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Two police officers were stabbed early Friday in central London and hospitalized after encountering “a male with a knife,” the capital’s police said, amid massive security ahead of the queen’s funeral. A suspect who was tasered and arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm and assaulting an emergency worker is also in hospital following the incident at around 6:00 am (0500 GMT), the Metropolitan Police added. “Police encountered a male with a knife in the area of Leicester Square,” it said in a statement, referring to a square in the heart of the British capital, less than a mile from where the queen’s coffin is lying in state. “Two officers received stab wounds and are currently being treated in hospital. We await further updates on their conditions.” The Met added officers had deployed a taser and the suspect was taken to an unspecified hospital for treatment, “where he remains at this time.” The force said “enquiries into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing,” ...

UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed an order to extradite Julian Assange to the US to face espionage charges. The Wikileaks founder has been at the centre of a protracted legal fight for more than a decade. Next week marks 10 years since he took refuge at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to avoid being extradited to the United States. A Home Office spokesperson said: “Under the Extradition Act 2003, the Secretary of State must sign an extradition order if there are no grounds to prohibit the order being made. Extradition requests are only sent to the Home Secretary once a judge decides it can proceed after considering various aspects of the case. “On 17 June, following consideration by both the Magistrates Court and High Court, the extradition of Mr Julian Assange to the US was ordered. Mr Assange retains the normal 14-day right to appeal. “In this case, the UK courts have not found that it would be oppressive, unjust or an abuse of process to extradite Mr Assange. Read More : ht...

When British officials first travelled to Rwanda to discuss an agreement to send some migrants who arrive in the UK as stowaways to the African country, the issue of legal challenges was top of the agenda. Not only was London prepared to grant certain undertakings to Rwanda, it also needed to ensure the set-up on the ground — particularly around the treatment of those deported, the options granted to those people by Rwandan authorities and the process around resettlement — would convince the courts that deportees' rights were not being infringed. The British courts have not yet made a ruling on these issues but judges have refused to stop the deportation flights, finding the government had done its groundwork and would abide by any later rulings. Read More : https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2022/06/15/clash-on-unhcr-at-heart-of-european-ruling-on-uk-rwanda-deportations/