If the party cannot translate momentum into council seats, it risks being another noisy but inconsequential endeavour.

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The BBC reporter talks courting Putin, playing piano with Gorbachev, and the rising tensions of a nation at war.

If America ever stops being the world’s leading power, then the dollar would also cease being the global reserve currency.

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After a bin strike that has run for weeks, rubbish and rats are consuming Birmingham. Have we forgotten our second city? By Harry Clarke-Ezzidio There’s been a lot of trash talk about Birmingham ...

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Ralph Fiennes plays the hero as a warrior shamed by his deeds and suffering from PTSD.