8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 Impeachment hearings begin with a bombshell Trump is right to be rattled – the first day of public impeachment hearings into the Ukraine scandal very much didn’t go his way. By Nicky Woolf
8268, 8323 Spain’s weak governments and a rising far right mark a new political era The troubling shifts of recent years have all made Spain more, not less, like the rest of the continent. By Jeremy Cliffe
8268, 8275 Leader: The end of national capitalism No other major Western country has allowed so many of its strategic industries, assets and pre-eminent companies to fall into foreign ownership. By New Statesman
8320, 8321 “We are a conscious collective” – inside Beirut’s revolutionary movement Widespread protests in Lebanon have already led to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. But, activists say, the revolution is just beginning. By Angela Brussel
8277, 8279 Why Trust Science?: an argument in favour of experts We have many reasons to trust science. Whether or not we find the political will to heed its warnings is another question. By Hettie O'Brien
8277, 8279 Misunderstanding Mrs Thatcher How Margaret Thatcher consolidated her power – not thanks to the Falklands War, but because of an opposition that underestimated her. By John Gray
8268, 8275 How Britain was sold Why we need to rethink the case for a national capitalism in the age of uncertainty. By David Edgerton
8277, 8279 Books of the year Our friends and contributors choose their favourite reading of 2019. By New Statesman
8268, 8445 We used to see travel as a force for good – but the climate crisis has changed that More free time and less financial hardship would mean that holidays would cease to be the only source of pleasure. By Megan Nolan
8320, 8321, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8417 Trump hopes killing al-Baghdadi will boost his popularity. He’s likely to be disappointed The leader of Isis is dead. But Trump is clearly fishing for the kind of political boost received by Obama following bin Laden’s death, and he is unlikely to get it. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8321, 8324 Trump wants to end America’s “forever wars” but Putin has greater control in Syria Donald Trump's actions on Syria expose his catastrophic impulsiveness, but America's strategic incoherence and weakness goes well beyond the president. By Helen Thompson
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Swipes from rivals during the Democratic debate only prove Warren is now the frontrunner Even a revived Bernie Sanders and former vice president Joe Biden look to be playing catchup. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Tulsi Gabbard is one of the more compelling subplots of the 2020 election The Hawaii congresswoman is running a maverick campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. By Chris Robinson
8277, 8279 Permanent Record: Edward Snowden spies on the spies The whistle-blower’s memoir is insightful, with a nice line in tech-inflected imagery. By Steven Poole
8320, 8324, 8415, 8416, 8418 Is Elizabeth Warren now the Democratic primary frontrunner? Trump’s attempted attack on Biden in Ukraine may have backfired, but Warren’s surefooted campaign has kept her steadily moving up through the pack. By Nicky Woolf
8320, 8321 “We are a conscious collective” – inside Beirut’s revolutionary movement Widespread protests in Lebanon have already led to the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri. But, activists say, the revolution is just beginning. By Angela Brussel
BBC’s His Dark Materials keeps all the seriousness of the original novels The TV and books I loved best as a child flattered me by seeming to treat me as an adult: this adaptation will do the same for many children. By Rachel Cooke
8277, 8279 Benjamin Myers’s The Offing: a sensual pleasure The prose in The Offing is baroque and proudly old-fashioned, the antithesis of Sally Rooney-style sparseness. By Alice O'Keeffe
8277, 8279 Elton John’s Me: a bracingly open and spectacularly funny autobiography Dignity is thrillingly cast aside in this riotously entertaining book full of premium celebrity tittle-tattle. By Giles Smith
8277, 8279 Why poetry matters The story of 20th-century poetry teaches us that language is not a luxury: we need the right words in order to survive. By Rowan Williams
8268, 8272 The FT's new editor is a sign UK newspapers are changing – but not quickly enough Roula Khalaf joins a growing number of women heading top titles, but her appointment is a reminder of how unrepresentative the media remains. By Jasper Jackson
8300, 8303 Was the Labour Party cyber attack really that sophisticated? Several security experts have questioned whether it was as complex as the party first made out. By Oscar Williams
8300, 8303, 8302 Self-reflection apps: the explosive new trend helping us optimise our lives For some the ability to self-reflect is a fun bit of exploration. But for others it's an opportunity for unrelenting self-improvement. By Sarah Manavis
8300, 8302 Revealed: the malicious WiFi networks that can exploit MPs’ phones A survey of central London appears to show clusters of attacks around parliament and Whitehall. By Oscar Williams
8268, 8275, 8270, 8274, 8387, 8300, 8362 Damian Collins on electoral law, disinformation and Dominic Cummings By George Grylls
8268, 8270, 8274, 8447 The one thing that has changed in this election is Boris Johnson's approval ratings So far, the polls aren't showing much change at all. By Stephen Bush
8268, 8270 Will Labour pay an electoral price for its anti-Semitism crisis? As a weary Britain heads to the polls, relations between Labour and the Jewish community have reached a new low. By Alona Ferber
8268, 8328 The real reason for the UK’s record employment: we’re poorer The boom in jobs and working hours reflects the fact that our living standards are worse than expected. By Torsten Bell
8268, 8323 Germany seems strong, but it is still grappling with the forces unleashed when the wall fell The country brought back together 30 years ago was a nation not just divided but stunted: its past not fully processed. By Jeremy Cliffe
8268, 8445, 8275 Britain's floods show how unprepared it is for the climate crisis As severe floods from a month’s worth of rain in one day claim a life, there is only one way to find a flood strategy that works. By Anoosh Chakelian
8320, 8323 Spanish voters must treat Sunday's election as an emergency The Spanish people must get out and vote to defeat the extreme right. By Yanis Varoufakis and Luis Martin
