The persecution of Turkey's LGBT+ community has been steadily worsening for several years now. A recent crackdown on activists was only the latest among many. The Erdoğan government's underlying aim is to bring the whole of society under its control.
A year-long investigation traces Indonesian nickel from a biodiversity sanctuary and indigenous homeland, through Chinese factories, to the batteries powering Europe top automaker’s electric cars – and those of its rivals – exposing the hidden cost of the automotive industry’s green transition.
Seventy-three-year-old Vasyl Berezka and his wife, Liudmyla, barely managed to escape Oleshky, a city in the temporarily occupied part of Kherson Oblast that has been almost impossible to leave since late May 2026. No food is being brought into the city, medical supplies are nearly exhausted and residents are on the brink of starvation.
