US supreme court allows Trump to strip temporary status from Venezuelans

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Justices’ order puts on hold lower-court ruing that found officials had wrongly ended temporary protected status

The US supreme court on Friday allowed Donald Trump’s administration to strip legal protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants.

The justices issued an emergency order, which will last as long as the court case continues, putting on hold a lower-court ruling by US district judge Edward Chen in San Francisco that found the president’s administration had wrongly ended temporary protected status (TPS) for the Venezuelans. The three liberal justices dissented.

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Metropolitan police officer arrested after undercover BBC investigation

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Sergeant arrested on suspicion of perverting course of justice after colleagues filmed making racist and sexist remarks

A serving Metropolitan police officer has been arrested on suspicion of perverting the course of justice, after undercover footage showed colleagues at Charing Cross police station making racist and sexist comments.

The footage, gathered for a BBC Panorama documentary, appears to show officers at a central London station calling for immigrants to be shot and boasting about using violence against suspects.

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Arkansas man seeks to have visa status restored after being arrested for ‘Opium’ perfume bottle

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Police thought bottle contained drugs and arrested Kapil Raghu, who was then taken into custody by Ice

An Arkansas man, who was detained for a month by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) after authorities mistook his bottle of perfume for opium, is seeking to have his visa status restored after the charges were dropped.

Kapil Raghu, an Indian national married to an American woman and working towards American citizenship, was detained on 3 May after police officers in Benton, a suburb of Little Rock, pulled him over for having a non-moving traffic violation, according to his attorney, Mike Laux.

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Denmark prepares for a Russian ‘hybrid war’ after repeated drone spottings – NPR

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  1. Denmark prepares for a Russian 'hybrid war' after repeated drone spottings  NPR
  2. What is a 'drone wall'? Europe backs response to Russia amid Ukraine war  NBC News
  3. Russia’s hybrid war is ‘only the beginning’, warns Danish PM  Financial Times
  4. Von der Leyen’s ‘drone wall’ plan crashes into EU reality  politico.eu
  5. Sweden urges EU to simplify drone procurement standards  Reuters
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Multiple drone sightings reported in Germany in past three days, Bild says – Reuters

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  1. Multiple drone sightings reported in Germany in past three days, Bild says  Reuters
  2. Latest drone activity stalls Munich Airport relaunch ahead of Oktoberfest finale  CNN
  3. Munich airport resumes flights after suspected drones force second closure in 24 hours  BBC
  4. Europe to Push Back as Illegal Drone Incursions Multiply  The Wall Street Journal
  5. How Germany plans to fix its drone problem  DW
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Conservatives would take UK out of ECHR, Badenoch confirms

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Leader says move is is necessary ‘to protect our borders, our veterans and our citizens’

Kemi Badenoch has announced that a Conservative government under her leadership would pull the UK out of the European convention on human rights.

The move marks a lurch to the right for the Tories, who are attempting to stem a loss of support to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. Farage has long been a critic of the ECHR and has pledged to leave it if he becomes prime minister.

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