Keir Starmer has promised a ‘full audit’ of relations but even if he adopts a more pragmatic approach, major divisions are expected to remain.

Many more people are believed to be dying on land routes than at sea, with thousands of deaths each year, as issues including conflict, climate change, and racism increasingly spur people to leave their homelands.

Chief Secretary Eric Chan says domestic legislation to safeguard national security creates peace and prosperity for residents.

Buenos Aires’ Beijing ambassador, Marcelo Suarez Salvia, says the two countries are navigating towards ‘promising horizon’ of opportunities.

Russia’s security services accuse Laurent Vinatier, 47, of collecting military information and his arrest came as tensions between Moscow and Paris escalated over Ukraine.

Critics react to social work board changes after claims it has failed to get tough on professionals convicted of national security offences.

The new wave of Hong Kong migrants in Britain have already engaged politically and the three main UK-wide parties have included city in manifestos.

Japan’s Supreme Court ordered the government to pay damages to plaintiffs who were forced to undergo sterilisation surgery between 1948 and 1996, ruling for the first time that the law was unconstitutional.

Ronald dela Rosa’s admission may have been an attempt to mitigate potential repercussions as the battle for midterm polls heats up, analysts say.

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Myanmar’s junta has maintained links with Japanese government agencies and companies since its 2021 coup.

Despite Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist BJP suffering a major electoral shock, coalition and opposition parties remain silent about the violence.

Evacuation came as Israel released the director of what was once Gaza’s largest hospital after holding him for seven months without charge or trial.

The Taliban has imposed a strict interpretation of Islam in Afghanistan, with women subjected to laws characterised by the UN as ‘gender apartheid’.

Widow of late Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny made chair of Human Rights Foundation. ‘We will take on board everything that can be useful to fight Putin,’ she said.

Experts say giving up some civil liberties such as freedom of expression is an increasingly harder price to pay for young Singaporeans.

Furore follows viral video last month of uniformed personnel tearing down wooden houses of indigenous sea gypsies.

A pro-family group’s scorecard grades Singapore’s politicians on LGBTQ issues including assessing them on attendance at the Pink Dot rally.

City authorities say enforcement action ‘strictly in accordance with the law’ after US report cites evidence of self-censorship by churches.

NPC law committee member Shen Chunyao says the proposal was subjective and open to misinterpretation.

UK authorities must reconsider whether to open a probe into the import of cotton allegedly produced by slave labour in the Chinese region of Xinjiang, a London court ruled.

Mukmin Nantang, who campaigns for the rights of a seafaring minority group, was briefly detained as part of a probe into the release of videos showing the destruction of Bajau Laut homes by authorities.

Stella Assange said her husband is ‘rediscovering normal life’ after serving five years in a British prison.

The head of a monastery that had publicly opposed the military’s 2021 coup was shot dead while travelling through the Mandalay region.

Trapped abroad and feeling forgotten about at home, Indonesia’s trafficking victims languish as their families demand more action.

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