British, US and EU politics with an emphasis on policy that affects business — tax, regulation, trade, public spending and the politicians driving it.
Baroness Owen of Alderley Edge became the youngest life peer in modern British history when she was nominated by Boris Johnson in 2023. We explain her background, her House of Lords work, and the controversy around the appointment.
Katie Miller has moved between the Trump White House communications team, the office of the Vice President and, in 2025, the Department of Government Efficiency. We summarise her career, the controversies attached to it and where she stands now.
Pam Bondi is the former Florida Attorney General who became the 87th Attorney General of the United States in February 2025. We summarise her career, her record in Florida and the political fights that have followed her.
Pete Hegseth is the former Fox News weekend anchor and Army National Guard officer who became US Secretary of Defense in January 2025. We summarise his career, his military service and the controversies around his confirmation.
Zia Yusuf is the British businessman who became chairman of Reform UK in July 2024 after the party's breakthrough at the general election. We explain his background, his business career and his role in the party.
Rishi Sunak's height is one of the most-searched facts about the former British prime minister. The short answer, the political-photography context and a few other quick facts.
A factual timeline of the Stormy Daniels–Donald Trump story: the alleged 2006 encounter, the 2016 payment, the civil litigation, the New York criminal case and her testimony at trial.
Russia's war in Ukraine has dominated G20 deliberations, with hosts India warning that the intense tensions will prevent a joint declaration. Antony Blinken, US secretary of state, said Russia's "unprovoked and illegitimate war" had destroyed the sum...
The former US President Jimmy Carter has stopped receiving medical treatment and is receiving hospice care at his Georgia home, according to his foundation. The Carter Center said: "He will spend his remaining time at home with his family." The 98-ye...
Prior to his Budget in six weeks, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has been the target of a double attack from Tory MPs on tax cuts and fuel duty. The Tory backbench 1922 Committee faced the chancellor on the same day as a bleak economic outlook increased pre...
The levelling up minister, Michael Gove, is nearing a multibillion dollar agreement with the largest home builders in Britain to assist those affected by the national cladding crisis, caused by the 2017 Grenfell Tower disaster. According to informat...
Strikes have paralysed France in the last couple of days as a large portion of the nation, as anticipated, has expressed its displeasure with President Emmanuel Macron's drive to raise the state pension age from 62 to 64 years of age. Mr. Macron clai...
The French unions are conducting a day of widespread strikes and protests over President Macron's proposals to raise the retirement age, putting the reform agenda on the line. The official retirement age will increase from 62 to 64 thanks to a new me...
The plan by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's predecessor to spend billions of pounds importing foreign gas in order to influence the world energy markets has been scrapped. Former PM Liz Truss' Energy Supply Taskforce (EST), which was established...
The Early official data indicate that the UK economy resumed growth in October, which analysts believe may be the last time the economy expands for some time. Following a contraction of 0.6% in September that was largely attributed to the disruption...
The UK's largest business organisation claims that the country is already in a recession that will last into next year. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) lowered its projection for economic growth in the face of a deteriorating corporate i...
For the past three years, the patience of one billion people in China has been stretched, growing thinner and thinner with every lockdown and round of mass Covid testing. Now, that patience has snapped. As thousands take to the streets in cities pro...
Writer E Jean Carroll is suing Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s. Ms Carroll, 78, is among the first to sue under the Adult Survivors Act, which came into effect on Thursday. The state law allows a one-yea...
At least 13 people have been killed by Russian missile strikes on the south-eastern city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian officials say. Dozens more were wounded, and several residential buildings destroyed. The city is under Ukrainian control, but it is p...
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian officials have begun to "prepare their society" for the possible use of nuclear weapons, but added he does not believe Russia is ready to use them. In an interview with the BBC, President Zelensky d...
AFPUkrainian troops have broken through Russian positions on the Dnieper river north-east of Kherson, a strategic Russian-held city in southern Ukraine.The advance was reported by the Russian military and Russian-installed officials in the region. Th...
K.Tymoshenko/FacebookThe Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine's southern city of Kherson have postponed a so-called referendum on joining Russia, on security grounds."This is being paused because of the security situation," said Kirill Stremouso...
