Mark Stone

There are multiple layers to this shocking act of extreme violence. The presence of the US attorney general at a midnight news conference is a clear indication of the Trump administration’s shock and swift reaction. Pam Bondi had already visited […]

In today’s Saudi Arabia, convention centres resemble palaces.  The King Abdul Aziz International Conference Centre was built in 1999 but inside it feels like Versailles. Some might call it kitsch, but it’s a startling reflection of how far this country

It has been an extraordinary few hours which may well set the tone for a hugely consequential week ahead. In the time that it took me to fly from London to Saudi Arabia, where President Donald Trump will begin a

The tone has changed totally. It’s a remarkable turnaround from the Oval Office meltdown to the perfect phone call. President Trump is wholly transactional. His desire for give and take far outweighs any ideological instincts. He has no particular alignment

President Trump promised profound change. His former aide Steve Bannon said the first few weeks would be ‘days of thunder’.  It’s been all of that and more. Domestically and globally Donald Trump has proudly upturned norms. One key question for

Is this the art of the deal or the art of blackmail? US President Donald Trump’s evening announcement to suspend US military aid to Ukraine came after a weekend through which the question had been: “He wouldn’t actually do that,

The man who has emerged as Donald Trump’s geopolitical dealmaker-in-chief has said that he’s developed a “friendship” with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Steve Witkoff was named as Mr Trump’s Middle East envoy shortly after the US election but he has

At the Faena Hotel on Miami Beach, at breakfast, I overheard the conversation on the next table. “Trump is creating instability,” one man said to the other, who disagreed. It was a good natured but forthright debate that cut to

In the late 1970s, America was not in a good place; reeling from a war and from Watergate. Then came a man called Jimmy. “Jimmy who?” the nation asked. And so it was that the nation was somewhat dismissive when

Warning: This story contains distressing images To find safety from Gaza, you need first to become the victim of a catastrophic injury and then be lucky enough to be identified, selected and extracted. That’s one of the many brutal truths