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Fifty migrants have been told they will be the first to be sent to Rwanda in east Africa as part of the government's controversial resettlement policy. In an interview with the Daily Mail, Boris Johnson revealed the figure, saying he expected a lot of legal opposition but insisted the government would "dig in for the fight". Under a new deal, people judged to have entered the UK illegally now face being flown to Rwanda for resettlement. The policy has been widely criticised. Among its critics are more than 160 charities, the Archbishop of Canterbury, opposition parties and senior Conservative Party backbenchers, including former Prime Minister Theresa May. Together they have raised questions about the ethics, legality, cost and efficacy of the policy. Aid agencies have reported several asylum seekers in the UK going into hiding because of fears they would be sent to Rwanda. The threat of removal has also prompted some to self-harm, with one attempting suicide, the Red Cro...

Israeli police have hit mourners at the funeral of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqla, whose killing in the occupied West Bank has caused a surge of anger. Her coffin almost fell as police, some using batons, waded into a crowd of Palestinians gathered around it. Police said they acted after being pelted with stones. Abu Aqla was shot dead in disputed circumstances on Wednesday, with Israel and Palestinians trading blame. The killing has been widely condemned. Footage showed a standoff between police and Palestinians gathered around the coffin in the hospital compound, before officers push the crowd back, with some beating and kicking mourners. Police said officers "were forced to use riot dispersal means". We were in the car park of St Joseph's hospital, where hundreds of Palestinian mourners had gathered ready for Shireen Abu Aqla's coffin to be carried out into a waiting hearse. There was a shrine of written tributes, a floral crucifix (Shireen was a Palestinian ...

The village of Ruska Lozova stands at the centre of the turn in Ukraine's response to Russian aggression. Ukraine says its forces  https://www.digi.com/support/forum/82257/power-keto-precio have recaptured villages from Russian troops north and north-east of Kharkiv, pushing them back towards the border. The ongoing offensive could signal  https://ebusinesspages.com/selfpraag.user a shift in the war's momentum and jeopardise Russia's main advance further south. BBC correspondent Quentin Sommerville,  http://selfpraag.bravesites.com/ and cameraman Darren Conway, have been with Ukrainian forces as they advance. It was recently liberated  https://folkd.com/user/selfpraag in a co-ordinated effort led by senior military commanders. Ukrainian troops from territorial defence, the national guard, and the regular army are seeking to push the Russians back along a 32-km  https://www.authorstream.com/selfpraag/ (20-mile) front line. In the Russian city of Belgorod, ju...