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Appearing on BBC Breakfast this week, Labour Leader Keir Starmer called Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s emergency Rwanda treaty a “performance art”. The Rwanda treaty, which will see all undocumented migrants who have arrived to the UK through the English Channel deported to Rwanda, was ruled “unlawful” by both the Court of Appeal and the Supreme … Read more
In a tiny village along the Peruvian Amazon, women line up on a warm, rainy August morning to protect themselves against cervical cancer, a disease that claims the lives of six women in Peru every day. News had spread throughout nearby villages of a pilot screening project for human papillomavirus (HPV), a common virus responsible … Read more
The UK Government has given Rwanda a further £100m this year as part of its deal to relocate asylum seekers there. The substantial payment was made in April of this year, the Home Office’s top civil servant said in a letter to MPs, after £140m had already been sent to the African nation. Sir Matthew … Read more
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 06: Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak departs from number 10, Downing Street ahead of the weekly PMQ session in the House of Commons on December 06, 2023 in London, England. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak … Read more
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. LONDON — In a strip-lit hearing room in central London this week, 1,353 days after his first COVID lockdown, Boris Johnson finally testified to the U.K.’s inquiry into the pandemic. The ex-prime minister’s allies believe he gave a competent account of himself to aid … Read more
It’s been billed as the ‘ultimate safari’. And with some justification – because it costs £140,965 ($172,545) per person. But for this eye-watering price tag, guests on the tour of Africa – by Go2Africa – will gather enough memories to last several lifetimes. Go2Africa reveals that the ‘expertly curated’ itinerary, which took years to perfect, packs … Read more
