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Added on the 29/06/2023 23:15:33 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Protesters gather outside Britain's High Court as it hears a legal challenge over government plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda. The UK announced in April that it would remove some migrants whose asylum applications failed, sending them on a one-way ticket to Rwanda for resettlement. Legal challenges prevented the deportation of the first batch of failed asylum seekers in June, but the government has said it is undeterred. IMAGES
The UK Conservative Party's "1922 Committee" announces the results from the latest round of voting in the party leadership contest. Rishi Sunak, former Finance Minister, is still in the lead with 118 votes. The fight for second place is tightening between former defence minister Penny Mordaunt (second place with 92 votes) and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss (third place with 86 votes). Longshot candidate Kemi Badenoch trailed on 59 votes and was therefore eliminated from the contest. SOUNDBITE
A major incident has been declared by the London Fire Brigade after a fire broke out at a block of flats in Dagenham in East London. Forty fire engines and more than two-hundred firefighters have been at the scene since the fire broke out in the early hours of Monday morning. IMAGES
Former US president Donald Trump vows to appeal his criminal conviction for falsifying business records, saying that his legal team had several grounds to challenge the verdict handed down by a New York jury. "We're going to be appealing this scam... on many different things," says Trump, who is seeking reelection in November polls, in a rambling speech. SOUNDBITE
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he is committed to see "everything we started" while he was Education Minister be carried out by his successor newly appointed Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera. "I will always be by your side" added Attal at handover ceremony. SOUNDBITE
France's new Prime Minister, former Education Minister Gabriel Attal pledges to "give schools all the resources they need to succeed". "It will be one of my absolute priorities as head of government" says Attal at the handover ceremony with his predecessor Elisabeth Borne. SOUNDBITE
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