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Weather tracker: Tornadoes and wildfires kill at least 40 across US

The Guardian - UK

Columbia University capitulates to Trump demands to restore $400m in federal funding – as it happened

Changes include allowing security officers to arrest students and a new official for Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies department. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - US

‘We won’t be silent’ — Teachers vow legal challenges after Trump moves to slash Department of Education

The agency oversees a $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio and supervises 50 million primary and secondary students across the U.S.

Fortune

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‘Never forget’: Pacific countries remember nuclear test legacy as weapons ban treaty debated

Supporters of the UN treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons gathered this month in New York to call for wider ratification

The Guardian - AU

Flights diverted after fire at London power station shuts Heathrow

Flights were diverted to airports in France, Ireland and Germany on Friday after a fire at an electricity substation in west London forced a full-day shutdown of Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport.

Radio France Internationale

Raúl Jiménez puts Mexico into Nations League final, and Canada into US clash

The Fulham striker struck twice as Mexico moved on to face Panama in the final, while Canada will play the USA for third

The Guardian - US

Detentions of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

U.S. authorities have arrested and detained Canadian and European travelers at U.S. borders in recent weeks

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Trump administration briefing: Democrats denounce education department ‘shutdown’

Education secretary ordered to take ‘all necessary steps’ to dismantle department; US rejects Mexico’s request for water – key US politics stories from Thursday at a glance

The Guardian - US

An Embarrassing Defeat: Takeaways From USMNT's Shocking Concacaf Nations League Elimination

Mauricio Pochettino has questions to answer after USA were eliminated from the Concacaf Nations League by Panama.

Sports Illustrated

Donald Trump signs executive order to ‘eliminate’ Department of Education

The executive order begins the process of dismantling the department, a process which requires congressional approval.

Al Jazeera

Parents of Texas child who died of measles stand by decision to not vaccinate

The measles vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective against the disease, which is highly contagious and can be life threatening.

The Texas Tribune

Texas janitor behind bars for urinating into doctor’s office water cooler and giving employees STDs

Lucio Catarino Diaz pleaded guilty to a charge of aggravated assault with deadly weapon – his urine

The Independent UK

Notice of immigration escape came too late to help, police say

Police say two men escaped from a Denver area immigration detention center apparently after its back doors opened during a power outage

The Independent UK

Dismantling of education department casts US student loans into uncertainty

Doubts that whatever remains of department can govern student debt as one in four US adults under 40 has loans

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The Independent UK

Family of Menendez brothers wave off prosecutor criticism and lead rally for their release

The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is rejecting claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn’t appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and says any lies they told during their murder trial were due to trauma and fear

The Guardian - US

US agriculture department announces $100m in funding for bird flu vaccine research

Research to be funded even as health secretary RFK Jr suggested letting disease run freely for birds to develop immunity

Latin Times

ICE Accuses Colorado Officials of 'Declining' to Help Track Escaped Migrants

Two migrants who escaped from a detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, remain on the run, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is accusing local authorities of refusing to assist in the search.

The Guardian - US

Gaza protesters sue UCLA for civil rights violations after ‘brutal attack’ in 2024

Over 30 demonstrators accuse campus officials and police of wrongful arrests and negligence during demonstrations

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The Guardian - US

Los Angeles’s projected $1bn budget shortfall will lead to layoffs, officials say

Major cuts ‘nearly inevitable’ as Mayor Karen Bass warns no department is ‘too precious’ to pass over for reductions

Latin Times

ICE Reveals Latest Arrest Figure Since Inauguration; It's Still Well Short Of Trump's Goals

While arrests have increased compared to the Biden administration, ICE is still far from the 1,200 to 1,500 daily arrest quota set by Trump officials.

The Independent UK

UN refugee agency says Cyprus still pushes back migrant boats, Cyprus insists agency has it wrong

Cyprus and the United Nations agency for refugees are clashing over allegations that the east Mediterranean island nation continues to engage in so-called pushbacks against migrant boats departing from neighboring Syria or Lebanon

The Independent UK

Man gets prison in US for helping pressure Chinese expat to return home

A real estate businessman who aided a Chinese effort to pressure an expatriate to return home has been sentenced to over a year in a U.S. prison

The Guardian - UK

Starmer warns Putin of ‘severe consequences’ if he breaches peace deal

UK leader says Russia cannot veto how Ukraine defends itself as western military officials meet to draft security plans

The Independent UK

Tesla recalls nearly all Cybertrucks in US as side panels fall off

The recall covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks

Latin Times

ICE to Deport Brothers of Laken Riley's Killer Following Fraud Convictions

Federal authorities will deport two brothers of José Ibarra, the Venezuelan man convicted of murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

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