Until the then home secretary Priti Patel and Rwanda’s foreign minister, Vincent Biruta, sat together at a table in Kigali on 14 April and signed a deal to send asylum seekers to the east African country, few thought the agreement… Read More »How red flags were brushed aside to push through Rwanda deal
With the slogan “Brazil: 200 years of (in)dependence—for whom?” the Cry of the Outcasts (Grito dos Excluídos in the original Portuguese) staged its 28th edition with demonstrations in 51 cities across 25 Brazilian states. Spearheaded by popular and urban movements,… Read More »“Cry of Outcasts” rallies call for food, housing, democracy in Brazil
Under gazes and applause of thousands of people on the Esplanade of Ministries in Brasilia, troops of the Armed Forces, Military Police, Federal Police, Federal Highway Police, and the Military Fire Brigade participated on September 7 in the parade to… Read More »Independence Day parade in Brasília attracts large crowd
Chance to eradicate diseases such as malaria could be lost and UK innovation squandered if global health investment is cut, jab co-creator tells PM The co-inventor of a groundbreaking vaccine that could eradicate malaria has implored Liz Truss not to… Read More »Malaria vaccine a step closer as experts urge Truss not to ‘turn off the tap’ on funding
The UK government’s plan to deport people seeking asylum to Rwanda has been challenged in the high court, with claims that ministers deliberately ignored evidence that the east African country had violated human rights, including the right to live free… Read More »Deported UK asylum seekers’ human rights at risk in Rwanda, court told
Hopes that Brexit talks between the EU and the UK could restart after nine months of paralysis were raised over the weekend after Northern Ireland minister Conor Burns held talks with the European Commission vice-president Maroš Šefčovič. He spoke as… Read More »EU and UK could ‘have another go’ at Brexit talks, says NI minister
The Brexit campaign group Leave.EU has gone into liquidation with its controversial co-founder Arron Banks appearing to write off a loan worth more than £7m. Documents submitted to Companies House also reveal that the anti-EU lobbying group, which was fronted… Read More »Aaron Banks ‘writes off £7m loan’ as Leave.EU goes into liquidation
Britain’s former ambassador to Myanmar and her husband, a prominent artist, have been sentenced to one year in prison by the country’s military-controlled courts, reports say. Vicky Bowman, who was the ambassador in Myanmar from 2002 to 2006, and her… Read More »Ex-UK ambassador and her husband jailed for a year in Myanmar, reports say
Dozens of bishops from drought-ravaged east Africa have appealed to the UK government to urgently get more funding to those in need, warning that Britain’s rapid response to the Ukraine crisis must not come at the expense of lives elsewhere.… Read More »‘We need your help’: Bishops plead with UK to aid drought-ravaged Horn of Africa
Plans to fast-track the removal of Albanian nationals entering the UK via small boat crossings have moved closer after Priti Patel met Albanian police. Monday’s meeting was part of two days of talks on the sharing of forensics and biometrics… Read More »Priti Patel meets Albanian police over fast-track removal plan