Labour leader to promise to divert £75m to fund specialist force against smugglers using counter-terror powersKeir Starmer will promise to rip up the government’s Rwanda scheme and divert £75m to fund hundreds of new specialist officers to tackle people-smuggling with new counter-terror powers.At a speech on Friday in Dover – the home of Natalie Elphicke,...

Plans for head of border security with access to home secretary will not satisfy all critics of Labour’s immigration policiesKeir Starmer’s border plans, announced after a giddy week of political triumphs, attempt to address some of the deep structural problems within the Home Office.Paid for with £75m from the existing budget for the Rwanda scheme,...

New rule would restrict access sooner for people deemed to pose ‘national security or public safety risk’The Biden administration on Thursday proposed a new rule that it said would streamline asylum processing at the southern border by quickly denying certain migrants deemed to “pose a national security or public safety risk”.The proposed rule would...

Made by extending the thumb and little finger, while curling down the three middle fingers the sign is also known as ‘hang loose’The shaka is poised to become Hawaii’s official hand gesture.Last week, Hawaiian lawmakers passed a bill that would officially enshrine the gesture in the state’s culture. The shaka, also popular in surf culture and commonly...

Move comes after counter-protesters’ attack on pro-Palestinian student demonstrators and violent police raid on encampmentMore than 800 faculty and staff at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have called for the chancellor’s resignation following attacks by counter-protesters on pro-Palestinian student demonstrators and a violent police...

This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the hush-money trial, read our full report:‘You wanted money, right?’: Trump team tries to dent Stormy Daniels’ testimonyDonald Trump’s motorcade has arrived at the Manhattan courthouse.Juan Merchan, the judge, has instructed that photography is no longer allowed in the courtroom for the rest of the trial,...