Abroad

• Mike Banks, che ha guidato la repressione di Trump al confine, si è dimesso a settimane di distanza dalle notizie riguardanti accuse di prostituzione. • Mike Banks, il capo della pattuglia di frontiera che ha supervisionato la militarizzazione più aggressiva del confine meridionale degli Stati Uniti nella storia recente, si è dimesso con effetto immediato. • "È semplicemente arrivato il momento", ha dichiarato Banks in un'intervista a Fox News. "Sento di aver riportato la nave in rotta, trasformando il confine meno sicuro, più disastroso e più caotico nel confine più sicuro che questo paese abbia mai visto".

Jason Atherton, che ha ristoranti a Dubai, St Moritz e ora in Toscana, afferma che è difficile restare a galla nel settore dell'ospitalità del Regno Unito.

Clause says those aged up to 45 may need permission from armed forces to leave country for more than three monthsA little-noticed clause in sweeping changes to Germany’s military service policy has caused uproar after it emerged that the law requires men aged up to 45 to get permission from the armed forces before any significant stay abroad, even in peacetime.The legislation, which went into effect on 1 January, aims to bolster the the military and demands all 18-year-old men fill out a questionnaire to gauge their suitability to serve in the armed forces, but stops short of conscription. Continue reading...

Cases emerge after other people tell of change in Home Office policy on passports that has left people scramblingTwo more British teenagers have found themselves unable to return to the UK because of new Home Office border rules on British dual nationals.Their cases emerged just hours after reports a 16-year-old British schoolgirl was blocked from boarding a flight in Denmark home to the UK because she was a dual national and did not have a British passport. She has missed two weeks of school so far. Continue reading...