Colombia arrests alleged leader of Italian mafia in Latin America
Giuseppe Palermo has been wanted under an Interpol red notice, which has called for his arrest in 196 countries.
Sydney family of detained Palestinian woman plead with home affairs minister over visa cancellation
‘We need our auntie back, we need her freedom,’ says cousin of Maha Almassri, who was moved to Villawood detention centre after pre-dawn raid
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The family of a Palestinian grandmother detained in Sydney by immigration authorities after a pre-dawn raid have pleaded with the home affairs minister, Tony Burke, for answers about her visa cancellation and “real representation” to secure her freedom.
Maha Almassri, 61, was on Thursday morning awoken by border force officers at her son’s home in western Sydney. She had fled Gaza in February 2024 and entered Australia on a visitor visa shortly afterwards. She was granted a bridging visa in June 2024 after applying for a protection visa.
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Continue reading...Air India report may lead to answers, but not closure for families
As experts analyse the findings of the report, it provides little comfort to the families who lost their loved ones.
Father given £1,173 refund from nursery in England after ‘top-up’ fees investigation
Preschool establishment asked for extra compulsory fee for ‘consumables’ – but it should have been free
A nursery has refunded a father almost £1,200 after an investigation found he had been charged mandatory “top-up” fees for hours of childcare that should have been free.
Tiago Gomes’s daughter was eligible for government-funded childcare at the Lake House day nursery and preschool in Bristol but he was told that he must pay an extra compulsory fee for “consumables”.
Continue reading...Nearly 60 Labour MPs call for UK to immediately recognise Palestinian state
Exclusive: MPs say in letter Gaza is being ethnically cleansed as Israeli defence minister plans ‘forcible transfer’
Nearly 60 Labour MPs have demanded the UK immediately recognises Palestine as a state, after Israel’s defence minister announced plans to force all residents of Gaza into a camp on the ruins of Rafah.
The MPs, who include centrist and leftwing backbenchers, sent a letter to David Lammy on Thursday warning they believed Gaza was being ethnically cleansed.
Continue reading...Recently recaptured Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ accepts US extradition request
Notorious gang leader has agreed to be extradited to the United States to face cocaine and weapons smuggling charges.
MPs and political candidates face ‘industrial’ levels of abuse, minister says
Exclusive: Young people deterred from politics, Rushanara Ali warns, as government plans stricter punishments
MPs and political candidates are facing “industrial” levels of intimidation and harassment, a minister has warned, as the government outlines plans for stricter punishments for those found guilty of abuse.
Rushanara Ali, the minister for democracy, said her colleagues were suffering worse harassment than ever before and warned this was deterring many young people from becoming politically active.
Continue reading...Gaza ceasefire talks on verge of collapse, Palestinian officials say
Senior Palestinian officials accuse Israel of deliberately stalling the negotiations in Qatar during the prime minister's US visit.
Science news this week: ‘Bringing back’ giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth’s poles – Live Science
- Science news this week: 'Bringing back' giant ancient birds and a shift in Earth's poles Live Science
- 'We're bringing back avian dinosaurs': De-extinction company claims it will resurrect the giant moa in next 10 years Live Science
- Colossal Biosciences’ Next Big Feat: Bringing Back 12-Foot Moa Yahoo
- It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected? The Guardian
- Giant, flightless bird is next target for de-extinction company Colossal Biosciences CNN
Risotto rice under threat from flamingoes in north-eastern Italy
Farmers are seeking ways to fend off birds who are stirring up soil in flooded paddy fields in Ferrara province
An unusual bird is ravaging crops and infuriating farmers in north-eastern Italy: the flamingo.
Flamingos are relatively recent arrivals in the area, and have settled into the flooded fields that produce rice for risotto in Ferrara province, between Venice and Ravenna.
Continue reading...‘Sheer luck’: how German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found after 11 nights lost in dense Australian outback
With minimal food and water, the 26-year-old drank from puddles, sheltered in a cave and used the sun for navigation
Carolina Wilga spent 11 freezing nights lost in the Western Australian outback, convinced she would never be found.
By “sheer luck” the confused and disoriented German backpacker came across a road, where she flagged down a woman in a passing car on Friday afternoon.
Continue reading...Worker dies following immigration raids on California cannabis farms
Authorities said they arrested about 200 immigrants and saved 10 children at risk of exploitation during the raids.
Trump administration ordered to halt indiscriminate immigration stops in California over racial profiling concerns
Judge issues temporary block in seven counties including Los Angeles after lawsuit accuses government of systematically targeting brown-skinned people
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to halt indiscriminate immigration stops and arrests in seven California counties, including Los Angeles.
Judge Maame E Frimpong on Friday blocked the administration from using what has been called unconstitutional tactics in raids after a lawsuit was filed by immigrant advocacy groups last week.
Continue reading...Federal judge says voice-over artists’ AI lawsuit can move forward
The two voice over artists allege their voices were stolen by an AI voice startup.
Mystery of Air India crash deepens as report reveals cockpit audio
Fuel cut-off switches were flipped seconds after take-off, a preliminary report finds.
Fuel to Air India Plane Was Cut Off Before Crash, Report Says – The New York Times
- Fuel to Air India Plane Was Cut Off Before Crash, Report Says The New York Times
- Fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report says BBC
- Engine fuel supply was cut just before Air India jet crash, preliminary report says CNN
- Exclusive | Air India Probe Puts Early Focus on Pilots’ Actions and Plane’s Fuel Switches - WSJ The Wall Street Journal
- Engine fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report finds The Guardian
US sanctions Cuban president, ‘regime-controlled’ luxury hotels
Rubio said he had sanctioned several senior officials and their 'cronies' for their 'brutality toward the Cuban people'.
US State Department begins layoffs in Trump’s shake-up of diplomatic corps
Mass layoff came days after the Supreme Court cleared the way for US president to gut entire government positions.
‘They were just kids’: Mother mourns sons killed in Israeli strike while waiting for aid – BBC
- 'They were just kids': Mother mourns sons killed in Israeli strike while waiting for aid BBC
- Dozens killed by Israel at aid site in Gaza, children dying of malnutrition Al Jazeera
- 52 Palestinians in Gaza are killed by Israeli airstrikes or shot dead while seeking aid NBC News
- A Lethal Israeli Airstrike Hits Near a Gaza Aid Clinic The New York Times
- As All Sides Wait for a Cease-fire, Israel's Pointless War in Gaza Claims More Lives Haaretz
‘They were just kids’: Mother mourns sons killed in Israeli strike while waiting for aid
Two of Iman al-Nouri's five sons were killed outside a clinic in Deir al-Balah on Thursday, while a third was seriously wounded.