Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the front of the COP30 summit venue in Brazil, staging a sit-in that forced delegates to use a side entrance to resume their negotiations on tackling climate change.

“May God protect this country from the enemy, from drought, from lies.”

Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration The Conservatives will pledge to create a new immigration taskforce modelled on Donald Trump’s controversial Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) agency, the Guardian understands. The party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, is expected to announce the policy on Sunday as it heads into its annual conference following a year of historic low poll ratings. The proposed “removals force” will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in a bid to tackle illegal immigration. Continue reading...