13 h. ago Home Office tells foreign students they will be removed if they overstay visas

About 130,000 to be contacted for first time in response to ‘alarming’ spike in numbers claiming asylum Tens of thousands of foreign students are to be contacted directly by the government and warned that they will be removed from the UK if they overstay their visas.The Home Office has launched the new campaign in response to what it has called an “alarming” spike in the number of international students arriving legally on student visas then claiming asylum when they expire. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Councils vow to fight to close migrant hotels as Labour is accused of 'taking the side of migrants over Britons'

In a victory for the Home Office , the Court of Appeal yesterday overturned an injunction ordering the removal of 138 migrants from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

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3 d. ago Councils vow to fight to close migrant hotels as Labour is accused of 'taking the side of migrants over Britons' after judges allow Home Office appeal

In a victory for the Home Office , the Court of Appeal yesterday overturned an injunction ordering the removal of 138 migrants from the Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex.

Society

3 d. ago Home Office faces demands to remove threat of deportation over care home workers

Red tape caused by change in ownership of care home means staff are in limbo, not knowing if admin will be completed by October deadline

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3 d. ago Labour 'is taking side of migrants over Britons' as judges allow Home Office appeal on controversial Epping asylum hotel

In a victory for the Home Office, the Court of Appeal overturned an injunction ordering the removal of migrants from the Bell Hotel in Epping. MPs and the local council reacted furiously to the decision.

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4 d. ago Thai PM Paetongtarn Shinawatra removed from office over call with ex

Thailand’s Constitutional Court has disqualified suspended prime minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for ethical misconduct over a controversial phone call with Cambodia’s former leader, Hun Sen.

Politics

4 d. ago White House picks Kennedy deputy Jim O’Neill to replace fired CDC chief

Deputy health secretary chosen as agency’s interim director after firing of Susan MonarezWho’s who in the CDC crisis?The White House has chosen a deputy of Robert F Kennedy Jr to serve as the acting head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a decision that comes as the standoff over the firing of director Susan Monarez has deepened, with Monarez’s lawyers claiming she will not depart unless Donald Trump himself removes her.A White House official confirmed to the Guardian that Jim O’Neill, currently the deputy secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), had been selected to temporarily lead the public health agency, giving Kennedy an ally in his efforts to overhaul US vaccine policy. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago RFK Jr faces calls to quit as CDC chief fired and senior staff resign: ‘an embarrassment’

Susan Monarez’s ousting and four top resignations follow vaccine confusion, leaving US health agencies in turmoilWho’s who in the CDC crisis?It’s been a tumultuous week for US health agencies, with the departure of several top officials, uncertainty around new Covid vaccine restrictions, and even more experts calling for the removal of top health official Robert F Kennedy Jr.The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Susan Monarez, was fired by the Trump White House after some controversy, and four other top officials also resigned. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Yvette Cooper quietly agrees to close second asylum hotel at centre of anti

Protesters gathered outside the Park Hotel in Diss last month after the Home Office said it would remove migrant families and replace them with lone male asylum seekers.

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1 week ago Orlando officials denounce removal of rainbow crosswalk near Pulse nightclub mass shooting site

Orlando officials have denounced the removal of a rainbow-colored crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub by Florida transportation workers

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1 week ago UK Government infiltrated by bed bugs as officials spent £150k trying to remove critters

EXCLUSIVE: Officials spent £150k removing critters from government property in the past two years - and it's set to get worse with record number of bugs on the march

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2 w. ago Cotswolds town at war over Labour donor's huge Palestinian flag: Locals condemn Just Stop Oil tycoon Dale Vince's 30ft tall banner flown from his green energy firm's HQ

Locals in the town of Stroud in the Cotswolds have demanded the long-time Labour donor and entrepreneur removes the banner from his office building.

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2 w. ago ‘Historical amnesia’: Indonesia’s fight over plan to amend history books

Anger the controversial plan coincides with anime flag movement, seen as a critique on the decline of democratic freedoms under President PrabowoIndonesia has delayed plans to publish a set of controversial history books amid backlash from historians and activists who have accused the project of being an attempt to downplay past atrocities, and represents “historical amnesia”.In May Indonesia’s culture minister Fadli Zon announced the planned release of a 10-volume “official history” project. The set of new books would remove colonial bias, feature updated research, promote national pride and have a “positive” tone, he said. Continue reading...

Culture

3 w. ago Voices: Netanyahu’s new plan for Gaza City will be the end of him

Local protests against the Israeli prime minister’s idea to escalate the war and take full military control of Gaza City have been muted so far – but his recklessness will eventually see him removed from office, says former diplomat Alon Pinkas

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3 w. ago London City Council effort to remove mayor from office chaotic – and unresolved

London City Council effort to remove mayor from office chaotic – and unresolved  WEKU

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3 w. ago Prince Andrew 'could be stripped of his royal title' with use of little

After a new book has raised further allegations about scandal-prone Prince Andrew, Buckingham Palace officials are reportedly discussing a dramatic new 'mechanism' to remove him entirely from the royal family

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4 w. ago Spirit Airlines pilot ‘removed from duty’ after being arrested for stalking teenagers, officials say

If convicted, Dominic Cipolla could spent between one and three years in prison

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4 w. ago Moment police officer picks up alligator from swimming pool with bare hands

Watch the moment a police officer removes an alligator from a family’s swimming pool in Florida with no equipment.

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