- Italian court rejects Meloni’s migrant camps in Albania for a second time Financial Times
- Italian judges strike another blow against Meloni’s Albania asylum deal The Guardian
- Judges block Albania model again and order return of 7 migrants to Italy Euronews
- Italian judges again block detention of migrants in Albania Hindustan Times
- Italy's plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag with 2nd group returning to Italy Yahoo! Voices
Italian judges strike another blow against Meloni’s Albania asylum deal
Far-right government angrily condemns ruling that seven men detained in Albania must be transferred to Italy
Italian judges have ordered seven men detained in a migration hub in Albania to be transferred to Italy, in another blow to a controversial deal between the far-right Rome government and Tirana aimed at curbing the arrival of asylum seekers.
The men arrived at the Albanian port of Shëngjin aboard a military vessel on Friday after being rescued in international waters while trying to make their way to Europe.
Continue reading...Trump to appoint Stephen Miller, immigration hardliner, as deputy chief of policy
Miller worked in the first Trump administration as a senior adviser and is known for his extremist rhetoric
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to announce that he will appoint immigration hardliner and close adviser, Stephen Miller, as his White House deputy chief of staff for policy.
Miller worked in the White House during Trump’s first administration, serving as a senior adviser to Trump and as director of speechwriting. He played a key role in developing several of Trump’s immigration policies, including the Muslim travel ban and the family separation policy.
Continue reading...Trump to reportedly appoint immigration hardliner Stephen Miller to top White House job – live
The architect of Trump’s immigration policy is expected to become the deputy chief of staff for policy, CNN reports
US president-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday that Tom Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), will be in charge of the country’s borders in his new administration.
Homan’s areas of control will include “the southern border, the northern border, all maritime, and aviation security”, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Trump added that “border czar” Homan will be in charge of the deportation of illegal immigrants.
Continue reading...Airlines halt flights to Haiti after plane hit by gunfire
Spirit Airlines flight heading from Florida to Port-au-Prince diverted to Dominican Republic after flight attendant was grazed by bullet, amid broader violence in Haiti’s capital
Haiti’s international airport shut down on Monday after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince, prompting some airlines to suspend operations as the country swore in a new interim prime minister who promised to restore peace.
The Spirit Airlines flight headed from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Port-Au-Prince was just hundreds of feet from landing in Haiti’s capital when gangs shot at the plane, striking a flight attendant who suffered minor injuries, according to the airline, the US embassy and flight tracking data.
Continue reading...Far-right Israeli minister orders preparations for West Bank annexation
Israel's Finance Minister Smotrich hopes US President-elect Trump will support plan to annex occupied West Bank in 2025.
UK disability charities say NICs rise will cause ‘life-changing’ cuts
Groups providing vital services say impact of tax and minimum wage rises will lead to cutbacks
Charities have warned of “life-changing consequences” for a million vulnerable children and adults as a result of cuts to state-funded disability services driven by tax changes and wage rises announced in the budget.
The Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG), which represents 100 charities in England, said Rachel Reeves’s decision to raise employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) had been “ill thought through” and would put many local charity services at risk.
Continue reading...Russian glide bombs, drones and a ballistic missile kill 6, injure 30 in Ukraine – The Associated Press
- Russian glide bombs, drones and a ballistic missile kill 6, injure 30 in Ukraine The Associated Press
- Russian attacks kill six in southern Ukraine, regional governors say Reuters
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 990 Al Jazeera English
- Russian aircraft strike residential area in Zaporizhzhia region – military administration Ukrinform
- Ukraine updates: Russian strikes kill 5 in southern regions DW (English)
US climate envoy says fight against climate crisis does not end under Trump
Even if president-elect rolls back climate progress, John Podesta reaffirms commitment to a clean planet at Cop29
The US climate envoy John Podesta said the fight “for a cleaner, safer” planet will not stop under a re-elected Donald Trump even if some progress is reversed, speaking at the Cop29 UN climate talks on Monday as they opened in Baku, Azerbaijan.
“Although under Donald Trump’s leadership the US federal government placed climate-related actions on the back burner, efforts to prevent climate change remain a commitment in the US and will confidently continue,” said Podesta, who is leading the Biden administration’s delegation at the annual talks.
Continue reading...Pay for NHS chiefs to be linked to performance with ‘no more rewards for failure’, Wes Streeting says – as it happened
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Here are some of the main points from Jonathan Reynolds’s evidence to the Post Office inquiry so far this morning.
Reynolds said he accepted as business secretary he was responsible for ensuring the compensation scheme operated properly. He said in the past there had been “insufficient accountability”.
He said that since the general election there has been a “significant increase” in the pace at which compensation is being paid. The journalist Nick Wallis (who wrote a superb book, The Great Post Office Scandal) is live tweeting from the inquiry, and he quotes Reynolds as saying:
Since the general election there has been a significant increase in the pace at which compensation has been paid. The overall quantum of compensation is up in the last four months by roughly a third and the number of claims to which there has been an initial... offer being made in response to that claim has roughly doubled in the last four months [to] what it has been in the four months preceding the general election.
Home Office officials do not believe Labour’s plan to “smash the gangs” will work as a way of bringing down illegal migration to the UK, i can reveal.
They say that civil servants in the department have been “underwhelmed” by the approach that was being outlined again this week by Sir Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper.
Continue reading...Official feared child would find discarded novichok, inquiry hears
Ex-chief medical officer says it is possible she may not have made a public warning over risks
The former chief medical officer for England claimed she had a “strong recollection” of advising the public not to pick up objects they found near the scene of the novichok attack on the Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal, despite there being no record of her making such a statement.
Dame Sally Davies, who was speaking at the inquiry into the Salisbury poisonings in Wiltshire, said she had a recurrent nightmare that a child would find a discarded container of the nerve agent.
Continue reading...Italian authorities bust ‘Banksy forgery ring’
Over 2,100 forgeries, also targeting Warhol, Picasso, Monet and Dali, were recovered in the sting.
Who is Elise Stefanik, Trump’s pick for UN ambassador?
Stefanik has been critical of the UN for what she argues is a lack of sufficient support for Israel's war against Hamas.
Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says – CNN
- Ukraine is fighting 50,000 troops in Russia’s Kursk region, Zelensky says CNN
- In Chaotic Kursk, Russian Vehicles Roll Right Up To Ukrainian Tanks Forbes
- 50,000 Russian and North Korean Troops Mass Ahead of Attack, U.S. Says The New York Times
- Russia masses troops for Kursk offensive; Putin-Trump call denied by Kremlin NBC News
- Inside Ukraine's First Battle With North Korean Troops Business Insider
Bishop calls for Justin Welby to resign over failure to pursue serial abuser
Helen-Ann Hartley says archbishop’s position is untenable as members of Church of England’s ruling body launch petition
A Church of England bishop has added her voice to growing calls for the archbishop of Canterbury to resign over his failure to pursue a sadistic abuser of children when allegations were brought to his attention.
Helen-Ann Hartley, the bishop of Newcastle, said Justin Welby’s position was untenable and he should quit. A line needed to be drawn, she added.
Continue reading...Hundreds hospitalised in Pakistan as smog reaches record levels
Hundreds of people have been hospitalised following days of record-breaking smog in the Pakistani city of Lahore.
Kenya’s top judge: No-one has ever tried to bribe me
Martha Koome says the recent allegations of corruption within the judiciary are based on misogyny.
British Steel to keep Scunthorpe blast furnaces operating past Christmas
Confirmation follows progress at talks over government support for switch to less polluting technology
The owners of British Steel are to keep the blast furnaces at its Scunthorpe site running past Christmas amid talks over government support for a switch to less polluting technology.
The government is thought to be considering aid for British Steel at the same level or even higher than the £500m pledged to Tata Steel, which closed its two blast furnaces in Port Talbot in September. However, no decisions on the shape of a package have been made.
Continue reading...Haiti has lost its prime minister. Gangs aren’t going anywhere – The Economist
- Haiti has lost its prime minister. Gangs aren’t going anywhere The Economist
- Gunfire closes Haiti’s main airport as new prime minister is sworn in The Washington Post
- New leader takes helm in Haiti pledging to stem spiraling violence Reuters
- Haiti swears in new PM as gunfire at airport hits flight from US Al Jazeera English
- Firefights break out in Haiti’s capital amid democratic turmoil after prime minister replaced The Associated Press
Asthma linked to memory problems in children, research suggests
Condition appears to affect episodic memory but researchers did not assess how it caused deficits
Children who have asthma can experience memory problems, according to research in the USthat is the first to link the two conditions.
The research also found that the earlier a child developed asthma, the greater the damage to their memory. The findings highlight the need to view asthma as a potential source of cognitive difficulty in children, the study’s lead author said.
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