Joe Evans
Joe Evans is the world news editor at TheWeek.co.uk. He joined the team in 2019 and held roles including deputy news editor and acting news editor before moving into his current position in early 2021. He is a regular panellist on The Week Unwrapped podcast, discussing politics and foreign affairs.
Before joining The Week, he worked as a freelance journalist covering the UK and Ireland for German newspapers and magazines. A series of features on Brexit and the Irish border got him nominated for the Hostwriter Prize in 2019. Prior to settling down in London, he lived and worked in Cambodia, where he ran communications for a non-governmental organisation and worked as a journalist covering Southeast Asia. He has a master’s degree in journalism from City, University of London, and before that studied English Literature at the University of Manchester.
Latest articles by Joe Evans
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How Joe Biden’s inauguration will look as Capitol riot sparks security scramble
feature Covid restrictions and fears of further violence have forced changes to ceremony
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Europe scrambles to tighten Covid-19 restrictions amid faltering vaccine rollouts
feature France introduces curfew as Germany considers tougher measures after deaths hit record high
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Quiz of The Week: 9 - 15 January
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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Beating Covid-19 provides 85% immunity, PHE study reveals
feature Recovering from the virus provides some protection - but scientists warn against shunning social distancing
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Why Italy’s government is on the verge of collapse
feature Political crisis triggered as ex-PM withdraws party from governing coalition
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What will be different about Trump’s historic second impeachment?
feature Senior Republicans less keen to protect their president at unprecedented new Senate trial
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Coronavirus: how Scotland split from England in its Covid-19 response
feature Stricter lockdown measures north of the border have not produced lower death rates
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Who will succeed Angela Merkel in one of Europe’s most powerful roles?
feature German chancellor’s CDU party will elect a new leader this week
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Coronavirus: does the UK need ‘enforcement week’ to curb lockdown violations?
Today's Big Question Government mobilising to boost compliance as data shows Britons not observing restrictions
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The black police officer who stopped mob from breaching US Senate chamber
In the Spotlight Eugene Goodman ‘saved lives’ by diverting pro-Trump rioters to another part of the Capitol building
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Coronavirus: will crisis in NHS hospitals trigger lockdown tightening?
Today's Big Question Covid patients occupying 30,000 beds as government scrambles to stem rate of infections
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Quiz of The Week: 2 - 8 January
Puzzles and Quizzes Have you been paying attention to The Week’s news?
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What does the Capitol Hill siege mean for Donald Trump’s legacy?
Under the Radar President left isolated within his own party after violence in Washington D.C.
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US election: what winning the Georgia run-offs would mean for Biden’s presidency
Today's Big Question Democrats on verge of taking Senate seats in victories that would swing balance of power in the upper chamber
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France’s Covid vaccine rollout flounders amid anti-vax backlash
Under the Radar Just 516 people given Pfizer jab in first week of mass vaccination scheme as doctors face bureaucratic chaos
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Coronavirus: do mass vaccinations mean UK is ‘seven weeks from safety’?
Today's Big Question Boris Johnson says Britain’s third national lockdown will be the ‘final phase of the struggle’ against the Covid-19 pandemic
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Plea for public to help find secret Second World War bunkers
Speed Read Hundreds of ‘Scallywag’ underground hideouts lie undiscovered in British countryside
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How Israel is winning the Covid-19 vaccine race
Under the Radar More than 12% of population have already had jabs - but Palestinians in occupied territories excluded from rollout
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Coronavirus: four key facts about the UK’s new year Covid spike
feature Almost 25,000 people in hospital with the virus as infections continue to climb nationwide
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Brexit deal done: the key dates in the UK exit from the EU
In Depth Long-awaited trade deal struck days before deadline
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French border closure scuppered by Poland
Under the Radar Other Eastern European EU members also opposed the blockade, which trapped their citizens in the UK
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Is there a Brexit deal on the hook - or will fishing finally spell no-deal?
Today's Big Question EU sets deadline of Christmas Eve as UK negotiators hint an agreement is close
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Downing Street ‘incandescent’ after France closed border
Under the Radar 1,500 lorries stuck in Kent as UK and France aim to restart trade
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The UK fishing offer raising hopes of a Christmas Brexit deal
Speed Read Compromise on EU catch reduction may have unlocked last-minute talks
By Joe Evans Published
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