5 d. ago Children left short of clean water and sleep amid ‘prolonged’ detention by Ice, watchdog groups allege

Legal experts speak of ‘cruel’ and harmful deprivations for families held in Texas immigration facilityChildren, including the very young, have been spending weeks or months in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detention facility in a remote part of Texas where outside monitors have heard accounts of shortages of clean drinking water, chronic sleep deprivation and kids struggling for hygiene supplies and prompt medical attention, as revealed in a stark new court filing.Legal experts able to witness conditions made a barrage of allegations about deprivations, violations of legally agreed basic detention standards and humanitarian concerns at the only known Ice center currently holding families. At the facility in Dilley, a small town an hour south-west of San Antonio, kids and their parents described a “prison-like environment” where the guards reportedly call them “inmates” despite them not being criminals, and said they live in “cell-like trailers”.prolonged, vaguely exp...

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1 week ago Moment Labour council leader calls St George flag campaigners 'a bunch of criminals and nonces'

Ex-parliamentary candidate Jeremy Newmark spoke out over a movement known as Operation Raise The Colours - to gasps from Hertfordshire councillors.

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1 week ago Davey insists he is not scared of Farage or legal threats from Elon Musk

The Liberal Democrat leader said ‘no’ when pressed on Sky News as to whether he would like to retract calling the Tesla owner a criminal.

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1 week ago Sir Ed Davey brands Musk ‘criminal’ amid call for Parliament to grill tech boss

Sir Ed is expected to continue his feud with the Tesla and X owner in his speech to the Lib Dems’ conference on Tuesday.

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2 w. ago Trump says his Georgia election interference case ‘should now be dead for good’ after Fani Willis loses appeal

President calls Fulton County district attorney a ‘criminal’ and slams ‘weaponization’ despite his own felony convictions and threats to prosecute opponents

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3 w. ago Lawmaker calls for French criminal investigation into TikTok

Move comes after parliamentary inquiry into social media platform’s psychological effects on minorsA French lawmaker has asked the state prosecutor for a criminal investigation into whether TikTok was responsible for “endangering the lives” of its young users.Arthur Delaporte, a Socialist MP, said he co-chaired a six-month French parliamentary inquiry into TikTok’s psychological effects on minors and heard testimony from families, social media executives and influencers. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago French lawmaker calls for criminal inquiry into TikTok’s effect on children

Move comes after parliamentary committee finds platform like a ‘slow poison’ to young people A French lawmaker has asked the state prosecutor for a criminal investigation into whether TikTok was responsible for “endangering the lives” of its young users.Arthur Delaporte, a Socialist MP, said he co-chaired a six-month French parliamentary inquiry into TikTok’s psychological effects on minors and heard testimony from families, social media executives and influencers. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Europe live: French PM loses confidence vote and will tender resignation amid political crisis

More than 350 French lawmakers voted against François BayrouAnd over in Brussels, EU diplomats have been briefing journalists that the European Commission is expected to propose a 19th package of sanctions against Russia by Friday, Reuters said.The EU has stepped up its listings and is no longer shying away from larger entities in third countries, and it could list banks in two central Asian countries too, they said. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago The ‘bizarre’ referral of the US housing finance agency chief to oust Lisa Cook

Former officials and experts say Bill Pulte’s request for inquiry into Fed governor’s alleged fraud is ‘unusual’The head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency embraced a highly unusual process to accuse Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, of committing mortgage fraud, former officials and experts have said. One former high-ranking official called the director’s involvement in a criminal referral “bizarre”.William Pulte, a businessman and major GOP donor whom Donald Trump appointed to head the powerful housing agency earlier this year, has accused Cook of committing mortgage fraud by misrepresenting her homes as a primary residence, potentially securing more favorable mortgage rates. The justice department formally opened a criminal investigation into whether Cook committed fraud and has issued subpoenas related to the transaction. Cook’s lawyers have called the discrepancies a “clerical error” and she has denied any wrongdoing. Continue reading...

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