41 h. ago Reason why North Korea closed its borders after 4 weeks revealed

North Korea dramatically closed its borders to Western tourists just four weeks after opening them due to travel influencers. A travel company sent a chilling warning to visitors.

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3 d. ago The Western tourists locked up by US border guards: Travellers describe spending weeks in 'insane, psychological, social experiment' detention centres under Trump immigration crackdown

Canadian actress Jasmine Mooney described ICE detention as spending weeks in an 'insane psychological, social experiment'.

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4 d. ago ‘I still have nightmares’: the tourists shackled and jailed for weeks at US borders

Visitors suffer hostile treatment since Donald Trump’s return to the White House

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5 d. ago Tourists are avoiding the USA after Trump’s border crackdown

Reports of harsh treatment or weeks-long detentions by U.S. border agents have alarmed potential visitors across the world

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6 d. ago Sow this seed before the end of March for delicious results in your garden

Get to work this weekend with key jobs of the season including spring cleaning your borders, feeding soil and planting your veg outside

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1 week ago Putin crony in sinister threat to Prince William after Estonia visit

Prince William this week visited British troops in Estonia, which borders Russia, and drew the scorn of several people in the Kremlin who made threats against the heir to the throne

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2 w. ago Detentions of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

U.S. authorities have arrested and detained Canadian and European travelers at U.S. borders in recent weeks

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2 w. ago Tell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?

Have you or anyone you know encountered any problems at the border, and are you changing your planned trip to the US?Following a French scientist being denied entry to the US after immigration officers searched his phone and found messages in which he had expressed criticism of the Trump administration, we’re interested in finding out more about any issues that people have experienced at the US border.Other reports at the US border include a German national, who is a permanent US resident and was detained by US border officials. A Canadian citizen was also detained by US border authorities for almost two weeks over an incomplete visa. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks

Entrepreneur and actor Jasmine Mooney, who had a role in an American Pie sequel, says she was arrested at southern border and held in detention over an incomplete work visaA Canadian entrepreneur and actor in the American Pie movie franchise said she was detained for almost two weeks in “inhumane” conditions by US border authorities over an incomplete visa.Jasmine Mooney, an actor who is also co-founder of the beverage brand Holy! Water, was detained on 3 March in San Diego, California. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago German tourists’ ordeal reportedly ending as they are returned from US detention

Jessica Brösche to join Lucas Sielaff, who is reported to have returned to Germany on 6 MarchA German tourist detained by US immigration authorities is due to be deported back to Germany on Tuesday after spending more than six weeks in detention, including eight days in solitary confinement.Jessica Brösche, a 29-year-old tattoo artist from Berlin, will reportedly join Lucas Sielaff, 25, from Bad Brida in Saxony Anhalt, who is reported to have returned to Germany on 6 March, after being arrested at the Mexican border on 18 February before being detained for almost two weeks. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Kim Jong Un warns one misfire could spark war days after South Korea accidentally bombed one of their own villages during joint exercise with US

US and South Korean Air Forces accidentally dropped eight bombs on residential areas around Pocheon, a city close to the border with North Korea , on Thursday, injuring some 31 people.

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3 w. ago North Sea tanker collision: Tragic reason rescuers are struggling to find missing crew member

Everyone on board the Stena Immaculate has been accounted for, but one of the 14 crew members of the Solong cargo ship is still missing following the disaster

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3 w. ago Tories pledge to ban migrants from bringing their spouses to Britain unless they earn £38,700 and their partner is over 23

The party will this week table amendments to the Government's Border Security Bill which form its most significant policy announcement on the issue to date.

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4 w. ago Trump admin resumes detention of migrant families and kids. Critics warn it’s the ‘start of another dark chapter’

‘We need family residential centers,’ border czar Tom Homan said this week

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4 w. ago Fighter jets bomb town near North Korea causing casualties as exercise goes horribly wrong

Footage shows South Korean fighter planes dropping eight 500-pound bombs on a small town close to the border with North Korea - eight people were wounded in the blasts

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last month While our eyes are on the welfare state’s destruction, Trump is building a police state | Judith Levine

Republicans aren’t simply shrinking the government. They’re investing billions in defense, border control and prisonsLast week, the federal human resources department sent out a seven-page memo ordering agencies to submit detailed plans on how they will work with the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) to slash their payrolls. To do this, they were to eliminate whole job categories – except one. Untouchable were positions “necessary to meet law enforcement, border security, national security, immigration enforcement, or public safety responsibilities”.While we’ve had our eyes on the wrecking ball–Doge pulverizing social services, environmental protection and scientific research, we’ve hardly taken notice of what is being constructed. In the footprint of the already shabby, now half-demolished US welfare state, the Trump administration is building a police state. Continue reading...

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