Harriet Marsden

5 days ago | theweek.com | Harriet Marsden

Enduring support for former president Evo Morales has once again boiled over into violence in Bolivia, deepening the nation's political and economic crisis. At least four first responders are dead after clashes between anti-government protesters and authorities, the justice minister said last week, adding that some had been shot. "We can't call these civilian protests any more," said César Siles.

1 week ago | theweek.com | Harriet Marsden

Labour's crackdown on the 200-year-old status of non-doms – and closure of a loophole that allowed them to avoid UK inheritance tax via offshore trusts – has caused an outcry among the wealthy. This has snowballed into an alleged "exodus" of rich people from Britain, and Rachel Reeves is said to be considering reversing her controversial decision to impose 40% inheritance tax on the global assets of non-doms, government officials told the Financial Times.

1 week ago | theweek.com | Harriet Marsden

"One thing is abundantly clear; we as a society owe these women a debt."That was Louise Casey's assessment in her audit of group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, published yesterday. Keir Starmer commissioned the audit in January after Labour "came under extreme pressure to hold an inquiry into the grooming gangs scandal", said The New Statesman. The government had "repeatedly refused to hold a national inquiry", arguing that councils should investigate "at a local level instead".

1 week ago | theweek.com | Harriet Marsden

The UK's overseas espionage agency will be led by a woman for the first time since its inception 116 years ago. Blaise Metreweli has been appointed the new head of the Secret Intelligence Service, known as MI6, 30 years after Judi Dench played a fictional female MI6 chief in the James Bond films. Metreweli, currently head of technology, a position codenamed "Q", will take over from Richard Moore as the 18th chief – or "C" – when he steps down in the autumn after a five-year term.

2 weeks ago | theweek.com | Harriet Marsden

The one-year countdown to the Fifa World Cup 26 begins today and the biggest men's football tournament on the planet is already beset with controversy. The 23rd World Cup will be co-hosted by the US, Mexico and Canada, with America taking the lion's share of the venues. But Donald Trump's recent travel ban on citizens of 12 countries, as well as his attacks on the two co-hosts and the intensifying immigration raids, have created immense uncertainty about safety and logistics.