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Refugee Council urges UK to introduce special visas in effort to stop deaths in the Channel
The Home Office is facing calls to introduce 10,000 refugee visas in an effort to reduce the death toll from people crossing the Channel in small boats, after a record number of lives were lost in 2024.
The groundbreaking proposal aimed at stopping migrants from resorting to using smugglers is …
The nameless dead: scientists hunt for identities of thousands who tried to reach Europe
Four years ago, the remains of a toddler encased in a lifejacket and a navy snowsuit washed up on a beach in southern Norway, having spent the previous two months being carried on North Sea currents. Though his face was barely recognisable, publicity about the sinking of the migrant boat …
A quarter of a century on: what we got right and wrong about sport’s future
How Italy’s Carabinieri cultural heritage protection squad foiled tomb-raiders
Looking towards the semicircular apse with a frescoed image of a partially identifiable Christ on a throne staring back at them, the archaeologists crouching in the small space deep beneath a residential building in Naples were left speechless. They were amid the remains of an 11th-century church.
The archaeologists, however, …
Police raid Muan airport in wake of South Korea plane crash
plane crash
, in which 179 people died, as well as the office of the airline that operated the flight, media reports said.Jeju Air flight 2216 was carrying 181 people from Thailand to …
‘I was very lucky’: activist and blogger Lu Yuyu on escaping China
As he trekked up the lush mountain range on China’s border with Laos, Lu Yuyu felt exhausted. He had been travelling for days, dodging his official minders to slip out of China. His travelling companions were smugglers who he’d paid 15,000 yuan (£1,622) to help him escape, and forced him …
Spectacular aurora australis thrills sky gazers across south-east Australia
South-eastern Australia was treated to a dazzling natural light show to begin 2025.
A vibrant aurora australis was visible to the naked eye on New Year’s Day in Tasmania and parts of Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and New South Wales.
Streaks of green and purple southern lights were visible …
Ukraine war briefing: New Year’s Day drone strike kills two in Kyiv
Russia launched a New Year’s Day drone strike on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Wednesday, killing two people
, wounding at least six others and damaging buildings in two districts, authorities said. Explosions boomed across the morning sky as Ukraine’s air force warned of incoming drones and mayor …
UK lost 37 shops a day in 2024, data suggests
The UK lost about 37 shops a day during 2024 in yet another brutal year for the high street, data suggests.
Almost 13,500 retail stores closed for good in the last 12 months, a rise of 28% on 2023 – although the losses were below the levels seen each year …
Suspected people smugglers to face travel curbs and social media bans under bill
Suspected people traffickers will face phone bans, social media blocks and travel restrictions under new interim orders that can be in place before any conviction, which ministers say will drastically speed up curbs on activity.
The crackdown will form part of the government’s border security bill expected to be …