Friday, July 3rd 2026
The war in Sudan threatens to spiral further as the strategically-important town of El Obeid continues to face “relentless” drone attacks by advancing paramilitary militias, the UN’s human rights chief, Volker Türk, said on Friday.
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By Mong Palatino
"Though more LGBTQ+ individuals are slowly emerging into the mainstream, prejudice and bigotry in present societal attitudes keep many LGBTQ+ individuals from coming out of the closet."
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By Matthew Powell, Teaching Fellow in Strategic and Air Power Studies, University of Portsmouth
The UK government’s defence investment plan (DIP) will guide the spending decisions of the Ministry of Defence and armed forces not only for the remainder of this parliament, but also for the five years from 2029. So far, the plan has been praised and criticised in equal measure. But one element that has attracted widespread attention is the overall spending figures.
Part of the settlement that has been agreed with the Treasury rests on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) finding around
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By Liam Temple, Assistant Professor in the History of Catholicism, Durham University
The decision by Pope Leo XIV to excommunicate members of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX) is the latest twist in a long-running saga between the Vatican and this contentious traditionalist group. It is yet more evidence of the deep polarisation between conservatives and progressives within the Catholic church.
The Vatican issued a statement on July 2 to the effect…
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By Rory Jones, Associate Professor, School of the Built Environment, University of Reading
For decades, people in the UK tended to view air conditioning as something that belonged elsewhere. It was associated with office buildings, hotels and hotter countries rather than their own homes. But as summers become warmer and heatwaves more frequent, that picture is beginning to change.
Colleagues and I analysed data from the English Housing Survey, a nationally representative sample of about 16,000 households. This shows that air conditioning remains relatively uncommon, with
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By Arun Dawson, PhD Candidate, Department of War Studies, King's College London
Seventy years ago, Britain confronted a dilemma. It wanted to remain a leading military power but no longer had the economic resources to sustain all the conventional capabilities it had inherited from the second world war.
The solution proposed in the 1957 Sandys defence white paper was technological. Guided missiles, Duncan Sandys argued, were transforming warfare so fundamentally that many traditional capabilities, including some crewed combat aircraft, would become obsolete.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2025. © 2025 Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images The UN Human Rights Council held an emergency session today on the imminent risk of atrocities in and around Sudan’s El Obeid, a city in North Kordofan. The session follows an appeal by rights groups for the Council to exercise its prevention mandate by meeting in anticipation, rather than the aftermath, of another round of devastating atrocities in Sudan’s conflict.The UN Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan has reported an increasing and apparently indiscriminate barrage…
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By Amnesty International
The Israel-Lebanon framework agreement signed in Washington on June 26, 2026, threatens to betray war crimes victims in Lebanon, Amnesty International and five human rights and press freedom organizations said today. Parts of the text appear to be aimed at preventing victims of serious international crimes from seeking justice before international forums. Others seem to […] The post Lebanon/ Israel: Framework agreement betrays victims of war crimes in Lebanon appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Responding to reports of the death of a Tibetan man following an apparent act of self-immolation outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director Sarah Brooks said: “Our thoughts are with everyone who knew and loved the man who has died and the broader Tibetan community. Self-immolation as protest by […] The post Self-immolation of Tibetan man outside UN highlights long-standing Chinese repression appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Oonagh Coleman, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Psychiatry, King's College London
Andrea Danese, Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, King's College London
A major new analysis of nearly 40,000 people finds memories of childhood abuse and neglect stay remarkably stable over time.
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