The west is in freefall – and the worst part is that we were warned, but chose not to listen | Owen Jones

Trump-Xi live updates: leaders of US and China to talk AI and trade in major Washington meeting

Price hikes, ads and lower quality: has ‘streamflation’ ruined the TV experience?

US consumers are starting to opt out of the streaming world as several services raise prices without offering many perks It may not be quite as politically buzzy as the price of gasoline or eggs, but another household expense is going up for millions of people.

‘I get lost going to the bathroom’: John Hannah on world travel, stealing props and being ‘the Scottish Eminem’

The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor answers your questions on being confused with James Nesbitt, his own Sliding Doors moment and a new perspective since turning 60 How often do you get asked to recite that WH Auden poem from Four Weddings and a Funeral , and can you do it from…