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Steady as he goes A biography of the Labour leader mirrors its unflashy subject, but offers intriguing clues as to what motivates him

Keir Starmer can be a hard man to read.

Statues of liability

At the ancient citadel of Spandau in Berlin, German historyis redefined witha near-secret exhibition of rejected sculptures, from Kant and Lenin to Hitler

Police repeatedly fail victims by not taking stalking seriously

In March 2022, I published an investigation into the crimes of Matthew Hardy, who had been sentenced to nine years in prison in what was then believed to be the UK's worst-ever case of cyberstalking.

THE NEW SCIENCE OF HISTORY

How technology is opening up a new realm of knowledge about the old world

Alabama IVF ruling sparks off infertility scramble

Tucker Legerski and his wife, Megan, have spent more than two years and tens of thousands of dollars trying to have a baby.

Down, not out Nikki Haley presses on for Republicans not ready to crown Trump

Despite a stinging loss in her home state of South Carolina, the presidential hopeful is refusing to quit the race

The school helping girls to heal after Boko Haram atrocities

What 19-year-old Binta Usman remembers most vividly about her early days at the Lafiya Sarari girls' school in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno state, are the frequent tears that made it hard for her to concentrate in class.

The threat of AI in a year of elections

Governments and tech firms are at odds over how best to police an information ecosystem at serious risk of disruption

Flour power Insects on the nation's menu at last

Italy's first facility breeding crickets for human food hopes to challenge the country's deep-rooted preconceptions

Is a behemoth of global beef losing its taste for meat?

The billboard in Buenos Aires shows a piglet standing forlornly by a butcher's fridge.

'Longfarewell' Nato accession marks change of national identity

Just a few short months ago, Sweden's Nato membership seemed a very long way from being a done deal.

The day Britain's democracy failed

As MPs gathered to debate a ceasefire in Gaza, the Commons descended into chaos, with accusations ofbad faith and bias

Peace talks raise hopes as time runs down for Rafah

A closed-door meeting of spy chiefs, military officials and diplomats late last week backed up by comments by US president Joe Biden on Monday renewed hopes of a ceasefire deal amid fierce debates at the United Nations, but observers warned that time was running out to prevent a Israeli offensive on Gaza's southernmost city.

Young at heart Two-fifths of all Africans are aged under 15. School funding is the key to their futures

The African Union (AU) is marking 2024 as its first Year of Education. This could not have come at a better time.

As Ukraine burns, Russia is thriving

Kyivneeds 500bn to get the country back on its feet. But Moscow has so little debt that even sanctions have not done much damage... yet

Is democracy in Africa on its last legs?

Senegal's slide into chaos bodes badly in a year of key elections for the continent, the future of which lies with a younger generation that seems disillusioned by the apparent failures of elected leaders and stagnant economies

Shadow Of Ukraine War Looms Over Security Conference

On the top floor of Literaturhaus in Munich, the Ukrainian veteran Yuliia Paievska was asked to speak to the elite of the transatlantic security and political establishment, including Hillary Clinton and the Estonian prime minister, Kaja Kallas, as they lunched on a three-course meal, served with military precision.

Nato-Sceptic Trump Fires A Wake-Up Call To Europe

The annual meeting of western leaders and security officials in Munich was held this year under a dark cloud of foreboding surrounding Donald Trump's potential return to the US presidency.

Boom To Bust? How Trump Recast Himself From Business Tycoon To Victim

From Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue to the Trump Building on Wall Street, the Trump World Tower by the United Nations to the Trump International overlooking Central Park, Donald Trump has stamped his name on skyscrapers across New York City.

Fears and desires

At a powerful exhibition in Lviv, Ukrainians reveal their most secret thoughts -while others play conflict karaoke with the sounds oftanks, sirens and bombs

Brussels is panicking over farmer protests: welcome to 'greenlash'

Ursula von der Leyen surrendered to angry farmers this month faster than you could shake a pitchfork or dump a tractor-load of manure outside the European parliament.

Super bowls

Pet food is a $150bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we're getting it right?

ROBOT WARS

From the academic who says humanity has five years left, to the workers worried for their future, there's a growing band of neo-luddite experts who believe it's time to say no to artificial intelligence. Even if that means taking up arms...

Cellphone generation hung up on a landline renaissance

Landlines are nearing obsolescence. For many young people, they've gone the way of CD-Roms, cassette tapes and the humble printer. On TikTok, parents film their children holding wall phones like archival pieces, unsure of how to place a call. Payphones are long gone, too. But not everyone's ready to hang up the curly-corded receiver.

Hip op, don't stop Inside the world of joint replacements

A new hip or knee is no longer just for older people. With thousands of operations in the UK each year, can technological advances help?

Hot-air balloon fans flying in face of law

Cats chased shadows through the pre-dawn gloom as the men hit the streets of suburC ban Rio and set off towards their objective. \"I've not slept,\" said one early riser, a bushy-bearded office worker called Arthur Araújo, as he emerged from his home to fulfil a \"dream\" one year in the making.

Traditional fishers in Italy fight for right to catch tuna

Tonnare and their ancient practices face extinction as a few big fleets hold the lion's share of quotas and permits

February on course to be hottest in human history

Unusually hot days and a rapid rise in ocean surface temperatures as global heating combines with El Niño

High pressure UK forecasters to boldly go a month ahead

The mainstay of British casual the unexT conversation pected state of the weather - is under existential threat.

'Betrayal' A mother's anguish as ex-general wins power

Every Thursday for the past 17 years, in searing heat and pouring rain, Maria Catarina Sumarsih has stood outside the Indonesian presidential palace, demanding justice for her son. He was shot dead in 1998, when authorities opened fire on students protesting against the rule of dictator Suharto.