A furious blame game has erupted over the cause of the LA inferno that has killed 16 and left thousands homeless. Now, as DAVID PATRIKARAKOS reveals, a new theory has emerged – and it could spell the end for Gavin Newsom

As I drive towards Pacific Palisades, the heart of the LA wildfires,…

Ukrainians used to spit at deserters… now they sympathise with them. With 6,000 soldiers absconding every month, brutal press gangs roam the streets seizing new ‘recruits’. DAVID PATRIKARAKOS on how battle-weariness is taking its toll

It must feel strange to be hiding from your own army but…

DAVID PATRIKARAKOS in Kyiv finds that every barbaric act only strengthens the resolve of the Ukraine

The cries of terror are faint at first. Then slowly they grow.…

DAVID PATRIKARAKOS witnesses the front line facing Putin’s ‘zombie army’

Hell surrounds me. Plumes of thick smoke curl into the sky. Buildings…