The Guardian view on Labour’s immigration plan: cohesion isn’t helped by talk of ‘strangers’

Starmer accused of echoing far-right with ‘island of strangers’ speech: A totally fair accusation.

Two charts that explain why Reform isn’t being dented by its scandals: Correlations between Reform vote share and either 1) count of spoiled ballots or 2) how many people self-identify as English.

How the US president and his clan ushered in a new golden age of corruption: ‘…his personal wealth has more than doubled to $5.1bn in the past year.’

Kashmir: how a mountain paradise became a nuclear tinderbox: Key points in the history of Kashmir from 1846 onwards.

The Big Winner of Trump’s Much-Hyped Trade Deal Is … Not the U.S.: Did the UK finally manage to negotiate something worth having?

‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?: There is little hope if not.

The Guardian view on Labour and immigration debate: time to change the frame: ‘The way to win an argument with Reform is to bring economic reality and positive stories of migrant contribution back into the picture.’

This Is the Moment of Moral Reckoning in Gaza: How will the world handle the ever-increasing humanitarian catastrophe?

Farage claims Reform UK local election gains ‘beginning of the end’ for Tories: The election results were pretty horrific in many ways.

Brexiteer Ben Habib vows to ‘unite the right’ as he prepares to launch ‘super PAC’: Please no.

Was it the courts, the cops, or The Sun who killed Just Stop Oil?: ‘…the hammer of the state had simply flattened the organisation.’ - certainly some of the prison sentences activists got are pretty outrageous.

‘The message is clear. Trump and Putin want to destroy Europe’: ‘Trump and Vladimir Putin hold a worldview where “mighty” powers get to carve up the globe at will.’

Trump lets the press know exactly what kind of questions he considers ‘good’: ‘He has certain expectations about what quality journalism looks like, and it involves asking him how awesome his awesomeness is’

ICE Can Now Enter Your Home Without a Warrant to Look for Migrants, DOJ Memo Says: ‘…anyone labeled an “Alien Enemy” is “not entitled to a hearing, appeal or judicial review.”’ - plus all police officers are basically immigration officers now.

2-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Deported ‘With No Meaningful Process,’ Judge Suspects

Elon Musk and DOGE’s Savings May Be Erased by New Costs: Not only have they saved only a tiny fraction of what they promised but also there’s ‘a rough estimate that firings, re-hirings, lost productivity and paid leave of thousands of workers will cost upward of $135 billion this fiscal year.’

Trump’s Crimea Proposal Would End a Decade of U.S. Resistance: Officially recognising Crimea as being Russian would break the principle ‘that no country can change the borders of another by force’.

Farage sparks furious backlash after claiming children with special educational needs are ‘over diagnosed’