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Billionaire Elon Musk has been in talks with Donald Trump about possibly taking on an advisory role in the administration if the Republican takes power again, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday. According to the Journal, the Tesla owner is also campaigning to encourage members of the elite to support Trump in the election.more

The UK Home Office has no credible plan for how it intends to implement its programme to deport illegal migrants to Rwanda, nor can it show where specifically the money has been spent so far, MPs on the Public Expenditure Committee wrote in a report published yesterday.more

Labour has promised to clear the NHS waiting list backlog in England within five years, with Wes Streeting warning that the health service risks becoming “a poor service for poor people” while the wealthy shift to using private care.more

The Irish government yesterday formally recognized Palestine as a sovereign and independent state and agreed to establish full diplomatic relations with it. Similar decisions were made by the governments of Spain and Norway.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that if his Conservative Party wins the 4 July election to the House of Commons, he will reinstate compulsory military service for 18-year-olds, albeit with the option of replacing it with voluntary service.more

Almost 1 million dogs and cats are homeless in Poland, confirms a global study entitled 'The State of Pet Homelessness. 'The State of Pet Homelessness Project'. Of these, as many as 750,000 cats and 75,000 dogs live on the streets.more

More than 10,000 illegal immigrants have already crossed the Channel into the UK since the start of this year and this is the earliest date in a year since this level was exceeded, according to Home Office statistics released yesterday.more

The opposition Labour Party has a 22 percentage point lead over the ruling Conservative Party, according to a YouGov poll published yesterday for The Times newspaper, the first conducted after British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that elections for the House of Commons will be held on 4 July.more

Vladimir Putin is ready to halt fighting in Ukraine through a negotiated ceasefire that takes into account the current battlefield line, Reuters reported on Friday, citing four Russian sources close to the Kremlin.more

Dental graduates in England could be forced to work in the NHS to help tackle the crisis in access that has left millions struggling to get their teeth repaired. Under the government’s plan they would have to undertake NHS work for “several years” after leaving university or face paying back some of the £200,000 cost of training them.more

The death of a former Royal Marine who was charged with assisting the Hong Kong intelligence service is not being treated as suspicious, police have said. Matthew Trickett, 37, a Home Office immigration officer, appeared in court last week charged under the National Security Act.more

Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski expressed his belief that regardless of who wins the elections to the House of Commons scheduled for July 4, British policy towards Ukraine will continue, and Poland and Great Britain will remain close allies.more

More than three quarters of Europeans want a common EU defense and security policy, and seven in ten believe that Europe should intensify the production of military equipment, according to a Eurobarometer survey published yesterday.more

British PM Rishi Sunak admitted yesterday that deportations of illegal migrants to Rwanda would not start before the general election, which he has set for 4 July. He also denied that he had set such a date for the vote for fear of a return of inflation and another wave of migrant crossings across the Channel expected in the summer.more

Palestine is recognised by most countries in the world, least in Europe. Spain, Ireland and Norway announced on Wednesday that they would recognise a Palestinian state on 28 May. Other countries want to do so only after the conclusion of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, which have been stalled since 2009.more

Boparan Restaurant Group (BRG) is thrilled to announce a new partnership with CKE Restaurants Holdings, Inc. (CKE)to introduce Carl’s Jr.® restaurants to the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. This exciting collaboration marks a significant expansion for Carl’s Jr., bringing its iconic, bold flavours to these new international markets.more

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that elections to the House of Commons will be held on 4 July. He also announced that he had already obtained the formal consent of King Charles III to dissolve Parliament, which will take place on 30 May.more

Rishi Sunak has vowed to "fight for every vote" as he called an early UK general election for Thursday 4 July. The PM made the announcement in a rain-soaked speech outside 10 Downing Street, as he bids to win a fifth term in office for the Conservatives. The surprise move overturned expectations of an autumn poll, which might have given the Tories a better chance of closing the gap with Labour.more

Norway will severely restrict the entry of Russian tourists from May 29, the Ministry of Justice in Oslo announced today. As added, this is a "reaction to Russia's illegal aggressive war in Ukraine."more

Craig Mackinlay MP, who almost six months ago had both arms and both legs amputated due to sepsis and was given a 5 per cent chance of survival, returned to the UK House of Commons yesterday - greeted by a standing ovation.more

Police should pay more attention to far-left extremists; and new laws are needed to restrict the right to protest, the UK Government's independent adviser on the prevention of political violence wrote in a report published yesterday.more

The Prime Ministers of Ireland, Spain and Norway have today announced on behalf of their governments that they will recognise Palestine as a state. They are the next UN countries to take this step. The decision in all three cases will formally enter into force on 28 May.more

Industry bosses have cast doubt on new plans for skills "bootcamps" for unemployed Britons as part of government efforts to plug gaps in the jobs market left by overseas workers.more

Poland should reckon with the fact that the plan to assassinate Donald Tusk is on the table at Putin, says Gen Piotr Pytel, former head of the Military Counterintelligence Service, in "Newsweek".more

According to Viera Jourová, Vice-President of the European Commission, the upcoming European elections will be a test of the EU's resistance to disinformation, especially from Russia. "Only after them will we assess whether our measures to fight disinformation have been effective," emphasizes the deputy head of the European Commission.more