Britain and France unveiled a pilot “one in, one out” scheme under which migrants arriving via small boats to the UK will be detained, returned to France and, in exchange, an equivalent number of asylum seekers with UK family ties will be admitted each week, potentially limited to around 50 people.

Sir Keir Starmer’s promise to tackle the surge in small boat crossings has not materialised, with over 21,000 migrants arriving this year, significantly exceeding previous years’ totals.

Ursula von der Leyen has defied her critics by comfortably surviving a no-confidence vote, with an overwhelming number of European Union legislators rejecting a censure motion against her.

A new bilateral deal announced at the end of French President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit pledges a pilot “one in, one out” returns scheme: the UK will return around 2,600 irregular Channel migrants per year to France, matched by accepting an equal number of asylum seekers with strong UK ties.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron have agreed on a new deal targeting small-boat Channel crossings during Macron’s state visit to the UK.

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Taliban leaders, Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, for alleged persecution of girls and women in Afghanistan.