‘The Student List has won’
A remarkable turn of events for democracy in Serbia. A memory for Aleksandar Vučić of crowds in Belgrade chanting “He’s finished!” in 2000. & Is Iran behind the Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia?
‘Not so much on Ukraine’
Russia’s pitch for a summit with the U.S. and China. A 1994 trade: 1,900 warheads for a promise. & Was blowing up Nord Stream a war crime?
The usual suspects
The weekend despatch: High schools in flames across France. A government blaming its rivals, months before an election. + Who is Marina Herlop?
Applause in Nuremberg
American sanctions on the world’s war-crimes court, hours after a former judge wins the Nobel. The fight over who answers to international law. & What happened inside a Siberian plague lab?
Secrets by subscription
A former spymaster, arrested over 2,000 classified files from inside his old service. The second careers of retired officials, and who hires them. & What do Middle Eastern states want with European football clubs?
Orwell’s list
London’s new center against foreign disinformation. A national gloom, and where it starts. & Why does nothing in the United Kingdom seem to work?
Stop lights on empty tracks
Rail sabotage on Budget Day. Burning parcels and cut cables across Europe. & What’s getting American teenagers off their phones?
Apologies for absence
How the hard-right Alternative for Germany could take over a federal state without a majority. The return of the U.K.’s assisted-dying bill. & Is the world moving off the dollar?
