Europe
Dancer in the dark
As Ukrainian men head off to fight, women take up their jobs
Mining is one big example
The two Spains
Spain’s prime minister offers an amnesty to Catalan separatists
It should allow Pedro Sánchez to form a government, but at a heavy price
Cling to the centre
Germany’s Christian Democrats are unsure whom to hug
The centre-right is wary of teaming up with the far right
Free under fire
A year after its liberation, Kherson still knows fear—and defiance
Russia continually lobs shells at the Ukrainian city
Jews in France
Antisemitism surges in France after the Hamas attacks on Israel
Dread and distress among French Jews
Slow but steady
Ukraine inches closer to joining the EU
Formal accession talks should now begin in December
Falling Costa
Portugal’s prime minister resigns over a corruption scandal
A popular Socialist is brought down by a probe into lithium mines
The fracturing French left
The Middle East crisis is splitting the French opposition
Divisions over Israel and Hamas threaten the left-wing alliance
Fear spurs the Poles
Beefing up Poland’s armed forces
The incoming government is set to create the biggest army in Europe
War of attrition
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia
General Valery Zaluzhny admits the war is at a stalemate
Don’t look up
Trenches and tech on Ukraine’s southern front
Drone pilots have become valuable targets for both sides