The US president, who was beaten to the Nobel Peace Prize by Venezuelan democracy campaigner Maria Corina Machado, was presented with Fifa’s hastily arranged new award

A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...

Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.

OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week

Scotland’s climate coalition has hit out at plans by the Conservatives to repeal the UK’s Climate Change Act. Stop Climate Chaos Scotland chair Mike Robinson has said: “Scrapping the legislation would...

Ripping up Climate Change Act would be an act of national self-harm

An expert team are resurrecting ice age ponds and finding rare species returning from a ‘perfect time capsule’

The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would

The mass exhumation in Ireland is vindication for campaigners – but their battle for justice is far from over, says Irish journalist Caelainn Hogan

Reaching net-zero will be much cheaper for the UK government than previously expected – and the economic damages of climate change far more severe.

Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub

Research finds correlation between car dependancy and loneliness, particularly in rural towns

They are the air-conditioning units of the world – filtering water, preventing flooding, preserving history and providing habitat. Our human ancestors knew the extraordinary power of peatlands, so why are they still being destroyed? I haven’t found an hour when I don’t love a bog. Recently, after a night of counting rare caterpillars in Borth in Mid Wales (they come out only after dark), walking back to the car under the glow of a flower moon, I wondered if 2am was my new favourite. I felt very safe, held by the bog’s softness, and everyone that was out at that hour seemed to have a sense of humour. I met a nightjar hopping around on the ground, pretending, I think, to be a frog. But there is also something about the humidity of a languid afternoon on a bog, when everything slows and fat bumbles hum, that is surprisingly good. I have done freezing horizontal rain and thick, cold-to-your-bones fog and wind so howling that I couldn’t think. All of those were hard, but I did come away feeling truly alive. Continue reading...

New research shows a clear pro-climate majority in every UK local authority. But does this feel reflected in our media and political debate?

Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza

Israel’s renewed assault on Gaza has prompted international condemnation, but many of those critics will face their own reckoning, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

‘This crisis was avoidable,’ says head of River Action as he blames ‘corporate greed and regulatory complacency’ Exceptionally low river flows are predicted across the UK this summer as a drought becomes more likely, scientists have said. An update from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH) says dry, warm weather is expected over the next three months, putting pressure on water resources. Continue reading...

"There will likely be more arrests coming," a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said.

This is the third in a series of blogs looking at the Natural Environment Bill. Part 1 is available here and Part 2 is available here. Most of the political energy around National Parks in recent year...

Environment Agency recommends rationing water as UK sees driest start to spring in 69 years Crops are already failing in England because of drought conditions this spring, farmers have said. People should start to ration their water use, the Environment Agency said, as water companies prepare for a summer of drought. The government has also asked the water CEOs to do more to avert water shortages, and the EA said hosepipe bans are on the horizon if a significant amount of rain does not fall. Continue reading...

This is the first in a series of blogs looking at the draft Natural Environment Bill. The Natural Environment Bill, introduced in February and currently undergoing parliamentary scrutiny, will introdu...

A mega-prison where visitation and education are not allowed became Trump's latest tool in his crackdown on immigration, when hundreds of immigrants facing deportation were transferred there.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them