Day: January 28, 2016

    David Cameron has rejected calls to take in refugee children who have become separated from their parents and travelled to Europe. A Downing Street adviser told Sky News they did not want to create "a magnet" to attract more migrants to cross the Mediterranean. However, Britain has offered to resettle more vulnerable children from refugee camps near Syria and offer some assistance to migrant children in Europe. In a somewhat confusing announcement, the Government said a new initiative was being launched to help unaccompanied children in countries surrounding Syria who would be better off in the UK because their "needs cannot be met in the region". Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said the UK would work with the United Nations refugee agency - the UNHCR - to identify ...

    The CIA has posted online previously secret photographs purportedly showing UFOs or ‘flying saucers’ hovering over Britain. The hand selected images are among formerly classified files from the 1950s which were hidden away by the American spy agency. First released in 1978, the images show how the CIA carried out extensive and secretive investigations into whether extraterrestrial life exists. According to the documents released, one 1952 report entitled “Flying Saucers" said all but 100 UFO sightings had a reasonable explanation. It said: “Less than 100 reasonably credible reports remain ‘unexplainable’ at this time. It is recommended that CIA surveillance be continued. “It is strongly urged, however, that no reports of CIA interest or concern reach the press or public.” ...