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The city of Belfast exploded in anger this week, fuelled by growing public anxiety over unchecked migration.

Reading the riots: Belfast reveals a nation at boiling point

In the aftermath of this week’s shocking scenes in Northern Ireland, some say they sympathise with the rioters, revealing the moral and political complexity of the migration debate across the UK.

  • David Crowe

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Vehicles set on fire by protesters burn on Lendrick Street in east Belfast, on Tuesday.

Belfast knife attack victim lost eye, court hears, as suspect named

An asylum seeker has been charged with attempted murder over a stabbing which sparked violent protests against migration, with masked activists setting fire to a bus.

  • David Crowe

Lessons for Australia in Belfast riots, whipped up by racist fearmongering

A Belfast knife attack has become a right-wing social media clarion call to protest against immigration.

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Political strategist Isaac Levido says “tech divergence” is sharpening voter expectations and intensifying frustration with government delivery.

‘Uber in 90 seconds, health appointment in nine months’: Why voters are turning to populists

Campaign mastermind Isaac Levido says the rise of Donald Trump and Pauline Hanson is not an unexpected phenomenon, but a direct consumer backlash against sluggish governments.

  • Rob Harris
Greens leader Ellen Sandell

Why the Greens think they can lead a left-wing revolt to take on One Nation

As One Nation surges in the polls ahead of the Victorian election, the Greens are focusing on suburban voters in a pitch to capitalise on disillusionment with the major parties.

  • Daniella White
Keir Starmer issued a statement criticising people for “trying to interfere in our democracy” after Vance (right) posted on X describing the death of Henry Nowak as “tragic and enraging”.

British PM hits back at Vance over comments on teen’s stabbing death

Keir Starmer’s office has condemned social media comments by the US vice president in which Vance blamed immigration for the death of 21-year-old student Henry Nowak.

  • Jill Lawless
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Angus Taylor, Matt Canavan, Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce.

‘Climate denial on steroids’: How the global anti-climate movement is fracturing right-wing politics at home

Populists are waging a war against climate action around the world, but in Australia the fiercest battle is among the right-wing parties over policy “purity”.

  • Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
Reform Leader Nigel Farage.

Henry Nowak riots the beginning of wider UK unrest, warns Farage

The “division will get worse” if young white men felt police were prejudiced against them, the Reform leader said, adding: “This has to end”.

  • Nick Gutteridge
Murder victim Henry Nowak, 18.

‘I can’t breathe’: Stabbed teen died while handcuffed by police, sparking outrage in UK

Police bodycam footage shows Henry Nowak lying on the street saying “I’ve been stabbed”, while an officer responds: “I don’t think you have, mate.”

  • Sarah Young and Marissa Davison
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Where have all the fiscal hawks gone? We need to find some – and quickly

Politics in the democratic world has moved decisively against fiscal responsibility. A reckoning looms for the global economy.

  • Michael Brennan