PM to meet regional leaders to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of Hormuz Middle East crisis – live updates Keir Starmer is travelling to the Gulf to meet leaders in the region to discuss diplomatic efforts to support the ceasefire agreed between the US ...
Day: April 8, 2026
A moment that changed me: I saw a big cat on Dartmoor – and no one believed meA moment that changed me: I saw a big cat on Dartmoor – and no one believed me
Larger than any dog, let alone a house cat, the beast swaggered through the Dartmoor mist. My schoolfriends and I were entranced – until the adults who had slept through everything told us we were lying I was 11, with a handful of friends on a school trip to Dartmoor. ...
Europe cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael BehrEurope cannot bet on a post-Trump US turning back to sanity | Rafael Behr
If the president’s first term didn’t inoculate the American body politic against tyranny, there is no guarantee that a second dose will work Donald Trump is a despot and the US is a democracy. These things can be true simultaneously but not indefinitely. There is now deadlock in the struggle ...
Segregation stories: Gordon Parks in the US south – in picturesSegregation stories: Gordon Parks in the US south – in pictures
The great photographer documented black family life in postwar Alabama – and the dignity and resilience people showed under discriminatory Jim Crow laws Continue reading… ...
The Black Death by Thomas Asbridge review – a medieval horror storyThe Black Death by Thomas Asbridge review – a medieval horror story
A magisterial history of one of the worst ever pandemics focuses on the individuals caught up in the chaos In Venice, authorities tried to enforce social distancing by closing all the bars, and banning the sale of wine by merchant boats plying the canals. In Gloucester, the powers that be ...
The Boys season five review – it’s the final outing for this gory splatterfestThe Boys season five review – it’s the final outing for this gory splatterfest
As the extraordinary superhero satires comes to an end, a mighty showdown has terrifying parallels with modern America. What a horrifying pleasure it has been to watch The Boys is back in town, for its fifth and final season. There’s too much to recap in full for those who have ...
Iran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war – but at a high costIran ceasefire deal gives Trump a way out of war – but at a high cost
The path to the two-week ceasefire with Iran may have fundamentally altered the way the rest of the world views the US. ...
What we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and IranWhat we know about the two-week ceasefire between the US and Iran
The provisional truce comes more than a month after the US and Israel launched coordinated attacks on Iran. ...
Trump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor GreeneTrump-backed Republican Clay Fuller wins election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene
He will serve out the rest of Marjorie Taylor Greene’s term, which ends in January 2027. ...
Oil prices plunge and shares jump on US-Iran ceasefire planOil prices plunge and shares jump on US-Iran ceasefire plan
Crude prices tumbled by as much as 15% on the conditional pause but is higher than before the war. ...