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The Guardian view on falling net migration: political debate is now detached from the facts

British political debate has long been dominated by public anxiety about rising levels of immigration. How might that change if the population tide...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on funding Ukraine’s resistance: a looming financial crisis in Kyiv must be averted

In the early part of this year, as the US vice-president, JD Vance, berated European leaders in Munich, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy was subjected to a...

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Editorial

Saudi Prince Mohammed is being lavished with praise by Trump. It’s clear why

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Mohamad Bazzi

The landline may be having a renaissance – but it’s to a world in which the art of phone calls has changed

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Paul Daley

Will the government’s cuts to the CSIRO produce the right results?

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They’Re Not Listening To The Experts

Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low

Trump shrugged off Khashoggi’s killing. This is a new low

“Things happen.” Just two words. That’s all it took for Donald Trump to effectively dismiss what is probably the most infamous journalist...

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Jodie Ginsberg

The days of 4% pay rises are behind us – wages are now barely growing faster than inflation

The days of 4% pay rises are behind us – wages are now barely growing faster than inflation

The latest wage figures show no sign of wages growth powering inflation, as the real value of private-sector wages fell in the September quarter....

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Greg Jericho

Kardell Lomas’s heartbreaking apology to police is a moment that should shame all Australians

Kardell Lomas’s heartbreaking apology to police is a moment that should shame all Australians

Three months before Kardell Lomas and her unborn baby were killed in a horrific act of feminicide in Ipswich, she stood in the office of a support...

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Amy Mcquire

‘May I meet you?’ is just the latest in horrible dating advice from billionaires

‘May I meet you?’ is just the latest in horrible dating advice from billionaires

Sit down and pay attention, because this column might change your life. I bring you tidings from the Nazi-filled wilderness that is now X, where...

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Arwa Mahdawi

The Guardian view on crypto’s latest crash: it reveals who pays the price for a failing economy

The Guardian view on crypto’s latest crash: it reveals who pays the price for a failing economy

The crypto crash has come again. And it is as brutal as ever. In barely six weeks, more than $1.2tn has evaporated from cryptocurrencies’ market...

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Editorial

The Guardian view on rogue landlords: past failures do not augur well for the new era of renters’ rights

The Guardian view on rogue landlords: past failures do not augur well for the new era of renters’ rights

Tenants need rights. Apart from food and water, shelter is the most basic human need and relevant to almost everyone all the time – unlike, say,...

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Editorial

The Saudification of America is under way

The Saudification of America is under way

The first time I ever used the words “alhumdulilah”, which translates to praise be to God in Arabic, was the night of 16 November 2018. A Friday...

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Karen Attiah

Becoming an AI detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit

Becoming an AI detective is a job I never wanted and wish I could quit

Recently, a friend sent me a video of a man dressed as a pickle. Following a high-octane car chase, the pickle flung himself out of the car and...

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Samantha Floreani

Killing season! That magical time of year when unlikeable political leaders get the proverbial chop

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Rafael Behr

Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale

Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale

The mood among Labour MPs these days follows Edgar’s law. This states that the scale of any misfortune can only be measured against unknown future...

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Rafael Behr

I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past

I grew up in Spain amid a collective amnesia about Franco. It is time we faced up to our dark past

Like most Spaniards alive today, I was born after the death of Franco 50 years ago. Even for my parents’ generation, the dictatorship that lasted...

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María Ramirez

How can Labour see off Reform? Both Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood offer clues

How can Labour see off Reform? Both Andy Burnham and Shabana Mahmood offer clues

Last month, as the Nobel peace prize eluded Donald Trump’s covetous grasp, the Harvard professor Michael Sandel received an accolade sometimes...

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Julian Coman

Welcome to Trump’s America! A place where people can’t afford to call an ambulance

Welcome to Trump’s America! A place where people can’t afford to call an ambulance

I’ve got a genius business idea for people with few discernible skills. First you establish a “health insurance” company and get people to pay you...

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Arwa Mahdawi

Trump and his ilk imagine a world without international law – but they will not achieve it

Trump and his ilk imagine a world without international law – but they will not achieve it

Nineteen forty-five was a pivotal moment in international law, marking the founding of the United Nations and the International Military Tribunal...

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Philippe Sands

Doing your own research isn’t a bad thing, I tell my patients. But just how will they spot the fraudulent papers?

Doing your own research isn’t a bad thing, I tell my patients. But just how will they spot the fraudulent papers?

One of my children is irate at my deletion of an important school email. I claim that so many useless emails rain into my inbox that some useful...

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Ranjana Srivastava

Staring down the barrel of three leadership changes in two weeks, are the Liberals near rock bottom?

Staring down the barrel of three leadership changes in two weeks, are the Liberals near rock bottom?

If we needed any more evidence that the Coalition’s political stocks were tanking, the prospect of three leadership changes in two weeks might be...

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Tom Mcilroy

Extortionate tickets and matches moved at Trump’s whim: are you ready for the ‘greatest World Cup ever’?

Extortionate tickets and matches moved at Trump’s whim: are you ready for the ‘greatest World Cup ever’?

“It’s very clear,” claimed haunted Fifa cue-ball Gianni Infantino not so long ago, “that politics should stay out of football and football...

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Marina Hyde

Will Marjorie Taylor Greene turn the Maga movement against Trump?

Will Marjorie Taylor Greene turn the Maga movement against Trump?

There are 535 members of Congress; only a dozen or so are household names. If you want to achieve that sort of brand name recognition, there are a...

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Arwa Mahdawi

A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for?

A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for?

You can learn a great deal about a government by who it chooses to fight. In the 16 months since this shambolic, soulless rabble were handed power...

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Owen Jones

The Guardian view on Germany under Merz: Europe’s powerhouse is still struggling

The Guardian view on Germany under Merz: Europe’s powerhouse is still struggling

Last March, following angst-ridden months as Europe came to terms with Donald Trump’s return to the White House, financial markets in Paris, Milan...

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Diane Taylor

Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises

Labour’s asylum plans are horribly cruel – but they’re also a mix of hype, old policy and unachievable promises

If the home secretary’s twin aims in making her controversial series of immigration reform announcements this week were to receive a ringing...

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Diane Taylor

Who will the Coalition target next over the cost of living?

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You’Ll Never Guess

The Guardian view on Labour’s asylum plans: ministers cannot out-Farage the far right and should stop trying

The Guardian view on Labour’s asylum plans: ministers cannot out-Farage the far right and should stop trying

In government, politicians often mistake gestures for progress. It is disappointing to see Shabana Mahmood succumb to that temptation. The home...

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Diane Taylor

Now is not the time for a Labour leadership election

Now is not the time for a Labour leadership election

The dominant political force sweeping across Europe is the “throw the bastards out” party, whoever happens to be in power. Discontent and distrust...

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Polly Toynbee

Sussan Ley, it’s time we took a look at your climate policy report card. You appear to have learned nothing

Sussan Ley, it’s time we took a look at your climate policy report card. You appear to have learned nothing

Sussan Ley, as your teacher I’m duty bound to give you an honest appraisal of your work. I’ve just read your team research assignment on Australian...

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Tristan Edis

The world’s digital empires are jostling for power – in Europe, we can’t afford to be useful idiots

The world’s digital empires are jostling for power – in Europe, we can’t afford to be useful idiots

Protecting our digital sovereignty is crucial. The challenge is why European decision makers are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday at the behest of the...

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Thierry Breton

‘Smile? YOU smile.’ A new generation of stars is overthrowing the old Hollywood system, one ‘no’ at a time

‘Smile? YOU smile.’ A new generation of stars is overthrowing the old Hollywood system, one ‘no’ at a time

Last week, I saw a clip that made me want to stand up and cheer. It was of the actor Millie Bobby Brown talking back to a photographer on a red...

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Priya Elan

Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke?

Is Shabana Mahmood’s plan to seize the jewels of asylum seekers a joke?

You can’t react to every piece of flotsam on the unending tide of nastiness that emanates from Westminster on the subject of immigration, or you’ll...

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Zoe Williams

Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US

Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US

Genocide is a process, not an event. When genocide happens, its roots, and the conditions that allowed it, often become visible only in retrospect....

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Yuli Novak

Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality among the elite

Jeffrey Epstein’s emails reveal a disdain for morality among the elite

Before he died, Jeffrey Epstein made it clear that Donald Trump “knew about the girls”. Trump has denied any knowledge of or involvement in...

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Moira Donegan

My kids start sentences in one language and end in another. I hope school doesn’t shrink their joyous, noisy worlds

My kids start sentences in one language and end in another. I hope school doesn’t shrink their joyous, noisy worlds

Most mornings in our house feel like a friendly little language carnival spinning through the kitchen. Before the kids even put on their shoes for...

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Shadi Khan Saif

I keep trying to name storms. Why does the Met Office turn down my suggestions?

I keep trying to name storms. Why does the Met Office turn down my suggestions?

The UK’s most memorable storm occurred in 1987, almost 30 years before storms got names, and will therefore always be known as “the one that...

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Zoe Williams

Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place

Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place

When you think about what has got you to where you are today, what pops into your head first? Perhaps hard work and determination, aided by a...

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Julian Richer

ICE-style raids on Britain’s streets: that’s all Labour’s brutal asylum reforms will achieve

ICE-style raids on Britain’s streets: that’s all Labour’s brutal asylum reforms will achieve

How did it become “fact” that our asylum system has been broken by the people fleeing war, rather than by those who run it? The insanity of a “...

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Stella Creasy

Dark forces are stirring up anger in the UK. My asylum reforms are our chance to stop them

Dark forces are stirring up anger in the UK. My asylum reforms are our chance to stop them

I know this country is an open, tolerant and generous place. And I am proud of the fact that we have always offered sanctuary to those fleeing...

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Shabana Mahmood

Another COP already? Surely you’ve all worked this out by now?

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Nesrine Malik

Here in Sweden, the Vikings are back. And this time they’re searching for stability in a chaotic age

Here in Sweden, the Vikings are back. And this time they’re searching for stability in a chaotic age

“Hail Thor!” The priestess and her heathens, standing in a circle, raised their mead-filled horns. We were gathered in an unassuming spot in a pine...

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Siri Christiansen

Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral

Labour has entered its musical chairs era – and we’re sucked into another pointless death spiral

Sorry, what just happened? Before we hurtle on to the next instalment of Labour government drama, let’s pause for a second to recap. So Keir...

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Nesrine Malik

There are many ways to spend your gap year that will reward you later

There are many ways to spend your gap year that will reward you later

Let’s play a quick word association game, where I say a word and you reply with the first word that comes into your mind. My word is “gap year”...

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Vivienne Pearson

Trump is turning the US military into a political prop

Trump is turning the US military into a political prop

Of all the reasons Americans have been losing sleep recently – hunger, canceled flights, Democrats betraying them – the most ominous has to do...

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Jan-Werner Müller

The US has drafted a coin featuring Trump. Here’s a better way to immortalize him

The US has drafted a coin featuring Trump. Here’s a better way to immortalize him

The US treasury has drafted a design for a $1 coin featuring Donald Trump on both sides, for the purpose of “honoring America’s 250th Birthday and...

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Robert Reich

Want to avoid anxiety, headaches and constipation? Try giving up on your goals

Want to avoid anxiety, headaches and constipation? Try giving up on your goals

Have you ever heard yourself saying “I’m going to do this if it kills me”? As the pensioners at my gym can attest, it’s what I hiss every time I’m...

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Emma Beddington

I don’t believe in God but, as a trauma survivor, I’m learning to forgive myself

I don’t believe in God but, as a trauma survivor, I’m learning to forgive myself

“Why me?” “Why evil?” and “Why God?” According to theologian and psychologist Karen McClintock, these are the three key questions that a...

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Jackie Bailey

Who to prioritise, my partner or my baby? It’s a complete no-brainer

Who to prioritise, my partner or my baby? It’s a complete no-brainer

Gina Ford ruined my life. OK, technically not all of it, just a small but significant chapter: very early motherhood. The parenting guru’s...

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Polly Hudson

The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast

The US is now a rogue state - look at its extrajudicial killings off Venezuela’s coast

The UK’s reported decision to restrict intelligence-sharing with the Pentagon on suspected drug-traffickers’ boats in the Caribbean is a modest yet...

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Simon Tisdall