Far right attempts ‘show of force’ at heavily policed London rally
Metropolitan Police estimates suggest attendance fell far short of last year’s 150,000-strong gathering
Streeting says he will battle Burnham for Labour leadership
Former health secretary promises that ‘I know how to win’ as he announces intention to succeed Sir Keir Starmer
Israel kills last Hamas chief who oversaw October 7 attack
Death of Izz al-Din al-Haddad in an air strike piles greater pressure on fragile ceasefire
Trump turns up the heat on Cuba
US president is using threats and inducements to force communist island to open up its economy as it runs out of fuel
Sponsor reviews crypto conference partnership over pole-dancing party
Crypto exchange OKX reconsiders sponsorship of Consensus Miami after ‘immature’ official after-party event
Europe Express: the spectre of Jordan Bardella
The French far-right could dynamite the relationships fundamental to the European project
Gilts, not so bad
UK government bonds are not the outlier they appear to be
Real Madrid’s rolling crisis
Also in today’s newsletter: why the market looks ‘soft’ for the Seattle Seahawks
What life is like on the stranded ships of the Gulf
As leaders debate how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the voices of seafarers have been largely absent. Horatio Clare reports on the hidden world behind a global crisis
Jamie Dimon and his peers should beware of ending up on the UK ballot
There is a fine line between being ‘Concerned of Canary Wharf’ and becoming the subject for political discord yourself
Is being prime minister now an impossible job?
Once the model of stable government, Britain has had six PMs in the past 10 years — and is in the grip of yet another leadership crisis. Anthony Seldon asks what went wrong
How can Trump turn things around on inflation?
Most of the culpability rests with the Fed and the Biden government but voters will hold the president accountable
Brazilian banking scandal threatens to upend presidential election
Latest allegations around Banco Master have pulled in conservative frontrunner Flávio Bolsonaro
Tech titans should pick up the phone — and so should the rest of us
The lesson from Elon Musk’s case against OpenAI is that writing things down can be embarrassing
The century of the stalemate
In war, politics and other fields, it is ever harder to win
Frank O’Hara and the end of the ‘American Century’
The poet and curator was at the forefront of US efforts to project its high art as forcefully as its military might abroad — an idea that now looks dead
The messy, chaotic and possibly quixotic quest to phase out fossil fuels
The inside story of a climate summit unlike any other
AI boom could end the de-equitisation ‘put’
This US bull market has not been accompanied by the usual deluge of equity issuance. Until now
Artist Keith Tyson on why he’s funding Oxford’s 400-year-old astronomy professorship
The Turner Prize winner — whose works delight in probability and orbital mechanics — is donating to the university’s prestigious Savilian chair
Ralph Fiennes and David Hare talk acting, obsession and the gut-punch power of theatre
The actor and the playwright’s latest collaboration ‘Grace Pervades’ is a study of Victorian thespian royalty
House & Home Garden Special 2026
From a first look at the reopening of Benton End and top picks from the Chelsea Flower Show to veg advice from Charles ‘No-dig’ Dowding and where to shop for trees
Trump’s Hormuz ship insurance facility has done $0 business
US president’s $40bn scheme has had zero uptake due to absence of naval escorts through key waterway
These cottages have charmed generations — so why is the National Trust closing them?
Without warning, Britain’s heritage charity has axed many of its most remote, most unique holiday homes
Nato to press Europe’s arms makers to boost investment and production
Alliance chief Mark Rutte set to meet defence groups at meeting in Brussels next week