Fifteen British men are known to have died in the conflict so far. Here are their storiesSince Russia invaded Ukraine, 15 Britons are known to have died in the conflict. The Guardian looks at those who have lost their lives on the frontline. Continue r…
Document releases from 2004 show that the Labour cabinet was deeply divided and badly informed on how to handle migration from EuropeJudgments about Tony Blair’s Labour government tend inevitably to focus on the Iraq war. Iraq was traumatic and definin…
Over the holidays, this column is looking ahead at the urgent issues of 2025. Today, the expansion of the partnership between Beijing and MoscowIt is almost three years since Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin declared a friendship with “no limits” – weeks …
Over the holidays, this column will explore next year’s urgent issues. Today, Today, why Europe’s key alliance faces a troubling year amid political turmoilWhen Konrad Adenauer and Charles de Gaulle signed the 1963 Elysée treaty of friendship between F…
From minister of the year to WTF moment, Westminster’s essential newsletter picks the winners of 2024.
Airforce hits military industrial facility in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, in Russia’s Rostov region, says Ukrainian militaryRussia and Kazakhstan have sought to temper speculation about the cause of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash, with the Kremlin urging…
Before you face the biggest feast of the year, check out how U.K. politicians prepare for the big day.
A former convict, a Broadway producer, two billionaires and his son’s one-time fiancée. Meet the U.S. president-elect’s eclectic transatlantic envoys.
Controversial X owner reportedly considering a massive donation to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party.
For Pyongyang, dead soldiers are a price worth paying for the rewards of friendship with Moscow A few years ago, it would have sounded fantastical to suggest that massed North Korean soldiers would fight on a European battlefield – as a Ukrainian comma…
In today’s newsletter: Kyiv assassinated Igor Kirillov inside enemy territory, in its most audacious operation since the war began – how will Russia respond?Good morning.In the early hours of yesterday morning, Russian general Igor Kirillov and his dep…
The European Union’s two most powerful member states are plunged into introspection, as Donald Trump prepares to enter the White HouseAfter a brief weekend hiatus, action has resumed in the real-life political boxsets playing out in the EU’s two most i…
Nato secretary general Mark Rutte says people should gird themselves for the prospect that Russia might try to use ‘swarms of drones’ in Europe. What we know on day 1,024Nato secretary general Mark Rutte has warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is just the latest big name to cause a stir with her culinary choices.
Kaja Kallas, the EU’s new high representative for foreign affairs, said Kyiv had a legitimate claim for compensation Billions of Russian state funds frozen in the European Union should be used to aid Ukraine, the EU’s top diplomat has said.Kaja Kallas,…
The Guardian visits a Soviet-era coal-fired thermal installation to explore how it has held up to Russian attacksIn the cavernous turbine hall of a coal-fired thermal power plant, deputy chief engineer Oleksandr runs through the extensive damage, point…
Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, has taken a political risk in signing off an agreement with Latin American countriesAnticipating the strong protectionist winds that will blow from Donald Trump’s White House, the president of th…
The president’s gamble on far-right support failed. The route to stability lies in the opposite directionHaughty defiance has become Emmanuel Macron’s go-to tone during a second term marred by chaos, acrimony and recrimination. During his prime-time te…
The prime minister wants to reset relations with Europe but his government’s silence risks missing strategic opportunitiesWhen it comes to managing relations with the European Union, Downing Street holds to the adage that no news is good news. In oppos…
The Georgian Dream government’s suspension of EU talks has sparked an existential struggle for democracyIn recent years, Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party has brazenly pursued a policy of gaslighting an overwhelmingly pro-European population. …
Cruises, fishing boats and even whale-watchers are adding to the din underwater, which biologist Heike Vester says not only masks cetaceans’ communication but can also stop them feeding From the moment that the biologist Dr Heike Vester presses play…
Exclusive: Keir Starmer reiterates support for British Museum reaching deal with Greek PM, who visits UK on TuesdayTalks concerning the Parthenon marbles between Athens and the British Museum are “well advanced”, the Guardian has learned, even if offic…
The INF treaty kept nuclear missiles off European soil and was a brake on a perilous arms buildup. Now it is goneFive years ago, the collapse of a landmark cold war arms treaty opened a Pandora’s box, unleashing missile-shaped furies that have struck U…
Turmoil in the populist party founded by comedian Beppe Grillo could herald a crucial progressive realignmentPolitical scientists have long argued that a defining characteristic of populism is the distinction between a “pure people” and a “corrupt elit…
Border walls and fences around European countries have grown by 75% in just 10 years and EU leaders have increasingly been open to making deals with autocrats, creating a virtual border across the Mediterranean to stop migrants arriving on their shores…
On 3 December 1989, the US and the USSR declared an end to the cold war. A few days later, European Community leaders met to shape a single European market for the 1990s. See how the Guardian reported eventsBy Hella Pick in Valletta
4 December 1989 Co…
The shock first-round victory of a far-right nationalist candidate has far-reaching and alarming implicationsIn a region shadowed by Vladimir Putin’s revanchist ambitions, Romania has been a pillar of pro‑western stability. Possessing a long border wit…
Former German chancellor’s book tells how she tried to help David Cameron win over Britain’s EuroscepticsAngela Merkel has said she was “tormented” over the result of the Brexit referendum and viewed it as a “humiliation, a disgrace” for the EU that Br…
In a dugout near the front in Donetsk, the Guardian joins Ukrainian police officers turned pilots during a shift The armoured car’s bumpy high-speed journey comes to a halt, and the Guardian team are dropped off in the November darkness, where two Ukr…
Media organizations turns up the heat on X amid cries of ‘toxic’ content.
Conflicting reports emerged after violence erupted in Amsterdam around a Uefa Europa League football match between the Dutch club Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv. The Guardian has analysed footage posted across social media to try to construct a tim…
Simon Harris has called a vote for 29 November because he is leading in the polls. But the current economic boom masks serious inequalitiesIreland’s imminent general election on 29 November has aroused little interest in Britain. Many here may not even…
British media outlet The Guardian said on Wednesday it will no longer use its official accounts on X as it says the benefits of using the social media platform “are now outweighed by the negatives”. The owner of the site, Elon Musk, was on Tuesday nam…
The paper cites “often disturbing content promoted or found on the platform, including far-right conspiracy theories and racism.”
In the early 1920s, President Warren Harding pursued a policy of isolation regarding Europe. See how the Guardian reported eventsDuring the 1920 US presidential election, Warren G Harding campaigned with the slogan “return to normalcy” – a return to ho…
The U.S. president-elect’s return to the world stage comes as Britain and the EU are resetting relations. Brussels sees an opportunity.
Prime minister stayed out of hot water by being short on detail – or opinionsIf it’s Tuesday, it must be Baku. Keir Starmer’s Rolling Thunder Permatour has now hit Azerbaijan for Cop29. Next week he will be off to Brazil for the G20. And who knows, he …
Exclusive: Target is 81% emissions cut compared with 1990, but activists say it must be backed by plan of actionKeir Starmer will announce a stringent new climate goal for the UK on Tuesday, the Guardian can reveal, with a target in line with the advic…
John Healey downplays suggestion of rift with Kyiv and says it’s up to Ukraine when to enter peace talks.
Sexual aggression said to be ‘endemic’ on route through Spain, Portugal and France with solo female pilgrims at risk‘I feared for my life’: stories of sexual harassment on the Camino de SantiagoLone female pilgrims walking the Camino de Santiago have s…
A snap election triggered by Olaf Scholz will be crucial in shaping Europe’s response to last week’s events in the USSpying a possible silver lining to events in the US, some commentators have speculated that the re-election of Donald Trump may at leas…
Exclusive: Zelenskyy administration expresses frustration with Starmer over lack of missilesUkraine’s relationship with the UK has “got worse” since the Labour government took power in July, officials in Kyiv have told the Guardian, voicing frustration…
Leaders in Budapest grapple with Ukraine and Europe’s security under Trump; deaths from Russian strikes in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk. What we know on day 989See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warThe Biden administration has confirmed that the …
The former president’s closeness to Vladimir Putin and isolationism bode ill for Kyiv. Accelerating US support is essentialEven Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s extraordinary communication skills were stretched as he rushed to congratulate Donald Trump on the vic…
Zelenskyy congratulates Trump on election win – but gloom and uncertainty prevail in Kyiv. What we know on day 988See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warThe Biden White House plans to rush billions of dollars in security assistance to Ukraine be…
The horror of 1 April will stay with us. But to desperate people, we know a plate of food is as powerful as any weaponJosé Andrés is founder of World Central KitchenFeeding the body and feeding the mind are not as separate as you might think. At least,…
US intelligence has said North Korean forces have made their way to Russia’s Kursk border region; Pro-Eu president wins Moldovan vote. What we know on day 985United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said he is “very concerned” about report…
Thousands of small farms have closed according to analysis of official but opaque data from EU member states‘We didn’t realise how hard it is’: small farmers in Europe struggle to get byThe European Union gave generous farming subsidies to the companie…
More than 200 deaths and widespread destruction in Valencia are the latest sign of danger in a warming worldThe death toll from floods in Spain’s Valencia region has topped 200. A huge clean-up is under way amid desperate conditions, with severe weathe…
About 8,000 North Korean soldiers are stationed in Russia on the border with Ukraine, the US secretary of state has said, warning that Moscow is preparing to deploy those troops into combat ‘in the coming days’. The announcement was the clearest statem…
The party has gone too far down the path of Eurosceptic delusion to have a rational debate about its legacyThe Conservative leadership contest that concludes this weekend has followed a familiar pattern. What is left of a moderate centre-right Tory ten…
It all started with the turmoil of 2020, which one former sheriff called the “Columbine” of election-related threats.
A disputed victory by an authoritarian, anti-west party will be celebrated in the Kremlin. European leaders must find a way to respondAmong the former Soviet states that gained independence in the early 1990s, Georgia has long enjoyed a reputation as o…
Sir Keir Starmer should not assume that defence cooperation can be kept separate from the thornier issue of trade integrationIn the big picture of global security, a single factory making gun barrels for tanks, due to open in 2027, doesn’t change the b…
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereEarlier this month the Guardian’s associate editor, Europe, Katherine Butler, spoke to Angelique Chrisafis about why this trial is so unusual and whether it might change French attitides to s…
On Sunday, Moldovans narrowly voted yes in a referendum on joining the European Union. Why was the result so close? Pjotr Sauer reportsOn Sunday, 50.46% of Moldovans voted yes in a referendum on joining the EU, according to the eastern European country…
Nobody was injured in the July blaze, which follows a similar incident in Germany.
Trip to Beijing on Oct. 18 follows Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s pledge to ‘challenge’ China on areas of disagreement.
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London is reluctant to cut ties with Tehran “at a time when Iran is causing such danger in the world.”
Panicked by the rise of the far right, mainstream leaders are cravenly rushing to imitate its draconian positionsIn comments made before a speech to the European parliament last week, Viktor Orbán offered a predictably dismissive assessment of existing…
Engineers said to be supporting missile launches and reports of North Koreans killed near Donetsk North Korean military engineers have been deployed to help Russia target Ukraine with ballistic missiles, and North Koreans operating in occupied areas of…
Exclusive: photos of burnt belongings – including documents needed to apply for asylum – are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU bordersCroatia’s border police force appear to be burning clothing, mobile phones and passports seized from asyl…
“Without a doubt there is no room for compromise when it comes to this essential right that all women possess from birth. Individual freedom,” Melania Trump said.
Andrew Bailey said the Bank of England’s only agenda is “trying to run an institution to its maximum effectiveness.”
The prime minister will struggle to get a better deal in Brussels if he is afraid to make a pro-European argument at homeThe fact that European Union leaders and Britain’s prime minister say that relations should improve is no guarantee that they will….
The Freedom party’s first ever victory is the latest in a string of far-right triumphs in Europe. Business as usual is not a credible mainstream responseThe sequence has become dismally familiar. Piling up votes in provincial and rural areas at the exp…
SNEAK PEEK — Leaders have agreed to a political declaration on antimicrobial resistance. NGOs are disappointed, but is it really so bad? — The World Health Organization has allied with TikTok to curb the spread of health misinformation. — What will it take to be prepared for the next pandemic? It’s not looking good, Gastein […]
A new study is right to highlight growing threats to the EU’s core values from within. Leaders must stand up and be countedFrom its earliest beginnings in the aftermath of war, the ambition to create a common supranational identity was at the hear…
SNEAK PEEK — Gastein day 1 kicks off with a plea to ramp up investment in health — and ways to do it. — Can tech help to close the gender health gap? Some think so, but only if its funded and reaches all in need. — Is COP29 the breakthrough year for health and […]
“Nobody knows who this random person is or cares what comes out of her mouth,” said a Donald Trump spokesperson.
Home Office Minister Angela Eagle says US Republican fed anti-immigrant sentiment across the west.
SNEAK PEEK — EU health policy is now split across multiple departments, and MEPs aren’t happy. — Sort your own house out first: MEPs question Hungarian health secretary over presidency plans and country’s health commissioner role. — Spend less on defense and more on health, WHO chief Tedros told world leaders at the United Nations […]
A pyrrhic victory for social democrats in the latest state election offers scant consolation. The German far right continues to strengthenThe name of Germany’s beleaguered chancellor, Olaf Scholz, was not on the ballot on Sunday, as his home state of B…
Exclusive: £100bn-a-year cost of obesity to UK makes clear economic case for use of drugs such as Ozempic, says reportSpiralling healthcare costs and productivity losses from the global obesity crisis far outstrip the cost of new weight-loss drugs, acc…
On 20 September 2023, the Guardian launched a new digital edition for a continent in the grip of dramatic political and social change. This is what we’ve learned so far – and how you can help us do moreSupport the GuardianA year ago today we launched G…
Exclusive: Documents contain months of warnings about possible Ukrainian advance and also reveal concerns about moraleRussia’s military command had anticipated Ukraine’s incursion into its Kursk region and had been making plans to prevent it for severa…
She’s been called a neo-fascist and a danger to Italy. But she has won over many heads of Europe, including the UK prime minister. Should we be worried?In mid-June, Giorgia Meloni was in an exultant mood while hosting the G7 summit, a gathering of the …
The row over ‘frockgate’ continues to trouble the prime minister this week, while his decision to visit his far-right Italian counterpart, Giorgia Meloni, has upset many in his party. The Guardian’s John Harris talks to the political correspondent Alet…
Trip to Moscow to review economy delayed indefinitely after protests it would ‘normalise relations with aggressor’The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has indefinitely postponed a staff mission to Moscow this week to review the Russian economy for the…
Hezbollah members were targeted in the initial attack on pager devices on Tuesday afternoon.
Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi is right to call for Marshall plan-type investment in the continent’s futureIn a landmark 400-page report on Europe’s competitiveness and future published last week, Mario Draghi, the former president of …
Keir Starmer wants to ape Italy on tackling irregular migration. He should brace for controversy.
Britain’s new center-left prime minister touts far-right Italian leader’s progress on irregular migration.
The Guardian’s Pippa Crerar and Kiran Stacey talk about Keir Starmer’s trip to Rome to meet Italy’s far-right PM, Giorgia Meloni, and discuss migrant boat crossings. Plus, Pippa is in Brighton for the Lib Dem conference Continue reading…
Document detailing ‘deterioration’ under Kais Saied will fuel concerns about bloc’s migration deal with his countryThe EU fears its credibility is at stake as it seeks to weigh growing concerns about the crushing of dissent in Tunisia while preserving …
Shoot down Russian missiles and drones, Ukraine urges its neighbours; hopes rise of US permission to fire long-range missiles into Russia. What we know on day 932See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverageRussian forces have begun a significant counter-off…
In the rolling hills of central Italy sits Honeydew, an eco-community created as a direct response to the isolation of the Covid pandemic, enabled by modern technology and aiming to address the profound changes the climate crisis looks set to brin…
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors.This week, from 2019: Countries around the world are making it easier to choose the time and manner of your death. …
Few are celebrating the appointment of the EU’s Brexit negotiator as the country’s new prime ministerMichel Barnier, France’s new conservative prime minister, has yet to appoint a government, still less lay out its agenda. But three-quarters of voters …
The far-right, anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) is riding a populist wave across Europe’s largest economy. According to polls conducted this month, the AfD has become the strongest party in Thuringia, a former state of the communist G…
The devastating toll of recent attacks and the advance of Russian troops are prompting questions at homeUkraine’s audacious August incursion into Russian territory was a welcome fillip for national morale, and a message to foreign backers that Kyiv cou…
How a TV star playing a fictional leader went on to lead Ukraine. Plus: Rob and Romesh perform a Metallica classic at Download. Here’s what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two
It is not a new story, but it is remarkable and almost unbelievable – the TV …
Review follows UK competition watchdog’s announcement of ‘urgent review’ into Oasis concert tickets fiascoTicketmaster’s ability to raise the price of concert tickets based on demand is being scrutinised by the European Commission, the Guardian has lea…
In today’s newsletter: Alternative für Deutschland have deployed Nazi rhetoric throughout their rise – and they are pulling the mainstream further to the right• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. For the first time since …
The emergence of the far right as a political force in eastern Germany is a concern for Europe’s biggest economyOn Sunday, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) earned the dubious distinction of becoming the first far-right party to win a German state elec…
The far-right AfD may win a state election for the first time this weekend. That should set alarm bells ringing in Berlin and beyondIn 2021, as Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic party (SPD) unexpectedly triumphed in a knife-edge federal election, one of …
In the wake of this summer’s riots, Keir Starmer’s new Labour government is seeking answers.
The prime minister’s talks in Berlin and Paris will help to reset relations. But the most urgent challenge is to combat populism together The likelihood that Sir Keir Starmer would make early prime ministerial visits to Berlin and Paris could have been…
Organisations who try to save lives in Mediterranean say Sicily response showed what can be doneThe tremendous resources and global attention dedicated to the tragedy of the Bayesian superyacht hint at a double standard for shipwrecks in the Mediterran…
