Britain has introduced a visa requirement for citizens of the small ​Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia and the Central American country of ‌Nicaragua, as its government looks to tighten rules amid pressure from the populist Reform UK party.

Slouched in the back of a car, wide-eyed and unnerved, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor makes his way home from the police station.

Attacks on oil facilities in Iran and the conflict in the Strait of Hormuz has sent prices skyrocketing (Picture: Getty) Oil prices are now over $100 per barrel as the conflict between the United States,

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The anti-immigration Reform UK, led by the veteran hard-right politician Nigel Farage, holds just eight of the 650 seats in the House of Commons — Labour has 404 — but has topped national opinion polls for months, ahead of both Labour and the main opposition Conservative Party.

While the leading U.K. index is often seen as overwhelmingly defensive, those perceived weaknesses have proved to be a strength in times of crisis.