Reports sugget Zhipu AI has released a new model that can rival leading US systems. Credit: Getty

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China is threatening America in the AI race Its cheaper models could give Beijing an edge

Starmer’s Defence Investment Plan is a problem for the Right Neither Reform UK nor the Conservatives have an easy attack line

Tuesday, 30 June

Democrats won’t learn from Supreme Court trans ruling Justices have upheld states’ rights to restrict women’s sport to biological females

Lisa Selin Davis

The Pope has received robust backing from some surprising corners of the Church. Credit: Getty

Risk of Catholic schism has rallied traditionalists behind Pope Leo

Why is Zack Polanski so obsessed with imperial guilt? His view of history relies on national self-flagellation

Samuel Rubinstein

Decriminalising rough sleeping won’t help the homeless Britain’s streets will only become grimmer as vagrancy goes unpunished

Ben Ramanauskas

The NHS is still putting gender ideology over women’s rights Healthcare trusts are blinded by the dogma of trans activism

Monday, 29 June

ICE raids have prompted a series of protests across America in the last year. Credit: Getty

Trump’s Lance Schroyer pick shows nobody wants to run ICE

Andy Burnham’s devolution drive is hollow Taking power away from Westminster won’t solve Britain's structural crises

London grooming gangs probe could shame the Met The force has a history of fudging sexual abuse investigations

Ben Stokes saved English cricket He elevated the sport during an era in which it had fallen out of fashion

Heavy is the head. Credit: Getty

King Charles is making a mistake by leaning into multiculturalism

Sunday, 28 June

Crimea will decide the Ukraine war Kyiv’s forces have forced the Russian-occupied territory into a state of emergency

Bethany Elliott

Will Philip Larkin make Burnham a good prime minister? Britain needs leaders who can read

Joseph Williams

It’s time for a British Panthéon France commemorates its thinkers with suitable gravitas

Is Shabana Mahmood going soft on immigration? Labour’s new refugee scheme risks undoing her good work

Saturday, 27 June

Nixon is now a lodestar for modern Right-wing counterculture. Credit: Getty

Richard Nixon has become a MAGA hero

Nathan Pinkoski

John Bolton’s guilty plea is the endpoint of DC’s leaking culture DOJ hypocrisy preceded Trump’s presidency

How Andy Burnham cracked vibes politics Labour has found its first media-savvy communicator in the digital age

Friday, 26 June

Failed Senate revolt proves Trump’s hold over the GOP Republicans always fall behind the President eventually

International order is breaking down in the Gulf The Iran war has pushed oil producers apart

Reports suggest half of the 400,000 migrants slated for deportation have been allowed to remain. Credit: Getty

Bureaucracy has stifled Labour’s migration agenda

The folly of a No. 10 in the North Andy Burnham wants to increase his legitimacy if he is to become PM

Chris Middleton

Would repealing the Equality Act help white working-class boys? The proposal by Reform UK can only go so far

Thursday, 25 June

Falling oil prices will take a long time to benefit consumers Donald Trump is hoping for a quick drop in costs at the pump to help in the midterms

New Colombian president could be the key to Trump’s drug war But full-scale military attacks on criminal organisations would destabilise the country

Daniel DePetris

'The greatest danger posed by this bill is not that it will fill the prisons with therapists, parents and GPs. It is that it will make them afraid.' Credit: Getty

Labour’s conversion therapy bill is not fit for purpose

Josephine Bartosch

A digital currency won’t free Europe Plans for an electronic payment system backed by the ECB are moving forward

Will Keir Starmer become the secretary general of the UN? A role in international diplomacy is perfect for Britain’s apolitical Prime Minister

Lee David Evans

Wednesday, 24 June

Police facial recognition expansion won’t make London safer It will erode public freedom

Timandra Harkness

The first child under 12 has been euthanised in the Netherlands according to the nation's health ministry. Credit: Getty

Euthanasia of child in Netherlands is a warning for UK

Adam James Pollock

Women have reasons to fear a Burnham premiership His record on trans activism deserves further scrutiny