Opinion

This adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel deserves – at minimum – an Oscar nomination for best picture

This deranged, disgusting attack on Jess Phillips deserves a public rebuke, not just behind-the-scenes diplomacy

His ill-informed backing for Tommy Robinson and slurs against Jess Phillips say it all about Trump's right-hand man

Brexit, not Keir Starmer’s policies, are causing a lack of confidence among investors

A right wing economist says leaving the EU has been less traumatic than Remainer say - but still concedes we’re losing out

Could 2025 possibly be any worse?

The entrepreneur’s foray into European politics and obsession with the AfD is troubling, given his megaphone X

What is mere storage space to them represents chunks of our lives that would otherwise go unremembered

The US voted for Trump. But in just over two weeks’ time, they will be getting Musk

There will be more sushi and Middle Eastern flavours, Mexican dining will hasten - and Nando’s could start to wane

Surprise political forces were the story of 2016. Now the world knows they are here to stay – and Britain should brace itself

The 12 months ahead are fraught with danger for both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch

Farage’s party is the most significant threat to UK democracy in living memory. Failure to learn the political lessons will hand him the keys to No 10

Nasa’s Artemis II mission is scheduled to orbit the moon in September, but don’t hold your breath – it’s already been put back more than once

How could anyone believe that it is right to murder someone else to make a political point?

President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, will run against several token challengers on January 26

After the crisis of October’s parliamentary elections, president Salome Zourabichvili has been the country’s most prominent voice of dissent

The deadly incident on December 7 has left Dutch law enforcement looking shockingly weak

Thousands of Syrians living in exile celebrated, including in neighbouring Turkey, which hosts more than 3.5 million refugees

The rapid speed at which the Adamello is melting shouldn’t come as a shock; the past two years have been unbearably hot in Italy

Trump’s threatened crackdown on immigration could drive more highly skilled workers towards Britain. The government must be ready to welcome them

The prime minister should be spared social media’s grief voyeurism as he mourns the loss of his brother

It’s not the first time the Slovak leader allowed himself to be used as a tool of Kremlin propaganda – it won’t be the last

A little humility from the Tories, a lot more help for Ukraine and a ban on BBC interview platitudes are all on my wishlist for the new year

The paper’s Sam Ashworth-Hayes thinks catastrophe is on the cards - but there are several factors he’s overlooked

Georgia’s new pro-Moscow president is determined to fight his own people – meanwhile, his pro-EU predecessor has left office and gone into the streets to join the protests

Deploying the monarchy – and even Nigel Farage – might go some way to protecting us from four years of madness

The pandemic changed the way people work and Artificial Intelligence is about to drive even more change. But the government isn’t keeping up – and that’s a big problem

Labour can only put its stumbling start behind it if it constructs a compelling narrative to match the one peddled by populists

The Tory leader has given her rival even more free publicity - but she's right to have picked this fight