Human rights

Rainbow flags, flamboyant outfits and outrageous parties - this is what comes to mind for many when they think of Pride. But it's so much more. It's a time for celebration and acceptance, with parades taking place in cities across the month…

Keir Starmer appears to have just a few days left of his relatively normal life before his family are thrust into the spotlight when he takes up his position as the newly elected Prime Minister of the UK. But less than 10 years ago the…

Two activists disrupted the Amazon Web Services Summit in Washington, DC, on Wednesday to protest Project Nimbus, Amazon and Google’s $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government.The protest, which interrupted the…

It is a bold political strategy to say 'don't vote for the other team - they might get ELECTED'.It's even braver to suggest that, once in power, your opponent might actually CHANGE stuff. It merely proves that, even when you're about to…

With just two weeks left to go until the nation decides which party will lead the UK following the General Election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak did little to drum up support from voters when his policies drew cries of “shame” from the…

The Ministry of Defence has been accused of deliberately stalling moves to win compensation for survivors of Cold War radiation experiments.Lawyers say that, while politicians fight the general election, civil service officials have…

Former Labour leader Gordon Brown has been awarded with a top award in the King's Birthday Honours list.The ex-Prime Minister, 73, was recognised for "public and charitable services in the UK and abroad" as he became a Member of the Order…

Rishi Sunak has warned that illegal migration is a “global emergency” as he touted agreement with G7 leaders to tighten their borders. The PM sought to talk tough on migration at the summit in Italy on Friday as he lags in the opinion polls…

Over 170 images and personal details of children from Brazil have been scraped by an open-source dataset without their knowledge or consent, and used to train AI, claims a new report from Human Rights Watch released Monday.The images have…

Voters have given their backing to Labour’s plan to end tax breaks for private schools.In a boost to Keir Starmer ahead of his manifesto launch, a poll shows the public support key policies including renationalising railways and recruiting…