2 h. ago Listen up, George! Relationship expert reveals why arguing in a marriage is healthy

The 63-year-old actor has been happily married to human rights attorney Amal Clooney since 2014 - so happy, in fact, that he is standing by his 2022 claim that the couple have never had an argument.

Science

2 h. ago For Women Scotland snub key Scottish Parliament committee over Green MSP 'bigotry' comments

There have been several calls for Maggie Chapman MSP to be removed from Holyrood’s equalities, human rights and civil justice committee.

Politics

4 h. ago Trans opponents of Supreme Court gender ruling accused of 'wishful thinking' and being 'fuelled by misunderstanding' in fight against decision

Commissioner for the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) Akua Reindorf argued the ruling gives a complex topic a 'model of clarity'.

Events

5 h. ago George Clooney stuns fans with confession about marriage to wife Amal

George Clooney has shocked fans after insisting he has never had an argument with his wife, human rights attorney Amal, who he has been married to for over a decade

Politics

16 h. ago George Clooney raises alarm bells among fans about Amal Clooney with unlikely marriage confession

George Clooney has been married to human rights attorney Amal Clooney for over ten years, and the movie star is still standing by his claim that they have never had an argument.

Events

19 h. ago Family of student shot and stabbed to death in Peckham 10 years ago launch fresh appeal

Ola Raji, 21, was attacked and killed in Peckham, south London in 2015

Society

21 h. ago Family of student shot and stabbed on his way home 10 years ago launch fresh appeal

Ola Raji, 21, was attacked and killed in Peckham, south London in 2015

Society

47 h. ago Trump draft order calls for drastic restructure of state department

If enacted changes would be one of the biggest reorganizations of department since its founding in 1789A draft Trump administration executive order circulating among US diplomats proposes a radical restructuring of the US state department, including drastic reductions to sub-Saharan operations, envoys and bureaus relating to climate, refugees, human rights, democracy and gender equality.The changes, if enacted, would be one of the biggest reorganizations of the department since its founding in 1789, according to Bloomberg, which had seen a copy of the 16-page draft, which first reported on the draft. Continue reading...

Politics

2 d. ago Thousands gather in London to support trans rights following ruling over definition of woman

Thousands of trans rights protesters gathered in central London, days after the U.K.‘s Supreme Court ruled that a woman is someone born biologically female and that transgender women are excluded from that legal definition

Politics

3 d. ago Swinney ‘understands hurt and anguish’ Supreme Court ruling causing trans people

The First Minister told the PA news agency that he accepted the judges’ ruling that the definition of a woman is based on biology.

Events

4 d. ago Pakistani jihadist who plotted to carry out 7/7 bombings in Birmingham wants to be deported

Irfan Khalid was one of the leaders of a gang who plotted to carry out a 7/7-style mass terror attack in Birmingham and turn the city into a 'little war zone'.

Events

5 d. ago Body found in bags at play park as police scour near school for more remains

"Tiny kids were playing right next to literal bits of human arm."

Events

5 d. ago Trans workers could be asked to use disabled toilets – solicitors

Businesses will likely have to review and change policies, including on toilets, in light of a Supreme Court ruling, according to lawyer Peter Byrne.

Politics

5 d. ago Uyghur rights group calls on hotel chains not to ‘sanitise’ China abuses in Xinjiang

Growth in international hotels coincides with government effort to push region as a tourism destination Almost 200 international hotels are operating or planning to open in Xinjiang, despite calls from human rights groups for global corporations not to help “sanitise” the Chinese government’s human rights abuses in the region, a report has said.The report by the Uyghur Human Rights Project (UHRP) identified 115 operational hotels which the organisation said “benefit from a presence in the Uyghur region”. At least another 74 were in various stages of construction or planning, the report said. The UHRP said some of the hotels also had exposure or links of concern to forced labour and labour transfer programmes. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Badenoch calls for broader review of equality and gender recognition laws – UK politics live

‘These laws were written 20 years ago plus when the world was different,’ Tory leader saysThe chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has suggested that there may be legal challenges around the efficacy of gender recognition certificates (GRC) ahead.Asked on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme if yesterday’s supreme court ruling had rendered the legal document worthless, Kishwer Falkner said:I think the next stage of litigation may well be tests as to the efficacy of the GRC, and or other areas. We don’t believe they are [worthless]. We think they’re quite important.But I think there will be other areas, I mean, the Government is thinking of digital IDs, and if digital IDs come in, then what documentation will provide the identity of that person? So it’s going to be a space that we’ll have to watch very carefully as we go on.It’s a victory for common sense, but only if you recognise that trans people exist. They have rights, and their rights must be respected – then it ...

Politics

5 d. ago New rules for public bodies expected ‘by summer’ after UK gender ruling

Equalities watchdog chair says code of practice will give clarity and adds trans people’s rights ‘must be respected’Updated guidance for public bodies after the UK supreme court’s ruling that a woman is defined in law by biological sex is expected to be issued by the summer, the head of the equalities regulator said on Thursday.Lady Kishwer Falkner, the chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, described the ruling as “enormously consequential”, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “We are going to have a new statutory code of practice, statutory meaning it will be the law of the land, it will be interpreted by courts as the law of the land. We’re hoping we’re going to have that by the summer.” Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Gender ruling ‘a victory for common sense, but only if you recognise trans people exist’, says equalities watchdog – live

Chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission says trans people ‘have rights, and their rights must be respected’The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has suggested that there may be legal challenges around the efficacy of gender recognition certificates (GRC) ahead.Asked on the BBC Radio 4 Today programme if yesterday’s supreme court ruling had rendered the legal document worthless, Kishwer Falkner said:I think the next stage of litigation may well be tests as to the efficacy of the GRC, and or other areas. We don’t believe they are [worthless]. We think they’re quite important.But I think there will be other areas, I mean, the Government is thinking of digital IDs, and if digital IDs come in, then what documentation will provide the identity of that person? So it’s going to be a space that we’ll have to watch very carefully as we go on.It’s a victory for common sense, but only if you recognise that trans people exist. They have rights, and their rights m...

Politics

5 d. ago Rape survivor bringing case to EU over Portuguese investigation of Christian Bruckner: 'I'm standing up after being silenced and ignored for far too long'

Hazel Behan wants the European Court of Human Rights to investigate alleged failures in the investigation following the serious sexual assault she said she suffered in Portugal in 2004.

Events

5 d. ago Supreme Court ruling on woman definition ‘could mean UK is not meeting human rights obligations’, lawyer warns

The Supreme Court's decision to rule that woman and sex in the 2010 Equality Act “refer to a biological woman and biological sex” possibly showed that the UK is not meeting its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, a lawyer has warned.

Events

5 d. ago Voices: Trans women like me are now effectively outlawed from public life – what are you so scared of?

Today is a dark day for human rights, marking the point at which the treatment of trans people and trans women, in particular, moved from one of harassment and abuse to outright state-sponsored persecution, writes Diana Thomas

Politics