Society and Culture

Jeremy Corbyn Facing Backlash Over Policy On Self-Identifying Trans Women

"Labour has quietly changed the definition of ‘woman’ without consulting women."
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One Year On, The Rohingya Need Our Immediate Assistance And Investment

Almost a year since the government acknowledged what “looks like ethnic cleansing”, here's what needs to happen
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Friends Join Fight Against Threat Of Deportation Of Two Teenage Brothers

Nearly 85,000 people have signed a petition to halt the plans.
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Manhunt Launched After Two Convicted Rapists Escape From Prison

The two men left HMP Leyhill after forcing a door open in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Theresa May Can't List Anything She Did To Protest Against Nelson Mandela's 27 Years In Prison

Her visit to Robben Island has been called "nauseating".
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Hundreds Of Endangered Sea Turtles Found Dead Off Mexican Coast

The animals appeared to be caught in a net.
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Taken To Hospital Wing In Iranian Prison After 'Panic Attack'

The news comes after the British mother was returned to jail following a temporary three-day release.
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Notting Hill Carnival Arrests Rise This Year – But Violent Crime Was Actually Down

Organisers say focus on criminality is "stifling" the world-famous street festival.
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Labour 'Set To Adopt International Definition Of Anti-Semitism'

‘Compromise’ plan will also safeguard free speech on criticism of Israel
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Pope Faces Pressure Over Tuam Babies In Mass Grave

Amid protests over clerical sex abuse, another scandal was addressed during the Pope’s visit to Ireland. An estimated 800 babies were buried between 1925 and 1961, in a mass grave on the grounds of a Catholic “mother and baby” home in Tuam. Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has released a letter she gave to the Pope requesting help with the excavation.
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