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The UK is planning an overhaul of the asylum appeals system, as it tries to cut the number of migrants staying in hotels while they await a ruling, BBC reported.

A new, independent body will be established, staffed by independent adjudicators, with the aim of hearing cases more quickly.

The Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, said she was taking practical steps to end unacceptable delays.

The government has been under increasing pressure to reduce its reliance on asylum hotels. It now wants to regain the initiative, according to BBC.

President Donald Trump's plan to deploy troops to Chicago is an abuse of power, the Democratic governor of the US state of Illinois has said, BBC reported.

There is no emergency that justifies the National Guard being sent to Illinois and the US president is "attempting to manufacture a crisis", JB Pritzker said in a statement.

Trump has already deployed about 2,000 troops to Washington DC, where the local government is also run by opposition Democrats, as part of what he is portraying as a crackdown on crime in US cities. 

On Friday, Trump said he would implement the policy in Chicago and New York - two other major Democrat-controlled cities, according to BBC.

A fire has been put out at a nuclear power plant in Russia's western Kursk region and air defences have shot down a Ukrainian drone, Russian officials have said, BBC reported.

The drone detonated when it fell and damaged a transformer, but radiation levels were normal and there were no casualties, a post from the plant's account on messaging app Telegram said.

The United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has repeatedly called on both Russia and Ukraine to show maximum restraint around nuclear facilities in the war.

Ukraine is celebrating its independence day on Sunday, which marks the country's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, according to BBC.

President Donald Trump has nominated Sergio Gor, his White House personnel chief, as the next US ambassador to India, while also naming him special envoy for South and Central Asia, Reuters reported.

Announcing the decision, Trump praised Gor as “one of the most loyal and effective leaders in my administration,” crediting him with helping to fill over 95 percent of federal appointments. Gor, 38, called the nomination “the honor of my life” and pledged to strengthen ties with India.

The appointment comes at a sensitive moment, with Washington preparing to impose 50 percent tariffs on Indian goods over stalled trade talks and New Delhi’s imports of Russian oil. If confirmed by the Senate, Gor will succeed Eric Garcetti in New Delhi, says Reuters.