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Homes for Ukraine refugee

scheme launches in UK

THE government has launched
its Homes for Ukraine site for
those wanting to host a refugee,
with 100,000 signing up within
the first day.
Housing and Communities
Secretary Michael Gove said the
UK had a history of "supporting
Johnson in UAE in bid to the most vulnerable during their
darkest hours".
He said there would be no lim-
end West's 'addiction' to it to how many Ukrainians could
enter the UK under the visa spon-
Putin's oil and gas sorship scheme. up to offer their help so far," he But Ukrainian refugees with no
Each household housing a refu-
gee will be offered £350 a month, tweeted. family or other links to the UK
BORIS Johnson held talks with ticular has built up on Putin's hy- tax-free. They will not be expect- People who wish to offer a rent- can and will be hosted as part of
the leaders of Saudi Arabia and the drocarbons, on Putin's oil and gas, ed to provide food and living ex- free space in their home or a sep- the scheme, Mr Gove said.
United Arab Emirates as he bids to we can see what a mistake that was penses but can choose to offer arate residence, for at least six He said the sponsorship scheme
end the West's "addiction" to Rus- because he's been able to blackmail this. months, can register their inter- was initially only between people
sian oil and gas. the West and hold western econ- Prime Minister Boris Johnson est online. who are already known to each
With Vladimir Putin's increas- omies to ransom - we need inde- said it was "fantastic" that more They will be able to individual- other so it gets "up and running
ingly barbaric assault on Ukraine pendence." than 100,000 people and organi- ly sponsor a Ukrainian national's as soon as possible".
set to enter a third week, the prime This would allow Western na- sations had expressed interest in visa from Friday. Those initial ap- Almost three million people
minister is visiting the Gulf in a tions to wean themselves off Rus- supporting Ukrainians. plications will rely on the appli- have fled Ukraine since Vladimir
stepping-up of his efforts to starve sian supplies and deal a further fi- "Thank you to everyone across cant knowing a named individual Putin ordered the Russian inva-
Moscow of its income from fossil nancial blow to Moscow. However, the country who has stepped from Ukraine they want to help. sion nearly three weeks ago.
fuels. Mr Johnson is facing criticism over
Mr Johnson will meet with his trip from both MPs and human
Crown Prince Mohammed bin rights campaigners - as it comes `
Zayed in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday, just days after Saudi Arabia con- UK bans luxury goods exports to Russia
before travelling to Riyadh to speak ducted a mass execution of 81 men.
with Crown Prince Mohammed bin The Saudi crown prince has also THE UK government has rise on current rates, which are Chancellor Rishi Sunak said:
Salman. Speaking to broadcasters been largely shunned by the West placed an export ban on luxury different for each product, and "Our new tariffs will further iso-
at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu since the 2018 murder of journalist goods to Russia and hiked up im- will hit £900m worth of key late the Russian economy from
Dhabi, he said: "When we look at Jamal Khashoggi, which he is ac- port tariffs from the country on products such as Russian vodka, global trade, ensuring it does
the dependency the West in par- cused of having ordered. iconic products such as vodka. metals, fertilisers and other com- not benefit from the rules-based
British vehicles, high-end fash- modities. international system it does not
ion and art are some of the lux- All export finance support to respect." Details of exactly which
ury goods that will no longer be Russia and Belarus is also being products are affected by the ex-
exported to Russia as the West withdrawn, meaning the UK will port ban will be set out soon, but
continues to attempt to isolate no longer issue any new guaran- the government said it would
the country after Vladimir Putin tees, loans, and insurance for ex- likely include high-end fashion,
ordered the invasion of Ukraine ports to the countries. works of art and luxury vehicles.
nearly three weeks ago. The export ban is part of coor- Britain exported £193m of
The new import duty hike will dinated action by the UK and its goods to Russia in January alone
represent a 35 percentage point allies in the G7. and £3bn in 2021.

Government says it remains committed

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to banning hunting trophies

on way home to UK THE government has said it re- With the right paperwork, they
mains committed to banning the can then bring trophies, such as
NAZANIN Zaghari-Ratcliffe, week. import of hunting trophies in its stuffed heads or horns, back to
the British-Iranian woman de- Her husband Richard Ratcliffe, forthcoming Animals Abroad Bill. the UK.
tained in Iran nearly six years who lives with their daughter Ga- Concerns were raised by some The Animals Abroad Bill is one
ago, has been released and is on briella in Hampstead, London, Tory MPs that the ban - promised of a number of pieces of legisla-
her way back to the UK. had campaigned for her release, in the party's 2019 general elec- tion planned by the government
The 43-year-old was arrested including by going on hunger tion manifesto - would be dropped to protect animal welfare.
in 2016 and accused of plotting strike in October last year. after media reports. Announcing the plan for a ban
to overthrow the Iranian govern- Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told
ment, which she denied. BBC Breakfast that securing her Other measures in the bill to in December, Environment Secre-
Her MP, Tulip Siddiq, tweeted freedom, and the freedom of oth- ban the import and sale of fur and tary George Eustice said it would
that Mrs Zaghari-Ratcliffe was er dual national detainees - like foie gras are likely to be dropped. protect thousands of endangered
at the airport in Tehran. She had Anoosheh Ashoori and Morad Every year, hunters from the and threatened species, including
been under house arrest and was Tahbaz - was "an absolute prior- UK travel abroad, often to south- pounds to legally shoot animals, lions, rhinos, elephants, and polar
given her UK passport back this ity". ern Africa, and pay thousands of such as lions and elephants. bears.