International students risk immigration status to engage in Gaza protests
Reliant on visas to remain in the US, foreign students face heightened consequences for involvement in campus protests.
Gunmen kill four, including three Spanish tourists, in central Afghanistan
No group claims responsibility for attack in Bamyan, which interior ministry official says also injured seven people.
Is Putin’s visit to China a defining step toward shaping a new world order?
Western powers are concerned by the growing economic and strategic alliance between Russia and China.
Israel pounds Gaza as UN urges opening of land crossings for aid deliveries
Israeli army launches attacks across Gaza, including in Jabalia camp in the north, as humanitarian crisis deepens.
Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband sentenced to 30 years in prison
David DePape was found guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault of an official's family member.
John Kirby: Floating pier in Gaza now operational but “it’s not enough”
White House advisor John Kirby told Al Jazeera that the US military's floating pier in Gaza is now operational.
Lives on hold as Israel continues war on Gaza
Gaza’s displaced grapple with having to leave Rafah and putting the dreams they had before the war on hold.
Dutchman Slot confirms he is taking Liverpool job next season
Feyenoord manager Arne Slot says he will take over at Liverpool in the summer after Jurgen Klopp's departure.
UN urges US to stop forced returns to Haiti after latest deportation flight
Haitians may face 'life threatening risks' and further displacement if returned to Haiti, UN refugee agency says.
Scenes of chaos as Taiwan parliament brawl escalates into the night
There were chaotic scenes as lawmakers shoved, tackled and hit each other in a day-long brawl in Taiwan’s parliament.
Rainfall set to help crews battling wildfire near Canada’s Fort McMurray
Authorities say blaze in heart of Canadian tar sands region will be 'subdued' due to expected rain and cloud cover.
Israel’s army says three hostages’ bodies recovered – BBC.com
- Israel's army says three hostages' bodies recovered BBC.com
- Devastation in Gaza as Israel wages war on Hamas: Live updates CNN
- Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, including Shani Louk, killed at music festival Yahoo! Voices
- IDF recovers bodies of hostages Itzhak Gelerenter, Amit Buskila and Shani Louk in Gaza The Times of Israel
- Israel says it recovers 3 bodies of festivalgoers slain by Hamas NBC News
Soldier slain in north Gaza as IDF battles Hamas in war’s ‘most violent’ fighting yet – The Times of Israel
- Soldier slain in north Gaza as IDF battles Hamas in war’s ‘most violent’ fighting yet The Times of Israel
- Israeli Friendly Fire Kills Five Troops in Gaza as Divisions Grow Over War The Wall Street Journal
- Israel Admits Killing Five of Its Own Young Soldiers by Mistake The Daily Beast
- Israeli military says 5 soldiers killed by friendly fire in northern Gaza, more troops to join Rafah operation NBC News
- IDF announces name of fallen solider The Jerusalem Post
Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine’s Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city – The Associated Press
- Putin says Russia wants a buffer zone in Ukraine's Kharkiv but has no plans to capture the city The Associated Press
- Russian strikes kill two in Ukraine's Kharkiv as Moscow steps up attacks Al Jazeera English
- Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Putin says capturing Ukraine’s Kharkiv is not part of Russia’s current plan; power outages in Crimea CNBC
- Police rush to rescue residents in Ukrainian border town threatened by Russian advance CNN
- As Russia Attacks Northern Kharkiv Region, Ukrainian Troops In The East Are Stretched Thin Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
Met officer who manhandled woman on bus found guilty of assault
PC Perry Lathwood handcuffed Jocelyn Agyemang last year over false suspicion of fare evasion in Croydon
A Metropolitan police officer who manhandled a woman as she was arrested in front of her son on the false suspicion of fare evasion has been found guilty of assault.
PC Perry Lathwood was found guilty of assault by beating after a one-day trial at City of London magistrates court last week.
Continue reading...Vaughan Gething says Plaid Cymru ‘walked away from opportunity to deliver for Wales’ as it ends cooperation agreement – UK politics live
Plaid Cymru has ended its cooperation agreement with Welsh Labour government in the Senedd over concerns regarding donations to leader Vaughan Gething
The Daily Express and Daily Mail have both asked questions about the taxing of pensions. Jeremy Hunt is on combative grounds here. He is asked when calling Labour’s plans a “myth” is he accusing them of lying. He says:
Well, calling them a myth is about as rude as I get. But frankly, it is a lie. I don’t make any bones about it. It is fake news. And it is an absolute disgrace to try and win this election by scaring pensioners about a policy that is not true.
Our argument is this is about the future growth of the economy, because we can see looking around the world that more lightly taxed economies have more dynamic private sectors, they grow faster, and in the end that is more money for precious public services like the NHS.
Continue reading...South Africa’s ICJ genocide case aimed at defending Hamas, Israel claims
Israel complains of ‘obscene exploitation’ of genocide convention and asks judges to throw out bid to halt Rafah offensive
Israel on Friday attacked South Africa’s case against it in the international court of justice as an “obscene exploitation” of the genocide convention, claiming it aimed not to protect Palestinian civilians but to defend Hamas militants.
Israel’s representatives told the court their country was fighting a war of self-defence it “did not want and did not start”. They said Israel had made “extraordinary” efforts to protect civilians, and had complied with orders from the court to let more aid into Gaza.
Continue reading...‘The genie is out of the bottle’: Robert Fico shooting highlights far wider crisis in Slovakia
Attack on prime minister lifts lid on divided politics of ‘one of the most polarised countries in Europe’
On Friday morning, Father Tomáš stood solemnly in the small Catholic church nestled near a park along the banks of the Danube River in Bratislava.
He had seen an increase in visitors since Wednesday’s shock shooting of Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, which has prompted soul-searching among the country’s deeply divided society. The priest, who did not wish to give his full name, planned to hold his weekly Sunday service to pray “for peace in Slovakia, so that we find mutual respect and understanding”.
Continue reading...Australian government launches working holiday visa lottery for some applicants
Ballot aims to make system more equitable for those from China, India and Vietnam while also tightening temporary migration
Backpacker visas for citizens of certain countries will be handed out by lottery in only the second time Australia has used such a system, as the federal government escalates its crackdown on temporary migration.
Hopeful working holidaymakers from China, India and Vietnam will have to pay $25 to enter a randomised ballot for a limited number of visas from July 2024.
Continue reading...Peer faces year’s ban from Lords bars for bullying two people while drunk
Kulveer Ranger resigns Tory whip after committee also recommends suspension from House of Lords for three weeks
A peer is set to be suspended from House of Lords bars for 12 months after he was found to have bullied and harassed two people while drunk.
Kulveer Ranger has resigned the government whip after the House of Lords conduct committee also recommended that he be suspended from the house for three weeks.
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