Three arrested after three killed and 15 injured in New Mexico mass shooting

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Victims identified in shooting that occurred at a park after ‘an altercation between two groups of people’, police say

Police have arrested three people in connection with a mass shooting on Friday night at an “unsanctioned car show” in Las Cruces, New Mexico that left three people killed and at least 15 others injured.

Local police said the shooting occurred at around 10pm on Friday at Young Park following “an altercation between two groups of people”. There were approximately 200 people at the park when the shooting occurred.

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Israel-Lebanon truce in danger after fresh attacks – POLITICO Europe

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  1. Israel-Lebanon truce in danger after fresh attacks  POLITICO Europe
  2. Israel strikes Lebanon after first rocket attack since ceasefire  BBC.com
  3. Israel strikes Hezbollah in response to rocket fire in most significant flare-up of tensions since ceasefire  CNN
  4. Violence flares on Israeli-Lebanese border as Israel steps up attacks in Gaza  PBS NewsHour
  5. Israel strikes multiple sites in southern Lebanon in response to rocket attack  NPR
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‘A clever agent’: notes from ‘watchers’ of spy Kim Philby made public for first time

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A new exhibition at the National Archives in London will reveal the extent of MI5 operation to expose the British double agent who was also Observer reporter

Secret surveillance of Britain’s ­notorious double agent, Kim Philby, made public for the first time in archived documents, reveals how keenly the Security Service wanted to confirm or disprove early suspicions of his high-level treachery.

In daily bulletins submitted to MI5 in November 1951, undercover operatives describe how Philby, codenamed Peach, moved about London.

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March 21st Just Became the Most Alarming Day of the Year – The Daily Galaxy –Great Discoveries Channel

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  1. March 21st Just Became the Most Alarming Day of the Year  The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel
  2. Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN  The Guardian
  3. The UN has declared 2025 as the year of glacier preservation. Here's how to visit one safely  BBC.com
  4. World's glaciers are losing record ice as global temperatures climb, U.N. says  Reuters.com
  5. Glacier melt threatens water supplies for two billion people, UN warns  Carbon Brief
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White House reportedly halts funding for legal aid for unaccompanied migrant children

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Critics say cuts will mean that children will have to face off alone in court against experienced Ice attorneys

The Trump administration is reported to have cut funding to a legal program that provides representation for unaccompanied immigrant children, one month after directing immigration enforcement agents to track down minors who had entered the US without guardians last month.

Organizations that collectively receive more than $200m in federal grants were informed that the contract through the office of refugee resettlement had been partially terminated, according to a memo issued on Friday by the interior department and obtained by ABC News.

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Trump revokes security clearances for Biden, Harris and other political enemies

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In Friday memo, president also pulls clearances for Antony Blinken, Liz Cheney, Adam Kinzinger and Letitia James

Donald Trump moved to revoke security clearances for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and a string of other top Democrats and political enemies in a presidential memo issued late on Friday.

The security-clearance revocations also cover the former secretary of state Antony Blinken, the former Wyoming representative Liz Cheney, the former Illinois representative Adam Kinzinger and the New York attorney general, Letitia James, who prosecuted Trump for fraud, as well as Biden’s entire family. They all will no longer have access to classified information – a courtesy typically offered to former presidents and some officials after they have left public service.

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Satellite images reveal extensive damage at Engels-2 airbase in Russia – Euromaidan Press

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  1. Satellite images reveal extensive damage at Engels-2 airbase in Russia  Euromaidan Press
  2. Oil products spill spreads fire at Russian oil depot  Reuters
  3. New satellite images show the damage after Ukraine struck a bomber base deep inside Russia  Business Insider
  4. Third Blast Rocks Russian Fuel Depot Engulfed in Flames for 5 Days  Newsweek
  5. Aiming ‘Left Of The Boom,’ Ukraine’s Drones Are Blowing Up Munitions Stocks In Russia  Forbes
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Five key moments in the battle for Khartoum – BBC.com

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  1. Five key moments in the battle for Khartoum  BBC.com
  2. Sudan army reclaims presidential palace in major push to take back capital from rebels  CNN
  3. Sudan’s military says it has retaken presidential palace from rebels  The Washington Post
  4. What could happen next in Sudan’s civil war  The Associated Press
  5. Sudan’s army seizes control of central bank amid steady gains in Khartoum  Al Jazeera English
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