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THERESA MAY has failed to deliver an inquiry into rendition and torture, despite campaigners hoping it could be one of her final acts before leaving office.
The outgoing prime minister, who took on the Metropolitan Police by launching a judge-led inquiry into undercover policing, has decided against opening a similar probe into extraordinary renditions — which would have put Britain’s spy agencies under intense scrutiny.
Her de-facto deputy, David Lidington, told the Commons today the government has ruled out an inquiry.
The Met Police's refusal to act against British nationals accused of war crimes in Gaza is a green light for Israel's genocide, writes CLAUDIA WEBBE
Newly revealed documents reveal that MI5 taught Brazilian secret police the techniques deployed by the 1964-85 military dictatorship in horrific prisons like Rio de Janeiro’s House of Death. SARA VIVACQUA reports
ANDREW MURRAY looks back on the ignominious career of the former US vice-president, who died earlier this week
As the cover-ups collapse, IAN SINCLAIR looks at the shocking testimony from British forces who would ‘go in and shoot everyone sleeping there’ during night raids — illegal, systematic murder spawned by an illegal invasion