HOSPITAL and GP waiting times in the UK have blown out so much that Ukrainian refugees are opting to return back to the war-torn country for medical treatment rather than wait for Britain's public healthcare system, according to UK news outlet inews.
After Russia invaded Ukraine almost 12 months ago, the UK Government announced that all refugees from the country would be offered full and free access to the National Health Service (NHS).
However a crisis within the system has been compounded by a series of recent strikes, causing some Ukrainians with acute conditions to look to their homeland, where they can be seen immediately by a doctor.
Opposition politicians have seized on the issue as a way to criticise PM Rishi Sunak, who has pledged to address waiting lists for appointments.
Protests in Sri Lanka look to have proven lucrative for sellers of shampoo, with demonstrators washing their hair with the blasts from water cannons in a gesture of defiance.
The island nation is in the midst of an economic crisis, with police attempting to control a large crowd during a visit by PM Ranil Wickremesinghe to Jaffna University this week.
Images posted on Twitter captured the moment, with the caption "when Sri Lankan police fired water cannons on a protest in Jaffna today...the Tamils pulled out shampoo".
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