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17,000 Ukrainian army recruits trained by UK and allies; 30K by 2024
More than 17,000 Ukrainian recruits have been trained by Britain and other allies over the last year to help Kyiv fight Russia’s invasion, the UK Ministry of Defense said Monday.
The recruits, from many different walks of life, all went…
UK human rights lawyer still receives ‘terrible’ messages from trapped Afghan women
A British human rights lawyer has described how she still receives “the most tragic, terrible text messages” from women trapped in Afghanistan.
The country fell to the Taliban almost two years ago, at which time hundreds of thousands of…
US, UK, France demand UN investigate Russia’s sanctions-busting use of Iranian drones in Ukraine
The United States, Britain and France demanded Friday that the United Nations urgently investigate Russia’s reported use of hundreds of Iranian-provided drones in the war in Ukraine, which would violate UN sanctions. But it’s unclear…
Scottish authorities slam ‘floating prison’ plan for asylum-seekers
Scottish authorities have condemned UK Home Office plans to house asylum-seekers on a cruise ship in Leith, likening it to a “floating prison,” the BBC reported on Friday.
Edinburgh Council leader Cammy Day said the council had shown…
UK Home Office has abandoned asylum-seekers in ex-care home: charities
Charities have accused the UK Home Office of abandoning 55 asylum-seekers with severe disabilities and life-limiting conditions at a former care home in Essex County after one died.
One resident at the home, an Iranian with restricted…
Suspected people-smuggling mastermind from Egypt held in UK
An Egyptian man suspected of organizing the smuggling of thousands of people aboard “death traps” from North Africa into Italy has been arrested in London, British police said on Thursday.
The 40-year-old man was detained in west London…
Man arrested after two stabbed at London hospital — UK police
A man has been arrested after two people were stabbed at a London hospital on Wednesday in an incident which is not currently being treated as terror-related, British police said.
Armed police responded to the incident at Central…
Britain: Russia has likely started redeploying its Dnipro troops
Ministry of Defense said on Monday that over the last 10 days, Russia has likely started relocating elements of its Dnipro Group of Forces (DGF) from the eastern bank of the Dnipro river to reinforce the Zaporizhzhia and Bakhmut sectors.…
Suspect in knife and van attack appears in court
A 31-year-old man appeared in a court on Saturday accused of murdering two college students and a school caretaker in a knife and van attack earlier this week in the English city of Nottingham.
Valdo Calocane was flanked by three…
British man says his relatives are among missing after migrant boat sank off Greek coast
Aftab Khan, a British man from Wolverhampton, fears members of his family are among the hundreds of people missing after a fishing boat overloaded with migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Greece in the early hours of Wednesday.…