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EU Border Checks to Cause Renewed Queues for Travellers as Flexibility Rules End

EU Border Checks to Cause Renewed Queues for Travellers as Flexibility Rules End

Travellers heading to the EU could encounter renewed border queues as flexibility measures for the bloc’s entry-exit system formally end, although multiple sources suggest that some member states will not enforce biometric checks. Airlines recently urged the European Commission to extend discretionary powers allowing the suspension of EES

Venice reimagined by women artists, celebrating the city's memory through art

Venice reimagined by women artists, celebrating the city's memory through art

Venice is a city of tradition and projection, a place feeding the imagination of millions of people arriving from elsewhere. The "impossible city", suspended on water, often appears unchanged, fixed in time. Yet, like the water that carries it, the city is in constant, subtle transformation. We often

World edges toward abyss under tyrants, yet hope remains with clear path to better tomorrow, writes Simon Tisdall

World edges toward abyss under tyrants, yet hope remains with clear path to better tomorrow, writes Simon Tisdall

Don’t look up! The world is a mess. The sky could fall in any day. Unending wars, expanding humanitarian crises, rising authoritarianism, dysfunctional democracies, rampant racial and religious extremism, and unchecked lawlessness cast a dark cloud as the west’s new political year begins. Set all that against a

Falklands dispute highlights urgency of meeting 3% defence spending target, warns Labour defence committee chair

Falklands dispute highlights urgency of meeting 3% defence spending target, warns Labour defence committee chair

Labour defence committee chair urges Burnham to raise military spending amid Falklands threat Tan Dhesi, the Labour chair of the defence committee, has argued that comments by Argentinian president Javier Milei this week regarding the Falkland Islands demonstrate why the government should raise military spending to 3% of GDP by

Iran hands twin sisters death penalty after jailing them over protests, following broken feet and hair ripped out

Iran hands twin sisters death penalty after jailing them over protests, following broken feet and hair ripped out

The 19-year-old twins were still in high school when masked men removed them from their beds in the middle of the night. The men were later identified as agents sent by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Their mother, Marzieh Nourmohammadi, spent four months searching hospitals and state institutions

New Film Reveals the Struggles of Late All Blacks Icon Jonah Lomu

New Film Reveals the Struggles of Late All Blacks Icon Jonah Lomu

Filming a biography of Jonah Lomu was always destined to provoke mixed reactions. His widow, Nadene, pursued a failed legal bid to stop the production and refused to participate. Former England player Mike Catt is unlikely to feel enthusiastic about the project either. Decades on, the brutal clip of Lomu

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Moscow seeking to restart Ukraine negotiations

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrive in Moscow seeking to restart Ukraine negotiations

American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have arrived in Moscow to try to revive a deal aimed at ending Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Both sides confirmed they would halt airstrikes during the visit. The envoys were met at the airport on Saturday by the Russian presidential envoy