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Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, has quit, stating that the government’s Rwanda legislation isn’t sufficient.

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Senate Republicans stopped a plan to pass a $110 billion aid package. Republicans insist that any help for Ukraine should be linked to broader US immigration and asylum reforms.

Heartbreak rocks the village.

The Met Office has put nine rain warnings and one ice warning in place at various times on Thursday, covering large swathes of the UK.

Expat Albert Douglas was strangled while attempting to call his family.

IDF troops are installing at least five pumps about a mile north of the Al-Shati refugee camp, which could pump thousands of cubic metres of water per hour into the tunnels.

‘If you cannot spar a friendly spar with your President you should not lead the country.’

In Belgium, a recent documentary on sexual abuse in the Catholic Church has caused shock and soul-searching, reigniting a debate about the way religion is funded in the country. Unlike in neighbouring France, the Belgian state finances officially recognised religions, with representatives of the Catholic Church receiving the best pay. But the abuse scandal has seen many people demand a change in the rules. The justice ministry has asked the Church to remove members of the clergy guilty of sexual abuse from the list of those paid by the state, and a parliamentary inquiry is underway. Our correspondent reports.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson defended his handling of COVID-19 on Wednesday at a public inquiry into the pandemic, saying the government “got some things wrong” but did its best.