Judge finds probable cause to hold Trump officials in contempt over ‘willful disregard’ of order to stop deportation flights – live | US news

Judge finds ‘probable cause’ to hold Trump administration in criminal contempt for violating order on Venezuelan deportations US federal judge James Boasberg on Wednesday found “probable cause” to hold Donald Trump’s administration in contempt of court for violating his order last month halting deportations of Venezuelan migrants under the wartime Alien Enemies Act. Boasberg gave…

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Hopeful or ‘hate-fuelled’? Film of controversial play about Israel gets London premiere | Israel

The premiere of Caryl Churchill’s short play Seven Jewish Children at the Royal Court theatre 16 years ago proved to be one of British theatre’s most controversial opening nights. Audiences were immediately divided by the British playwright’s deliberately stripped-back treatment of Jewish generational fear and Israel’s history of conflict. The public attacks it prompted have…

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Middle East crisis live: Trump’s plan for Gaza would ‘squash’ ceasefire and ‘incite return of fighting’, Egypt says | Israel-Gaza war

Trump plan would ‘squash’ ceasefire, says Egypt Trump’s proposal for the US to take control of Gaza would “squash” the ceasefire and “incite a return of fighting”, Egypt has said. The plan Trump has put forward would involve some of Gaza’s roughly two million residents being displaced into Egypt, which shares a border with the…

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