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‘Talking tough not same as effective action’ – extracts from letter from Labour MPs calling for ‘refresh’ on migration policy Here are more extracts from the letter to Andy Burnham signed by nearly 80 Labour MPs urging him to adopt a more liberal stance on immigration. (See 9.24am.) double quotation markImmigration and asylum is a…

Argentina’s Lionel Messi celebrates the team’s second goal by Lautaro Martínez during their World Cup semifinal against England on Wednesday in Atlanta. Argentina defeated the English 2-1 to advance to Sunday’s final against Spain. Shaun Botterill/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Shaun Botterill/Getty Images ATLANTA — Argentina, the death-defying defending World Cup champion, will play…

Boston is home to a large Moroccan community, one of the largest in the US. And they were out in force for the quarter-final against France.

Eleven people have died in a fire at a foster care facility in Algiers, Algeria’s capital city. The country’s civil protection department said 19 others were injured in the blaze, which firefighters began to tackle at 03:30 local time (04:30 GMT) on Thursday. They were still attempting to extinguish the fire just over three hours…

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with offences linked to “extreme right-wing terrorism” in connection with an alleged plan to target two mosques in Sutton, south London, the Metropolitan Police said. The child was initially arrested on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle. Officers searching an address then found “a number of documents of…

Kenya’s High Court has dismissed a bid by a Rastafarian group seeking to legalise the use of cannabis for religious purposes. The Rastafarian community had argued that the ban on smoking cannabis infringed on their rights to freedom of religion and belief guaranteed under the constitution. In a landmark judgement, Justice Bahati Mwamuye said the…