Human rights

Rishi Sunak’s government has been accused of “a cynical attempt” to deny compensation to victims of Britain’s nuclear testing programme, ahead of the general election. Manchester mayor Andy Burnham this week described the ex-servicemen's…

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has announced he will run as independent candidate at the General Election in July.The move comes as Labour shortlisted candidates to replace Mr Corbyn in Islington North after he was formally blocked…

AI projects like OpenAI’s ChatGPT get part of their savvy from some of the lowest-paid workers in the tech industry—contractors often in poor countries paid small sums to correct chatbots and label images. On Wednesday, 97 African workers…

Tory ministers have been warned they face the “strongest possible action” as Britain’s equality watchdog launched a probe into the government’s treatment of disabled people.The Chair of watchdog the Equality and Human Rights Commission…

The US is widely seen as the global leader in artificial intelligence, thanks to companies like OpenAI, Google, and Meta. But the US government says it needs help from other nations to manage the risks posed by AI technology.At an…

The European Union has opened an investigation into Facebook and Instagram for the platforms’ potentially addictive effects on children, echoing two similar probes opened into TikTok earlier this year.Meta-owned platforms will be…

In the conclusion of that same statement to the court, they point out that under Dutch law the maximum prison sentence for money laundering at the scale Pertsev allegedly committed is eight years, and they ask that Pertsev be sentenced to…

Rishi Sunak has suffered another huge blow over his Rwanda plan after a top judge ruled it can't be applied in Northern Ireland.The PM was told the Illegal Migration Act - which paves the way for the controversial deportation project -…

The UK must condemn Rwanda for supporting a brutal militia accused of war crimes and recruiting child soldiers rather than handing it millions of pounds, human rights groups warn. The Government is an "outlier" on the world stage after…

The Government might face a one other courtroom showdown over its divisive Rwanda plan - amid fears civil servants can be compelled to interrupt the regulation.A commerce union representing senior public officers has submitted an software…