- A delicate balance: Why Doral GOP pols fight for Venezuelans, but avoid clash with Trump Miami Herald
- In a few weeks, hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans will lose TPS. What you need to know Miami Herald
- Venezuelans backed Trump. Now some worry he’ll deport them. The Washington Post
- Chicago immigration news: Some new-arrival Venezuelan migrants face threat of deportation with no temporary protected status ABC7 Chicago
- Miami-Dade Democrats, local Venezuelans speak outside city hall about losing TPS WPLG Local 10
Europe lacks a master plan for Donald Trump’s new world disorder – POLITICO Europe
- Europe lacks a master plan for Donald Trump’s new world disorder POLITICO Europe
- Trump’s Whirlwind Now Blows Through Europe The New York Times
- America First? For Europe, It's America as Usual Bloomberg
- EU failed to Trump-proof Europe and now faces humiliation over Ukraine The Guardian
- Europe can no longer view Trump’s foreign policy through a binary lens Kyiv Independent
Colleagues of soldier, 19, found dead criticise response to sexual assault claims
Jaysley Beck’s friends tell inquest she did not report her boss because her previous complaint was ‘squashed’
Colleagues of a 19-year-old soldier found dead in her barracks room after allegedly being sexually assaulted by an officer twice her age have strongly criticised how her complaint about the incident was dealt with.
One colleague of Gnr Jaysley Beck confirmed at her inquest he was “incensed” that WOI Michael Webber was only subject to a “minor sanction” after he allegedly pinned the teenager down and tried to kiss her during an adventure training exercise.
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Continue reading...Lava and smoke emerge from a snowy Mount Etna
Drone footage shows plumes of smoke and molten lava spewing from Europe's most active volcano.
EU failed to Trump-proof Europe and now faces humiliation over Ukraine
As Putin’s actions again disrupt the start of a Munich security conference, Brussels largely has itself to blame
The start of the Munich security conference has a habit of being disrupted by a display of power by Vladimir Putin. In 2022, the transatlantic security establishment gathered in the knowledge that Putin was days from launching his attack on Kyiv. In February 2024, the opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in disputed circumstances in a Russian jail and this year Russia’s leader is on the brink of opening talks with Donald Trump that many analysts predict will end with Russia not just gaining Ukrainian territory but dismembering Ukraine as a sovereign independent state.
For Europe it is a humiliation. And yet little that Trump or his defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, said on Wednesday about their approach to a ceasefire including the US’s refusal to commit further resources to Ukraine could have come as a shock. Indeed Europe largely has only itself to blame.
Continue reading...Starved, threatened and abused: Parents of freed Hamas hostages give details of ordeal
The BBC hears from the parents of four young women who were taken by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and held for 15 months.
Starved, threatened and abused: Parents of freed Hamas hostages give details of ordeal
The BBC hears from the parents of four young women who were taken by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and held for 15 months.
Starved, threatened and abused: Parents of freed Hamas hostages give details of ordeal
The BBC hears from the parents of four young women who were taken by Hamas on 7 October 2023 and held for 15 months.
A grand exit: why four-figure coats have become a high street fixture
From John Lewis to Cos, high street stores are selling coats costing more than £1,000 in a move to cast themselves as ‘luxe’ brands
If you were given £1,000 to splurge on the high street, what would you buy? Perhaps a head-to-toe new season wardrobe from Zara? Enough knitwear to see you through several winters, or maybe a lifetime supply of socks from Marks & Spencer?
Whatever you decide, you’d need to factor in the cost of a taxi to lug all those bags back from the shops. Or at least, once upon a time you would. These days, a grand is easy to spend on a single item – and it’s all thanks to the rise of the four-figure coat.
Continue reading...Three guilty of plot to blackmail family of Michael Schumacher
They were convicted of a plot threatening to leak hundreds of personal photos, videos and medical records.
Israel is killing Palestinian journalists with “impunity”
“We've never seen a conflict where so many journalists have been killed ... ever.”
Can Donald Trump end Russia’s war in Ukraine?
The US president is reaching across the divide and says Russia and Ukraine both want peace.
Norway to open protected rivers to hydropower plants
Green politicians describe plan as ‘a historic attack on Norwegian nature’
The Norwegian parliament has voted to open up protected rivers to hydropower plants, prompting fury from conservation groups who fear for the fate of fish and other wildlife.
The bill allows power plants bigger than 1MW to be built in protected waterways if the societal benefit is “significant” and the environmental consequences “acceptable”. It was voted through on Thursday as part of measures to improve flood and landslide protection.
Continue reading...US-Russia talks cannot exclude Ukraine, Zelenskyy insists
Ukraine's prime minister said he will not accept any negotiations with Russia that do not have Ukrainian involvement.
Bowen: Zelensky forced to face tough new reality after Trump-Putin phone call
Many world leaders, including Ukraine's President Zelensky, are finding the world is more uncertain under new US leadership.
U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama – The New York Times
- U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama The New York Times
- US deports 119 migrants from a variety of nations to Panama The Associated Press
- U.S. deporting African and Asian migrants to Panama in diplomatic breakthrough CBS News
- U.S. deports nearly 120 Asian migrants of different nationalities to Panama NBC News
- US deports to Panama nearly 120 migrants of different nationalities Reuters
Havertz hits Arsenal’s Premier League hopes as knee surgery ends season
Arsenal title hopes hit by another injury in their forward line as Kai Havertz is ruled out for the rest of the season.
At least 25 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Jenin this year
Since a ceasefire in Gaza, Israel has increased the frequency and intensity of its attacks in the occupied West Bank.
Hamas Says It’s Ready to Resume Hostage Releases – The New York Times
- Hamas Says It’s Ready to Resume Hostage Releases The New York Times
- Hamas says it will free more Israeli hostages on Saturday as originally planned Fox News
- Middle East crisis live: Hamas expected to name Israeli hostages it will free this weekend The Guardian
- LIVE: Israel keeps blocking entry of prefabricated homes into Gaza Al Jazeera English
- Israel and Hamas Agree to Resolve Cease-Fire Dispute The Wall Street Journal
Israel says it will stick to agreed hostage demands after Trump causes confusion
Government says it will follow ceasefire agreement as long as Hamas releases three hostages on Saturday
The Israeli government has signalled it intends to stick to the hostage release schedule agreed in the ceasefire deal with Hamas, but warned that if the anticipated three surviving hostages were not released on Saturday, it would go back to war in Gaza.
The statement from the prime minister’s office ends nearly three days of confusion after Donald Trump’s declaration that Israel should demand Hamas release all the remaining hostages, more than 70 people, by Saturday or failing that, end the ceasefire.
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