By Sarah Singer, Professor of Refugee Law, School of Advanced Study, University of London
The UK government’s immigration and asylum bill puts forward a number of proposals to overhaul the asylum system. These include changes to how human rights are interpreted, and requiring refugees to pay back some of the support they receive. If passed, it will be the fifth immigration act adopted since 2022.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood says the aim is to establish “a firm but…
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By Jennifer Mathers, Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Aberystwyth University
Crimea has been the symbol of the success of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But now the peninsula is becoming isolated as Kyiv intensifies its attacks.
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By Joel Gray, Associate Dean of Learning, Teaching, and Student Success and Lecturer in Media, Art and Communication, Sheffield Hallam University
There are many more female artists in the 2020s than the early 1980s, but none is as iconoclastic as Madonna, more than 40 years on from her debut.
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By Stephanie Brown, Lecturer in Criminology, University of Hull
For the first time in nearly 1,000 years, the Bayeux tapestry is returning to Britain. The 70-metre embroidery will be displayed at the British Museum from September. The tapestry depicts the Norman Conquest of 1066 and the battle of Hastings. In comic-strip form, it tells the story of Harold II and William the Conquerer.
For centuries, the tapestry has been read as the ultimate example of “great-man”…
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Capt. Ibrahim Traoré of Burkina Faso (left), Gen. Assimi Goita of Mali (center), and Gen. Abdourahamane Tchiani of Niger attend the second summit on security and development in Bamako, Mali, December 23, 2025. © 2025 Mali Government Information Center via AP Photo Niger on June 18 and Burkina Faso and Mali on June 24 notified the United Nations secretary-general of their respective decisions to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The withdrawals take effect in one year.The three military juntas provided similar reasons…
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By Asiye Uyghur
Feelings of statelessness happen when a people’s language, their culture, their memories, and future no longer have an equal place in the land they call home.
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By Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Spécialiste de la politique américaine, Sciences Po
Two revolutions, two republics and the enduring power of national myths and civic festivities come to the fore in July as France and the US both celebrate national holidays.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The late July conference will be a tightly stage-managed affair, particularly when it comes to discussions about AUKUS and Palestine.
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By Matthew Hopkins, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Canterbury
Astronomers have revealed new details about the make-up and age of a visiting comet that was born around a distant star. They conclude that the composition of 3I/Atlas is strikingly different from any object found in our solar system.
A trio of recently published studies shed light on the origins of this exotic comet. 3I/Atlas appears to have been born in a cold…
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By Narmin Nahidi, Assistant Professor in Finance, University of Exeter
I recently volunteered to teach some lessons in finance to pupils at a primary school. Over six sessions, I spoke to a group of ten and eleven-year-olds about things like value, savings, cost and risk.
The talks were not meant to turn the children into investors, or to teach them to price derivatives or read corporate accounts. They were simply designed to start discussions about everyday financial choices – what it means to spend and borrow money, to compare prices and plan ahead.
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