US deportations to African countries unlawful and exploit suffering, rights group says
More than 500 migrants have been expelled from the US to African countries, HRW says, citing US data.
Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem
Consulate targeted in sanctions spat has unusual diplomatic status that clashes with Israel’s ambitions to fully annex the city
Israel’s attempt to close the British consulate general in Jerusalem was primarily designed to deter London from imposing sanctions on settlements in occupied Palestine. But it also served the current government’s ambitions to fully annex Jerusalem as a national capital, diplomatic and legal experts said.
The UK mission to the city has an unusual diplomatic status, which dates back to before the founding of the state of Israel, rooted in a vision of Jerusalem as a neutral enclave under international control.
Continue reading...Teacher at elite $33K private school groomed, sexually assaulted boy on class trip: cops – New York Post
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Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful – AP News
- Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful AP News
- Warrants used to search Andrew's homes were unlawful, court says BBC
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- Search warrants used in Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor raids were unlawful, court rules The Guardian
Zambia signs US health deal after disputes over data-sharing
The US will provide $1.5bn (£1.1bn) under the deal that was negotiated after Trump cut USAID funding.
Ethiopia launches drone attack against Eritrean troops who crossed into Tigray
Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war
Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from government forces, raising the risk that renewed internal conflict in Ethiopia could trigger an all-out regional war between the neighbouring countries.
Military vehicles carrying soldiers drove across Eritrea’s southern border into Tigray on Wednesday, reaching the town of Adigrat 25 miles (40km) south, according to civilian witnesses, a militia commander and the conflict monitoring group Acled.
Continue reading...Scientists discover 180,000 giant tortoises on one Seychelles island – The Guardian
Florida judge allows lawsuit against Shah of Iran’s alleged ‘chief torturer’ to move forward
Parviz Sabeti denies allegations he led Savak intelligence agency under shah and directed torture of thousands
The alleged “chief torturer” for the deposed Shah of Iran is a step closer to trial for human rights abuses after a Florida federal judge rejected his demand to halt a lawsuit brought by three former political prisoners.
Parviz Sabeti, who was reported last year to have lived in a quiet upscale central Florida community, is accused of being the former head of Savak, the shah’s secret police and intelligence agency. The plaintiffs say they discovered his whereabouts only after a photo of Sabeti at a 2023 protest against the Iranian government was posted on social media by his daughter.
Continue reading...Russian Airstrike on Bus Stop Kills at Least 30 in Ukraine – WSJ
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- More killed in Kramatorsk as Russia targets Ukraine’s transportation system Al Jazeera
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Most UK diplomats to leave East Jerusalem consulate, Israel says, as Miliband says ‘vital services’ to remain
Israel said in September it would act in response to UK sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.
Ukraine says it hit Russia’s largest oil refinery – Reuters
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- Ukraine's Zelenskiy says intelligence shows Russia is preparing massive attack Reuters
- ‘No rules now’ — Putin’s war of open lawlessness is already targeting Europe The Hill
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Christa Pike now walking after failed US execution, lawyer tells BBC
A lawyer says the murderer of Colleen Slemmer is moving around her hospital room after surviving two lethal injections.
Booms and flight disruptions in Riyadh as Saudi-Houthi war escalates – CNBC
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- Explosions heard in Saudi capital and Riyadh airport, and other Mideast developments AP News
‘Bold and inventive’ Canadian poet Anne Carson wins Nobel Literature Prize
Carson, 76, is celebrated for works that often cross boundaries between poetry, fiction and scholarship.
Search Warrants Used To Seize Property From Ex-Prince Andrew Were Unlawful, Judge Finds – HuffPost
- Search Warrants Used To Seize Property From Ex-Prince Andrew Were Unlawful, Judge Finds HuffPost
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- Warrants used to search Andrew's homes were unlawful, court says BBC
- Judge says search warrants used to seize property from former Prince Andrew were unlawful AP News
- Ex-prince Andrew search warrants quashed after police accept legal error Reuters
Arizona congressional candidate says she was raped while repairing campaign sign
Bernadette Greene-Placentia says her memory of the attack is spotty and that she was knocked unconscious.
King David Hotel bombing to consulate row: A timeline of UK-Israel tension – Al Jazeera
- King David Hotel bombing to consulate row: A timeline of UK-Israel tension Al Jazeera
- Israel Downgrades U.K. Consulate in Jerusalem Over West Bank Trade Ban WSJ
- British diplomats to remain at scaled-down mission in Jerusalem Reuters
- U.K. and Israel appear to reach tense truce, but diplomatic feud highlights Israel's strained ties with Europe CBS News
- Israel’s downgrading of UK consulate aims to tighten its hold on Jerusalem The Guardian
One Nation’s AI video is vile and tired – but the ensloppification of Australian politics doesn’t stop there
The inflammatory clip shows the wild west of online politicking created by unrestricted access to AI – and why watchdogs need more powers to do something about it
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One Nation’s new AI-generated campaign video is a new low – even for them.
The video – reportedly played at the party’s Victorian campaign launch over the weekend – is an AI-generated collection of racist tropes, depicting a man who appears to be African brandishing a machete, an apparently Middle Eastern man with an explosive vest, a south Asian man in a turban talking about “mass migration” and an Indigenous elder talking about people receiving “money … on the basis of need, not identity”.
Continue reading...Russian attack on bus kills at least 30 people near Ukraine frontline
Zelenskyy says Kremlin deliberately targeted ‘ordinary public transport stop’ in Kramatorsk, with 18 wounded
A Russian missile strike on a bus in the eastern city of Kramatorsk has killed at least 30 people, officials have said, in one of the worst attacks by Moscow on Ukrainian civilians this year.
The regional prosecutor’s office in the Donetsk region said on Thursday the vehicle had been hit at 10am by an aerial bomb. “As of now, the death toll from this morning’s attack has risen to 30. Eighteen people were wounded,” it said, adding that all local public transport had been suspended.
Continue reading...Italy’s parliament gives final approval to Meloni’s electoral reform – AP News
- Italy’s parliament gives final approval to Meloni’s electoral reform AP News
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- Italy Weighs Controversial Law Giving Bonus Seats to Election Winners The New York Times
- Italy’s Giorgia Meloni forces through new electoral law ahead of vote; opposition cries foul NBC News