Category: Politics

Nicola Sturgeon was – and still is – important, talented, personable and, to many, inspirational. She was also extremely lucky and often wrong, sometimes seriously so. There are examples of…

Mass outcry from aid groups as Israel continues to block millions of dollars in aid supplies to starving Palestinians. More than 100 aid groups have accused Israel of obstructing life-saving…

Here are the key events on day 1,267 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here is how things stand on Thursday, August 14: Fighting Russia’s Ministry of Defence said Russian forces…

Martin Vizcarra will become the fifth Peruvian ex-president jailed in recent years amid period of political turbulence. A judge in the South American nation of Peru has ordered the country’s…

David Lammy has referred himself to the environment watchdog after going fishing with JD Vance without the required licence during the US vice-president’s trip to the UK. The foreign secretary…

The plan, called ‘Sovereign Brazil’, will include credit for businesses that rely on exports. The Brazilian government has unveiled a plan to support local exporters impacted by the 50 percent…

The BBC has apologised and retrospectively edited a segment of Radio 4’s Thought for the Day after the head of a refugee foundation described comments by Robert Jenrick about asylum…

Rachel Reeves has promised to use her autumn budget to prioritise fixing Britain’s dismal record on productivity as she sought to downplay mounting tax speculation with a focus on economic…

We claim to value privacy, but surrender it daily, often without knowing. We say we care about privacy, but this episode examines whether our actions reflect that. In The Privacy…

The Trump administration has accused the UK of backsliding on human rights over the past year, citing antisemitic violence and “serious restrictions” on free speech. The annual US state department…