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Home Office admits it has lost track of migrants with no right to be in UK – but doesn’t know how many
Read more: Home Office admits it has lost track of migrants with no right to be in UK – but doesn’t know how manyHome Office still focused on ‘short-term fixes’ to broken asylum system, MPs warn
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Ex-wife of Dubai Prince and her three children have been ‘abducted’ after she celebrated custody battle win, Brit lawyer says
Read more: Ex-wife of Dubai Prince and her three children have been ‘abducted’ after she celebrated custody battle win, Brit lawyer saysZeynab Javadli was warned in court papers two months ago that unless she abandoned a bid for custody of her children, she risked ‘coercive force’.
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Keir Starmer defiant as Labour leadership challenge mounts from rivals: ‘Our plan is working’
Read more: Keir Starmer defiant as Labour leadership challenge mounts from rivals: ‘Our plan is working’Starmer highlights the UK’s growing economy, migration numbers falling and low NHS waiting times as he faces pressure over leadership
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Extraordinary fireball during tense final maneuvers of SpaceX Starship that is set to carry men to moon
Read more: Extraordinary fireball during tense final maneuvers of SpaceX Starship that is set to carry men to moonThe first new rocket set to carry astronauts to the moon launched in a major test of Elon Musk’s latest Starship. However, it would soon end in a massive explosion.
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A life on benefits can’t be the future we aspire to for future generations. Here’s how to change it, writes former Health Secretary ALAN MILBURN
Read more: A life on benefits can’t be the future we aspire to for future generations. Here’s how to change it, writes former Health Secretary ALAN MILBURNKids aren’t leaving school ready for work – and we’ve all been conned into thinking that’s normal.
Asia
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Indonesia mulls airlines’ call for 15% fuel surcharge hike, airfare caps over rising costs amid Middle East war
Read more: Indonesia mulls airlines’ call for 15% fuel surcharge hike, airfare caps over rising costs amid Middle East warThe Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) urged the government to approve the hikes in fuel surcharge for both jet and propeller aircraft.
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Thailand votes as three main parties battle for power
Read more: Thailand votes as three main parties battle for powerAn outright majority for any of the three main parties is unlikely, so an alliance is almost certain to be required to form a government.
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Factory explosion in North China kills 8
Read more: Factory explosion in North China kills 8The explosion occurred at Jiapeng biotech company, located in Shanyin County, about 400km west of Beijing.
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Hong Kong summons Panama envoy over CK Hutchison ports ruling
Read more: Hong Kong summons Panama envoy over CK Hutchison ports rulingPanama’s Supreme Court had earlier annulled Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison’s contract to operate two ports at the Panama Canal.
Thailand
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Former graft-busters get jail terms in Prawit watch case
Read more: Former graft-busters get jail terms in Prawit watch caseTwo former officials of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) have been sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for failing to disclose information related to the high-profile luxury watch case involving former deputy prime minister Prawit Wongsuwon.
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Crypto futures, ETFs being prepped for Q3 rollout
Read more: Crypto futures, ETFs being prepped for Q3 rolloutThe Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is on course to launch crypto exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and crypto futures in the third quarter of this year as part of the regulator’s efforts to modernise the country’s capital markets and attract long-term investment flows.
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Five charged with illegally supplying guns to Chinese in Pattaya
Read more: Five charged with illegally supplying guns to Chinese in PattayaFive suspects, Thai navy officers and civilians, accused of involvement in an illegal arms supply network linked to an arrested Chinese national in Pattaya have been charged with the illegal possession and sale of weapons of war.
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Nine caught with 250kg African ivory smuggled through Vietnam
Read more: Nine caught with 250kg African ivory smuggled through VietnamNine people were arrested in sting operations in seven provinces for illegal possession of 250 kilogrammes of African ivory smuggled into Thailand through Vietnam.
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Land Bridge faces uphill battle
Read more: Land Bridge faces uphill battleThe Land Bridge project was initially promoted under the Pheu Thai government led by former prime minister Srettha Thavisin as both a bold geopolitical vision and a new national economic strategy aimed at helping Thailand escape the middle-income trap.
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Indonesia mulls airlines’ call for 15% fuel surcharge hike, airfare caps over rising costs amid Middle East war
Read more: Indonesia mulls airlines’ call for 15% fuel surcharge hike, airfare caps over rising costs amid Middle East warThe Indonesian National Air Carriers Association (INACA) urged the government to approve the hikes in fuel surcharge for both jet and propeller aircraft.
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Red-shirts camp outside prison ahead of Thaksin’s release
Read more: Red-shirts camp outside prison ahead of Thaksin’s releaseSupporters linked to the red-shirt movement began gathering outside Klong Prem Central Prison on Sunday, setting up camp along Ngam Wong Wan Road as they await the scheduled parole of former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Monday.
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PM shocked by warehouse packed with smuggled appliances
Read more: PM shocked by warehouse packed with smuggled appliancesRANONG – Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cut short his visit to Phuket on Sunday afternoon to inspect an illegal warehouse found to be storing smuggled electrical appliances worth about 50 million baht belonging to a Myanmar national.
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Evacuation of hantavirus-hit ship begins in Canary Islands
Read more: Evacuation of hantavirus-hit ship begins in Canary IslandsGRANADILLA DE ABONA (SPAIN) – Occupants of a cruise ship struck by a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has sparked international alarm began leaving the vessel in Spain’s Canary Islands on Sunday for their repatriation.