41 m. ago Trump confirms detention of Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil: ‘the first arrest of many to come’ – live

Trump says Ice took the Palestinian student protester into custody after his executive order‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activistSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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99 m. ago Trump confirms arrest and detention of Palestinian activist: ‘the first arrest of many to come’ – live

Trump says Ice took Mahmoud Khalil into custody after his executive order‘Reeks of McCarthyism’: outrage after Ice detains Palestinian student activistSecretary of state Marco Rubio has announced that USAid will cancel the majority of its programs, while the rest will be folded into the state department.Writing on X, Rubio said:After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago British tourist detained by US authorities for 10 days over visa issue

Backpacker Rebecca Burke was handcuffed and taken to a detention facility in WashingtonA British tourist on a four-month backpacking trip around North America has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in the US for 10 days after trying to enter the country via the Canadian border.Rebecca Burke, 28, a graphic artist from Monmouthshire, was on a four-month backpacking trip around North America, and had tried to cross into the state of Washington when she was refused entry. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago British tourist detained by ICE at border during 'dream' backpacking trip across America

Becky Burke, 28, was handcuffed and taken to a detention cell in Tacoma, Washington, on February 26 and is still in custody, according to her distraught family.

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5 h. ago Rubio and homeland security confirm arrest of Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia protests

Mahmoud Khalil was detained by Ice despite having a green card and his lawyers do not know where he’s being heldUS politics live – latest updatesA spokesperson for the US’s homeland security department – as well as the country’s top diplomat – have confirmed the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, a graduate student at Columbia University until this past December who helped lead protests at the school against Israel over the war in Gaza.Homeland security department spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin confirmed the arrest of Khalil – who holds permanent US residency – in a statement on Sunday to Associated Press, saying it was made to support Donald Trump’s presidential orders “prohibiting antisemitism”. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago British expat debunks common myths over Spanish protests with five

After being inundated with concern over anti-tourist sentiment, British expat Sandra Laurie, who has lived in Spain for nine years, has debunked some of the misconceptions around the country's string of protests

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4 d. ago Colombian police hunting for British tourist after 'decomposing body of a trans woman' was found in an apartment after neighbours reported a 'strong smell'

The victim was found semi-naked with her hands tied behind her back and was only wearing a t-shirt and white socks in an apartment in Medellin, local media has reported.

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5 d. ago British tourist drowned after falling into lake while kayaking with friends on holiday in Thailand, inquest told

Adventure-loving engineer Shanghaman Gowribalan, 24, was kayaking with his friends on a dam when his kayak overflowed with water.

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6 d. ago Female German tattooist is hurled in ICE solitary confinement after trying to walk across southern border

A German tattoo artist says she was locked up in solitary confinement after she was detained while trying to cross the US-Mexico border legally.

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6 d. ago Trump’s immigration crackdown mapped: Where are majority of ICE detainees being held in the U.S.

The Independent’s map shines a light on where the tens of thousands are being detained in ICE facilities across the U.S., report Rhian Lubin and Alicja Hagopian

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6 d. ago ‘Like a horror movie’: Ice detaining German tourist in California indefinitely

Jessica Brösche has spent more than a month in detention center after being denied entry at San Diego from MexicoA German tourist is fighting to be released from an immigration detention center after she was denied entry at the San Diego border and taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) last month.Jessica Brösche, a 26-year-old German tattoo artist, is being indefinitely detained by US Customs and Border Protection after she tried to enter San Diego on 25 January from Tijuana, Mexico, with her American best friend, Amelia Lofving. The two were traveling with tattoo equipment. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Report: 3 people in London detained by ICE after traffic stop, set to be deported

Report: 3 people in London detained by ICE after traffic stop, set to be deported  LEX 18 News - Lexington, KY

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7 d. ago Brit tourist, 63 'knocked out by club bouncer in one punch' and left bleeding out on curb

Footage a British tourist apparently being knocked out by a single punch thrown by an on-duty security guard has surfaced – the altercation happened near a nightclub in Thailand

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8 d. ago These states have seen the biggest crackdown on immigration since Trump returned to office

The Independent’s map shines a light on where the tens of thousands are being detained in ICE facilities across the U.S., reports Rhian Lubin and Alicja Hagopian

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1 week ago British holidaymakers ditch Turkey for three new tourist destinations

Turkey has been one of the main holiday destinations for Brits since the mid-1990s, but it appears more and more Brits are ditching the hotspot for three new countries to explore

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1 week ago Early riser British tourist shocked by scenes next to hotel pool admits 'I'm very tempted'

The woman set her alarm for 6.30am and headed poolside at the hotel - but could not believe what she saw when she got there

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1 week ago Laos poisoning victim's mother fears she may never find out who is responsible

Simone White, 28, from Orpington, Kent, died in November last year after she fell ill from drinking free shots mixed with methanol whilst on a trip to the popular backpacking town of Vang Vieng

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1 week ago Thai cops arrest Brit for overstaying his tourist visa by a record 25 YEARS

Police in Thailand have arrested a British man for overstaying his tourist visa by a record 25 years.

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1 week ago 'I went to Benidorm for first time – and Brits should watch out for this major scam'

A British tourist in Benidorm has warned visitors to the popular holiday spot to 'be careful' after he was targeted by a beachfront scam while exploring the sunny Spanish coastal resort

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2 w. ago Pictured: British tourist, 27, who died after falling from 'considerable height' while trekking in the Himalayas

A Durham University graduate has been identified as the British tourist who died after falling off a cliff while trekking in India .

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