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Illegal immigration is fuelling the ballooning black market economy in Britain, which now stands at over a quarter of a trillion pounds sterling per year, a report has found.

British Prime Minister Sir Kier Starmer has deployed additional Royal Air Force (RAF) jets to the Middle East amidst the conflict between Iran and Israel, while urging for de-escalation.

American Catholics are feeling excited about their newly-elected religious leader Pope Leo XIV just a month after he was elevated to the position, a poll released Sunday reveals.

Russian President Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump Saturday that Moscow was ready to hold a fresh round of peace talks with Kyiv after June 22, once the sides complete exchanging prisoners and soldiers’ bodies.

In a major reversal, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced on Saturday that the government will launch a national inquiry with full statutory authority to investigate the child rape grooming gang scandal and cover-up in the United Kingdom.

King Charles III and other members of the royal family in uniform wore black armbands and held a moment of silence during his annual birthday parade as the monarch commemorated those who died in this week’s Air India plane crash.

An upcoming review into the scourge of child rape grooming gangs in Britain will reportedly tie the sexual exploitation of often young working-class white girls with illegal immigration.

A sharp rise in global oil prices following Israeli strikes on Iran will benefit Russia and bolster its military capabilities in the war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has warned that anti-mass migration riots which erupted in Northern Ireland could spread to the rest of the United Kingdom.

Finnish authorities have accused senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel of damaging undersea cables last year between Finland and Estonia.

An academic has appealed to leaders to take action to minimise the impact of civil war, which he warns has become likely in Western states.

A young woman narrowly missed boarding the Air India flight that crashed on Thursday and killed hundreds of people.

A tourist is now internet-famous after being caught damaging a piece of artwork at a museum in Verona, Italy.

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling slammed “scary-looking creep” transgender TikToker Lilly Contino for “violating women’s boundaries” in women’s restrooms at Disney World. The trans influencer’s restroom antics, meanwhile, have resulted in female Disney fans demanding Disney World ban Contino from the parks.

Indian authorities have revised the death toll of the flight AI171 crash downwards because some remains had been inadvertently counted twice.

Germany’s most senior policeman has claimed that being a supporter of the anti-mass migration Alternative for Germany (AfD) party is “incompatible” with being an officer of the law.

Several European leaders urged Israel and Iran to de-escalate after Jerusalem launched a “pre-emptive” strike.

Iran warned Israel on Friday morning lethal strikes on its military and nuclear sites amount to a “declaration of war.”

Urged Iran’s remaining leadership to come to the negotiating table and make a deal because Israel has “the most lethal” military equipment.

French society is devolving into a “barbarian factory”, Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau warned after the fatal stabbing of a female education assistant outside of a school in Nogent on Tuesday.

Former student who killed nine at a school in Austria planned attack in detail but appears to have shot victims at random.

Unrest following the alleged attempted rape of a teenage girl entered its third night on Wednesday with continued clashes with police.

The U.N. High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday released its annual Global Trends Report, which found a record high of 123.2 million people were displaced from their homes around the world due to “persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, and events seriously disturbing the public order.”

An actress from the hit Netflix series Bridgerton defended herself when she was targeted at a London cafe in February, and the tense moments were caught on camera.

Russian forces have pummeled Ukraine with drones and other weapons, killing three people and injuring scores of others.

An Air India Boeing 787 bound for London with 242 people aboard, including 53 UK citizens, crashed in Gujarat on Thursday.

Almost half of the social housing properties in London are reportedly being occupied by families with a migrant head of household, after having jumped the queue in front of native born Britons.

Aging rocker Bruce Springsteen is nothing if not consistent. During his current European tour hardly a day goes by without the 75-year-old delivering a spittle-flecked tirade against President Donald Trump and his administration. Wednesday night in Berlin, Germany, was no different.

The government of Kosovo reportedly agreed this week to “temporarily” accept a small number of migrants deported from the United States until they can be returned to their home countries.

A punitive tax raid on families choosing to pay to send their children to independent schools may cost the exchequer hundreds of millions.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk survived the vote of confidence in the parliament on Wednesday that he called for last week following his party’s disastrous defeat in the presidential elections.

LONDON — The United States and China have agreed to a new trade framework aimed at restoring a stalled truce and stabilizing key economic ties. The agreement, reached during two days of talks at Lancaster House in London, includes provisions on critical mineral exports, tariff levels, and Chinese student access to U.S. universities.

Confidence in the British judicial system is ebbing away, a pollster finding a majority saying they have little or no confidence.

In a tacit admission that the migrant crisis will continue for the foreseeable future, British Chancellor Rachel Reeves said that the government plans to continue to use so-called “asylum hotels” until 2029.

Russian forces launched fresh drone assault overnight Wednesday, killing three people and wounding 60 more, Ukrainian officials said.

Far-left London Mayor Sadiq Khan was knighted at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday by King Charles III for his supposed contributions to politics and public service.