Poll dance: Boris Johnson’s election ploy

Japan’s prime minister Takaichi Sanae has called an election three months into her term. Can she capitalise on her popularity, or will her less-popular party be punished at the ballot box? Will a new treaty curb the destruction of the oceans? And how fancy restaurants are respond ...  Show more

Donald Trump has promised to impose a 10% tariff on eight countries, all NATO members, that oppose his plan to acquire Greenland. As the argument over the territory’s future continues, our correspondent analyses the fragile state of international relations. American megachurches ...  Show more

Rishi Sunak and Sajid Javid, Britain’s finance and health ministers respectively, <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/07/06/two-ministers-resign-weakening-boris-johnsons-hold-on-office?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_con ...

Boris Johnson has resigned as British prime minister after a series of scandals meant his party could no longer support him.      

Latika Bourke, the Sydney Morning Herald’s UK correspondent, tells us Johnson will be remembered most for his role in Britain leaving the E ...

Keir Starmer will be the new prime minister as his Labour party wins a massive majority in UK elections. US President Joe Biden will give a televised interview with ABC News as he seeks to reassure the American public he’s up for the job, after a poor debate performance. And in F ...  Show more

Divisions within the ruling party are on full display this week, and the <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/04/rishi-sunak-is-wrong-to-amputate-britains-high-speed-rail-line?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=di ...