Trump declines to call for unity after Charlie Kirk killing in stunning move

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President tells Fox News ‘the radicals on the left are the problem’ and refuses to seek common way forward

Donald Trump has declined to call for the US to come together as a way of fixing the country’s divisions in the wake of the assassination of his close associate, the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, preferring to cast “vicious and horrible” radicals on the left of US politics as the sole problem.

In an interview on Fox & Friends on Friday morning, the US president was asked what he intended to do to heal the wounds of Kirk’s shooting in Utah. “How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?” he was asked by the show’s co-host Ainsley Earhardt, who commented that there were radicals operating on the left and right of US politics.

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Judge worries Trump administration is sidestepping torture protections for deported Africans – Politico

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  1. Judge worries Trump administration is sidestepping torture protections for deported Africans  Politico
  2. Lawsuit Accuses Trump Officials of More Wrongful Deportations  The New York Times
  3. Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana  AP News
  4. Trump Admin Hit With New Lawsuit, Claims Migrants Held In 'Straightjackets'  Newsweek
  5. Trump administration sued for using Ghana as ‘end-run’ around deportation protections  My Ozarks Online
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Nepal gets first female PM after deadly unrest – BBC

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  1. Nepal gets first female PM after deadly unrest  BBC
  2. Former Judge Sushila Karki Named Nepal’s Leader After Gen Z Protests  The New York Times
  3. Nepal appoints a former chief justice as interim prime minister and first woman leader  NPR
  4. Former chief justice sworn in as Nepal’s interim prime minister following deadly protests  CNN
  5. How Nepal PM Contender's Husband Was Involved In 1973 Plane Hijacking  NDTV
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UN overwhelmingly endorses call to establish Palestinian state without Hamas – The Times of Israel

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  1. UN overwhelmingly endorses call to establish Palestinian state without Hamas  The Times of Israel
  2. UN general assembly votes to back Hamas-free government for Palestine  The Guardian
  3. ‘Gift to Hamas’: Trump administration blasts UN Palestinian statehood vote  Fox News
  4. UN General Assembly backs two-state push for Israel and Palestine  Al Jazeera
  5. UN overwhelmingly endorses two-state solution declaration that condemns Hamas  Reuters
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World’s first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania’s PM – BBC

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  1. World's first AI minister will eliminate corruption, says Albania's PM  BBC
  2. Albania appoints AI bot as minister to tackle corruption  Reuters
  3. Albania's prime minister appoints an AI-generated 'minister' to tackle corruption  NBC News
  4. Albania puts AI-created ‘minister’ in charge of public procurement  The Guardian
  5. Albania appoints world’s first AI-made minister  politico.eu
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Nine Met police suspended amid inquiry into claims of excessive force

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Watchdog says there are also allegations of discriminatory and misogynistic comments, centring on Charing Cross police station

Nine Scotland Yard officers have been suspended after an investigation was launched into claims of excessive use of force and the making of discriminatory and misogynistic comments.

The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said the allegations centre on Charing Cross police station in central London, the source of a previous scandal for the Metropolitan police.

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UK universities cut back on crucial research because of reduced funding

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One in five institutions spending less, including in areas such as cancer and heart disease, says report

Universities are cutting back on vital research, with world-leading work on deadly conditions such as cancer and heart disease under threat from an erosion in funding from government and charities, according to a report.

The report, compiled by Universities UK, found that one in five UK universities have reduced their research activity, including cuts to life sciences, medicine and environmental sciences, and many said they were expecting to make steeper cuts in the future because of mounting financial pressures.

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China Didn’t Want You to See This Video of Xi and Putin. So Reuters Deleted It. – The Intercept

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  1. China Didn’t Want You to See This Video of Xi and Putin. So Reuters Deleted It.  The Intercept
  2. Hot mic picks up Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality  Reuters
  3. Xi Muses on Living to 150 in Hot-Mic Moment With Putin, Kim  Bloomberg.com
  4. Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin talked about living to 150. Here's what longevity research says is feasible.  Business Insider
  5. Brainless bodies and pig organs: does science back up Putin and Xi’s longevity claims?  The Guardian
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