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European court chief says UK must comply with any Rwanda injunctions

European court chief says UK must comply with any Rwanda injunctions

THE president of Europe's Court of Human Rights said that Britain had a legal obligation to comply with its injunctions after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would ignore such orders over his plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda. Under the scheme, asylum seekers who reach England's southern coast in small boats would be sent to the East African nation. However, in June 2022, the ECHR issued a last-minute injunction - known as interim measures under Rule 39 - to prevent the first deportations. Last November, the UK Supreme Court also ruled that the policy was unlawful because of…
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Russia condemns US and UK for ‘irresponsible’ strikes on Yemen

Russia condemns US and UK for ‘irresponsible’ strikes on Yemen

RUSSIA condemned the United States and Britain for their military strikes on Yemen, which Moscow said amounted to an irresponsible adventure that risked sowing chaos across the entire Middle East. The United States and Britain launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets in Yemen in response to the Iran-backed movement's attacks on ships in the Red Sea since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. Russia, an ally of Iran and a partner of key Arab powers, called for an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to discuss the issue. "We strongly condemn…
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How an election-packed 2024 could swing world markets

How an election-packed 2024 could swing world markets

COUNTRIES making up over 60% of the world's economic output and more than half of its population hold elections this year. Markets face a "ballot box bombshell", financial services group Morningstar says, adding: "Prior experience of this kind of event risk shows big changes can cause sell-offs". Here's a look at the elections that matter for markets, in roughly chronological order for the coming year. 1/ TAIWAN Date: Jan 13 Back story: Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is competing mainly with the opposition Kuomintang (KMT) for the presidency and legislature. A DPP win would be the third consecutive victory for a…
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Missing boy found in France to return to Britain in next few days

Missing boy found in France to return to Britain in next few days

A teenager from Britain who resurfaced in southern France after disappearing six years ago is expected to return to northern England in the next few days, police said after the boy left a spiritualist mountain community in the Pyrenees. Alex Batty disappeared at the age of 11 during a holiday with his mother and grandfather in Malaga, Spain, in 2017 and both are still wanted in connection with his disappearance. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said they were working with French authorities to bring Batty back home and to his grandmother, who is his legal guardian, according to French prosecutors. "He's getting well…
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Explainer: What is the UK’s Rwanda migrant deportation bill?

Explainer: What is the UK’s Rwanda migrant deportation bill?

BRITISH Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's new bill, which seeks to send immigrants who arrive illegally in Britain to Rwanda, faces a contentious vote in parliament on Tuesday. A month after the British Supreme Court declared the policy unlawful, Sunak hopes the new legislation will fulfil his pledge to stop people arriving across the Channel in small boats. Here are details about the plan and the migration issue: WHY IS IMMIGRATION SUCH AN ISSUE IN BRITAIN? Taking back control of the country's borders and ending the free movement of people was a major factor that led to the 2016 vote for…
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UK top court suggests months until it gives Rwanda migrant plan decision

UK top court suggests months until it gives Rwanda migrant plan decision

Report this ad Exclusive news, data and analytics for financial market professionals Reuters home World Business Markets Sustainability Legal Breakingviews More My View MZ World UK top court suggests months until it gives Rwanda migrant plan decision BRITAIN'S Supreme Court said it would be a couple of months before it gives its decision on whether the government could go ahead with its plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. Lawyers for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government have been arguing over three days this week that the court should overturn a June ruling that the scheme to send thousands of asylum seekers more…
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Precious artefacts looted in 1868 war with Britain returned to Ethiopia

Precious artefacts looted in 1868 war with Britain returned to Ethiopia

THE British government's return of Ethiopian artefacts looted in the war of Magdala in 1868, announced in September has drawn attention once again to the looting of artefacts from Africa and elsewhere, in Europe's many colonial wars. Among the returned artefacts was a lock of hair belonging to Prince Alemayehu, son of the first modern ruler of Ethiopia, Emperor Tewodros II. “The secular items including jorn cups and a shield and the Prince's hair were handed over to the Ethiopian Ambassador and delivered to the Embassy in London. The Holy Tabot will be repatriated by the priests assigned by the…
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South Africans call for UK to return diamonds set in crown jewels

South Africans call for UK to return diamonds set in crown jewels

SOME South Africans are calling for Britain to return the world's largest diamond, known as the Star of Africa, which is set in the royal sceptre that King Charles III will hold at his coronation on Saturday. The diamond, which weighs 530 carats, was discovered in South Africa in 1905 and presented to the British monarchy by the colonial government in the country, which was then under British rule. Now amid a global conversation about returning artwork and artefacts that were pillaged during colonial times, some South Africans are calling for the diamond to be brought back. "The diamond needs…
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From ‘Rottweiler’ to queen – the reinvention of King Charles’ wife Camilla

From ‘Rottweiler’ to queen – the reinvention of King Charles’ wife Camilla

MICHAEL HOLDEN and SARAH MILLS AFTER years of being depicted as the most hated woman in Britain, Camilla, the second wife of King Charles, will be crowned queen on Saturday, capping a remarkable turnaround in public acceptance few would have thought possible. When Charles' divorced first wife, the popular, glamorous Princess Diana, died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, Camilla bore the brunt of media hostility. Some declared the couple could never wed. But marry they did eight years later, and since then she has come to be recognised, albeit still grudgingly by some, as a key member…
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Italy’s Meloni defends Britain’s migration deal with Rwanda

Italy’s Meloni defends Britain’s migration deal with Rwanda

ITALIAN Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that Britain's plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda was a deal between two free nations which are safeguarding the safety of the people, adding it was wrong to call it a deportation. Meloni, who heads a right-wing government in Rome, was talking to reporters at the Italian embassy in London after a two-day visit to the British capital during which she met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. "I think that talking about deportation or suggesting that Rwanda would be a country that does not respect rights and would be an inadequate or unworthy nation…
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