Graduates from the elite Bnei David academy in Israel serve in some of the most senior positions within the Israeli army.

One year ago, a group of 19 student doctors arrived in Edinburgh from Kabul. Here, they talk about their experiences and hopes for the future

They do not signify a single set of values, writes Nick Spencer

The philanthropist is as close as the world’s strongmen get to a cross-border demon

Free speech is vital for democracy but liberty cannot mean licence. We need to be able to prize the humanity of those we differ from and disagree with, says theologian and author Keith Magee

Khatera Amin writes about her dream of becoming a doctor and giving back to her home country Afghanistan, to Scotland, and to the girls robbed of similar opportunities

The murder of Charlie Kirk is part of a new cycle of political violence with echoes of the 1960s. But this time, leading figures on the right are inciting revenge

The Bishop of Washington’s sermon at the US President’s inauguration drew responses from around the world. Rebecca Paveley meets her

A contributor to Radio 4's Thought for the Day slot made the remark about the shadow justice secretary.

Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

The doctor who’s saved countless lives through his work in Ukraine and Gaza on operating under fire, the challenges of PTSD — and his belief in God

Navigating hospital system with my elderly mother left me disheartened by inefficiencies

Tough measures against Israel may need to go further, says Paul Vallely

Exclusive: Letter to PM signed by retired supreme court justices among others says lack of action will imperil international legal system The UK must impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its ministers and also consider suspending it from the UN to meet its “fundamental international legal obligations”, more than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges, including former supreme court justices, have said. In a letter to the prime minister, they welcome Keir Starmer’s joint statement last week with the leaders of France and Canada warning that they were prepared to take “concrete actions” against Israel. But they urge him to act without delay as “urgent and decisive action is required to avert the destruction of the Palestinian people of Gaza”. Continue reading...

Older voters warp their countries’ policies because of their political power. One British politician has a plan to end that dominance.

The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.

At a time of polarisation, othering and disinformation, Pope Francis made empathy his most powerful tool

A growing number of Americans hope that Pope Francis’s death will mark a decisive conservative shift for the papacy

The predicted lifespan for men in Barrow Island, Cumbria, mirrors that in war-torn Syria. What happened to the UK’s position as a leader in public health?