the director’s Nouvelle Vague is a love letter to a cultural milieu and an enchantment in its own right

French trains have caused a stir by introducing age limits on certain services. Unfair, perhaps. But do you like peace and quiet? Or do you prefer screaming toddlers?

The British hard right claims to be aligned with the interests of the armed forces, but their extreme views are the very opposite of traditional military values

To succeed, you have to forget a fundamental law of walking in the Pyrenees: what comes down must go up

If voting was compulsory, the interests of the young would get a lot more political attention. As it is, they are ignored, in favour of the old

A tainted messenger delivers the truth that Starmer still can’t bring himself to say

The director of the first lady’s troubled new film was the centre of serious accusations of sexual assault

Engineers warned but managers pushed on and a preventable disaster unfolded live on the world’s TV screens

This by-election was supposed to be a referendum on Starmer - but it could turn into one on Reform’s divisive populist

The Orange Man Boy’s speech was so full of lies that I had to do something. But as a former US vice president told me, it’s probably not the best way to deal with him

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If you’re looking for the age-group that’s become dangerously radicalised, and has spread disinformation and populist hate online, the culprit is not the under-16s. It’s their grandparents

A strange alliance has sprung up between indigenous New Zealand nationalists and the US and US hard right. But they both believe in the same, very dangerous idea