Manhunt in UK after two inmates mistakenly freed

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British police said on Wednesday they had launched a manhunt for two prisoners, including an Algerian, mistakenly released from jail, angering parliamentarians at the latest mix-up committed by the UK's beleaguered prison system. The error heaps further embarrassment on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's struggling centre-left Labour government as the hard-right, anti-immigrant Reform UK party surges in national polls. London's Metropolitan Police force