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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says he will not allow the European Court of Human Rights to block the government's planned policy of deporting migrants to Rwanda. Speaking after the UK Supreme Court ruled the policy unlawful, he says he will introduce "emergency legislation" to designate Rwanda a safe country. "If the (European Court of Human Rights) chooses to intervene against the express wishes of parliament, I am prepared to do what is necessary to get the flights off" he says. SOUNDBITE
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tells reporters the US Justice Department asked an appeals court on Monday to stay a ruling by a federal judge in Texas that would ban a widely used abortion pill. The ruling "could open the floodgates for other medications to be targeted and denied to people who need them," she adds. SOUNDBITE
A Moscow court throws out jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's appeal against a nine-year prison sentence that he and his allies condemn as politically motivated. Moscow City Court ruled to "leave the sentence without changes" and for it to enter into force immediately, meaning that Navalny will be transferred to a strict regime prison colony to serve out his term, after he was found guilty in March of embezzlement and contempt of court. IMAGES
Assange supporters demonstrate in front of London's Royal Courts of Justice as the US government won an appeal against a London court ruling that had blocked the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain. IMAGES
Julian Assange supporters gather in front of the Royal Courts of Justice in London as the US government will appeal against a British judge's decision to block the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to face trial for publishing military secrets. IMAGES