A dangerous games? A muted start to the Olympics

Published: July 23, 2021, 10:35 a.m.

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Tokyo is under a state of emergency; covid-19 cases are piling up. But for Japan, a super-spreader event is just one of the potential costs of this year\\u2019s games. We ask why Britain\\u2019s government has essentially given amnesty to those involved in Northern Ireland\\u2019s decades of deadly violence. And our obituaries editor reflects on the life of an Auschwitz accordionist.

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