16 minutes ago About sharing By Sam Francis Political reporter, BBC News Despite the “landmark” passage of the Rwanda bill, illegal small boat crossings will not stop until regular deportation flights to Rwanda begin, the illegal migration minster has said. Parliament approved plans to send some asylum seekers to the African country late on Monday…
17 minutes ago About sharing Government borrowing was higher than forecast in the last financial year, according to official figures. Borrowing – the difference between spending and tax income – reached £120.7bn in the year to March, the Office for National Statistics said. While it is lower than the previous year, it was £6.6bn more…
9 hours ago About sharing South Sudanese asylum seeker Daniel Diew was sent to Rwanda from Libya after trying to reach Europe seven times By Barbara Plett Usher BBC Africa correspondent, Rwanda Hope Hostel in Rwanda has been ready to receive Britain’s unwanted migrants for 664 days. Now, after the UK Parliament approved the legislation,…
1 hour ago About sharing Watch: Dozens of Gaza protesters arrested at Yale University By James FitzGerald & Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News Protests against the war in Gaza have spread from Columbia and Yale to other universities as officials scramble to diffuse a burgeoning protest movement. Dozens of students were arrested at Yale on…
IWF says many were likely filmed remotely while using phones or other handheld devices at home.
31 minutes ago About sharing Destiny-Rae and her mother, Maria, at Great Ormond Street Hospital By Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Destiny-Rae, who is five, is a record breaker. Her kidneys stopped working properly when she was 10 months old, making her the youngest patient to go on dialysis at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She’s…
39 minutes ago About sharing Hussein Julood is seeking compensation for the loss of his son By Esme Stallard & Owen Pinnell BBC News A father has started legal action against UK oil giant BP over the death of his 21-year-old son. Hussein Julood alleges the burning off of gas at a BP-run oil field…
54 minutes ago About sharing By Jennifer McKiernan Political reporter Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill is set to become law after five months of Westminster wrangling. It designates Rwanda a safe country and is a key part of the government’s plans to send some asylum seekers there. The bill has been fiercely criticised by opposition…
19 minutes ago About sharing Legal challenges meant the first Rwanda flight was cancelled shortly before take-off in June 2022 By Dominic Casciani Home and legal correspondent @BBCDomC The government’s Rwanda bill – to send UK asylum seekers to be processed in Africa – has finally been approved by Parliament, after two years of legal…
15 minutes ago About sharing Donald Trump appeared in court for a day of opening statements as well as testimony from David Pecker By Phil McCausland & Kayla Epstein & Nada Tawfik BBC News, New York The prosecution in Donald Trump’s hush-money trial accused the former president of a criminal conspiracy and cover-up to hide…