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Former justice of the Supreme Court, Lord Sumption, has said the government's Rwanda Bill breaches two international treaties which maintain courts challenges cannot be blocked.
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- HuffPost UK
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The prime minister was taken to task live on ITV.
- The Telegraph
I’m bored of educating ignorant Argentinians about Britain’s right to the Falklands
It’s now 42 years since Argentina embarked on its doomed attempt to take the Falkland Islands by force and to subjugate the Britons who had lived there for so long. Having been humiliated and kicked out by the British Task Force a mere 70 days later, you might have thought Argentina had learned its lesson: that the Falkland Islanders will fight to the last man and woman to defend their homeland, and Britain will always support them.
- The Telegraph
Watch: British Army leaves US troops trailing in river crossing race
The 156-metre stretch across the Drawa River in western Poland would normally be a perilous scenario for approaching armies.
- The Telegraph
BBC apologises after repeatedly suggesting Tel Aviv is capital of Israel
The BBC has apologised after one of its senior presenters suggested Tel Aviv was Israel’s capital, contradicting its own guidelines.
- The Telegraph
The radical new Dutch government is the canary in the EU coal mine
It will scrap many of the net zero policies. It will cut taxes for business. It will put limits on net migration, it will switch to nuclear power, and it will make sure farming receives the support it needs.
- The Independent
Trump and Melania attend Barron’s graduation after she failed to show at hush money trial
Former president and first lady attended ceremony in Palm Beach, Florida after judge overseeing Trump’s criminal trial granted permission for him to be there
- CNN
The phone call that may upend the Trump NY hush money case
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- The Daily Beast
Reporter Puts Trump on the Spot Over His 2020 Vow on Minnesota
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- The Telegraph
Keir Starmer’s plan for government is vanishing before the voters’ eyes
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- HuffPost
Trump Complains 'I Have The Only' Illegal NDA While His Lawyers Claim He Knew Nothing Of It
In trying to argue that nondisclosure agreements are common and legal, Trump contradicted his lawyers' story that he wasn’t aware of the deal.
- The Telegraph
Dutch far-Right government set for immigration showdown with EU
Geert Wilders said that he would implement the Netherlands’ “strictest-ever” migration policy, as the new Dutch government pledged to quit EU asylum rules, on Thursday.
- The Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene pushes wild conspiracy theory about Slovakia PM’s shooting: ‘No wonder they shot him’
The Slovakia Prime Minister remains in stable but serious condition after attack by ‘lone wolf’ in European country
- The Telegraph
Britain would pay a high price under Labour
At a rally in Essex on Thursday, Sir Keir Starmer set out his six pledges to the British public ahead of an election that could return a Labour government. Now we have found out just how much one could cost. Based on Treasury costings of 50 Labour policies, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned that a Starmer administration would plunge Britain’s finances into a £38 billion black hole, suggesting that Sir Keir would need to raise taxes to fill the gap.
- Yorkshire Live
DWP PIP claimants given five-week warning over planned payment changes
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- Reuters
Putin queries political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy in absence of elections
Russian President Vladimir Putin queried the political legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday when asked about the absence of plans to hold a presidential election in Ukraine at the moment. Martial law imposed after Putin sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in February 2022 means Zelenskiy will not face an election when his term technically expires later this month, something he and Ukraine's allies deem to be the right decision to take at a time of war. When asked at a news conference in China during a state visit whether Zelenskiy's political legitimacy was becoming an issue, Putin, who was re-elected for a six-year term in March, said the matter was a question for Ukraine's constitutional court and political system to decide.
- Time
Trump Breaks Silence About Kristi Noem Killing Her Own Dog
Noem received widespread backlash when she admitted to shooting and killing her 14-month old dog, Cricket.
- HuffPost
Majorie Taylor Greene Insults Jasmine Crockett, Sends Oversight Committee Hearing Into Chaos
Even by recent standards, Thursday's meeting of the House Oversight Committee was a shocking train wreck.
- The Telegraph
Ukraine’s Maginot Line is about to crumble
They say one week is a long time in politics. Those same people have never been to war.
- The Independent
Migrants detained for Rwanda flights released on bail by Home Office
The first asylum seekers bound for Rwanda were detained at the start of May