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Four dead in attempt to cross the English Channel

Four people have died in two separate attempts to cross the English Channel to the United Kingdom. Among the dead was a two-year-old child.

Four dead in attempt to cross the English Channel

After the Riots: More Protests Planned

A building adjacent to the police station in the English town of Sunderland has been set on fire during a violent protest following the knife murders in Southport. Around thirty demonstrations are reported to be planned for the weekend.

After the Riots: More Protests Planned

Two children killed in knife attack in Southport

Two children have been confirmed dead after the stabbing in Southport, north of Liverpool. A further eleven people were injured when the perpetrator attacked an event with a Taylor Swift theme.

Two children killed in knife attack in Southport

Starmer scraps plan to deport to Rwanda

Keir Starmer scraps the previous government's far-reaching plans to send people seeking asylum in the UK to Rwanda. The Rwanda project was dead and buried even before it began, he says to reporters at his first press conference as the UK's new Prime Minister.

Starmer scraps plan to deport to Rwanda

Starmer's finance minister is the first woman in the post

Britain's new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has made a rapid start to the job by presenting a range of ministers in the new Labour government. The country is getting its first female Finance Minister in Rachel Reeves.

Starmer's finance minister is the first woman in the post