World views from the author of First with the News, a memoir of life on the front line

Friday, 18 July 2025

Cover-ups always get found out

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Politicians never learn. What really gets to people are cover-ups. We appear to have two going on at the moment: one in the US over the late...
Thursday, 17 July 2025

Syrian leader has toughest job in the world

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Ahmed al-Sharaa, the Syrian president, must be eligible for the "most difficult job in the world" title, followed closely by Volod...
Wednesday, 16 July 2025

Nightmare human crisis on Iran/Afghanistan border

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Apart from the daily slaughter of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, can there be anywhere worse on the planet right now than Afghanistan? More ...
Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Trump and "great gentleman" King Charles

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There has been such a fuss about Donald Trump's upcoming State Visit to Britain in September. Was he deliberately snubbed when it was ma...
Monday, 14 July 2025

Trump is back on Ukraine's side

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It took a few hiccups and a dressing down in the Oval Office, but Donald Trump is now back on side, pro-Ukraine and pro-arming Ukraine. It h...
Saturday, 12 July 2025

Russia to attack Britain in five years?

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According to yet another British Army general, we have just five years before an invasion by Russia. The government, he says, should start b...
Friday, 11 July 2025

9/11 accused conspirators lose plea to stop death sentence

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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of 9/11 and three alleged co-conspirators are back where they started. For years they have be...
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michael evans
London, United Kingdom
Veteran Fleet Street reporter, former defence editor, war correspondent and Pentagon correspondent for The Times
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