When you put together the efforts of the Spanish authorities to curb media coverage of the Catalan referendum, you have a deeply worrying picture.
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It might not happen today or tomorrow, but the risk of a major European conflict is very much there.
Fears about nuclear annihilation have come and gone over the years until the threat was all but forgotten. Then Kim Jong-un started flexing his nuclear muscles
The Canary has been accused of spreading “fake news” about the BBC’s political editor. We asked two media experts to examine the issue.
Angela Merkel must continue to resist the temptation to cede political ground to the populists.
Saudi Arabia is in deep trouble on various fronts, so an international PR coup surely can’t hurt.
Trump-style views on freedom of expression and patriotism have been found wanting many times before.
An alternative vision for British society and a smart move on Brexit made this leader’s speech one for the history books.
Tim Bale reports from the seafront in Brighton, where Labour is holding its annual conference.
The UN’s latest plan for Libya needs to provide a peace dividend that is felt by the people, not just pay lip service to liberal democracy
The Conservatives are in disarray, but they seem to be clinging on regardless. The question is how to unseat them next time.
The party has changed nomination rules at least eight times since 1981, usually to manage internal strife.
It seems almost inevitable Iraqi Kurdistan will separate from the rest of Iraq – but going it alone will be hugely difficult.
Trump seems to think all potential nuclear agitators are alike. He’s wrong, and perhaps disastrously so.
Winning over urban areas is the surest route to success for Jeremy Corbyn.
In a poisonous atmosphere of Islamophobia and xenophobia, Palestinian-Americans are finding ways to belong.
We can all play a direct role.
The Labour leader has hit his stride during 2017, but Brexit remains a strategic challenge.
The Korean peninsula has a lengthy history of exchanging insults.
A well-trained military is crucial to a functioning civil democracy, but it can be a liability too.
After taking more than 13% of the vote, this young party is entering parliament for the first time. And a lot of people are upset about it.
The chancellor wins again, but the rise of the populists will probably force the next administration to the right.
The British PM finally acknowledged the need for a transition deal, which will play well in Brussels. But her vision for the future continues to amount to vague platitudes.
Successful counterinsurgency depends on winning the hearts and minds of men and women.
The chancellor remains strong but right-wing populists are likely to enter parliament on Sunday.