Co-operate or isolate the far right? Sweden’s election on a knife-edge

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Sep 11, 202658:51News & Politics

Sweden heads to the polls this weekend. Its centre-right prime minister vows to bring the far right into government but a left-wing coalition has other ideas. Then: why Algeria has cut ties with the UAE and why Brazilian...

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