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‘They’re Lifesavers’: The Birmingham Clinic Giving Hope To Traumatised Asylum Seekers
Azad*, an asylum seeker from Iran, recounts his story in a gentle and mild manner, seated in the stillness of a therapy room at a trauma clinic in Birmingham.The centre, which opened its doors in July...
The Rapid Houthi Advance In Yemen: Why It Matters and What’s At Stake
Violence has erupted again in Yemen, where a rapid advance by the Houthis in recent days is threatening another waterway critical to global shipping.More than 1,000 people have been killed or wounded,...
George W Bush’s Impunity Led To Trump’s Lawlessness | Kenneth Roth
If George W Bush’s abusive response to the September 11 attacks had been prosecuted rather than swept under the rug, Donald Trump would be less able to pursue his lawless policies. We can’t rewind his...
Neil Young and The Chrome Hearts: Second Song Review – Shaky Album Occasionally Strikes Gold
You can’t fault Neil Young for his industry. Second Song is his second new album of 2026: the first, a double live set called As Time Explodes, was released just over three months ago. Indeed, at 80, ...
More and More Animals Are Moving Into Our Homes As Theirs Get Chopped Down and Dug Up | First Dog On The Moon
The echidna in the pantry, the koala in the boudoir, the skink in the sink. All true!Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are publishedGet all your needs met at the First Dog shop ...
‘People Think Fame Is A Magic Wand’: Jarvis Cocker On Old Songs, Young Fans And His Granny’s Verdict On Pulp
When the director Garth Jennings first moved to Paris, Jarvis Cocker, who was living there, dropped in on his old friend. “And I nearly got you arrested,” the Pulp frontman recalls. It was bonfire nig...
Scherzetto Review – Toni Servillo Brings Gravitas To A Dithering Neapolitan Ghost Story
It’s always good to see the veteran Italian star Toni Servillo at Venice; in fact, the festival is pretty much unthinkable without him. But this initially promising prospect – adapted from a novel by ...
‘Our Forefathers Are Coming Back’: Naga People Celebrate After Oxford Museum Agrees To Return Remains
Anthropologists and community leaders from Nagaland, a remote state in north-eastern India bordering Myanmar, have expressed joy and relief that human remains belonging to their ancestors that had bee...
The UK’s Sanctions On Israeli Settlements Are A Great Victory – But Must Be Only The Beginning | Em Hilton
The announcement on Tuesday by the foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, of an import ban on goods from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as a comprehensive sancti...
Twenty-five Years After 9/11, The Daughter of A Hero Remembers The Mother She Lost
Anna Sweeney Rossman was only 5 years old when her mother, flight attendant Madeline “Amy” Sweeney, died aboard an airliner that terrorists hijacked and deliberately flew into the World Trade Center o...
From Chris Rock To Helen Mirren: 10 Films To Look Out For At The Toronto Film Festival 2026
Defining Toronto’s place within the fall festival season has become a little harder in recent years. As fewer studios and film-makers want to brave the risks that come attached to premiering on such a...
Tens of Millions of People Fail To Get Humanitarian Aid As Global System Crumbles
The humanitarian aid system is crumbling as funding shrinks, pressures increase and governments not only fail to protect civilians but are increasingly responsible for endangering them, a new report w...
Thursday News Quiz: A German Shock, Tapes That Rock, Truss Is Back But Monty’s Gone
Every now and then the Thursday quiz stares broodingly out of a rain-streaked window, adopts an immaculate cheekbone-highlighting pose and hums a bit of David Sylvian. The sun shines high above, the “...
‘Institutional Neglect’: 25 Years On From 9/11, Experts Sound Alarm Over US Counter-Terror Efforts
The US faces growing challenges in countering international terrorism as resources are diverted to other threats, experienced security officials leave and “complacency” spreads, experts have warned.It...
Lawmakers Blast AI Companies After Researcher Warns of Human Extinction by 2030
Just a day after three Anthropic researchers warned that artificial intelligence could kill off humanity within the decade, lawmakers have begun lashing out about the risks of the burgeoning technolog...
Ødegaard Stuns Napoli As Arsenal Make Winning Start In Champions League
After their record-breaking feats last year in the Champions League, Arsenal are at it again. But having been delayed along with hundreds of travelling supporters by travel chaos on Tuesday, Mikel Art...
‘Baggage Reclaim Was Pandemonium’: Passengers Hit by Airport IT Chaos Recount Their Ordeals
More than 2,000 flights have been cancelled after an air traffic control system failure that has thrown airports across the UK into chaos. Nats, the air traffic control provider, fixed the problem wit...
Why Is Trump Silent On UK Sanctions Against Israeli West Bank Settlements? - The Latest
Why is Trump silent on UK sanctions against Israeli West Bank settlements? - The LatestThe foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, is facing a backlash over the government’s sanctions against illegal Israeli ...
European democracies are running out of time to turn away from the abyss | Rafael Behr
Not all that long ago, Europe was a beacon of liberal idealism. One memoir recalls it as an era “comfortably saturated with confidence in the unfailing and binding power of tolerance and conciliation”...
Protesters Outside Portsmouth Hotel Mistake Pakistan U19 Cricket Team For Asylum Seekers
A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tou...