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When we politicise everything we make society stupider
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In August 2021, a video of Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez putting on a face mask on the steps of the US Capitol went viral. You might be surprised to hear that what was then such…
Read MoreAlternative for Germany set to make gains as Germany goes to the polls
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Germans vote today in an election that is set to give the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) its highest result and determine the future of Europe’s largest democracy at a time of acute geopolitical and…
Read MoreTrade-promoting UK departments face ‘up to 40%’ staff cuts, warn insiders
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Government departments charged with attracting inward investment to the UK and promoting British exports are facing significant job cuts as part of the forthcoming spending review, Whitehall insiders have warned. The proposed headcount reductions come…
Read MoreWho’s afraid of the big, bad sabbatical?
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Read MoreStarmer asks US to stand by Ukraine with security guarantee as bad peace deal would be ‘disaster’ for all
Sir Keir Starmer has urged Donald Trump to stand by Ukraine with a security guarantee as he warned a bad peace deal would be a “disaster for everyone”. The prime minister is due to meet the US president for talks in Washington DC next week amid fragile relations between America and Europe after Mr Trump…
Read MoreIT Crowd’s Chris O’Dowd on aliens, returning to a ‘broke’ and ‘down’ London, and his new show Small Town, Big Story
Actor and comedian Chris O’Dowd has described moving back to London from the US, finding people in the city are “down” after a decade of cutbacks. The IT Crowd star returned to London from Los Angeles with his wife Dawn O’Porter and their two children a year ago. “It’s just gone through 10 years of…
Read MoreDon’t expect a Love Actually-style moment from the Starmer-Trump meeting
For a prime minister who has spent so much of his time in office out of the country, this week’s high-stakes trip to Washington DC may well be the one for which Sir Keir Starmer ends up being most remembered. At a time when the Western alliance seems close to fracturing over Donald Trump‘s verbal…
Read MoreStarmer’s challenge is to see if usual rules of special relationship still apply under Trump after years of love bombing
Visits by prime ministers to the American president matter much more to us “Brits” than they do to them. Donald Trump spelt this out in the off-hand way he announced that he had granted Sir Keir Starmer the coveted appointment in his busy schedule. “We have a lot of good things going on,” the president…
Read MoreElon Musk demands federal workers explain their jobs or be sacked
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Elon Musk has warned US government employees that they must disclose what they have been working on in the past week or face the sack. The billionaire posted on Saturday that “consistent with…
Read MorePay back the billions of aid, Trump tells Ukraine
Donald Trump has said a deal for Ukraine’s rare earth metals is “pretty close” and the US is targeting “anything we can get” in exchange for the aid it’s provided. Mr Trump told a conference he was determined to get payback for billions of dollars of military hardware and other assistance. However, a source has…
Read MoreM4 and M48 closed after human remains found
Two motorways have been shut this evening after human remains were found on the road. Several drivers reported a body on the carriageway between junctions 20 and 21 of the M4 – between Almondsbury and Awkley – at about 6.40pm this evening. Parts of the M4 and M48 motorways near Bristol are likely to remain…
Read MoreUS says revenue from minerals deal will fuel Ukraine’s postwar growth
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US Treasury secretary has defended Donald Trump’s push for an agreement with Ukraine to develop its natural resources and critical minerals, saying the plan would fuel postwar growth in the country and…
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