How to navigate difficult conversations about immigration at the dinner table

What do you do when a festive family conversation turns uncomfortable? Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Christmas dinner with family can sometimes feel tense, especially when topics like immigration or politics come up. While it’s tempting to shut down a difficult conversation or lead with facts alone, this can often lead to further resentment and division. We spoke to Who Is Your Neighbour?, a charity with fifteen years of experience in facilitating non-judgmental conversations. They suggest that meeting people with empathy and asking curious questions can be more effective than simply walking away. This year, the Guardian charity appeal is supporting grassroots organisations that work to heal social division and nurture hope in our communities. From refugee welcome initiatives to local youth clubs these charities provide a powerful antidote to hate and distrust. Watch the video for expert tips on navigating those tricky family moments and consider donating to help us support this vital work. Tap the link to donate ► https://ift.tt/oJrMAd2 #immigration #uk #politics #awkwardconversations #migrants #refugees #asylumseekers

'Abusing Muslims is not going to fix this country': rising hate in the UK

Hate crimes are rising around the UK, after a summer of flags going up on lamp-posts across the country and racist riots in 2024. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Taj Ali is a Muslim journalist who has been collating evidence of these attacks. Even in big diverse areas there is a sense of fear, but what is life like for smaller ethnic minority communities in smaller towns? On his journey with video producers Christopher Cherry and Maeve Shearlaw he finds a sense of anger about the loss of community but people everywhere determined to roll up their sleeves and make things better. Back on the Map, featured in this video, is part of the Guardian's charity appeal which is raising money for grassroots charities that are connecting communities and building solidarity, pride and hope across the country. Donate to our appeal here ► https://ift.tt/VQxscIn The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/B5jflmN Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/azWkD1c Website ► https://ift.tt/4ukBJGh Facebook ► https://ift.tt/Dk5cWo7 Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/3JHtErN Instagram ► https://ift.tt/6UApTy2 The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #uk #muslims #islam #islamophobia

'He was struggling with his breath. I sat beside him and sang': the choir who sing to the dying

Just as lullabies send babies to sleep, so songs can help those at the other end of life on their way. Nickie Aven, the leader of a Threshold Choir, reveals what they do - and the personal tragedies that convinced her we need to get better at dealing with death. Watch the full film ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVay6u732BQ Special thanks to St Luke's Plymouth Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/Le6Yh5b Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/1dWKjqk Website ► https://ift.tt/CQMDtq0 Facebook ► https://ift.tt/8HSTErO Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/3dEigjz Instagram ► https://ift.tt/lEsj1RQ The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #threshold #deathnote #deathsong #choir #dying #death

The Birth Keepers

The Free Birth Society [FBS] is a US-headquartered business which promotes a radical version of freebirth, meaning giving birth without any medical assistance. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Many women find FBS after searching online for birth options, and discovering its slick Instagram account, with 132,000 followers, and its hugely popular podcast, which has been downloaded 5m times. Led by ex-doula Emilee Saldaya, with support from her business partner, fellow ex-doula Yolande Norris-Clark, FBS promotes wild pregnancy, meaning pregnancy without any prenatal care, dismisses serious pregnancy and labour conditions as ‘variations of normal’, and suggests that resuscitating newborn babies can be a form of ‘sabotage’. Our reporting indicates that FBS has generated revenues in excess of $13m to date. A year-long investigation by investigative reporters Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne identified 48 cases of baby deaths or serious harm involving mothers or birth attendants who appear to be linked to FBS. In 18 of these cases, evidence suggests that FBS played a significant role in decision-making that led to potentially avoidable tragedies. You can listen to our six-episode podcast series The Birth Keepers on the Guardian app or by subscribing to the Guardian Investigates wherever you get your podcasts ► https://ift.tt/vJQBe3W The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/vACoqaT Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/jOI2P5E Website ► https://ift.tt/CqrGk8t Facebook ► https://ift.tt/2yqRC4W Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/mfv2ekQ Instagram ► https://ift.tt/w8suV9x The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive

Threshold: the choir who sing to the dying - documentary

Dying is a process and in a person’s final hours and days, Nickie and her Threshold Choir are there to accompany people on their way and bring comfort. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 Through specially composed songs, akin to lullabies, the choir cultivates an environment of love and safety around those on their deathbed. For the volunteer choir members, it is also an opportunity to channel their own experiences of grief and together open up conversations about death. Full interview with Nickie Aven, available here ► https://ift.tt/5vFdj0Z The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/pOHXTnJ Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/g1KaAwv Website ► https://ift.tt/iz7kbQV Facebook ► https://ift.tt/Bo8OGMS Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/8C4Eq7k Instagram ► https://ift.tt/Wf0Cc2P The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive

The Birth Keepers: how the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world

The Free Birth Society (FBS) is a multimillion-dollar business that promotes an extreme version of free birth, meaning women giving birth without medical assistance. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 The Guardian can now reveal that the organisation has been linked to dozens of cases of maternal harm and baby deaths around the world. After a year-long investigation, Sirin Kale and Lucy Osborne explain why some women they interviewed found FBS’s views so appealing, and why medical professionals say their claims about birth are dangerous The Birth Keepers: I choose this – episode one ► https://ift.tt/lLBgI0N The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/sAzgI6M Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/mj48A1O Website ► https://ift.tt/qtrouKf Facebook ► https://ift.tt/fgEMOJR Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/k02MXiC Instagram ► https://ift.tt/bNWOx7I The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #freebirthsociety #fbs #freebirth #wildbirth #thebirthkeepers #childbirth #maternity #children

Life Invisible: the fight against superbugs starts in the driest place on Earth | Documentary

Cristina Dorador is on an urgent mission in the world’s highest desert, the Atacama in Chile. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► https://www.youtube.com/user/theguardian?sub_confirmation=1 As the rise of drug-resistant superbugs kills millions per year, Cristina has made it her mission to uncover new, life-saving antibiotics in the stunning salt flats she has studied since she was 14. Against the magnificent backdrop of endless plains, microscopic discoveries lead her team of scientists to question how critically lithium mining is damaging the delicate ecosystem and impacting Indigenous communities Made in association with Grain Media and Nobel Prize Outreach The Guardian publishes independent journalism, made possible by supporters. Contribute to The Guardian today ► https://ift.tt/JvFyeTc Sign up to the Guardian's free new daily newsletter, First Edition ► https://ift.tt/hjxkrwn Website ► https://ift.tt/HXKzxk1 Facebook ► https://ift.tt/pXZMju6 Bluesky ► https://ift.tt/Du3ry8A Instagram ► https://ift.tt/WVzvo6L The Guardian on YouTube: Guardian News ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiannews Guardian Australia ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianaustralia Guardian Football ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianfootball Football Weekly ► https://www.youtube.com/@footballweeklypodcast Guardian Sport ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardiansport It's Complicated ► https://www.youtube.com/@itscomplicated Guardian Live ► https://www.youtube.com/@guardianlive #superbugs #antibioticresistance #atacama #atacamadesert #antibiotics #chile #bolivia #lifeinvisible #documentary