The Mayor of London's office has called Donald Trump's false suggestion that Sadiq Khan is seeking to impose Sharia law on London "bigoted" The pair's feud dates back to 2015 and has frequently seen the president echo far-right conspiracy theories www.nytimes.com/2025/09/23/w...

The Home Office's appeal against this ruling has been refused The judges threw it out in minutes, without hearing arguments from the man's lawyers, telling them "we don’t need to trouble you" after questioning Home Office barrister in an increasingly surreal exchange www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

The government appealed this decision and I'm at the ongoing Court of Appeal hearing for it The judges are grilling the home secretary's barrister on the reasons for departing from the Home Office's own statutory guidance on trafficking decisions and noted they changed it the next day

Jacob Power, a 22-year-old chef, wrote extensive plans about becoming a serial killer, purchased weapons and dug graves He broke into a family's home but found it empty Power was jailed for 2.5 years today for burglary, after an attempted murder charge was dropped www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

The Home Office has announced that the first removal under the UK-France treaty took place this morning, of a man who arrived by small boat in August It says more flights are due this week, while the first arrivals through the new route from France are expected "in the coming days"

Britain's use of AI, algorithmic tools, facial recognition and other forms of digital surveillance and regulation is rising fast across different arms of government and policing It is testing the boundaries of safety and privacy, protection and intrusion www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/t...

The government has lost the first legal challenge to hit the High Court over the UK-France deal The applicant, an Eritrean asylum seeker who arrived by small boat in August, was due to be on a flight at 9am tomorrow - the government won't say if it's still taking off www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/w...

The officer in charge of British policing for the Trump state visit said the shooting of Charlie Kirk caused a review of plans with the US Secret Service, but no changes to provision for an operation which was "already supporting a very high threat level" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/w...

The largest security operation since the King's coronation is underway for Donald Trump's state visit to the UK The consideration of potential threats has been intensified further by the shooting of Charlie Kirk and attempted assassination of the president last year www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/w...

"Log off, turn off, touch grass, hug a family member." - Utah governor Spencer Cox www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

In a debate on the Palestine Action ban on Monday, the security minister said it was based on "clear advice and intelligence", and people protesting against the ban "may not know the extent of its activities" Today, we are publishing some of that advice www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...

Last night on X I reported a graphic close-up video showing Charlie Kirk being shot It was served to me on my timeline without me doing any search, from a blue tick account I didn't follow, and it autoplayed so fast I couldn't click to stop it I received this response from X saying no rules broken

Statistics on arrests for terrorism-related activity in England and Wales in the year to 30 June 2025 have been released It is the last batch of terrorism stats before the proscription of Palestine Action came into force on 5 July, so the numbers are worth noting 🧵

A new Banksy piece, thought to be a critique of the Palestine Action terror ban, appeared today on the Royal Courts of Justice Given that the building is the location of the group's appeal against proscription I imagine the judges inside may feel a bit hard done by www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/w...

The Metropolitan Police have released updated figures for yesterday's protest by people holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action" 857 people were arrested "for showing support for Palestine Action" and 33 for other offences, including 17 for assaults on police officers

More than 400 people have been arrested at the Defend Our Juries protest against the ban of Palestine Action in Westminster Police said the majority of arrests were for "supporting a proscribed organisation" but more than 25 people were arrested for assaulting police www.nytimes.com/2025/09/06/w...

I've been at the Defend Our Juries protest against the ban of Palestine Action in Westminster today Full story coming later but here's some photos from the protest

My journalistic patch became home affairs and justice in 2017 Since then, there have been 8 home secretaries and 8 justice secretaries (if you don't count Suella Braverman and Dominic Raab twice) Was it something I said?

The government is fighting against Palestine Action's bid for a full judicial review of the decision to ban it as a terrorist group The Court of Appeal has granted the Home Office permission to appeal the High Court’s grant of permission for the challenge and there will be a hearing on 25 September

Hadush Gerberslasie Kebatu, an asylum seeker housed at The Bell hotel in Epping, has been found guilty of all 5 charges relating to a 14-year-old girl and a woman on 7 and 8 July He was convicted of sexually assaulting both victims & attempting to kiss, harassing & inciting sexual conduct RE child

There's a lot of debate about British law at the moment, and the extent to which different parts may be outdated I'm currently in a hearing using an 1861 law that's still very straightforward and workable. Any guesses which one it is?

Britain’s most senior police officer has called for the government to consider changing laws and policies around free speech to provide “greater clarity and common sense,” amid debate over the arrest of Graham Linehan He said officers were in an “impossible position” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/w...

The language of "illegal migration" is now entrenched, but will not illegal for asylum seekers to attempt small boat crossings until 2022, when the Conservative government changed the meaning of "illegal entry" in law This case was in 2021 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

This letter, when then-immigration minister Chris Philp told local councils asylum hotels would be opening without their agreement, was just referred to by the home secretary in parliament "Our obligation to house people is a statutory duty," he wrote. "It is essential that we meet our obligations"

In an ongoing speech to the House of Commons, Yvette Cooper is saying that refugees apply for family members to join them in the UK much sooner after being granted protection than in Denmark and Switzerland Do we know what the waiting time for decisions are in those countries?

Delighted to be on the front page of today's New York Times 🗞️ Full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

Recreational cannabis was legalised in California in 2016, driving a huge expansion in growing and development Years later, Californian cannabis is turning up in the UK packed into suitcases and taken on commercial flights, fuelling a craze for "Cali weed" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/w...

There are a lot of posts on X about a "mass shooter" being stopped in Fulham, west London The gun was not real and police believed the boy may have been on his way to a comic convention

Police are appealing for more potential victims to come forward after a London business owner admitted 24 offences over three years, including drugging, raping and covertly filming women Only 3 of the victims visible in Chao Xu's videos have been identified www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...

A British court ruled Friday that the government could continue to house asylum seekers in a hotel in Epping, northeast of London, reversing a previous decision in a case that has come to symbolize the polarizing debate over immigration in Britain.

I've been discussing the Epping asylum hotel ruling by the Court of Appeal and what it means on BBC Radio Northern Ireland You can hear my contribution from around 5.09pm here 📻 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Anyone arguing that the Epping asylum hotel Court of Appeal case relates to the European Convention on Human Rights is wrong The judgment mentions the ECHR once, to make clear it wasn't considered at all by the judges and that they wouldn't countenance a "hierarchy of rights"

The Home Office and the owners of The Bell hotel in Epping have won their appeal to quash a temporary injunction requiring asylum seekers to be moved out by 12 September The full case over the council's argument that it breaches planning law will be heard in October www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...

The Home Office has won the first part of its Court of Appeal case against the temporary injunction requiring asylum seekers to be moved out of The Bell hotel in Epping That only relates to the High Court decision to refuse permission for it to join the case, but ruling on injunction still to come

As the first seven people sent from the US are confirmed to have arrived in Rwanda, I'm resharing this piece about the lessons from Britain's experience trying to implement a deportation deal with Paul Kagame's government www.nytimes.com/2025/05/07/w...

The Court of Appeal will give its judgment on the injunction ordering asylum seekers to be moved out of The Bell hotel in Epping on Friday "Because of the grave urgency of this matter we will aim to give judgment at 2pm tomorrow," Lord Justice Bean says

Adam Raine, 16, died from suicide in April after months on ChatGPT discussing plans to end his life. His parents have filed the first known case against OpenAI for wrongful death. Overwhelming at times to work on this story, but here it is. My latest on AI chatbots: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/t...

The Trump Justice Department has fired or demoted more than two dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors, even as those they sent to prison walk free. One called it the whitewashing of a traumatic event in U.S. history.

One of the things I'm seeing completely absent in the debate around asylum hotels and the policing of protests is that there have been two far-right terror attacks targeting asylum accommodation A firebombing at a small boat reception facility in 2022 and stabbing at an asylum hotel in 2024

President Trump, in seven months, has declared nine national emergencies to justify sweeping tariffs, immigration measures and more. These are the actions that flowed from each of them.

The thing you don’t see about lengthy libel cases like this is the mental impact on witnesses - and on news outlets’ willingness to do similar stories. Respect to all the women who chose to go to court to defend this story - plus Sirin Kale, Lucy Osborne, Paul Lewis and the Guardian team.

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Aimee Betro, an American woman from Wisconsin who was hired by her online boyfriend to murder one of his enemies in Birmingham, has been jailed for 30 years The judge said there was no apparent motive apart from "infatuation or love" www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/w...

I'll be appearing on LBC shortly speaking to @lewisgoodall.com about the Epping asylum hotel case at The Bell hotel and what it means for the Home Office www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

“I want to be a serial killer,” Jacob Power wrote. “I need to make sure it’s done right so I can do it again and again.” He had dug graves, bought items for a "kill room" inspired by the TV show Dexter and drawn up detailed plans, but was only charged with burglary www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

Epping Forest District Council won their bid for a temporary injunction against housing asylum seekers in The Bell hotel, creating a fresh challenge for the Home Office and a template for other local authorities seeking to stop its use of hotels in their areas www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

Today, a judge will decide whether an Epping hotel housing asylum seekers is violating planning permission, in what could provide a template to other councils It is the latest chapter in the 5 year long debate about the use of hotels to house asylum seekers in the UK www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/w...

The Metropolitan Police has announced charges against a further 60 people for allegedly showing support for Palestine Action It says more than 700 people have been arrested since it was banned as a terrorist group and work towards more prosecutions continues

A barrister representing Epping Forest District Council is opening its submissions at the High Court against the owners of The Bell Hotel, which has seen weeks of protests after an asylum seeker placed there was charged with sexual assault Updates to follow

Exclusive: The British government spent more than £2.4 million on an unprecedented super injunction "against the world" that banned the media from reporting on a massive data breach that put Afghans' lives at risk Even the existence of the court order was kept secret www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/w...