A new UN report warns that civilians continue to bear the overwhelming burden of modern warfare, with explosive weapons in populated areas remaining a leading cause of death, injury and destruction, drawing on AOAV data to illustrate the scale of the crisis.

Drawing on first-hand testimony from asylum seekers fleeing Ethiopia, Sudan and Afghanistan, this report examines how armed violence and international arms transfers, including UK exports, intersect with displacement, small boat crossings and the lived realities of Britain’s asylum system.

Despite the push by host states for Syrians to go home, a year after Assad’s fall the country remains too dangerous for return, with ruined infrastructure, collapsing services and a deadly surge in unexploded ordnance that is killing civilians at unprecedented rates.

Over 30 former British diplomats have urged the UK and France to recognise the state of Palestine and push for a permanent Gaza ceasefire, warning that international law is being undermined in the occupied territories.

From October 2023 to mid-2025, Britain provided sustained military, intelligence, and diplomatic support to Israel’s war in Gaza—reinforcing its operations while raising profound legal and ethical questions about UK complicity in alleged war crimes.

The debate on Britain’s arms and military cargo export controls to Israel exposed a deepening rift between the stated commitment to uphold international humanitarian law and the reality of ongoing military exports.

Over 800 UK legal professionals, including former Supreme Court justices, have called on the British government to impose sanctions on Israel, citing evidence of potential genocide and serious breaches of international law in Gaza.

According to The Wall Street Journal, Israel plans to seize 75% of Gaza within two months, pushing civilians into a shrinking zone while launching a contentious U.S.-backed aid scheme that has been condemned by aid agencies and the UN.

The killing of Dr Alaa al-Najjar’s nine children in an Israeli airstrike exposes the moral and strategic collapse of a military campaign that normalises civilian death and undermines the very laws it purports to uphold.

Israel’s blockade of Gaza has created a deliberate humanitarian catastrophe, with half a million people facing starvation, children dying from malnutrition, and aid agencies warning that this policy amounts to the use of famine as a weapon of war.

A quiet war is engulfing West Africa, where improvised explosive devices are devastating communities, dismantling state authority, and threatening to unravel entire nations through a deadly combination of terror, displacement, and institutional collapse.

The BBC is under fire for indefinitely delaying the broadcast of Gaza: Medics Under Fire, a documentary detailing attacks on Palestinian healthcare workers, with critics accusing the broadcaster of political censorship and double standards.