Shamima Begum loses bid to regain UK citizenship

27 minutes ago About sharing Ms Begum was 15 when she joined Islamic State group in 2015 By Andre Rhoden-Paul & Dominic Casciani, legal correspondent BBC News Shamima Begum has lost a Court of Appeal decision to regain her UK citizenship. The ruling means the 24-year-old must remain in Syria. The government stripped her citizenship…

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Many missing as deadly fire devastates Valencia apartment block

According to experts quoted by local media, highly flammable cladding on the building allowed the fire to spread rapidly. Esther Puchades, who is the vice president of the College of Industrial Technical Engineers of Valencia, tells Spanish news agency Efe that she had previously inspected the building. The building’s exterior, Puchades explains, featured a polyurethane…

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Health workers still waiting for promised payments

2 hours ago About sharing By Hugh Pym Health editor Employers are “extremely concerned” up to 20,000 health workers in England have not yet received a one-off payment of nearly £1,655 agreed last May. NHS staff in England were awarded the lump sum, alongside a 5% pay rise. Those in front-line NHS settings but employed…

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Gaza family take legal action against Home Office

59 minutes ago About sharing The family, not pictured, are trapped in Gaza By Ashitha Nagesh Community affairs correspondent A Palestinian refugee is taking legal action against the Home Office over what he says is in effect a refusal to grant visas to his family in Gaza. The Home Office rejected the man’s request to…

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