UNCOVERED: 6 - The Untold Story

The Middle East is drifting leaderless to catastrophe. War is just an airstrike away

From Netanyahu to Nasrallah, the region’s politicians are flailing. Will no one stop the lunacy?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 22, 2024

Putin and Kim are the odd couple with a dual mission – cementing a new world order

Kim enjoys the recognition. Putin’s war, meanwhile needs North Korean weapons. It’s a dangerous alliance, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s Foreign Affairs Commentator

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2024

Rising violence against politicians is an attack on democracy itself

Seemingly random assaults in Britain and other parts of Europe are coming from left and right

The Guardian - UK · Jun 15, 2024

Call to prosecute Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes exposes the west’s moral doublethink

US and Britain condemn Hamas and Putin, yet balk at attempts to hold Israel’s leaders to account. But no one should be above the law

The Guardian - UK · May 25, 2024

Nato’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: what on earth is it for?

The military alliance is turning 75. But there’s little to celebrate in Kyiv, as Putin’s forces continue their bloody advance

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2024

The ANC has left South Africa a land of broken dreams. Its time seems over

At this month’s elections, the party of Mandela should be judged on its dismal record over the past 30 years

The Guardian - UK · May 11, 2024

There’s one thing standing in the way of a ceasefire: Netanyahu’s refusal to compromise

The Israeli PM has rejected the latest deal. Both he and Hamas’s leadership must stop playing politics with people’s lives, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK · May 7, 2024

Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards

As elections loom across the continent, Italy’s prime minister and the commission’s president are in a dubious alliance

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2024

Civil War is a terrifying film, but Trump: The Sequel will be a real-life horror show

If the former president regains the White House in November, America faces a more dystopian future than that being shown in cinemas

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024

In breaking their fragile truce, Israel and Iran have opened a Pandora’s box

Skirmishes between the pair have until now been muted, but the tit-for-tat attack on Isfahan shows how the Gaza conflict is fuelling global tensions

The Guardian - UK · Apr 20, 2024