Labour spends £40m paying migrants to return home as Mahmood ramps up removals

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Yung Filly to be retried for rape as new drug charge laid
Yung Filly to be retried for rape as new drug charge laid
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US says it will impose ‘toughest sanctions in history’ on Iran
DUBAI/WASHINGTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - US Treasury chief Scott Bessent said the United States will impose "the toughest sa