Bloomberg Five Catalan separatist leaders emerged from jail to take up their seats in Spain’s parliament on Tuesday in an act of political theatre that may inflame passions on both sides of a divided country. Oriol Junqueras, the leader of the Esquerra Republicana party, is among four pro-independence campaigners who won seats in the lower house in Spanish general elections ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s decision to fight “all the subpoenas” is pushing Democrats towards a complicated and risky choice: take on the White House in a lengthy court battle or begin an impeachment. The impeachment process would strengthen Democrats’ legal case for enforcing subpoenas, but it would open them to political attacks from Republicans saying they are rushing toward a ...

Behind recent US and Iranian military mobilisations lies a perception by each side that the other may be about to attack. This doesn’t appear to be posturing by either nation but is instead a confrontation that could lead to actual conflict if there’s a miscalculation. The United States sent an aircraft carrier task force, bombers and other assets to the ...