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Keir Starmer to announce new measures to ‘tighten-up’ immigration system

Prime minster to unveil immigration white paper that he claimes will be ‘clean break from past’

Here is an analysis of the what we are expecting in the white paper from Rajeev Syal, the Guardian’s home affairs editor.

And here is an extract.

[The white paper] will challenge a central tenet of Labour’s economic policies for decades: that immigration is broadly good because it helps the economy to grow.

Government insiders say that the “failed free-market experiment” of allowing overseas workers to freely enter the UK has been a major factor in generating political chaos over the past decade.

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A Kurdish militant group decides to disband and disarm as part of a peace initiative with Turkey

A Kurdish militant group decides to disband and disarm as part of a peace initiative with Turkey [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Donald Trump Responds to Qatar Plane Backlash: ‘World Class Losers’

The president responded to reports that the ruling family of Qatar is gifting him a luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet.
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What the papers say: Monday’s front pages

A look a the main stories in Monday’s papers.
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At least 10 people sickened in US listeria outbreak linked to prepared foods

At least 10 people in the US have been sickened in a listeria outbreak linked to ready-to-eat food products, and a producer is voluntarily recalling several products, federal officials said.
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Middle East latest: Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter kills at least 16 people in Gaza

Middle East latest: Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter kills at least 16 people in Gaza [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Climate crisis threatens the banana, the world’s most popular fruit, research shows

Fourth most important food crop in peril as Latin America and Caribbean suffer from slow-onset climate disaster

The climate crisis is threatening the future of the world’s most popular fruit, as almost two-thirds of banana-growing areas in Latin America and the Caribbean may no longer be suitable for growing the fruit by 2080, new research has found.

Rising temperatures, extreme weather and climate-related pests are pummeling banana-growing countries such as Guatemala, Costa Rica and Colombia, reducing yields and devastating rural communities across the region, according to Christian Aid’s new report, Going Bananas: How Climate Change Threatens the World’s Favourite Fruit.

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UK’s F-35 exports more important than stopping genocide, lawyers to argue

High court case to test whether ministers have illegally supplied Israel parts that may be used to attack Palestinians

Preserving the British role in the F-35 jet fighter programme takes precedence over the need to comply with UK laws on arms export controls, or any UK obligation to prevent a genocide in Israel, UK government lawyers will argue in court this week.

The long-awaited high court case will test whether ministers have broken the law by continuing to supply parts for the F-35 programme that may be used by Israel to attack Palestinians in Gaza. The four-day case starts on Tuesday and has taken nearly a year to come to court.

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Albanian preliminary election results show Socialists ahead

Albanian preliminary election results show Socialists ahead [deltaMinutes] mins ago Now
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Sepp Straka takes advantage of Shane Lowry’s slip in Philadelphia

Lowry made a bogey at the par-three 16th followed by another on the last