Election has framed future of automobility as showdown between petrolheads and green zealotsThe second Steve Dumke spots a gap in the traffic on the road from Eggersdorf to Strausberg, his white Hyundai Ioniq lurches forward and nestles between two fas…
Centre-left German election candidate ‘eager to form government with Greens’
Poll declares Olaf Scholz of the SDP victor of all three televised debates before next Sunday’s voteThe centre-left frontrunner to replace Angela Merkel emphasised his eagerness to form a government with the Greens in the last TV debate before next Sun…
UK-France defence summit cancelled in Aukus row
Paris furious at scrapping of Australian submarine contract and new three-way technology pactA Franco-British defence ministers’ summit due to take place this week has been cancelled as Paris steps up its protests over the loss of a £48bn submarine con…
The Guardian view on Angela Merkel: farewell to a bulwark of stability | Editorial
Though sometimes overly cautious, the German chancellor has been a standard bearer for a consensual way of doing politicsOne of the most emblematic political photographs of recent times was taken during a G7 summit in Canada in 2018. Leaning forward ac…
Westminster Tories are driving support for the SNP in Scotland | Letters
Dougie Mitchell and Judith Reeves set out why many Scots, even unionists, prefer Sturgeon’s progressive party to the alternative, while Dr Hugh Young says anti-Brexit sentiment is not confined to the SNPYour editorial (The Guardian view on the SNP: del…
Nino Castelnuovo obituary
Actor best known for playing Guy Foucher in the French musical film classic The Umbrellas of CherbourgThe actor Nino Castelnuovo, who has died aged 84, starred in one of the indisputable masterpieces of 1960s French cinema: Jacques Demy’s heartbreaking…
Spanish Canary Island volcano erupts after weeks of earthquakes
About 40 people were evacuated from near the volcano on La Palma Island before the eruptionA volcano erupted on the Spanish Canary Island of La Palma on Sunday after a week of building seismic activity.A huge column of smoke rose up after the eruption …
Zidane becomes Antoine as website helps do away with ‘un-French’ names
Satirical site ridicules far-right suggestion that people should be made to have ‘more French’ namesWhen a far-right political journalist and possible presidential contender began talking about people having “un-French” names, there really was only one…
French highline walker makes 600-metre Seine crossing from Eiffel Tower
‘It was beautiful,’ says Nathan Paulin after traversing slackline over Paris river to mark country’s Heritage DayA French highline walker has crossed the River Seine in Paris at a height of 70 metres, in a breathtaking feat watched by cheering crowds o…
Climate top of the agenda as knife-edge race to lead Germany enters final stage
Cheers and jeers greet political rivals trying to succeed Merkel, as they chase green votes in the former DDRAs Annalena Baerbock steps on to the stage, the downpour that minutes before had soaked those gathered on Chemnitz’s Theater Platz ceases. The …