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A giant banner depicting the Strait of Hormuz is displayed at Vali-e Asr Square, featuring the phrase âAt the breaking point' as tensions continue between Iran and United States in Tehran, Iran on May 02, 2026.
A damaging stalemate
Can Donald Trump reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
Probably not, and he still has to deal with Iran’s uranium
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer meets emergency response workers as he visits Golders Green, London, April 30th 2026
Golders Grim
What to do about Britain’s rising antisemitism?
A stabbing attack in a Jewish neighbourhood of London lends fresh urgency to the question
A man stands on a planet representing China, staring at a blazing, dying star coloured like the U.S.
Chaguan
China thinks America is declining but still uniquely dangerous
It sees Donald Trump as both symptom and accelerant of the decline
President Donald Trump Meets With German Chancellor Friedrich Merz At The White House
Kinsley gaffe
Friedrich Merz’s ill-timed tussle with Donald Trump
The chancellor’s reckless truth-telling means trouble for Germany
Scene from Secret Service showing Gemma Arterton
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Turn on, tune in, trust no one: the paranoid style captures TV
Conspiracy thrillers are the favourite genre of a distrustful age