Mohsen Mahdawi tells Al Jazeera why he refuses to be afraid
Palestinian peace activist Mohsen Mahdawi recounted his arrest and imprisonment to Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey.
Gunmen kill 30 during ‘vicious’ attack in southeast Nigeria: Rights group
Attack in Imo State 'shows callous disregard for the sanctity of life', rights group Amnesty International says.
Mayor of Newark arrested for trespassing at Ice detention center
Ras Baraka, who has spoken out against Trump’s immigration policies, was at the center with Democratic members of Congress
The mayor of Newark, Ras Baraka, was arrested for trespass at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention center in New Jersey on Friday as Democratic members of Congress also attempted to conduct what they say was a visit to the controversial facility to conduct “federal oversight”.
News of Baraka’s arrest at Delaney Hall was reported on X by Alina Habba, the acting US attorney for the district of New Jersey, and a former personal attorney and adviser to Donald Trump.
Continue reading...Giving weight loss jabs could bolster UK economy by £4.5bn a year, study says
Providing semaglutide for all those eligible may bring productivity gains as people are able to work more
Giving weight loss jabs to everyone eligible for them could boost the UK economy by £4.5bn, according to research.
Worldwide, about 3.8 billion people over 25 and just under 750 million children and young people are forecast to be overweight or obese by 2050. In England, 26.5% of adults are obese, while across the UK 4.6 million are diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Continue reading...Bayesian: Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht – BBC
- Bayesian: Diver dies working on tycoon's sunken superyacht BBC
- Diver dies during salvage operation to recover Mike Lynch’s superyacht The Guardian
- Diver dies in preliminary operations to recover Lynch's yacht Reuters
- Top secret files which sunk with Bayesian yacht raided by MI6 in James Bond style mission: report New York Post
- Diver dies in preliminary operations to recover tech tycoon’s sunken superyacht CNN
Diver dies working on tycoon’s sunken superyacht
A salvage operation is under way to recover the Bayesian which sank off the Italian coast last August.
What might follow from Pope Leo XIV’s election?
The 69-year-old is the first cardinal from US to lead the world's largest Christian church.
Ex-model testifies in Harvey Weinstein retrial about alleged sexual assault
Kaja Sokola says disgraced movie mogul forced her to touch his genitals in Manhattan apartment when she was 16
A former model has told a New York court that the disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted her when she was 16, calling it the most “horrifying thing I ever experienced”.
Kaja Sokola told jurors at Weinstein’s retrial that he put his hand inside her underwear and made her touch his genitals at his Manhattan apartment in 2002 when she was 16.
Continue reading...White House to take choice of Pentagon chief of staff out of Hegseth’s hands
Exclusive: The intervention to marginalize Ricky Buria is aimed at insulating the Pentagon from any more missteps
Exasperated by the turmoil that has dogged Pete Hegseth’s office in recent weeks, the White House will block the US defense secretary’s choice of chief of staff and select a candidate of its own, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Hegseth had suggested giving the chief of staff position to Marine Col Ricky Buria after the first person in the role, Joe Kasper, left last month in the wake of a contentious leak investigation that brought the ouster of three other senior aides.
Continue reading...US considers special status for Greenland amid Trump push for control
Officials float idea of compact of free association (Cofa), used by US to keep close ties with Pacific Island nations
US officials are discussing a plan to pull Greenland into America’s sphere of influence using a type of agreement that the United States has used to keep close ties with several Pacific Island nations, according to two US officials and another person familiar with the discussions.
Under the plan being considered, the Trump administration would propose to Greenland’s leaders that the island enter into a so-called compact of free association, or Cofa, with the United States.
Continue reading...Russia celebrates 80th anniversary of Victory Day with grand parade
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of its victory over Nazi Germany with a grand parade in Moscow’s Red Square.
Tufts University student Rumeysa Ozturk ordered released from ICE detention
The doctoral student, targeted for pro-Palestine article, recounts being 'afraid' and 'crying' during her detention.
Plan to fast-track appeals of some UK asylum seekers could face legal backlash
Move to speed up appeals of people in government-funded hotels could be challenged on discrimination grounds, officials warn
A plan to fast-track the appeals of asylum seekers living in government-funded hotels could face multiple legal challenges on the grounds of discrimination, the government has said.
A 24-week legal deadline on appeal decisions for those staying in hotel rooms is being introduced in an attempt to fulfil a Labour manifesto promise to end a practice that costs the taxpayer billions of pounds a year.
Continue reading...South Africa criticises US plan to accept white Afrikaners as refugees
Reports say the first set of white South Africans could arrive in the US next week.
Simon Mann, mercenary behind failed ‘wonga coup’, dies aged 72
Former SAS officer led a group of 70 who attempted to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s president
Simon Mann, an Eton and Sandhurst-educated ex-SAS officer, who led a botched coup involving Margaret Thatcher’s son to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, has died aged 72.
Mann led a group of 70 fellow mercenaries who were arrested in Zimbabwe in 2004 for attempting to topple Equatorial Guinea’s despotic president, Teodoro Obiang.
Continue reading...‘I don’t have the cash to pay for these tariffs’: US small biz suffers
US small businesses are being financially stressed by Trump's tariffs amidst already slim margins.
Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change
President Sheinbaum argues Trump's executive order applies only to the US portion of the continental shelf.
Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America’ name change
President Sheinbaum argues Trump's executive order applies only to the US portion of the continental shelf.
Israel intercepts missile launched by Yemen’s Houthis
The incident comes days after Oman said it mediated a ceasefire deal between the US and the Houthi group.
Iranian man arrested in London as part of counter-terrorism investigation
Two addresses in north-west London searched after three other Iranians detained in same investigation last Saturday
A 31-year-old Iranian man has been arrested in north-west London under the National Security Act 2023 as part of a counter-terrorism policing investigation in which three other Iranian men were detained, the Metropolitan police have said.
The man was detained on Friday morning and searches were carried out at two addresses in the area.
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