Drone attack may do Ukraine more harm than good

Jennifer Kavanagh

Will Nigel Farage take down the SNP? This week’s by-election is a boost to Reform even if the party loses

Iain Macwhirter

US bond market could crack Debt ceiling worries are increasing as time runs out to pass the Big Beautiful Bill

Kehinde Andrews’s attack on academic language is too late His rebuke of jargon is face-saving hypocrisy

Conservative victory in Poland embarrasses Donald Tusk

Sunday

01.06

The EU’s China gamble is doomed Pivoting away from America won’t make the continent more competitive

Putin may prolong Ukraine war to avoid military rebellion

Bethany Elliott

Saturday

31.05

The EU wants to lead on climate — but is anyone listening? New emission targets have turned the bloc into an outlier

Andrew Orlowski

Police to review Labour MP’s undeclared election funds

EU Commission’s porn investigation is long overdue For too long, companies have prioritised profits over children’s safety

Kristina Murkett

Friday

30.05

JD Vance has made a risky bet on Bitcoin

Trump isn’t ‘chickening out’ on tariffs Backing off at the right moment isn’t weakness — it’s strategy

Emily Jashinsky

Headscarf debate illustrates France’s Rightward drift Even Left-wing politicians are moving in a conservative direction

Andrew Lawrence should not be cancelled for Liverpool joke Bad taste is the bedrock of good comedy

Robert Jenrick’s TfL video is more than an online stunt

Thursday

29.05

Elon Musk’s MAGA influence is far from over His tech expertise is invaluable to Trump’s uneasy coalition

Richard Hermer: we must reject ‘pseudo-realism’ The Attorney General today argued Britain should commit to international law

Can Nigel Farage save Britain’s falling birth rates? Reform UK is trying to win over families

Phoebe Arslanagic-Little

Christine Lagarde will keep WEF stuck in the past

Extra funds won’t fix the Metropolitan Police Britain’s forces have prioritised vanity projects over women’s safety

Wednesday

28.05

Japan’s baby name law reflects anxiety about modernity Tokyo is charting a return to tradition

Four in 10 British Pakistanis think first-cousin marriage should be legal

Is Germany turning on Israel? Friedrich Merz has changed his tone on the campaign in Gaza

Susanne Mundschenk

Trump is inching closer to confrontation with Russia Putin’s latest drone campaign has pushed America to act

Bethany Elliott

The hidden tension behind King Charles’s Canada visit

Tuesday

27.05

Why can’t Jordan Peterson say if he’s Christian? A recent debate showcases his struggle with the vulnerability of belief

Israel is a no-win issue for Starmer Labour cannot find a way to satisfy both sides

Richard Johnson

Putin would be foolish to attack Nato European officials are making overblown — and misleading — statements

Jennifer Kavanagh

Liverpool car-ramming: have police learnt from Southport?

Reform’s protectionist turn is a realignment of British Right Nigel Farage is swooping up disgruntled Labour voters

Monday

26.05

Democrats still don’t know how to win back men Party leaders are pouring millions into a problem they are struggling to fix

Michael Baharaeen

US intervention in Lucy Connolly case sets a dangerous precedent