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Migrants Prevail In A High Court Challenge To An Unconstitutional Age Assessment.

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After objecting about how their ages were judged when they arrived in the UK, two migrants won a High Court case. The couple claimed to be minors, but social workers at a detention center in Dover, Kent, classified them as adults based on "short" and "biased" assessments. The assessments were "not lawful" in "some respects," according to Mr Justice Henshaw. The judgment has been described as "disappointing" by the Home Office. After hearing evidence at a hearing last year, the judge detailed the case in a written judgement that was published on Wednesday. Because one of the migrants had moved to Coventry after leaving Dover, the migrants filed a lawsuit against Home Secretary Priti Patel and Coventry City Council. Kent County Council is a "interested party" on the list. One of the migrants, a young Kuwaiti male who arrived in Kent aboard a lorry in December 2020, claimed to have been born in June 2004 but was assessed as being

A Sex Abuse Settlement Has Been Reached At The University Of Michigan.

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The University of Michigan has agreed to pay $490 million (£360 million) in damages to more than 1,000 largely male former students who claim that sports doctor Robert Anderson sexually abused them. After 15 months of negotiations, lawyers revealed a settlement over allegations dating back to the 1960s. One person expressed his belief that the deal will offer "justice and healing." Anderson, who died in 2008, was accused of abusing patients during routine medical exams. Anderson was dead, and none of his alleged crimes came inside the state's six-year statute of limitations, according to a police probe initiated in 2018. In 2020, Mark Schlissel, the president of the University of Michigan, apologized on behalf of the university to anyone who had been hurt by the doctor. An independent assessment commissioned by the university last year revealed that employees had missed numerous opportunities to halt Anderson throughout his tenure there, which spanned from 1966 to 2003. A

Tensions In Ukraine: Biden Believes Putin Will Move In.

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'US Vice President Joe Biden believes that Russian President Vladimir Putin will "go in" on Ukraine, but that he does not want a "full-blown conflict." Mr Putin would pay a "severe and dear price" for invading, he said at a news conference, but a minor incursion would be regarded differently. Later, the White House stated that any military move by Russia will be greeted with a rapid and strong retaliation from the West. Although Russia has 100,000 troops along the border, it denies plans to invade. President Putin has made a number of requests to the West, including that Ukraine be denied membership in Nato and that the defence alliance cease military operations in Eastern Europe. The West and Russia have yet to achieve an agreement, with some of Moscow's requests being dismissed as non-starters. On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva, after warning that Russia could strike Uk

Conservative MPs Are Backing Away From A Challenge To Boris Johnson's Leadership, According To A Minister.

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Conservative MPs are beginning to "take a step back" and reconsider a leadership challenge against Boris Johnson, according to a minister. Conor Burns, a minister and long-time ally of the Prime Minister, said colleagues had decided to wait for the report on the No 10 lockdown parties. It comes after a tumultuous day in Westminster, which included calls for the Prime Minister to resign and a Tory MP defecting to Labour. No. 10 has stated that the prime minister will battle any threat to his position. Since confessing to attending a garden party hosted by No 10 workers in the Downing Street garden during the May 2020 lockdown, Mr Johnson has faced a barrage of criticism. Six Conservative MPs have publicly expressed their disapproval of the Prime Minister so far, but it is believed that more have sent letters to Sir Graham Brady, head of the backbench 1922 committee, which organizes Tory leadership races. There are rumors that the 54-letter level required to trigger a vote of n