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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.

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

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.

Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2022

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 Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

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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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

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”.

Irish Mirror · Apr 15, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

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"

Daily Mirror · Apr 15, 2022

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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.

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

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.

Axios · Apr 15, 2022

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.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 15, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

Families fearful as UN reduces food aid to northwest Syria

Funding constraints and skyrocketing food prices exacerbated by the war in Ukraine have forced the WFP to reduce aid.

Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2022

Spy games: expulsion of diplomats shines light on Russian espionage

The war in Ukraine has prompted an exodus of Russian ‘diplomats’. Does it mark the end of an era?

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

Ukraine war: Refugees Welcome campaign reaches milestone 250,000 signatures

Refugees Welcome: Boris Johnson urged to take notice of public support for refugees as petition passes milestone

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

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Salon · Apr 15, 2022

Russia's war crimes — and ours

Americans are rightfully horrified by Mariupol. But most of us don't even know what the U.S. did in Mosul or Raqqa

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Ukraine-Russia maps: Where is the invasion taking place?

Vladimir Putin’s ‘special military operation’ brings bloody warfare to cities of western neighbour

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Why has Russia invaded Ukraine? The conflict explained

Vladimir Putin’s military assault continues in face of near-unanimous international condemnation

The Independent UK · Apr 15, 2022

Live Updates | Russia-Ukraine War

Russia’s Defense Ministry on Friday promised to ramp up “the scale of missile attacks” on Kyiv in response to Ukraine’s “diversions on the Russian territory.”

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The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

Russia’s mass rapes in Ukraine are a war crime. Its military leaders must face prosecution

Sexual violence will continue in war zones until commanders actually end up in the dock for overseeing such atrocities, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2022

Qatari FM Discusses Safer Tanker with Yemen UN Resident Coordinator, US Envoy

Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani held talks in Doha on Thursday with United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen, David Gressly, and US Special Envoy to Yemen, Tim Lenderking. The minister stressed that negotiations between Yemeni parties is the only…

The Guardian - UK · Apr 15, 2022

Raising cash for water: why Somalis are bypassing aid agencies in drought crisis

Analysis: with more than 6 million people in need, there is anger at perceived lack of action from the government and the UN

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2022

Grundberg Sees Yemen Truce as 'Rare Opportunity' for Peace

United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, Hans Grundberg stressed on Thursday that the two-month truce in the country provides a "rare opportunity" for peace. In a briefing to the UN Security Council, he hailed the recent steps taken by Saudi Arabia and the Gulf countries to support the mediation efforts…

ABC News · Apr 15, 2022

Trans women in sport politicised and weaponised in election campaign as other issues ignored

Focus has once again turned to the issue of transgender women in sport, leaving more significant issues unchallenged, writes Tracey Holmes.

The Independent UK · Apr 14, 2022

The AP Interview: UN food chief says Mariupol is starving

The head of the U.N.’s World Food Program says people are being “starved to death” in the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol, and he predicted the country’s humanitarian crisis is likely to worsen as Russia intensifies its assault in the coming weeks

Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2022

PM's 'cruel' plan to take asylum seekers to Rwanda branded 'inhumane and unlawful'

Boris Johnson claimed the £120m initial deal with Rwanda would stop vile people traffickers 'turning the Channel into a watery graveyard', but admitted the plan could be held up by court fights

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