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Dominic CascianiHome and Legal Correspondent and Helen CattPolitical Correspondent PA Media An Eritrean man who arrived in the UK by small boat has won a last-minute legal claim to temporarily block his removal to France. The 25-year-old was due to be returned on Wednesday under the “one in, one out” returns pilot scheme agreed in…

Reuters Christian Brückner has not been charged over Madeleine’s disappearance The prime suspect in the high-profile case of Madeleine McCann’s disappearance has been released from prison in Germany, where he has been serving a sentence for an unrelated offence. Christian Brückner was driven out of jail by his lawyer. He wasn’t visible in the car…

The man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk made his first court appearance on Tuesday, appearing remotely before a judge in Utah. Tyler Robinson, 22, is being charged for aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, two counts of obstruction of justice, two counts of witness tampering, and committing a violent crime when children are…

Rushdi AbualoufGaza correspondent, Istanbul Watch: ”Fear is making us flee” say displaced Gazans Thousands of families are attempting to flee Gaza City as the Israeli military confirms it has begun ground operations that are part of its large-scale assault aimed at occupying the city. Lina al-Maghrebi, 32, a mother of three from the city’s Sheikh…

EPA Sheep walk among the dried-out bed of the Orontes River in Jisr al-Shughour, northern Syria The wheat fields outside Seqalbia, near the Syrian city of Hama, should be golden and heavy with grain. Instead, Maher Haddad’s 40 dunums (10 acres) are dry and empty, barely yielding a third of their usual harvest. “This year…

AFP via Getty Images People in parts of the Angolan capital, Luanda, are still afraid to talk openly about what happened in July when protests brought part of the city to a standstill and disturbances rocked other provinces too. What began as a call among taxi drivers to come out against the jump in the…

Celebrated children’s writer Robert Munsch has been approved for medically assisted dying in Canada. Munsch, whose 85 published books include The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever, was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and also has Parkinson’s disease. The author told the New York Times Magazine that he had not decided a date for…

Watch: Tyler Robinson appears in court via video link The man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk confessed to killing the right-wing activist in a message to his roommate, prosecutors have alleged, as they announced seven charges against him. Tyler Robinson, 22, left a note under a keyboard for his roommate to discover, said Utah…

The BBC’s Political Editor Chris Mason and North America Editor Sarah Smith discuss what’s at stake for both sides during the trip. Source link

Farouk Chothia, Yemisi Adegoke and Nichola MandilJuba AFP/Getty Images The world’s youngest nation has witnessed little peace over the last 14 years Fears that South Sudan – the world’s youngest nation – could plunge into a new civil war have intensified after the party of suspended Vice-President Riek Machar called for “regime change”. The call…