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The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has endorsed the Palestinian-led movement for boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS), days after foreign secretary Ed Miliband said he “wholeheartedly opposed” the campaign. TUC Congress – an annual gathering of the UK’s major unions in Brighton representing over five million workers – voted to support the movement to apply diplomatic, […]

A group of pro-Israel lawyers is urging the UK government to label Doctors Without Borders a terrorist organisation over its work in Gaza. UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) allege that the charity – which provides life-saving medical aid to people in warzones – has links to militant groups, and have called on home secretary Shabana […]

A notorious detention centre in Florida kept immigrants in cramped metal enclosures that posed “significant risks” to their health and safety, a report by a US government watchdog has found. The cages – which had only 1.6 sq metres of floor space – were referred to by guards at the ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ facility as “calming […]

Zohran Mamdani’s plan to create city-run grocery stores to help New Yorkers struggling with the cost of living is being challenged in court by supermarkets, who say they won’t be able to compete with the stores’ low prices. The New York City mayor plans to create five municipally owned stores on city-owned property by 2029 […]

The UK government has been urged to go further on sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West Bank, with senior lawyers warning that current measures “fall far short” of Britain’s obligations under international law. Foreign secretary Ed Miliband last week announced a ban on the trade of goods with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied […]