Politics & Conflict

Donald Trump and his wife Melania visit a Catholic shrine in Washington, DC

The Church of Trump

The former US president is playing with a toxic mix of religion and politics ahead of the next election

Alex Soros on stage during a charity awards dinner in New York

The Soros succession

Alex Soros now controls his father’s philanthropic empire. How will he cope with the conspiracy theories?

A pile of US dollar bills

COP28: Time to dig deep

Rich countries have consistently failed to deliver climate funding for lower-income countries – but we have to face this challenge together

A crowd of people wave flags and banners as they celebrate Republic Day in Turkey

The Turkish century

A nation born with a radical secular ethos is now ruled by a despot. How did we get here?

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