Police in Poland ‘learn of possible plot to attack prime minister Donald Tusk’
Government spokesperson says defence minister also mentioned in ‘exceptionally concerning’ threatPoland’s police said on Sunday that they had received information about a possible plot to attack the country’s prime minister, Donald Tusk, and the defence…
Eugene Onegin review – passion and pathos as Tchaikovsky’s opera is dragged into the oligarch era
Leeds Grand theatrePatrick Nolan’s thoughtful staging for Opera North shifts Pushkin’s story forward to explore the transition from Soviet state to elitist excessFor an opera rooted in 19th-century Russian romanticism it’s surprising how effortlessly…
People smugglers are still profiting from small boats. Can the UK fix the crisis?
As ‘one in, one out’ scheme ends, refugees still want to cross the Channel despite French police aggression and hostile welcomesThe smuggler works quickly. Using a small shovel, he digs up a dinghy buried in a sand dune on a beach not far from…
Why a Chilean salt flat is a microcosm of the extractive frontiers of green capitalism
In the Atacama desert, the extraction of lithium – so crucial to addressing the climate crisis – comes with escalating social and environmental costsA high-altitude desert plateau traverses Argentina, Bolivia and Chile. I am on the Chilean side, sitting…
Rapid showers and no flushing toilets: drought pushes Lundy island to the brink
A dry summer has left the Bristol Channel island critically short of water, forcing visitor caps and talk of evacuating its 28 residentsTom Carr was peering up at the clouds scudding around the island of Lundy, 10 miles off the coast of north Devon.…
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie review – Muriel Spark’s extraordinary heroine made more extraordinary still
Royal Lyceum, EdinburghGayle Rankin is funny, sharp-tongued and sexually forthright as Vicky Featherstone’s production ditches 1930s starchiness for the bohemian avant gardeJean Brodie has entered the classroom of Mr Lowther (Brian Ferguson). She tells…
Persistent acquiert une participation majoritaire solide
L’offre publique d’achat sur Nagarro s’achève avec succès Environ 94,04 %1 du capital social de Nagarro ont été souscrits à l’expiration de la période d’acceptation supplémentaire, dépassant largement le seuil minimum…
At least 109 dead including children after migrant boat capsizes off Djibouti
More than 116 others still missing from vessel heading to Yemen with 305 people onboard, UN migration agency saysAt least 109 people, including 15 children, died after a boat carrying 305 migrants capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International…