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There are also human rights concerns: According to Human Rights Watch’s latest assessment of the conduct of the Rwandan government: “Arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and torture in official and unofficial detention facilities is commonplace, and fair trial standards are routinely flouted in many sensitive political cases, in which security-related charges are often used to prosecute prominent government critics. Arbitrary detention and mistreatment of street children, sex workers and petty vendors occurs widely.” Human Rights Watch also found the Rwandan police used “excessive force” when they opened fire on a group of protesting refugees in 2018, killing 12 people. Mlex’s Jakub Krupa notes that just last year the British government criticized Rwanda for rejecting its recommendation to “conduct transparent, credible and independent investigations into allegations of human rights violations including deaths in custody and torture.” That was last July. Nine months on, Britain is signing a deal to send asylum seekers into Rwanda’s custody.

ALL at huge expense of an estimated £1.4 billion a year

BREAKING: Boris Johnson is looking at a second £50 fine for attending his aide's leaving do. Meanwhile, people who only broke the law that he introduced once were fined £10,000. That's one hell of a double standard

Apparently "we can't afford to pay migrants £39.63 a week" but we *can* afford £1m+ per head to ship them off to Rwanda.
Astonishing maths.

Critics point to Rwanda's poor human rights record. At the UN last year, the UK demanded investigations into alleged killings, disappearances and torture.
The SNP Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, described the idea of sending "vulnerable people" to Rwanda as "absolutely chilling".

Appeasing to the right wing media to distract from a desperately corrupt Government led by criminals

Neptune is a Ukrainian anti-ship cruise missile developed by Luch Design Bureau. Neptune's design is based on the Soviet Kh-35 anti-ship missile, ...
Operational range: 280 km (170 mi)
In service: 2021 to present
Used by: Ukrainian Navy
Maximum speed: Subsonic
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Russia’s defence ministry has stated that the missile cruiser “Moskva” has been “seriously damaged” after Ukraine said they hit the ship with two missiles. Moskva was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet and was leading naval assaults on Ukraine, according to Al Jazeera. On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden announced that he's authorizing $800 million in additional military aid for Ukraine whilst Russia has increased fatal assaults on the eastern city of Kharkiv. Renewed attacks come as economists express concern as Russia risks defaulting on its foreign debt as payment deadlines loom.
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Unable to serve for a criminal and a liar

Russia’s defence ministry has stated that the missile cruiser “Moskva” has been “seriously damaged” after Ukraine said they hit the ship with two missiles. Moskva was the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet and was leading naval assaults on Ukraine, according to Al Jazeera. On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden announced that he's authorizing $800 million in additional military aid for Ukraine whilst Russia has increased fatal assaults on the eastern city of Kharkiv. Renewed attacks come as economists express concern as Russia risks defaulting on its foreign debt as payment deadlines loom.
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Uneconomic .........
Will cost a fortune....
AS mad as the wave machines....
But the Xenophobes will love it....

Unable to serve for a criminal and a liar

We are funding a new mine which makes dividend payments less clear
Of course a VAT refund would help immensely

buy 11.95p

World leaders including PUKIN can correctly call out Johnson as a criminal and a lier.
Precisely why we need a new PM NOW to hold PUKIN to account

While the chancellor of a country that has over 2200 food banks is spending tax payers money on an enquiry to find out who upset his tax avoiding wife.

The United Kingdom's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 7% in March compared to the same month a year ago, the Office for National Statistics reported on Wednesday.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 1.1% in March, while the Consumer Prices Index, including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), climbed 6.2% year-on-year and 0.9% month-over-month.
At the same time, the headline rate of input and output producer prices saw respective yearly growths of 19.2% and 11.9% in March, with metal products and crude oil providing the most significant upward contributions. On a monthly scale, the output data rate rose to 2.0%, and the input figure reached 5.2%.
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he United Kingdom's Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 7% in March compared to the same month a year ago, the Office for National Statistics reported on Wednesday.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices increased 1.1% in March, while the Consumer Prices Index, including owner occupiers' housing costs (CPIH), climbed 6.2% year-on-year and 0.9% month-over-month.
At the same time, the headline rate of input and output producer prices saw respective yearly growths of 19.2% and 11.9% in March.
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BEEB covering it now.....
South Africa's Durban floods: At least 45 die as rain and mudslides cause havoc
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-61080056

I SEE.....
it was slow moving rain clouds/front.....so the rain lasted longer