South Africa to reopen Steve Biko inquest 48 years after death in police custody
Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, was 30 when he died. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, was 30 when he died. Photograph: Everett Collection Inc/Alamy South Africa South Africa…
Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds
Journalists demonstrated outside the EFE news agency offices in Bogotá, Colombia, earlier this month to denounce the killing of journalists in Gaza. Photograph: Mauricio Dueñas Castañeda/EPA Journalists demonstrated outside the EFE news agency offices in Bogotá, Colombia, earlier this month…
Politicians in at least 51 countries used anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric during elections, NGO finds
Germany’s AfD party has said it was against ‘other forms of cohabitation than between a man and a woman’. Photograph: Christian Mang/Reuters Germany’s AfD party has said it was against ‘other forms of cohabitation than between a man and a…
What the NHS can learn from the European country that boosted cancer survival rates
3 hours ago Hugh PymHealth editor BBC “It was really bad – we had patients dying on the waiting lists – politicians were getting desperate.” Jesper Fisker, chief executive of the Danish Cancer Society, is looking back 25 years –…
Chris Mason: Starmer is losing senior figures at the rate of one a week
12 hours ago Chris MasonPolitical editor Reuters The current attrition rate of senior figures from the government is running at one a week this autumn. First Angela Rayner resigns as deputy prime minister, knowing she would be sacked if she…
Young fans and critics debate Charlie Kirk’s political legacy
3 hours ago Tiffany Wertheimer and Gabriela Pomeroy EPA The sudden and violent death of the American activist Charlie Kirk, who rallied a youth movement and held celebrity status among his fans, has sparked fierce debate over his political legacy….
Starmer facing fresh questions after Mandelson sacking
7 hours ago Joshua NevettPolitical reporter and Joe PikePolitics investigations correspondent Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is facing questions over his appointment of Peter Mandelson as the UK’s ambassador to the US, after he was sacked over his links to…
Former president Bolsonaro sentenced to 27 years in prison for plotting Brazil coup
1 hour ago Ione WellsSouth America correspondent in Brasília and Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC News EVARISTO SA/AFP via Getty Images The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison after being found guilty…
Emily Thornberry pulls out of deputy Labour leader race as deadline to secure 80 nominations nears
41 minutes ago Kate WhannelPolitical reporter PA Media Emily Thornberry has announced she is withdrawing from the Labour deputy leadership contest, leaving four candidates left in the race to replace Angela Rayner. Announcing her decision on social media, Thornberry said…
Trump’s pressure on Europe to slap 100% tariffs on India and China raises eyebrows
In this article GLNG TU.S. President Donald Trump and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen shake hands as they announce a US-EU trade deal after a meeting at Trump Turnberry golf club on July 27, 2025 in…