Trump administration’s embattled FDA vaccine chief ousted for the second time

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Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseases

The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency – the second time in less than a year that he’s departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases.

FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced the news to FDA staff in an email late Friday, saying Prasad would depart at the end of April. Makary said Prasad would return to his academic job at the University of California, San Francisco.

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ICE arrests US Spanish-language news outlet reporter without warrant

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Estefany Rodriguez Florez of Nashville Noticias, who had produced reports that were unflattering to ICE, was arrested during traffic stop

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested a Spanish-language Tennessee news outlet’s reporter who had done stories critical of the agency – but agents didn’t have a warrant, according to court documents filed recently by her lawyer.

A court filing Friday by ICE disputes the assertion that the reporter was arrested without a warrant.

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Ex-Liberal MP says the party must introduce gender quotas to start winning elections

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Jenny Ware says party is ‘at crisis point’ and cannot be competitive at election time unless it selects candidates who better reflect the makeup of Australia

The former Liberal MP Jenny Ware says her party must implement gender quotas for candidates for office, warning the opposition “cannot get back into government” without putting forward candidates who are more reflective of the broader community.

Ware, who lost her seat of Hughes at the 2025 election, said it was “deeply embarrassing” that the Liberal party executive had not released its own review of the electoral wipeout, and which was then tabled in parliament by Anthony Albanese this week.

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London man charged with manslaughter in case that links alleged domestic abuse to suicide

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Gillian Morand, 36, died in Bexley, south-east London in 2020 after which allegations against her husband emerged

A man has been charged with manslaughter over the death of a woman in 2020, in a rare prosecution of alleged domestic abuse linked to suicide, police have said.

Gillian Morand, 36, died in Bexley, south-east London, and an inquest concluded she had taken her own life.

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India Reveals That It Interned Iranian Naval Vessel IRIS Lavan on March 4 – navalnews.com

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  1. India Reveals That It Interned Iranian Naval Vessel IRIS Lavan on March 4  navalnews.com
  2. Iranian warship sunk by the US was sailing home after taking part in an exhibition hosted by India  AP News
  3. Exclusive: US pressing Sri Lanka not to repatriate Iranian crew and survivors from sunken ship, memo says  Reuters
  4. US sinking of Iranian ship raises questions of legality  ABC News
  5. Iranian Amphibious Vessel Seeks Refuge in Indian Port  USNI News
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Trump wants to pick Iran’s new leader – will a hostile regime under fire agree? – BBC

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  1. Trump wants to pick Iran's new leader - will a hostile regime under fire agree?  BBC
  2. Trump tells CNN he’s not worried whether Iran becomes a democratic state  CNN
  3. Trump Is Rewriting the Iran Endgame in Real Time  WSJ
  4. Iran’s future will be determined by Iranians, not Trump, officials say  Al Jazeera
  5. Trump says he wants Iran's leadership structure gone and has preferences for a 'good leader'  NBC News
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US could lift sanctions on more Russian oil, says Bessent – Reuters

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  1. US could lift sanctions on more Russian oil, says Bessent  Reuters
  2. US considers lifting more sanctions on Russian oil as Iran conflict sees global prices surge  The Guardian
  3. 'Indians been good actors': Why US 'agreed to let' India resume buying Russian oil temporarily  The Times of India
  4. U.S. offers India a 30-day waiver for buying Russian oil as Iran war deepens energy supply worries  CNBC
  5. US allows India to buy Russian oil during US-Israel war with Iran  BBC
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Israel said backing potential Kurdish offensive in Iran, with sides in talks for a year – The Times of Israel

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  1. Israel said backing potential Kurdish offensive in Iran, with sides in talks for a year  The Times of Israel
  2. Exclusive: Israel backing Iranian Kurdish plans to seize Iran border areas, sources say  Reuters
  3. Who are the Kurds and what role could they play in the war with Iran?  PBS
  4. Kurdish opposition mulls whether to trust Trump after Iran uprising call  Al Jazeera
  5. Why the First Shots in an Iran Ground War Could Come From the Kurds  WSJ
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Trump demands Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as bombs pound Tehran and Beirut

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US president again calls on Iranian people to overthrow government or face ‘absolutely guaranteed death’

Donald Trump has said only Iran’s “unconditional surrender” will bring an end to the offensive launched seven days ago, as the US and Israel carried out some of the heaviest bombardments so far in the conflict.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Friday, when US strategic bombers were in action over Iran and intensive Israeli strikes in Lebanon forced more than 1 million people to flee their homes.

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