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'Inhuman' Situation in Ukraine's Mariupol as Russia Claims almost Full Control

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation in Mariupol is "inhuman" and called on the West to immediately provide heavy weapons, as Russia claimed it was in control of almost all of the strategic port city and urged its last defenders to surrender. Moscow said Ukrainian forces in the city…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rwanda genocide orphans to be booted out of home to make way for UK asylum seekers

Orphans of Rwanda’s civil war say they have nowhere to go after being turfed out of a hostel under Priti Patel's cruel Rwanda refugee scheme

Daily Mirror

Domestic violence cases rise in wake of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai eruption, as women call for a power shift in humanitarian response

The UN says 70 per cent of women and girls experience sexual or gender-based violence during crises. How have women fared in the aftermath of Tonga's volcanic eruption?

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Ukraine border guards stop man trying to flee country in woman's clothing

Ukrainian border guards said they stopped a 26-year-old man clad in a long black jacket and a leopard-skin hat as he tried to escape the country through a taxi checkpoint in Odessa

Daily Mirror

Priti Patel could spark Home Office exodus following controversial immigrant deal

The UN refugee agency deemed the deal as ‘unworkable’ and did not uphold the UK’s legal responsibilities

Evening Standard

Dozens dead or presumed dead after boat capsizes off Libya, UN says

A migrant boat has capsized off the Libyan coast, leaving at least 35 people dead or presumed dead, the U.N. migration agency said Saturday.

France 24

Turns out an awful lot of US politicians see no problem with kids going hungry

Last year the US government lifted millions of children out of poverty when it expanded the Child Tax Credit – and then the policy was simply chucked away

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A new book looks at the rehabilitation of Muzaffarnagar riot victims

Making amends for wrongs done requires compassion and a human touch, says Sandeep Virmani of Hunnarshala Foundation

The Hindu

Priti Patel could face Home Office mutiny over Rwanda asylum plan

Unions say civil servants could stage mass walkouts after home secretary overruled their concerns

The Guardian - UK

Martin Schram: A Nobel solution to Putin’s Ukraine horror

Day and night, images that are unwatchable yet unforgettable pour out of the great news funnels all around the planet.

Tribune News Service

Yemeni Gov’t Prioritizes Peace Despite Houthi Truce Violations

Yemen’s official government has renewed its prioritizing of peace and support for international efforts to end the war with Houthi militias despite the latter’s continued escalation and violations against the UN-sponsored truce that went into force on April 2. “The government has chosen the path of peace in order to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Arab Parliament Warns Houthis Against Turning Safer into a Political Bargain

The Arab Parliament warned the Houthi militias against tampering with the Safer tanker issue and using it to achieve political gains. It issued a statement Friday saying the militias continue to prevent maintenance teams from boarding the tanker off Ras Issa in Hodeidah. The Parliament stated that the tanker faces…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians in Jenin evoke painful past as violence flares

The latest wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence has been centered on Jenin, a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank that has long been a bastion of armed struggle against Israeli rule

The Independent UK

What the papers say – April 16

Reaction to the Government’s Rwanda plan is splashed across some of the Saturday papers.

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The Independent UK

Patel says Rwanda plan a blueprint to follow despite reports of Home Office row

The Cabinet minister is said to have been forced to overrule civil service concerns about the asylum proposal.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine latest updates: Mariupol ‘completely cleared’

Entire urban area of Mariupol cleared of Ukrainian forces and only a few fighters remain on its outskirts, Russia says.

The Independent UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan breaches international law, says UN refugee agency

The UNHCR ‘strongly condemns’ policy of sending migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully more than 4,000 miles to Africa

The Guardian - UK

UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan

Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable

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Irish Mirror

Pat Flanagan: Civil servant shows what’s Watt when it comes to decisions

In this country it’s not a case of “Yes, minister” when it comes to the most senior civil servants, it’s a case of “I’m not even going to bother telling you what’s going on, minister”.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on ending rape in war: endemic but largely unpunished

Editorial: Harrowing accounts of sexual violence by Russian troops in Ukraine are increasing. Impunity must end

Daily Mirror

Russian state TV pundit admits Putin wants to erase the very idea of being Ukrainian

The chilling statement was made last night on Russian state television as the pundit admitted the idea of being a Ukrainian "needs to be totally eradicated"

The Independent UK

UK’s Rwanda asylum plan policy against international law, says UN

The UNHCR said it ‘strongly condemns’ the plan to send migrants who arrive in Britain unlawfully, to Africa.

Axios

Over 150 Palestinians injured as Israeli police raid Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque compound

Israeli officials said police entered the compound to disperse Palestinians who were throwing rocks.

Radio France Internationale

UN, rights groups alarmed over British refugee deal with Rwanda

The UNHCR and human rights groups have voiced their opposition to a deal signed bewteen London and Kigali that would see thousands of illegal migrants in the UK resettled in Rwanda, or returned to their country of origin.

The Guardian - UK

More than 150 Palestinians injured in Jerusalem clash, say medics

Palestine Red Crescent says people injured by rubber bullets, Israeli police batons and stun grenades at al-Aqsa mosque

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