World

Renewing the promise of ‘never again’

24 April 2025 4:00 pm

What does it mean to say ‘never again’? It is etched into memorials, inscribed in textbooks, whispered in the shadows…

How America can develop its own rare earth elements industry… safely

24 April 2025 12:00 pm

Give a country rare earth elements and it’ll have fighter jets, missiles and warships for a day. Force a country…

Istanbul was disgracefully unprepared for the earthquake

24 April 2025 4:25 am

An earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit Istanbul in the early afternoon. Lasting around 20 seconds, the city was sent into…

What Pete Hegseth and his warfighters learned about Washington

24 April 2025 4:18 am

Back in 2010, there was no more respected warfighter and general beloved by his men than Stanley McChrystal, commander of…

Netanyahu is facing a brewing military rebellion in Israel

24 April 2025 3:15 am

On Monday this week, Ronen Bar, head of Israel’s security service Shin Bet, challenged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision…

Why Trump’s team snubbed the London Ukraine peace talks

24 April 2025 2:46 am

Has the moment arrived when Donald Trump abandons the last iota of his support for Ukraine in the war against…

PMQs: Kemi had Keir on the ropes

24 April 2025 1:53 am

Women and Sir Keir Starmer. That was the issue that dominated a fiery PMQs today. Tory leader Kemi Badenoch asked…

Parliament’s moral posturing on Israel is delusional

24 April 2025 1:21 am

What’s the point of parliament’s foreign affairs committee holding mock-trial style hearings about Israel’s defensive war against Iranian-backed terror groups?…

What Lent taught me about the sugar tax

24 April 2025 12:13 am

Christ is risen. Lent is over, Eastertide has begun. With it, my Lenten fast – and that of millions of…

China smells victory in its tariff war with Trump

24 April 2025 12:07 am

It was an extraordinary statement, given all the bluster that had gone before it. Tariffs on Chinese goods will ‘come…

Can Britain end its addiction to consultation?

23 April 2025 11:50 pm

Britain used to be good at building nuclear power stations. Really good. We built the world’s first – and then…

Keir Starmer can’t explain his changing views on gender

23 April 2025 11:47 pm

Keir Starmer was well aware that Kemi Badenoch would probably use Prime Minister’s Questions today to run a victory lap…

Tory defector to stand for Reform in Scottish by-election

23 April 2025 11:25 pm

Reform UK are on manoeuvres in Scotland. Mr S can reveal today that not only did Nigel Farage’s party poach…

Kneecap’s Israelophobia has gone too far

23 April 2025 11:03 pm

The day after the Nova music festival massacre, the Irish band Kneecap posted a photo of themselves grinning from ear…

Why Kashmir’s jihadists are targeting tourists

23 April 2025 10:49 pm

At least 26 tourists were killed in a militant attack on the town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday.…

Watch: Starmer refuses to apologise to Rosie Duffield

23 April 2025 10:44 pm

Well, well, well. The Prime Minister’s nonsensical flip-flopping on the trans issue has been laid out for all to see…

What did Robert Jenrick mean by his Tory-Reform ‘coalition’ comments?

23 April 2025 10:25 pm

Robert Jenrick just cannot stay out of the headlines. Today, the shadow justice secretary is under-fire for comments made to…

Labour minister admits to PM’s ‘confusion’ over trans issue

23 April 2025 9:13 pm

Ding ding ding! Sparks were flying this morning on Sky News as host Wilfred Frost interviewed the rather combative Home…

Donald Trump has bowed to the markets

23 April 2025 9:09 pm

A deal will be worked out with China to reduce the tariffs. The chairman of the Federal Reserve won’t be…

Is net zero possible without slave labour?

23 April 2025 8:34 pm

So, Ed Miliband has relented, and decided that after all it is not a good idea to build his green…

Putin’s tacky gift to Trump reveals his dark sense of humour

23 April 2025 8:28 pm

For all his many faults, Vladimir Putin is not without a jet-black sense of humour. The Russian president has given…

In defence of ‘free’ breakfast clubs

23 April 2025 8:18 pm

This week the government has started rolling out their free breakfast club scheme, which will be trialled in 750 primary…

Let students and professors carry guns to class

23 April 2025 7:00 pm

Last week, I walked across Florida State University’s campus in Tallahassee, watching students laugh, read and relax in the sun.…

NPR begs for its professional life

23 April 2025 7:00 pm

As the Trump administration continues its systematic effort to dismantle and humiliate every institution of liberal America, National Public Radio…

What the Singer Sewing Machine teaches us about student loan repayment

23 April 2025 7:00 pm

The Singer Sewing Machine Company is credited – that’s the right word – with popularizing the idea of the installment…