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Hamas has been offered a 40-day ceasefire and the release of “potentially thousands” of Palestinian prisoners in return for freeing Israeli hostages, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said Monday. The Palestinian group has been given “a very generous offer of sustained 40 days ceasefire, the release of potentially thousands of Palestinian prisoners, in return for the release of these hostages,” ...

The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland’s deputy prime minister told a British newspaper on Friday, reports Reuters. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s flagship programme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda if they arrive in Britain illegally was approved by parliament earlier this week and the government wants ...

The deaths of five people, including one child, while trying to reach the UK by crossing the Channel are “tragic”, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Speaking as news of the deaths first emerged, the PM said it underscored the need for his plan, which would see some asylum seekers sent to Rwanda. He said breaking “the business model” of criminal ...

Six people have been arrested at a St George’s Day event in central London, the Metropolitan Police has said. A man was arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty after “a police horse was targeted” in Westminster. Three have been held on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker, one for suspected assault and one on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly. ...

The first flights deporting asylum seekers to Rwanda will take off in 10 to 12 weeks Rishi Sunak has announced – missing his original spring target. The government has already prepared an airfield and secured charter plane slots to ensure flights take off, the PM said. Mr Sunak promised to keep MPs and Lords late into the night on Monday ...

MP Mark Menzies will stand down at the next election and has quit the Conservative Party, after it found he had shown a “pattern of behaviour” falling below the standards for MPs. The Fylde MP had been accused of using party money to pay off “bad people”. The party said it “cannot conclude” whether party funds had been misused because ...

Rishi Sunak has “set us back” on climate change and left the UK at risk of falling behind other countries, the head of a government watchdog has said. Chris Stark, head of the Climate Change Committee (CCC), told the BBC the prime minister had “clearly not” prioritised the issue as much as his predecessors. He accused Mr Sunak of sending ...

The Rishi Sunak government on Thursday increased the minimum income threshold required to sponsor a family member’s visa in the United Kingdom. The move is seen as a step towards Britain’s plan to cut down immigration levels in the country, report agencies. The minimum annual income benchmark which was earlier £18,600 has now been increased to £29,000 – a hike ...

King Charles III has made his most significant outing since his cancer diagnosis last month, attending the traditional Easter Mattins church service in Windsor on Sunday. Charles, 75, appeared to be in good spirits as he arrived by car to St. George’s Chapel, a 14th-century building on the grounds of Windsor Castle, around an hour’s drive from London. He was ...

Up to 100 tractors and other farm vehicles have converged on London’s Westminster as farmers protest against “substandard imports and dishonest labelling”, which they say are threatening food security. The “go-slow” convoy organised by the campaign groups Save British Farming and Fairness for Farmers of Kent is driving around Westminster. Farmers have organised the protest over their concerns about the ...