As Benjamin Netanyahu flouts the will of his nation’s essential ally, the death of Hezbollah’s leader in Lebanon has deepened the region’s crisis When the US and France launched a call for a temporary ceasefire in Lebanon on Thursday, they were confident that Benjamin Netanyahu backed it. A day later, still in New York for…
YouTube isn’t always a stupefaction engine. Curious children and other autodidacts have unrivalled access to knowledge With highbrow content but defiantly low production values, the Numberphile YouTube channel might be considered the antithesis of the platform’s biggest successes. While stars such as the controversial MrBeast orchestrate elaborate stunts and giveaways, Numberphile videos feature mathematicians talking…
The ruthless policies of Italy’s radical-right prime minister should not be seen as a role model for Keir Starmer’s government During his first prime ministerial visit to Rome on Monday, Sir Keir Starmer repeatedly stressed the “upstream” work undertaken by his host, Giorgia Meloni, which had reduced levels of irregular migration across the Mediterranean. “I…
Mobile phone use is not the biggest issue facing schools – or society. But device-free time is important The genie is out of the bottle. With the advent of smartphones and smartwatches, human life has moved online. Anyone seeking to curtail young people’s participation in the online world is as doomed as the fools who…
Keir Starmer made exacting promises on borrowing. Now he either breaks them – or makes more cuts and bleeds popularity Most Labour MPs would not have wanted 1.6m pensioners with disabilities to lose their winter fuel payments because of government cuts. But they didn’t know, because a partial assessment of the measure’s impact was only released…
Survivors and other campaigners have done admirable work, but efforts to eradicate the practice by the end of the decade are way off target Each day, 12,000 girls are at risk of female genital mutilation, the UN says – subjecting them not only to immediate pain and violation of their rights, but to lifelong health…
