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 [...]

David Cameron receives a gift from Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Wednesday in Bangalore, India. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images News of Cameron’s visit may have been sidelined by Pakistan’s worst-ever air disaster. Yet his speech in Bangalore, India, has fast become infamous here. It isn’t so much the substance of his remarks that have raised our [...]

People will be encouraged to work longer under government plans to phase out the so-called default retirement age of 65. Photograph: Alamy Today’s top Society Guardian news and comment Inquiry calls for closure of children’s heart surgery unit Compulsory retirement at 65 to be phased out Tell people they are fat, not obese, says minister [...]