The political conversation is becoming ever more focused on migration, with Reform UK leader Nigel Farage determined to make small boat crossings and asylum seekers the central domestic policy topic while parliament is in recess. The summer has witnessed a clear rise in nationalistic rhetoric with anti-migrant rallies outside hotels alongside a campaign to raise the flags of St George and the union jack. For our cover story, Esther Addley examines the increasingly febrile climate across the country and hears why observers are concerned at the lack of government pushback against far-right orchestrated protests.
We return to Gaza for the big story based on a joint investigation by the Guardian, the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine and the Hebrew-language outlet Local Call using information from an IDF database. Emma Graham-Harrison and Yuval Abraham reveal what figures collected by the Israeli military suggest about the conduct of their Gaza campaign.
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Five essential reads in this week’s edition
Spotlight | No negotiation
After Donald Trump mooted Ukrainian-Russian land swaps to achieve peace in Ukraine, Dan Sabbagh hears from residents of Donetsk about what they think of giving up their homeland
Environment | An unlikely paradise
Korea’s demilitarised zone has become a haven for some of Asia’s rarest species, finds Raphael Rashid on a trip to the edge of the uninhabited strip
Feature | Silicon Valley highs and lows
Former Facebook executive and one-time UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg tells Gaby Hinsliff what it was really like working with the tech bros and billionaires
Opinion | Disillusionment leads to electoral disappointment
It’s clear that millions of loyal voters are disappointed with the Democrats (and Labour too). If they fail to adapt to the collapse of centrist politics, says Nesrine Malik, then defeat beckons
Culture | Fighting talk
Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch rehearse a playful marital tiff for their new film The Roses in the presence of Catherine Shoard
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What else we’ve been reading
Over the course of almost 70 years, the British photographer Martin Parr has documented the mundane and turned it into an art form. This collection of his life in pictures spans most of those years and in doing so reveals much about how Britain has changed during that time. Graham Snowdon, editor
Dining across the divide is one of my favourite features from the Guardian, and I think it plays a crucial role in countering the narrative that the UK is irreversibly divided and a middle ground cannot be found. We all need to have more conversations with “the other side” as a collective – maybe we wouldn’t have as many problems as we do today. Craig Law, product marketing manager
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Other highlights from the Guardian website
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• Audio | Can science crack the mystery of ME?
• Gallery | Psychedelic rock! Formations that mess with your mind
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