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Hostel in Rwanda for UK asylum seekers prepares to take children

The hostel in Rwanda where Britain plans to send migrants under its controversial asylum-seeker deportation policy is preparing to house children, its manager said, with the prospect of youngsters being sent there with their parents.

Reuters

Tanker could spill oil along whole of Red Sea coast, UN warns

An oil supertanker that has been moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen since 1976 could break apart and unleash part or all of its 1.1 million barrels of oil on the Horn of Africa, the UN warns. Also in this edition: Britain's Prince Charles expresses regret…

France 24

Monkeypox outbreak continuing to grow across Britain

British officials said the monkeypox outbreak U.K. is continuing to grow across the country mainly among men who are gay or bisexual or other men who have sex with men

The Independent UK

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Rwanda asylum scheme ‘will go ahead’ says Johnson amid questions over payments

It emerged this week that Britain has made payments to Rwanda under the asylum deal, despite no flights having taken off.

The Independent UK

Britons condemned in Donetsk holding out for intervention from UK - lawyer

The lawyer defending one of two Britons sentenced to death in a Russian-backed breakaway territory of Ukraine said on Friday that they had not yet submitted an appeal because they seemed to be holding out for intervention from London.

Reuters

Control zone enforced at farm after suspected foot and mouth case

The last major outbreak in Britain was in 2007

Evening Standard

Inside the empty hostel in Rwanda where Britain wants to send its asylum seekers

So far only a handful have visited the empty hostel where the first refugees will be sent - but the Mirror's Dan Bloom has been given a tour

Daily Mirror

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Ukraine's Zelenskiy appeals to Glastonbury crowd for support

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed via videolink on Friday to crowds at Britain's Glastonbury Festival for support, urging them to spread the truth about Russia's invasion and to pressure politicians to help restore peace.

Reuters

Barclays Deepens Hosuing Market Share By Acquiring Mortgage Lender Kensington For ~$2.8B

Barclays PLC (NYSE:BCS) extends its reach in Britain's housing market with the acquisition of specialist lender Kensington Mortgage Company for 2.3 billion pounds ($2.8 billion), reported Reuters. Kensington is being sold by its private equity owners, Blackstone Inc (NYSE: BX) and Sixth Street. The deal would be funded from existing resources and reduce its core capital ratio…

Benzinga

Boris won’t go that easily! The Undeclared War and the perils of writing near-future TV

The Undeclared War imagines a Britain with Boris Johnson finally gone, Ukraine fallen and cyber attacks crippling the country. Will audiences buy it? We examine the pitfalls of political TV

The Guardian - UK

Softbank's Masayoshi Son Emphasizes Chances Of US Listing For Arm

Softbank Group Corp (OTC:SFTBY) founder and CEO Masayoshi Son stressed the possibility of British-based chip designer unit Arm Ltd listing on Nasdaq pending a final decision, Reuters reports. "Most of Arm's clients are based in Silicon Valley and ... stock markets in the U.S. would love to have Arm," Son told at the annual…

Benzinga

Sir John Curtice: Tories in trouble but Keir Starmer still missing crucial spark

Boris Johnson’s party is “in trouble” but Sir Keir Starmer has yet to spark the “crucial ingredient” of enthusiasm for Labour which led to Tony Blair’s 1997 victory, according to one of Britain’s leading elections experts

Evening Standard

Commonwealth's royal succession stirs unease among Caribbean members

Commonwealth leaders settled in 2018 that Britain's Prince Charles should succeed his mother Queen Elizabeth as head of the organisation, but as they gathered again in Rwanda some Caribbean member states were not at ease with the decision.

Reuters

Forget Me Not by Sophie Pavelle review – a fan letter to Britain’s unsung species

From overdressed hares to furious falcons … an impassioned study of wildlife under threat that still manages to inspire hope

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UK and US consumer confidence hits record low; Britons cut back on food shopping – as it happened

Retail sales across Britain dropped in May and consumer morale continues to slide

The Guardian - UK

Open your eyes to Britain’s hidden history. Here’s our pick of places to explore

From prehistoric stone circles and cave art to castles, houses and galleries, our writers pick their favourite spots for a day out

Asharq Al-Awsat

Johnson's Tories Crushed in Twin UK Parliamentary By-elections

Beleaguered British Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered two crushing parliamentary by-election defeats on Friday, including in a southwest English seat previously held by his ruling Conservatives for over a century. The Tories lost the Tiverton and Honiton seat to the centrist Liberal Democrats while the main opposition Labor party regained…

Reuters

Britain's Conservative party chair resigns after by-election defeats

Oliver Dowden, the chairman of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative party, resigned on Friday, saying it could not carry on with business as usual after two crushing by-election defeats and someone had to take responsibility.

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US accuses UK of exploiting Russia tensions to fish highly prized species

After Russia rejected agreed catch limits, Britain unilaterally licensed boats to hunt toothfish near Antarctica – a move the US says breaches international rules

The Independent UK

Newly elected Lib Dem MP Richard Foord calls on Boris Johnson to quit

Richard Foord said the ‘people of Tiverton & Honiton have spoken for Britain’ after overturning a Tory majority of 24,000

The Conversation

Friday essay: if growing US-China rivalry leads to 'the worst war ever', what should Australia do?

Should Australia join the United States in a war against China to prevent China taking the US’s place as the dominant power in East Asia? Until a few years ago the question would have seemed merely hypothetical, but not anymore.

Daily Mirror

Victorian ailments at RECORD high in the UK with Polio just the latest

Patients in England were diagnosed with one of 13 Victorian diseases when admitted to hospital on 421,370 occasions in the year to March

Daily Mirror

Teen faces life-threatening epileptic seizures after NHS refuses to fund cannabis drug

Four years after a historic campaign to have medicinal cannabis legalised in Britain the Mirror can reveal there is now a block on the NHS offering the lifesaving drugs

Evening Standard

Kidnapper, paedophile and drug dealers among 23 ‘dangerous foreign criminals’ flown back to Albania from UK

Twenty-three “dangerous foreign criminals” were flown back to Albania from Britain on Thursday including drug dealers, a kidnapper and a paedophile.

Manchester Evening News

'This is your job mate': Martin Lewis dares Rishi Sunak as he reveals 'scary' mental toll cost of living crisis has had on him

The MoneySavingExpert.com founder admitted people saying he is one of the most influential people in Britain 'makes me want to vomit'

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