As the war enters its fifth year, it’s time for Europe to take the fight to Putin on its own terms and tell Trump to get lost
Viewed from Europe, the US’s failure to defend the people of Ukraine again…
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China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon – and Starmer barely noticed | Simon Tisdall ⊖
The Doomsday Clock is ticking ever more loudly as arms-control mechanisms fail and leaders become more reckless. The time to be alarmed is now
Keir Starmer’s tentative pivot to the Dragon Throne has p…
33 days ago
The global rule of law is not collapsing – Trump is the lone problem and he can be defeated | Simon Tisdall ⊖
The president’s approval ratings are plummeting and most Americans see him as an aberration. It is now up to them to curtail his despotic reign
Donald Trump is a monster, and a stupid one at that – as…
40 days ago
Iran cannot be bombed into democracy. But it can be helped to find its way there | Simon Tisdall ⊖
Independent media, civil society, the rule of law – these are the things that Iranians truly need. And there are ways for the west to help secure them
Soon after becoming president in 2017, Donald Tru…
47 days ago
What unites Greenland, Venezuela and Ukraine? Trump's immoral lies and Europe's chronic weakness | Simon Tisdall ⊖⊖
The president’s inability to tell right from wrong fuels his increasingly dictatorial, illegal and erratic behaviour
Donald Trump made 30,573 “false or misleading” claims during his first term, accor…
55 days ago
Today an illegal coup in Venezuela, but where next? Donald Trump talks peace but he is a man of war | Simon Tisdall ⊖
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The world will be anxious, and rightly so. For a man so bent on a peace prize, Trump appears to revel in conflict
The overthrow and reported capture by invading US forces of Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela’…
61 days ago
Through the lens of history, Trump's legacy will be more of a blotch than a Maga masterpiece | Simon Tisdall ○
Take this hopeful thought into 2026: the tyrants we endure always falter, and their ‘seismic’ upheavals are usually false dawns
For those who lived through the cold war, the fall of the Berlin Wall on…
68 days ago
China has set a bear trap for Keir Starmer – and our naive PM is walking straight into it | Simon Tisdall ⊖⊖
The conviction of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong is another hostile act. How can Britain ignore Beijing’s provocations and human rights abuses?
The UK pushed hard to secure the release of Jimmy Lai, the newsp…
75 days ago
Welcome to our age of impunity – where the ICC prosecuting atrocities is a rare feat | Simon Tisdall ⊖
The jailing of a Sudanese militia leader is an anomaly in a world where Putin, Netanyahu and yes, Hegseth, act without fear of international law
It was a rare success for international courts struggli…
82 days ago
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall ⊖⊖
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions
People in Britain who think they are governed by fools should take a closer look…