UN and Council for Europe add voices to outcry as more people drown within hours of ‘cruel’ Rwanda bill being passed

A Tory immigration minister appeared to bang the table during a heated BBC Radio 4 interview discussing Rishi Sunak's controversial Rwanda bill. Michael Tomlinson spoke to Mishal Husain a day after the plan to deport asylum seekers to the African nat ...

Rights commissioner expresses grave concern after Rishi Sunak’s asylum policy passes parliamentary stages

Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the genetic factors that might be behind their behaviour. Science correspondent and labrador owner Nicola Davis visits Cambridge University to meet Dr Elea ...

Comments come as US state department report finds that Gaza war has had negative impact on human rights in Israel

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with the head of the International Criminal Court as he faces an ongoing investigation by the tribunal into crimes against humanity for his crackdown on anti-government protests

United Nations experts said airlines could be held responsible if human rights and international orders are violated

Historic hearing will receive submissions from people whose human rights have been affected by climate change

Measures are expected against Netzah Yehuda battalion, which is accused of human rights violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank

Benjamin Netanyahu reacted with fury to reports that the Netzah Yehuda unit would be subject to US sanctions

Kaffa’s coffee experts agreed that the tech-assisted blend was perfect, and there was no need for human adjustments

Rowaa Ahmar, a former senior civil servant, describes ‘inhumane conversations’ in government

Former head of policy at illegal migration taskforce details ‘inhumane conversations’

Nick Bostrom’s Future of humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’

Chief scientist voices fears about H5N1 variant that has ‘extraordinarily high’ mortality rate in humans

Transport for London (TfL) has confirmed station on the District line has reopened

Archeologists find artefacts, rock art and skeletal remains in Umm Jirsan

The long read: When I heard that a boy from my primary school had been convicted of trafficking, I had to find out what had happened to make him fall so far

Exclusive: Kim Aris believes the move is not for humanitarian reasons, but to use his 78-year-old mother as a defence against armed drones used by pro-democracy forces fighting Myanmar’s military junta

The dramatic decline of marsh tits in an ancient Cambridgeshire woodland is a story repeated across the UK as human activity drives species towards extinction