The BBC rarely "breaks" news these days as in theory they have (or assert they hold themselves to) higher obligations than your average newspaper or even networks such as Sky News to verify the stories they report, so they often wait far longer than their rivals to report stories.
The fact they have now put this story on their front page suggests they have very reliable sources.
Asylum claims would be dealt with by the Home Office, not the High Court.
Any divorce/financial proceedings arising out of divorce take months to get off the ground and get a Court listing and there are jurisdictional issues to overcome.
That only really leaves extradition proceedings and child abduction proceedings.
The UAE is not a signatory to the Hague Convention on child abduction so the English Court isn't obligated to return the children, in the way they would be if they were abducted from signatory countries such as France or Canada.
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