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Aug 31, 2025 - World

East Midlands passengers to test digital tickets that will automatically charge best fares at end of dayTrain passengers in the East Midlands are to test technology that will let them tap in and out for journeys and be charged the best fare for their trip at the end of the day.Trials of digital rail tickets based on GPS tracking will begin on Monday as part of the government’s plan to improve the rail network’s complex fare system. Continue reading...

Aug 31, 2025 - World

CPS hails ‘major step forward’ in crime prevention with potential for companies to receive unlimited finesCompanies could be prosecuted and face unlimited fines if they fail to prevent fraud that their firm profits from under a corporate offence coming into force on Monday.Under the new “failure to prevent fraud” law, large companies can be held criminally liable where an “employee, agent, subsidiary or other ‘associated person’” commits a fraud intending to benefit the organisation. Continue reading...

Aug 31, 2025 - World

Home secretary to announce overhaul of family reunion policy in attempt to quell fractious immigration debateMinisters are planning to make it harder for refugees to bring family members to the UK as part of a package of measures that Yvette Cooper will announce on Monday as she looks to get a grip on the fractious debate over irregular migration.The home secretary will tell MPs she plans to make a number of changes to the way asylum cases are treated, including to the family reunion policy, which officials believe is acting as a magnet for people crossing the Channel. Continue reading...

Aug 31, 2025 - World

The Israeli military announced Sunday that it killed the longtime spokesperson for Hamas' armed wing, as the country's security cabinet met to discuss the expanding offensive in some of Gaza's most populated areas.

Aug 31, 2025 - World

China has extended support in fighting terror to India during the bilateral summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, the foreign ministry said today.