Up to 70 Tory rebels could abstain or back amendments to Rwanda bill
Lee Anderson could be one of ‘six Conservatives on the payroll’ ready to support the amendments Conservative rebels have said as many as 70 MPs...
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UK government admits Rwanda has ‘issues with its human rights record’
Assessment comes despite claims by Rishi Sunak that Rwanda is safe when making case for asylum policy The government has admitted that Rwanda still has...
Labour to table vote calling for release of Rwanda deportation plan documents
Party to ask for details of individual relocation costs and any payments to the Rwandan government Labour will table a vote in parliament on Tuesday...
UK has failed to act to free Alaa Abd el-Fattah from jail in Egypt, family says
Rishi Sunak told activist’s sister in 2022 that government was ‘totally committed’ to resolving the case The family of the imprisoned British-Egyptian writer and activist...
Venezuela mounts military exercises as UK sends warship to support Guyana
Nicolás Maduro orders ‘defensive’ manoeuvres as British Navy deploys vessel in territorial dispute Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to...
‘Kagame’s agents are looking for me’: dissidents in UK say Rwanda is not safe
President’s ex-bodyguard among those living in Britain who were told by police or security services they were at risk of assassination Rwandan dissidents living in...
AstraZeneca buys Chinese cancer therapy firm Gracell for $1.2bn
Gracell Biotechnologies acquisition marks China’s growing importance to the Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has struck a deal to buy a Chinese cancer therapy company for up...
Britain to send patrol ship to Guyana amid Venezuela border dispute
HMS Trent will take part in exercises with Guyana as tensions over mineral-rich Essequibo region raise anxieties A Royal Navy patrol ship will be sent...
Ecuador: British businessman and former consul Colin Armstrong kidnapped from home
The 78-year-old was driven away in his own BMW alongside his Colombian partner, according to a police report A British businessman and the former UK...
Rwandan politician who criticised Sunak’s bill fears for her safety
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza has received threats after saying Rwanda was not a safe place to send refugees A Rwandan opposition politician who publicly criticised the...
