Former Conservative party leader Iain Duncan Smith says he will wear the retaliation like a ‘badge of honour’ China has sanctioned organisations and individuals in the United Kingdom over what it called “lies and disinformation” about Xinjiang, after Britain imposed sanctions for human rights abuses in the western Chinese region. […]

Exclusive: analysis of racial disparities in education system raises concerns over ‘criminalisation of children’ ‘I was terrified’: pupils tell of being victimised in UK schools ‘Systemic racism’: teachers speak out about discrimination in UK schools British schools are institutionally racist. That must change fast Exclusion rates for black Caribbean students […]

Russian opposition leader’s aide says Navalny also blocked from meeting lawyers Alexei Navalny has complained of a “sharp deterioration” in his health in prison and has been blocked from meeting lawyers, a senior aide to the Russian opposition leader has said. Navalny has reported “serious back pain” and numbness in […]

PM says he wishes ‘many things’ were done differently as country marks one year since first lockdown Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Boris Johnson has admitted there are many things he wishes he had done differently to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic as the UK marks a […]

Several attempts to refloat the 400m-long Ever Given have failed, leading to a tailback of other ships A giant container ship has run aground in the Suez canal, causing a traffic jam of vessels at either end of the vital international trade artery. The 220,000-tonne, 400m-long Ever Given became stuck […]