Migrants disembark a UK Border Force vessel at Dover port, after their small boat was intercepted in the Channel. Getty Images

UK to confiscate phones of migrants crossing English Channel on small boats

Powers are designed to help break criminal networks operating in perilous waters

Europe

Palestinians celebrate official upgrade as embassy in London to open

UK

CommentMaduro's capture bucks US record of messy overthrows in Arab world

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Farah Kaddour, the Lebanese artist trying to put the buzz back into the buzuq

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Sparkler candles blamed for deadly fire at Swiss bar

Europe

Meltdown: Rising price of gold creates new threat for museums and banks

UK

UK's FTSE breaks 10,000 mark for first time in new year rally

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Migrants run to board a smuggler's boat in an attempt to cross the English Channel, at Gravelines, northern France, in August. AFP

Second highest number of English Channel crossings by migrants recorded in 2025

Critics says 'one in, one out' deal between UK and France is not working

Europe

Family of British couple detained in Iran tell of 'void' at New Year celebrations

UK

First Abu Dhabi Bank gets triceratops neighbour in central London

UK

At least 40 killed in deadly New Year's party blast at Swiss ski resort bar

Europe

Gulf buyers drive sales of 'bargain' luxury properties in London

UK

Richard Ratcliffe defends calls to release Abdel Fattah

UK

London stock market delivers strongest year since 2021

Markets
The former Icelandic Embassy on Park Street in Mayfair sold for £22 million. Photo: Beauchamp Estates

Gulf buyers drive sales of 'bargain' luxury properties in London

Billionaire Buyers’ Survey finds departing non-doms heading to lower-tax hubs are being replaced by Middle Eastern buyers paying knockdown prices

UK

Richard Ratcliffe defends calls to release Abdel Fattah

UK

London stock market delivers strongest year since 2021

Markets

'Ocean's Eleven' gang steal millions in cash and gold from German bank

Europe

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