2019

Since Jeremy Corbyn became leader of the Labour party in 2015, the British left has undergone a dramatic reinvention. In a personal film for Politics Live, Ash Sarkar from Novara Media in the UK interviewed her political hero, the philosopher Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi. A key member of the Autonomia movement in 1970s’ Italy, Mr Berardi […]

[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] Indra Sihotang was desperate to stay in New York. Minutes from being deported to Indonesia, the 52-year-old father clung to a chair bolted to the floor at Kennedy International Airport, struggling against four immigration officers trying to tear him

Almost half of Conservative voters are 65 or older, research for Onward, a right-leaning think tank, has found. Onward director Will Tanner, also a former adviser to Theresa May, spoke about the “skewing” of Tory supporters towards older age, while the Guardian’s Jessica Elgot looked at the different pattern for Labour. UK viewers can watch

Mr. McGahn said he kept notes because he was a “real lawyer,” explaining that they were not a bad thing. Mr. Trump was unmoved. “I’ve had a lot of great lawyers, like Roy Cohn,” he said. “He did not take notes.” Mr. McGahn’s notes of the conversation about notes, of course, ended up in Mr.

Brexit-inspired tableware is being made to record Britain’s exit from the EU. Ceramics artist Harriet Coles said she was inspired after her son suggested making egg cups for hard and soft-boiled Brexit. Ms Cole works references to Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, and the EU flag, into the distinctive blue and white pattern of

NEW ORLEANS — The Trump administration is poised to end a program that has allowed five large nations, including China and India, to buy Iranian oil despite American sanctions, two senior American officials said on Sunday, a decision that is intended to squeeze Tehran’s government but could lead to higher oil and gasoline prices. The

Labour MP Richard Burgon has said he “regrets” saying Zionism is the “enemy of peace”, after a video emerged of him making the comments. In a BBC interview recorded last year, Mr Burgon denied that he had made the comments, following newspaper reports in 2016 that he had made them. But video footage posted on

Good Monday morning. Here are some of the stories making news in Washington and politics today. _____________________ • Pete Buttigieg. Bernie Sanders. Beto O’Rourke. And soon, Joe Biden. The most diverse field of candidates ever has been dominated lately by white men, leading Democratic voters to grapple with complicated questions about race, gender and politics.

Hillingdon councillor David Simmonds told the Today programme that “there is huge public demand” for councils to respond to public nuisances and defended the rise in fines for breaches of “petty” council orders. However, lawyer Rosie Brighouse said powers to stop such behaviour are too broad and misused. Campaign group the Manifesto Club has called