The British government has begun distributing an unusually explicit guide to asylum seekers explaining that they must not rape, sexually harass, threaten or abuse women, part of a broader effort to spell out the laws and social expectations facing people newly arriving in the country.
Jason Arday, the celebrated British academic whose rise to become the youngest Black professor in the history of the University of Cambridge became an emblem of achievement and diversity in higher education, was found dead Friday, nine days after resigning amid an extraordinary public campaign questioning his scholarship, biography and place at one of the world's most prestigious universities.
The fatal stabbing of a 24 year old Sikh mother from India in west London has sparked grief across Sikh communities in Britain and India, while also prompting renewed debate over whether violence against minority victims receives the same public and political attention as attacks on white victims.
The decision allowing an 18-member Gazan family to resettle in Britain is fueling a broader legal and political argument that nations supplying Israel with weapons should share responsibility for the civilians displaced by the war.
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