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• US citizen wrongfully arrested by border patrol in Arizona held for nearly 10 days

  20-04-2025 23:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Official claimed Jose Hermosillo, who was visiting Arizona, was ‘without the proper immigration documents’Immigration officials detained a US citizen for nearly 10 days in Arizona, according to court records and press reports.As the NPR affiliate Arizona Public Media, first reported, 19-year-old Jose Hermosillo, a New Mexico resident visiting Arizona, was detained by border patrol agents in Nogales, a city along the Mexico border about an hour south of Tucson. Continue reading...
  
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• Tens of thousands waited more than 24 hours for hospital beds in A&E last year

  20-04-2025 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Patients in England aged 65 or over made up almost 70% of long ‘trolley waits’, with some left for up to 10 days, data revealsAbout 49,000 A&E visits last year resulted in patients waiting 24 hours or more for a hospital bed, with people aged 65 or over making up almost 70% of cases.According to a freedom of information request by the Liberal Democrats, some patients went 10 days before getting a space on a ward. Continue reading...
  
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• Massachusetts governor calls Trump’s attacks on Harvard ‘bad for science’

  20-04-2025 19:36 via theguardian.com
  
  Maura Healey says president targeting universities hurts US ‘competitiveness’ and affects research and hospitalsMassachusetts governor Maura Healey said on Sunday that Donald Trump’s attacks on Harvard University and other schools are having detrimental ripple effects, with the shutdown of research labs and cuts to hospitals linked to colleges.During an interview on CBS’s Face the Nation, the Democratic governor said that the effects on Harvard are damaging “America
  
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• Senator says trip to El Salvador was to support Kilmar Ábrego García’s due process

  20-04-2025 18:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Chris Van Hollen says ‘if we deny constitutional rights of this one man, it threatens constitutional rights of everyone’Senator Chris Van Hollen, who travelled to El Salvador last week to meet Kilmar Ábrego García, the man at the center of a wrongful deportation dispute, said on Sunday that his trip was to support Ábrego García’s right to due process because if that was denied then everyone’s constitutional rights were threatened in the US.The
  
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• WATCH: Meerkats enjoy Easter egg hunt at German zoo

  20-04-2025 18:30 via abcnews.go.com
  Meerkats at the Gelsenkirchen Zoo in Germany enjoyed an Easter egg hunt. The colorful eggs were filled with some of their favorite treats, including mealworms.
  
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• NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds

  20-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Britons found to have ‘lost out’ while rest of Europe benefits from golden age of research and treatments‘Children with cancer cannot wait’: the human cost of clinical trial delays after BrexitBritish cancer patients are being denied life-saving drugs and trials of revolutionary treatments are being derailed by the red tape and extra costs brought on by Brexit, a leaked report warns.Soaring numbers are being diagnosed with the disease amid a growing and ageing
  
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• ‘Children with cancer cannot wait’: the human cost of clinical trial delays after Brexit

  20-04-2025 18:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Price of importing drugs for a Paris and Birmingham study has almost quadrupled to £175,000NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report findsChildren are among the NHS patients being denied access to revolutionary cancer drugs as a result of red tape and extra costs caused by Brexit, according to a report leaked to the Guardian.
  Two examples illustrate how the UK’s departure from the EU is derailing UK cancer research, leaving patients in limbo
  
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• Israeli military admits ‘professional failures’ over Gaza paramedic killings

  20-04-2025 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  IDF says it is dismissing deputy commander for giving ‘inaccurate report’ on shooting that caused global outcryIsrael’s military has admitted to several “professional failures” and a breach of orders in the killing of 15 rescue workers in Gaza last month, and said that it was dismissing a deputy commander responsible.The deadly shooting of eight Red Crescent paramedics, six civil defence workers and a UN staffer by Israeli troops, as they carried out a rescue missio
  
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• UK prison officers to demand electric stun guns for dangerous jails

  20-04-2025 17:08 via theguardian.com
  
  Meeting called with justice secretary after attack on three guards at HMP FranklandPrison officers will demand the immediate issue of electric stun guns to protect staff guarding Britain’s most dangerous jails when they meet the justice secretary this week.Wednesday’s meeting with Shabana Mahmood was called after the attack on three guards at HMP Frankland, allegedly by the convicted terrorist Hashem Abedi. Two were seriously injured after being doused in hot cooking fat and stabbed,
  
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• ‘Scare campaign’ accusations, costings and more debates: watching the home stretch of the Australian election

  20-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  The Coalition appears to be losing support, but the latest Essential poll shows 47% of voters on the fence, making the final 12 days crucialElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe brief pause in election campaign hostilities o
  
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• Labor vows to consider strengthening Australia’s animal welfare body after shocking abattoir revelations

  20-04-2025 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Exclusive: Guardian Australia investigation into export abattoirs brings ‘necessary and commonsense’ commitment back to the spotlightElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastLabor will consider strengthening Australia’s independent animal welfare body following shocking revelations of welfare breaches and oversight failings in the nation’s export abattoirs.A Guardian Australia investigat
  
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• Trump draft order calls for drastic restructure of state department

  20-04-2025 16:44 via theguardian.com
  
  If enacted changes would be one of the biggest reorganizations of department since its founding in 1789A draft Trump administration executive order reported to be circulating among US diplomats proposes a radical restructuring of the US state department, including drastic reductions to sub-Saharan operations, envoys and bureaus relating to climate, refugees, human rights, democracy and gender equality.The changes, if enacted, would be one of the biggest reorganizations of the department since it
  
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• Zelenskyy says Russia has intensified shelling despite ‘Easter truce’ as Moscow also accuses Ukraine of breaching ceasefire – as it happened

  20-04-2025 16:29 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Easter truce’ ordered by Putin on Saturday but Ukraine president says Russian army continuing efforts to advance. This live blog is closedZelenskyy dismisses Putin ceasefire as ‘PR’ and says Russian attacks continueEaster falls on the same day this year for orthodox and western churches, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukrainians not to give up hope that peace will one day return.Here are some of the latest images coming out of the newswires from Ukraine where festivit
  
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• Zelenskyy accuses Russia of violating Putin’s Easter ceasefire 2,000 times

  20-04-2025 16:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukrainian president dismisses move as ‘PR’ amid reports of strikes, while Moscow also claims breaches by KyivVolodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Vladimir Putin’s Easter ceasefire as a fake “PR” exercise and said Russian troops had continued their drone and artillery attacks across many parts of the frontline.Citing a report from Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Zelenskyy said Russia was still using heavy weapons and since 10am on Sunday an increa
  
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• RAF fighters scrambled twice to intercept Russian planes last week

  20-04-2025 15:28 via theguardian.com
  
  Incidents over Baltic Sea come after UK’s deployment of six jets to eastern Poland to defend Nato airspaceRAF fighter jets have intercepted two Russian aircraft flying close to Nato airspace over the Baltic Sea.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said two RAF Typhoons were scrambled from Malbork airbase in Poland on Tuesday to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M “Coot-A” intelligence aircraft. Continue reading...
  
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• Missouri State star Todric McGee dies after suspected accidental shooting

  20-04-2025 15:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Police found 21-year-old at home after wellness checkSafety was a decorated high school player in KansasMissouri State safety Todric McGee has died at the age of 21 after what has been described as a possible accidental shooting.A Springfield Police Department spokesperson said officers had gone to McGee’s home for a wellness check on Friday morning after receiving a call. They found McGee, who they believe had suffered a “possible accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound”. He w
  
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• ‘Their pursuits are the cigar and the siesta’: how two centuries of British writers helped forge our view of Spain

  20-04-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Laurie Lee and Robert Graves among ‘English-speaking Quixotes’ in new book celebrating literary love for all things SpanishAlmost 200 years ago, the pioneering British travel writer Richard Ford offered an observation that has been happily ignored by the legions of authors who have traipsed in his dusty footsteps across Spain, toting notebooks, the odd violin or Bible, and, of course, their own particular prejudices.“Nothing causes more pain to Spaniards”, Ford noted in h
  
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• Jim Ratcliffe’s chemicals business under pressure from Trump tariffs, Moody’s warns

  20-04-2025 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Rating agency downgrades Ineos Quattro as it says ‘trade barriers’ could affect it for next two yearsSir Jim Ratcliffe’s loss-making chemicals business could take longer than expected to recover its financial health because of Donald Trump’s trade tariffs, analysts have said.The billionaire industrialist has faced growing concerns over the state of his chemicals group amid problems with his business interests in Manchester United and All Blacks rugby. Continue reading...
  
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• Sri Lankan police investigate photo of Buddha’s tooth relic

  20-04-2025 14:16 via theguardian.com
  Worshippers are frisked on entering temple in Kandy where relic is held and photography is strictly prohibitedSri Lankan police have launched an investigation into a photo circulated on social media claiming to show a Buddha tooth relic, which has gone on display under tight security.The Criminal Investigation Department was ordered to determine whether the widely shared image was taken during the rare display of the relic, police said. Continue reading...
  
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• Moscow may gain key role in Iran nuclear deal as US talks progress

  20-04-2025 14:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Russia touted as possible destination for Iran’s uranium stockpile and could also act as arbiter of deal breachesRussia could play a key role in a deal on the future of Iran’s nuclear programme, with Moscow being touted not only as a possible destination for Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, but also as a possible arbiter of deal breaches.Donald Trump, who abandoned a 2015 nuclear pact between Tehran and world powers in 2018 during his first term, has threatened to a
  
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• The Trump-Harvard showdown is the latest front in a long conservative war against academia

  20-04-2025 14:00 via theguardian.com
  President’s attack on universities echoes efforts by Reagan and McCarthy – but experts say ‘we’re seeing much worse’The showdown between Donald Trump and Harvard University may have exploded into life this week, but the battle represents just the latest step in what has been a decades-long war waged by the right wing on American academia.It’s a fight by conservatives that dates back to Ronald Reagan, the hitherto spiritual leader of the Republican party, all t
  
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• Fears remain this Easter that Christians in Nigeria are being ‘wiped out' by Muslim extremists

  20-04-2025 14:00 via foxnews.com
  
  It’s going to be a wretched and fearful Easter for Christians in Nigeria. The killing and persecution of Christians by Islamist militants intent on creating a muslim caliphate in this West African country is continuing apparently unchecked despite the population being 46% Christian."Nigeria’s Christians are being wiped out; we need to call it what it is — genocide," Jeff King, president of International Christian Concern (ICC), a persecution watchdog, told Fox News Digital
  
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• A day in the life of a Gaza family as war resumes

  20-04-2025 13:07 via nbcnews.com
  An NBC News crew in Gaza spent the day with the Al-Zurai family, from early morning to sunset, to see how they are living since the resumption of war. The family of 16 has been displaced four times since the war began, now living in a makeshift tent on the rubble of what was once their home.
  
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• Syrian refugee says Home Office ‘breaking my heart’ by refusing dying mother entry to UK

  20-04-2025 12:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Home Office intervened after initial ruling allowing grandmother with terminal cancer to joinfamily in GlasgowA Syrian refugee says the Home Office has “broken her heart” by trying to bar her mother, who has weeks to live, from coming to the UK to spend her final days with the grandchildren she has never met.Ola Al Hamwi fled Syria with her husband, Mostafa Amonajid, in 2015. They had lost their baby after a bombing and were unable to take Al Hamwi’s mother, Soaad Al Shawa, wit
  
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• Skyrocketing antisemitism in Canada sparks concern for country's Jews ahead of election

  20-04-2025 12:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Antisemitism in Canada has exploded in the aftermath of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, reaching record numbers last year and becoming a central issue for the country’s Jewish community ahead of an April 28 federal election.Last week, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, the main challenger to Prime Minister Mark Carney accused pro-Hamas protesters of staging "hate marches" and vowing to deport antisemitic foreigners from Canada."The rampaging chaos that we see in our streets,
  
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• Who is Carlo Acutis, the computer prodigy who died at 15 and is to be first millennial saint?

  20-04-2025 11:58 via theguardian.com
  Pope Francis has attributed two miracles to the London-born teenager, who built websites for church and died of leukaemiaHe was a London-born teenager with leukaemia who spread his faith by building websites, later gaining the moniker “God’s influencer”.And now Carlo Acutis, a computer prodigy who died at the age of 15 in 2006, will become the first millennial canonised by the Catholic church next week, in St Peter’s Square. Continue reading...
  
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• Florida State relents on Monday return to campus after outcry

  20-04-2025 05:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Richard McCullough's initial announcement that students should return Monday was met with anger and confusion from many who said it was too soon.
  
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• Missouri State football star Todric McGee dies at 21

  20-04-2025 03:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  Missouri State safety Todric McGee died early Saturday from what authorities say was a possible accidental and self-inflicted gunshot wound.
  
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• Tunisian court hands prison sentences of up to 66 years in mass trial of regime opponents

  20-04-2025 02:45 via theguardian.com
  Opposition says trial was staged to entrench president Kais Saied’s authoritarian ruleA Tunisian court has handed down prison sentences of 13 to 66 years to politicians, businessmen and lawyers in a mass trial that opponents say is fabricated and a symbol of president Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule.Businessman Kamel Ltaif received the longest sentence of 66 years on Saturday, while opposition politician Khayam Turki was given a 48-year jail term, a lawyer for the defendants said. Co
  
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• WATCH: Octopus 'hugs' diver's camera during underwater encounter

  20-04-2025 02:19 via abcnews.go.com
  A diver filmed an affectionate encounter with a Maori octopus that was seen gently embracing her camera near a pier in Rye, Australia.
  
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• Progressive icon and ex-Rep. Barbara Lee wins race for mayor of struggling Oakland, California

  20-04-2025 01:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  Barbara Lee represented the city in Congress for more than two decades before retiring last year after running unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.
  
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• Protesters rally outside White House amid nationwide anti-Trump demonstrations

  20-04-2025 01:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  A large number of people gathered near the White House on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump's agenda, building upon a widespread effort by anti-Trump organizers to galvanize voters concerned with the administration's policies and significant use of executive authority.
  
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• FSU community in grief after deadly mass shooting

  20-04-2025 01:17 via nbcnews.com
  We are learning more about the two people who were killed in Thursday's mass shooting on the campus of Florida State University. NBC News’ Priya Sridhar spoke to a friend of one of the victims.
  
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• Severe weather threatens Easter holiday travel

  20-04-2025 01:08 via nbcnews.com
  A line of storms could upend the Easter holiday travel rush. Some areas could see hail, damaging winds and possibly tornadoes. NBC News’ Maggie Vespa has the latest.
  
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• Putin declares Easter truce with Ukraine

  20-04-2025 01:08 via nbcnews.com
  Russian President Vladimir Putin declared a surprise pause in fighting with Ukraine over the Easter holiday. NBC News’ Raf Sanchez reports.
  
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• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy skeptical of Putin’s Easter ceasefire, says previous truce proposal by US was ignored

  20-04-2025 01:07 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed skepticism over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement Saturday that Russia would observe a temporary ceasefire during the Easter holiday. After the announcement, Zelenskyy posted on X that air raid alerts were ringing out across Ukraine, adding that Russian attack drones were detected in the skies. "Shahed drones in our skies reveal Putin’s true attitude toward Easter and toward human life," he wrote.The Kremlin on
  
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• Oklahoma wins seventh national gymnastics championship, besting multiple Olympic medalists

  20-04-2025 00:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Oklahoma Sooners may not have an Olympic medalist on their team, but the Sooners still clinched their seventh national title since 2014 on Saturday, solidifying a collegiate gymnastics dynasty.
  
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• At least 148 people die after boat catches fire in Congo: reports

  20-04-2025 00:28 via foxnews.com
  
  At least 148 people were found dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo after a motorized wooden boat caught fire and capsized, media reports citing local officials said on Friday.The boat was carrying as many as 500 passengers, including women and children, when it overturned in the Congo River located in the country’s northwest region on Tuesday, as per the reports.27 DEAD IN NORTHWEST CONGO AFTER BOAT CAPSIZESBoating accidents are common in Congo, where old, wooden vessels are the main
  
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• Ice bucket challenge returns with new focus on mental health

  20-04-2025 00:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  The “Ice Bucket Challenge,” a viral fundraising campaign that raised millions for ALS research in 2014, has been reimagined by students at the University of South Carolina to tackle a new issue: mental health awareness.
  
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