Shipping and flying have been significantly disrupted in the Middle East for the third consecutive day. Credit: Getty

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Widening of Iran war could be disastrous for markets

OpenAI military deal marks end of tech idealism Washington has pulled Silicon Valley firmly into the national security orbit

Sunday

01.03

Iran conflict could tear apart the Labour Party Keir Starmer is facing pressure from the anti-war Left

TikTok ‘school wars’: a distraction from real youth violence Reports on large-scale fights between teenagers may not be what they seem

Mary Harrington

'Trump is clearly encouraging them to take advantage of the conflict to seize power from the mullahs.' Credit: Getty.

Khamenei’s death is not the end of the Islamic Republic

Saturday

28.02

'This may be a sign of a last hurrah for the US-Israeli relationship.' Credit: Getty.

Iran strikes may prove last great act of US-Israeli cooperation

Clinton depositions set a dangerous precedent for both parties This week’s hearings have demonstrated the limits of partisan politics

Emily Jashinsky

Trump’s Iran strikes are first step in regime change America is aiming for another quick operation

Is Britain heading for net negative migration? New restrictions are having a larger impact than expected

Friday

27.02

Matt Walsh's 'real history' is a flawed challenge to progressives Politicizing the past is no better from the Right than it is from the Left

Jeff Bloodworth

China is the real winner of the Ukraine war Beijing has capitalized on discounted oil prices

Thursday

26.02

John Fetterman has found fans in the wrong party His high approval with Republicans could hurt him in a Democratic primary

Michael Baharaeen

University Challenge has lost touch with ordinary viewers I refuse to watch a program that has such contempt for basic general knowledge

'Positive endorsement of connection is just as important as criticism of patriarchal control.' Credit: Getty.

Can Reform UK really reverse the sexual revolution?

Wednesday

25.02

US State Department hosts Tommy Robinson The activist has previously been banned from America

After years of rip-roaring US growth, things are slowing down. Credit: Getty

Wall Street is losing faith in the AI narrative

Is there really a graduate jobs crisis? Widely reported data paints a misleading picture

Mandelson scandal is the end of centrist morality politics Without an ethical message, what’s the point of the Labour Party?

Emmanuel Macron is one of the few realists left on the continent. Credit: Getty

It’s time for Europe to resume talks with Russia

Pavel Devyatkin and Anatol Lieven

Tuesday

24.02

How Survivor foreshadowed the influencer economy A series that once felt transgressive now looks prophetic

Should AI chatbots report suspected school shooters? Our confessions to LLMs are warping both parties

Gavin Newsom’s SAT remark cheapens case for meritocracy A confident democracy would not sneer at excellence, but try to make it attainable for all

Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo onstage at the Baftas on Sunday. Credit: BBC

Baftas Tourette’s row is endpoint of therapy culture

Stella O'Malley

Reform UK misreads Christianity in Britain Belief in God goes beyond national identity and tradition

Monday

23.02

El Mencho death shows Trump’s growing influence in Mexico The anti-CJNG campaign is pragmatic recognition of Washington’s leverage

‘The cultural relativism which defends some forms of discrimination against women is not yet dead and buried.’ Credit: Getty

No feminist should defend the niqab

Sunday

22.02

Death of New York accent is just the tip of cultural flattening A new survey suggests the Big Apple is losing its twang

Germany’s economy is too reliant on China Berlin is importing more than double the value of its exports to its top trading partner

‘The “roadman”, along with the broader “Yookay” genre of commentary, has emerged as a new symbol for familiar anxieties.’ Credit: sznsession/TikTok

AI decline porn is a distortion of modern Britain

Will Trump’s WHO alternative prevent future lockdowns? Totalitarianism will characterize any potential pandemic response

Saturday

21.02

‘Iran isn’t powerless to hit back against American interests.’ Credit: Getty

Regime change in Iran won’t be cost-free

Daniel DePetris

Carlson-Huckabee interview shows the irrelevance of Christian Zionism Pro-Israel voices in the GOP now sound out of step with the Republican base