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Asia

Three Pakistanis and an Indian among five crew killed on hijacked tanker as Somali forces retake ship

Puntland's maritime police say the sailors were killed by pirates holding the MT Honour 25 before an operation to free the vessel, which had been held off Somalia since April.

Andy Burnham
UK

Burnham puts rejoining EU on the table as he says Brexit has done 'more harm than good'

The prime minister says Britain should weigh every option for its future with Europe, from staying as it is to "going all the way", and plans to set out the choices ahead of a UK-EU summit expected in November.

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UK

Villagers say US bombing missions from RAF Fairford have brought war to their doorstep

Families from 85 households are evacuated in the night as police arrest five men near the base Britain opened to US operations against Iran in March, and residents say the quiet airfield has become a source of fear.

Angela Rayner
UK

Rayner attacks Mahmood's care worker visa plan for 'changing the goalposts'

The housing secretary said that making foreign care workers wait 15 years for permanent residence is unfair, as more than 100 Labour MPs oppose the plan ahead of Andy Burnham's first party conference.

Migrants boat
UK

Burnham won't set date for ending small boats as 781 cross Channel in a single day

Hundreds of people in black clothing and face coverings have tried to stop migrants entering at southern ports. Meanwhile, the prime minister declines to say when small-boat crossings will end and concedes that Brexit has made the problem harder.

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UK

Trump tells Burnham UK's Chagos deal is 'terrible' in first meeting

US president used talks on UN sidelines to renew his attack on Britain's sovereignty deal over the strategic military archipelago — even as he praised the new prime minister as a "natural business person"

Andy-Burnham
UK

Burnham eyes UK leadership on AI ahead of first Trump meeting

Andy Burnham will use his first major diplomatic outing to push Britain as a global AI leader, as he prepares to meet Donald Trump for the first time — taking a notably different tack from predecessor Keir Starmer.

Shashikant Radia
UK

Shashikant Radia passes away in London aged 72

The Nagrecha family has announced a memorial meeting for Shashikant Radia, who died in London on September 21 aged 72.