内容摘要：Net migration into the UK hit a record 906,000 in the year to June 2023, and then fell to 728,000 in the year to June 2024.

Net migration into the UK hit a record 906,000 in the year to June 2023, and then fell to 728,000 in the year to June 2024.

"There is a cautious welcome to his messages," maintains Ms Forestier. "But we cannot forget the past eight years of his authoritarian rule and his background." The rule of HTS, both a political and paramilitary organisation, in the conservative province of Idlib was marked by the establishment of a working administration called the Salvation Government, which included limited freedom of religion, but was also marked by repressive measures.In Syria's second city of Aleppo,

, its fighters have been trying to prove they are fit to rule.The group has also been sending reassuring messages to countries like Iraq that the war would not spill across their borders. Other neighbours, including Jordan, worry that Islamist successes next door could galvanise disgruntled militant groups within their borders. Turkey, certain to play a key role, has its own worries. It regards the SDF as a terrorist group linked to Turkey's proscribed PKK Kurdish group and will not hesitate to intervene militarily and politically, as its done for years, if its own interests are threatened.Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, had told the Doha Forum on Saturday that it was "inadmissible" that a group he called terrorists, a clear reference to HTS, could take control in Syria.

By the evening, the UN's Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pederson, told me there was a "new understanding of a new reality."Regional foreign ministers, including President Assad's former staunch allies Iran and Russia, left wrong-footed by this spectacular turn of events, are still calling for efforts to forge an inclusive political process. That's echoed by Mr Pedersen.

"This dark chapter has left deep scars, but today we look forward with cautious hope to the opening of a new one—one of peace, reconciliation, dignity, and inclusion for all Syrians", he said after his meetings here in Doha, where halls packed with senior diplomats, scholars, and officials from the world over are buzzing with the latest news from Syria.

Many observers here seem reluctant to draw quick conclusions about what kind of rule will emerge in a country known for its diversity of Christian and Muslim sects."I didn't have peace of mind travelling," she said. "Once you're underground on the Tube, you're stuck. It can cause quite a lot of stress."

Ms Salisbury added that it would be helpful if TfL illustrated which stations had toilets with a map inside carriages.Fern Howard, from Crohn’s & Colitis UK said she was pleased to hear that access to toilets would be improved but echoed Ms Sailsbury's concern that waiting 20 minutes was "often not possible".

"We know that nine in 10 people with Crohn’s or Colitis plan their activities based on toilet access," she said."It is challenging, stressful and isolating if public and accessible toilets are not available."