Yes, the Republicans suffered humiliating defeat. But the fact that a Trump presidency was even possible means something like it could happen again He’s down, but not quite out. Barring divine or other intervention, Donald Trump will remain in the Oval Office for a further two years and 10 weeks.Continue Reading

The Student List has shown my generation, who protested against the Milošević regime in the 1990s, how we should have done it On Halloween, a few days after a student-led movement swept aside an illiberal, seemingly invincible regime in my native Serbia, I was sitting on the Vienna tram andContinue Reading

With flights disrupted, how concerned should you be about your travel plans? Europe live – latest updates More than 30 planes have been subjected to security alerts or diversions this week, with at least 24 more bomb threats on Thursday disrupting civil aviation across Europe. What do we know soContinue Reading

In the Netherlands many felt the move, while welcome, was mishandled and exclusionary, mirroring past inequality Andy Burnham’s pledge to seek a “structured dialogue” with former colonies to help shape Britain’s first formal state apology for slavery marks the UK’s first tentative step down a path the Netherlands set outContinue Reading

As Europe erupts in furious protests, we prep for a cold, dark winter. Rage and fear require energy we simply don’t have Explosions woke me at 3am the other night. Sitting on the bathroom floor behind two load-bearing walls, scrolling through Telegram to see where Russian missiles were heading, IContinue Reading

Around the world, virtues such as compassion and kindness are gathering dust, like old hymn books in a long-deserted church Towards the end of the summer, the Tory-Reform defector Robert Jenrick authored an op-ed piece for the Daily Telegraph about the seemingly impossible economics of rising benefits bills because ofContinue Reading

After a second apparent cyber-attack in as many weeks, we examine possible culprits and their motives Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack Supermarket fridges and freezers in seven European countries have malfunctioned, their thermostats remotely cranked up in some cases to 50C (122F). The EUContinue Reading

Anger and protest have put liberal democracy on trial. It’s vital to understand the rage that now unites a generation We have not yet reached a 1968 moment, when students at the Sorbonne lit a fuse that detonated a crisis that eventually brought down the De Gaulle government. But inContinue Reading

From 1945 to 1989 security police relied on tens of thousands of spies to suppress dissent. To rebuild trust, their files will finally be made public Hungary’s new government will on Wednesday reveal the names of tens of thousands of state informants from the communist era in an attempt toContinue Reading