Gaby Hinsliff

Keir Starmer praised Adolescence. But what did he learn from it?

Andy Beckett

It's hard to imagine a return to the old relationship with the US

A PART OF ME DID DIE IN ITALY'

Ten years ago, Amanda Knox was finally cleared of the brutal murder of her housemate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy. But is she really free? She talks to Simon Hattenstone about howreturning to her old life felt like entering anew kind of prison’

From London to Lviv

At each stop on a 1,600km trip, bewildered Europeans are grappling with the unsettling realities of Donald Trump's new world order

Charlotte Higgins

Trump's obsession with the arts is part of the authoritarian project

Grain spotting

From earthquake-defying joints that support a temple to delicate puzzle boxes, an exhibition shows off the myriad possibilities of the art of Japanese carpentry

Rastafarians face eviction and arrest in spiritual homeland

In 1999, Ras Paul, a west London DJ born to Jamaican parents, sold part of his vinyl collection to buy a plot of land and build a house in Shashamene, 200km south of Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa.

Doctors recount the horror of waves of airstrikes

Hospitals swamped by casualties and shortage of supplies as Israeli attacks end ceasefire

How did it come to this? Labour's journey from landslide victory to malaise

Chancellor's speech crafted as a 're-education' on government's achievements amid gloominess and sinking poll ratings

In frozen north, soldiers rely on Inuit survival skills

With Canada facing new threats to its sovereignty, the country's Arctic territories have again become a strategic priority

'It is beyond terrifying'

Why has the west turned its back on a devastating catastrophe?

'Existential' Greenpeace verdict will chill climate protests

A pipeline company's victory in court over Greenpeace, and the huge damages it now faces, will encourage other oil and gas companies to pursue environmental protesters at a time when Donald Trump's energy agenda is in ascendancy, experts have warned.

Can science missions mitigate the effects of cabin fever?

South Africa has a tight regime for scientists wanting to “overwinter” in Antarctica.

Shoppers scramble over border in bid to beat 'eggflation'

In grocery stores across the US, egg shelves sitting empty an and desolate have become a sign of the times.

'Elbows up' Can Carney ride wave of anti-Trump sentiment?

In January, Canadian pollsters and political pundits struggled to find fresh ways to describe the bleak prospects of Justin Trudeau's Liberal party, musing whether it would be a wipeout of existential proportions, or merely a catastrophic blowout.

Crunch time Is dark energy destined to dominate the universe?

Since the big bang, a cosmic battle has been under way between matter (both dark matter and ordinary) and dark energy.

Is the new Snow White a poisoned apple?

Five years ago a $250m remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first full-length animated feature film, must have seemed like a fine idea to corporate executives, who were going all out on remaking the studio's dated classics into contemporary live-action movies.

Terminal fault Heathrow fire raises questions about airport's backup systems

As Britain's biggest airport, Europe's main gateway to the Americas, and the apple of Rachel Reeves's eye for growth, Heathrow's shutdown last Friday gave a supersized significance to a substation fire.

Paws for thought The moral maze of prolonging a pet's lifespan

Many cat or dog owners will happily pay for medicines that help their four-legged friends to live longer. But is itthe right thing to do?

Cut and run

Struggling German factories are being repurposed for defence. In the UK, American academics are queueing for jobs. How will former allies adjust to the US's altered relationship with the world?

Storm signal Leak reveals depths of administration's loathing of Europe

If Europe wasn't already on notice, the extraordinary leak of deliberations by JD Vance and other top-level Trump administration officials over a strike against the Houthis in Yemen was another sign that it has a target on its back.

Food for thought The baby snack scandal

Have you shopped for children's food recently? The lumpy purees and porridge of yesteryear have been joined in supermarket aisles by brilliantly marketed pouches, smoothies and biscotti that many parents feel offer good nutritional value. However, the reality is a bit harder to digest

Do no harm

A doctor's brave and brilliant study examines the dangers of increasing overdiagnosis, from ADHD to long Covid

'He said I sounded hysterical'

In prose and in paint, Celia Paul is exorcising the ghosts of her past-from the cruelties of her lover Lucian Freud to his offhand cohorts and the YBA revolution

The honeymoon is over for Trump, whose every misstep brings chaos

If Robert K Merton, the founding father of American sociology, were alive today, he'd be fascinated by the Donald Trump phenomenon.

'A cascade of terrible things'

A new documentary pieces together the story of the freak accident on the set of Rust and pays tribute to the cinematographer who was killed during filming

Wartime law invoked to deport 250 people to El Salvador

The US deported more than 250 mainly Venezuelan alleged gang members to El Salvador despite a US judge’s ruling to halt the flights last Saturday after Donald Trump controversially invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law meant only to be used in wartime.

Forget unicorns - show children the magic of real, living animals

Has it ever struck you as interesting the amount of dinosaur products that are marketed to boys and unicorn products to girls?

Retreat from Kursk marks end of audacious incursion

Under constant attack from drones attached to fibre optic cables, the soldiers scrambled in groups of two or three along hidden tracks or through fields, often walking several kilometres to reach Ukrainian territory.

Refugees fleeing DRC conflict tell of deadly journey

Atosha winced as she recalled the 15 minutes she spent in the fast-flowing Rusizi River, which separates the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Burundi, on a night in late February.