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Olympic boxer Ramla Ali: 'I'm fighting international aid cuts crushing children's dreams'
British-Somali boxer Ramla Ali in front of a pile of broken, discarded desks in Dadaab refugee camp.
Ramla Ali

Olympic boxer Ramla Ali: 'I'm fighting international aid cuts crushing children's dreams'

International aid helped Ramla Ali flee Somalia to become an Olympic boxer. The UNICEF UK ambassador writes about why international aid is so vital to help children around the world follow her path
Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers
Boy on a cattle farm in south Sudan in 2024.
Ben Whitham

Sudan war exposes hypocrisy of UK government's treatment of asylum seekers

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza's frontline: 'Even the silence is frightening'
Drawings by child in Gaza who attended Save the Children's child friendly space for mental health and psychosocial support and educational activities.
Gaza

These raw, heartfelt voice notes are straight from Gaza's frontline: 'Even the silence is frightening'

Inside the Big Issue: How we remember
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: How we remember

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK
Gaza

Teen scholar trapped in Gaza after being blocked by Home Office from joining her mum in UK

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How war-wounded patients are finding hope in a hospital in Jordan: 'People can rebuild their lives'
shams
War

How war-wounded patients are finding hope in a hospital in Jordan: 'People can rebuild their lives'

The Finns are getting ready to see off Putin – here's why it's so important
Finland

The Finns are getting ready to see off Putin – here's why it's so important

Gaza's children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future
Children in a camp for displaced people in the northern Gaza Strip.
Helen Pattinson

Gaza's children need more than a ceasefire. We need to give them hope for a safe future

Laughter, songs and joy: This is how it felt the moment news of a ceasefire reached Gaza
A little girl amid the rubble in Gaza.
Mohammed Aklouk 

Laughter, songs and joy: This is how it felt the moment news of a ceasefire reached Gaza

Russia is 'a threat to the whole world', warns Ukrainian war hero: 'Do not let the world forget'
graves of soldiers
Ukraine war

Russia is 'a threat to the whole world', warns Ukrainian war hero: 'Do not let the world forget'

I've been forced to flee Gaza City with my family. It feels like my soul is being torn from my body
Rubble and destruction in Gaza
Mohammed Aklouk

I've been forced to flee Gaza City with my family. It feels like my soul is being torn from my body

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'
Students at Gaza Great Minds
Gaza

Thousands of children find hope in tent schools in Gaza: 'We try to make the students smile'

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'
Marie Maubouche
Adoption

These Vietnamese adoptees are searching for their birth families 'before it's too late'

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge
Theatre

The Reckoning – a play creating the crucible from which truth and justice can emerge

The end of Gaza's Khan Younis may spell the imminent end of a people
Khalid Javid

The end of Gaza's Khan Younis may spell the imminent end of a people

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War
Music

The music that kept London going through the blackouts and bombings of the Second World War

Inside the Big Issue: VE Day is 80 – but the war on poverty remains
Big Issue 1665 cover
Inside the Big Issue

Inside the Big Issue: VE Day is 80 – but the war on poverty remains

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now
destruction in gaza
Riham Jafari

Israel's aid blockade is pushing people in Gaza to the brink of survival. It must be lifted – now

Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war
Sally Becker on her first mission 'Operation Angel' in Bosnia in 1993
Humanitarianism

Meet the heroic mum who faced gunfire and risked her life to save hundreds of children from war

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism 'hits differently' in America
Theatre

Operation Mincemeat stars on British humour, Broadway and why fascism 'hits differently' in America

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox
Books

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad review – the war crimes paradox

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
There's no defence for raiding the social security pot
John Bird

There's no defence for raiding the social security pot

I've been on the front lines of war for 11 years. But this video from Ukraine left me lost for words
10Foot Takeover

I've been on the front lines of war for 11 years. But this video from Ukraine left me lost for words

Donkeys are now the main form of transport in Gaza. Meet the vet keeping them alive
Gaza

Donkeys are now the main form of transport in Gaza. Meet the vet keeping them alive

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II
World War II

How four women raged a secret propaganda war against the Nazis during World War II