An independent review, led by Philip Rycroft, into foreign financial interference in UK politics has been commissioned by the government.

Of 111 measles cases reported in the state's northwest region, 105 people were unvaccinated and 3 were partially vacinnated, health officials said.

House of Commons calls on Keir Starmer to condemn Donald Trump’s ‘interference’ in European politics * Europe live – latest updates The US is engaging in “extreme rightwing tropes” with echoes of the 1930s and threatening “chilling” interference in European democracies, British MPs warned ministers on Thursday. The House of Commons rounded on Donald Trump’s national security strategy, which stated that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and vowed to help the continent “correct its current trajectory and promote patriotic European parties”. Continue reading...

The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...

The White House has formalised its contempt for ‘decaying’ Europe with an ominous plan to undermine the EU and boost the far right

Japan has scrambled jets to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around the country, the Japanese defence ministry said late Tuesday, amid rising tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

South Korea's military said it had scrambled fighter jets when Chinese and Russian military planes entered and left its air defence zone on Tuesday.

Vilnius’s move follows appeals to EU to take more action against ‘hybrid’ attacks from Russia-aligned neighbour

Tree rings reveal volcanic eruptions triggered climate shocks that reshaped trade routes and opened the door to the Black Death

The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.

At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill Three more British MEPs from Nigel Farage’s bloc are alleged to have “followed the script” given to a colleague who was being bribed by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors, as a police investigation into the affair continues. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has named Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe, saying they followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when giving interviews to 112 Ukraine, a pro-Russian TV channel in March 2019. Continue reading...

Dmitry Medvedev joining Elon Musk post in call for the abolition of the EU captures fifteen years of Kremlin information warfare, and encapsulates the story of Trojan Horses

NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

Philip Bump: The Trump administration is often compared to Nazi Germany. I asked historians to weigh in.