3 d. ago Police arrest three as officers are injured in furious scenes outside Epping migrants hotel with demos expected today across UK as councils press ahead with legal fight to close asylum accommodation

Police have arrested people in angry scenes outside an Epping migrants hotel at the centre of a Government court case - with warnings of more protests to come.

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3 d. ago Trump loses another court fight as his push to remove legal status for 600,000 migrants is put on hold

Homeland Security has ‘plunged into uncertainty’ the lives of tens of thousands of Venezuelans, California appeals court says

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4 d. ago Met employee in court accused of taking photos of human remains at car crash

Luke Pearce, 26, of Sandhurst, Berkshire, is charged with two counts of misconduct in a public office.

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6 d. ago Trump wants executions for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Local officials abolished capital punishment more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight

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6 d. ago Trump seeks ‘capital, capital punishment’ for ‘anybody’ who kills in DC, where death penalty is banned

Local officials abolished executions more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight

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7 d. ago Nigel Farage accused of ‘ripping up’ human rights laws after unveiling plans for mass deportations

Farage announces policies to deport 600,000 aslyum seekers, including women and children, if Reform UK wins the next electionFarage said the mood around the country is a mix of “total despair” and “rising anger”. Without significant action from the government then he sad he fears the anger “will grow”.Farage said:In fact, I think there is now, as a result of this, a genuine threat to public order and that is the very last thing that we want. And I have been saying of course for a long time that it is a growing threat to our national security. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Feds fight to keep 'Alligator Alcatraz' open amid legal battle as 3rd challenge is filed

The federal government has asked a Miami judge to pause her order to close an immigration detention center in Florida's Everglades, known as "Alligator Alcatraz."

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1 week ago I'm a legal refugee in Britain. So why am I always being treated like a criminal? | Ayman Alhussein

I’ve met wonderful people here who make me feel that I belong – but there are now many who see asylum seekers as an easy political targetHardly a day goes by without a new insult being hurled in the faces of asylum seekers and refugees. We’re scroungers, rapists, fighting-age men who shouldn’t have left our home countries. Sometimes we’re simply “illegals”, the most dehumanising term of all. When did it become a crime to run for your life?The people levelling these accusations are superb at making themselves heard. Mud sticks – and most of us are too scared to try to set the record straight. I don’t know how many of our accusers have sat down with us, human to human, and listened to our stories. Here’s mine.As told to Diane TaylorAyman Alhussein is a Syrian film-maker based in London Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Zambian president’s feud with late rival continues over funeral plans

Family of Edgar Lungu trying to prevent repatriation of his body for state funeral presided over by his successorA furious row is raging over whether the Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, will preside over the funeral of his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, as the former president’s family wage a legal battle in South Africa to try to prevent his body from being repatriated.The legal fight marks the latest twist in a feud between the two men that goes back at least a decade and has now outlasted the former president, who died in South Africa in June aged 68 while being treated for an undisclosed illness. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago DWP confirms legal action to fight people trying to cheat the benefits system

The UK Government has sent a clear message that benefit fraud will be detected and pursued to the full extent of the law.

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2 w. ago Trump administration accuses UK of failing to uphold human rights

US state department says Labour government ‘repeatedly intervened to chill speech’ online after Southport attackThe Trump administration has accused the UK of backsliding on human rights over the past year, citing antisemitic violence and “serious restrictions” on free speech.The annual US state department assessment, which analyses human rights conditions worldwide, highlighted laws limiting speech around abortion clinics, as well as the way government officials “repeatedly intervened to chill speech” online after the 2024 Southport attack. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A legal fight is playing out around a Mexican migrant activist accused of human trafficking

A legal battle is playing out in Mexico after police detained a well-known migration activist earlier this month, accusing him of human trafficking

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3 w. ago ‘Zombie grannies’ acting as ‘human bombers’ for Ukraine says Putin's secret service

Russia's FSB counterintelligence service has accused a group of elderly women of being 'human bombs', after the pensioners were allegedly lured by Ukraine's secret services

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3 w. ago Uvalde school district releases records for 2022 classroom shooting, after legal fight over access

School district officials have released text messages, personnel files and student records of the shooter from the 2022 attack at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that killed 19 students and two teachers

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3 w. ago Uncle who ordered honour killing of his niece, 20, loses legal fight over ITV programmes he says made him look bad

Ari Mahmod (pictured), 69, was jailed for life in 2007 for murdering Banaz Mahmod at the family home in London in January 2006.

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3 w. ago Locals fight plans for Italy’s Sicily bridge that would be world’s longest

The Messina Strait Company overseeing the project is bracing for a big legal fight

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4 w. ago Zambian conman who stole £3.5million in elaborate mortgage scam is finally being deported after losing 25

Conman Alick Kapikanya, 57, who has a string of convictions including identity fraud to steal people's homes has finally lost a 25-year legal fight against deportation to his native Zambia.

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