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Is this the end of the UK? With some polls showing the pro-independence camp in the lead in the run-up to the Scottish referendum on September 18th, we marshal our strongest arguments and our best evidence to try to persuade the Scots not to do it, and we examine the grave consequences for the whole of Britain if they do
John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief | | | | | | In a televised address Barack Obama laid out his strategy to destroy the operations of Islamic State in Syria and Iraq. He promised to launch air strikes in Syria for the first time and send a further 500 military advisers to Iraq. Since the beheading of two Americans by IS, public opinion has turned hawkish: most Americans now favour military action
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MORE FROM: POLITICS THIS WEEK » | | | Amid the usual hoopla Apple launched the iPhone 6 and its first smartwatch, simply called the Apple Watch. The premium version of the iPhone 6 has a bigger 14cm (5.5 inch) screen, a nod to the growing "phablet" market. Apple's latest devices can also be used to make "contactless" payments in shops. It was Apple's biggest product launch since the iPad, though wireless payments and smartwatches are not new and have so far failed to grip the imagination of consumers
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