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A small boat is rescued in English waters by Border Force. — courtesy Getty Images
UK government hopes Rwanda plan will become law this week
LONDON — The British government hopes that its plan to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda will be the law of the land before the week is out.MPs will vote on it, again, later.It follows the latest attempts by the House of Lords to change it, which are expected to be rejected by the Commons Monday night.This is what is known in Westminster as "ping pong", where a draft law flips back and forth between MPs and peers.Peers in the House of Lords are trying to make changes to the government's planned new law and have sent those proposals back to MPs in the Commons as the bill approaches the end of its parliamentary stages.The bill is expected to return to the Lords on Tuesday, probably to be amended again, then return to the Commons for the removal of those amendments, before...
April 15, 2024

UK government hopes Rwanda plan will become law this week

Kharkiv's Thermal Power Plant No.5 has seen devastating damage from Russian strikes
Ukraine's power plants at the mercy of Russian missiles
KYIV — Russia's war on Ukraine has entered a new phase. Drone and missile attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure are now frequent and massive, overwhelming its current air defences.They often include the same Iranian-made Shahed drones launched by Tehran at Israel.Seeing the robust response to that attack by Israel's allies, President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that when it came to Ukraine "rhetoric does not protect the sky". He said the sound of those drones, whether over the Middle East or in Europe, "must serve as a wake-up call to the free world".Officials in Ukraine say they can "count on one hand" the thermal and hydro power plants across the country that are not yet badly damaged or totally destroyed. As Ukraine scrambles to repair what...
April 15, 2024

Ukraine's power plants at the mercy of Russian missiles

File photo of RAF Typhoon. — courtesy Reuters
RAF fighter jets shot down Iran drones, Sunak says
LONDON — British fighter jets shot down "a number of drones" fired at Israel from Iran, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said.The UK was one of several countries, including the US, which helped counter Iran's unprecedented attack — its first ever direct strike on Israeli soil.Additional RAF jets were deployed over Iraq and Syria, not Israel, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.Sunak, who condemned Iran's "reckless attack", will join G7 leaders on Sunday to discuss next steps.Speaking to journalists in Downing Street, Sunak said if Iran's attack on Israel been successful "the fallout for regional stability would be hard to overstate".He did not specify how many drones were shot down by British forces.Attack drones were intercepted by the RAF in Syrian...
April 14, 2024

RAF fighter jets shot down Iran drones, Sunak says

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni
Italy’s prime minister says surrogacy ‘inhuman’ as party backs steeper penalties
ROME — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says surrogacy is “inhuman” and is backing steeper penalties against the practice, including fines of up to $1 million and multiple-year prison sentences.The act of surrogacy — with or without payment — is already illegal in Italy but Meloni’s Brothers of Italy party has introduced a bill that would further criminalize the act by hiking fines from €600,000 to €1 million ($640,290 to $1,067,150) and increasing jail terms from three months up to two years.“I continue to believe that surrogacy is an inhuman practice,” Meloni said at a conference ‘For a Young Europe: Demographic Transition, Environment, Future’ in Rome on Friday.“I support the bill that makes it a universal crime,” she added.Meloni’s comments against...
April 14, 2024

Italy’s prime minister says surrogacy ‘inhuman’ as party backs steeper penalties

Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too
KYIV — On the night of 3 April, a swarm of Russian drones attacked Kharkiv, in Ukraine's northeast.The country's second-largest city has been targeted almost incessantly since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion.But this time was worse than usual, because, when rescue workers arrived at the scene, there was a second strike. Three of them were killed.The following Friday, it happened again when Russian missiles hit Zaporizhzhia, a major city in Ukraine's southeast.Rescuers and journalists rushed to the scene, and then two more missiles hit.In total, four people were killed and more than 20 were wounded, including two local journalists.Both the Kharkiv and the Zaporizhzhia attacks employed a technique called "double-tap" — when an initial air strike is...
April 14, 2024

Ukraine war: Russian double-tap strikes hit civilians then rescuers too

A severely damaged cabin of a cable car transportation system is seen outside Antalya, southern Turkey, Friday, April 12, 2024
Turkey cable car accident: Scores still stranded high above mountain
ANKARA — One person was killed and 10 others were injured on Friday in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, sending its passengers plummeting to the mountainside below.Twenty-four cabins were stranded in the air at 5:23 p.m. (14:23 GMT) on Friday. Many people were still stranded in the remaining nine cabins in the air, the interior ministry said. One hundred and twelve people had been rescued.More than 40 people are still stuck high above a mountain 19 hours after the incident.The accident occurred on the Tunektepe cable car just outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya during the busy Eid al-Fitr holiday.Operations to rescue the stranded people continued throughout the night.“128 citizens in 16 pods have been rescued under...
April 13, 2024

Turkey cable car accident: Scores still stranded high above mountain

Vladimir Putin
Moscow suggests 2022 draft document as a basis for future Ukraine peace talks
MOSCOW — A draft Russia-Ukraine agreement negotiated in 2022 could serve as a starting point for prospective talks to end the fighting in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Friday.Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that the draft document that was discussed in Istanbul in March 2022 could be “the basis for starting negotiations.” At the same time, he noted that the possible future talks would need to take into account the “new realities.”“There have been many changes since then, new entities have been included in our constitution,” Peskov said in a conference call with reporters.In September 2022, Russia annexed four Ukrainian regions in a move that Kyiv and its Western allies have rejected as an unlawful.Peskov’s statement followed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s...
April 13, 2024

Moscow suggests 2022 draft document as a basis for future Ukraine peace talks

Some 100,000 people have been evacuated in northern Kazakhstan
Russia floods: High water levels swamp Orenburg houses
MOSCOW — Floods in the Russian city of Orenburg have raised water levels to two meters above critical, leaving just the roofs of some houses showing.The city's mayor urged many residents to leave home, as sirens sounded.Levels in Orenburg are likely to peak on Friday, but floods are expected to spread through neighboring regions over the coming days and weeks.Kazakhstan has also been badly affected, with 100,000 people evacuated from their homes in the last week.The flooding is being described as the worst to hit the region in 80 years.Last week, several rivers - including the Ural, Europe's third-largest - burst their banks. A number flow back and forth between Russia and Kazakhstan.High seasonal temperatures have led to rapidly melting snow and ice, compounded by heavy...
April 12, 2024

Russia floods: High water levels swamp Orenburg houses

Belgian PM Alexander de Croo
Belgium investigating Russian influence network suspected of paying EU lawmakers
BRUSSELS — Prime Minister Alexander De Croo told reporters on Friday that Belgium's intelligence services had confirmed the "existence of a pro-Russian interference network with activities in several European countries" which is "subject to prosecution" in the country.A recent investigation led by Czech authorities revealed lawmakers sitting in the European Parliament in Brussels had received cash from a Moscow-backed influence operation to "promote" its propaganda in the bloc."The cash payments did not take place in Belgium, but the interference does," De Croo said."As Belgium is the seat of the EU institutions, we have a responsibility to uphold every citizen's right to a free and safe vote," he added.It comes just over two...
April 12, 2024

Belgium investigating Russian influence network suspected of paying EU lawmakers

JK Rowling said stars had 'cosied up to a movement intent on eroding women's hard-won rights'
JK Rowling reignites row with Harry Potter stars 
LONDON — Author JK Rowling has reignited a row with Harry Potter stars Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe over the issue of transgender identity and rights.The writer hit out at "celebs" who she said had "used their platforms to cheer on the transitioning of minors".Radcliffe and Watson are among the film's cast members who spoke out against Rowling's stance on gender identity in 2020.Rowling has also welcomed a review that raised concerns about gender identity services for under-18s.On Wednesday, the Cass Review said children had been let down by "remarkably weak" evidence on medical intervention in gender care.Rowling described the report as "a watershed moment".One social media user replied to her: "Just waiting for Dan and Emma to...
April 12, 2024

JK Rowling reignites row with Harry Potter stars 

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