What will it cost to make Vladimir Putin stop?
Europe must offer Ukraine a big enough financial package to deter the Kremlin
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Britain's energy bills problem - and why firms are paid huge sums to stop producing power
Could the government's radical plan to change the way the UK distributes electricity really bring down bills - or just lead to a postcode lottery?
Energy
Software
Nature-based solutions for fire-resilient European forests
This briefing outlines the potential of nature-based solutions (NbS) to reduce fire risk and increase overall climate resilience across Europe’s forests. It is based on...
European Affairs
Climate & Environment
How to make European forests resilient to wildfires by working with nature
Nature-based solutions are key to reducing Europe’s growing risk of forest fires and to making forests more resilient to climate change, according to a briefing...
European Affairs
Climate & Environment
Donald Trump’s trade power is vast, but self-defeating
The view from Canada, as Trumpian threats fly
Energy
Economics
China is backing Russia’s war to keep America distracted, says Kaja Kallas
China’s rulers want to show it is in their people’s interests to keep America focused on Europe, according to the EU’s foreign-policy chief
Policy
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These robots can clean, exercise - and care for you in old age. Would you trust them to?
It sounds like something from a sci-fi film - but some scientists believe this clever new tech could help alleviate strains on the UK care...
Robotics
Technology
Children and teens roundup – the best new picture books and novels
The healing power of gardens; celebrating an abolitionist; hope in the toughest times; a gladiator romantasy and moreThe Butterfly House by Harry Woodgate, Andersen, £12.99Miss...
Books & Literature
Energy
Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly
The digital habits that defined youth are transforming old age
Technology
Brussels feels like a city preparing for war
Europe readies itself to survive in a world of hostile strongmen
European Affairs
World News
'It's harder to be a parent than a space shuttle commander', trailblazing Nasa pilot tells BBC
The BBC speaks to astronaut Eileen Collins, the first woman to pilot and command a Nasa spacecraft.
Space & Astronomy
The War Room newsletter: Three lessons from a spy scandal
Shashank Joshi, our defence editor, looks at an espionage fiasco in Britain
Landmark deal to cut global shipping emissions in tatters after US pressure
President Trump intervened in the talks calling the deal a "green scam".
Climate & Environment
World News
The icy cold war America is busy losing
Its weakest flank isn’t Greenland, but around Alaska
Sustainability
The Millions’ Great Fall 2025 Book Preview
The leaves are turning, and new books abound. Fall is famously publishing’s busy season, and this year is no exception. My favorite book of the...
Technology
Publishing
Wacom One 14 Review: Solid hardware, in a crowded market
The Wacom One 14 is a computer-tethered pen display that tries to pull artists away from the iPad, but its solid specifications can't fend off...
Hardware
Technology
China tries shock-and-awe on Donald Trump
Xi Jinping’s bet that dramatic escalation is the way to win a trade war
Economics
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
Energy
Biology
Europe struggles to put homeland defence first
Years of expeditionary operations leave it vulnerable if America abandons the continent
European Affairs
The Economist today newsletter: What happens when migrants stop coming?
We are witnessing a turning point in migration, writes Adam Roberts, our digital editor
Technology
Software
Can the West survive an age of brinkmanship?
It is time to relearn the cold-war arts of escalation management
The flashing red threat from Russia’s dark fleet
NATO navies struggle to contain a new danger on the seas
World News
State of Europe’s environment not good: threats to nature and impacts of climate change top challenges
Significant progress has been made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, but the overall state of Europe’s environment is not good, especially its...
Climate & Environment
Environment
The War Room newsletter: The best tanks of all time
In a bonus edition of our defence newsletter, Richard Cockett examines an icon from the battlefield