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The best new books coming in 2025 — from Irvine Welsh to Florence Knapp

Irvine Welsh, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Philippe Sands and Naomi Watts are some of the big-name authors with books out this year. But it’s not just well known writers. There’s a legion of brilliant new titles, from thrilling fiction to deep-thinking psychoanalysis and even a book by the woman who made…

Evening Standard

From the Baillie Gifford to the Giller: can literary prizes survive protests against sponsors?

Writers have been coming out against companies that fund awards, with serious implications for the books industry

The Guardian - UK

Karim Khan: The British ICC chief prosecutor pursuing Israel’s Netanyahu

The British barrister has developed a strong reputation as an international criminal law and human rights lawyer.

Evening Standard

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E.Guinea, Gabon Clash At ICJ Over Oil-rich Islands

Gabon and Equatorial Guinea faced off Monday at the International Court of Justice, hoping to resolve a decades-old scrap over the sovereignty of three disputed islands in potentially oil-rich waters.

International Business Times

‘Never distracted by politics’: Richard Hermer’s surprise appointment as attorney general

The human rights lawyer and Israel critic leads with compassion, say supporters

The Guardian - UK

'The nationalisation of states is killing the European idea': EU book prize winner Menasse

Talking Europe hosts Austrian author Robert Menasse, the winner of the 2023 European Union book prize. The award was set up in 2007 to foster a European spirit and promote understanding of the EU from a cultural perspective. The prize has previously been bestowed on such towering figures as Jonathan…

France 24

From Gaza to Ukraine, what would the pioneers of human rights think of our world today?

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects the most vulnerable: we must fight to defend and extend it, says professor of law Philippe Sands

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Touching, licking and biting: Magic Mike dancers have #MeToo moment

Dancers say at least two women a week are thrown out of the show

Evening Standard

Snubbed! Royal Academy leaves top curator off guestlist after 30 years ‘running the place’

Sir Norman says ‘they would rather forget about me’

Evening Standard

Pioneering publisher Margaret Busby named new president of PEN

The editor, writer and literary critic who was the UK’s first Black female publisher will replace Philippe Sands

The Guardian - UK

Photo leak outside No 10 reveals Rishi Sunak’s election planning

The Government plans to go on the attack, but needs to sort out its own back yard first

Evening Standard

Evidence of Russian crimes mounts as war in Ukraine drags on

Ten months into Russia’s latest invasion of Ukraine, overwhelming evidence shows the Kremlin’s troops have waged total war, with disregard for international laws governing the treatment of civilians and conduct on the battlefield

The Independent UK

Ukraine wants a special tribunal to prosecute Putin. Can it work?

Ukraine President Zelenskyy calls on US to support the establishment of a special tribunal for the crime of aggression.

Al Jazeera

Russian war crimes draft resolution being circulated at the UN

US opposition may be softening after lobbying by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy

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Revealed: secret courts that allow energy firms to sue for billions accused of ‘bias’ as governments exit

Secret court set up under energy charter treaty accused of conflicts of interest, self-regulation issues and institutional bias

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‘That’s A Father To Love?’ Jewish Author Unpacks State Of Denial For Son Of Nazi Fugitive

Horst von Wachter appears to be in denial of his father Otto’s complicity

The Guardian - UK

‘People need to tell stories’: Lviv holds literary festival in defiance of war

Writers at annual book event in Ukrainian city say storytelling and art have helped many endure violence

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The Last Colony by Philippe Sands review – Britain’s Chagos Islands shame

The Chagossians were forced from their archipelago in the 1970s. Philippe Sands relates the wider tragedy of the scandal with nerve and precision

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The Guardian - UK

Kremlin mulls Nuremberg-style trials based on second world war tribunals

Russia to seek to justify invasion of Ukraine by staging show trials of war prisoners, conflict scholars fear

The Guardian - UK

Will Putin ever be held responsible for the atrocities we’re seeing in Bucha?

History has shown that international justice can be difficult to achieve, but that doesn’t mean Zelenskiy shouldn’t try, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Karim Khan: the ‘very modern British barrister’ heading ICC’s Russia inquiry

International criminal court prosecutor has launched investigation into alleged war crimes in Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

Exiled Chagos Islanders return without British supervision for first time

Survey ship will gather evidence in dispute over demarcating seabed between Mauritius and Maldives

The Guardian - UK

MP blackmail claims add to UK’s poor reputation overseas, says top lawyer

Philippe Sands QC says there is parallel between alleged intimidation of MPs and ‘threatening behaviour’ overseas

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