Iran judiciary denies plan to execute detained protester Erfan Soltani
The judiciary says Soltani is not facing charges carrying the death penalty, while a rights group reports that the execution has been "postponed".
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Robert Jenrick: from remainer to rightwinger with ruthless reputation
Former Tory minister’s defection to Reform is another twist in ambitious politician’s careerUK politics live – latest updatesFor a long time, Robert Jenrick’s transformation from a David Cameron-supporting remainer to an anti-immigration rightwinger did not convince many of his political peers – least of all Nigel Farage.Only last year, the Reform UK leader was describing him as a “fraud” and saying he was sceptical that Jenrick was genuine, branding him “Robert the Generic, Robert the Remainer and Robert the I Don’t Stand Particularly For Anything At all”. Continue reading...
Minnesota governor calls on Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’ after Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act – live
Tim Walz urges US president to ‘stop this campaign of retribution’ as thousands of federal agents remain in Minneapolis after the fatal shooting of Renee GoodTrump threatens to use Insurrection Act in MinnesotaPeople affected by the US visa freeze: share your experienceDonald Trump is in Washington today. He’s due to meet with Mariá Corina Machado – Venezuela’s opposition leader – at 12:3opm ET. At the moment that’s closed to the press but we’ll let you know if that changes and bring you the latest.Later, Trump is set to host the champions of the 2025 Stanley Cup, the Florida Panthers, at the White House. We’ll be watching to get his reaction to the news of the day. Continue reading...
Opponents label Jenrick a ‘chancer’ and a ‘charlatan’ as he defects to Reform – politics live
Former shadow justice secretary turns fire on Tories and Labour as he joins Nigel Farage’s partyFull report: Badenoch sacks JenrickNigel Farage, speaking at his press conference in Scotland, has said that “of course” he has had conversations with Robert Jenrick, who was sacked by Kemi Badenoch this morning for planning to defect.UPDATE: Farage said:I have had conversations with a number of very senior conservatives over the course of the last week, the last month. A lot of them realise that for all the talk on 8 May the Conservative Party will cease to be a national party. They will be obliterated in Scotland, Wales, the red wall councils.As far as Mr Jenrick is concerned, of course I have talked to Robert Jenrick. Was I on the verge of signing him up? No. But we have had conversations.This morning I removed the Conservative whip from Robert Jenrick after dismissing him from the shadow cabinet.I was very sorry to be presented with clear, irrefutable evidence, not just that he was preparing to defect, but he was planning to so in the most damaging way to the Conservative party and shadow cabinet colleagues. Continue reading...
Iran protests appear to slow under weight of brutal crackdown
At least 2,637 people have been killed in the unrest, with Iranian authorities saying they have ‘no plan’ to execute protestersIran’s nationwide protest movement appeared to have slowed on Thursday under the weight of a brutal crackdown by authorities, which has left thousands dead and put tens of thousands in prison.In Tehran, Iranians reported relative calm on the streets as the sound of gunfire faded and fires were extinguished – a marked contrast from the weeks before, which saw large crowds confronting security forces. Continue reading...
‘Squished Between Chairs’ on a Train: How Some Passengers Survived a Crane Collapse
Some travelers were able to squeeze out of mangled cars and others were rescued by residents, after the accident in northeastern Thailand. Dozens did not survive.
Cuba Receives Remains of 32 Citizens Killed in U.S. Strikes in Venezuela
The Cubans had served as part of the security detail of Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s ousted president.
Manston asylum centre was ‘overcrowded, squalid and insanitary’, inquiry hears
Extent to which conditions deteriorated at Kent detention centre in 2022 is being investigated in public hearingA detention centre in Kent that processed the claims of asylum seekers who had arrived in the UK on small boats was “overcrowded, squalid and insanitary”, a public inquiry has heard.The hearing is investigating the decisions, actions and circumstances which led to the conditions experienced by those detained at Manston between 1 June 2022 and 22 November 2022. Continue reading...
Why Israel Is Wary of Intervening in Iran
Israel is unlikely to do much to try to precipitate a regime change in Iran, seeing the government as far from the brink of collapse and the current protests as insufficient to push it to that point.
Dems mock Trump’s agriculture secretary for saying RFK food guidelines can be met with ‘a piece of chicken’
Brooke Rollins said Americans can save money by eating a tortilla, a piece of broccoli and a piece of chicken – and ‘one other thing’US politics live – latest updatesThe US agriculture secretary, Brooke Rollins, is facing ridicule from congressional Democrats – among others – after claiming Americans can save money and have their meals align with new Department of Health and Human Services dietary guidelines by simply eating “a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli”, “a corn tortilla” and “one other thing”.One representative even called the remarks “a slap in the face to struggling working families”. Continue reading...