Arms trade
28 firms from Scotland due to attend arms fair in London
28 firms from Scotland due to attend an arms fair dubbed a “festival of violence” – including a US arms giant with a factory in Fife.
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Environment, Health
Giant wind turbines are causing health problems, claim villagers
A west coast community is in dispute with a power company over giant wind turbines which are allegedly causing debilitating health problems.
Politics
Revealed: company director’s secret life as a neo-Nazi
The director of a Highland firm selling game is a neo-Nazi who promoted the views of a Holocaust denier.
Environment
Scale of commercial hare shooting exposed amid calls for cull ban
Mountain Hares are under threat from lucrative shoots and mass culls according to an animal welfare charity.
Nuclear weapons
Mordechai Vanunu: a defiant spirit
The whistleblower who revealed Israel’s secret nuclear missile programme and was jailed for 18 years has been sentenced again.
Arms trade, Human rights
High Court allows UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia: critics to appeal
Critics of the arms trade will appeal a High Court decision which allows the UK Government to continue exporting arms to Saudi Arabia.
International
Insight: the Iraqi Christian militia established to fight Islamic State
As the battle rages between Islamic State groups and official forces in Mosul, a nearby Christian Iraqi town is preparing for what comes next.
Human rights
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi deteriorating after five years in prison
The condition of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is worsening both physically and mentally, according to his wife.
Arms trade, Education
Critics condemn Dragons’ Den lesson that encourages children to become arms dealers
School children are being encouraged to sell weapons in lessons branded “immoral”.