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Rishi Sunak’s flagship Rwanda bill is facing its first test as debate gets under way in the House of Lords. Peers including the Archbishop of Canterbury have criticised the principles of the bill, while the Lib Dems are pushing to kill it entirely. The move is expected to fail, but peers have indicated they will try to strip out key ...

King Charles has left hospital after treatment for an enlarged prostate. The King walked out of the London Clinic private hospital, having spent three nights there following his procedure. Earlier, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, left the same central London hospital, almost two weeks after undergoing “abdominal surgery”. The princess was driven to her home in Windsor, without any public ...

The bi-annual elections of the London-Bangla Press Club, the largest organization of Bengali-speaking media workers in the uk, were held on Sunday with great enthusiasm. In the election, Muhammad Jubair was elected as President, Taysir Mahmud as Secretary and Saleh Ahmad as Treasurer. In this election held at the Impression Banqueting Hall in East London, Jubair-Taysir-Murad won a total of ...

British High Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cooke on Wednesday laid emphasis on working together to strengthen the ties between Bangladesh and the UK. During her meeting with Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she also discussed how they can work together on challenges like climate change, migration and welfare of the Rohingyas, reports UNB. The ...

In the first vote of its kind, the House of Lords has called for the new UK-Rwanda treaty to be delayed until Kigali improves its asylum procedures. Peers backed a non-binding motion urging the government not to ratify the treaty, by 214 votes to 171. The treaty, signed in December, is central to Rishi Sunak’s scheme to deport asylum seekers ...

The UK will not hesitate to take further military action against Houthi targets in Yemen if the group continues Red Sea attacks, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has told MPs. Mr Sunak said the UK was not seeking confrontation with the Iran-backed group, but would continue to act in self-defence. It follows overnight strikes with the US in Yemen. Labour leader ...

Two people have died and tens of thousands of homes remain without power after Storm Isha battered the UK with gusts of up to 99mph. Transport services largely recovered on Monday though some roads remained closed and rail lines blocked, while dozens of schools were shut. The next storm due to hit the UK and Ireland has been named Storm ...

A new storm is set to hit the UK later with gusts of wind of up to 80mph (128km/h) and a risk to life. Storm Isha has prompted amber weather warnings for wind in much of England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland from 18:00 GMT. Yellow rain warnings are also in place in most areas. Isha is the ninth named storm to ...

King Charles III’s aim of a ‘slimmed-down’ monarchy came in for scrutiny on Friday, as questions were asked about who will stand in for him while he goes into hospital, reports AFP from London. The 75-year-old British head of state will undergo prostate surgery next week, forcing him to cancel public engagements. At the same time, his daughter-in-law Catherine, Princess ...

Rishi Sunak came under attack from Sir Keir Starmer at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday ahead of a crunch vote on the Government’s Rwanda Bill. The Labour leader criticised the PM over the 4,250 people identified for removal from the UK that the Home Office has lost contact with and branded the flagship immigration policy a “farce”. It comes as ...