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China has imposed strict travel restrictions on public employees, including confiscating passports and banning overseas travel for personal reasons, as part of efforts to enhance political discipline, national security, and ideological loyalty, affecting a wide range of workers from teachers to healthcare professionals.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is trialing new 'on-the-move' camera technology at seven major airports to speed up Global Entry processing, allowing travelers to pass through passport control without stopping, using 'auto-capture' cameras embedded in infrastructure, enhancing the travel experience and reducing wait times.
A new biometric, contactless passport control program called Enhanced Passenger Processing (EPP) is now available at over a dozen major US airports, offering a faster, fee-free alternative to Global Entry for U.S. citizens, significantly reducing wait times and streamlining international arrivals.
Passengers flying into the UK are facing delays as passport e-gates across the country have not been working since Friday night. The issue at airports, including Heathrow, Manchester and Gatwick, means people flying in are having to get their passports checked manually. The Home Office said it was working with airlines and port operators to minimise disruption from the "nationwide border system issue". A union warned queues would build quickly.
A technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the UK for most of the day, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. The Home Office said all the electronic gates were working again, but provided no details about what caused the problem. The delays affected travelers across the country, with frustrated passengers taking to social media to post photos of long lines at airports including Manchester and London Heathrow.
A technical problem shut electronic border gates at airports across the UK for most of the day, forcing everyone to have their passports checked manually on what was expected to be one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. The Home Office said all the electronic gates were working again, but provided no details about what caused the problem. The glitch caused travel chaos last summer when foreign travel surged following the coronavirus pandemic.