El Salvador offers to house ‘American criminals,’ deportees: Rubio – The Hill

  1. El Salvador offers to house ‘American criminals,’ deportees: Rubio  The Hill
  2. Rubio will face questions about deal to deport Americans and USAID turmoil  The Associated Press
  3. El Salvador Offers to Jail U.S. Criminals in Notorious Mega Prison  The New York Times
  4. Marco Rubio says El Salvador's president agrees to house US criminals in his country's jails  ABC News
  5. El Salvador offers to take U.S. deportees of any nationality – and Americans serving time  Miami Herald
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Netanyahu hoping to ‘redraw map’ of Middle East in Washington DC ceasefire talks with Trump – Israel-Gaza war live

Israeli PM in Washington for talks with US president as Hamas says it is ready to discuss details of second phase of ceasefire and hostage releases

We have some voices from some of the people affected by the Israeli operation in the Jenin refugee camp.

Khalil Huwail, 39, is a father of four and has been forced to leave the area with his family.

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Nigel Farage says UK’s Brexit deal with EU can be improved but struggles to explain how – UK politics live

Reform UK leader claims ‘industrial collaboration’ with EU will give UK ‘less flexibility’ to make deal with US

Nigel Farage has said the UK could be “friendly” with the EU but did not outline what kind of ties with the bloc his party would support, PA Media reports. PA says:

The Reform UK leader said that “industrial collaboration” with the EU will give the UK “less flexibility” to make a deal with the US.

His comments came in an interview on the Today programme after his party edged ahead of Labour to top a voting poll from YouGov for the first time.

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Multiple earthquakes are rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini. Here’s what we know – The Associated Press

  1. Multiple earthquakes are rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini. Here’s what we know  The Associated Press
  2. Magnitude 5.3 earthquake rattles Santorini, Greece; people flee island amid series of temblors  USA TODAY
  3. Greece Prepares for Earthquake as Tremors Shake Santorini and Other Islands  The New York Times
  4. Tell us: have you been affected by the earthquakes on Santorini?  The Guardian
  5. Santorini residents rush to leave as tremors keep rattling island  Yahoo! Voices
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Ukraine open to exchanging minerals for US military aid, says Zelenskyy

Germany’s Olaf Scholz criticises Trump’s transactional foreign policy as ‘very selfish, very self-centred’

Ukraine is open to “investment” from allies as long as they help it fight Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says, after Donald Trump demanded Kyiv supply the US with rare earth resources – critical elements used in electronics – in exchange for military aid.

The US president’s proposal has been criticised as exploiting Russia’s invasion for material gain, with the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, calling the plan “selfish”. However, Ukrainian media reported that the idea may have originated in Kyiv as an incentive to keep weapon shipments flowing into the country.

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Johnnie Walker owner Diageo says Trump tariffs could hit profits by $200m

UK drinks company considering possible price rises as shares fall despite strong Guinness sales

Diageo, the company behind Smirnoff vodka and Johnnie Walker whisky, has said US tariffs could damage a nascent recovery in its sales and result in a $200m (£161m) hit to profits, with its tequila portfolio and Canadian whisky most affected.

The UK drinks company returned to sales growth in the latest half year, as strong performances for Guinness and tequila offset weakness in other spirits – but Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports could stop this recovery in its tracks, analysts said.

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Top Doctors Raise Grave Doubts Over Conviction of ‘Killer Nurse’ Lucy Letby – The New York Times

  1. Top Doctors Raise Grave Doubts Over Conviction of ‘Killer Nurse’ Lucy Letby  The New York Times
  2. Case Of UK Baby Killer Nurse Under Review  Barron's
  3. Lucy Letby murder convictions: what did the expert panel find?  The Guardian
  4. Lucy Letby's lawyers urge review of case after medical experts claim babies were not murdered  The Independent
  5. Lucy Letby convictions branded ‘one of major injustices of modern times’  Yahoo! Voices
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‘No medical evidence’ to support Lucy Letby’s conviction, expert panel finds

Babies former nurse was convicted of killing were victims of ‘bad medical care’ or died of natural causes, panel says

Babies the former nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering were in fact the victims of “bad medical care” or deteriorated as a result of natural causes, an expert panel has concluded.

Outlining what the senior Conservative MP David Davis described as “one of worst injustices of recent times”, the international team told a press conference there was “no medical evidence” to support claims of deliberate harm.

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Donald Trump Jr accused of killing protected bird in Venice lagoon

Video posted online is said to show Trump Jr with a ruddy shelduck while on hunting trip

Donald Trump Jr has been accused of killing a protected duck while hunting in the Venice lagoon.

Andrea Zanoni, a regional councillor in Veneto, said a video of a hunting trip in northern Italy showed Trump Jr with the body of a rare ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea).

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‘It’s been madness’: US federal workers reeling over Trump-Musk takeover

Office of personnel management workers say anxiety is palpable amid intimidation and threat of dismissal

US government workers are describing an atmosphere of “fear” and “madness” as they grapple with a barrage of executive orders issued by Donald Trump and threats to their jobs from the office of personnel management, the agency tasked with managing the federal civil service, which has been taken over by the billionaire Elon Musk.

Weeks before the administration transition, federal worker unions reported low morale among workers in anticipation of pushes for intimidation, mass firings and harassment.

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‘Shame on them’: anger and dismay from survivors over Saints clergy-abuse emails

Clergy abuse survivors and their supporters express pain over sports officials’ efforts to soften coverage of scandal

Survivors of Catholic clergy abuse and their supporters expressed disgust, pain and disbelief after the Guardian and WWL Louisiana’s investigation on Monday into hundreds of emails showing officials with the NFL’s Saints and NBA’s Pelicans aided New Orleans’ Roman Catholic archdiocese efforts to soften critical media coverage about the church’s management of a clerical molestation scandal.

Richard Windmann said it was “disturbing” to see the emails mention his decision to go public about his abuse as a child at the hands of a priest and janitor at Jesuit high school in New Orleans in the 1970s.

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EU wants early US talks to avert Trump tariffs – Reuters

  1. EU wants early US talks to avert Trump tariffs  Reuters
  2. A U.S.-EU Trade War Would Threaten World’s Richest Economic Relationship  The Wall Street Journal
  3. New Trade War? Donald Trump Hints Tariff Bomb On European Union, EU Warns ‘If Targeted Unfairly…’  The Times of India
  4. After Tariff Fight With Canada and Mexico, Trump’s Next Target Is Europe  The New York Times
  5. EU is ready for 'tough negotiations' with Trump, von der Leyen says amid tariff fears  Euronews
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