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In October last year, Suella Braverman, at the time the UK’s home secretary, declared it was her dream to see a flight of asylum seekers take off for Rwanda. Fast forward to today: Braverman’s been fired, and the UK supreme court has ruled that the plan to send refugees to Rwanda is unlawful.
Like all court rulings, there’s a lot to dig through. Thankfully, legal expert Devyani Prabhat was available to break it down for us. Her explainer details why the court says Rwanda isn’t a “safe” country, what the European convention on human rights has to do with it, and what the government is likely to do next.
Elsewhere today, we look at what could happen when AI and robots combine to make weapons. And how a newly approved weight loss drug, Mounjaro, compares with those that have already made such an impact around the world.
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Avery Anapol
Commissioning Editor, Politics + Society
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Suella Braverman’s dream of a Rwanda deportation flight ends here.
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Devyani Prabhat, University of Bristol
Leaving the European convention on human rights would not automatically make the Rwanda plan lawful or easier to implement.
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USAF / Airman 1st Class Isaiah Pedrazzini
Mark Tsagas, University of East London
The US military has been experimenting with AI-powered robots that are also equipped with weapons.
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Mounjaro has already been approved in the UK to manage type 2 diabetes.
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Martin Whyte, University of Surrey
People who are obese, as well as those who are overweight and have weight-related issues, may soon be able to ask their doctor for a prescription.
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Politics + Society
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Rod Thornton, King's College London
Since 1947 the clock’s hand have been set at the beginning of every year.
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Huw Lewis, Aberystwyth University; Gwennan Higham, Swansea University; Mike Chick, University of South Wales
The Welsh government has taken steps to ensure that the Welsh language plays a more prominent role in welcoming refugees and migrants.
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Katherine Brickell, King's College London; Mel Nowicki, Oxford Brookes University
Homeless families rehoused in temporary are bearing the brunt of the high travel costs and policies ill-designed to accommodate their specific needs.
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Dafydd Townley, University of Portsmouth
Will the son choose to build bridges with Trump that his father burned?
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Hugh Breakey, Griffith University
Is social justice advanced by focusing on people’s different identities? Or is this worldview ultimately a trap?
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Science + Technology
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Gil Greengross, Aberystwyth University
Research suggests magicians lack magical thinking.
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Martin Sharkey, University of Galway
Flame retardants were developed to prevent house fires and help save lives. But they come with some serious health risks.
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Nataliya Ilyushina, RMIT University
The chatbot has been released to a small group of testers and some of X’s Premium+ subscribers – many of them have shared their initial thoughts.
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Arts + Culture
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Christine Berberich, University of Portsmouth
The tale lamenting the loss of a mythical British upper class is as sharp now as ever.
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Sally Marlow, King's College London
Doherty’s life features many of the characteristics experts know increases vulnerability for drug use.
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Business + Economy
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M. Rodwan Abouharb, UCL; Bernhard Reinsberg, University of Glasgow
Sri Lanka is just one of a number of countries in which IMF loan conditions appear to be mainly burdening supporters of the opposition.
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Health
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Carolina Pulido Ariza, University of Plymouth
‘Compassion fatigue’ may act as a coping mechanism to being exposed to the suffering of others.
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Peter Swoboda, University of Leeds
In recent years, stenting as a treatment for stable angina has been drawn into question.
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Yn y Gymraeg
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Huw Lewis, Aberystwyth University; Gwennan Higham, Swansea University; Mike Chick, University of South Wales
Mae llywodraeth Cymru wedi cymryd camau i sicrhau bod y Gymraeg yn chwarae rhan fwy blaenllaw wrth groesawu mewnfudwyr a cheiswyr lloches.
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Birmingham
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24 November 2023
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