It held on in Stoke, but Labour has suffered a humiliating defeat to the governing party in Copeland.
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Sufis have remained defiant after a suicide bombing at a shrine in Pakistan.
We know where Jeremy Corbyn stands on certain issues, but where is the vision? What are the ideas?
The party picked the wrong candidate and the wrong tactics in this byelection, and it showed in the result.
A new reform bill will not fix the prison problem: too many people are being incarcerated.
Eight decades after it was first mooted, the world needs a mechanism to prosecute cross-border terrorists in peacetime.
Taking on a 45,000-strong organisation, with a budget of more than £2.5 billion would stretch the most seasoned corporate executive.
On the centenary of Anthony Burgess’s birth – A Clockwork Orange had a profound influence on the cultural and political landscape.
The former PM has resigned as leader of his party in the hope of returning to the top job. But it hasn’t quite gone to plan.
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In this episode we look at historical visions of the future and how accurate they were, the future of work, and what it's like to predict the future for a day job.
The alleged sexual assault of a well-known actress in Kerala has sparked outrage and exposed serious gender issues at the heart of the society.
Some Olympic venues have become withered husks – but it’s not all bad news.
The presidential candidate stoked anger on the right by calling French colonialism a ‘crime against humanity’.
The beleaguered new president is driving a wedge between his citizens and the media. Nixon would have been proud.
It’s almost as though Europe saw Brexit coming when the Treaties of Rome were signed in 1957.
Supreme Court upholds controversial immigration rules for families introduced in 2012. It means families will have to earn a minimum income to bring over spouses from abroad.
Vladimir Putin’s aggressive nuclear strategy threatens to unpick decades of careful negotiation.
An officer is under investigation for rape, a young man is in hospital, and people want answers.
The story of Trevor Thomas.
IS has proved very adept at fending off massive conventional forces – but that doesn’t mean crack private security teams would do any better.
Fathers aren’t to blame for all of their childrens’ problems.
Just a month after moving into the Élysée Palace, the new president will face the country’s parliamentary elections.
Beware the ‘clasp and yank’.
Thanks to the US’s polarised politics, presidents beloved abroad are controversial at home.
There are double standards underlying the difficulties faced by Afghan asylum seekers in the West.