US increases forces near Iran
In this episode of Project Force, @AlexGatopoulos looks the military threat that accompanies negotiations
US labor groups sue over ‘ignorant’ cuts of programs fighting child labor abroad
Musk’s Doge team announced in March it had canceled about $577m in grants for programs it labeled ‘America last’
Labor groups have filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s abrupt termination of international labor rights programs aimed at ending child labor and other abuses.
The Solidarity Center, Global March Against Child Labour, and the American Institutes for Research (AIR), filed the lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to stop the cuts, enacted by Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), and arguing the programs were authorized by Congress and that the secretary of labor has no authority to cancel the funds.
Continue reading...Wealthiest English private schools spend below 6% on means-tested bursaries, research finds
Data shows 200 independent schools devote fraction of fee income to support disadvantaged pupils based on family income
England’s wealthiest private schools devote only a fraction of their income towards means-tested bursaries, according to research that undermines claims that adding VAT to school fees would decimate support for poorer pupils.
The Private Education Policy Forum (PEPF), a thinktank campaigning for greater equality and transparency among independent schools, gathered data from more than 200 leading schools and found they spent less than 6% of their total fee income on supporting pupils based on family income.
Continue reading...Trump envoy demands Iran eliminate nuclear programme in apparent U-turn
Steve Witkoff’s switch from saying low-level production could continue seen as example of chaotic US foreign policy
Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has announced Iran must totally eliminate its nuclear programme, seeming to reverse the policy he had articulated on Fox News only 12 hours earlier that would have allowed Iran to enrich uranium at a low level for civilian use.
The switch to a more hardline policy is likely to make it much harder for the US to reach a negotiated agreement with Tehran, bringing back the threat of an attack on Iran’s nuclear sites.
Continue reading...Two years into Sudan’s civil war, what lies ahead?
Two years into Sudan’s civil war, civilians in Darfur are under siege as peace talks stall and violence escalates.
French prison attacks are ‘terrorism’ says justice minister
Vehicles were set on fire in car parks outside several prisons across the country.
French prison attacks are ‘terrorism’ says justice minister
Vehicles were set on fire in car parks outside several prisons across the country.
Israel proposes Gaza ceasefire deal to release 10 hostages for hundreds of Palestinians, Hamas says – CNN
- Israel proposes Gaza ceasefire deal to release 10 hostages for hundreds of Palestinians, Hamas says CNN
- Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire disarmament proposal, Palestinian official says BBC
- New Israeli ceasefire offer demands Hamas discuss disarming, but group rejects it NPR
- Hamas said to reject Israeli proposal that it disarm as part of 6-week ceasefire The Times of Israel
- Hamas rejects Israeli ceasefire, hostage return deal over disarmament demands Fox News
Russian journalists jailed for more than 5 years over alleged Navalny ties
Russian court sentences four journalists over alleged ties to former opposition leader’s banned anticorruption group.
French prisons targeted in ‘terrorist attack’ amid drug crackdown, minister says – Reuters
- French prisons targeted in 'terrorist attack' amid drug crackdown, minister says Reuters
- Cars set on fire at French prison in second wave of attacks CNN
- French prisons hit by wave of overnight attacks BBC
- Attackers Target Prisons in France, Burning Vehicles and Firing Shots The New York Times
- French prisons targeted in drug-related ‘terrorist attack,’ minister says NBC News
US’s $2.36tn tourism business fears ‘Trump slump’ over tariff turmoil – The Guardian
- US’s $2.36tn tourism business fears ‘Trump slump’ over tariff turmoil The Guardian
- US Economy Is Set to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay Away Bloomberg.com
- ‘It feels terrifying:’ Why some Americans are anxious about traveling abroad under Trump CNN
- International travel is declining, and it's costing the US: 'It's shaking everything up' USA Today
- Airlines slash flight prices to US after anti-Trump backlash hits tourist numbers The Independent
Jordan Says It Foiled a Plot Against the Kingdom – The New York Times
- Jordan Says It Foiled a Plot Against the Kingdom The New York Times
- Jordan says 16 arrested over foiled rocket and drone attack plots BBC
- Report: Lebanese army arrests members of Hamas in Lebanon The Times of Israel
- Jordan says it has foiled attacks by Muslim Brotherhood Reuters
- Has Jordan struck a blow against Muslim Brotherhood-backed terror? - analysis The Jerusalem Post
‘A number of businesses in limbo’ in China after US tariffs on imports
BBC China correspondent Laura Bicker has been speaking to companies at the world's longest running import-export fair.
‘This is so hard’: The Chinese small businesses brought to a standstill by Trump’s tariffs
Stock is piling up in warehouses as exporters grapple with new levies that total up to 145%, reports the BBC's China correspondent Laura Bicker.
‘This is so hard’: The Chinese small businesses brought to a standstill by Trump’s tariffs
Stock is piling up in warehouses as exporters grapple with new levies that total up to 145%, reports the BBC's China correspondent Laura Bicker.
Russia jails former DW journalists over Navalny ties – DW
- Russia jails former DW journalists over Navalny ties DW
- Four Russian journalists linked to late Kremlin critic Navalny sentenced at Moscow court CNN
- Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny anti-corruption group The Guardian
- Russian journalists jailed for 5-1/2 years for alleged extremist ties to Navalny Reuters
- 4 journalists accused of working for Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny convicted of extremism, sentenced to prison CBS News
Millions tune in for three-week live stream of Sweden’s moose migration
Slow TV is attracting viewers with hits such as a knitting marathon, burning firewood and swimming salmon
Most of the time, nothing much happens. A wide Nordic river, melting snow still lining its banks, meanders peacefully through a pristine forest of spruce and pine. But this spring, as every spring for the past six years, a lot of people will be glued to it.
When Den stora älgvandringen – variously translated as The Great Moose Migration or The Great Elk Trek – first aired on the public broadcaster SVT’s on-demand platform in 2019, nearly a million people tuned in. Last year, it was 9 million.
Continue reading...Syria’s al-Sharaa meets with Qatar’s Emir in Doha
Syria’s President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim al-Thani on his first official visit to Doha.
Peru’s ex-president and first lady sentenced to 15 years in prison
A court ruled that Humala, who governed Peru from 2011 to 2016, took illegal campaign contributions.
Head of Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza Says Israeli Strike Killed a Guard – The New York Times
- Head of Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza Says Israeli Strike Killed a Guard The New York Times
- Israeli airstrike hits hospital entrance in Gaza, killing medic and wounding 9 other people AP News
- Headlines for April 14, 2025 Democracy Now!
- How the sick and injured fled as Israel bombed Gaza’s al-Ahli Hospital Al Jazeera
- Israeli strike hits Gaza hospital 2 days after last major functioning health facility knocked "out of service" CBS News