Dull passing game has dogged favourites until quarter-finals but easier route leaves them well placed for glory
Whatever happens on Sunday, a credible, broad-based alternative to the RN is crucial
From his favourite fancy kebab to his supermarket go-to
Circuit bets on music to attract crowds but rising ticket costs are drawing fans’ ire
Candidates from both wings of the party jostle for position after electoral defeat
Ipsos projects a closer race likely to result in a hung parliament
The reforms are a critical part of the party’s plan to pull the UK out of a decade of low growth and productivity
Rightwing party in jubilant mood after leader becomes MP for first time
Package includes measures to boost corporate investment, tax incentives for R&D and plans for longer working hours
Self-propagating flowers need strict oversight but some gems come courtesy of the former president’s Irish golf course
Also reviewed: ‘Samson’ by Rameau attempts to revive a lost opera
Hungarian PM says positions of Moscow and Kyiv remain ‘very far from one another’
The husband-and-wife duo played a vital set that demonstrated their staying power after nearly 50 years
Rassemblement National will decide whether to link up with Patriots for Europe on Monday
Sacked ‘whistleblowers’ launch California court action against Europe’s biggest bitcoin-miner-turned-AI-datacentre-builder
They are widely derided, but deep down isn’t everyone a Nimby? And shouldn’t we try to understand why people fear change close to home?
Ian Paisley Jr ousted by hardline party allied to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK
Follow the second round of National Assembly voting in maps and charts
Saints meet ceramics at the Seville home of artist couple Luciano Galán and Daniel Maldonado
Also in this newsletter: Germany and Turkey locked in diplomatic spat over a hand gesture
Gabriel Makhlouf says using vast budget surplus to fund cost-of-living relief would risk stoking inflation
Plus, SoftBank is not planning to follow Elliott’s call and a former ‘Barbarian’ hunts mid-sized deals
Three green spaces in the floating city are tackling its thorniest issues from the root up
Sunday’s run-off vote viewed with apprehension in both communities
A visual guide to the war
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