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Under the new deal, France has agreed to accept the return of undocumented people arriving in Britain by small boats, in exchange for Britain agreeing to accept an equal number of legitimate asylum seekers with British family connections.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron announced the "one in, one out" pilot scheme on migrant returns last month.
More than 25,000 people have come to Britain on small boats so far in 2025, and Starmer has pledged to "smash the gangs" of smugglers to try to reduce the number of arrivals.
Starmer, whose popularity has fallen since winning an election landslide last year, is facing pressure to stop small boats from Nigel Farage's Reform UK party, which leads national opinion polls.
In recent weeks in England, there have been a number of protests around hotels housing the asylum seekers who have arrived on small boats, attended by both anti-immigration and pro-immigration groups.
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Business Standard
9 minutes ago
- Business Standard
Israel says Hamas starving hostages; UNSC says Israel starving Palestinians
Israel called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday to demand the release of its emaciated hostages, including one seen digging his own grave. Their plight drew widespread sympathy -- but the 2 million Palestinians starving in Gaza got even more. Not only the Palestinians but most council members blamed the Israeli government and military for the two-month blockade of Gaza and failure to allow enough food into the conflict-wracked territory, where its health ministry has reported over 100 deaths from starvation, including many children. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, who flew to New York to attend the council meeting, accused Russia and other unnamed council members as well as the international media of perpetuating "so many lies". He pointed to Hamas and Islamic Jihad's starvation of hostages taken during the October 7, 2023, attacks in southern Israel "while the terrorists enjoy meat, fish and vegetables". Saar insisted that Israel is facilitating "huge amounts of aid into Gaza", accusing Hamas of looting the food and other items and using it as "a financial tool" to sell and make money. UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric has said there is no evidence of this. Israel's top diplomat also accused the Palestinians of inventing terrorism, and Hamas of wanting to continue the war against Israel instead of reaching a ceasefire. "The world has been turned upside down while Hamas runs its propaganda machine," Saar said. It is "a world in which Israel is put on a bench of the accused while it fights for its survival. There is a name for it. It is called antisemitism." Testimony came from Israeli hostages' relatives Itay David, the older brother of emaciated hostage Evyatar David, who was pictured over the weekend in a Gaza tunnel saying he was digging his own grave, urged the Security Council: "Do not let them die. We do not have time. Do not let them spend another minute in darkness." Calling his brother "a living skeleton", Itay urged the 15 council members in a video briefing to get humanitarian aid to the hostages, saying they are being broken psychologically and physically by Hamas and denied "the most basic necessities of life". British UN Ambassador Barbara Woodward reiterated the country's support for the immediate release of all hostages and condemned parading them for propaganda purposes as a "depraved" act. "Hamas and its terrorist ideologies can have no place in the future governance of Gaza and should never again threaten Israel's security," she said. Woodward recalled the hopeful ceasefire earlier this year when hostages were released and the UN was able to send large amounts of aid into Gaza. "Since the ceasefire ended, the suffering of the hostages and Palestinian civilians has plumbed to new and shocking depths," she said. "Israel's aid restrictions have led to famine now unfolding in Gaza," as reported by international experts who monitor famine globally. Woodward said she spoke to doctors last week who had served in Gaza. "They had seen children so malnourished that their wounds festered for months without healing," she said, and saw baby formula confiscated by the Israeli military. "I call on Israel now to act to alleviate the horrendous suffering," she said. Discussion focussed on both sides Sierra Leone's UN ambassador, Michael Imran Kanu, commended Itay David's advocacy for his brother and the hostages, condemned their "inhumane treatment" and said Hamas' hostage-taking is a war crime that must be prosecuted. But, said Kanu, "One atrocity cannot justify another." "While we express deep concern for the hostages, we cannot ignore the wider humanitarian catastrophe that has engulfed Gaza," he said. "The people of Gaza have been subjected to a blockade and siege that deprived them of food, water, fuel and medical supplies," which could also constitute a war crime. Acting US Ambassador Dorothy Shea said President Donald Trump has recognised "real starvation" in Gaza and the United States is working to get assistance to civilians. She urged "those who have professed concern about the reported risk of famine" to support the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, an Israeli-backed American contractor, which she said reported delivering more than 1.5 million (15 lakh) meals on Sunday. Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed trying to get to its four food-distribution sites. Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian UN ambassador, acknowledged "the distressing, unacceptable video" of 24-year-old Evyatar David, saying, "We reject all inhumane and degrading treatment against anyone, especially persons held in captivity." But in a strong rebuke, he said, "Israel is demanding the world to take a stance against starvation when it is actually starving an entire civilian population, when it is shooting at them while they seek water and food. (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The Print
an hour ago
- The Print
Speaker says British-era ‘Phansi-ghar' inaugurated by Kejriwal was tiffin room; BJP, AAP spar
During the Assembly proceedings, Gupta, citing a map of 2011 when the Delhi Assembly building was constructed, said the claim of a tunnel running from the Assembly premises to the Red Fort (Lal Qila) was also incorrect. PWD minister Parvesh Verma accused the previous AAP government of 'distorting facts' and said photos of freedom fighters put up in the room will be removed. New Delhi, Aug 5 (PTI) The BJP and AAP sparred in the Delhi Assembly on Tuesday after Speaker Vijender Gupta told the House that the so-called British-era 'phansi-ghar' (execution room), inaugurated on the assembly premises in 2022 following renovation by then chief minister Arvind Kejriwal with much fanfare, was originally a 'tiffin room'. The BJP demanded an apology from AAP chief Kejriwal for 'misleading' the House, while AAP MLAs questioned the Speaker for raising the issue at a time when the national capital was grappling with several pressing problems. The treasury and opposition benches were involved in heated exchanges, with a visiting delegation of British Parliament witnessing the noisy scene. In his remarks, Gupta said that the map also showed that the present Speaker's room was formerly the members' library and that the Deputy Speaker's room was the Viceroy's chamber during British rule. The map also indicated the presence of a smoking room in old times, he said. He slammed the previous AAP government for inaugurating the tiffin room as 'phansi-ghar' on August 9 2022, which was the anniversary of the Quit India Movement. 'A meeting was also held with historians who said that the so-called phansi-ghar and the associated structure were actually a tiffin room and a lift. The National Archives documents provided to us also proved this,' Gupta said. 'The claim of a tunnel running from the Assembly to Lal Qila was also incorrect,' the Speaker said, adding, 'Historians said that in old times such buildings used to have underground ventilation ducts. Such a space is also there in the old Parliament House.' BJP chief whip Abhay Verma said the so-called 'phansi-ghar' was actually a rope-operated lift system connected to a chamber used as the 'tiffin room'. BJP MLAs demanded that AAP supremo and former Delhi chief minister Kejriwal tender an apology for 'misleading' people with 'false claims' and 'distorting' history. BJP MLA Ajay Mahawar proposed bringing a censure motion against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the matter. The Speaker asked the opposition AAP members to clarify their stand. He directed AAP MLAs to present their side on Wednesday with facts and documents. AAP MLA Jarnail Singh alleged that the BJP was trying to 'distort' history and to defend the claim about the presence of phansi-ghar on the Assembly premises by citing information from ChatGPT. 'If you search for gallows on ChatGPT, you will find that there were gallows here. You are trying to shield the British government,' he charged. BJP legislator Sanjay Goyal said the AAP ran government in Delhi using ChatGPT. Leader of Opposition Atishi questioned the relevance of raising the issue, saying many pressing problems were being faced by the people of Delhi that need the attention of the House. Addressing the House, Delhi Minister Parvesh Verma said, 'It was Ram Niwas Goel, the then Speaker of Delhi Assembly, who had discovered it and called it an execution room. But it does not conform to the maps that we have found.' Later, Verma added: 'The previous government distorted facts. Without any inquiry or without interacting with the Delhi Archives or ASI, they gave it the name of Phansi Ghar.' 'They spent a lot of money. Our Speaker sir got it enquired into and found it wasn't true. Ropes and shoes were found. Shoes belong to workers. Our Speaker has kept all the facts. All the maps, photos and documents prove that there was no phansi ghar but a lift. We will remove everything and portray it as it was,' he said. In a statement issued later, Atishi questioned the point of discussion on the execution room. 'What is the point of discussion in the Assembly today? Running a session of the Delhi Assembly costs lakhs of rupees every hour,' she said. This is the hard-earned taxpayers' money that people earn through hard work and give to the government, Atishi said. 'And yet, you won't allow a discussion on jhuggis, on schools, on the shortage of medicines in hospitals, or the worsening law and order situation. Instead, the only thing BJP wants to talk about is 'hanging room'?' she alleged that there was an attempt to waste the time of the Assembly. The Delhi Assembly building, located on Old Secretariat Road, was built in 1912 for the Imperial Legislative Council when Delhi became the capital. After various administrative uses post-independence, it became the seat of the Delhi Legislative Assembly in 1993. It remains a symbol of Delhi's legislative governance. PTI VIT/SLB SKY SKY This report is auto-generated from PTI news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.
Mint
an hour ago
- Mint
Will Ghislaine Maxwell get clemency? US President reveals; rules out pardon for Diddy
Ghislaine Maxwell, sex trafficking accused and Jeffrey Epstein 's former girlfriend, is in the spotlight after US President Donald Trump on Friday said that nobody asked him to grant clemency to the British socialite. It is alleged that she helped sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein with sex trafficking. In an interview with Newsmax, Donald Trump admitted that he knows little about the case and said, 'I'm allowed to do it, but nobody's asked me to do it. I know nothing about it. I don't know anything about the case, but I know I have the right to do it.' Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls and is serving a 20-year prison sentence. Attorney for Ghislaine Maxwell on Tuesday said that 63-year-old wants to keep grand jury records secret in the sex trafficking case. This comes as prosecutors urged a court to release some of those records. Amid renewed public attention for the criminal case that generated political firestorm, Ghislaine Maxwell was shifted from a federal prison in Florida to a prison camp in Texas on Friday. Previously held at a low-security prison in Tallahassee, Florida, until her transfer to the Bryan prison camp, Maxwell was convicted in 2021 of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused. Those criminals who are considered to be the lowest security risk by the Bureau of Prisons are housed in minimum-security federal prison camps, some of which don't even have fences. The US President further mentioned that he would not pardon Sean "Diddy" Combs. Convicted in July on prostitution-related charges, the 55-year-old sought a pardon from Donald Trump, one of his lawyers said on August 4. Attorney for Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Nicole Westmoreland, while speaking with CNN said, 'It's my understanding that we've reached out and had conversations in reference to a pardon." Acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges after a marathon trial, Diddy's sentencing is set for October 3.
