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UK to begin talks on return hubs for failed asylum seekers

The announcement comes in the same week that the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats passed 12,000 for the year.

The Independent UK

Starmer to announce new crackdown on people smugglers on visit to Albania

The visit marks another attempt by Sir Keir to get a grip on the agenda and bring the fight to Reform UK

The Independent UK

'I really have no idea how I stayed upright' - Richard Carapaz puts Giro d'Italia time trial near-crash behind him to continue fight for second overall win

EF Education-Easy Post leader hopeful of opportunities to repeat first week 2019 stage win on similar stage 4 finish

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'It will be a long recovery' - Mikel Landa released from hospital to begin healing from fractured vertebra sustained in Giro d'Italia crash

'I would like to thank everybody for the messages of support and the love that I have received' says Soudal-QuickStep rider

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'I really wanted to go home' – Arensman and Gee honest about poor opening day at Giro d'Italia, with comebacks started in time trial

'It's not like alarm bells, there are so many hard days to come' says Canadian, who jumped 11 spots overall on Saturday

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Giro d'Italia GC analysis: after two stages, Primoz Roglič is already the reference point

Slovenian has hit the ground running, other challengers will be forced to attack

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'Suffering like a dog by yourself, but I enjoyed that' – Tom Pidcock satisfied with time trial performance at Giro d'Italia

'Pretty good to be honest' describes Brit of his ride at the finish in Tirana, after dropping from fifth to 19th overall on stage 2

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My feelings were like the result' - Wout van Aert fails to impact in Giro d'Italia TT

Belgian unable to build on second place in opening stage with strong time trial in Tirana

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'It hasn't sunk in yet' – Josh Tarling endures agonising 90-minute wait for maiden Grand Tour stage victory at Giro d’Italia

British time trial champion scorches round 13.7km Tirana race against the clock and pips Roglič to career-best win by one second

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'It's a big surprise' - Primoz Roglič strikes first in Giro d'Italia GC battle to take race lead

Slovenian misses out on time trial win by one second, but distances all his main rivals

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Josh Tarling wins Giro d'Italia's Tirana time trial as Primož Roglič takes the leader's maglia rosa

Ineos Grenadiers' Josh Tarling beats Primož Roglič to claim his first Grand Tour stage win, while Roglič is the new race leader

Cycling Weekly

Giro d'Italia: Josh Tarling wins stage 2 time trial as Primož Roglič takes over maglia rosa

Tarling beats Roglič by a single second, Jay Vine third on stage

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As it happened: Giro d’Italia race lead changes hands after explosive stage 2 time trial

The city centre TT is a chance for the specialists, for Wout Van Aert to take the maglia rosa from Mads Pedersen and for the GC contenders to gain precious seconds

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Giro d’Italia LIVE: Brilliant Josh Tarling wins stage two time-trial as Primoz Roglic takes pink jeresy

The 21-year-old Welshman produced the performance of his young career so far while the maglia rosa changed hands

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'Irregular sprint' lands best young rider Francesco Busatto first yellow card of Giro d'Italia, but he retains white jersey

Italian punished for 'blow from the elbow and blow from the head two times during the sprint', according to jury report

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Giro d'Italia 2025 - Stage 2 time trial start times

Niklas Märkl heads off first for the 13.7-kilometre individual time trial in Tirana, Albania

The Independent UK

Mads Pedersen takes pink for first time with Giro d’Italia stage one win in Albania

Mads Pedersen triumphs in Tirana to pull on the maglia rosa for the first time

The Independent UK

Who is leading the Giro d’Italia? Maglia rosa and general classification standings

Veteran Diego Ulissi is in the leader’s pink jersey after stage eight

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As it happened: Hectic high-speed sprint finish decides Giro d'Italia Stage 1 in Tirana

Mads Pedersen takes victory, first pink jersey of the race ahead of Wout van Aert

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Teams prepare for Giro d'Italia opener with traffic-disrupted recons amid last-minute road repairs

Meersman calls traffic during Tirana recon 'extremely dangerous' while Van Aert describes roads as 'unpredictable'

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'He doesn't need to prove anything to anyone' – Relaxed ex-teammates Van Aert and Roglič full of respect and jokes ahead of Giro d'Italia

Key protagonists take tension out of Giro press conference, with Belgian in good spirits despite pre-race illness

The Independent UK

Giro d’Italia stage three preview: Tom Pidcock battles fast men for victory on 160km route to Vlore

Punchy riders with a fast finish look best placed to win Sunday’s third stage of the 2025 Giro

Cycling News

Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 2 preview: Is this the first real GC day?

A 13.7km individual time trial into Tirana expected to establish initial hierarchy amongst overall challengers

Euronews

Kallas warns Albania of complex reforms but says its future is in the EU

Brussels decided in 2020 to start full membership negotiations with Albania, and talks began last October on how the Western Balkan country aligns with the EU in its fundamental principles.

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Albanian Archbishop Anastasios Honored For Reviving Orthodox Church

Archbishop Anastasios mourned in Tirana for his role in reviving Albania's Orthodox Church post-communism.

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