Clive Stafford Smith, head of Reprieve, listens to former Guantanamo detainee Moazzam Begg. Reprieve believes Sir Peter Gibson’s views on the intelligence services reflect bias. Photograph: Jane Mingay/AP The government has hit back at a legal charity’s “unwarranted and baseless” suggestion that the senior judge leading the inquiry into allegations of UK involvement in torture [...]

A pelican covered in oil from the BP leak is cleaned in Louisiana. Photograph: Reuters The oil industry has been responsible for thousands of fires, explosions, and leaks over the last decade, killing dozens of people and destroying wildlife and the environment across America, according to a report published today. None of the individual incidents [...]

Greek truck drivers clash with riot police in Athens. Photograph: John Kolesidis/Reuters The stand-off between striking truck drivers and authorities in Greece intensified today hours after the government issued an emergency order to force protesters back to work. With fuel shortages stranding thousands of tourists and disrupting supplies of food and medicines nationwide, prime minister [...]

Winston Churchill’s archive is packed full of letters, photographs and ephemera. Winston Churchill’s vast archive – everything from school reports and wagers about his prodigious drinking to a personal copy of the “finest hour” speech – will be digitised and offered online, it will be announced today. The Churchill Archive Trust has agreed a deal [...]