Hundreds of asylum seekers to be removed from hotels in England

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Exclusive: Government source confirms action at nine establishments including one near Windsor Castle

Hundreds of people seeking asylum are to be removed from nine hotels across England within weeks as the Home Office attempts to show it has got to grips with the issue.

The crackdown will remove asylum seekers from a hotel in a village near Windsor Castle after claims of community tensions and racism, and hotels in the West Midlands and Cheshire that have been targeted by far-right activists.

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Dominican Nightclub collapse: Survivor recalls ‘total chaos’ – BBC

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  1. Dominican Nightclub collapse: Survivor recalls 'total chaos'  BBC
  2. More than 200 dead after Dominican Republic nightclub disaster, as search for survivors ends  CNN
  3. 5 Songs by Rubby Pérez, the Singer Lost in the Dominican Republic Roof Collapse  The New York Times
  4. Pedro Martinez: Family missing after roof collapse  ESPN
  5. Burials begin for victims in the Dominican nightclub collapse that killed 221  NPR
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Xi says China ‘not afraid’ as Beijing raises tariffs on US goods to 125% in latest escalation of trade war – CNN

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  1. Xi says China ‘not afraid’ as Beijing raises tariffs on US goods to 125% in latest escalation of trade war  CNN
  2. Xi Jinping Breaks Silence on US Tariff War  Newsweek
  3. After India Outreach, China Calls On Europe To Resist American "Bullying"  NDTV
  4. Xi Jinping's first reaction as Donald Trump slaps 145% tariffs on China: '...unilateral bullying'  Hindustan Times
  5. China never backs down when faced with ‘unreasonable’ behaviour, Xi warns  South China Morning Post
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Police remove homophobic banners hung over Melbourne highway targeting Labor MP Julian Hill

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Exclusive: Police confirm report of two offensive signs targeting Bruce MP Julian Hill, who is gay, hung on overpass bridge

Police have removed two offensive and homophobic banners targeting Labor MP Julian Hill that were hung over a major Melbourne highway on Friday morning.

The banners prompted bi-partisan condemnation and were described by Victoria police as an example of “hate-based behaviour” that would not be tolerated.

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Trump’s economic adviser dampens Starmer’s hopes of tariffs relief

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It would take an ‘extraordinary deal’ for any country to improve on 10% rate, says Kevin Hassett

A senior economic adviser to Donald Trump has said it would take “an extraordinary deal” for any country, including the UK, to improve on the 10% tariff rate the US has imposed almost worldwide, pouring cold water on Downing Street’s hopes for a breakthrough.

Trump succumbed to pressure from plunging financial markets on Wednesday and temporarily reduced “retaliatory” tariffs on all countries’ goods to 10%, except those from China, which face a rate of 145%.

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China’s Xi to visit Southeast Asia as trade conflict with US widens – Reuters

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  1. China's Xi to visit Southeast Asia as trade conflict with US widens  Reuters
  2. Xi Jinping may try to woo the victims of Donald Trump’s tariffs  The Economist
  3. Xi to Visit Southeast Asia as Trump Escalates Tariff War  Bloomberg
  4. China Power: How Trump’s tariffs could deepen Beijing’s regional sway, and what might stand in its way  CNA
  5. Xi Jinping's victory lap in Southeast Asia  Nikkei Asia
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Australian stock market slumps amid fears of worsening US-China trade war

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Benchmark S&P/ASX 200 falls 2.4% after another sell-off on Wall Street overnight triggered by changes to the US tariff regime

The Australian sharemarket closed lower on Friday, ending a volatile week on a sour note as concerns about Donald Trump’s unsettling policy shifts and deteriorating trade relations between the world’s two biggest economies took hold.

The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 dropped 0.8% on Friday to 7,646.5 points after a sell-off on Wall Street overnight.

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Israeli military organises tourist tours of newly occupied Syrian territory

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Twice-daily hiking trips for civilians in Golan buffer zone recently seized by Israel sold out almost immediately

Israel’s military is organising hiking tours for civilians in newly occupied Syrian territory during the Passover holiday, local media has reported.

The twice-daily tours in the contested Golan Heights will run for a week beginning this Sunday. Tickets sold out almost immediately.

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Xi says China ‘not afraid’ in first public comment on escalating trade war with the US – CNN

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  1. Xi says China ‘not afraid’ in first public comment on escalating trade war with the US  CNN
  2. China just poured more fuel on the trade war fire and called the US a 'joke'  Business Insider
  3. Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Xi Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid  The New York Times
  4. After India Outreach, China Calls On Europe To Resist American "Bullying"  NDTV
  5. Xi wants EU-China tag team to resist Trump’s trade onslaught  politico.eu
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Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error – ABC News

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  1. Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger's baby after IVF clinic error  ABC News
  2. Woman gives birth to another couple’s child after IVF mix-up  CNN
  3. In vitro fertilization mix-up leaves mother with wrong baby, clinic blames 'human error'  Fox News
  4. Australian woman unknowingly gives birth to a stranger’s baby after IVF clinic error  AP News
  5. Monash IVF: Woman gives birth to stranger's baby in Australia embryo mix-up  BBC
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Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs?

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Clean energy investors likely to pull back from US, but other countries may seize opportunity to speed transition

Donald Trump’s upending of the global economy has raised fears that climate action could emerge as a casualty of the trade war.

In the week that has followed “liberation day”, economic experts have warned that the swathe of tariffs could trigger a global economic recession, with far-reaching consequences for investors – including those behind the green energy projects needed to meet climate goals.

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Taiwan charges Chinese captain with damaging undersea cables

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Taiwan launches first such prosecution, alleging the captain of the Chinese-crewed Hong Tai 58 dropped anchor near an undersea cable that then damaged it

Prosecutors in Taiwan charged, for the first time, a Chinese ship captain with intentionally damaging undersea cables off the island in February, after a rise in sea cable malfunctions alarmed Taiwan officials amid tensions with China.

Prosecutors say the man was captain of the Chinese-crewed Hong Tai 58, registered in Togo, which Taiwanese authorities detained after suspecting the ship had dropped anchor near an undersea cable off southwestern Taiwan, allegedly damaging it.

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‘Brutal business’: Brisbane boy charged over alleged terror plot targeting Peter Dutton

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PM reaches out to opposition leader as Brisbane teenager, 16, charged with commonwealth offence

The prime minister has reached out to Peter Dutton after allegations the opposition leader was the target of a terror plot.

A Brisbane schoolboy allegedly planned an attack involving the Coalition leader in the first half of 2024 before being arrested in August, according to News Corp.

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Bobi Wine to run for president in Uganda’s 2026 election ‘if I am still alive and not in jail’

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Exclusive: Opposition leader says he has ‘no choice’ but to challenge Yoweri Museveni’s regime, despite threats and previous attacks

The musician turned opposition leader Bobi Wine has said he will stand again against Uganda’s authoritarian leader, Yoweri Museveni, in next year’s presidential elections. Despite being jailed, attacked, shot, and facing threats of violence, including from Museveni’s son, Wine said he felt he had little choice but to try to advance the hope for change that was energising Ugandans, especially the young.

“We cannot just give the election to General Museveni,” he said, in an interview with the Guardian.

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Dutton tight-lipped over how many voluntary redundancies would be offered in public service cuts plan

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Opposition under pressure to release secret modelling and costings revealing how it plans to downsize the public service by 41,000 jobs by 2030

Peter Dutton has dodged revealing how many voluntary redundancies could be offered as part of the opposition’s plan to downsize the public service by 41,000 jobs by 2030.

Speaking at a conveyor manufacturing factory in Perth on Friday, the opposition leader avoided providing further details about the plan.

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