Asked about The Donald’s national security strategy, the Commons was remarkable for its absences
You’d think MPs would be lining up to decry the US president’s threat to destabilise Europe. Instead, only backbenchers and a few junior ministers bothered to turn up
Germany drops promise to resettle hundreds of Afghans
Interior ministry will tell 640 people awaiting sanctuary ‘there is no longer any political interest in their being admitted’
From shiveringly vivid Mahler to the eclectic Hermes Experiment: our top classical recordings of 2025
Opera may be conspicuous by its absence, but the brilliance of Berlin Philharmonic’s Schoenberg and the exceptional South Korean Yunchan Lim gave us plenty to sink our teeth into this year
Campaigners in legal effort to suspend trial of puberty blockers in England
Letters arguing research could harm participating children sent to medical regulators, health secretary and NHS
Church of England reviewing complaint against incoming archbishop of Canterbury
Sarah Mullally accused of mishandling abuse complaint against priest in London, where she serves as bishop
The majority of doctors supported the recent strike. So why did the Department of Health suggest the opposite?
It would seem that poll data was cherrypicked and then used to brief the Times. Such distortion of facts from a public body should alarm us all, says former president of YouGov Peter Kellner
Orcas team up with dolphins to hunt salmon, study finds
Northern resident killer whales appear to use dolphins as ‘scouts’, in a surprising cooperative hunting strategy
Man vs Baby review – Rowan Atkinson’s festive slapstick is the most trite Christmas show possible
Even the ridiculous product placement isn’t the most cynical thing about this exercise in trading in Cosy British Christmascore. It’s a nauseatingly schmaltzy and nonsensical
Chrissie Hynde: ‘I pierced Johnny Rotten’s ear in a toilet with an earring and a bar of soap’
The Pretenders bandleader answers your questions on her friendship with Morrissey, her love of Van Gogh and why her cameo on Friends ruined her school run
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum announces southern outpost in Eindhoven
Museum, which includes rich collection of Vermeers and Rembrandts, currently shows only fraction of its 1m objects
US engaging in ‘extreme rightwing tropes’ reminiscent of 1930s, British MPs warn
House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics
Reaching net zero: what will it cost the UK and is it a price worth paying?
An official report says the bill for switching to clean energy will rise sharply – and puts forward a slower, ‘falling behind” alternative
Does the NHS trans doctor ruling mean there is no bathroom ban?
Some businesses still waiting for final EHRC guidance while firms that moved early to exclude trans people show no sign of backtracking