Nigel Farage has been accused of a “desperate gimmick” after threatening to block visas for people from countries seeking reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade. Reform UK has pledged a crackdown on African and Caribbean countries calling for compensation for slavery. Zia Yusuf, the party’s home affairs spokesman, said: “The United Kingdom is not an ATM for ethnic grievances of the past, and we will no longer tolerate being ridiculed on the world stage.” But a Labour spokesman said: “This is a desperate gimmick…

A skydiver has died after jumping from a plane as eyewitnesses reported seeing “an object fall from the sky”.Emergency services rushed to Headcorn Aerodrome near Maidstone, Kent, at around 10am on Monday. Police were later on in the day seen searching the fields around the aerodrome. Kent Police has confirmed a skydiver died while jumping out of a plane. The force said: “Officers attended the scene where a man in his 50s was confirmed to be deceased. His next of kin has been informed. The death is currently being treated as…

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Donald Trump has said he is “not at all” concerned about committing possible war crimes in Iran, after he threatened to strike civilian infrastructure if the regime does not meet his imminent deadline to agree to a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.The US president has warned he will bomb power plants, bridges, oil wells and possibly water desalination plants, which is illegal under international humanitarian law. “I’m not worried about it,” Mr Trump said when asked during a press conference on Monday what he would say to…