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German president gets royal treatment on UK state visit
AFP, Published on 04/12/2025
» WINDSOR (UNITED KINGDOM) - Britain's King Charles III treated German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to a sumptuous banquet Wednesday, as the pair hailed the countries' deep ties during the first UK state visit by a German head of state in decades.
UK toughens asylum system with radical overhaul
AFP, Published on 18/11/2025
» LONDON — The UK government on Monday unveiled dramatic changes to its asylum system, including drastically cutting protections for refugees and their children, seeking to stem a wave of irregular migrants which has fuelled rising anger on the far-right.
UK govt defends refugee shakeup in face of hard right
AFP, Published on 16/11/2025
» LONDON - Britain's interior minister on Sunday defended plans to drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, insisting that irregular migration was "tearing our country apart".
UK to cut protections for refugees under asylum 'overhaul'
AFP, Published on 16/11/2025
» LONDON - Britain will drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, the Labour government announced late Saturday, under new plans aimed at slashing irregular immigration and countering the hard-right.
UK plans tougher rules for migrants seeking to stay in country
AFP, Published on 29/09/2025
» LONDON - Britain's interior minister Monday proposed tough new rules for migrants seeking to settle in the UK, as the ruling Labour party bolstered its fight against the hard right at its annual conference.
Immigration opposition fuels English flag frenzy
AFP, Published on 04/09/2025
» LONDON - Bitter debate about immigration in the United Kingdom has triggered a new trend of flying English and British flags in a vivid show of patriotism spearheaded in part by far-right figures.
UK migrant hotels facing legal challenges
AFP, Published on 20/08/2025
» EPPING, England - Britain’s government was considering on Wednesday whether to appeal a court ruling blocking the housing of asylum seekers in a flashpoint hotel, as it scrambled to come up with contingency plans for the migrants.
France’s Macron begins ‘historic’ UK state visit
AFP, Published on 08/07/2025
» WINDSOR, England - French President Emmanuel Macron received a warm and pomp-filled welcome on Tuesday from King Charles III as he began a three-day state visit to Britain, the first by an EU head of state since Brexit.
Dutch election called for Oct 29 after government falls
AFP, Published on 06/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - The Netherlands will hold elections on Oct 29, authorities announced on Friday, after far-right leader Geert Wilders pulled out of the ruling coalition, bringing down the government and sparking political chaos.
Dutch government falls as far-right leader Wilders quits coalition
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» THE HAGUE - Far-right Dutch leader Geert Wilders withdrew his party from the government on Tuesday in a row over immigration, bringing down a shaky coalition and likely ushering in snap elections.