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Government’s action to tackle the number of asylum seekers coming to UK important step to ‘restoring order’, says Yvette CooperThe home secretary has said the government’s action to tackle the number of asylum seekers coming to the UK had been an important step to “restoring order”.Responding to new immigration statistics, Yvette Cooper said Labour had overseen increased numbers of returns of asylum seekers not granted asylum and pointed to the reduced spending on asylum.According to the PA news agency, Cooper said: We inherited a broken immigration and asylum system that the previous government left in chaos. Since coming to office…

North Korea has a covert military base near the Chinese border that poses a “potential nuclear threat” to the United States mainland, according to new research.The Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base is about 17 miles from the border with China in the North Korean province of North Pyongan, researchers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, said in a report Wednesday.The base could contain six to nine of North Korea’s advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with their mobile launchers and thousands of soldiers, the report said. Though the weapons are not likely to be mounted…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An eleventh former Biden administration aide is appearing before House Oversight Committee investigators on Thursday morning as Republicans continue to investigate allegations of a “cover-up” in the previous White House.Ian Sams is a longtime Democrat communications operative who most recently served as a senior spokesman for former Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 campaign.Before that, he served as a senior advisor and spokesman for the White House Counsel’s Office under former President Joe Biden, where his primary role entailed responding to congressional probes mainly launched by Republicans.RON KLAIN DODGES REPORTERS AFTER MARATHON GRILLING…

New Delhi: The year-on-year inflation rates based on the all-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and Rural Labourers (CPI-RL) for July this year declined to 0.77 per cent and 1.01 per cent, respectively, bringing respite to poor households, figures released by the Ministry of Labour and Employment on Thursday showed.  The food inflation for agricultural and rural labourers entered the negative zone at -1.56 per cent and -1.13 per cent respectively, as prices of food items fell during the month due to increased production. There has also been a decline in inflation for farm and rural workers compared…

The UK government borrowed less than expected in July, official figures show, in a boost to the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as she faces pressure ahead of her autumn budget.Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed public sector net borrowing – the difference between public spending and income – fell to £1.1bn, down by £2.3bn from the same month a year earlier.The reading was below City predictions for a deficit of £2.6bn and forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility of £2.1bn.Borrowing over the first four months of the financial year so far was £60bn, this was £6.7bn higher…

TEL AVIV — In the plaza that Israelis have christened “Hostage Square,” hundreds of thousands of people banged drums, shouted slogans and booed mentions of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others in his right-wing government. Some held pictures of those still in captivity in Gaza, others vented their frustration over plans for a new military offensive in some of the enclave’s most populated areas that many Israelis fear could further endanger the lives of the remaining hostages, 20 to 50 of whom are believed to be alive. Among the demonstrators at Sunday’s protest was Ruby Chen, the father of Itay…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has posthumously awarded five Floridians, including singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett and former Republican and Democratic politicians, with the Governor’s Medal of Freedom.”I’m proud to recognize the legacies of these great Floridians,” DeSantis said in a statement.”Our state is better for their contributions, and we’re proud they called Florida home,” he continued. “They have each earned the honor of being awarded the Governor’s Medal of Freedom.”The governor awarded one of the state’s highest honors to Buffett, former GOP U.S. Rep. and state congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, former Democratic governor and U.S.…

Mumbai: The Indian benchmark indices inched up marginally in the morning trade on Thursday amid mixed global cues.  Sensex climbed by 89 points or 0.11 per cent to 81,947. Nifty edged higher by 14 points or 0.06 per cent to 25,064 points. Broader markets started the day mixed, as the Nifty midcap 100 index slipped slightly by 0.10 percent and while Nifty smallcap index 100 rose by 0.22 per cent. The Nifty IT index fell by 0.61 per cent, the Nifty FMCG index slipped by 0.42 per cent, while the Nifty Realty index advanced by 0.79 per cent. Most of…

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Israel has announced it is expanding its military operations in Gaza City, as the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, condemned its approval of a huge new illegal settlement in the West Bank as a “flagrant breach of international law.”The Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Effie Defrin said the IDF had begun the second phase of Operation Gideon’s Chariots in Gaza, which it launched in May.He said the IDF would intensify efforts to harm Hamas in Gaza City, which he deemed a “stronghold of regime and military terror”, as part of the operation.Defrin’s briefing coincided with a statement from Benjamin Netanyahu’s office…