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Woman smuggled baby into UK using fake birth story

Sanchia Berg News correspondent Getty Images Last summer, a woman was arrested at Gatwick Airport after she arrived from Nigeria with a very young baby girl. The woman had been living in West Yorkshire with her husband and children, and before leaving the UK for Africa had told her GP she was pregnant. That was […]

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Extreme weather the UK’s new normal

PA Media Many parts of the UK are in the throes of their third heatwave The UK is breaking heat and rainfall records increasingly frequently as its climate continues to warm, the Met Office has warned. The country’s changing weather patterns mean the UK now experiences a “notably different” climate to what it was just […]

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Nigeria can’t take Venezuelan deportees from US, says Yusuf Tuggar

Yūsuf Akínpẹ̀lú & Natasha Booty BBC News, Lagos & London Anadolu via Getty Images “We already have over 230 million people,” says Yusuf Tuggar Nigeria will not bow to pressure from the Trump administration to accept Venezuelan deportees or third-country prisoners from the US, foreign minister Yusuf Tuggar has vowed, quoting 1990s American rappers Public […]

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230 years of unbroken weather recordings

Geoff Maskell BBC News NI weather presenter BBC Armagh Observatory holds weather records dating back to 1795 Armagh Observatory is marking a very special meteorological milestone as the institute celebrates 230 years of continuous weather observation. The unbroken tradition of handwritten data makes it the longest sequence of continuous weather information gathered anywhere in the […]

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South African police minister suspended over corruption allegations | News

President Ramaphosa’s move follows accusations that Senzo Mchunu interfered with sensitive investigations. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has suspended his police minister “with immediate effect” over corruption allegations, a week after a provincial police chief made the accusations. In a country facing endemic corruption, Sunday’s announcement was highly anticipated after a week of speculation over […]

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Gisele Pelicot awarded France’s Legion of Honour

Gisèle Pelicot, the French woman who earned international recognition after publicly testifying at her mass-rape trial last year, has been given France’s top honour. The 72-year-old was named knight of the Legion of Honour on a list announced ahead of France’s Bastille Day. Pelicot waived her right to anonymity during the high-profile trial against her […]

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