Holocaust survivor warns of ‘plague’ of antisemitism in UK
A Holocaust survivor warned against the rise of antisemitism in the UK as he attended a memorial at Piccadilly Circus in London.Candles were lit across the UK at 4pm on Friday in remembrance of victims of the Holocaust and other
Rwanda says it can only bring in 200 migrants from UK
The Rwandan government has defended the controversial asylum agreement but said it only has the capacity to hold 200 migrants currently. The African nation had originally agreed to take up to 1,000 migrants from the UK in a trial deal
Boris Johnson aiming to stay in Downing Street until 2030s
Boris Johnson has said he is planning to be Prime Minister into the 2030s despite Conservative critics plotting to oust him after voters rejected the Tories in a double by-election defeat.The Prime Minister insisted he was “thinking actively” about fighting
Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion rights ‘big step backwards’, says Johnson
Boris Johnson has condemned a decision to scrap the constitutional right to abortion in the United States as a “big step backwards”.The US Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion that have been in place for nearly 50 years
Further disruption expected for rail services
Train services will continue to be disrupted on Friday because of a deadlocked dispute over jobs, pay and conditions – which has caused travel chaos all week.Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Network Rail and 13
What the papers say – June 16
The nation’s papers are led by the sudden resignation of the Prime Minister’s ethics adviser Lord Geidt.The Times, The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph report the peer said he had been “frustrated” with Boris Johnson’s response to the partygate investigations,
Rwanda migrant flight battle goes to the wire
Ministers were on Tuesday bracing themselves for the first Rwanda deportation flight to potentially be left with no passengers amid new legal battles and a row over the morality of the policy of exporting asylum-seekers.Only seven migrants were still scheduled