The scandal of women handcuffed while in labour: ‘I was so shocked when the restraints weren’t removed’
Pregnant women prisoners are being handcuffed to prison officers – often male – during intimate vaginal examinations and long, agonising births. Will this dehumanising treatment be stopped?
Middle East attacks intensify as Trump says he rejects Iran’s attempt to talk
US president claims ‘they want to talk. I said: Too Late!’, while Rubio threatens the ‘hardest hits are yet to come’
Reeves’s talk of stability may be misplaced amid Iran war turmoil
Attempt to project calm in spring forecast may be short-lived if living costs and unemployment keep climbing
YSL lights up Paris fashion week show with return of Le Smoking suit
Anthony Vaccarello marks decade at helm of fashion house with powered-up take on Yves Saint Laurent’s classic
‘People are gripped by huge fear’: defiance and hope on the streets of Tehran
Bombarded by the US and Israel, Iranians worry about how to survive, and what comes next
Middle East war could be decided by who runs out of missiles or interceptors first, analysts say
Stockpiles of the most advanced US-made weapons are limited – while few know how large Iran’s arsenal is
Tim Wilson claims he has sold out of his bet against the share market for ‘modest profit’
Shadow treasurer tells MPs he has cashed in the investment and donated the gains to an advocacy group for gay rights in Iran
Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman
Outgunned review – action-thriller in Angola sees sadistic child-hunting gang out for revenge
Danica De La Rey Jones’s elite fighter is targeted in a film that would be more exciting if its padded runtime was trimmed down
Play Dead review – an intriguing high-concept horror set in a murder basement holds its breath
This thriller begins with a grisly jolt of invention before succumbing to diminishing returns
Rise of the veavage: how one look came to rule the red carpet
Forget cleavage. A deep V plunging to the waist is the current style – as seen on Gwyneth Paltrow and many others this year. Why is it suddenly so popular?
How Trump officials created ‘nuclear option’ against protesters in church
Critics say administration has overstepped authority in using 1994 law to prosecute protesters and journalists
Louisiana mayor convicted of raping 16-year-old boy at her home while still in office
Misty Roberts, 43, faces sentences of up to 10 and seven years in prison after July 2024 sexual assault at pool party
Chasing Freedom by Simukai Chigudu review – a powerful memoir of postcolonial unease
A historian and exponent of ‘Rhodes must fall’ explores how political liberation doesn’t always bring personal freedom
‘We never imagined this’: the Cypriot village on edge after RAF Akrotiri drone strike
Evacuations near RAF base have reignited debate as Cypriots question the risks of hosting western military sites
Trump rebukes Starmer again for not letting US attack Iran from UK bases
US president criticises prime minister for third time 24 hours, describing him as ‘not Churchill’ over initial refusal