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David M. Herszenhorn

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Editing, words and the world for The Washington Post. Nieman Fellow '25. Based in Brussels. Previously: POLITICO Europe, NYT.

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France with a centrist president, Spain a leftist prime minister, Italy led by a conservative with neofascist roots- all facing public unrest. Are there common threads? Is the European project failing? Or do national narratives offer an explanation? washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Fueling Europe’s fiery protests, a young generation’s angry malaise

Fueling Europe’s fiery protests, a young generation’s angry malaise

European leaders from across the political spectrum are facing public unrest with common themes such as high living costs but root causes are complex and vary by country.

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Netanyahu blamed Israeli security chiefs but never let an independent commission investigate the Oct. 7 attack. Now Israelis are asking: What did he know and when did he know it? Reports that Netanyahu ignored Oct. 7 warnings dominate Israeli election washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Reports that Netanyahu ignored Oct. 7 warnings dominate Israeli election

Reports that Netanyahu ignored Oct. 7 warnings dominate Israeli election

The Israeli prime minister has denied any advance knowledge of the Hamas attack in 2023, but as a national election nears his role is under new scrutiny.

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Digitally fatigued, in search of authenticity & spirituality, young people are converting to Catholicism or rediscovering their grandparents' religion in heart of secular Europe Pope Leo visits secular France as surge of converts jolts a flagging faith washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Pope Leo visits secular France as surge of converts jolts a flagging faith

Pope Leo visits secular France as surge of converts jolts a flagging faith

TikTok-savvy Catholic priests and candlelight Masses ending with recruiters sharing QR codes are helping the unbaptized connect with their grandparents’ faith.

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Are voters really more polarized, moving to political extremes? Or are they just utterly sick of the status quo? Either way is bad news for centrists in Germany and everywhere. Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual wapo.st/3V8u3uG
Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual

Victories by far left and far right show Germans sick of politics as usual

In a striking show of antiestablishment voter sentiment, the Left won in Berlin on the same night that the far-right Alternative for Germany won in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

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He’ll win a parliamentary election on Sunday. But he can’t live forever. Here are seven men who could lead Russia after Putin. Can you guess who they are? washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Seven men who could lead Russia after Putin

Seven men who could lead Russia after Putin

Ahead of a parliamentary election on Sunday, President Vladimir Putin's grip on power is as strong as ever. But when the time comes, here are some potential successors.

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String of daring Russian plots is testing Washington’s restraint washingtonpost.com/world/202…
String of daring Russian plots is testing Washington’s restraint

String of daring Russian plots is testing Washington’s restraint

A strike on a train that imperiled former European leaders and CIA officers is among a spate of attacks that risked a dangerous escalation with the West, experts say.

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Sobering moment for Kyiv: Ukraine’s war outlook worsens as Kyiv confronts budget and weapons shortfalls washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Ukraine’s war outlook worsens as Kyiv confronts budget and weapons shortfalls

Ukraine’s war outlook worsens as Kyiv confronts budget and weapons shortfalls

Amid constant Russian drone and missile attacks, two shortfalls are raising the greatest alarm: a lack of air defense interceptors and an unexpected $27 billion defense budget gap.

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Trump threatened to bomb Oman. Oman has questions. The Trump admin was using Oman as a mediator before ending talks and starting the war. Trump signed an MOU in June designating Oman to talk to Iran about the Straight of Hormuz. So why threaten Oman? washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Oman, a mediator with Iran, is baffled by Trump’s bombing threat

Oman, a mediator with Iran, is baffled by Trump’s bombing threat

Omanis are wondering what triggered Trump to threaten to bomb their small country, which is known for neutrality and was negotiating between Iran and the U.S. to end the war

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A Venezuelan oilman faced a Swiss arrest warrant. The Trump admin had other plans, tapping him to help assert control over the VZ govt and oil industry. Senior US officials incl Blanche and Biondi intervened in the criminal case in Switzerland. washingtonpost.com/world/202…

A Venezuelan oilman faced a Swiss arrest warrant. The U.S. had other plans for him.

The Trump administration intervened in a Swiss criminal investigation of Alejandro Betancourt, who has been helping Washington as an intermediary in Caracas.

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Taco Bell tried and failed twice. But Chipotle believes its Mexican Grill can succeed ... in Mexico. So far, according to Terry McCoy the gamble seems to be paying off. As Chipotle opens in Mexico, one skeptic says ‘It’s gringo food for gringos’ wapo.st/4yNPZul
As Chipotle opens in Mexico, one skeptic says ‘It’s gringo food for gringos’

As Chipotle opens in Mexico, one skeptic says ‘It’s gringo food for gringos’

The U.S. fast-food chain says it can succeed south of the border, where Taco Bell has tried and failed twice. Some customers are embracing it — as American cuisine.

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Trump's candidate is trailing in Brazil's presidential race, so obviously something must wrong with the country's voting system. U.S. sending envoys to question Brazilian electoral system, officials say washingtonpost.com/world/202…
Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say

Brazil denies visas to U.S. delegation aiming to impugn election system, officials say

The U.S. delegation had planned to visit the Brazilian capital and cast doubt on the integrity of the voting system before a presidential election this fall, officials said.

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While in Lampedusa, Italy's island gateway to Europe, to stress human dignity, Pope Leo also issued a July 4th message telling the U.S. (and Trump) to be kind to immigrants. On July Fourth, Pope Leo urges U.S. to welcome, protect and assist immigrants wapo.st/4ghLNwh
On July Fourth, Pope Leo urges U.S. to welcome, protect and assist immigrants

On July Fourth, Pope Leo urges U.S. to welcome, protect and assist immigrants

In Lampedusa, island gateway to Europe, the U.S.-born pope stressed human dignity and told America: "in every generation" immigrants "helped to shape the nation’s character.”

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From our Washington Post reporting team in Iran: In Tehran, huge throngs mourn assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei wapo.st/4vh3sIi
In Tehran, huge throngs mourn assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei

In Tehran, huge throngs mourn assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled over the Islamic Republic of Iran for 37 years, was killed along with several family members in an airstrike in February.

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Lukianivka gets knocked down and gets back up again. And again and again. One neighborhood's resilience illustrates why Ukraine will never accept Russian domination. In The Washington Post 👇 Kyiv’s most-bombed neighborhood just won’t quit wapo.st/3QX5AXw
Kyiv’s most-bombed neighborhood just won’t quit

Kyiv’s most-bombed neighborhood just won’t quit

After four years of war, life in Lukianivka, the most frequently hit part of the Ukrainian capital, is a mix of adaptability and endurance, defiance and denial, resignation and resilience.

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Society of St. Pius X tries to ordain renegade bishops, in defiance of Pope Leo XIV. The result: automatic excommunication. Vatican excommunicates bishops of breakaway traditionalist sect wapo.st/4fg80K0
Vatican excommunicates bishops of breakaway traditionalist sect

Vatican excommunicates bishops of breakaway traditionalist sect

The sect, the Society of St. Pius X, defied a direct plea from Pope Leo XIV and sought to consecrate four bishops without the Vatican's approval.

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Trump keeps saying how great his relations are going with China. Meantime, clear-eyed Beijing is readying for next chapter in its trade battle w/ U.S. Rebecca Tan has the story 👇 China controls trade chokepoints beyond rare earths. It’s squeezing them. wapo.st/4es31nW
China controls trade choke points beyond rare earths. It’s squeezing them.

China controls trade choke points beyond rare earths. It’s squeezing them.

China is reaching beyond rare earth minerals to put restrictions on other key goods, so it can inflict pain in future trade wars while insulating itself from attacks.

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Even when Russians criticize Putin's war against Ukraine, their statements often have a way of infuriating Ukrainians. This year's Cannes Film Festival provides an example. At Cannes, a Russian director rebuked Putin’s war. Cue a Ukrainian eye roll. wapo.st/4viOEcE
A condemnation of Putin in glitzy Cannes still angers Ukrainians besieged by war

A condemnation of Putin in glitzy Cannes still angers Ukrainians besieged by war

Andrei Zvyagintsev urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the “bloodbath”  — but in Ukraine his remarks elicited ridicule and frustration.

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As China shows greater willingness to strong-arm its neighbors & Trump injects waves of unpredictability into global affairs, Japan and South Korea are among the smaller nations banding together to redraw the geostrategic balance in Asia. Gift link: wapo.st/3Ppzp2l
U.S. allies in Asia are trying to shield themselves from Trump’s unpredictability

U.S. allies in Asia are trying to shield themselves from Trump’s unpredictability

President Donald Trump’s seeming ambivalence about the value of allies has created a sense of urgency among nations with close U.S. ties.

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No one, it seems, can govern Britannia any more. a.k.a. The never-ending dividends of Brexit. Steve Hendrix in The Washington Post: In seemingly ungovernable Britain, prime ministers keep failing and falling wapo.st/4tGG0Dn
In seemingly ungovernable Britain, prime ministers keep failing and falling

In seemingly ungovernable Britain, prime ministers keep failing and falling

Keir Starmer, Britain's first Labour prime minister in 14 years, is fighting for his political life as mainstream parties crumble in favor of more extreme voices.

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Remembering Rep. Barney Frank who loved nothing more than to excoriate journalists but, politics aside, was one of the smartest people on Capitol Hill. In office and in retirement he often stood up to his party's far left wing even on gay rights an issue dear and personal to him.
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