DEVELOPING: Mahmood to Host Crisis Meeting on People Smuggling Amid Rising Global Concerns

Breaking News: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to Host Crisis Meeting on People Smuggling Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is hosting a crisis meeting with security allies from the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand today in London. The talks aim to tackle people-smuggling efforts. Over 1,097 people arrived in the UK by small boat on Saturday, one of the busiest days on record. This brings the total number of arrivals this year to over 30,000, a 37% increase from last year. The meeting comes just days after Mahmood's appointment as Home Secretary following a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. The UK government has described the number of small boat arrivals as "utterly unacceptable". Mahmood will meet with members of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance, her first major engagement in the role. The talks are expected to focus on sharing best practices and coordinating efforts to combat people smuggling. This is a developing story. We will provide updates as more information becomes available. *This is a developing story. Updates will be provided as more information becomes available. Based on reporting from Bbc.*