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‘My thought was always: he will be killed next’: Sonia Gandhi on marrying into an Indian political dynasty and her husband’s assassination

She came from humble Italian origins to join India’s ruling family. Then both her mother-in-law, Indira Gandhi, and her husband, Rajiv, were brutally murdered. In a rare interview, the politician talks about her reluctant rise to power, Narendra Modi’s repressive regime – and why youth protests give her hope for the future

• Read an exclusive extract from Sonia Gandhi’s memoir here

For a woman who has been a witness to some of the most significant political moments in modern Indian history, Sonia Gandhi likes to insist her life has been far from remarkable.

Britain’s ‘strictest headmistress’ KATHARINE BIRBALSINGH says our obsession with celebrating the ethnic heritage of children – while feeling shame at Britain’s history – is wrong, divisive and may end in civil unrest

It is a Tuesday morning and on my way to work I see children carrying flags. Two hooded boys wave a Jamaican flag, another a Palestinian flag. There are Turkish flags and Romanian flags, too.