9 Dec 2015
Advent Reflection – 9th December
“And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” (Rev 12. 1)
Wednesday 9 December 2015
9 Dec 2015
Still no accountability for UK’s role in CIA torture programme
A year after the US Senate published a major report into the CIA torture programme, there is no sign of either the UK’s own inquiry or a decision from the Crown Prosecution Service regarding the role the British Government played, says the legal and human rights organisation Reprieve.
9 Dec 2015
New report reveals how ‘Islamic State’ got its weapons
Decades of poorly regulated arms flows into Iraq as well lax controls on the ground have provided the armed group calling itself Islamic State (IS) with a large and lethal arsenal, says a new report from Amnesty International.
8 Dec 2015
George Osborne: ‘Britain has got its mojo back’
Some MPs who voted to bomb Syria may have done so with reluctance or misgivings.