It was framed as a perfect storm because nativists dearly wanted it to be. Looking on, progressives failed to meet the moment too Jonathan Liew The live streams are still running, training their cameras on the beach at Ceuta, where nothing is happening. The self-styled citizen journalists are still pounding the streets, capturing their shaky…
There’s no way I could get by on a bowl of Coco Pops – give me sliced tomatoes and cucumber every time Jacq Kelly Irecently got into a row on X about the unlikely subject of salad. I want to acknowledge that arguing with strangers on social media is definitely for babies and I should…
As the bombing starts again, it’s clear the president has dragged the US into a limitless fiasco – and the world into an economic quagmire Simon Tisdall Feckless and clueless, Donald Trump is lost in Iran, unable to find a way out of the disastrous war he started. Once again, the US military is pummelling the…
By relaxing visa rules, Beijing has two things on its mind – boosting its economy and improving its self-image Zichen Wang Walk through central Beijing today and one thing quickly becomes apparent: foreigners are back. They are taking photos outside the Forbidden City and sitting in cafes around Gulou and Sanlitun. The shift is visible…
Grief is universal, but being able to mourn is a privilege. For those dying in wars from Gaza to Sudan, there is no shroud, no grave, no funeral Shada Islam It was the early-morning phone call that so many of us dread. My mother was in the emergency ward of her local hospital. She was…
A dynamic new strategy would allow the BBC to redefine what trusted news means, as it is still valued highly in this age of anxiety Jane Martinson Timing is all, and the timing of last week’s brutal job cuts at the BBC News could have been better. Not just because the director general Matt Brittin…
Time and time again, the PM has failed to take on big tech. With this plan, he is taking an easy way out and giving parents false hope Ian Russell More than eight years ago my youngest daughter, Molly, died after being bombarded with suicide and self-harm material on social media. I had hope that…
As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move Wendy Liu Long before the age of multi-billion-dollar AI companies promising to disrupt the field of software development, I was learning to code the hard way. It was the mid-2000s, and I…
The festival can often make you queasy, as geopolitics are played out through the proxy of art. This year it feels on the verge of collapsing in on itself Charlotte Higgins On Tuesday, the Russian pavilion at the Venice Biennale was full of activity. Several pallets, piled high with cases of prosecco and a few…
Charles III’s subtle, much needed history lesson delivered the US some tough love. But will Trump get the message? Simon Tisdall Of the many jokes cracked by King Charles during his visit to Washington, the one recalling the definitive 18th-century Anglo-French contest for dominion over the New World was the most pointed. Speaking at a state…