Reuters An asylum seeker due to be on the first flight from the UK to Rwanda has failed in his bid to avoid being removed. Up to eight people are due to be on Tuesday evening’s flight but at least three more appeals against removal from the UK are being heard. Boris Johnson accused lawyers
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Getty Images The government’s first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda can go ahead on Tuesday, appeal court judges say. It supports a previous decision by the High Court that it was in the “public interest” for the government to carry out its policies. Under the scheme, some of those entering the UK illegally will
Guardian News and Media Bodies have been found in the search for a journalist and indigenous expert missing in the Amazon, local media say. Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira went missing while travelling by boat on a reporting trip in Brazil’s remote Amazon rainforest on 5 June. Clothing and personal items belonging to both men
Reuters A bipartisan group of US senators say they have agreed a framework for potential legislation on gun safety. The measures would include support for tougher background checks for buyers under the age of 21 and cracking down on illegal gun purchases. But the measures fall far short of President Joe Biden’s calls for change.
Getty Images A former British soldier has been killed fighting for the Ukrainian armed forces, his family has said. Jordan Gatley, who left the British army in March and travelled to Ukraine, was described as “a hero” by his father Dean in a tribute on social media. He died in the battle for the eastern
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Thousands of protesters are gathering across the US to call for stricter gun laws in the wake of last month’s mass shooting in Texas. Gun safety group March For Our Lives – founded by survivors of the
Getty Images Brazilian police have found possible human remains in their search for UK journalist Dom Phillips and indigenous expert Bruno Pereira. The police say experts will analyse the “organic material” found in a river near the town of Atalaia do Norte in the remote Amazon rainforest. The pair went missing while travelling by boat
PA Media A flight to take asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda next Tuesday has been allowed to go ahead by the High Court. Campaigners failed in an initial legal bid to halt the removals to the east African country, but have confirmed they will take the case to the Court of Appeal on
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Former US President Donald Trump orchestrated last year’s Capitol riot in an “attempted coup”, a congressional inquiry has heard as a prime-time hearing opened into the raid. Liz Cheney, the Republican vice-chair of the committee, said Mr
Reuters Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine have been sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court in eastern Ukraine. Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Saaudun Brahim are accused of being mercenaries, Russian state media says. The court, which is not internationally recognised, is in the pro-Russian
Children in care have reported being groomed and sexually assaulted in homes run by a firm making huge profits. Multiple employees of Calcot Services for Children say vulnerable young people were failed. BBC News has found it made profits of 36% last year, double that of other big care providers – figures already considered excessive
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A student who survived the Uvalde shooting by covering herself in a classmate’s blood has told Congress of the moment her teacher was killed during the massacre. “He told her goodnight, and shot her in the head,”
As a person who lives with incontinence, I regularly need new underwear, but it’s just plain inconvenient to run to the drugstore all the time for another Depend box (I avoid Always because it’s too expensive). To make matters worse, my Depend underwear would sometimes leak. I knew I needed higher-quality, discreetly home-delivered incontinence underwear,
Getty Images The price of petrol saw its biggest daily jump in 17 years on Tuesday with a rise of more than 2p a litre, according to the RAC. The motoring organisation said the average cost of filling a typical family car with petrol was now £99.40. It warned the cost could exceed £100 as
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Boris Johnson has sought to rally his senior ministers at a cabinet meeting, after surviving a vote to oust him as Conservative Party leader. He was backed by 211 Tory MPs in the confidence vote triggered by
PA Media Brenda Edwards has said her son Jamal died from cardiac arrhythmia after he took recreational drugs. The music entrepreneur, who helped launch the careers of Dave and Ed Sheeran, died in February aged 31. Brenda Edwards, a singer and Loose Women panellist, said in a statement on Tuesday she was in a “state