The US government has flown 177 deportees from Guantánamo Bay to Honduras, from where they are set to be transferred on to Venezuela, apparently emptying the military facility of migrant detainees. The move on Thursday came days after human rights lawyers filed a lawsuit seeking access to dozens of people who had been held at…
Elon Musk praises Doge efforts to cut federal workforce Speaking at CPAC this evening, Elon Musk praised his and the president’s efforts to cut the federal workforce while NewsMax host Rob Schmitt indicated the Trump administration may shutter the Internal Revenue Service. “We’re finding savings, that’s going to translate directly to reductions in tax,” Musk…
A 27-year-old man has died at Manchester airport after being arrested by Border Force officers. The man had been stopped while going through security in Terminal 2 on Wednesday after “displaying unusual behaviour”, the police watchdog said. It is understood he was later detained in connection with alleged drug offences, according to the Manchester Evening…
British firms are among more than 100 western companies, including the aerospace giant Boeing, which have exported aircraft parts to India that reached Russia, according to customs data. Analysis suggests products worth more than $50m have passed through intermediaries in India to Russian airlines and other entities over a 21-month period up to September 2024….
A writer has left the Society of Authors (SoA) in protest after the UK’s largest writers’ body made a statement on a recent Israeli police raid on a Palestinian-owned bookstore without mentioning Israel, Palestine or the names of the booksellers who were arrested. Matthew Teller, the author of books including Nine Quarters of Jerusalem, said…
White House officials have told Ukraine to stop badmouthing Donald Trump and to sign a deal handing over half of the country’s mineral wealth to the US, saying a failure to do so would be unacceptable. The US national security adviser, Mike Waltz, told Fox News that Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, should “tone down” his…