What is the reactionary international movement, Europe’s new political force?
Though far-right parties have been on the rise for decades, Donald Trump’s election has empowered them. They are experiencing ‘a great emboldening’
How Putin is undermining western power through propaganda and sabotage
Worldview: A former German ambassador and head of Nato intelligence says western societies must do more to protect themselves from Russia’s hybrid warfare
Real question is why Trump wants to help Putin reverse the Soviet Union’s collapse
Women politicians best analysed the consequences of the train wreck in the Oval Office, with German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock calling it ‘a new age of ruthlessness’
‘Zelenskiy down. Europeans out’: Why is Trump playing right into Russia’s hands on Ukraine?
One possible explanation of Trump’s behaviour is that he sees China as the US’s principal adversary and hopes to prise Russia away from its influence
‘Will the US go to war for Estonia or Latvia?’ Former French ambassador on the new world disorder
Worldview: Gérard Araud says the idea of fighting for democracy is completely alien to Trump
Tensions between France and Algeria escalate with row over deportation of influencer
Always testy, the relationship between the two countries has deteriorated in recent months
Once called ‘the devil of the Republic’, Le Pen died knowing his ideas are gaining currency
Le Pen used to boast that “I say out loud what others think in silence.” That sentiment is echoed by Trump and users of Elon Musk’s X
Unstable new world order has frightening echoes of 1930s and 1940s
Trump’s re-election fuels global turmoil in which Putin is the biggest of many autocrats blending kleptocracy and dictatorship. US institutions and international treaties are fading, and Ukraine and Palestine have been betrayed
Fall of the house of Assad: a dynasty built on the banality of evil
Decades of brutal dictatorship in Syria came to a remarkably swift end when Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow and opposition forces took control of Damascus
Contrast between the beauty of Notre Dame and the condition of France is stark
Macron will hobnob with foreign leaders at the cathedral, much as Louis XVI tinkered with his clock collection on the day the Bastille was taken
Trump’s treatment of Zelenskiy as a spoiled child does not bode well for Ukraine
Elon Musk’s participation in Donald Trump’s post-election telephone call to Volodymyr Zelenskiy from Mar-a-Lago was chilling, because two years ago Musk tweeted a 'peace plan' for Ukraine that espoused Vladimir Putin’s demands
Exhibition forces viewers to confront the sweat and dead bodies that built Europe’s fortunes
Entitled Colonial Memory, it was held recently at the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid and was a reminder that colonialism has not ended
‘Great replacement theory’ a tool for Trump to fuel doubts about election
Conspiracy idea about liberal elites using migrants served as the motive for at least five mass killings over the past 13 years and was cited by perpetrators of three. Trump has weaponised it
‘You don’t get it. You’re not gonna be saved’: Desperate cries of migrants in small boats still not being heard
Worldview: English Channel's worst incident so far this year occurred on September 3rd, when 12 people perished
Big Bob and Little Bob were inseparable. Then Little Bob lost his home
A tale of two Bobs is a reminder that at the heart of homelessness is a mystery we can’t solve