The first part of March 2024 in the spotlight

Friday, March 1 2024 Russians chant ‘no to war’ near Navalny’s grave Crowds in Moscow chanted anti-Ukraine war slogans as they lined the streets to pay their respects to Alexei Navalny. Thousands of people, including senior diplomats, headed out to mourn the Russian opposition leader, who died in prison last month and was buried on

Frontpage headings for the forth week of February 2024

Monday February 19 2024 Grant Shapps: Woke culture is rife in the Army The Army’s time and resources are being “squandered to promote a political agenda”, the Defence Secretary has said, as he held crisis talks with military chiefs over plans to relax security checks to increase diversity. The move came as my colleague Steven

In the news the Fourth week of December 2023

Monday December 18 2023 Israel risks breaking law with its ‘killing rage’, says Ben Wallace The shift in tone from Western officials towards Israel has been notable over the last weeks. Writing for the Telegraph, Mr Wallace warned that Israel risks losing legal authority for its war in Gaza by going on a crude and

‘Too early’ to think about rate cuts

The former president of the European Central Bank has said the EU will be in recession by the end of the year amid surging energy costs. Mario Draghi, the former Italian prime minister, said the continent’s economy is also struggling with low productivity and a lack of skilled labour. He added that the EU will

Essential reads concerning our earth, for the first half of October 2023

Essential reads ‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat Global temperatures soared to a new record in September by a huge margin, stunning scientists and leading one to describe it as “absolutely gobsmackingly bananas”. The hottest September on record follows the hottest August and hottest July, with the latter being the hottest month

Record heat, violent wildfires – a punishing reminder of Europe’s climate challenge

The further far-right drift across Europe is alarming for many reasons including the de-prioritisation or weaponising of climate action.

The Telegraph Frontpage for Thursay 2023 June 01

By Daniel Hardaker An increasingly vocal cohort of Conservative MPs are urging the Prime Minister to scrap inheritance tax, a move that The Telegraph is supporting. Meanwhile, two people have died and a man has been arrested following an incident off Bournemouth pier. By Sam Hall Good evening. A man has been arrested on suspicion

The first half of May 2023 climatewise

Top, clockwise: An aerial view of the destruction caused by flooding and landslides in Bushushu, Democratic Republic of the Congo this week. A mourner lights a candle at a vigil for victims of the disaster; volunteers unload coffins brought by the central government after more than 400 people died (Reuters/AFP/EPA) Climate crisis 438 people are

Macron plays nice with China – with a warning to Germany

The French president is playing nice with Xi Jinping during his state visit to China Credit: LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP Macron plays nice with China – with a warning to Germany By James Crisp EUROPE EDITOR How best to handle China continues to divide the Conservative Party in Brexit Britain. In the EU, they are trying the

Berlin to let women swim topless in pools in move toward gender equality

While nudity in mainstream American culture is generally considered to be sexual, in Germany years ago we could swim and sunbathe naked. Though some years after the hippie period, Germany in the 1980s became more prudish. The demureness brought division between the sexes. Again a few years later, in 2020 stripping down was again not