The Council of Europe’s human rights watchdog has condemned Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda scheme, saying it raises “major issues about the human rights of asylum seekers
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Tuesday briefing: Rishi Sunak finally passes his Rwanda bill – now to find out if it works
Good morning. After two years, three prime ministers, four (or five) home secretaries, one cancelled flight and about 75,000 more people crossing the Channel in
World Bank suspends Tanzania tourism funding after claims of killings and evictions
The World Bank has suspended financing intended to develop tourism in southern Tanzania after allegations of killings, rape and forced evictions. The bank began investigating
Sudan’s forgotten war – podcast
With so much of the world’s attention on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, one of the worst humanitarian crises of recent times is playing
UK passes bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda deportation bill will become law after peers eventually backed down on amending it, opening the way for legal battles over the potential
‘Horizontally’ recycled nappies go on sale in Japan in world first
A company in Japan has started selling the world’s first “horizontally” recycled nappies, as the country’s ageing society undergoes a shift in demand for children’s
Refugee who left UK for holiday in 2008 stranded in east Africa for 16 years
A refugee who left the UK on holiday as a teenager in 2008 has been stranded in east Africa for the last 16 years in
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn
Global military expenditure has reached a record high of $2440bn (£1970bn) after the largest annual rise in government spending on arms in over a decade,
Bolsonaro supporters hit streets of Rio and hail new hero Elon Musk
Thousands of diehard supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro have hit the streets of Rio to champion their embattled leader and celebrate the new
Ecuadoreans to vote in referendum on unprecedented security measures
Ecuadoreans will vote on Sunday in a referendum on a raft of unprecedented security measures designed to empower the police and armed forces in the