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Mon 14 Sept 2026

Today's debates

People hold banner reading no to islamophobia; don't scapegoat migrants
quote  Islamophobia is rising – and Britain’s politicians have been dangerously complacent in tackling it
Arun Kundnani
Antidepressants series ar
quote  There’s a surprisingly simple reason for England’s high antidepressant use: lots of people need them
Dean Burnett
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and European Council president Antonio Costa in Brussels in June 2025.
quote  Canada should become an EU state in all but name. Here’s how to make that a reality
Fabian Zuleeg
Zohran Mamdani after the ceremony to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 2001 attacks in New York, 11 September 2026.
quote  The US right still paints Muslims as the ‘enemy’. But they are fighting for a brighter future for Americans
Nesrine Malik
Close-up of a man and woman holding smartphones while seated on a train
quote  Phone coverage across the London tube? That’s sent me hurtling down a tunnel of despair
Lucy Pasha-Robinson
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Illustration showing a dusty pile of books with small characters reading their phones sitting amongst the books.
quote  Warning: our democracy won’t survive the death of reading. Read on if you still can
John Harris
A rescue worker stands before a burning building in Kyiv after a missile attack, with rubble nearby
quote  Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in
Simon Tisdall
A couple sitting on a bench looking out at Chesil beach and the dried landscape, Portland, 10 August 2026.
quote  Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme
Helen Pilcher
Illustration: Nate Kitch
quote  Call it the Miliband doctrine. Let’s hope the new Israeli settlement boycott is just the start
Steve Bloomfield
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