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Despite laws banning foreign funding of politics in Pakistan, documents show a money trail from Oxfordshire via the UAE to the coffers of Khan’s party

Britain should lead the way as the territory protests over the national security law

From Andy CY Chan, Central, Hong Kong

The government has failed to seek reconciliation during the hiatus forced by coronavirus

Black market oxygen, rows of patients struggling to breathe — the pandemic has cruelly exposed systemic issues

From Alistair Carmichael MP, Baroness Bennett and Lord Alton of Liverpool

From Tony Halmos, Campaign Director, Honour Hong Kong Campaign, 1989-90, King’s College, London WC2, UK

From Andrew Rosindell MP, Chair of the British Canada All-Party Parliamentary Group, Vice-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Hong Kong, House of Commons, London SW1, UK

From Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, Alyn Smith MP, Lord Alton of Liverpool, Stewart McDonald MP, Houses of Parliament, London SW1, UK

This historic step would provide enormous hope to our people — something we need more than ever

Beijing’s push to impose tighter legal control over territory has generated international backlash

The proposal for a ‘Vimes Boots Index’ of inflation is a mark of the author’s lasting insights

Plus, Europe reconciles a gas price surge with a record UK green sovereign bond offering

The British political historian has been observing Westminster since the 1970s, but he has never been this furious

From Christopher Dillon, Hong Kong

Musk’s technology raises questions about the extent to which a capricious billionaire should be involved in defence

Thousands in the Chinese territory have applied for visas after the UK made an offer to 3m residents

Country faces further political paralysis as more than two-fifths of PM’s colleagues say he should go

Authorities confirm arrests shortly after state-approved reporting trip to north Ethiopian region

From Selam Gidey, Executive Committee, Mekete Tigray UK, London SW9, UK

Thousands in the Chinese territory have applied for visas after the UK made an offer to 3m residents

The prince dedicated his career to championing humanitarian and European values

Businesses should play a central role in changing attitudes

More far-reaching sanctions on Russia would help end its war of unprovoked aggression

The Harvard economist warns that looming disruptions from technology could overshadow those of globalisation and further strengthen far-right politics

France battles a new wave of horrific attacks

From Huan Huan Wong, Hong Kong

Political paralysis and Covid-19 make this the DRC’s bleakest independence day in 60 years

Amateurs rushing to document atrocities in Israel and Gaza must not spread darkness where they intend to shed light

Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing?

From Steve Jeffels, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK

From Merih Kepez, Deputy Secretary-General, Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey

Amateurs rushing to document atrocities in Israel and Gaza must not spread darkness where they intend to shed light

Having achieved a legalistic peace at home, the continent grew blind to conflict outside it

But encircling Beijing is not a viable long-term strategy

Commercial pressure is making us anxious when children do not conform to stereotypes

A character in HBO’s ‘Industry’ breaks with the ‘neurotic misfit’ trope

The sanctions on Russia’s central bank use the omnipresence of the US dollar to penalise an American adversary

The rise of protectionism empowers a ‘deep state’ that demagogues claim to hate

To old friends, the UK appears to be in the grip of an inexplicable fever

US Democrats needed a full repudiation of Trump and did not get one

From Tom Elliott, London N5, UK

Politics is a child of culture and there is something rotten in today’s culture

The likes of Boris Johnson and Nadhim Zahawi don’t enter the careers that shape a society’s norms and values

From John Sauven, Executive Director, Greenpeace UK, London N1, UK

From Farhad Ahmad, Surbiton, UK

From David Oyelowo and others — Friday’s most read letter

Russia cannot simultaneously open fire on our system while also enjoying its fruits

Law and policy commentator David Allen Green looks at how the US Supreme Court introduced a constitutional right to an abortion with Roe vs Wade and then removed that constitutional right with Dobbs

Cryptocurrencies have a place in a new world order where the dollar has less of a starring role