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I’m sorry to remind you, but it’s been just over five years since the pandemic forced London to close. Life as we knew it was put on pause, and as we inched closer to pressing the play button, some believed that the years after would resemble this century’s equivalent of…

Many turbulent years have taught my friends never to make plans. Yet, even after Ekrem İmamoğlu’s arrest, they have hope, says Istanbul-based writer Carolin Würfel

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The loss of No 10’s director of communications after just nine months should come as a warning to the entire government. It needs to better explain to the public why it is making unpopular decisions and demanding sacrifices – or sink further in the polls

Editorial: International donors will need to work with the country’s fragmented local administrations as well as its military rulers

Radio 3’s celebration of Pierre Boulez is a chance to revisit “difficult” music and break down divisions between old and new styles

Rumeysa Ozturk, a visa holder, was snatched off the streets by Ice agents and sent to a detention center 1,000 miles away for opposing war crimes in Gaza

Britain’s PM has not been open with his citizens for fear of backlash from Washington, but this crisis demands honesty, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Democratic representative Ritchie Torres joined forces with a Republican to form the Congressional Crypto caucus. That’s a dangerous move

The lights are not always on on at the vast mansion known locally as the Taj Mittal, easily the biggest residence on London’s most exclusive billionaire’s row, Kensington Palace Gardens.

The widely reviled veep and his wife may not see much of the island they’d like to annex, but the US military base will be lovely at this time of year, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

We need a new politics of belonging, not Labour’s craven appeasement of capital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot