New SWANA films respond to genocide and starvation while urging viewers to act beyond passive consumption of the big screen.

Commission’s 72-page legal analysis cites examples including scale of killings, aid blockages and forced displacement * Middle East crisis – live updates A UN commission of inquiry concluded on Tuesday that Israel had committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had incited these acts. It cited examples of the scale of the killings, aid blockages, forced displacement and the destruction of a fertility clinic to back up its genocide finding, adding its voice to rights groups and others that have reached the same conclusion. Continue reading...

The proposed law would force public bodies to co-operate with investigations into major disasters.

Deaths take to at least 192 the number of Palestinian journalists killed in the conflict since 7 October 2023 Four journalists were among at least 15 people killed by Israeli strikes on al-Nasser hospital in southern Gaza, Palestinian health officials said. The strikes on Monday killed Hussam al-Masri, who worked for Reuters, Mariam Abu Dagga, who worked for the Associated Press, the Al Jazeera journalist Mohammed Salam, and Moaz Abu Taha from NBC. Another Reuters journalist, Hatem Khaled, was also wounded in the attack. Continue reading...

Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday night. This is the message he had prepared for his family, and his call for the world not to forget Gaza

Following the killing of five Al Jazeera staff and a freelance photojournalist by Israeli forces on Sunday, NUJ members across the UK and Ireland are holding emergency vigils and protests in solidarit...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the UK and Ireland and the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) are among the signatories of an open l...

Britain isn’t just watching Gaza burn – it’s helping fuel the fire, with weapons, intelligence, and silence

Ten children among the dead in attack that NGO says was ‘blatant violation of international humanitarian law’ At least 15 people, including 10 children, have been killed by an Israeli strike as they queued outside a medical point in central Gaza, amid intensifying Israeli attacks that left 82 people dead across the strip. The uptick in Israeli bombing comes as negotiators have said a Gaza ceasefire deal is in sight, but not yet achieved. Continue reading...

Greenery, shade and swimming spots won’t solve the climate crisis, but they’re becoming ever more critical, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

War has intensified poverty and hunger as aid is cut, with many families living in makeshift camps barely surviving

Three decades on, as leaders deny what happened, remains of the thousands killed continue to be identified and buried

How is this academic year shaping up in the long drawn-out crisis engulfing the UK's higher education sector?