Starmer and hardline governments risk creating ‘hierarchy of people’ by constraining human rights
Human rights official says politicians are playing into the hands of the populist right as they seek to tackle migration
Trump launches $1m ‘gold card’ visa scheme amid immigration crackdown
Wealthy immigrants will be able to buy residency, and $5m ‘platinum card’ will exempt holders from some US taxes
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US signs nearly $140m deal to purchase six Boeing 737s for use in deportations
Funds for contract signed with Daedalus Aviation will come from $170bn allocated for Trump’s border policy
Pensioner ‘fined £250 for spitting’ after leaf blew into his mouth
Roy Marsh, 86, says the penalty from enforcement officers was ‘unnecessary and all out of proportion’
Keir Starmer appoints 25 Labour peers to strengthen support in House of Lords
Labour says appointments needed to balance upper house, and chooses former advisers to No 10 and the chancellor
US forces seize oil tanker off Venezuela coast
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Will Labour’s move to limit ECHR deter the far right or alienate progressive voters?
Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right
Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman to co-chair Met Gala with Anna Wintour
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Trump continues to sow chaos and division after winning Fifa peace prize
The US president praised an autocrat, said Europe should ‘send back’ asylum seekers and compared Ukraine’s leader to a conman
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