After RAF Fairford incident, how big a threat to the UK is Iran?
Although there is scepticism about Tehran’s capabilities, it has become clear it wants Britain to feel it poses a riskBritain may have been only peripherally involved in the bombing of Iran that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu started, but in the…
‘Under tremendous strain’: CIA analyst turned spy novelist on a fraying US-UK alliance
David McCloskey’s new book depicts a calamitous collapse of the ‘special relationship’ – could things get darker still?The “special relationship”, the time-honored emotional bond between the US and Britain that has sustained through war and peace, is in…
France’s other schools problem – the teens violently smashing up their old primaries: ‘They think it’s not worthy of respect – so they trash it’
The phenomenon of pupils wrecking equipment and setting fire to classrooms predates the current crisis. Is it rooted in poverty, social media peer pressure – or just plain boredom?Like most French primaries on Wednesdays, Marcel Pagnol school, in…
Twelve killed and hundreds injured in Houthi attack at Riyadh airport
Donald Trump evaluating whether US should join Saudi strikes against the Iran-backed Yemeni rebelsThe latest attack on the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh killed 12 people and injured more than 300 others, civil aviation…
Thousands gather in London to express support for Palestinians after three years of ‘genocide’
Twenty arrested in first march since Ed Miliband declared UK’s position was that Israel’s occupation of West Bank was unlawfulThousands of people have gathered in central London to express their support for Palestinians after three years of “genocide”…
Marina Silva on Flávio Bolsonaro: He will try to finish his father’s ‘perverse project’ to destroy the Amazon
Exclusive: Former Brazilian environment minister warns of destruction as far-right scion favourite to become presidentThe former Brazilian environment minister Marina Silva has said that if Flávio Bolsonaro becomes president he will seek to finish the…
‘Jelliness is my life motto’: jackpot theatre prize winner Jaha Koo on kimchi, K-pop and his robotic eel
Feted for cooking up shows that can be mouthwatering as well as thought-provoking, the artist discusses his fusion of South Korean and European cultureWhen I meet Jaha Koo in Oslo, where he has just been honoured with the prestigious International Ibsen…
In three years, Israel’s war on Gaza hasn’t just changed the Middle East, it’s changed the world | Steve Bloomfield
A whirlpool of violence has engulfed everywhere from Lebanon to Yemen. Meanwhile, the west has destroyed any political authority it once hadThere was a world before 7 October, 2023, and now there is a world after. For Gaza, for Israel, for the wider…
‘Cockroach’ leader among thousands detained in Delhi protest crackdown
Authorities impose strict lockdown in capital to try to stop rally against removal of 130m names from electoral rollIndian authorities have placed Delhi under a severe lockdown and detained tens of thousands of people, including the leader of the…
Tourism expansion v turtle nests: the dispute dividing communities in one Tobago resort
Plans for a 200-room project on an unspoiled beach have pitted developers against the conservationists fighting for smaller-scale schemes to protect the island’s habitatVisitors to Rocky Point in south-west Tobago are drawn to its sandy beach, fringed by…