Nadine Yousif BBC News, Toronto Reuters Mark Carney campaigned on addressing “unsustainable” immigration The Canadian government has proposed a bill to restrict some asylum claims and give authorities more power to halt the processing of immigration applications. Canada’s immigration minister Lena Diab said the Strong Borders Act is meant to curb organised crime and the

The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. North Korea looks to be making progress in recovering the second in its Choi Hyun class of frigates, which rolled over and was partially submerged after an incident at its launch ceremony last month. Recent imagery of

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Despite limited resources, the UN and partners are reaching some 2.5 million people each month across the country. In May alone, more than one million people received assistance, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). Cross-border aid has significantly increased this year. Since January, 1,185 humanitarian trucks have crossed from Türkiye

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The Defence Secretary pointed to the UK’s nuclear deterrent, and plans to make a “bigger contribution” to Nato, as he sidestepped questions about suggestions that the alliance will set a 3.5% of gross domestic product military spending target. The Prime Minister has committed to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence from April 2027,

Jeremy Bowen International editor Getty Images Witnesses and international medical teams report terrible scenes of killing as Israeli troops opened fire in the hours of Tuesday before dawn on Palestinians who were converging on the new aid distribution site in southern Gaza. It was “total carnage” according to a foreign witness. An official statement from

Woongbee Lee Editor, BBC Korean EPA-EFE South Korea has handed a decisive victory to opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung six months after his predecessor’s martial law bid failed. The brief yet disastrous move set off huge protests and ended former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s career – impeached and removed from office, he still faces criminal charges

Daniel Sandford Home affairs correspondent Reporting fromAlgarve, Portugal Hafsa Khalil & Aleks Phillips BBC News Watch: The BBC’s Daniel Sandford at the scene of the new search operation Portuguese and German authorities have begun a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal, nearly two decades after she disappeared. Madeleine was three when she vanished from

Reuters At least 27 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire as they attempted to collect aid near a distribution site in Gaza, local officials say. Civilians were fired upon by tanks, quadcopter drones, and helicopters near the al-Alam roundabout, about 1km (0.6 miles) from the aid site, a spokesman for Gaza’s Hamas-run Civil Defence

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