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The UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement.

If peace is genuinely part of the agenda, then that has to include the releasing of innocent people. I don't see how it can be peaceful and that's the case, said Lindsay's son, Joe Bennett.

The Home Office has withdrawn YE's [electronic travel visa] ETA, denying him entry into the United Kingdom. As a result, Wireless Festival is cancelled and refunds will be issued to all ticket holders.

Donald Trump has suggested that the war with Iran will be over in two to three weeks. The rest of the world just shrugs. We'll believe it when we see it.

Radha Stirling stated, 'It's disgraceful that more is not being done,' referring to the lack of adequate support for Britons detained in the UAE. Many individuals avoid seeking consular assistance due to a lack of confidence in the help provided by the Foreign Office.

These ambitious spending targets will help ensure more government contracts go to SMEs, keeping more money, jobs and opportunities within local communities.

This is a hideous antisemitic attack on a charity which provides vital ambulance services. The Jewish community has been targeted again and again - including in the Islamist attack on Heaton Park synagogue last autumn.

Eight months after the UK government signed a memorandum of understanding with OpenAI, there have been no trials involving the firm's technology, raising concerns about the government's commitment to AI integration.

The alternative may, however, have been even more embarrassing for the government. Imagine their legal arguments being picked apart in court, perhaps a judge criticising their actions, and even Nigel Farage celebrating a major win in front of TV cameras on the steps of the Royal Courts of Justice. Allies of Local Government Secretary Steve Reed - who is ultimately responsible for this reversal - argue that their approach shifted because the legal advice changed. But they won't explain how.

Official figures show that the proportion of UK companies that have ever exported has fallen from 45 per cent to 38 per cent in recent years. Kyle said reversing that trend was a priority for the government, arguing that international demand for British goods and services remains strong. Drawing on recent visits to China, Japan and the World Economic Forum in Davos, he told delegates there was a "great thirst for Britain".

The Telegraph reports that the activity focused on phones used by senior aides around former prime ministers Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, and Rishi Sunak, with the suspected access stretching back to 2021. Intelligence sources described the compromise as extensive, with one saying the activity went "right into the heart of Downing Street," although it remains unclear whether the prime ministers' own devices were accessed directly.

People across the UK could benefit from faster, safer and more reliable public services as leading British AI specialists join government to modernise critical systems used every day from public safety to transport maintenance.

The British government has conceded it should not have approved a campus near London's M25 orbital motorway and that the decision should be quashed, following a legal challenge by campaign group Foxglove. The non-profit filed its challenge last year after the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government overturned Buckinghamshire Council's rejection of the Woodlands Park site near Iver. The local authority had blocked the project on grounds it would significantly alter the area's character and appearance.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, 'The A Word', which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.

It was that sentiment that convinced Lammy's predecessor, Shabana Mahmood, now home secretary, that the UK should join the push to seek a declaration to change how the European convention of human rights should be interpreted. It was Mahmood who has made the determined argument from inside government that Labour must act to prevent the perceived overreach of human rights law or risk far worse if they lose the next election to the hard right.