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After decades of legal battles, Britain has agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a former colony. The remote Indian Ocean archipelago will continue to host a US military base, but Chagossians exiled to make way for the base in the 1960s and 70s are questioning whether the deal…

Labour says it is committed to other ‘overseas territories’, but why? These colonial-era dreams are costing the country dear, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Energy system operator expects winter power supplies to outstrip demand by almost 9% this year

Letters: Readers including a Bet365 employee respond to an article on how its founder, Denise Coates, became Britain’s richest woman, and express concerns over the impact of its success

Conservative MP Kemi Badenoch recently caused controversy by claiming that while she was born to a middle-class family, she “became working class” when working in McDonald’s to earn money while she was in college. In fairness to Badenoch, having a diversity of experience is an admirable attribute for an MP…

Joan Hannington became one of Britain's most accomplished jewel thieves and some people might be wondering if she ever went to prison

Hughes became Britain’s fastest man over both 100m and 200m in 2023 before injury wrecked his 2024 Olympic hopes in Paris.

To watch the mobile phone footage and hear the testimony of survivors is to have one’s own faith in humanity tested to the point of destruction. Parents murdered in front of their children. Women and girls raped as their family members were forced to watch, powerless to intercede. The elderly…

We have had so many emotions: empathy for Israelis and Palestinians, but also deep worry about our lives here, says author and campaigner Dave Rich

In the first episode of Know Your Place: what happened to class in British politics, a new podcast series from The Conversation Documentaries, we explore when the relationship between class and voting broke down and why.

‘Here, you look nice on this front cover, but also, you’re a fat, ugly pig,’ said the star of her experience