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Home Office says only half of UK asylum decisions meet its quality standards
Only half of the Home Office’s recent asylum decisions have met its own internal quality checks, significantly fewer than before Rishi Sunak’s push to clear a backlog of old claims.
Civil servants and lawyers say errors and omissions are also driving a huge increase in costly legal challenges, with more …
Police unlawfully storing images of innocent people for facial recognition
Images of arrested people who were innocent of any crimes are still being stored in a police database that may be used for facial recognition purposes, an official report has warned.
In 2012, the high court ruled that keeping the images of people who faced no action or who were …
The most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universe
Researchers are preparing to make one of science’s most unusual journeys. They are planning to transport a container of antimatter in a lorry across Europe.
Antimatter is the most expensive material on Earth – it’s estimated it would cost several trillion dollars to make a gram – and it can …
Bashar al-Assad reported to have fled Syria as rebels say they have captured Damascus
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is believed to have fled the country his family has ruled over for 50 years as rebels
said they had captured the capital
after a lightning advance completed in just under two weeks.Two senior Syrian officers told Reuters that Assad fled Damascus, …
Syrian rebels enter Damascus: everything we know so far
Syria’s rebel forces, led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group (HTS), have entered the capital Damascus, capping a stunning advance across the country. In an extraordinary day for Syria, president Bashar al-Assad is reported to have fled, his whereabouts are unknown.
Here is everything we know so far:
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‘We’re devastated’: anger as Madrid backtracks on museum plan for site of Robert Capa’s famous civil war photo
Campaigners are urging Madrid city council not to abandon plans to create a museum on a site immortalised in a Robert Capa photograph that captured the aftermath of a fascist bombing raid in the early days of the Spanish civil war.
On his second trip to Spain towards the end …
Ukraine war briefing: US announces new $1bn support package for Ukraine as Zelenskyy meets Trump
The US on Saturday announced a new $988m security assistance package for Ukraine as Washington
races to provide aid to Kyiv before president-elect Donald Trump takes office
. The package features drones, ammunition for precision Himars rocket launchers, and equipment and spare parts for artillery systems, tanks and armoured …
Joe Root’s 36th Test century helps England claim series with big win over New Zealand
England could scarcely have been made to feel more welcome in New Zealand, be it a warm-up game tailored to their specifications in Queenstown, those eight dropped catches in Christchurch, or the cheery ground announcer regaling spectators with Harry Brook’s eye-popping statistics throughout. Whatever happens on the other side of …
Syrian rebels say they have advanced into Damascus as residents report sound of gunfire
Syrian rebels have said they are entering the capital Damascus without any sign of army deployments, arriving at the doorstep of President Bashar-al Assad after a lightning offensive in which they have swept across the country in just over a week.
“Our forces started entering Damascus,” Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) …
Team GB track cyclist Katy Marchant taken to hospital after dramatic crash
The British cyclist Katy Marchant has reportedly suffered a broken arm after a dramatic crash at the UCI Track Champions League meeting in London, which led to the remainder of Saturday’s races being suspended.
Marchant was involved in a collision with the German rider Alessa-Catriona Pröpster during the first round …