Horrific attacks on Gazan civilians this week confirm how far Binyamin Netanyahu is prepared to go to reach war aims ...

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Forced labour import bans are a big stick with extraterritorial reach. They appeal to civil society organisations because ...

Children across the UK are used to sell drugs, and the state appears more interested in arresting them than helping ...

Exclusive: Investigation reveals the extent of child domestic abuse victims, and systemic failures to protect them ...

Donald Trump has gone fully in on Israel’s war aims. That decision may yet come back to hurt him – and Keir Starmer ...

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Women will no longer face prison for ending a pregnancy. There are two reasons why this reform was urgently needed ...

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