Human rights groups decry US plan for Guantánamo camp for Cuban migrants

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Exclusive: Dozens of organizations write to Congress after general announced plan to ‘deal with’ those fleeing any humanitarian crisis on the island

Dozens of US and international human rights organizations are decrying the Trump administration’s plans to establish a migrant “camp” for fleeing Cubans at the Guantánamo Bay military base if the island nation’s crisis worsens under pressure from the US, according to a letter to members of Congress on Friday.

The 85 groups plan to submit the joint letter, exclusively shared with the Guardian, to US senators and House representatives, expressing their “profound concern” with comments made last month by a top Department of Defense commander, and describing any prospect of further migrant detention at the base as “deeply troubling and unacceptable”.

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Peruvians go to polls hoping to break cycle of instability

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Crime and corruption top voter concerns in highly unpredictable election with 35 candidates for president

Peruvians go to the polls on Sunday hoping to break a cycle of instability that has produced nine presidents in a decade as well as surging violent crime, corruption scandals and overwhelming distrust in institutions and politicians.

About 27 million people who are eligible to vote must choose between a record 35 presidential candidates as well as contenders for the bicameral congress – all from a ballot sheet measuring nearly half a metre, the longest in the country’s history.

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Ukraine secures oil lifeline from Gulf states in exchange for military support – politico.eu

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  1. Ukraine secures oil lifeline from Gulf states in exchange for military support  politico.eu
  2. Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces shot down Shahed drones in Middle Eastern countries during Iran war  AP News
  3. Zelenskiy Says Gulf Offers Kyiv Fuel Aid for Anti-Drone Support  Bloomberg.com
  4. Ukrainian interceptors downed Iran’s drones in Middle East, says Volodymyr Zelenskyy  Financial Times
  5. Ukraine in talks with Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain on security cooperation, Zelenskiy says  Reuters
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In first papal trip, Leo will encounter ‘the now-adult Church in Africa’ – The Pillar

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  1. In first papal trip, Leo will encounter ‘the now-adult Church in Africa’  The Pillar
  2. Bishops of Equatorial Guinea: Pope Leo's visit is 'a hug from God'  Vatican News
  3. Pope’s Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges  AP News
  4. Pope Leo heads to Africa on ambitious tour to urge help for continent  Reuters
  5. Pope Leo’s visit to Africa: theology scholar outlines 3 realities the Catholic church must face  The Conversation
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Ireland gridlocked by fuel protests as Iran war drives prices higher – CNBC

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  1. Ireland gridlocked by fuel protests as Iran war drives prices higher  CNBC
  2. Fuel-price protests cause chaos in Ireland and spread to Norway  The Guardian
  3. Ireland fuel protests: 500 Irish petrol stations could have 'no fuel by end of day'  BBC
  4. Live: Package of measures will be 'substantial' - Harris  RTE.ie
  5. Fuel Protests Cause Transport Chaos in Ireland as Iran War Spikes Prices  The New York Times
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U.S. Ally Says He’s Completely ‘Fed Up’ With Trump and Putin’s Chaos – The Daily Beast

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  1. U.S. Ally Says He’s Completely ‘Fed Up’ With Trump and Putin’s Chaos  The Daily Beast
  2. Starmer Says He's 'Fed Up' With Trump as Europe Splinters From U.S. Over Iran War  Time Magazine
  3. The Iran war is a warning: Britain must build resilience – at home and with our allies in Europe | Keir Starmer  The Guardian
  4. ‘I’m Fed Up.’ Frustrated With Trump, Starmer Embraces Other Allies.  The New York Times
  5. Iran conflict will define us for a generation, says PM  BBC
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War has given Iran new leverage for nuclear programme, say US former envoys

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Negotiators of 2015 deal say Tehran has seen how cutting off Hormuz strait can help it counter asymmetry of power

Former US envoys who dealt with Iran have said that the US-Israeli attack on Iran and Tehran’s subsequent closure of the strait of Hormuz have given Iran new tools and resolve to resist pressure to shutter its nuclear programme.

Two senior negotiators for the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the Obama-era agreement to limit Iran’s nuclear uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief, said the Trump administration’s war had handed Iran a coveted weapon by demonstrating its ability to cut off the strait of Hormuz, an economic chokehold that one negotiator said would help Iran “balance the asymmetry of power” with the US.

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With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically – The New York Times

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  1. With Iran Setting Limits, Strait of Hormuz Remains Thorny Politically  The New York Times
  2. Overlooked IRGC body holds key to Iran's Hormuz approach, expert says  Euronews.com
  3. Iran’s Hormuz Gambit: The Strait as a Weapon of Jihadist Endurance  Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
  4. Continuing Crisis in Strait of Hormuz: Why Iran’s Hold is Illegal and U.S. Military Force Alone Fails  Just Security
  5. A new regional order for the Strait of Hormuz  Al Jazeera
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Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water? – The Guardian

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  1. Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water?  The Guardian
  2. Argentina passes bill loosening protection of its glaciers  BBC
  3. Argentina passes reform to ease mining activity in glacier regions  Reuters
  4. Argentina approves Milei's bill that eases protections for glaciers despite environmental backlash  AP News
  5. Argentina MPs approve bill allowing mining in glaciers  Al Jazeera
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Trump ‘reaping bitter fruit’ of thinking Iran intervention as easy as Venezuela, says former diplomat

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John Feeley says US president was ‘flush with victory’ of Maduro capture and could make same mistake in Cuba

Donald Trump is “reaping the bitter fruit” of erroneously thinking that the capture of Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, offered a blueprint for toppling the Iranian regime, according to one of the US state department’s most respected former Latin America experts.

John Feeley, a Marine helicopter pilot who later served as the US ambassador to Panama, believed Trump had been “flush with the victory from Venezuela” when he made the ill-fated decision to attack Iran in February, leaving a trail of destruction across the Middle East and dealing a hammer blow to the global economy.

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’He’s mentally unstable’: Iranian American in Congress condemns Trump’s war and pushes for his removal

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Democratic representative Yassamin Ansari says the war has only more deeply entrenched the Iranian regime

Donald Trump is an “evil human being” who “wants to be an emperor” and should be removed from office over the war in Iran, Yassamin Ansari, an Iranian American member of the US Congress, has told the Guardian.

Ansari, the daughter of Iranian immigrants who decades ago fled the regime, spoke out after the president threatened to wipe out Iran’s civilisation before backing down and announcing an uncertain two-week ceasefire.

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Commentary: Pope Leo’s brave stance against Trump – Los Angeles Times

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  1. Commentary: Pope Leo's brave stance against Trump  Los Angeles Times
  2. At Easter vigil, Pope Leo urges world not to grow numb to war  Reuters
  3. Pope Leo urges those who ‘unleash wars’ to choose peace in his first Easter message  CNN
  4. On Easter, Pope Leo urges world leaders to lay down weapons and 'choose peace'  National Catholic Reporter
  5. Pope Leo XIV urges peace in first Easter Mass, skips naming conflicts in Urbi et Orbi  CNBC
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Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern – NBC News

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  1. Runaway wolf in South Korea inspires meme coin and presidential concern  NBC News
  2. South Korea deploys thermal imaging cameras in search for escaped zoo wolf  BBC
  3. Hundreds search for wolf that escaped from zoo in South Korea  The Guardian
  4. Wolf still at large in Daejeon, as search enters second day  The Korea Herald
  5. A wolf that escaped from a zoo walks on a road in Daejeon  themercury.com
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