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• El Salvador offers to hold deportees and incarcerated US citizens in its jails

  04-02-2025 22:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Human rights groups alarmed as Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, meets with Nayib Bukele during overseas tripEl Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has offered to accept deportees from the US of any nationality and hold them in his jails, including “dangerous American criminals”, Marco Rubio said on Monday.The US secretary of state, who this week made his first overseas trip as the top US diplomat, visited El Salvador on Monday as part of a wider trip through Central America
  
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• Could US criminals be sent to El Salvador's mega-jail?

  04-02-2025 22:25 via bbc.com
  
  El Salvador has offered to take in criminals deported from the US and house them in its mega-jail.
  
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• Trump administration says it has begun deporting migrants to Guantánamo Bay

  04-02-2025 20:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Press secretary says at least two deportation flights to Cuban base of undocumented immigrants ‘under way’The Trump administration has begun flying undocumented immigrants from the US to a military detention facility at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said on Tuesday.Leavitt told Fox Business Network that at least two deportation flights were “under way”, but gave no further details. Continue reading...
  
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• White House flags top USAID boondoggles under Elon Musk's microscope

  04-02-2025 20:39 via foxnews.com
  
  The White House on Monday released a list of projects overseen by the top U.S. aid agency it identified as "waste and abuse" as Elon Musk's cost cutters seek to dismantle the decades-old provider of foreign aid. Musk, a "special government employee," according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, oversees the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Despite its title, DOGE is not a government agency but has been tasked by the White House’s executive o
  
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• Greek island Santorini evacuated after earthquakes shake tourist destination

  04-02-2025 20:18 via foxnews.com
  
  Hundreds of earthquakes that have rattled the Greek islands since last week have prompted the evacuation of thousands from the tourist hotspot Santorini.Santorini Mayor Nikos Zorzos told The Associated Press that the tremors are a "seismic swarm" and could continue for weeks before eventually diminishing."This phenomenon may play out with small quakes or a single, slightly stronger one, followed by gradual subsidence," Zorzos said, adding he was cautiously optimistic after speaking to seismologi
  
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• Mauritian PM expects ‘speedy resolution’ with UK over Chagos Islands

  04-02-2025 20:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Navin Ramgoolam says Keir Starmer expressed confidence about finalising agreement within weeksDowning Street has refused to comment on the prospect of an imminent deal over the Chagos Islands, after the Mauritian prime minister said Keir Starmer had told him he was confident about finalising an agreement in the coming weeks.An interim deal on returning sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which would maintain the key UK-US military base on the largest of the islands, Diego Garcia, was
  
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• Panama court is asked to cancel Hong Kong firm’s contract to run canal ports

  04-02-2025 20:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Complaint by local lawyers to supreme court follows US demands to reduce China’s alleged influence on waterwayTrump says China is ‘operating’ the Panama canal – here are the factsTwo Panamanian lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country’s supreme court in an attempt to cancel a Hong Kong-based company’s concession to operate two ports at either end of the Panama canal.Their complaint – filed a day after the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, told Pa
  
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• Deaths predicted amid the chaos of Elon Musk’s shutdown of USAid

  04-02-2025 17:28 via theguardian.com
  
  The impact of the billionaire’s declaration has been swift and brutal, with food and crucial drugs abandoned in warehouses, vital programmes closed and workers laid offCritical supplies of life-saving medicines have been blocked and children left without food and battling malnutrition as multiple effects were reported across the globe after Elon Musk resolved to shut down the US government’s pre-eminent international aid agency.Chaotic scenes were seen in scores of countries as aid o
  
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• Denmark PM repeats Greenland ‘not for sale,’ but would welcome more American troops on Arctic island

  04-02-2025 17:00 via foxnews.com
  
  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen repeated on Monday that Greenland is "not for sale," but she remained open to bolstering the American "footprint" on the Arctic island.As European Union leaders convened for a meeting in Brussels, Frederiksen addressed President Donald Trump's prospect of acquiring control of Greenland, a self-governing territory of Denmark, a U.S. ally, through military or economic force. "I think we have been very clear from the Kingdom of Denmark, with great suppor
  
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• Robert Levinson disappearance: FBI releases posters seeking info on two Iranian intelligence officers

  04-02-2025 16:22 via foxnews.com
  
  The FBI released posters Tuesday seeking information about two senior Iranian intelligence officers involved in the disappearance of retired FBI Special Agent Robert Levinson as the agency is vowing to "hold every Iranian official involved in his abduction accountable." Levinson was working as a private investigator when he vanished in 2007 after traveling to Iran’s Kish Island. He had reportedly taken part in an unauthorized CIA mission and was presumed dead in 2020. "Even after
  
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• Uganda starts clinical trial of vaccine for Sudan strain of Ebola amid new outbreak

  04-02-2025 15:23 via foxnews.com
  
  Uganda has begun a trial vaccination program for the strain of Ebola viral infection that is behind the country's latest outbreak, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), while the number of confirmed cases has risen to three.Last week, the east African country announced an outbreak of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, with a single case, a nurse who died on Jan. 29.CDC ORDERED TO IMMEDIATELY STOP COLLABORATING WITH WHO AFTER TRUMP BEGINS PROCESS FOR US WITHDRAWALThe total number of cases
  
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• China has reacted in kind to Trump’s tariffs, but a deal may still emerge

  04-02-2025 14:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Beijing will defend its core interests, but its initial response is more cautious than when Trump imposed levies in 2018Moments after Donald Trump introduced tariffs of 10% on Chinese goods, Beijing retaliated with countermeasures.China’s finance ministry put tariffs of 10-15% on imports of a range of US goods and its anti-trust regulator announced an investigation into Google. Several US companies were also added to China’s “unreliable entity” list, potentially restricti
  
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• PM declares 'worst mass shooting in Swedish history' after gunman kills 10 on school campus

  04-02-2025 14:34 via foxnews.com
  
  At least 10 people were killed and an unconfirmed number of others were injured during a school shooting in central Sweden on Tuesday, according to police reports.The condition of those injured remains unclear, but police say the shooter took his own life at the scene, resulting in a total death toll of 11. Police say the shooting took place at the Risbergska School in Orebro, Sweden. Police have not identified any of the victims or the shooter.Risbergska is an adult education center, meant for
  
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• ‘There is nothing here’: the island left behind by Lagos’s economic boom

  04-02-2025 13:57 via theguardian.com
  
  Politicians in Nigeria hope the country’s largest city will one day look like Dubai, but on nearby Refuge Island people live without electricityFor the estimated 2,000 residents of Refuge Island life sometimes feels like that of a refugee.A dozen communities live on the island, which lies in a lagoon on the eastern fringes of Lagos and takes its name from the arrival of enslaved people fleeing the hinterland of western Nigeria in the 19th century. The island has never had electricity, and
  
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• British investigative journalist banned from Cambodia

  04-02-2025 12:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Treatment of Gerald Flynn, who writes for the outlet Mongabay, condemned as attack on independent media A British environmental and investigative journalist has been banned from entering Cambodia, in what press groups have condemned as yet another attack on independent media by the country’s authoritarian leaders.Gerald Flynn, who writes for the news outlet Mongabay, was denied entry to Cambodia on 5 January as he returned from a holiday, according to the publication, which said he was for
  
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• Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 declares unilateral ceasefire in DRC

  04-02-2025 11:05 via theguardian.com
  
  Militias say decision is ‘for humanitarian reasons’, as UN says at least 900 killed in last week’s fighting with DRC forcesThe Rwanda-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo last week have declared a unilateral ceasefire starting on Tuesday.The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of militias including M23, said it was declaring the ceasefire “for humanitarian reasons”. Flows of aid, food and other basic goods into the
  
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• 'Peace through strength': Trump and Netanyahu expected to discuss Iran, Hamas at White House meeting

  04-02-2025 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday is geared toward bolstering ties with and securing guarantees from the Trump administration primarily over Iran and the war against Hamas, according to current and former Israeli officials."Prime Minister Netanyahu’s historic visit to Washington will mark a significant moment in Israel-U.S. relations, setting a tone of close cooperation and friendship between
  
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• El Salvador agrees to accept US deportees of any nationality following meeting with Rubio

  04-02-2025 08:40 via foxnews.com
  
  El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has offered for illegal immigrants – of any nationality – facing deportation in the U.S. to be booked in his country's prison system in exchange for a fee.This proposal comes after Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Bukele at his lakeside country house outside San Salvador on Monday."We have offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system," Bukele wrote on X Monday night. "We are willing to take in
  
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• Botched: The Brazilian Butt Lift Nightmare

  04-02-2025 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Disfigured and in agony. We investigate the man charging thousands for dodgy butt lifts.
  
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• Rubio welcomes Panama’s move to exit Chinese infrastructure plan as ‘great step forward’

  04-02-2025 05:52 via theguardian.com
  
  News comes after US secretary of state visited Panama to pressure the country over its ties with BeijingUS secretary of state Marco Rubio has welcomed Panama’s decision to let its participation in China’s global infrastructure plan expire, calling the move “a great step forward” for its ties with the United States.Any move by Panama to distance itself from Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) represents a win for Washington, which
  
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• Politics live: PM says Australia ‘fighting crimes of bigotry’ after Allegra Spender puts forward motion against antisemitism

  04-02-2025 03:24 via theguardian.com
  Federal MPs and senators return after summer break for what could be the last sitting before federal election is called. Follow liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTreasury has done modelling on cost of potential US tariffsJim Chalmers has now gone to ABC RN Breakfast and says the government has done modelling on what impact tariffs from the US would have.I’ve had the ability to brief my colleagues on a number of occasions now on some of that sort of work, and th
  
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• Trump to pause Canada and Mexico tariffs for at least 30 days as China levies set to take effect Tuesday – live

  04-02-2025 03:10 via theguardian.com
  Canadian PM Justin Trudeau says he had ‘good call’ with US president and that tariffs will be postponed for at least a monthSouth Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected Donald Trump’s claim that the country is confiscating land.AFP reports that Ramaphosa said he was ready to explain his government’s land reform policy to his US counterpart. Continue reading...
  
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• Should alcohol sold in Australia carry cancer warnings?

  04-02-2025 02:26 via theguardian.com
  The belief that a few glasses of wine help to protect against heart disease has persisted – despite evidence showing that the benefits have been overestimatedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlcohol causes huge harm in Australia, responsible for 5,800 new cancer cases a year. Yet many of us remain in the dark about its health risks.In January the United States’ Office of the Surgeon General, the country&r
  
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• Australian teenager dies in devastating shark attack, nearly 100 yards from popular beach: report

  04-02-2025 02:26 via foxnews.com
  
  A 17-year-old girl from Bribie Island, just north of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia, died Monday after being bitten by a shark nearly 100 meters offshore, according to reports.The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Charlize Zmuda, a member of the Bribie Island Surf Life Saving Club, was bitten on her arm by a shark while swimming about 100 meters off the beach.She was reportedly helped in, Nine News reported, where crews from the Queensland Ambulance Service eventually met her.The stretch of
  
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• Bondi egg attack ‘random’, not antisemitic, police allege after two teenage boys charged

  04-02-2025 01:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Eggs and verbal abuse were allegedly hurled at young women in Bondi with the incident initially investigated under Strike Force PearlFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo teenage boys have been charged after allegedly egging a group of women in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on the weekend, in what police now believe was a random attack.Eggs and verbal abuse were allegedly hurled at the young women in Bondi – st
  
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• US Senate confirms fracking CEO Chris Wright to be Trump’s energy secretary

  04-02-2025 01:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Liberty Energy executive, who has called climate change activists alarmist, confirmed in vote of 59-38The US Senate on Monday confirmed Chris Wright, a fracking executive, to be Donald Trump’s energy secretary.The vote was 59-38. Continue reading...
  
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• NFL chief calls Saints ‘great corporate citizens’ amid church abuse scandal

  04-02-2025 01:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Roger Goodell speaks as emails detail how team’s owner helped to spin coverage of clergy sexual abuse scandalNFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the New Orleans Saints “are great corporate citizens” despite revelations in unearthed emails detailing how the football team’s owner and other top executives coordinated with the city’s Roman Catholic archdiocese in a campaign to soften media coverage of a decades-old clergy-abuse scandal engulfing the church.Saints owner
  
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• Murder charge against Victorian woman dropped after claims she killed husband in her sleep

  04-02-2025 01:10 via theguardian.com
  
  Supreme court case discontinued after Ilknur Caliskan, 47, underwent sleep study and her lawyers flagged parasomnia defenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA woman charged over the death of her husband will no longer face a murder trial after prosecutors dropped the case against her following a sleep study.Ilknur Caliskan, 47, was accused of stabbing her husband to death in September 2023, after the 50-year-old was f
  
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• MoD urgently recalls 120,000 pieces of military body armour after cracks found

  04-02-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Armour was supposed to be replaced in 2023 but that was delayed by four years under previous governmentMinisters have issued an emergency recall of 120,000 body armour plates used by the British military, amid accusations from Labour that the Conservatives failed to safely renew basic protection for troops during their time in office.Testing discovered microscopic cracks in ageing enhanced combat body armour (ECBA) which was supposed to be swapped out in 2023, but whose replacement wa
  
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• NHS to launch world’s biggest trial of AI breast cancer diagnosis

  04-02-2025 01:00 via theguardian.com
  
  If successful, the scheme could speed up testing and reduce radiologists’ workload by around halfThe NHS is launching the world’s biggest trial of artificial intelligence to detect breast cancer, which could lead to faster diagnosis of the disease.AI will be deployed to analyse two-thirds of at least 700,000 mammograms done in England over the next few years to see if it is as accurate and reliable at reading scans as a radiologist. Continue reading...
  
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• PM labels Coalition’s tax-deductible lunch plan ‘worst, sloppiest policy’ as Treasury puts cost in the billions

  04-02-2025 00:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Costings commissioned by Jim Chalmers suggest policy at risk of being ‘rorted’ could cost up to $10bn a yearFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Coalition’s policy for tax-deductible business lunches would cost between $1.6bn and $10bn a year, the Labor government claims, according to costings Jim Chalmers commissioned from his Treasury department.The treasurer claimed the policy was at risk of bein
  
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• Jo Haylen on notice over any more revelations after asking chauffeur to drive 446km for winery lunch

  04-02-2025 00:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Chris Minns says if more trips by transport minister came to light ‘it would weigh very heavily on me’ as premier announces ‘we are changing the rules’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe embattled New South Wales transport minister could be in hot water if further revelations emerge about her use of a ministerial car for private purposes, the premier has suggested.It emerged on the weekend th
  
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• NHS England urged to publish full mental health report on Nottingham triple killer

  04-02-2025 00:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Summary of care received by Valdo Calocane will be made public, but complete version to be kept confidentialNHS England (NHSE) has been urged to reconsider its decision to refuse to publish a report into the care received by Nottingham triple killer Valdo Calocane, despite the wishes of the victims’ families.A summary of the independent mental health homicide report is due to be made public later this week, but the full version will be kept confidential due to “data protection legisl
  
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• Trump advisers weigh actions to dismantle education department – report

  04-02-2025 00:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials are discussing executive order as part of efforts by Musk’s Doge team to seize control of federal spendingThe Trump administration is weighing executive actions to dismantle the US education department as part of efforts by Elon Musk’s so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to seize control of federal spending and slash the size of the government workforce, the Wall Street Journal reported.US officials have discussed an executive order that would
  
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• Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot in the works with Sarah Michelle Gellar returning to the titular role

  04-02-2025 00:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Oscar-winning director – and longtime Buffy fan – Chloé Zhao is onboard to direct, with Dolly Parton as executive producerA sequel reboot of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is reportedly in the works, with Sarah Michelle Gellar expected to return to the titular role and the Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao to direct the pilot episode.On Tuesday Deadline reported sources close to the project confirming that the streaming service Hulu is “near a pilot order”, with l
  
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• State Farm seeks emergency 22% rate hike in California after LA wildfires

  04-02-2025 00:00 via theguardian.com
  
  State’s largest home insurer, which has paid customers over $1bn, claims fires put firm under increased financial strainState Farm General, California’s largest home insurer, is seeking an emergency rate increase for homeowners following the Los Angeles wildfires last month. If approved, the hike would average a 22% increase for policyholders.The insurance giant claims that the fires have put the company under increased financial strain. The company has already received at least 8,70
  
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