Trump allies fear heโ€™ll blow the debate โ€” his best chance to regain ground on Harris

The challenge is getting the former president to stick to the script.

Hunter Biden pleads guilty in tax case, avoiding trial after all

The presidentโ€™s son will be sentenced for tax evasion in December.

Norwayโ€™s border guards on front line in battle against โ€˜cocaine tsunamiโ€™

The nordic nation has become a gateway to Europe for South American drug traffickersArmed with a powered screwdriver, a crowbar and a handheld scanner, the Norwegian customs officers climbed up a tower of refrigerated containers. With the striking scen…

A paradise for corruption: Britain tries to clean up its dirtiest secret

The British Virgin Islands mix fun in the sun with dark money. Will the UK’s new Labour government act?

Bulgarian drug lord convicted in three EU countries turns himself in

International crime boss Evelin โ€œBrendoโ€ Banev, convicted of cocaine trafficking and money laundering in Bulgaria, Romania and Italy, voluntarily surrendered to Bulgarian authorities on Monday morning, with border police investigating how he entered th…

German prosecutors announce countryโ€™s biggest ever seizure of cocaine

Tip-off from Colombian authorities led to haul of 35.5 tonnes worth ยฃ2.2bn hidden among fruit and vegatablesHow big is Europeโ€™s cocaine problem โ€“ and what is the human cost?German prosecutors have announced the seizure of cocaine worth โ‚ฌ2.6bn (ยฃ2.2bn) …

A cycle of debt, sex work and cocaine: the women in west Africa caught in Europeโ€™s drugs trail

As white powder bound for European ports floods the city of Agadez in Niger, female migrants are the most common victims in a growing addiction crisisRead more in this seriesIn recent years, women who have become trapped in sex work in the Niger city o…

Europol smashes Balkan cartel shipping drugs from South America

Eight tonnes of cocaine seized and 40 people arrested after four-year investigation led by Spainโ€™s Guardia Civilโ€ข How big is Europeโ€™s cocaine problem โ€“ and what is the human cost?Forty people have been arrested and eight tonnes of cocaine seized as the…

Europeโ€™s cocaine habit: inside the 14 June Guardian Weekly

A crisis on two continents. Plus: France heads to the pollsโ€ข Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressIn a week when much of the attention in Europe was on far-right political gains in the parliamentary elections, the Guardian Weeklyโ€™s cov…

โ€˜Weโ€™re seeing firearms, arson, attacks on homesโ€™: the families in the eye of Irelandโ€™s cocaine storm

With use in the country soaring among both young and older people, itโ€™s not just the drug that is devastating lives but the violence and abuse that surround itRead more in this seriesPatrick Murphy remembers very clearly the first time he took cocaine….