Nobel Peace Prize Winner Machado Says U.S. Helped Her Leave Venezuela
María Corina Machado reappeared on the global stage as the Trump administration ramped up its pressure campaign against President Nicolás Maduro.
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After Australia, Which Countries Could Be Next to Ban Social Media for Children
Governments are studying the decision to prohibit youths from using platforms like Facebook and TikTok as worries grow about the potential harm they cause.
US judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia's release from ICE custody
The judge rules detaining Abrego Garcia was "without lawful authority", and he will now at least temporarily be allowed to return to his Maryland home.
Top Democrat on House homeland security committee calls for Kristi Noem to resign as protester interrupts meeting – US politics live
Heckler shouts ‘end the deportations’ as Mississippi congressman Bennie Thompson says, under Noem’s direction, DHS has ‘detained Americans’Chris Van Hollen, the Democratic senator from Maryland, was among the lawmakers speaking out against the Trump administration and its actions around Venezuela, taking to the senate floor on Wednesday to call on Congress to block Donald Trump from “using taxpayer dollars to launch a regime change war”.“Last time I checked, the constitution of the United States gives Congress – this body – the power to decide questions of war or peace,” he said. Continue reading...
Amanda Seyfried says she is not apologising for calling Charlie Kirk ‘hateful’ after his shooting
The Housemaid actor received backlash in September when she left a comment on Instagram after the rightwing activist was killedThe Housemaid star Amanda Seyfried has said she is “not fucking apologising” for describing Charlie Kirk as “hateful” after the latter was shot dead in September.Seyfried was speaking to Who What Wear when she was asked about her social media activity, including the backlash around her Kirk comment. “I’m not fucking apologising for that. I mean, for fuck’s sake, I commented on one thing. I said something that was based on actual reality and actual footage and actual quotes. What I said was pretty damn factual, and I’m free to have an opinion, of course.” Continue reading...
Wind gusts hamper firefighters as two bushfires force evacuations in Perth
Emergency warning issued for parts of Kenwick, Wattle Grove, Maddington and Beckenham in Perth’s south-eastGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGusty winds have hampered the efforts of firefighters to contain two bushfires that have threatened residents and homes in Perth.Emergency warnings were issued on Thursday for blazes in Perth’s south and north-east, which were downgraded to watch and act in the evening after authorities earlier urged residents in multiple suburbs to leave if they could do so. Continue reading...
Will net zero really cost UK households £500 a year?
An official report lays out different scenarios for the cost of transitioning away from fossil fuels to net zero by 2050Britain’s official energy system operator has attempted to work out what achieving net zero carbon emissions will cost, with its figures showing surging spending in the coming years.The scale and speed of the shift to a low-carbon economy, and how to fund it, are hotly debated by political parties. Continue reading...
UK politics: No 10 brushes off claims Streeting’s criticism of ‘technocratic approach’ refers to Starmer –as it happened
Health secretary admitted to being ‘frustrated’ with approach to governing in interviewSeema Malhotra, a Foreign Office minister, is responding to the urgent question about President Trump’s national security strategy (even though it was addressed to the Cabinet Office – see 10.12am.)The Trump document was published at the end of last week. Peter Beaumont has an analysis of it here. Continue reading...
US pushing Ukraine to withdraw from Donbas and create ‘free economic zone’, says Zelenskyy – Europe live
Ukrainian leader says Washington has suggested that Russian troops would stay in region, but not advance furtherNato’s Rutte largely sticks to usual pleasantries, but says the clear political signal from Germany and other European partners is that “Europe is ready to take on more responsibility,” and “a signal that burden sharing is not just a slogan.”In his opening remarks, Merz says that Nato plays “a key role in a time of great geopolitical upheaval,” as he recalls his numerous meetings with Rutte in recent months. Continue reading...
A Single Mother’s Fight to Free Her Daughter From Saudi Arabia
Many single moms and their children are trapped there. She was adamant that her daughter wouldn’t be among them.