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The government at one point considered using Iraq to process asylum seekers – like the Rwanda scheme – according to documents seen by Sky News.This could have seen people sent from the UK to a country the government advises against all travel to. The two countries already have a returns agreement – but only for people that are from Iraq.Politics live: Follow the latest updates hereAccording to leaked correspondence between high-ranking officials, the Iraqi returns commitments were made with a “request for discretion” and no publicity. The country was willing to move forward but did not want a formal or…

The families of three tourists who went missing in Mexico’s Baja California state last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor’s office said Sunday. Australian brothers Callum (33) and Jake Robinson (30) and their American friend Jack Carter (30) had been on surfing trip along a stretch of coast south of the city of Ensenada, when they went missing on April 27. Mexican authorities assisted by the the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found their bodies in a well in the town of Santo Tomas on Friday. Their parents traveled to Mexico to officially confirm the remains were those of their sons. Grisly details of the killings…

The families of three tourists who went missing in Mexico’s Baja California state last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor’s office said Sunday. Australian brothers Callum (33) and Jake Robinson (30) and their American friend Jack Carter (30) had been on vacation surfing and camping when they went missing on April 27. Mexican authorities assisted by the the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found their bodies in a well town of Santo Tomas on Friday. Their parents traveled to Mexico to officially confirm the remains were those of their sons. Grisly details of the killings Mexican prosecutors said their remains all had bullet wounds to the…

It could be a scene from centuries ago. In the Nevada desert, Native Americans are protesting over a mining project they say desecrates sacred land. They are riding to Sentinel Mountain, which their ancestors once used as a lookout in times gone by. Here, they say, more than 30 of their people were massacred by US cavalry in 1865. Today, the land is at the heart of America’s electric car revolution and Joe Biden’s clean energy policyNative American tribal members say the mine neglects their interests and offends their history.The route of the “Prayer Horse Ride”, a journey on horseback through…

The families of two Australians and an American who went missing in Mexico’s Baja California state have arrived in Tijuana to identify the bodies earlier found by the authorities. Two Australian brothers Callum (33) and Jake Robinson (30) and their American friend Jack Carter (30) had been on vacation surfing and camping when they went missing on April 27. Mexican authorities assisted by the the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) found three male bodies early on Friday. Grisly details of the killings Mexican prosecutors said the bodies all had bullet wounds to the head.  They were found dumped in a remote well some distance from their…

Lando Norris has ended Max Verstappen’s winning streak by securing the first victory of his career at the Miami Grand Prix.In his 110th Formula One appearance, the 24-year-old from Bristol took advantage of a safety car period to pull ahead of Verstappen. Verstappen followed Norris on the 180mph drag to the opening corner at the Hard Rock Stadium, but Norris managed to keep him at bay before turning in the fastest lap of the race. Image: Norris in action during the race. Pic: Reuters He crossed the line seconds ahead of Verstappen, who took second place ahead of Ferrari’s Charles…

An 18-member team of bakers in the French city of Suresnes, a western suburb of Paris, set a new Guinness World Record on Sunday by creating a 143.53-meter-long (461-foot-long) baguette. The team bested the previous record by more than 10 meters, reclaiming the title for France after it had been held by bakers from Como, Italy, for the past five years.A Guinness World Records judge was on site to confirm the recordImage: Stephanie Lecocq/REUTERS It was made during an event for the French Confederation of Bakers and Pastry Chefs. Confederation President Dominique Anract said, “A record for the longest handcrafted baguette…

Russian news agencies on Saturday reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had been added to a Kremlin wanted list. Though the Russian Interior Ministry provided no details about the charges leveled against Zelenskyy, it said that a case had been opened against him “under an article of the criminal code.” The move is seen as largely symbolic, since Zelenskyy is not on Russian soil. Russia justified its invasion of Ukraine on the grounds that Kyiv was supposedly repressing the country’s Russian-speaking citizens, with Russian President Vladimir Putin urging Kyiv’s military to overthrown Zelenskyy in a national address the day after…

A week that started with cautious optimism for a breakthrough in negotiations between Israel and Hamas has ended, perhaps unsurprisingly, with the prospect of peace in Gaza looking as distant as ever.It has taken two days of talks in Cairo, with a delegation from Hamas – and intermediaries from Egypt, Qatar and the United States – to expose the limitations of this exercise. There were indications in the lead-up to these talks that the parties had things to discuss usefully – even areas where they could reach an agreement.Israel was apparently open to a six-week cessation in hostilities in exchange…

Each day, buses driven by volunteers travel from the town of Sumy to the Ukrainian-Russian border and back. They’re collecting people who have crossed at the Kolotilovka-Pokrovka checkpoint, the former being a village in the Russian region of Belgorod and the latter in the Ukrainian region of Sumy. Since April 2022, this has been the only humanitarian corridor through which Ukrainians from the Russian-occupied territories can reach areas controlled by Kyiv. On this day, 11 people and a howling dachshund are on the bus to Sumy. The passengers are mostly women and older people, but two teenagers are also on board. Some people gaze wearily…