It is “outlandish even to type the words”, writes the author of The Telegram, our geopolitics column, but Brussels “feels like a city bracing for combat”. On a visit to Europe’s capital our columnist discovered that the threat from three strongmen—Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping—is changing the way Europe works.  

The theft of crown jewels from the Louvre is “the ultimate heist”, says one expert on such things. But museum theft is more common than you might think. Our story examines how the world’s most popular museum became its latest victim.