Cuba condemns ‘aggressive’ US stance towards Venezuela as tensions rise
Cuba has accused the US of preparing a violent intervention in Venezuela as Washington expands its military presence.
Minnesotans gear up to fight Trump ending Somalis’ temporary protected status
Though president’s order is legally questionable, advocates worry community could be targeted for immigration raids
In the days since the president said he would be ending a legal immigration status program for Somalis in Minnesota, local elected officials and community members said they will fight back.
On Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote that he would be “terminating, effective immediately” temporary protected status for Somalis in Minnesota. Trump wrote that Minnesota was a “hub of fraudulent money laundering activity”. “Send them back to where they came from. It’s OVER!” he wrote.
Continue reading...Saudi crown prince’s pushback on Israel normalization reportedly irked Trump – The Times of Israel
- Saudi crown prince’s pushback on Israel normalization reportedly irked Trump The Times of Israel
- Scoop: Trump's meeting with MBS got tense over Israel Axios
- View / To judge Saudi’s crown prince, think in decades https-//www.semafor.com
- ‘Normalisation’ with Israel: What it means and why it’s not happening Middle East Eye
- Donald Trump, bin Salman talks on Abraham Accords strained The Jerusalem Post
Parking inspector and wife arrested for €1m meter theft
The man is alleged to have stolen coins from parking meters in the German town of Kempten, police said.
US triples national park fee for non-residents, amid ‘new’ fee for Americans
Interior department, which has defunded conservation organizations, claims fee hike is for conservation
The interior department announced today new “America-first” entrance fees for national parks, commemorative annual passes featuring Donald Trump and “resident-only patriotic fee-free days for 2026” including Trump’s birthday.
Starting next year, entrance fees for international visitors will more than triple.
Continue reading...New Zealand woman gets life sentence for ‘suitcase murders’ of her children
Hakyung Lee killed her two kids and hid their bodies in suitcases months after her husband died of cancer.
New Zealand woman gets life sentence for ‘suitcase murders’ of her children
Hakyung Lee killed her two kids and hid their bodies in suitcases months after her husband died of cancer.
Russian mercenaries accused of cold-blooded killings in Mali – BBC speaks to eyewitnesses
Refugees have given the BBC a harrowing account of atrocities committed by the Russian paramilitary force.
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
Italian parliament unanimously votes to make femicide a crime
The gender-motivated murder of a woman will now be covered by a distinct clause in Italian law - punishable by a life sentence.
Excessive restraint in immigration detention centres ‘deeply concerning’, report finds
Watchdog says force being applied ‘inconsistently, disproportionately, and without adequate justification’
Home Office contractors are over-using restraint in immigration detention centres and failing to tackle the toxic culture behind bars, according to the findings of a new watchdog report described as “deeply concerning”.
By Force of Habit: How the Use of Force in Immigration Detention Has Lost Sight of Necessity and Dignity was published by the Independent Monitoring Boards (IMB), which examines conditions in prisons and immigration detention centres. The findings revealed force being applied inconsistently, disproportionately, and without adequate justification, which it said undermined the dignity and welfare of highly vulnerable individuals.
Continue reading...Who killed our children? Indian parents ask as ‘house of horrors’ convict acquitted
Twenty years after police found the bodies of 19 women and children in Nithari, the case is back in the spotlight.
The looming election Trump can’t afford to lose
In a Tennessee district the president won by 22% last year, a Democratic upset could prompt Republican panic.
Judge orders Trump administration to provide bond hearings to detained migrants
District judge in California says detainees who were already living in the US are legally entitled to a bond hearing
A federal judge has ruled that Donald Trump’s administration cannot impose mandatory detention on thousands of migrants held by US immigration authorities without first giving them an opportunity to seek release on bond.
US district judge Sunshine Sykes in Riverside, California, certified a nationwide class of individuals who were already living in the United States when they were detained and are legally entitled to a hearing to determine whether they can be released on bond while their deportation cases proceed.
Continue reading...US justice department memo about boat strikes diverges from Trump narrative
Exclusive: Officials frame strikes as self-defense against violence, without naming aggressor, while Trump claims they’re to stop US overdose deaths
The Trump administration is framing its boat strikes against drug cartels in the Caribbean in part as a collective self-defense effort on behalf of US allies in the region, according to three people directly familiar with the administration’s internal legal argument.
The legal analysis rests on a premise – for which there is no immediate public evidence – that the cartels are waging armed violence against the security forces of allies like Mexico, and that the violence is financed by cocaine shipments.
Continue reading...Schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria have been rescued, president says – Politico
- Schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria have been rescued, president says Politico
- Twenty-four Nigerian schoolgirls released over a week after abduction BBC
- Two dozen schoolgirls freed after kidnapping in northwestern Nigeria last week CNN
- Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have been released, official says Reuters
- All 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says ABC News
Can Canada wait out the trade war with the US?
Canada’s prime minister will be travelling to Washington next week, after recently suggesting he is in no rush to reboot derailed trade talks.
Four more detained in Louvre heist as fate of jewels remains unknown – The Washington Post
- Four more detained in Louvre heist as fate of jewels remains unknown The Washington Post
- Four more suspects detained over Louvre jewel heist CNN
- Four more arrested in connection with Louvre heist, Paris prosecutor says NBC News
- Four new arrests made following Louvre jewellery heist BBC
- Fourth member of gang believed to be behind Louvre heist arrested The Art Newspaper
Mother who hid children’s bodies in suitcases jailed for life in New Zealand
Hakyung Lee was found guilty of murdering her children and concealing their remains in a storage locker
A mother who murdered her two children and hid their bodies in suitcases stored inside a rented locker has been sentenced to life imprisonment in New Zealand.
Hakyung Lee, a New Zealand citizen originally from South Korea, was found guilty earlier this year of killing her children in a crime that has become known as the “suitcase murders”.
Continue reading...24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says – AP News
- 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says AP News
- Kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls have been released, official says Reuters
- All 24 schoolgirls abducted from Kebbi in Nigeria have been rescued, president says ABC News
- Twenty-four schoolgirls released after northwestern Nigeria kidnapping Al Jazeera
- Girl Describes Hiding From Kidnappers at a School in Nigeria The New York Times