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Can Equality Act protections be replaced with common sense, as Kemi Badenoch suggests?

black, disabled or working class,” he said. The Equality Act is designed to protect people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider society on a number of protected characteristics, such as race, sex, disability

Turkiye unveils its first intercontinental ballistic missile: What we know

violence inflicted on Palestinians in the [occupied West Bank](/news/2026/5/5/palestine-weekly-wrap-israeli-security-agencies-sound-alarm-on-settlers) by Israeli settlers, often with support from Israeli forces. While Israel has had an openly antagonistic relationship with Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution, Israel

Friday briefing: How Gaza, Lebanon and Iran have found themselves caught in an escalation without end

domestically and the impact of rising inflation and oil prices, analysts inside Israel believe Netanyahu is now seeking to broaden the conflict for his own strategic ends. --- **Does Israel desire a broader conflict?** “This

Friday briefing: ​As Israel’s coalition collapses, can its prime minister hang on to power?

violence in Gaza, wiping out [more than 10% of the population](https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/HumanTollGaza), and flattening the strip in what the [UN has declared a genocide](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/16/the-guardian-view-on-un-genocide-finding-britain-and-the-world-can-no-longer-look-away). Netanyahu remains on trial for three