Germany’s ‘Most Dangerous Man’: PR gift for the AfD?

The Ukrainian capital was hit by Russia’s most intense wave of air attacks on Kyiv, reportedly in four years, with Reuters describing air raid sirens, drones, cruise and ballistic missiles exhausting Ukraine’s defence system, with 12 people killed and the Ukrainian foreign minister making a direct appeal to Western allies for more Patriot interceptor missiles. Ukraine’s asymmetric war continues, exposing the vulnerabilities of its refineries and logistics hubs. AP reports more than 43,000 Ukrainian drones have either struck targets or been intercepted over Russia since June. It’s been a week of goodwill and pledges between old frenemies on either side of the Channel. With President Macron in London to mark the beginning of the 10-month loan of the Bayeux Tapestry, political headlines focused on Normandy, with Britain’s latest PM looking for ways to stop the migrant boats. Migration was on the agenda in Birmingham too, as the leaders of the nationalist right, Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella, got together and got their share of the headlines — not all of them good for Reform — as the new Franglais power couple projected their own alliance. And it’s been a final week of election rall...