2 h. ago DHS claims these tattoos show Venezuelan gang membership. The tattoo artists who did them say the truth is a lot more innocent

‘It’s mind-blowing... a total misrepresentation,’ one British tattoo artist whose work was cited as a symbol of the crime syndicate Tren de Aragua tells Io Dodds

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5 h. ago British backpacker locked up for nearly three weeks after trying to cross from US to Canada admits she was 'naive' about Trump's border crackdown

Rebecca Burke, 28, from Monmouthshire, south Wales, was trying to cross into Canada from the state of Washington when she was refused entry by officials.

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6 h. ago Police make 29 arrests for rape, assault and stalking in huge crackdown

A number of people have been arrested

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7 h. ago Takeaways from Trump's move to send Venezuelan migrants in the US to a prison in El Salvador

President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war

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7 h. ago Venezuelans with legal status are being illegally detained in the US, lawyers say

Temporary protected status lets people stay when it’s not safe for them to go home, but Ice is arresting them anywayVenezuelans with legal permission to live and work in the United States are being unlawfully arrested by federal authorities at their homes, in their cars, at regular immigration check-ins and on the streets, attorneys say.They are then stuck in immigration detention around the country, sometimes for weeks, despite the law explicitly banning the government from keeping them behind bars. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Gemma Atkinson says Gorka is 'never here' as she gives Strictly Come Dancing update

Gemma Atkinson is engaged to pro dancer Gorka Marquez and the pair share two children - but she admits him being on Strictly doesn't come without its challenges

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8 h. ago Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs

As Keir Starmer reflects on the ongoing turmoil of Trump’s tariffs trade unions, business groups, pro-EU campaigners and Labour MPs are trying to push him to negotiate much closer ties with the EU

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9 h. ago Woman detained in US for 3 weeks under new travel rules says she was 'naive'

Rebecca Burke, 28, was trying to cross from Canada to the USA but did not have the right visa

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9 h. ago British backpacker detained in US says she was ‘naive’ about border crackdown

Rebecca Burke, who was held in a US detention facility for 19 days said she was ‘naive to think that what was going at the border wouldn’t affect me’.

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10 h. ago I'm a photography expert, here's my guide to taking the perfect holiday selfie... everything from the right time of day to angles and iPhone tricks

Ever tried to snap a quick holiday selfie and ended up horrified with the results? MailOnline Travel has spoken to a pro photographer to get her best tips for the perfect holiday selfie.

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10 h. ago The frenzied 24 hours when Venezuelan migrants in the US were shipped to an El Salvador prison

President Donald Trump has invoked a rarely used 1798 law that gives a president immense powers to arrest and deport noncitizens in a time of war

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10 h. ago Boy killed on UK street after having throat slashed as man appears in court

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: The victim died later in hospital from his injury. Franco was charged overnight and detained custody ahead of this morning's appearance

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10 h. ago I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre

Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking of going to Trump’s America: don’t do itJust before the graphic artist Rebecca Burke left Seattle to travel to Vancouver, Canada, on 26 February, she posted an image of a rough comic to Instagram. “One part of travelling that I love is seeing glimpses of other lives,” read the bubble in the first panel, above sketches of cosy homes: crossword puzzle books, house plants, a lit candle, a steaming kettle on a gas stove. Burke had seen plenty of glimpses of other lives over the six weeks she had been backpacking in the US. She had been travelling on her own, staying on homestays free of charge in exchange for doing household chores, drawing as she went. For Burke, 28, it was absolute freedom.Within hours of posting that drawing, Burke got to see a much darker side of life in America, and f...

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11 h. ago The secret weapon GMP is using to crackdown on illegal bikes in Wigan

A mission to clamp down on anti-social motorbiking is returning to the borough

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13 h. ago Barack Obama breaks silence on Trump's 'unimaginable' presidency as he signals end to bromance

The 63-year-old took aim at the Republican leader's crackdown on law firms, press freedoms and free speech in universities.

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16 h. ago What next for climate activism now Just Stop Oil is ‘hanging up the hi

After three years, thousands of arrests and a state crackdown on protests, the group is ending direct action after a polarising campaignOn the morning of Valentine’s Day 2022, Hannah Hunt stood at the gates of Downing Street to announce the start of a new kind of climate campaign, one that would eschew mere protest and instead move into “civil resistance”.Last week, three years and thousands of arrests later, in a neat tie-up exemplary of Just Stop Oil’s (JSO) love of media-savvy stunts, Hunt went to the same spot again – this time to announce the group would be “hanging up the hi-vis”. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago India’s crackdown on Muslim charitable trusts sparks fears for religious freedom: ‘It’s about control’

Reform bill will have a sweeping impact on properties donated for charitable purposes, as well as historic Islamic religious sites that pre-date modern ownership records. Muslim leaders and opposition MPs tell Namita Singh they fear for its wider implications

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22 h. ago Trump campus crackdown continues with threat Harvard must end ‘ideological capture’ or lose billions

White House has targeted five Ivy League universities so far as part of efforts to enforce priorities on antisemitism, DEI, and transgender people

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23 h. ago Woman jailed over 'racist' migrant hotel tweet after Southport stabbings 'is denied temporary release to see daughter, 12, and ailing husband'

Lucy Connolly, 42, is currently serving a 31-month sentence for a post made last summer where she spoke of mass deportations and setting fire to asylum hotels 'for all I care'.

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25 h. ago Madwoman who chopped up her boyfriend gives evil glance in court...then all hell breaks loose

A woman convicted of chopping up her lover scowled furiously at her attorney in court before she pounced on him.

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