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No more foie gras in Strasbourg – Home of EU parliament bans delicacy from official events
The French 'capital of foie gras' made the move following a campaign by animal rights organisation PETA.
French fishermen ‘will block Channel Tunnel’ in Brexit protest
It comes after the UK's refusal to give them work licences which they say they are owed under the Brexit deal.
UK suspends flights from southern Africa as concern grows over new variant
Officials say it is the “worst one we’ve seen so far”.
Pakistan orders three-day weekends in Lahore amid ‘deadly’ air pollution
Private offices and schools will close on Mondays in Lahore in a bid to tackle toxic levels of smog in the city.
Quentin Letts says migrants only come to UK for ‘jobs and benefits’
"Another one who makes much of his 'Christianity'", James O'Brien said.
UK net migration sees huge drop ‘because of Brexit and Covid’, ONS says
Although net migration from the EU was negative last year, with 94,000 more EU nationals leaving Britain than arriving, this is not the case with non-EU migration.
Pregnant woman and three children among 27 drowned in Channel
Most of the people who drowned were Kurds from Iran or Iraq, French authorities said.
Trump says Kyle Rittenhouse is a ‘nice young man’ after Florida visit
Rittenhouse was last week found not guilty of shooting dead two men and injuring another.
One in 10 UK families ‘will struggle with basic costs of living this winter’
The government has been urged to help low-income families who are facing rising inflation, rising energy bills and a Universal Credit Cut.