The capital of Rwanda, Kigali, is safer than London, deputy foreign minister Andrew Mitchell has claimed. Mr Mitchell made his comments as he urged peers to back down over the government’s deportation bill on Monday (22 April). Mr Mitchell said ame ...

The first flight carrying asylum seekers to Rwanda will leave in 10 to 12 weeks, Rishi Sunak has today said (22 April). The prime minister said “enough is enough” as he said MPs and peers would sit through the night if necessary to get the Safety ...

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Watch live as Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York enters its fifth day on Monday (22 April)

Suella Braverman and Mishal Husain clashed during a BBC Radio 4 interview listeners branded a "car-crash" as the MP admitted she had not seen the full video in which an antisemitism campaigner was described as "openly Jewis ...

Rishi Sunak vowed both Houses would sit through the night until the bill was passed

The London Marathon and FA Cup are both taking place today and there are some planned London Underground closures to be aware of

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Letters: Readers respond to Stuart Heritage’s article on coming to terms with baldness

Nicola Sturgeon admitted “it’s a difficult time” after her husband Peter Murrell was charged in connection with embezzlement of SNP funds. Police Scotland confirmed on Thursday (18 April) that Mr Murrell, the party’s former chief executive fo ...

Rishi Sunak donned a red apron and goggles as he got to work cutting keys on a visit to Timpsons following his pledge to end the UK’s “sick note culture”. The prime minister today (19 April) announced a new “moral mission” to reform the wel ...

Watch live as Rishi Sunak calls for an end to “sick note culture” in his welfare reform speech today (19 April).

US officials have confirmed that Israel carried out a military operation against Iran, while state media reports air defences are active near the city of Isfahan

Dubai-based carriers Emirates and FlyDubai divert around western Iran early on Friday after Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency reports explosions in central city of Isfahan

A new house in North Yorkshire was on the agenda during today's BBC show as a doting mum wanted a new rural life

Treasury minister Laura Trott has revealed she will not be reading former prime minister Liz Truss’s new book. The Tory minister said she had previously read a book Harry Cole and Ed James produced about Ms Truss, but confirmed she will not be r ...

Watch as storm chasers drive through a tornado tearing across rural Iowa. Strong storms caused damage in parts of the Midwest yesterday, with tornado reports also made in counties across Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas. Extreme meteorologist Dr Reed Ti ...

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Emergency services were on the tarmac at Birmingham Airport as it temporarily suspended operations on Tuesday, 16 April, due to a “security incident on an aircraft”. An Aer Lingus flight to Belfast took off this afternoon before turning around an ...

Jurors are hearing the final pieces of evidence before they retire to consider their verdict in manslaughter trial