10 h. ago John Oliver on US immigration detention: ‘Should be a massive embarrassment’

The Last Week Tonight host looks at Trump’s ‘largest deportation operation’ campaign and the dangerous state of facilities used to house immigrantsJohn Oliver took aim at the immigration detention system in the US and the many problems that come with it.The Last Week Tonight host spoke about how Donald Trump has centered deportation as a main element on his presidency and recently made “a big show of having Ice conducting immigration raids” which have largely been ineffectual. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago A closer look at Glastonbury headliners: The 1975, Neil Young and Olivia Rodrigo

British band The 1975 will take the Pyramid stage for the Friday followed by rock star Neil Young on Saturday and US pop singer Rodrigo on Sunday.

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4 d. ago Privately run immigration detention center that previously held families in Texas will reopen

A private prison company says it will reopen an immigrant detention facility in Texas that previously held families with children for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement CoreCivic announced the contract with ICE and the city of Dilley on Wednesday

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5 d. ago Team Trump rethinking costly Guantánamo Bay immigration plan as power issues plague makeshift detention site: report

The ACLU, joined by other nonprofit organizations, has filed two lawsuits against the Trump administration for its Guantánamo plan

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7 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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1 week ago Immigration judge behind series of controversial rulings contributed dozens of articles to 'open borders' website

Judge Sarah Pinder regularly wrote for the publication Free Movement, including a piece in which she described immigration detention centres as 'abhorrent'.

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1 week ago Urgent manhunt for paedophile who may be trying to flee the country after he went on the run from court hours before being convicted of abusing three girls

Paul Ashworth, 71,- who may be using the alias of Edward John Oliver - slipped away while on bail during his trial at Ipswich Crown Court for sexual offences against three girls.

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1 week ago The US lines up Latin American cooperation for migrant deportations

Venezuelan migrants handed over to Mexico like it’s a U.S. immigration detention facility

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2 w. ago John Oliver on Facebook: ‘An absolute sewer of hatred and misinformation’

The Last Week Tonight host looked at content moderation and how Mark Zuckerberg has bent to Trump’s willJohn Oliver took aim at Mark Zuckerberg and the world of content moderation in this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight.The host of the HBO series looked at “just how much the tech industry seemed to swing toward Trump” since the election last year. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pub in Dublin's Temple Bar slammed for 'unjustifiable' prices after customer shares receipt for four pints of Guinness

The Oliver St. John Gogartys pub, located in the busy Temple Bar area, in Dublin has been slammed for 'unjustifiable' prices after a customer shared a receipt for four pints of Guinness.

Economics

2 w. ago Temple Bar pub slammed for 'unjustifiable' prices after customer shares receipt for four pints of Guinness

The Oliver St. John Gogartys pub, located in the busy Temple Bar area, in Dublin has been slammed for 'unjustifiable' prices after a customer shared a receipt for four pints of Guinness.

Economics

2 w. ago John Oliver compares Elon Musk’s DOGE department to viral Willy Wonka experience

The comedian said that DOGE has been a ‘stark disconnect between marketing and reality’

Politics

2 w. ago Revealed: US firm running Guantánamo migrant jail accused over rights abuses

Corporate conglomerate Akima subject of critical audits and complaints over detainee treatment at facilities in USA corporate conglomerate now running the US government’s immigration detention center at the Guantánamo Bay naval base on a lucrative contract has been the subject of critical audits and a civil rights complaint over conditions at three other migrant lockups it has run within the US, documents reviewed by the Guardian show.In one example, a federal audit report on a migrant facility run by the company in Miami found multiple incidents of alleged “inappropriate use of force” – including guards pepper-spraying a man in solitary confinement even though he posed no threat to them, the report said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago John Oliver fans welcome major streaming change as new series returns

Comedian’s long-running news talk show returned for its 12th season on Sunday

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