Opinion

Senate Republicans know that Matt Gaetz is unfit to run US law enforcement. But defying Donald Trump is bigger than defending democracy

The Ukraine missile strikes he has permitted won’t change the war – but they must change minds in the EU and UK

Thames Water is on the verge of going bust, is borrowing money from hedge funds and has taken out an emergency loan to see it through to Christmas. How on earth did it come to this?

The phrase has become a favourite of BBC interviewers - and it shows a wider lack of intelligent mission in the corporation’s news and current affairs

Too centralised, too short term, too obsessed with Twitter, our political system is a dysfunctional mess. If we don’t fix it, we’ll all suffer

Key questions about the cryptocurrency remain unanswered even as the Republican’s victory causes it to soar

History shows Britain becoming more Europhile when a wild card is in the White House

Keir Starmer finds himself caught between the populist tyrant and a politically weakened continent. Which way should he go?

As users joining the “Xodus” are discovering, the platform is very different from Elon Musk’s kingdom

At 86, with a number of all-time classics to his name, Ridley Scott has earned the right to have some fun

Lexiter Larry Elliott has held back his paper’s ability to attack the decision to leave the EU

Trump has nominated a “Russian agent of influence” to one of the most sensitive roles in US government

It’s not only what you spend but how you spend it that matters

The next Archbishop of Canterbury has an almost impossible job

New York expected victory for Kamala Harris. Now it’s in a daze, coming to terms with four more years

Americans aren’t my people, not for one great reason but for a thousand small ones

Reform and the Tories say a US/UK trade deal would ‘vindicate Brexit’. It would also put Britain last

Arrogant and stuck on broadcast mode, the Democrats have stopped listening to America

Many Americans liked what they saw in Trump’s first term and have just voted for more of the same. This could easily happen again in 2028

Donald Trump’s election has called into question the Euro-Atlanticism elements of Labour foreign policy

As the coalition falls, the chancellor was pushed to call an election earlier than he planned

If Trump sees himself as a Randian hero, expect nothing but indifferent self-interest for the next four years

The British press featured some bizarre coverage of the US election this week, even by its own standards

Biology is notoriously conservative about bold new ideas, so even the suggestion of modernising the evolutionary theory has caused a stir

In the Italian version of Gold Digger, Monica Guerritore rewrites the rules for women

It's likely that the public officials responsible for the collapse of the Novi Sad train station will evade accountability

The present inhabitants of Overloon and Venray definitely do not forget the battle to liberate their villages

A rudderless EU ignored Trump’s threat and is now terrified and alone. It has two choices – go into overdrive or become irrelevant

In making them a carbon copy of Reform, the new leader of the opposition shows she is neither thoughtful nor serious