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Suspected smugglers to face travel, phone restrictions in UK

Suspected people smugglers will face stricter controls, including travel bans, phone restrictions, and social media blackouts, under new laws proposed by the United Kingdom (UK) government, reports BBC. The measures include interim Serious Crime Prevention Orders (SCPOs) to impose immediate...

UK Home Office to spend £15 million on spy satellites to monitor migrant crossings

The Home Office of the United Kingdom (UK) has secured a 15 million deal with Telespazio, a global space firm, to use advanced spy satellites for monitoring migrant crossings in the Channel. The contract, which began in November, aims to boost surveillance for the Joint Maritime Security Centre,...

Tulip Siddiq faces £10,000 fine for failing to secure energy certificate for rental property in UK

United Kingdoms (UK) Treasury Minister Tulip Siddiq could be facing a 10,000 fine after failing to secure an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) for her rental property, The Mail on Sunday has learned, reports Daily Mail. This latest issue comes after Siddiq, niece of ousted prime minister of...

Georgia gets US, UK sanctions over human rights abuses against protesters

Georgias Ministry of Internal Affairs is facing mounting international scrutiny as the United States imposes sanctions on key officials for alleged serious human rights violations. Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri and Deputy Head of the Ministrys Special Tasks Department...

Muhammad now most popular name for babies in Great Britain

The Department of Statistics in the United Kingdom has revealed in its latest dataset that Muhammad is officially the most popular name for a newborn boy in England and Wales, reports NDTV. More than 4,600 babies were registered with that name in 2023 - the highest for a boy. Muhammad was the...

Govt seeks UK support to bring laundered money back

Adviser Mahfuj Alam on Wednesday sought the support of the United Kingdom to bring back the money laundered from Bangladesh and run the economy that was left in fragile condition by the past autocratic regime, reports UNB. Laundered money has gone from our land to your land... we want that money...

Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers

Iran is set to meet on Friday with France, Germany and the United Kingdom for talks on its nuclear programme after the three governments joined with the United States to have Tehran censured by the UN atomic watchdog, reports AFP. Last weeks chiding prompted a defiant response from Tehran, but...

US most wanted extremist since 2009 arrested in Britain

An alleged animal rights extremist, on the U.S. most-wanted terrorist list since 2009 for bombing a California biotechnology firm, was arrested in the United Kingdom, the FBI announced on Tuesday (Local time). The suspect, Daniel Andreas San Diego, was arrested in Wales on Nov 25 in an operation...

UK’s Bassetlaw District Council clarifies role in housing asylum seekers

Bassetlaw District Council has issued a statement on Tuesday (London time) addressing widespread misinformation about its role in housing individuals seeking asylum in the UK. The statement seeks to clarify the processes involved, emphasizing that the Council does not provide or manage...

‘Genocide-Free’ cola gains popularity in the United Kingdom

On a sunny autumn day, the Hiba Express, a popular fast food chain in Holborn, a lively neighborhood in central London known for its vibrant mix of restaurants, bookstores, and shops, is bustling with diners. Above the restaurant is Palestine House, a multi-story community hub for Palestinians and...

UK expects CA to lay out his vision

UK Minister for the Indo-Pacific Catherine West on Sunday said the United Kingdom expects Chief Adviser to the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus to layout his vision for how all things will unfold as the government is committed to promoting national reconciliation, reports UNB. After her...

146 asylum seekers to be temporarily housed at Peterborough’s hotel in UK

Approximately 146 asylum seekers, primarily single men, will be moved into the Dragonfly Hotel in Peterboroughs Thorpe Meadows over the next three days as part of the UK Governments short-term efforts to accommodate rising numbers of arrivals, reports Peterborough Today. Peterborough City...

Jeremy Clarkson accuses Labour of ‘ethnic cleansing’ countryside to build ‘immigrant towns’ over farmland

Jeremy Clarkson, former Top Gear host and current star of Clarksons Farm, has launched a fierce critique of Labours inheritance tax plans, accusing the party of seeking to ethnically cleanse the countryside to build immigrant towns on farmland. Clarkson, 64, directed his comments at Shadow...

Bank of England cuts interest rate amid falling inflation

The Bank of England (BoE) cut its key interest rate on Thursday by 25 basis points to 4.75%, signaling further reductions as UK inflation dropped to a three-year low of 1.7%. This is the BoEs second rate cut since August, and follows a trend among major central banks in easing borrowing costs after...

Students' fury in UK as Labour govt hikes tuition fees for the first time in eight years

Along with students, university chiefs call the plans of tuition fees hike in the United Kingdom morally wrong and merely a sticking plaster. They made these statements as the Labour Party government is planning a rise of tuition fees for the first time in eight years. Furious education leaders...

G7 finalize $50bn Ukraine loan backed by Russian assets

G7 leaders have finalized details surrounding a US $50 billion loan to aid Kyiv, backed by profits from Russian sovereign assets frozen after its invasion of Ukraine, according to a statement released Friday, reports BSS. Leaders of the Group of Seven United States, United Kingdom, Canada,...