Photo: The Associated Press Migrants were rescued on Tuesday while crossing the English Channel and brought to Dover, hours after the U.K. approved the migrant deportation bill. Five people, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government...
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UK Parliament passes bill to send migrants to Rwanda
By Danica Kirka | Associated Press LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The parliamentary logjam that had stalled the legislation for two months was finally broken just after...
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Rishi Sunak promises UK’s largest ever military support package for Ukraine
Rishi Sunak has promised the UK’s largest ever military support package for Ukraine as he warned that Vladimir Putin would “not stop at the Polish border” if Russia won the war. The prime minister will visit Poland on Tuesday to discuss European security and the threat from Russia with the Polish leader, Donald Tusk, and...
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CORRECTED-Grindr facing UK lawsuit over alleged data protection breaches
LONDON, – Gay dating app Grindr is facing a mass data protection lawsuit in London from hundreds of users who allegedly had their private information, including HIV status, shared with third parties without consent, a law firm said on Monday. CORRECTED-Grindr facing UK lawsuit over alleged data protection breaches Austen Hays, which said the lawsuit...
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Wet wipes containing plastic to be banned from sale in United Kingdom
London: Wet wipes containing plastic will be banned from being sold in the UK following legislation to be tabled in Parliament soon, the British government announced on Monday, as the world marked as Earth Day. UK Environment Secretary Steve Barclay said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) will table the legislation for...
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Tell us if you think Britain should increase its NATO defence spending this year
Defence spending in Central and Western Europe is now at its highest level since the last year of the Cold War, according to a new report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The report revealed that total European military spending reached €552 billion (£476 billion) in 2023, representing a 16 percent increase from...
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Terrorgram added to list of proscribed terrorist organisations
The UK is to become the first country in the world to proscribe the Terrorgram collective after a draft proscription order has been laid against the group in Parliament today (22 April), the Home Secretary has confirmed. The Terrorgram collective is an online network of neo-fascist terrorists who produce and disseminate violent propaganda to encourage...
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Bluey phenomenon continues as show is recognised in London
In short: ABC KIDS show Bluey has been recognised for its cultural impact across the United Kingdom and the world. Bluey is the number one children’s program on Australian broadcast TV, and the number one show on CBeebies in the UK. A new episode of Bluey titled Surprise! has just been released on ABC iview. Bluey has received...
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Prince Harry Lawsuit Against UK Tabloid Progresses Towards Trial
Prince Harry is also bringing legal action against Associated Newspapers (File) London, United Kingdom: Prince Harry’s lawsuit against Rupert Murdoch’s British tabloid publisher over allegations of unlawful information gathering can proceed to a potential trial next year, a UK judge ruled Friday. In one of several claims he has brought against UK newspaper publishers, Prince...
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UK’s India Gate to commemorate role of Indian soldiers from World Wars
London: A local council in the seaside resort of Brighton in south-east England has approved plans for an annual multi-faith event to commemorate the role of Indian soldiers in the two World Wars at the town’s India Gate memorial from this October. The India Gate was presented to the people of Brighton by the “princes...
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Spain ‘playing Russian roulette with people’s lives’ by refusing to ban painkiller
Spain has been accused of “playing Russian roulette” with expats’ lives by continuing to prescribe a painkiller alleged to be behind the deaths of at least 37 British and Irish expats. A campaign to have metamizole, sold under the brand name Nolotil, banned as it is in Britain, the US and Australia has prompted the...
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UK snubs EC bid to negotiate EU-UK deal on study mobility
UNITED KINGDOM-EUROPE The European Commission (EC) announced on Thursday that it is seeking permission from the European Council to open talks with the United Kingdom on a new arrangement that would allow greater freedom of movement for 18- to 30-year-olds to work and study. The initiative would open the way to restoring freedom of movement...