UK's Sunak suffers major blow as Rwanda migrant scheme declared unlawful
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The UK Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a controversial government plan to send migrants to Rwanda and upheld a lower court ruling that it was unlawful, in a major setback for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.