Abroad

• Mike Banks, die Trump's harde aanpak van de grens leidde, trad weken na berichten over beschuldigingen van prostitutie af. • Mike Banks, het hoofd van de grensbewaking die toezag op de meest agressieve militarisering van de zuidgrens van de VS in recente geschiedenis, is met onmiddellijke ingang afgetreden. • "Het is gewoon tijd," vertelde Banks aan Fox News in een interview. "Ik heb het gevoel dat ik het schip weer op koers heb gebracht, van de minst veilige, meest rampzalige en meest chaotische grens naar de veiligste grens die dit land ooit heeft gezien."

Jason Atherton, die restaurants heeft in Dubai, St Moritz en nu Toscane, zegt dat het moeilijk is om te overleven in de Britse hospitality-industrie.

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...