Mr. Klain’s departure would mark a rare moment of high-level turnover in an administration that has been remarkably stable through two years of crises and political battles. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Image source, EPAImage caption, Remains of a damaged helicopter removed after this week’s crash in Brovary in which three senior officials diedBy James WaterhouseBBC Ukraine correspondent Even by the standards of Russia’s brutal invasion, this has been a bruising week…
The last few years have been a tough time to be a British europhile. Out of the EU, out of the single market, no freedom of movement and no prospect of things getting better any time soon. This week the…
The French Socialist Party held the second round of its leadership race on Thursday (19 January). The two candidates, Olivier Faure and Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, are both claiming victory amidst mutual accusations of irregularities in the voting process. On Friday morning,…
Bulgaria is facing new general election in the spring, the country’s fifth in two years, after the Socialists on Friday (20 January) gave up on plans to form a working government. The Socialists, who had the third and final chance…
Taiwan’s representative, Bi-khim Hsiao, calls herself a “cat warrior” walking a delicate diplomatic line. China calls her a troublemaker who could trigger a war. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The Leopard tank is designed to compete with the Russian tanks being used in the invasion Ukraine’s defence minister has said he had a “frank discussion” with his German counterpart about German Leopard 2 tanks,…
The allies differ on strategy for the coming year and the more immediate question of what Ukraine needs ahead of a major offensive in the spring. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele, now held in an undisclosed Iranian prison, and facing 40 years and 74 lashes (Photo: Amnesty International) Olivier Vandecasteele, an experienced and respected Belgian humanitarian worker, is being arbitrarily detained in an unknown location in…
The traditional defence of fossil fuels is that ‘the show must go on because what would happen if it didn’t?’. The counter-factual is now 'What will happen if the show continues? (Photo: Tim Dennell) The most shocking thing about the…