What doesn’t add up in Andrey Melnichenko’s essay, which presents itself as a call for the creation of a new European security architecture

Eisenkot gains ground, Netanyahu loses: a tie at 22 seats in the Maariv poll. Exemption from military service for yeshiva students and separate classes: the laws pushed through by the Prime Minister in a bid to stay in power are failing to win over the electorate

The hypocrisy of the Chinese leader who speaks of ‘free and fair’ artificial intelligence and excessive national security. The speech at the Shanghai conference

Khmara replaces Federov, and the message is: if Ukraine’s defence depended on just one man, we would have lost by now

The former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom speaks out. “Putin is clearly failing, and that’s a good thing. But a third Russian invasion must be avoided.” Meloni and Trump? “A lovers’ quarrel.” Allies? “Europe’s response to the war in Iran has been appalling.”

Tehran is reported to have already asked the Yemeni group to prepare for possible counter-offensives. But the Saudi monarchy wants to prevent a new war in the Gulf: “An open conflict could jeopardise energy infrastructure, foreign investment and all major tourism and industrial projects,” says researcher Ari Heistein (JISS)

One year on from the Druze massacre, whilst Damascus opens up to the world, the southern city remains isolated, impoverished and still seeking justice. A population divided between the Jewish state and al-Sharaa 

Following the electoral collapse and Keir Starmer’s downfall, the former mayor of Manchester has become leader unopposed and will be tasked by King Charles on Monday with forming a government. Farage remains in the background, but the sense of urgency that had fuelled the Labour revolt already seems less pressing