Pakistan has targeted militant hideouts in Afghanistan’s Kandahar province overnight, as the fighting that erupted between the two neighbours late last month showed no signs of abating. The cross-border attacks, which have included Pakistani airstrikes in Kabul, are the deadliest yet between the countries. Islamabad has referred to the conflict as an “open war”, adding

Nigel Farage stood on the upper floor of a packed music venue in Swindon, south-west England, on Thursday evening, smiling down at the stage as senior figures in Reform UK amped up the crowd. The leader of the populist party, which is ahead in opinion polls, was preparing to do what he has relished most