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Rwanda scheme is Home Office responsibility, says Foreign Secretary

The Foreign Secretary has distanced her officials from any major involvement in the Government’s controversial Rwanda asylum policy.

The Independent UK

I saw Prince Charles inspire hope at the Commonwealth summit

As I landed at Kigali airport last Tuesday, I joked with my colleague that everyone was going to think I am Rwandan, because I was once told I look like one. I had no idea how true and life-changing those words would become. To start with, it was all fun…

Evening Standard

Home Office to reopen ‘dangerous’ immigration removal centre as part of Rwanda plan

Campsfield to open again as 400-bed detention site to ‘support’ plan to ship asylum seekers to east Africa

The Independent UK

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Boris Johnson ‘shredding trust’ with three breaches of international law, former top diplomat warns

Exclusive: Kim Darroch warns UK’s reputation battered – as attack on ECHR follows tearing up of Northern Ireland protocol and Rwanda deportations

The Independent UK

How Boris Johnson's Rwanda jaunt descended into the most Boris Johnson thing ever

Boris Johnson bumbled into the Commonwealth Heads of Government Summit in Rwanda with his usual chaotic charm. But as Prince Charles and by-elections gave him a headache bigger than an anti-malarial, it all started to go wrong...

Daily Mirror

Disaster relief fund helps veterans access mental health support

Army veteran Dave Dyer came back from an overseas posting with PTSD. He says volunteering has saved his life.

ABC News

Commonwealth ends summit with call for action on climate change and trade

The Commonwealth extends membership to two African nations at a meeting attended by Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles.

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Teen who fled to UK to save his life 'will be killed' if he's deported to Rwanda

The refugee from Eritrea, now 29, tells of his fear that he'll end up being sent to Rwanda for a second time under the UK's controversial deportation scheme

Daily Mirror

Commonwealth ends summit with call for action on climate change, trade

The newly-expanded Commonwealth made broad commitments on Saturday to address climate change and boost trade, concluding a summit aimed at shoring up the relevance of a group that evolved from the British empire.

Reuters

Olivia Colman leads celebs in open letter against Rwanda deportations

Celebrities have united against the Government’s plan to deport people to Rwanda blasting their decision to use the African nation as a “dumping ground” for refugees.

Evening Standard

PM hails ‘inspiring and uplifting’ trip to Rwanda for leaders summit

Boris Johnson said ‘we should all cherish the Commonwealth’ as he prepares to meet with the G7 in Germany.

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson insists he won't change and criticism of his behaviour 'doesn't matter'

In a series of bizarre broadcast interviews from Rwanda, the Prime Minister insisted people were "sick of hearing about me and the things I'm alleged to have done wrong" and that his ethical conduct "doesn't matter"

Daily Mirror

Stars urge Commonwealth to oppose UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda

Celebrities including Sophie Okonedo and David Harewood say scheme shows ‘colonial view’ of Africa as ‘dumping ground’

The Guardian - UK

Prince Charles tells Commonwealth you can ditch the monarchy if you want to

The Prince of Wales addressed Commonwelath leaders in Rwanda and told them the monarchy would not stand in the way of them seeking independence but hoped they would retain 'friendships'

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Rwanda prepares to take children removed from UK in asylum plan

Hope Hostel constructs five-a-side football pitch

Reuters

Hostel in Rwanda for UK asylum seekers prepares to take children

The hostel in Rwanda where Britain plans to send migrants under its controversial asylum-seeker deportation policy is preparing to house children, its manager said, with the prospect of youngsters being sent there with their parents.

The Independent UK

By-election defeats pile pressure on Boris Johnson’s leadership

The Prime Minister was forced to defend his premiership at a Commonwealth leaders summit 4,000 miles away in Rwanda.

The Independent UK

Celebrities urge Commonwealth leaders to condemn ‘offensive’ Rwanda asylum plan

More than 20 high-profile names have penned an open letter to attendees of this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Rwanda.

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The Guardian - UK

Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK

Hostel in Kigali building football pitches and providing outdoor toys for any children flown to the country

The Independent UK

Rwanda making preparations to take children removed from UK under asylum plan

Downing Street has previously said no unaccompanied children would be sent to the Rwandan capital.

France 24

Tanker could spill oil along whole of Red Sea coast, UN warns

An oil supertanker that has been moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen since 1976 could break apart and unleash part or all of its 1.1 million barrels of oil on the Horn of Africa, the UN warns. Also in this edition: Britain's Prince Charles expresses regret…

The Guardian - UK

Of course the Convict wouldn’t resign – that’s for little people like Dowden

‘The way forward is not to focus on personalities,’ said the man whose whole career has been built on his personality

Asharq Al-Awsat

Emir of Qatar Arrives in Egypt

Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani arrived in Cairo on Friday on a two-day official visit. He arrived in the country at the invitation of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. It is his first to Egypt since the AlUla declaration that was signed in 2021, ending the rift…

Evening Standard

Prince Charles expresses ‘sorrow’ over slavery’s ‘enduring impact’ at Commonwealth meeting in Rwanda

Charles told the gathering he could not “describe the depths of my personal sorrow at the suffering of so many” during slavery.

The Independent UK

Johnson and Charles enjoy ‘good old chinwag’ despite Rwanda asylum row

The pair met on the fringes of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the Rwandan capital Kigali.

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