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Perfect storm as mass deportations collide with city of immigrants
Kayla Epstein, Bernd Debusmann and Christal Hayes Reporting fromNew York, the White House and Los Angeles Getty Images California National Guard troops and vehicles deployed to Los Angeles on Sunday in the wake of protests against federal immigration raids. This weekend, tensions boiled over in the Los Angeles area after a week of immigration sweeps…
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World fertility rates in ‘unprecedented decline’, UN says
Getty Images In a survey of 14,000 people, one in five respondents said they haven’t had or expect they won’t have the number of children they want Namrata Nangia and her husband have been toying with the idea of having another child since their five-year-old daughter was born. But it always comes back to one…
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Four crew members missing as Singapore cargo ship burns off India coast
India’s Coast Guard is continuing efforts to douse a fire on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Arabian Sea near the coast of the southern state of Kerala. MV Wan Hai 503, which was heading to India’s Mumbai city from Sri Lanka’s Colombo, reported an internal container explosion on Monday, resulting in a major fire…
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Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK
Uber will trial robotaxis – autonomous cars with no human safety driver at the wheel – in London next spring. The ride-hailing app will work with the UK artificial intelligence (AI) firm Wayve, which has been testing out the technology on the city’s streets with human oversight, in line with current legislation. The announcement comes…
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‘It’s important for me’ – LA protesters take to the streets
Protests against immigration raids have continued in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday, with similar demonstrations happening in other major US cities. US President Donald Trump says the protests are an “assault on peace and public order”. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says the way to dismantle protests is to end the raids. In Chicago, Illinois,…
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US-China talks end with plan for Trump and Xi to approve
The US and China say they have agreed in principle to a framework for de-escalating trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the deal should result in restrictions on rare earths and magnets being resolved. Both sides said they would now take the plan to their country’s presidents…
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South Africa hit by snow, floods and gale force winds causing havoc
A minibus carrying schoolchildren has been swept away by heavy flooding in South Africa, a spokesperson for the Eastern Cape provincial government has told the BBC. Khuselwa Rantjie said it was unclear how many children were on the bus, but three had so far been found alive. Rescue efforts had been suspended as night had…
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Grief and shock in Austria’s second city
Bethany Bell BBC News in Graz Watch: Austria in shock after school shooting in ‘safe and peaceful place’ There is shock, sadness and disbelief in Graz, after the worst shooting in modern Austrian history left 11 people dead, including the gunman. “We never could have imagined that this could have happened here, in our place.…
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Bolsonaro denies involvement in alleged coup plot
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has denied his involvement in an alleged plot to overthrow the country’s current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Speaking for the first time in court, Bolsonaro, who ruled the country between 2019 and 2022, said a coup was an “abominable thing” and there was “never even a possibility of…
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At least four dead in Colombia attacks, local media reports
At least four people have died in a wave of bomb and gun attacks in south-western Colombia, according to local media reports. Two police officers were said to be among those killed in the attacks, which targeted Cali, the country’s third-largest city, and several nearby towns. Car bombs, motorcycle bombs, rifle fire and a suspected…
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