Raise the roof? America’s debt-ceiling debacle

Raise the roof? America’s debt-ceiling debacle

Today, the president will meet with the Republican leader in the house of representatives to try and prevent the country from defaulting. But what if they cannot come to an agreement? Britain is reviewing its surrogacy laws which could ease the process for gay parents. And come with us on a foraging adventure.


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The little green look: China’s energy revolution

The little green look: China’s energy revolution

America has boycotted this week’s COP climate talks, but China has sent a giant delegation. The world’s biggest polluter is increasingly pivotal to tackling global warming. Why young protesters around...

12 Nov 202522min

Home alone: the relationship recession

Home alone: the relationship recession

People are spurning marriage and any other kind of romantic relationship in record numbers. Our correspondents explore the non-dating market. The rise of AI companions could also have profound implica...

11 Nov 202524min

British Broadcasting Capitulation: BBC bosses fall

British Broadcasting Capitulation: BBC bosses fall

The BBC’s director-general and head of news have resigned amid accusations of institutional bias. Can the broadcaster recover its reputation? Ukrainian prisoners-of-war speak of torture and beatings i...

10 Nov 202524min

Heir Jordan: the rising star of France’s populist right

Heir Jordan: the rising star of France’s populist right

Jordan Bardella, the leader of the National Rally party, has a stonking lead in voting-intention polls. His plans, our correspondent says, would put France on a collision course with the rest of Europ...

7 Nov 202525min

Recall of duty? Trump’s tariffs in court

Recall of duty? Trump’s tariffs in court

Just as soon as President Donald Trump started applying sweeping tariffs on trading partners, legal challenges to them started piling up. We listen in on the Supreme Court proceedings that might end t...

6 Nov 202525min

Into the blue: Democrats win big

Into the blue: Democrats win big

In the first electoral test of Donald Trump’s second term, Democrat supporters voted in a socialist mayor of New York and governors to New York and Virginia. What does this mean for next year’s midter...

5 Nov 202524min

Getting their ships together: America in the Caribbean

Getting their ships together: America in the Caribbean

As America sends its biggest naval hardware to the Caribbean, we ask whether the intent is more than mere sabre-rattling—and why the Trump administration has appetite for another foreign entanglement....

4 Nov 202522min

Capital gained: a grim turn in Darfur

Capital gained: a grim turn in Darfur

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have at last taken El Fasher, the capital of Darfur. Reported atrocities are sharply rising, in a chilling echo of what happened in the region two decades ago. Ar...

3 Nov 202523min

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