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UK Home Secretary Resigns

She says she "inadvertently misled" MPs over targets for removing illegal immigrants

The UK’s home secretary Amber Rudd has resigned, saying she "inadvertently misled" MPs over targets for removing illegal immigrants. Ms Rudd, who was due to make a Commons statement on Monday, was under pressure to quit over the Windrush scandal.

Several hundred Central American migrants are preparing to cross the Mexican border and enter the United States to claim asylum. They are the remaining members of a caravan of 1,500 people who set off for the US at the end of March, organised by the migrant pressure group Pueblo Sin Fronteras.

Australia has announced a new statue to Captain James Cook who's landing in Botany Bay in 1770 started the colonisation of the country. However, for many of Australia's Aboriginal population, this is not something that should be celebrated.

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Mon 30 Apr 201805:06GMT

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  • Mon 30 Apr 201805:06GMT