Appeals Court allows Rwanda asylum flight to go ahead
The UK government's first flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda will go ahead, after Appeal court judges in London reject attempt to block the deportations.
Appeal court judges in London have refused to stop a British government flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda from the UK. The first flight is expected to leave for Kigali on Tuesday.
The M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo claim to have captured the border town of Bunagana near Uganda. A spokesperson for the Ugandan Defence Force (UPDF) says many Congolese soldiers have retreated and handed themselves over to the Ugandan army.
And Malawi's government responds to a 大象传媒 investigation that found children were exploited to feature in racist Chinese-produced videos.
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