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• Student Manager steals spotlight during first round of March Madness

  21-03-2025 23:47 via nbcnews.com
  McNeese’s upset win over Clemson in the first round of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament was a big deal for the team and yet the players on the court are being upstaged by their student manager on the sidelines. NBC News’ Sam Brock catches up with Amir Khan who has gone viral in part because of his tunnel, boombox walk-outs in which he is rapping along with the team.
  
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• Judge in US deportations case says Trump administration lawyers were ‘disrespectful’

  21-03-2025 23:14 via theguardian.com
  
  James Boasberg considers whether to maintain block on deportation of accused Venezuelan gang membersA federal judge who temporarily blocked Donald Trump’s administration from deporting accused Venezuelan gang members under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act law condemned the lawyers for being “intemperate and disrespectful” in court.The Washington DC-based judge, James Boasberg, continues considering whether to maintain his ban – and whether officials violated it, which would exp
  
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• Trump revokes legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

  21-03-2025 22:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Move takes effect on 24 April as president weighs also stripping parole status from some 240,000 Ukrainians in USThe Department of Homeland Security said on Friday that it would revoke the temporary legal status of more than 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans welcomed into the US under a Biden-era sponsorship process, according to a notice posted to the Federal Register and signed by the homeland security chief Kristi Noem.The order cuts short a two-year “parole” p
  
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• Watch: How the Heathrow disruption unfolded

  21-03-2025 21:36 via bbc.com
  
  BBC Verify's Nick Beake explains how Europe's busiest airport was taken out of action.
  
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• WATCH: 3-year-old tries raw cacao thinking it's chocolate

  21-03-2025 21:29 via abcnews.go.com
  
  It's safe to say he was not a fan!
  
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• Denmark and Finland urge caution for US-bound transgender people

  21-03-2025 21:21 via theguardian.com
  
  Travel advice updated amid reports of ordeals at US border after Trump said country would only recognise two gendersDenmark and Finland have updated their US travel advice for transgender people, joining the handful of European countries that have sought to caution US-bound travellers in recent weeks as reports emerge of ordeals at the American border.Denmark said this week it had begun advising transgender travellers to contact the US embassy in Copenhagen before departure to ensure there would
  
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• Three people die attempting to cross US-Mexico border amid California storm

  21-03-2025 20:59 via theguardian.com
  
  Authorities found two men and one woman dead in Otay Mountain wilderness due to harsh terrain and cold weatherThree people died last week as they attempted to cross the US-Mexico border near San Diego, California, amid a storm that brought near freezing temperatures to the challenging mountain terrain, according to the US border patrol.Border patrol agents responding to two separate distress calls – that came within less than an hour of each other on 14 March – discovered two men and
  
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• US blocks Canadian access to cross-border library, sparking outcry

  21-03-2025 20:50 via theguardian.com
  
  US officials claim move was to curb drug trafficking while Quebec town says it ‘weakens collaboration’ among nationsThe US has blocked Canadian access to a library straddling the Canada-US border, drawing criticism from a Quebec town where people have long enjoyed easy entry to the space.The Haskell Free Library and Opera House is located between Stanstead, Quebec, and Derby Line, Vermont. It was built deliberately to straddle the frontier between the two countries – a symbol o
  
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• Adolescence writer calls for 'radical action' not role models

  21-03-2025 20:41 via bbc.com
  
  The writer behind the year's most talked-about TV show discusses the changes he hopes it will inspire.
  
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• Sudan's military says it has retaken Khartoum's Republican Palace, seat of country's government

  21-03-2025 20:09 via foxnews.com
  
  Sudan's military on Friday retook the Republican Palace in Khartoum, the last heavily guarded bastion of rival paramilitary forces in the capital, after nearly two years of fighting.The seizure of the Republican Palace, surrounded by government ministries, was a major symbolic victory for Sudan's military against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces — though it likely doesn't mean the end of the war as the RSF holds territory in Sudan's western Darfur region and elsewhere.SUDAN'S ARMY DEN
  
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• Israel to ‘seize more ground’ and warns Hamas it will annex parts of Gaza

  21-03-2025 18:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Defence minister issues threat as IDF intensifies offensive with ‘non-stop’ overnight attacks across territoryIsrael’s defence minister said he had instructed the military to “seize more ground” in Gaza and threatened to annex part of the territory unless Hamas released 59 Israeli hostages still held in the devastated territory.Israel Katz’s warning on Friday came as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) intensified the new offensive launched on Tuesday, when a wave
  
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• Netanyahu disputes court order freezing decision to fire Shin Bet chief

  21-03-2025 18:38 via theguardian.com
  
  PM says government will decide who heads domestic spy agency as protests against Ronen Bar dismissal continueMiddle East crisis – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu is locked in a fierce battle with Israel’s judicial system after the supreme court blocked his attempt to fire the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency.Amid protests against ministers’ vote to sack Ronen Bar, the top court on Friday froze the decision, with the order remaining in place until the court can h
  
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• UK to accelerate military planning to support Ukraine, No 10 says

  21-03-2025 18:07 via theguardian.com
  
  Intensive talks to take place next week on detail and structure of any British deployments if ceasefire deal reachedThe UK is to “accelerate the pace and scale” of its military planning to be ready to support Ukraine, with No 10 saying all options, including troops on the ground, are possible.Keir Starmer’s spokesperson said thousands of troops would be needed to support Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire and agreement to end the war with Russia, whether by “sea, on land
  
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• Iran's leader warns US could receive 'severe slaps' following Trump's threats to Houthis

  21-03-2025 17:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned Friday that the U.S. could receive "severe slaps" if they act "with malice" following President Donald Trump’s threats to Yemen’s Houthis, a report said. Americans "make a big mistake and call regional resistance centers Iranian proxies. What does proxy mean?" Khamenei said, according to Reuters. "The Yemeni nation has its own motivation and the resistance groups in the region have their own motivations. Iran doesn't need
  
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• His brother’s keeper: Gal Dalal pleads for help as his brother Guy suffers in Hamas captivity

  21-03-2025 16:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Gal Dalal has spent nearly a year and a half fighting for the release of his brother, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, who was kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival during the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. Dalal wants the world to know who his brother was before he was a face on a poster and why getting Guy out of Gaza is urgent."So, my brother is the most warm-hearted man I know. He's a very, very funny guy," Dalal told Fox News Digital. "For me, he's actually my best friend. We share the sam
  
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• American released by Taliban returns home to 'champion's welcome'

  21-03-2025 16:25 via foxnews.com
  
  Taliban hostage George Glezmann landed at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Friday after more than 800 days in captivity in Afghanistan, where he received a "champion's welcome.""I feel born again," Glezmann told Fox News.  "I have no words.""President Trump is amazing," he added before thanking Secretary of State Marco Rubio, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz and hostage envoy Adam Boehler. TALIBAN FREES AMERICAN HOSTAGE GEORGE GLEZMANN FOLLOWING NEGOTIATIONS WITH US, QATAR"A free
  
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• Who is Ronen Bar, the sacked chief of Israel’s Shin Bet security service?

  21-03-2025 15:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Former special forces soldier made enemies after disagreements with far-right factions in Netanyahu governmentIsrael supreme court freezes firing of Shin Bet chiefRonen Bar, the head of Israel’s powerful internal security service, the Shin Bet, may seem an unlikely rebel.A former special forces soldier who holds degrees from Tel Aviv and Harvard universities, Bar has devoted three decades of his working life to the service of the state. His frame is lean, greying hair close shaved, feature
  
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• WATCH: Southwest plane aborts takeoff after mistaking taxiway for runway

  21-03-2025 14:55 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The latest aviation incident, this time in Orlando, comes as authorities are revealing what they say happened during a fiery crash landing of a Delta Airlines jet in Toronto last month.
  
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• Trump's hostage envoy Boehler met with Taliban in Kabul in first in-person meeting since takeover

  21-03-2025 14:46 via foxnews.com
  
  FIRST ON FOX: Hostage envoy Adam Boehler met in person with Taliban officials at the Kabul International Airport, Qatari sources told Fox News Digital, marking the first known time the White House has engaged with Afghanistan’s "interim government" following the 2021 takeover by the terrorist organization.While the meeting between Boehler and Afghan officials representing the Taliban’s foreign ministry met to secure the release of George Glezmann on Thursday, advisor and spokesm
  
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• Sudan’s army recaptures presidential palace in major battlefield gain

  21-03-2025 14:45 via theguardian.com
  Compound was last bastion in the capital, Khartoum, held by rival paramilitary Rapid Support ForcesThe Sudanese army has recaptured the presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, in a highly symbolic battlefield victory over the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in the country’s catastrophic civil war.Videos posted on social media showed soldiers carrying assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers inside the partly ruined building. An officer wearing a captain’s epaulet
  
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• WATCH: Black bear at Yellowstone emerges from hibernation

  21-03-2025 13:33 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A mother black bear in Yellowstone National Park was seen waking up from hibernation, stumbling out from her cave to reveal some little bear cubs inside.
  
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• Power struggle leads to coup in Tigray as war looms between Ethiopia and Eritrea

  21-03-2025 13:27 via theguardian.com
  
  Tigray’s interim leader flees as rival faction seizes control, while Ethiopiantanks and troops move to border of EritreaAregawi was building a tour-guiding business when war struck Ethiopia’s Tigray region in 2020. He spent the next two years fighting on the frontline. Now he is among those who fear Tigray is on the brink of conflict once more.“We don’t want to become a battleground, but it seems like war is near, maybe even inevitable,” he said. Continue reading...
  
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• Israel orders IDF to seize more Gaza territory if Hamas doesn't release hostages

  21-03-2025 13:08 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to seize more territory in Gaza if Hamas continues to refuse to release the hostages. Earlier this week, the IDF resumed the war in Gaza after a nearly two-month-long ceasefire that saw the release of 33 hostages."If the terrorist organization Hamas continues to refuse to release the hostages, I have instructed the IDF to seize additional territories, while evacuating the population, and to expand the security zones
  
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• The Week: Defence Spending, Benefit Cuts and The Spring Statement

  21-03-2025 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James and Chris are joined by Lucy Fisher and Stephanie Flanders to discuss the week.
  
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• Passengers at JFK await flight information after Heathrow closure

  21-03-2025 09:46 via nbcnews.com
  Passengers at New York's JFK airport await information as London Heathrow was closed due to a widespread power outage. The outage was caused by a fire at an electricity substation near the airport.
  
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• Ex-Haiti envoy slams 'deeply flawed' approach of Biden admin

  21-03-2025 09:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A former special envoy to Haiti blames what he views as former President Joe Biden's absentee approach to decision-making for the current woes afflicting the Caribbean nation.Daniel Foote served as special envoy to Haiti in 2021 but resigned in protest over what he said was the administration’s failed approach of supporting unpopular and unelected leaders."All of the governments that the U.S. has backed or anointed or imposed in the last 110 years have not represented the Haitian peop
  
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• First migrant worker dies building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia

  21-03-2025 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Muhammad Arshad, from Pakistan, was a foreman building Aramco Stadium in Al Khobar, one of 11 new venues for 2034A migrant worker has died while working on a new stadium being built for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia, the Guardian can reveal.Muhammad Arshad, from Pakistan, fell to his death from an upper level during the construction of the Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar on 12 March, according to sources with knowledge of the incident. Continue reading...
  
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• Major-power conflict ‘no longer unimaginable’, Australian intelligence review finds

  21-03-2025 06:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Independent assessment, which was handed to government before US election, warns of ‘global geopolitical and economic fragmentation’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia faces a world more volatile and dangerous than it has known for more than four decades, and “major-power conflict is no longer unimaginable”, a review of the country’s intelligence agencies has found.The prime minis
  
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• Pro-Palestinian activists sue UCLA alleging civil rights violations at campus encampment

  21-03-2025 05:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  More than 30 pro-Palestinian activists have filed a civil rights lawsuit against UCLA, alleging the university “repeatedly and systemically” violated the civil rights of protesters during demonstrations at the campus encampment last year.
  
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• London's Heathrow Airport closes after power failure

  21-03-2025 05:57 via nbcnews.com
  London's Heathrow Airport will be closed on Friday after a power failure due to a large fire at a nearby electrical substation.
  
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• Flights leaving Bali cancelled after volcanic eruption shoots ash plume 8km into sky

  21-03-2025 05:03 via theguardian.com
  Indonesia’s 1,700m Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki erupted for 11 minutes on Thursday, causing ash cloud but no damage to nearby villages on the island of FloresFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt least seven international flights from Indonesia’s resort island Bali have been cancelled, an airport official said on Friday, after a volcano in the archipelago nation’s east erupted, shooting dark ash 8km into
  
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• X sues Modi’s government over content removal in new India censorship fight

  21-03-2025 04:51 via nbcnews.com
  
  India’s IT ministry has unlawfully expanded censorship powers to allow the easier removal of online content, Elon Musk’s X has alleged in a new lawsuit against New Delhi.
  
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• North Korea says it tested new missiles as it threatens strong steps against U.S.-South Korea drills

  21-03-2025 04:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  North Korea said it had test-launched new anti-aircraft missiles, as its military threatened unspecified grave steps against the U.S. and South Korea over their joint military drills.
  
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• Australia news live: Australia-Bali flights cancelled after volcano eruption; Sydney mosque threats may be linked, police say

  21-03-2025 04:19 via theguardian.com
  
  Jetstar confirms a number of morning flights were cancelled but says no impact to afternoon flights. Follow live updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJim Chalmers was also up on ABC News Breakfast this morning, where he was asked if there’s a reason the government can’t commit to more of the 20 recommendations.He said it was committing to all of the recommendations “in principle” and, like earlier, that the government was working on some of th
  
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• London's Heathrow Airport closes for the day after power failure

  21-03-2025 04:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  London's Heathrow Airport closed Friday local time and will remain closed all day after a fire at a nearby electricity substation caused power outages at the major transportation center.
  
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• Hayes fire: Heathrow airport closed after blaze at electrical substation in west London

  21-03-2025 04:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Passengers advised not to travel to the airport, which would be closed until midnight on Friday due to a substation fire London’s Heathrow airport has been closed until midnight on Friday after a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport caused a “significant power outage” and left thousands of homes without power.In a statement on its website and shared on social media, Heathrow airport said all passengers were advised not to travel to the airport. Continue readin
  
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• Detained Georgetown University grad student never made pro-Hamas statements, attorney says

  21-03-2025 03:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Georgetown University graduate student from India who was taken into custody this week and targeted for deportation by the Trump administration never made any pro-Hamas or antisemitic comments, his lawyer said.
  
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• Law firm targeted by Trump agrees to provide $40m in pro bono work, says president – as it happened

  21-03-2025 03:12 via theguardian.com
  
  This blog has now closed. You can read more of our US politics coverage hereTrump signs executive order to dismantle US Department of EducationWhat is the US Department of Education and what does it do?Another, perhaps more worrying sign, of the Trump administration’s approach to economic policy was revealed yesterday, when commerce secretary Howard Lutnick recommended in a Fox News interview that people buy Tesla stock.That’s the electric car company led by Elon Musk, who is busy ri
  
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• Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders rally Democrats, calling for a party that 'fights harder'

  21-03-2025 02:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  LAS VEGAS — At the first stop of their “Fighting Oligarchy” tour out West, two of the Democratic Party’s most unabashed progressive lawmakers had plenty to say about President Donald Trump.
  
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• Israeli government approves Netanyahu's dismissal of Shin Bet head

  21-03-2025 02:48 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Israeli government unanimously approved early on Friday a proposal from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss Shin Bet head Ronen Bar, the prime minister’s office said.
  
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• Florida man executed for killing eight-year-old girl and her grandmother

  21-03-2025 01:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Edward James received three-drug lethal injection under death warrant signed in February by governor Ron DeSantisA Florida man who killed an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother on a night in which he drank heavily and used drugs was executed on Thursday.Edward James, 63, was pronounced dead at 8.15pm after receiving a three-drug injection at Florida state prison outside Starke under a death warrant signed in February by Governor Ron DeSantis. The execution was the second this year in Florida
  
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• Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez hold 'Fight the Oligarchy' rally in Las Vegas

  21-03-2025 01:21 via nbcnews.com
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., brought their "Fighting Oligarchy" Tour to Las Vegas, N.V., where they spoke about the lack of current Democratic leadership and criticism over Elon Musk's spending cuts.
  
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• Former NBA player and coach claims sex abuse by Indiana University team doctor

  21-03-2025 01:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former NBA player Butch Carter says in an amended lawsuit that he was sexually abused by the Indiana University basketball team doctor when he was on the squad.
  
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• ‘Stain on this country’: celebrities condemn cuts to UK disability benefits

  21-03-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Actors including Stephen Fry and Brian Cox criticise plan that will remove support for more than 1 million peopleAn array of high-profile celebrities including Sir Stephen Fry, Brian Cox and Stanley Tucci have criticised the government’s £5bn cuts to disability benefits, calling the plans “shameful” and “a stain on this country”.They joined the UK’s biggest food bank network, Trussell, in urging ministers to rethink the planned changes, warning they risk
  
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• New forest to be created in west of England, with 20m trees planted by 2050

  21-03-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Western Forest will cover 2,500 hectares across Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and BristolA new Western Forest is to be created across a swathe of the west of England from the Cotswolds to the Mendips, the government has said.The project, one of the government’s promised national forests, will create 2,500 hectares (6,200 acres) of woodland by 2030 across five priority areas in Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Somerset and Bristol, with plans to plant 20m trees by 2050. Continue reading..
  
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• National Trust freezes recruitment after £10m jump in costs

  21-03-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Conservation charity is also pausing some projects because of labour costs stemming from the autumn budgetThe National Trust has frozen all but essential recruitment and is pausing some projects as it faces a £10m jump in labour costs this year as a result of higher employment costs stemming from last autumn’s budget.The conservation charity, which looks after 500 historic houses, castles, parks and gardens, as well as 780 miles of coastline and 250,000 hectares of land, said the ext
  
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• Government ‘absolutely up for the fight’ over net zero, Ed Miliband says

  21-03-2025 01:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: energy secretary says 2050 target is imperative, and accuses opposition of betraying of future generations The government is “absolutely up for the fight” over net zero, Ed Miliband has said, as he accused the Conservatives and Reform of “a total desertion and betrayal” of future generations by failing to tackle the climate crisis.After a turbulent week for Labour in which it has been charged with abandoning its values by slashing disability benefits, the energ
  
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• One of Stephen Lawrence’s killers reportedly now admits he was involved

  21-03-2025 00:42 via theguardian.com
  
  David Norris, whose parole hearing is due, denied guilt after being jailed for the 1993 murder in south-east London One of Stephen Lawrence’s killers may now accept he was involved in assaulting the teenager, according to a report by the Parole Board.Lawrence, 18, was murdered by a gang of racists in south-east London in 1993, but only two of his killers have faced justice. Gary Dobson and David Norris were jailed for life in 2012. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Deported because of his tattoos’: has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art?

  21-03-2025 00:42 via theguardian.com
  
  US claims tattoos prove membership of Tren de Aragua gang but relatives describe tributes to God, family and Real MadridLike many Venezuelans of his generation, Franco José Caraballo Tiapa is a man of many tattoos.There is one of a rose, one of a lion, and another – on the left side of the 26-year-old’s neck – of a razor blade that represents his work as a barber. Continue reading...
  
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• Hawaii observatory to be evicted amid federal cuts as volcano shoots 700ft lava

  21-03-2025 00:40 via theguardian.com
  
  Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cutsAs Hawaii’s most active volcano shot out fountains of lava on Thursday, some of them reaching as high as 700ft, scientists from the US Geological Survey have been posting regular updates on the scale and pace of the eruptions.But those same scientists, along with their volcano-monitoring equipment, may soon be evicted from their office because of Elon Musk’s federal government
  
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