Hasina is being tried in absentia for crimes against humanity for a violent crackdown on student protests last year.

The congressional measure, backed by 21 Democratic legislators, calls for sanctions against Israel over Gaza horrors.

One in every 25 participants at 2025 UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to Kick Big Polluters Out More than 1,600 fossil fuel lobbyists have been granted access to the Cop30 climate negotiations in Belém, significantly outnumbering every single country’s delegation apart from the host Brazil, new analysis has found. One in every 25 participants at this year’s UN climate summit is a fossil fuel lobbyist, according to the analysis by the Kick Big Polluters Out (KBPO) coalition, raising serious questions about the corporate capture and credibility of the annual Cop negotiations. Continue reading...

Despite her injury, Warda Abu Jarad has started baking cookies and bread to help provide for her family.

Israel has repeatedly been accused of using Palestinians as human shields in violation of international law.

British American Tobacco pushed Zambian ministers to drop or delay ad bans, health warnings and restrictions on flavoured products, letter shows British American Tobacco has been accused of “utter hypocrisy” for lobbying against tobacco control measures in Africa that are already in place in the UK. A letter seen by the Guardian, sent from the company’s subsidiary in Zambia to the country’s government ministers, asks for plans to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship to be abandoned or delayed. Continue reading...

Protest comes as Brazil's leader Lula says COP30 participants should be 'inspired' by Indigenous peoples.

Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel

Since the ceasefire took effect one month ago, Israeli attacks have killed at least 242 Palestinians and injured 622.

Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust

Yale professor says wars in Ukraine and Gaza and threats from Donald Trump risk the ‘total collapse’ of the global courts system A coalition of states is needed to stop the international legal order falling apart, a distinguished international academic has warned. Oona Hathaway, the president-elect of the American Society of International Law and a former Pentagon legal adviser, said the core of the postwar global order – the prohibition on taking land by force – was under unprecedented challenge in a “scary moment” for the world. Continue reading...

US president’s latest media target comes from across the pond as he continues to scrutinize coverage he does not like

Hamdi's lawyers say he was detained for his pro-Palestinian views, and no reason was given for his visa being revoked.

Hamas condemns Israel’s “daily and continuous violations” since a truce came into effect last month.

The corporation is under attack after admitting an ‘error of judgment’ in the way Panorama edited a Donald Trump speech

Replacing the TV licence with a means-tested alternative may help disarm the right of one of its most effective weapons, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

With a ceasefire in place, rebuilding must begin, justice be delivered and healing seriously addressed by Palestinian and Israeli societies, says the commissioner-general of Unrwa Philippe Lazzarini

As Democrats bask in electoral success the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary offer a cautionary tale

Israeli forces kill several people across Gaza, as settlers and military continue attacks in the occupied West Bank.

Exclusive: British government adopted ‘least ambitious’ option months before RSF’s massacres in El Fasher