Yvette Cooper to Chair Summit on Channel Smuggling Crisis Yvette Cooper, along with key government officials, will lead a summit to address the issue of criminal gangs smuggling people across the Channel in small boats. This comes in response to the recent tragic events where 12 individuals lost their lives attempting the perilous journey. The Home Office has also revealed that MI5 officers are actively involved in operations to dismantle these smuggling gangs. The summit will bring together intelligence officers, Border Force staff, and Crown Prosecution Service representatives to strategize on tackling this crisis. Additionally, efforts are being made to…

Shamima Begum, a former British citizen who left the UK as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, has lost her appeal to restore her UK citizenship. The Supreme Court refused to hear her case, upholding a previous ruling that Home Secretary Sajid Javid had the authority to revoke her citizenship in 2019. Begum’s lawyers argued that she was trafficked at 15 and had the right to address Javid before her citizenship was revoked, but the court disagreed, citing concerns about national security. Critics argue that stripping Begum of her citizenship leaves her stateless and that she should face…