Hunter Biden may not be the political football he was when his father, Joe Biden, was still running for re-election as president, but he will be under a bright spotlight as he faces multiple counts of tax fraud and tax evasion in Los Angeles this week and, if found guilty, risks as long as 22 … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Far right takes the lead in Thuringia The far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has taken the lead in the first exit polls in Thuringia. Thuringia ZDF exit poll Alternative für Deutschland (AfD): 33.5% Christian Democratic Union (CDU): 24.5% Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance … Read more
In her Instagram post, Sreelekha Mitra detailed the emotional toll the situation has taken on her Bengali actress Sreelekha Mitra has withdrawn from the upcoming seminar in Kochi following her sexual harassment allegations against film director Ranjith. Mitra announced her decision on Sunday morning, citing the recent turmoil in her life and the intense media … Read more
Charles Leclerc won the Italian Grand Prix with a remarkable drive for Ferrari at Monza, taking a gamble that paid off to make a one-stop strategy work and beat the McLaren cars of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris into second and third. Norris was unable to take maximum advantage of a poor weekend for his … Read more
In 1971 Jerry Lewis, America’s most famous comedian, decided to swing for the fences and make his masterpiece. The Day the Clown Cried was a Holocaust tale about Helmut Doork, a hapless party entertainer who becomes a death camp pied piper. Lewis starred and directed, overseeing every aspect of a fraught shoot in Sweden, but … Read more
Ukraine has carried out one of its biggest ever drone attacks on Russia, with videos showing a series of explosions and fires at power stations and refineries including in Moscow. Russia’s defence ministry downplayed the overnight strikes. It said it had intercepted and destroyed 158 unmanned enemy aerial vehicles. These were shot down over 15 … Read more
In the months leading up to this summer’s riots, police leaders believed that the threat of violence from far-right protests was likely to be “minimal”, official papers reveal. Documents from December 2023 show that police instead prioritised the pro-Palestinian movement, environmental protests, football matches and animal rights activism as potentially threatening public order. Police deny … Read more
How do you properly do justice to the life story of a Hungarian-born Jew who survived the Holocaust and emigrated to the US, where he toiled in poverty and indignity in pursuit of the American dream? According to the director of the highly anticipated new film The Brutalist the answer is to push back against … Read more
For a Freudian view Walk some of the city’s 23 districts, each one with its own distinct identity and history. The 9th district is a great place to start. Elegant and rich in art nouveau and art deco architecture, it was also home to Beethoven, Schubert and Freud. Visit one of the most famous addresses … Read more
This column was completed in a tent on the borders of Dorset and Wiltshire, during the somewhat bleary morning that followed a brilliant Saturday night. I was among 17,000 people trying to hang on to the remains of summer in a set of fields, woodland and Victorian gardens, over four nights and three days of … Read more