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Proposals for financial or language requirements will either split families or force them into dangerous journeys, says Refugee CouncilAnd while we are talking about Blair-era Labour aides, Peter Hyman, who wrote speeches for Tony Blair and later worked for Keir Starmer in the run-up to the general election, has launched a new Substack blog. It is called Changing the Story, which tells you quite a lot about what he thinks is going wrong with No 10. Here is an extract from his first post.Starmer is an ‘opportunity’ prime minister forced to become a ‘security’ one. And that’s why the government’s

Donald Trump said at Alaska summit two weeks ago that he was close to breakthrough leading to meeting between Putin and ZelenskyyAppearing alongside Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda, the EU’s von der Leyen is now speaking about the EU’s plans for supporting the countries on the bloc’s eastern border.She says that EU member states with a direct border with Russia and Belarus “will receive additional funding,” as “it is in the European interest that we have the protection of the border here.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/01/volodymyr-zelenskyy-ukraine-donald-trump-semi-deadline-war-end-europe-latest-updates-news-live Author : Jakub Krupa Publish date : 2025-09-01 08:47:00 Copyright for syndicated content

Several villages in Kunar province ‘completely destroyed’, says ministry for public health, as rescue operations take placeAt least 250 dead after 6.0 magnitude quake near JalalabadThe death toll from the earthquake in Afghanistan has now risen to 622, Reuters has cited an Afghan interior ministry spokesperson as having said.Authorities said that more than 1,500 people were injured by the 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan just before midnight local time on Sunday.The figures for martyrs and injured are changing. Medical teams from Kunar, Nangarhar and the capital Kabul have arrived in the area.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/sep/01/afghanistan-earthquake-live-hundreds-after-shallow-quake-strikes-countrys-east-state-media-reports Author