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Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced controversial plans for the UK to embrace a "Denmark-style" asylum system, aimed at making Britain less attractive to illegal immigrants and making deportations easier.

The United Nations' Security Council has passed a US resolution which endorses President Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

Satellite images reveal how a grassy field in Oxfordshire was transformed into an illegal waste site in just a few months.

BBC chair Samir Shah has said there is "no basis for a defamation case and we are determined to fight this" - after Donald Trump said he would sue the corporation for between $1bn and $5bn.

He's played Sherlock Holmes, Doctor Strange, and even voiced The Grinch but acting opposite a seven-foot (2.1m) crow may be one of the strangest roles Benedict Cumberbatch has taken on. 

The Pope met with film stars and directors at a special Vatican audience to celebrate cinema.

"I felt scared and I felt alone and I felt entirely limited at various points in my life", actor Jonathan Bailey says of growing up gay in school.

Donald Trump has said he will sue the BBC for between $1bn and $5bn over the editing of his speech on Panorama.

Cold health alerts have been issued for large parts of the UK from midday on Monday until Saturday morning.

Satellite images reveal how a grassy field in Oxfordshire was transformed into an illegal waste site in just a few months.

The UK's flagship aircraft carrier is ready for war after deploying across the world in a demonstration to Vladimir Putin of NATO's "hard power", the defence secretary has said.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced controversial plans for the UK to embrace a "Denmark-style" asylum system, aimed at making Britain less attractive to illegal immigrants and making deportations easier.

A mum and dad who were detained by police after complaining about their daughter's school on WhatsApp, have said they feel 'vindicated' after the force agreed to pay them £20,000 in compensation.

An investigation has been launched into the death of an offshore worker on a drilling rig in the North Sea.

The United Nations' Security Council has passed a US resolution which endorses President Trump's peace plan for Gaza.

Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death.

Gunmen have abducted 25 girls from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, according to police.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a letter of intent with France to obtain 100 Rafale fighter jets as he seeks to bolster the country's long-term air defence capacity against Russia.

One of Ecuador's most wanted drug lords, who faked his own death and moved to Spain, has been captured in Malaga, the Ecuadorian president has said.

An explosion on a key Polish railway line used to transport weapons to Ukraine was caused by an "unprecedented act of sabotage", according to the country's prime minister.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced controversial plans for the UK to embrace a "Denmark-style" asylum system, aimed at making Britain less attractive to illegal immigrants and making deportations easier.

More children will face deportation under Labour's plan to crack down on asylum seekers, the Home Office has announced.

MPs and bereaved families have launched a new campaign urging the government to re-think its position on introducing Graduated Driving Licences.

Many Labour MPs have been left shellshocked after the chaotic political self-sabotage of the past week.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.

The organiser of Miss Universe has told Sky News he cannot stand down from his position - despite allegations he was aggressive towards a contestant.

Rail passengers in Scotland faced major delays and cancellations during Monday evening's rush hour after a swan was found on the line at the country's busiest railway station.

Police hunting for a crocodile in Derbyshire have said the search turned out to be "more fluff than fear".

A British man who hacked the X accounts of celebrities in a bid to con people out of Bitcoin, has been ordered to repay £4.1m-worth of the cryptocurrency, prosecutors say.

This week, many of the tech world's glitterati gathered in Lisbon for Web Summit, a sprawling conference showcasing everything from dancing robots to the influencer economy. 

Brazil was "a bit surprised" Britain hasn't contributed to a new investment fund to protect tropical forests, despite having helped to design it, a senior official has told Sky News. 

The future ownership of the Daily Telegraph has been plunged back into crisis after RedBird Capital Partners abandoned its proposed £500m takeover.

The organiser of Miss Universe has told Sky News he cannot stand down from his position - despite allegations he was aggressive towards a contestant.

Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has been sentenced to death.

A former Bank of England chief economist has told Sky News that "repeated mistakes" by the government have been "sucking all life" from the economy ahead of the budget.

The cobbled streets of Newport in Middlesbrough survive from the Victorian era.

Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.