The diagnosis is simple: “Our health-care system broke in 2020,” says Dr Tom Dolphin, an anaesthetist in London and boss of the British Medical Association. “We like to pretend it didn’t, but it really did. ” In the early months of 2020, hospitals paused normal activity to free up beds …

AS HUNGARY’s OPPOSITION leader, Peter Magyar, campaigns to end the 16-year reign of Viktor Orban at elections on April 12th, he has chosen a slogan with a double edge. “Now or Never” conveys the urgency felt by Hungarians who sense a best-ever chance of defeating Mr Orban. That “or Never” …

In a poor neighbourhood of Congo’s capital, Kinshasa, the bell tower of a neat whitewashed church rises high above grey walls and tin roofs. Just after dawn on a Sunday morning, the sound of tom-tom drums, electric guitars and lively choral music draws in hundreds of people, who sing and …

IF CHINA’S RULING elites could decide the duration of President Donald Trump’s war on Iran, two months would be a popular choice. A short war would not hurt America enough, is the icy verdict of a policy adviser in Beijing. His calculus reflects a consensus in national-security circles: that Mr …

Iran’s conflict with Iraq in the 1980s provides valuable lessons for today, writes Richard Cockett, a senior editor Mar 27th 2026|5 min read Welcome to the monthly bonus edition of The War Room. The future of Africa will be shaped by investment rather than aid Foreign and African firms are …

The display of American and Israeli firepower in Iran has been more fast-paced and overwhelming than America showed off in either of the first two Persian Gulf wars. The two allies are thought to have conducted more offensive sorties on February 28th than America managed on the first day of …

Few secrets are more closely guarded than the state of a country’s missile defences. Knowing how well attacks are working—by observing the effort required to stop them—is valuable intelligence. So it was striking when, on March 10th, Ukraine’s defence ministry said that in the first three days of the war …

GUNBOAT IMPERIALISM so thrills President Donald Trump, he ought to start wearing mutton-chop whiskers, a frock-coat and a sword. Especially in his second term, Mr Trump has repeatedly startled the world by applying 19th-century methods to modern security problems, like a latter-day William McKinley. Sadly for Mr Trump, the world …

In the mid-1990s the UN built an airstrip in Ngara, in the far west of Tanzania, to supply refugee camps near the border with Burundi. Three decades later it has a different use. Over the past year the airstrip has welcomed about a dozen planes filled with potential investors, not …

International | The Telegram India has much to lose from a world in chaos Not long ago, India was cocky about handling an unpredictable America. No longer Share Illustration: Chloe Cushman Mar 10th 2026 | 5 min read B Y RIGHTS, THIS should be a told-you-so moment for the high …