The case“It was Allah who ordered me to do it.” The man who stabbed three women in Paris has been arrestedThe attacker struck near Porte de Clichy with two knives. He was stopped by an off-duty police officer. The victims included a pregnant woman. The public prosecutor’s office is investigating the case as attempted aggravated murderbyMauro Zanon27 JUL 26
in WashingtonAll the President’s Money: Donald Trump and the White House lobbyAn exclusive club, a prodigious investment fund, cryptocurrencies. How Trump’s revenues soared to $2.2 billion. What sets this apart from the past is the brazenness with which the Trump clan blurs the lines between business and domestic and international politics, and claims the right to extract economic value from the dominant position it occupiesbyMarco Bardazzi27 JUL 26
ReportageFinland feels the Kremlin’s shadow lengthening over its bordersExercise launched in anticipation of “a Red Army invading the country from the north-east”. Arctic war, with a new generation of soldiersbyFederico Lodoli27 JUL 26
the reportLa guerra in Ucraina spiegata a ConteThis is how we travel, sleep and die. To find out just how real the Russian threat is, all you need to do is take a trainbyMicol Flammini27 JUL 26
EditorialsThe hypocrisy of the ‘Patriotic Millionaires’One hundred and twenty British millionaires, including TV presenter and former footballer Gary Lineker and producer Brian Eno, have written to Prime Minister Burnham calling for higher taxes. If the rich want to pay more, why don’t they just do it?byRedazione27 JUL 26
in GermanyWhat do we know about the Islamist attack in Berlin?Following a manhunt lasting over 20 hours, the jihadist Abdul Ballout was killed in the Spandau district. The man was accused of the terrorist attack on the capital’s Christopher Street Day Pride event, in which one woman was killed and 29 people were injured. German Chancellor Merz described it as “an attack on our society”.byLorenzo Monfregola26 JUL 26
MagazineThe triumph of La Roja, the queen of world football, as a metaphor for SpainVictory at the World Cup is not just a sporting triumph; it is also a political one. The fractured nation of ninety years ago and the one of today, held together by the monarchy. La Coppa e la CoronabyMaria Pia Farinella25 JUL 26
the weekend supplementsAmerican communist. Old and new fearsTrump is reviving the rhetoric of the 1950s, whilst the left is focusing on anti-capitalism. What is the president trying to tell us? That the communists are the enemy once again? Certainly not his friend Xi byGiulio Silvano25 JUL 26
a strange featureCulture puts food on the table, but London needs to set the table all over againLondon remains a global cultural capital, yet the system is showing signs of strain, revealing a structural crisis that has not been resolved following the pandemic lockdown. Arts Council, funding, training: key issues for the new governmentbyFrancesco Stocchi25 JUL 26
EditorialsWhere is the split within PiS in Poland leading?Either alliances are rewritten within the EU as well, or it will all come to nothing. This is in Italy’s interestbyRedazione25 JUL 26