Daily briefing Sunday 26th October

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0:45According to an eyewitness, Harish Kabatu, an asylum seeker from Ethiopia, was detained by plainclothes officers on a bus in Finsbury Park in North London. Kabatu was supposed to be transferred to a deportation facility when he went missing in Chelmsford on Friday. Sue Sim was the chief constable of Northumbria Police, who led the week-long search for Raoul Mudd 15 years ago. She is one senior figure calling for an inquiry. The fact that he was hanging around, wanting to know what to do, asking for help, it is absolutely appalling that he was then able to be sort of led down to a railway station and get on a train into London.

1:26There really does need to be a very serious inquiry into how that went on. The Liberal Democrats have told Times Radio they're looking at all options to ensure Parliament can scrutinise the affairs of Prince Andrew, including an historic debate in the Commons. The Sunday Times has learned that the party has signalled its intent to use their next Opposition Day debate to allow members to consider officially removing his Duke of York title. They also want to discuss measures to expel him from Royal Lodge, a 30-room mansion in Windsor. The Liberal Democrat MP Leila Moran said Parliament has a role to play.

2:01Our leader has already called for Prince Andrew to be hauled in front of MPs under oath to answer questions and what we need to do moving forwards. So we need to move this along. Parliament may need to play a role in helping the king achieve what he may want. Two people have been arrested in connection with a break-in at the Louvre Museum in Paris last Sunday. According to Le Parisien newspaper, two suspects were arrested on Saturday night and taken into custody. The thieves stole historic jewels with an estimated value of 88 million euro. The Times' Paris correspondent is Adam Sage. Two men aged in their 30s.

2:40One who was about to get a plane to Algeria. He was at Wasi Charles de Gaulle Airport last night when he was arrested. It seems to have been a last-minute arrest. I think they were hoping to round up more than two people. But when they learned that this guy was on the point of flying to Algeria, they proceeded with that arrest and they arrested another man as well. And a Labour peer who's campaigning against the extradition of one of President Zelensky's political enemies says he'll do all he can to ensure he stays in the UK. It's after Ukraine filed an indictment against Oleksandr Horonovsky, a former MP who fled to Britain after he was accused of corruption.

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