The UK’s contentious Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill (IPB) 2024 has officially received the King’s nod of approval and will become law. Dubbed the “snooper’s charter” by critics, it aims to widen the digital surveillance powers of the existing Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA) used by UK intelligence services, the police, government, and some emergency services....
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First UK real-world study shows promise for sacituzumab govitecan in metastatic breast cancer
A recent British Journal of Cancer evaluated the real-world safety and efficacy of sacituzumab govitecan (SG) against metastatic triple-negative breast cancer (mTNBC). Study: Real world study of sacituzumab govitecan in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer in the United Kingdom. Image Credit: Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.com Background Every year, more than 8,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with TNBC, which accounts for 15%...
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Newborn baby flown from UK in military plane for treatment after Italy intervened
The Italian government sent an ambulance in a military plane to remove a newborn baby from a hospital in Bristol in a highly unusual move after the boy’s parents said doctors were unable to do anything more for the child. The infant, less than a month old, has not been named. Sky News understands his...
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UK’s Rwanda deportation plan receives royal assent, becomes law
Britain’s King Charles has given his assent to legislation central to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Britain’s King Charles III (via REUTERS) Royal assent is the final stage in the legislative process, and effectively rubber stamps the decision taken by parliament earlier this week to approve the bill after...
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Prince Harry ‘considering scrapping UK visit’ next month because…
Prince Harry’s highly anticipated return to the UK for the Invictus Games celebration may be in jeopardy. 2024 has already been a turbulent year for the Royals, marked by health concerns for King Charles and Kate Middleton, as well as Harry’s court battle loss. Now, reports suggest the Duke of Sussex is considering cancelling his...
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Asylum seekers pouring into Ireland from UK, says minister
Infrastructure on the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland has gradually been dismantled since the Good Friday Agreement more than 25 years ago. During the Brexit negotiations, Dublin insisted that the border on the island of Ireland be kept “invisible”, without infrastructure such as checkpoints. It argued this would protect the peace process and...
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After years of debate, UK Parliament signs off on sending migrants to Rwanda
The British Parliament has finally passed legislation to send some migrants to Rwanda, clearing the runway for flights this summer under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s controversial plan aimed at deterring risky English Channel crossings by people desperate to reach the U.K. A bill designed to unblock a plan beset by court challenges and legislative battles was approved...
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International investigation disrupts the world’s most harmful cyber crime group
The National Crime Agency is today, Tuesday 20 February, revealing details of an international disruption campaign targeting LockBit, the world’s most harmful cyber crime group. Today, after infiltrating the group’s network, the NCA has taken control of LockBit’s services, compromising their entire criminal enterprise. LockBit have been in operation for four years and during that...
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Expulsion of migrants from the United Kingdom, a winning bet for Rwanda
“Although we are a small country, we feel solidarity with women and men in distress. We know what it’s like to have been abandoned by the world. The arrival of these migrants expelled by London does not pose a problem for us,” says Venuste, a survivor of the 1994 Tutsi genocide who lives in Kigali,...
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UK to boost defence spending to 2.5% of GDP, Sunak says
Britain will boost its defence spending to 2.5% of national output by the end of the decade as Rishi Sunak pledged to put the UK’s arms industry on a “war footing” in response to global threats. The prime minister’s plan, which he said would help the UK deal with an “increasingly dangerous” world, would steadily...
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United Kingdom: New Gold and Silver Proof £2 coins mark 200 years of London’s Iconic National Gallery
The National Gallery is regarded as one of the greatest art galleries in the world. From its very beginnings, the National Gallery was founded by an act of Parliament in April 1824. With just 38 pictures acquired from the financier John Julius Angerstein for the princely sum of £57,000 equal to more than £5,200,000 in...
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UK to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP – meaning tens of billions of pounds of extra funding
The UK will increase defence spending to 2.5% of national income by 2030 and put its arms industry on a “war-footing”, the prime minister has said. The rise is less ambitious than some insiders say is needed – but it will mean tens of billions of additional pounds for the armed forces over the next...