ICE detainee reveals video of drinking water apparently contaminated with worm-like creatures

‘Disturbing’ footage shared by California detainee surfaces amid wider complaints about conditions in ICE detention

Attorneys for a man detained in a California immigration detention center have released footage showing him holding up a bottle of water from inside the facility that appeared to be contaminated with worm-like creatures.

The footage came from a video call with Carlitos Ricardo Parias, a Los Angeles man who has been detained for months at the Adelanto Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, north-east of LA.

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Jetstar to charge fees up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in overhead lockers

Airline says struggling to find room in overhead lockers on planes a ‘stressful part of the airport experience’

Jetstar will charge its passengers up to $52 to put carry-on baggage in the overhead locker, in a major change to the budget airline’s carry-on rules.

In a press release on Wednesday morning, the airline announced it would remove the 7kg weight limit for carry-on bags, beginning in February 2027. There will still be size restrictions.

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Naplan results 2026: reading and writing worsens in Australian schools as one in three students fail to meet benchmarks

Education minister Jason Clare says the results showed ‘real challenges’ but numeracy scores were heartening

Reading and writing scores are going backwards for almost every age group in Australia’s national standardised school tests, with one in three students still failing to meet Naplan benchmarks.

This year’s tests were taken in March by 1.2 million students across years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to measure literacy and numeracy proficiency, with results released on Wednesday by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (Acara).

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MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds

UK’s Secret Intelligence Service praised for playing long game and having ‘a taste for dirty tricks’

MI6 has been ranked as the most powerful foreign intelligence service in Europe ahead of France and the Netherlands, according to a peer review.

The British intelligence agency scored 251 points in the research and was commended for its expertise in recruiting high-level informants and penetrating the ruling elites in Russia, China, Iran and Turkey, according to the review by 60 professionals from 25 countries.

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US stock market hits record highs as AI profits pile and oil prices ease

S&P 500 shot up 1.8% and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a few months ago

The US stock market rallied to records on Tuesday as profits kept piling up for companies and as oil prices eased.

The S&P 500 shot up 1.8%, and the main measure of Wall Street’s health topped its prior all-time high set a couple months ago. The Dow Jones industrial average added 907 points, or 1.7%, to its own record set the day before, while the Nasdaq composite jumped 2.6%.

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More commercial ships attacked in Middle East, threatening Strait of Hormuz deal with Iran – New York Post

  1. More commercial ships attacked in Middle East, threatening Strait of Hormuz deal with Iran  New York Post
  2. Hormuz Opening Uncertain After New Strike, as Trump Administration Says Deal May Be Close  WSJ
  3. Middle East live: Oil tanker reports 'two explosions' in Strait of Hormuz  france24.com
  4. Threat to oil tankers in Middle East worst since start of Iran war, analysts say  BBC
  5. Gulf shipping traffic steady amid uncertainty of peace talks  Reuters
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