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LIBYA

Fresh gunbattles erupt in Tripoli after brief lull

Fresh gunbattles erupted on Wednesday in the Libyan capital Tripoli between two armed groups, a security official said, a day after authorities declared the fighting over. Clashes flared between the Radaa force and the 444 Brigade in key areas of the city, including the port, the source said. Fighting eased toward the end of the day, according to television reports and residents who spoke to AFP, with some bakeries opening but schools remaining shut.

UNITED KINGDOM

Govt holding talks with nations over migrants

The United Kingdom is in talks with different countries about setting up "return hubs" for failed asylum-seekers, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Thursday on a visit to Albania seeking to bring down immigration. "We are in talks with a number of countries about return hubs," Starmer told a joint news conference with his Albanian counterpart Edi Rama. Starmer declined to explain how the hubs would work in practice or say with which countries he was in talks.

Agencies via Xinhua