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Migrant being arrested after car chase. SB4 gives police officers in Texas broad powers to arrest migrants. — courtesy Getty Images
Supreme Court says Texas can arrest and jail migrants
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has allowed Texas to arrest and jail migrants, as part of the state’s new tough immigration law.Under the law, known as SB4, local and state police can arrest and prosecute those suspected of illegally crossing the Mexican border.The Biden administration has called the law unconstitutional.The decision comes a day after it was blocked by the same court while emergency appeals played out.Enforcing immigration laws — including arrests — has typically been handled by the federal government.SB4 now gives that power to Texan officials, allowing them to prosecute migrants or order them returned to Mexico.The law is among the toughest immigration measures taken by any US state in recent memory.In total, SB4 was delayed three times by Justice Samuel...
March 19, 2024

Supreme Court says Texas can arrest and jail migrants

UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt speaking in the House of Commons in this file photo.
Jeremy Hunt hints at October general election
LONDON — UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has hinted a general election could be held in October.He told a Lords Committee the government's next spending review had to be completed before next April and "if the general election is in October that will mean it's very, very tight".The latest date an election could legally take place is Jan. 28, 2025.The PM has said his "working assumption" is one will be held in the second half of this year.Last week Rishi Sunak also ruled out polling day being on May 2, the date when local elections are already taking place.Appearing in front of the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee, Hunt also said he hoped to hold another "fiscal event" this parliament, which is due to end in January.Fiscal events generally mean any...
March 19, 2024

Jeremy Hunt hints at October general election

Former president Jair Bolsonaro remains the most influential figurehead for the right in Brazilian politics.
Police accuse Bolsonaro of fraud over COVID vaccine records
BRASILIA — Brazilian police have formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of fraud relating to his COVID vaccination records, paving the way for possible criminal charges in the Supreme Court.His health records say he received the vaccine in Sao Paulo in 2021. But an investigation later found he was not in the city at the time.Bolsonaro, a COVID skeptic who publicly vowed never to have the vaccine, has denied any knowledge of records being tampered with.Almost 700,000 people have died of COVID-19 in Brazil, according to Johns Hopkins University in the US.The federal police accuse Bolsonaro — who regularly downplayed the severity of the virus — and eight other people of plotting to issue “false certificates to obtain undue advantages” during the pandemic.Vaccination was an...
March 19, 2024

Police accuse Bolsonaro of fraud over COVID vaccine records

Former Mississippi police officer Hunter Elward has been sentenced to 20 years.
Ex-police officer sentenced to 20 years in Mississippi torture case
WASHINGTON — Former Mississippi police officer Hunter Elward has been sentenced to 20 years for his role in torturing two black men in their own home.Elward is the first of six officers due to be sentenced this week.The victims were beaten, shocked with stun guns and sexually assaulted by the officers who burst in without a warrant in 2023. One of them was also shot in the mouth.The group pleaded guilty to federal civil rights offenses in August.Elward’s sentencing will be followed by the other five: Christian Dedmon, Brett McAlpin, Jerffrey Middleton, Daniel Opydke and Joshua Hartfield.On Tuesday, US District Judge Tom Lee called Elward’s crimes “egregious and despicable”, local media reported.Each faces the possibility of decades in prison on the charges, which include...
March 19, 2024

Ex-police officer sentenced to 20 years in Mississippi torture case

Pope Francis, 87, became pontiff in 2013.
Pope Francis puts rumors of retirement to rest in new memoir
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has no intention of retiring and plans to remain in post for life, according to his new autobiography.In "Life: My Story Through History", Pope Francis, who is 87, says there is "no risk" of him resigning despite speculation he might step down following a spate of health issues."I believe the pope's ministry is ad vitam, for life," Francis says."I therefore see no justification for giving it up."Earlier this year, Francis canceled meetings and audiences due to ill health. He has suffered from frequent bouts of influenza, has difficult walking and is increasingly seen using a wheelchair.These issues, as well as the Pope's age, have prompted questions about the future of the Catholic Church.Despite denying he is...
March 19, 2024

Pope Francis puts rumors of retirement to rest in new memoir

Rising sea levels are causing the regular flooding of homes in Bangladesh. — courtesy WFP/Sayed Asif Mahmud
Records smashed — new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far
GENEVA — Records were once again broken for greenhouse gas levels, surface temperatures, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, ice cover and glacier retreat, a new global report issued by the UN weather agency (WMO) on Tuesday shows.Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones caused misery and mayhem, upending everyday life for millions and inflicting many billions of dollars in economic losses, according to the WMO State of the Global Climate 2023 report.“Sirens are blaring across all major indicators... Some records aren’t just chart-topping, they’re chart-busting. And changes are speeding up,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres in a video message for the launch.Based on data from multiple agencies, the study confirmed that...
March 19, 2024

Records smashed — new WMO climate report confirms 2023 hottest so far

Peter Navarro at a Miami, Florida, gas station on Tuesday. — courtesy CNN
Peter Navarro: Ex-Trump adviser to begin prison sentence
WASHINGTON — Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to Donald Trump, will begin a four-month jail term for contempt of congress in federal prison on Tuesday.Navarro, 74, was convicted last year after ignoring a subpoena from a House committee investigating the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 2021.A Supreme Court justice denied his last-ditch appeal to stay out of prison on Monday. He will be the first Trump-era official to be jailed for contempt of Congress.Navarro has until 14:00 local time (18:00 GMT) to report to a federal prison in Miami to begin his sentence. The facility, FCI Miami, is a low security facility with an adjacent minimum-security camp.At the end of January, three years after the attack by former President Trump's supporters on Congress, Navarro was given the sentence and...
March 19, 2024

Peter Navarro: Ex-Trump adviser to begin prison sentence

A young displaced Palestinian holds on to the food aid by UN humanitarians. — courtesy WFP/Abubaker Garelnabei
Gaza’s entire population facing acute food insecurity, Blinken warns
MANILA — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said all of Gaza’s two million people are experiencing “severe levels of acute food insecurity”.This was first time an entire population had been so classified, he said when questioned by the BBC about conditions in the territory.Blinken called on Israel to prioritize providing for those in need.UN agencies have said north Gaza could face famine by May without a pause in the fighting and a surge in aid.Blinken’s warning came during a trip to the Philippines as US officials announced that he would then travel to the Middle East, his sixth trip to the region since October, as efforts to secure a ceasefire continue.Israeli negotiators are due to begin talks in Qatar on Tuesday in a fresh attempt to agree a deal with Hamas to halt the...
March 19, 2024

Gaza’s entire population facing acute food insecurity, Blinken warns

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin seen in this file photo.
Austin says US support for Ukraine remains resolute
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin emphasized Tuesday that the US “will not let Ukraine fail,” as Congress continues to delay critical funding for Ukraine aid.Speaking in Germany at the 20th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Austin said Ukraine’s military continues “to degrade the Kremlin’s capabilities.”“Ukraine won’t back down, and neither will the United States,” said Austin, while seated next to Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov. “So, our message today is clear: The United States will not let Ukraine fail. This coalition will not let Ukraine fail. And the free world will not let Ukraine fail.”The trip is Austin’s first official trip abroad since his prostate cancer procedure in...
March 19, 2024

Austin says US support for Ukraine remains resolute

Polls show that Americans are increasingly concerned about immigration and the handling of the US-Mexico border. — Getty Images
Supreme Court again blocks Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants
WASHINGTON — The US Supreme Court has again blocked a Texas immigration law that President Joe Biden’s administration has called unconstitutional from taking effect.SB4 would allow local and state police to arrest those illegally crossing the border from Mexico. It would be among the toughest immigration measures in any US state.A record high of at least 6.3 million migrants have been held crossing illegally into the US since Biden took office in 2021.In Monday’s ruling, the Supreme Court imposed an administrative stay, meaning SB4 cannot be enforced while emergency appeals from the Biden administration and other challengers play out.Justice Samuel Alito’s brief order suggested the court could take additional action. It is the third time the conservative justice has paused SB4.SB4...
March 19, 2024

Supreme Court again blocks Texas law allowing police to arrest migrants

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