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French PM Borne visits Mayotte amid growing water crisis EU

Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne on Friday visited the French overseas island of Mayotte, the poorest place in the European Union, amid a growing water crisis. Due to a drawn-out drought compounded by years of underinvestment and water mismanagement, the island’s inhabitants have access to water only one every three days.

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Sweden’s accession will make ‘a lot of improvements’ to NATO: Swedish FM Billström EU

The war in Ukraine has forced a major rethink in European security, with both Sweden and Finland abandoning their long-standing policy of non-alignment and applying for NATO membership last year. But while Finland was admitted into NATO this April, delays have persisted on Sweden’s entry, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan linking a serious of unrelated issues to Ankara’s ratification of Sweden’s accession – the latest of which is a potential sale of US F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. We discuss what Sweden’s entry to NATO would actually mean with Sweden’s top diplomat, Foreign Minister Tobias Billström.

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The British Conservatives’ crisis over Rwanda is a rerun of Brexit THE ECONOMIST SAYS The conservative Party is again in a state of self-inflicted crisis. On December 6th Robert Jenrick, an immigration minister, resigned from the government of Rishi Sunak. The cause was Mr Sunak’s attempt to implement a deal with Rwanda to deport asylum-seekers who arrive in Britain on small boats. Proposed legislation to stop the courts from blocking flights to Rwanda, as they have thus far, was too weak, Mr Jenrick said. Mr Sunak, who has been in office for only 14 months, faces a widening rift in…

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The Guardian view on the Rwanda deal: Tory asylum policy sinks to a new low The Guardian says Suella Braverman wasn’t sacked from her post as home secretary three weeks ago because of her zeal in promoting the deportation of asylum seekers to Rwanda – a policy she once described as her “dream”. It was an intemperate attack she made on the police in the Times that led to her dismissal by the prime minister she had defied in making it. But anyone who thought – or hoped – that her replacement by James Cleverly would bring an end to…

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Mirror Sport – We Have Lift Off The back page of the Daily Mirror reports on Everton’s win over Tottenham, bringing the Toffees out of the relegation zone after being deducted 10 points. West Ham’s victory over Tottenham finds a place on the back page. 

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Elementor #570705December 8, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – Ofsted’s ‘brutal humanity’ The Metro leads on a coroner ruling over the death of headteacher Ruth Perry that linked an Ofsted report, which downgraded her school to “inadequate”, to her suicide. “Ofsted’s ‘brutal inhumanity'” is the headline. The front page says coroner Heidi Connor concluded the inspection contributed to her death and said at times it was “rude and intimidating”, the paper says.Today’s news summary – Paper Talk: ‘Tories are imploding’ as ‘Sunak faces rebellion’ Today’s top stories Like this article? why don’t you share it? its…

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Elementor #570693December 8, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Guardian – Sunak fights to hold Tories together over Rwanda plan The Guardian leads on the news that the prime minister is “fighting” to hold his party together over the government’s proposed bill to send migrants to Rwanda. The paper says with Labour stating it will oppose the bill, only 29 Conservative MPs would be needed to vote it down. Poet Benjamin Zephaniah smiles on the front page as the paper reports his death at the age of 65.Today’s news summary – Paper Talk: ‘Tories are imploding’ as…

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Elementor #570687December 8, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today The Sun – Staff too scared to speak out The Sun reports that staff at ITV were “too scared to speak out” about Phillip Schofield’s affair with a much younger runner at the channel.The paper also carries a piece on Rwanda, headlined “I’ll finish job on the boats” with a photo of Rishi Sunak. And a report from the latest Premier League matches including Everton vs Newcastle – as the toffees thrashed the Toons. Today’s news summary – Paper Talk: ‘Tories are imploding’ as ‘Sunak faces rebellion’ Today’s top…

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