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Reducing public anxieties about immigration is the best way to combat those fuelling such fears for their own ends, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

If there are two things we should be able to rely on as great equalisers, it’s music and sports. With the Paris Olympics we’ve been able to take a (very short) break from the shitshow that’s going on around the world. Still nice to see all this camaraderie and healthy…

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee may have succeeded in helping to defeat the pro-Palestinian Cori Bush. But it’s a pyrrhic victory for a losing cause

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In February 2002, 59 Hindu pilgrims perished when their train caught fire just outside Godhra station in the Indian state of Gujarat. The cause of the fire was never conclusively established; yet of the many unsubstantiated theories that still swirl around the fire, the one that had the most devastating…

Medal-winning brilliance requires obsession as well as dedication and skill. I can’t help wondering what these athletes’ bodies and minds have gone through over the years, writes Guardian columnist Adrian Chiles

Sheikh Hasina has fled and a new interim leader has been named. This is the moment for the country to leave its dynastic politics behind, says writer Salil Tripathi

Political attacks are difficult to get right, because there is often a yawning chasm between the messenger and the target audience. You may believe – with every fibre of your being – that your opponent is cruel, evil, a danger to all people everywhere. But so what?

Kamala Harris’s down-to-earth running mate has that elusive quality Trump and Vance lack – he seems normal, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes

So, Kamala Harris has found the yang to her yin in Tim Walz, the hitherto unknown governor of Minnesota. He is white-haired and fat to her groomed and svelte, is a regular dad, a teacher and a gun owner, who does rural stuff like ice fishing which really isn’t Kamala’s…