The recent heatwaves revealed how ill-prepared Britain remains for a hotter future – and how unequal the ability to cope with it has become, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and MIRIAM GAUNTLETT
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Johnson’s attacks on ‘lefty lawyers’ are childish and sinister
DAVID RENTON explains how the government has attempted to justify it Rwanda policy in the press and through attacks on lawyers
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Extreme heat is now one of the defining public health challenges of a warming world, explains Prof IAN WILLIAMS
The US-Israeli conflict with Iran has had far-reaching consequences, including a boost to Pakistan’s regional standing, argues ROGER McKENZIE
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Kate Clark pays tribute to Ricardo, whose life spanned the hopes of Allende’s Chile, the horrors of military dictatorship and decades of campaigning for justice in exile
Keir Starmer's early political life suggests a very different future from the one he ultimately embraced, says KEITH FLETT
After the dismissal of union representatives and years of precarious working conditions, Kimpton Clocktower workers are drawing a line, writes THOMAS BELL
AT 9.30pm on Tuesday last week, five hours after the Royal Courts of Justice were supposed to have closed for the day, the Court of Appeal granted an injunction preventing the Home Office from deporting refugees to Rwanda.
What lawyers call “interim relief”, the question of whether individuals can be deported, will be back in that court on June 28.
Meanwhile, the High Court will have a further hearing in July which will assess whether the Rwanda scheme needs to be scrapped in its entirety.
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