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Feb 6, 2026 - World

Experts identify potentially serious breaches over treatment of people and call for ‘one in, one out’ scheme to endThe UN has called on the UK and France to halt the controversial “one in, one out” asylum system, warning there could be “serious violations of international human rights law”.Nine experts, including seven special rapporteurs, wrote a 20-page letter to Downing Street and Paris on 8 December 2025 outlining detailed concerns about potential breaches of human rights they had identified in the scheme. They gave the two governments 60 days to respond and on Friday published their letter. Continue reading...

Feb 6, 2026 - World

Storm Leonardo continued to batter the Iberian Peninsula on Friday, bringing floods and putting rivers at risk of bursting their banks while thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Spain and Portugal.

Feb 6, 2026 - World

On a recent journey into the Ecuadorian Amazon jungle, Ramon Pucha realized he was being trailed. Fresh puma tracks now lined the path alongside his own footprints. Unfazed, he continued his trek, focused entirely on the precious cargo he carried - seeds from some of the world's most endangered plant species.

Feb 6, 2026 - World

Russian and U.S. negotiators discussed the expiration of the last remaining nuclear arms pact between the two countries and agreed on the need to quickly launch new arms control talks, the Kremlin said Friday, even as the U.S. emphasized the need for China to join a future arms pact and accused Beijing of covert nuclear tests.

Feb 6, 2026 - World

Thousands converged in northwestern Libya for the funeral Friday of Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya's late leader Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed earlier this week when four masked assailants stormed into his home and fatally shot him.