No time, no lawyer, no rights: ICE memo sparks panic over third-country deportations – Miami Herald

  1. No time, no lawyer, no rights: ICE memo sparks panic over third-country deportations  Miami Herald
  2. ICE memo outlines plan to deport migrants to countries where they are not citizens  The Washington Post
  3. Trump Administration Poised to Ramp Up Deportations to Distant Countries  The New York Times
  4. "Six Hour Notice, No Safety Assurance": Inside America's New Deportation Plan  NDTV
  5. ICE may deport migrants to countries other than their own with just six hours notice, memo says  Reuters
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Europe urged to raise plight of Iran’s political prisoners in any future talks

Rights activists say Tehran’s crackdown must be on agenda in any talks on future relations between Europe and Iran

Iranian human rights groups are urging MEPs and European governments to escalate the issue of Tehran’s mistreatment of political prisoners, arguing that the crackdown on internal dissent must be on the agenda in any talks about future relations between Europe and Iran.

The Iranian foreign ministry appears to be in no rush to stage further talks with the west without clear US assurances that it will not be attacked again.

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UN Watch Hails Resignation of Entire UN’s Anti-Israel Inquiry: “This is All Due to U.S. Sanctions on Albanese, Dominoes Are Falling” – UN Watch

  1. UN Watch Hails Resignation of Entire UN's Anti-Israel Inquiry: “This is All Due to U.S. Sanctions on Albanese, Dominoes Are Falling”  UN Watch
  2. All three members of UN commission investigating Israel resign amid Trump crackdown  The Times of Israel
  3. UN-backed team focusing on human rights in Palestinian areas announces resignations  AP News
  4. Members Of UN Commission Probing Israel Resign After Accusations Of Bias  i24NEWS
  5. REVEALED: The real reason the UN's anti-Israel investigator quit  www.israelhayom.com
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Kyiv hails US weapons deal as Moscow dismisses Trump’s sanctions threat

US president says he will send Ukraine Patriot anti-aircraft batteries and interceptor missiles paid for by EU allies

Politicians in Kyiv have welcomed Donald Trump’s announcement that billions of dollars worth of US military equipment will be sent to Ukraine, while officials in Moscow dismissed his threat of sanctions against Russia as hot air.

In a meeting with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, at the White House, Trump said the US would send Patriot anti-aircraft batteries and interceptor missiles, paid for by European allies.

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Israeli government and military clash over proposed camp for Palestinians

Military opposed to Gaza ‘humanitarian city’ plan, which a former Israeli PM has likened to a concentration camp

A feud has broken between the Israeli government and the military over the cost and impact of a planned camp for Palestinians in southern Gaza, as politicians criticised the former prime minister Ehud Olmert for warning that the project would create a “concentration camp” if it goes ahead.

The “humanitarian city” project has become a sticking point in ceasefire talks with Hamas. Israel wants to keep troops stationed across significant parts of Gaza, including the ruins of Rafah city in the south, where the defence minister, Israel Katz, says the camp will be built.

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Trump’s hazy Ukraine arms announcement marks a tonal U-turn

EU will buy some US weapons for Kyiv as president credits Melania Trump for his disenchantment with Putin

For those looking for details, Donald Trump’s rambling half-hour press conference in the Oval Office with the Nato secretary general, Mark Rutte, offered only a handful of clues. The US will sell weapons to Ukraine, the president said, with other Nato countries paying the bill – but otherwise specifics were scant.

No sums of money were mentioned – making it hard to calibrate how much of a difference the proposed weapon supply would make to Kyiv. Details were light on what munitions would be supplied though Trump mentioned complete Patriot missile systems and Rutte added there would be “missiles and ammunition” too.

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Lapid leads opposition pushback to ‘crazy’ plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza – The Times of Israel

  1. Lapid leads opposition pushback to ‘crazy’ plan for ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli Int'l Law Scholars on Plan to "Concentrate" Gaza Population  Just Security
  3. Plan to Indefinitely Displace Palestinians Threatens to Derail Gaza Truce  The New York Times
  4. Concentration Camp, Illegal Orders and War Crimes: Israel's Madmen Have a Grim New Plan  Haaretz
  5. Former Israeli leader says planned ‘humanitarian city’ in Gaza would be a ‘concentration camp’  CNN
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South Africa’s president creates commission to look at police corruption allegations – NPR

  1. South Africa's president creates commission to look at police corruption allegations  NPR
  2. ‘Lives controlled by crime’: Explosive allegations hit South Africa police  Al Jazeera
  3. South African President Opens Corruption Inquiry of Police Leader  The New York Times
  4. Senzo Mchunu: Cyril Ramaphosa suspends South African police minister over crime syndicate allegations  BBC
  5. South Africa's Ramaphosa removes police minister over criminal link allegations  Reuters
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