François Picard is pleased to welcome Dr Joseph Downing, Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics at Aston University. In modern France, the politics of insecurity increasingly extends beyond questions of crime and public order to encompass deeper struggles over national identity, disappearance of the political centre and erosion of democratic values. The emergence of…
Why can’t the president see what seems so obvious to the majority of the Western world?
Move comes as Philippines police investigate alleged child sexual abuse images reportedly found at Thomas Markle Sr’s former homeThe Metropolitan police has referred itself to the police watchdog over potential errors in its handling of a 2019 letter warning of dangers to the security of Meghan Markle posed by her father.The letter made allegations about…
Similar unrest is headed to America.
A court has ruled that an Australian woman who murdered three people by serving them beef wellington laced with poisonous mushrooms can never be released from prison.
US vice-president writes to top Iranian security official in sign Washington has not abandoned diplomacyHopes of averting a major new conflagration between Iran and the US soon after Tuesday’s midterm elections could rest on Iran’s response to a personal letter from the US vice-president, JD Vance, offering to restart diplomacy.The letter, written after predominantly Qatari…
What in the name of political free speech is off-limits? Can you say whatever you want on the campaign trail, no matter how false or racist?
Tankers, tracked by Greenpeace, are first phase of Trump-Putin deal – but there is uncertainty over whether they will unloadSeven oil tankers carrying an estimated 288,000 tonnes of Russian diesel are now sailing towards the US, though it is uncertain if the vessels will be able to unload amid a political row about the legality…
Ministry of Justice figures show recalls rose 27% in year to June despite emergency measures to ease overcrowdingMore people were recalled to jails in England and Wales in the first half of this year than were released, despite government efforts to reduce the prison population, according to figures released on Thursday.Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data…
A man suspected of a gun attack in the Paris suburbs last week, killing one person and wounding seven including a child, has admitted to “targeting individuals who appeared to be Muslim, African, or North African,” prosecutors said on Thursday. The attack came amid an increasingly tense political climate, with just six months to go…