Will Australia’s social media ban work?
From today, under-16s in Australia will be banned from using social media platforms, a world-first. The ban has caused uproar among teenagers and a court case brought by two fifteen year olds is chall...
10 Dec 202527min
Will mounting scandals sink Reform?
From former officials jailed after taking bribes to push pro-Putin propaganda, through to local councillors being expelled for offensive tweets, and leader Nigel Farage being accused of high school ra...
9 Dec 202532min
‘I took a grenade blast to escape’: Russian deserters speak to The Times
When Nikolai’s assault unit was told to advance on a Ukrainian position, he decided he’d rather blow up his own arm than continue to fight. Nikolai and two other former Russian soldiers tell The Times...
8 Dec 202528min
Why too much noise is damaging our health - The Sunday Story
Jet engines, the neighbour's lawnmower, traffic noise - it's all terrible for our health. Yet for many years the issue has been dismissed, described as the "poor cousin” of other environmental issues ...
7 Dec 202513min
Sex poetry and brain worms: The RFK 'love triangle' shocking America - The Saturday Story
A new book by New York Magazine’s former star political writer, Olivia Nuzzi, has unleashed a chaotic slew of revelations about her alleged transgressive relationships with wayward politicians — and t...
6 Dec 202536min
Why are so many Poles returning home?
In the 1980s, the leader of Poland’s Solidarity Movement, campaigning against communism, promised the country’s economy would one day rival Japan. The crowd laughed. Now that dream has become a realit...
5 Dec 202533min
Will a review into mental health fix a system in crisis?
Today, Health Secretary Wes Streeting is announcing an independent review into rising demand for mental health, ADHD, and autism services. Amid soaring welfare costs and long waiting lists, the govern...
4 Dec 202524min
What ever happened to Trump’s peace plan for Gaza?
On Tuesday the UN General Assembly met to discuss a plan for Palestinian statehood, two months after President Trump announced his twenty-point peace plan for Israel and Gaza. But has the fighting act...
3 Dec 202530min
