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Syria air strikes: what happens if MPs vote yes?
The Commons is debating extending air strikes against Islamic State from Iraq to Syria. With Labour MPs given a free vote, the government is expected to win.
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Sharm el-Sheikh: ‘significant possibility’ IS caused crash
David Cameron says it’s looking “increasingly likely” the crash was caused by a terrorist bomb. German and Dutch airlines have joined the UK and temporarily stopped flights in and out of the resort.
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Shaker Aamer, the last Briton in Guantanamo Bay, is released
The last British resident at Guantanamo Bay has been released today after 13 years at the US military prison in Cuba.
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Whale watching boat disaster: five Britons dead
Five Britons have died after their whale-watching boat sank off the coast of western Canada, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
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FactCheck Q&A: Crime and punishment in Saudi Arabia
The justice training deal may be off, and there’s new hope for Karl Andree, the Brit sentenced to lashes in Saudi Arabia. What’s left of Britain’s relationship there?
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Lord Lawson to lead Conservative movement to leave EU
The former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Lawson has announced his plans to lead a Conservative campaign to leave the EU in a column in today’s Times.
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More than 700 killed in Haj stampede
The death toll from a stampede at the annual pilgrimage to Mecca has risen to 717, Saudi officials say, in the worst disaster at the holy site in 25 years.
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US and UK ‘completely aligned’ over action in Syria
The Foreign Secretary says Britain and the US are “completely aligned” on the need for Syria’s president Assad to leave power.
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Sturgeon and Labour candidates ‘would house refugees’
Three Labour leadership candidates and Nicola Sturgeon say they would allow Syrian refugees to live in their home, after the Finnish PM said on Saturday he would open up his country house.
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Finnish PM: ‘refugees can stay at my home’
Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila offers his second home to refugees, as Europe continues to struggle with an influx of migrants.
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British embassy in Iran reopens
The British embassy in Iran has reopened four years after it was stormed by protesters in 2011. It comes as Briton held hostage in Yemen is freed by UAE forces.
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Migrants: why Britain couldn’t survive without us
Migrants are being demonised by some politicians and many people believe they are a burden on the state. This is why they are wrong.
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Illegal immigration crackdown: ‘rogue’ bosses to be raided
The government announces a crackdown on illegal workers employed in the UK as the Calais migrant crisis continues.
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Calais crisis: migrants protest outside Eurotunnel
A small group of migrants protest near the Eurotunnel site shouting “we are not animals” as they ask authorities to open the border to the UK.
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MPs to get backdated 10 per cent pay hike to £74,000
A 10 per cent pay hike for MPs was confirmed today – despite the fact that the rest of the public sector has been capped at 1 per cent for another four years.