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After the home secretary threatened to block all Eritreans from entering the UK unless a returns deal was agreed, the country's embassy claimed the UK had failed to engage in "meaningful and appropriate" dialogue. The…
Read moreThe Reform leader told BBC Look East his party vetted "to a much higher standard than other parties" but "you can't vet for future comments". In the film, Undercover: A Year in Reform , a Reform councillor and deputy…
Read moreThe man died after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park on Saturday, 10 October. He has been named by police and in the media as William Chapman. In the aftermath of the attack, South Yorkshire Police…
Read moreNon seulement les 27 pays sont divisés sur son montant et sur ses priorités mais plusieurs élections nationales compliquent l’équation politique. En amont du sommet du Conseil européen de jeudi et vendredi, Marine Le Pen…
Read moreThe number of hotels in use peaked at “over 400 in summer 2023”, under the previous Conservative government, but had fallen to 213 by the time Labour came to power in July 2024. The Home Office said in August 2026 that…
Read moreSituated in the Horn of Africa and bordering Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti, it became a sovereign state after gaining independence from Ethiopia in 1993 following a 30-year war. The country is run by an authoritarian…
Read moreLabour and Liberal Democrat MPs are demanding that Samantha Jones, the permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), steps away from any role in plans to toughen regulation of the booming market…
Read moreAs my colleague Dan Sabbagh noted above – there are lots of issues on the agenda, Iran, Ukraine, and not least the growing US-Nato rift and Washington removing bombers from a UK air base earlier this month amid reports…
Read moreLabour says it will give local Green groups seven days to confirm they reject the policy, which was recently approved by Green members at its party conference. The ultimatum applies to 18 councils where it shares power…
Read moreThe Netherlands has reported 59 human cases so far this year, while Belgium has reported 15. The West Nile virus is asymptomatic in 80% of humans — but can lead to fever and, in severe cases, cause neurological diseases…
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