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2026-10-12 15:00 UTC | BLOCK 971104
BITCOIN $82,550 | GOLD $4,169 | OIL $104.22

1. Reform UK Proposes Mass Deportations and Data-Driven Immigration Checks
-- Reform UK proposed immediately deporting 90,000 asylum seekers, rejecting new asylum claims and using utility data and aerial imaging to identify people, the Guardian reported.
-- The opposition party’s plan would bring routine household records into immigration enforcement; none of its proposals is current UK law.

2. EU Warns Platforms Against Airing Planned U.S. Execution
-- The EU warned online platforms against livestreaming the planned December 3 execution of Nidal Hasan, citing obligations to moderate violent content, France 24 reported.
-- Platforms serving EU audiences could face scrutiny if they carry the broadcast, creating a dispute over how European content rules apply to a U.S. military event.

3. UK Drops Jury-Trial Curbs and Funds Remote Remand Pilot
-- The UK government said it would pilot virtual remand hearings in at least four police-force areas with £17.4 million in funding and remove proposed jury-trial limits from its Courts and Tribunals Bill.
-- Keeping jury trials preserves existing criminal procedure, while remote first hearings could reduce defendant-transport delays; their effect on the court backlog remains untested.