ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
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DSEI is at last becoming seen as unacceptable
It’s important we keep up the pressure and expose the arms fair in London’s Docklands for what it is – a market in death, writes PAUL DONOVAN
Work on display at the Art the Arms Fair art exhibition, to oppose DSEI
PHIL KATZ explains how ‘Cultures in Resistance’ is forging a new cultural manifesto
As world leaders posture and local politicians bore, voters are left with a grim choice: despair, disengage — or start imagining something better, says MATT KERR
CARLOS MARTINEZ reports on China’s role in helping Cuba develop self-sufficiency in renewable energy, which would shield it from the sort of pain Donald Trump is inflicting with his oil blockade
JAYNE FISHER on why the government’s latest amendments to the Crime & Policing Bill, which returns to the Commons on Tuesday, is a serious threat to our freedoms
A surge in futures activity minutes before news of US–Iran talks has led to questions about insider trading and oversight gaps, writes CJ ATKINS
HAS anything changed with the DSEI arms exhibition over the past 20 years, aside from it getting bigger?
There has been much controversy surrounding the recent Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) arms fair at the ExCel centre in London.
Condemnation of the event has come from a number of quarters, including the mayor of London and faith leaders.
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