Human rights groups have strongly criticized Italy for extending a deal with Libya that facilitates the return of migrants to detention centers, where these migrants say torture and rape are commonplace. The European Union has sent hundreds of millions of dollars to Libya to boost its coastguard capabilities and clamp down on human smuggling - but critics say the money is ending up with criminal gangs. More from Henry Ridgwell
ODI report comes as Britain seeks new post-Brexit trading partners
Companies make bigger profits investing in Africa than in any other region of the world, according to a new report from the Overseas Development Institute that urges global firms to seek profits on the continent rather than seeing it as a place to do charitable work. Henry Ridgwell spoke to African business leaders and entrepreneurs at the recent UK-Africa Investment Summit about their hopes for trade with Britain now it has officially left the European Union.
United Nations says asylum seekers have right of passage
Greece plans to build a floating barrier off its coastline to deter migrants crossing from Turkey, amid a surge in arrivals in recent months. The plan has drawn strong condemnation from human rights groups. As Henry Ridgwell reports, the Greek government is under growing pressure to find a solution, as protests have erupted on the island of Lesbos demanding the closure of overcrowded refugee camps.
London says it will not align with EU standards, despite Brussels’ hopes
Official negotiations have not yet begun over their future relationship – but tensions are building between Britain and the European Union following the Britain's official exit from the bloc Friday. Brussels says Britain will have to commit to aligning with EU standards in order to get a free trade deal, but London has insisted it will not do so. As Henry Ridgwell reports, official talks aren’t due to get under way for at least another month, leaving precious little time to negotiate a new deal.
Just 11 months remain for negotiations over future relationship
Britain will officially leave the European Union at 11 o’clock in the evening London time Friday. Pro-Brexit supporters are planning celebrations – but there were emotional scenes in Brussels as the last British lawmakers departed this week.
After three and-a-half years of tortuous negotiations and political chaos, Britain will officially leave the European Union at 11 o’clock in the evening London time Friday. Pro-Brexit supporters are planning celebrations – but there were emotional scenes in Brussels as the last British lawmakers departed this week. Henry Ridgwell reports from London,
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls Huawei an 'extension of Chinese Communist Party'
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls Chinese firm an 'extension of China's communist party'
Hundreds of former prisoners will return to the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz to mark the 75th anniversary of its liberation
1.1 million people, mostly Jews, were murdered at the Nazi extermination camp
Experts warn true number of cases could be much higher than 584 reported infections
Experts warn that the true number of cases could be much higher than the 584 reported infections
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