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About 40 prisoners have been moved out of Wandsworth jail after the escape of terror suspect Daniel Khalife.Justice Secretary Alex Chalk informed Sky News' Sunday Morning with Trevor Phillips that inmates have been moved "out of an abundance of caution". Khalife, 21, was arrested on Saturday after 75 hours on the run.Politics Live: Justice secretary faces questions on Sky News after jail breakThe breakout has raised questions on alleged understaffing and overcrowding at HMP Wandsworth, and why Khalife was being held on the much less safe Category B facility when most terror suspects are held in HMP Belmarsh, a Category A jail. Mr Chalk was not in a position to present a determine when requested repeatedly what number of terror suspects are in Category B prisons moderately tha...

The UK is main the best way with its Rwanda deportation scheme as different European international locations have a look at "similar solutions" to deal with unlawful immigration, the prime minister has stated.Rishi Sunak additionally stated he mentioned unlawful immigration throughout a "meeting and a drink" with Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni as world leaders attend the G20 summit in Delhi. Mr Sunak stated they mentioned how they will "work together" to deal with the "shared challenge" of unlawful immigration in Europe.The Conservative authorities desires to ship tens of 1000's of migrants greater than 6,000 miles away from the UK to Rwanda as a part of a £120m deal agreed with the east African nation in 2022.Critics have claimed the coverage breaks worldwide human ri...

A union chief has warned Labour to not develop into a "1990s tribute act" to Tony Blair if it wins the subsequent basic election.Sharon Graham, basic secretary of Unite, stated the social gathering wanted to be bolder with its financial insurance policies if it needed to make a distinction for working folks. Writing in The Sunday Times, she stated Britain was in a "very different place" to when the social gathering final got here to energy in 1997 - when there was cash to spend and the economic system grew "without having to do much except keep their hands firmly on the tiller".She argued {that a} "light touch" strategy wouldn't work throughout the price of residing disaster that has left working folks "existing and not living" and a few of Labour's flagship insurance policie...

Defence cuts have left a niche within the UK's capacity to struggle from the air that can final properly into the 2030s, a bunch of MPs has warned, calling the weak spot "unacceptable".The defence choose committee used a brand new report to induce the Ministry of Defence to reverse a cost-cutting choice to shrink the dimensions of an order of surveillance plane to a few planes as a substitute of 5, condemning the discount within the E-7A Wedgetail fleet as "irrational". The MPs additionally closely criticised the early retirement of a extremely succesful navy transport aircraft - once more to scale back prices - saying that the transfer left the UK's particular forces uncovered due to the distinctive capabilities the C-130J airframe had been capable of present.These capabilit...

Two males have been arrested beneath the Official Secrets Act amid studies {that a} parliamentary researcher spied for China.The researcher has hyperlinks to a number of senior Tory MPs and has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China, in line with The Sunday Times. He was arrested together with one other man by officers on 13 March, the newspaper reported.The researcher, who's in his 20s, is known to have had hyperlinks to safety minister Tom Tugendhat, international affairs committee chairwoman Alicia Kearns and different senior Tory MPs.The MPs he's linked to are aware of categorized or extremely delicate data. A senior Whitehall supply advised The Sunday Times: "This is a major escalation by China. We have never seen anything like this before."Officers from the Metr...

Former President Donald Trump charged Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with selecting China over American farmers, a line he has lately repeated in his marketing campaign stops across the nation.  ...

Boris Johnson has travelled to Ukraine to obtain an honorary diploma.The former prime minister was awarded Doctor Honoris Causa of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, which interprets as "for the sake of the honour". It's sometimes a doctorate or, much less generally, a grasp's diploma, and could also be awarded to somebody who has no prior reference to the awarding educational establishment. Image: Mr Johnson visited Ukraine on Friday He was pictured placing on a cloak and hat for the ceremony, and he additionally went to the Yalta European Strategy discussion board.In a video posted on Volodomyr Zelenskyy's Telegram channel, Mr Johnson was seen listening to the Ukraine chief's speech alongside Micha...

ATLANTA — A decide on Friday denied Mark Meadows’ request to maneuver his Georgia election subversion case to federal courtroom, ruling that the Trump White House chief of workers should struggle the fees in state courtroom as an alternative. ...

An "absolutely beautiful" convention centre, an "excellent" summit, making "everyone proud".Even by the standard requirements of glad-handing you see at worldwide summits, Rishi Sunak's feedback to Narenda Modi, the Indian prime minister, confirmed him extraordinarily wanting to make a superb impression. The two had a assembly lasting lower than 20 minutes on the summit, however for the UK prime minister it was a vital one to evaluate the desire to make a commerce deal occur within the coming months. Image: Mr Sunak and different world leaders on the summit. Pic: Simon Walker/No 10 Downing Street Mr Sunak stated it had been "warm and productive" and Downing Street stated the 2 had agreed to ask their groups to...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Donald Trump will cross paths with a number of Republican rivals Saturday when he attends Iowa’s in-state faculty soccer grudge match, one of many former president’s few visits to this point to the state that holds the primary nominating caucus. ...