22 h. ago UK taxpayers face extra costs as France plans Channel small boat interceptions

French government braces for legal challenges to new tactics, involving extra police, boats and dronesBritish taxpayers will be expected to contribute more money to stop irregular migration as the French government prepares to halt small boats carrying asylum seekers even if they are already at sea.It is understood there will be extra costs associated with the scheme to tackle boats within 300 metres of the shore – including paying for police, boats and drones – which the UK will be asked to share with France. Continue reading...

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48 h. ago Specsavers in Wishaw sponsor local martial arts school in providing 30 full training kits

Each kit features everything the children need to start the sessions including shorts, t-shirts, a license, their first martial arts belt, hand wraps and a kit bag for storing everything.

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59 h. ago Robert De Niro, 81, reveals number one parenting rule after admitting he doesn't change baby's diapers

Robert De Niro has revealed what he thinks the most important rule of parenting is. The veteran actor is dad to seven children, including a two-year-old daughter.

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3 d. ago Rachel Reeves warned child poverty will be higher at next election unless one choice is made

Eleven charities, including Citizens Advice, Save the Children UK, and Trussell, warn that the two-child limit has pulled 37,000 children into poverty since Labour took office

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4 d. ago A French police officer will stand trial over the killing of a teen that sparked nationwide riots

A French police officer will face trial next year on charges of voluntary homicide for the killing of a 17-year-old of North African origins

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4 d. ago Tributes paid to dad who died after being hit by Skoda on way home from night out

A fundraiser has been launched to support John Provan's devastated family including his partner and two children after the incident at around midnight on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Homeland Security faces lawsuit over ‘massive surveillance dragnet’ collecting immigrant DNA — including from children

Immigration authorities added more than 1.5 million DNA profiles to a criminal database since 2020

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4 d. ago Sweden urged to ban international adoption after damning inquiry findings

Inquiry head accuses Swedish state of human rights violations, citing child-trafficking cases across four decadesSweden should ban international adoption and apologise after thousands of children were illegally and unethically taken from their home countries including South Korea, Colombia, China and Sri Lanka over several decades, a government inquiry has found.Presenting the damning findings of the almost four-year investigation, the head of the inquiry, Anna Singer, accused the Swedish state of “violations of human rights”, citing child-trafficking cases spanning from the 1970s to the 2000s. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Migrant crossings could hit 50k this year as minister voices ‘frustration’ at French police watching boats go

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said the government wants to see ‘French police take more action’

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5 d. ago Former bosses at video games firm Ubisoft on trial in France accused of sexual harassment

Allegations against three former executives include bullying and assault as Assassin’s Creed maker faces #MeToo momentEurope live – latest updatesThe first big trial to result from the #MeToo movement in the video games industry began in France on Monday, with three former executives from the French video game company Ubisoft accused of sexual harassment and bullying, one of whom is also accused of attempted sexual assault.Ubisoft, the French family business that rose to become one of the biggest video games creators in the world, is behind several blockbusters including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and the children’s favourite Just Dance. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Migrant crossings could hit 50,000 this year as minister expresses 'frustration' at French police

Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard said the government wants to see ‘French police take more action’

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5 d. ago Police clash with PSG yobs at Champions League parade on second day of chaos

Paris Saint-Germain supporters clashed with riot police for a second night in the French capital, following the club’s historic Champions League victory on Saturday.

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5 d. ago Armed riot police clash with PSG fans at Champions League parade on second day of chaos

Paris Saint-Germain fans clashed with riot police on the second day of clashes in the French capital after PSG won the Champions League for the first time on Saturday night

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5 d. ago The Guardian view on Trump and children: protect the innocent from this dark vision of the US soul | Editorial

Republicans say they want more babies, but seek to strip away healthcare and food support, undermine migrant families and remove labour protections for the young“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children,” Nelson Mandela observed 30 years ago. Though the ugly heart of the Trump administration has hardly been hidden, there is an especially grotesque contrast between its vaunted family values and its treatment of the young.On the campaign trail, Donald Trump declared: “I want a baby boom.” JD Vance, his vice-president, says he wants “more happy children in our country”. Maga pro-natalists are pushing incentives for families to have more children. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Smuggler boats pick up Channel migrants ‘like taxi service’ while French police stand by, minister fumes

Labour’s John Healey hits out after small boats leave beaches near Calais – and authorities in France fail to intervene

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6 d. ago Two people die and hundreds arrested in France after PSG Champions League victory

Vehicles torched in French capital as football supporters clash with police following match in MunichTwo people have died and hundreds have been arrested across France amid raucous celebrations after Paris Saint-Germain’s Champion’s League final victory.Cars were torched as flares and fireworks were set off while supporters clashed with police in the French capital on Saturday night following the match in Munich. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago 2 fans died and an officer is in a coma after Champions League celebrations in France

French authorities say 2 fans died and a police officer is in a coma after celebrations around the country for Paris-Saint Germain’s historic Champions League victory, European soccer’s biggest prize

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6 d. ago Healey slams ‘shocking’ scenes of smugglers picking up migrants ‘like a taxi’

French police officers were seen watching as migrants, including children, boarded at a beach between Calais and Dunkirk.

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6 d. ago 'Savage' PSG fans tear Paris apart following historic first Champions League with French riot police forced to tear gas supporters and make 131 arrest while the city of light BURNS

At least 131 people were arrested for football-related violence and looting in the French capital as 'barbarians took to the streets',

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7 d. ago US immigration authorities collecting DNA information of children in criminal database

Collection of migrants’ DNA has increased by 5,000% in three years in a ‘massive expansion of genetic surveillance’US immigration authorities are collecting and uploading the DNA information of migrants, including children, to a national criminal database, according to government documents released earlier this month.The database includes the DNA of people who were either arrested or convicted of a crime, which law enforcement uses when seeking a match for DNA collected at a crime scene. However, most of the people whose DNA has been collected by Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), the agency that published the documents, were not listed as having been accused of any felonies. Regardless, CBP is now creating a detailed DNA profile on migrants that will be permanently searchable by law enforcement, which amounts to a “massive expansion of genetic surveillance”, one expert said. Continue reading...

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