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‘It matters’: Can Bangladeshi voters in Britain impact country’s election?

For the first time, Bangladeshis abroad can vote. That’s exciting many. But others can’t vote — or won’t.

People buying fruits and vegetables at Whitechapel market. The neighbourhood has a significant Bangladeshi origin population — and excitement over the February 12 election in their home country is palpable [

Is the UK playing a double game in Sudan and Somalia?

Critics say it’s enabling violence in Sudan. And while backing Somalia’s unity, it is doing business with Somaliland.

Workers offload goods from a docked ship at a seaport.

Maccabi football fans and the ousting of a UK police chief – why it matters

Experts warn that politicisation of a policing decision sets a ‘dangerous precedent’ for democracy in the UK.

Maccabi

‘Is it making a difference? Absolutely’: UK celebrities rally for Gaza

While some UK politicians refuse to speak against Israel’s war on Gaza, many artists are using their platforms.

Khalid Abdalla shows a message on his palm as he poses on the red carpet.

Can Corbyn’s ‘real alternative’ leftist party compete in British politics?

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana plan to launch a new political party, hoping to unite Britain’s fractured left.

Former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn speaks as pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest through central London, calling for the UK government to stop allowing arms exports and military co-operation with Israel, in London, Britain, June 21, 2025. REUTERS/Isabel Infantes

‘This guy is dangerous’: British Pakistanis fear Musk is stoking racism

Some fear collective punishment could be a consequence of the billionaire’s relentless posts on child sex abuse cases.

Women buy material from a market stall.

‘Houses would get petrol bombed’: UK race riots evoke memories of the 1970s

Activists who fought against the far right decades ago discuss witnessing another bout of violent xenophobia.

Leila Hassan Howe, courtesy of Race Collective

‘World drained my colours’: Gaza artist saved from war by stroke of fate

Malak Mattar, who has been painting images of the war she escaped by a day, is exhibiting alongside the Venice Biennale.

Malak Mattar

‘The war will end’: Remembering Mahmoud Darwish, Palestine’s poetic voice

Mahmoud Darwish’s poems are ever relevant to the conditions of Palestinians, particularly now in Gaza.

Mahmoud Darwish

A ‘cultural genocide’: Which of Gaza’s heritage sites have been destroyed?

Nearly 200 sites of historical importance have been destroyed or damaged in Israeli air raids in the past 100 days.

Mosques and churches lay destroyed along with Palestinian heritage, across Gaza