Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, the country's interior minister, said the changes were aimed at restoring "control and order" to a system she described as "in complete chaos". Official data last week showed asylum claims were at a record high, with more migrants being housed in hotels compared with a year ago. Nigel Farage, leader of the right-wing Reform UK party that has topped recent surveys of voting intentions, outlined plans for "mass deportations" of migrants arriving by small boats. These would include taking Britain out of the European Convention on Human Rights, barring asylum claims, and building detention centres for 24,000 people. He told The Times newspaper he would strike repatriation deals with countries such as Afghanistan and Eritrea, and arrange daily deportation flights.

Trump Expresses Willingness to Meet North Korea’s Kim, Holds Talks with South Korea’s President

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he wants to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before the end of the year, and indicated a willingness to continue trade discussions with South Korea, even as he voiced fresh criticisms of the visiting U.S. ally. “I’d like to meet him this year,” Trump told […]