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A Spanish teenager who discovered she was mistakenly swapped at birth in a maternity ward nearly 20 years ago is suing health authorities for ￡2.5m. The error came to light in 2017 after the 19-year-old’s alleged father demanded a DNA test during a child support dispute, which revealed she was unrelated to the family she grew up with.It emerged that the newborns had been mixed up in 2002 after being born five hours apart at a hospital in Spain’s northern La Rioja region.... ', for the rights of

British students have been forced to consider abandoning their places at Spanish universities due to ongoing delays in securing visas, required as a result of Brexit. The Foreign Office told The Independent it has raised the issue with the Spanish government, with just weeks to go before classes are due to begin. Spain is the most popular destination in the UK for those wanting to study abroad, with thousands of students taking up places there there each year. But this summer marks the first aca

A former agriculture and foreign minister, Mr Barnier is one of four candidates to have formally declared their candidacy for the right-wing Les Républicains.... Mr Barnier also called for a discussion with other EU member states about making the bloc’s external border “ more rigorous ”.... And the French politician claimed there were “ links ” between immigration and “ terrorist networks that infiltrate migrational flows ”....

Boris Johnson is facing criticism after footage emerged of him talking to employees at the government’s Afghanistan crisis centre. The prime minister’s approach was branded “ flippant ” and “ uncaring ” by critics, some of whom likened the footage to to an awkward scene from a fly-on-the-wall comedy.In the video, aired on the BBC's Newsnight programme, the prime minister approaches an employee and says:" Are you the guys inundated with all the emails from everywhere in the world saying, please h

We note the public statements of the Taliban confirming this understanding." Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, who was widely criticised for being on holiday during the early part of the crisis, is meanwhile set to hold diplomatic meetings over the coming days on how to deal with the Taliban.... The UK's UN ambassador is expected to raise the safe zone proposal with her counterparts from the four other permanent member countries of the UN Security Council, China, France, Russia, and the Unit

But the Home Office minister said that Britain’s lack of troops or an embassy in Afghanistan represent a “ new reality ”, meaning the government now “ cannot provide to MPs assessments or updates on those individuals who remain in Afghanistan and whose cases they have raised ”.... ', for the rights of the LGBTIQ community in Zurich, Switzerland.... With thousands of eligible people thought to be left behind, the foreign secretary Dominic Raab has expressed the need to persuade the Taliban to r

A father swam his daughter’s ponies to safety through floodwaters in New Zealand, suffering an electric shock in the process. Residents were forced to evacuate their homes in Auckland on Monday night after a deluge of rain caused flash flooding in the area.As emergency services rushed to rescue people trapped in homes and cars in the city and surrounding areas, one couple in nearby Huapai battled to save their herd of horses as floodwaters rose rapidly around their home. Latisha George and Sean

But I'm afraid that they are something that we've had to prepare for.“ It isn't going to interrupt our progress.... We're going to get on with this evacuation.”....

It’s a very bad situation.” “ I’m in pain, ” she said through tears.... “ The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those in need, and communities up and down the country are all the stronger for this.... ', for the rights of the LGBTIQ community in Zurich, Switzerland....