Israel says its forces came under fire while trying to arrest a suspect, and none of its troops were injuredIsraeli troops have clashed with Palestinian gunmen during a late-night arrest raid in the occupied West Bank, killing four Palestinians in one …
Lina from Lima review – funny, sultry film about a plucky economic migrant
Upending arthouse tropes with musical numbers and lashings of sex, this witty debut about a Peruvian domestic worker refuses to see its heroine as a victimWriter-director María Paz González’s first feature takes a well-worn miserabilist trope out of th…
TikTok is the new Facebook – and it is shaping the future of tech in its image | Chris Stokel-Walker
The swift rise of the Chinese video-sharing app could have ramifications for all of us and how we live, both online and offAgainst the backdrop of a global pandemic that has kept millions of people inside with nothing but their phones for company, the …
Mining multinational BHP starts talks to exit oil and gas industry
Firm says merging its hydrocarbon business with Australian producer Woodside Petroleum is one optionThe mining multinational BHP has begun talks to exit the oil and gas industry by merging its hydrocarbon business with Australia’s top independent gas p…
Some Afghan allies will be left behind, UK defence secretary concedes
Ben Wallace says it is a ‘really deep regret’ that all Afghans eligible to come to UK will not be extractedAfghanistan live news: desperate crowds at Kabul airportThe UK defence secretary has admitted “some people will not get back” as Britain tries to…
‘The US should be held accountable’: Guantánamo survivor on the war on terror’s failure
After 20 years during which he was routinely tortured, Mansoor Adayfi, who now lives in Serbia, asks: ‘What if that had been American boys?’When a shackled Mansoor Adayfi was lumped on to a heap of shivering, naked bodies in the pitch black, a hood ove…
‘Hidden pandemic’: Peruvian children in crisis as carers die
With 93,000 children in Peru losing a parent to Covid, many face depression, anxiety and povertyWhen Covid-19 began shutting down Nilda López’s vital organs, doctors decided that the best chance of saving her and her unborn baby was to put her into a c…
Gordon Brown hits out at EU’s ‘neocolonial approach’ to Covid vaccine supplies
Former UK prime minister calls on western leaders to convene summit to address Africa’s vaccine deficitGordon Brown: the world is making billions of Covid vaccine doses, so why is Africa not getting them?Gordon Brown has accused the EU of adopting a “n…
The world is making billions of Covid vaccine doses, so why is Africa not getting them? | Gordon Brown
While western governments get ready to administer booster shots, millions in Africa are still completely unprotectedGordon Brown hits out at EU’s ‘neocolonial approach’ to Covid vaccine suppliesIn a shocking symbol of the west’s failure to honour its p…
‘You follow the government’s agenda’: China’s climate activists walk a tightrope
The IPCC’s alarming report has Chinese environmentalists wondering how to push a government that brooks no criticism into taking more actionIn the wake of the IPCC’s alarming warning last week that human induced climate change is affecting every corner…