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Rob Lawrie faced an impossible decision while volunteering in the refugee and migrant camp in the northern French city of Calais known as "the Jungle" late last month. Lawrie, 49, a British ex-soldier, visited the the sprawling site several times in September and October to help residents build temporary shelters to replace their flimsy tents as the winter months drew nearer. On his first trip he met Bahar Ahmadi, a 4-year-old Afghan girl living in the camp with her father. On his seventh or eighth trip, he tried to take her to the U.K. "I formed a very strong bond with her and a strong relationship with her father," Lawrie told Newsweek by phone. "Her father asked me on several occasions to try and get her to [their] family, who happen to live five miles from where I live," in Leeds, northern England. Ahmadi and her father have lived in the Jungle for four months, while her mother and 18-month-old brother are still in Afghanistan, says Lawrie. Nearly a quarter of the 700,000 … [Read more...] about British Volunteer Could Face Five Years in Prison for Smuggling Afghan Girl From Calais

There will be one million confirmed coronavirus cases and the global death toll will pass 50,000 in the next few days, the World Health Organization (WHO) chief said on Wednesday, as the number of confirmed cases worldwide shot above 900,000. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he is “deeply concerned” about the acceleration and global spread of cases. The death toll worldwide has surpassed 45,000. The comments came as Spain's death toll topped 9,000 on Wednesday. Another 864 people died in the country in the latest 24 hour period, another record for the world's worst affected nation after Italy. COVID-19 numbers 'stabilising' but more testing is needed, says Italian health ministry Sign up to Euronews' dedicated COVID-19 newsletter COVID-19 survivors speak: 'You feel breathless and you understand it may be your last breath' The total number of infections in the country rose above 100,000, an increase of over 7,700 from the previous day. But … [Read more...] about More than 900,000 coronavirus cases confirmed worldwide

Trailer: Darkest Hour starring Lily James and Gary Oldman SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info The World War II prime minister is one of the most portrayed historical figures on Film and TV, and the latest release already looks bound for Oscars glory. There’s been something of resurgence of portrayals in the last couple of years with Brian Cox’s Churchill covering D-Day doubts, Michael Gambon in TV film Churchill’s Secret on his covered-up stroke, and John Lithgow in The Crown showing his later years as Prime Minister. Now comes Darkest Hour, set in the crucial period of May 1940 when Britain was on the back foot against Nazi Germany and Churchill stepped up to lead the country, fighting against calls for peace with the enemy. … [Read more...] about Darkest Hour: Churchill’s grandson Sir Nicholas Soames’ VERDICT on Gary Oldman (EXCLUSIVE)

The refugees making life-threatening journeys across the Mediterranean and through Europe have a new hero—German Chancellor Angela Merkel. While Europe has largely flailed in the face of the greatest such crisis since the end of World War II, Merkel has provided rare leadership. The most powerful country in Europe expects to take in 800,000 people this year, four times as many as it did in 2014. Instead of tightening border controls and insisting the country has no room for more refugees, as some governments have done, the German government has made it clear that it will welcome large numbers of the people fleeing the conflict in Syria and other troubled parts of the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Asylum seekers have taken to calling the German leader "Mama Merkel." The chancellor's most significant move in the crisis was her government's announcement on August 24 that it would no longer apply the Dublin Protocol to Syrian refugees. Under the protocol, refugees are tested to see … [Read more...] about How 'Mama Merkel' Became Europe's Conscience