32 h. ago Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Argentinian court sentences man to 10 years for attempted assassination

Court in Buenos Aires sentences Fernando Sabag Montiel and accomplice over 2022 incident in which gun was pointed at former president but did not go offA court in Argentina has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to kill former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.The court in Buenos Aires also sentenced the man’s accomplice to eight years in prison, capping a dramatic case that has captivated the country since 2022, when the main defendant, Fernando Sabag Montiel, squeezed through a crowd outside the ex-president’s home, thrust a loaded gun at her face and pulled the trigger. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Trump calls for jailing of Chicago mayor and Illinois governor as national guard arrives in city

President accused Brandon Johnson and JB Pritzker of failing to protect Ice officers as troops deploy to ChicagoDonald Trump on Wednesday called for the imprisonment of Brandon Johnson, Chicago’s mayor, and JB Pritzker, the Illinois governor, accusing them of failing to protect US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers.“Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Wednesday morning. “Governor Pritzker also!” Continue reading...

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65 h. ago A judge halted a Florida immigration law months ago. Some officers are still enforcing it

Two men have been wrongly charged under a Florida immigration law that’s currently suspended

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69 h. ago Kingdom of Kubala: 'King' of tribe living in Scottish Borders woodland detained for 'immigration offences'

On Thursday, the three ‘tribe members’ were evicted from the woods they have been living in since May.

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3 d. ago ICE ad blitz aims to lure local law enforcement officers to join Trump mass deportation efforts

An Associated Press tally shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is spending millions of dollars on TV recruitment ads targeting officers frustrated by local restrictions on immigration enforcement

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4 d. ago Woman spikes her husband's wine with antifreeze amid bitter custody battle

A 33-year-old mother attempted to kill her husband with poison and may have also poisoned their child

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4 d. ago Charing Cross police officers who 'called for immigrants to be shot' will be denied legal funding by the Police Federation

The scandal at Charing Cross police station has been described as 'indefensible' by the Police Federation of England and Wales, which represents 145,000 rank and file officers.

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5 d. ago Judge blocks Trump administration from deploying national guard to Portland

US district judge agrees with Oregon assertion that deployment would likely inflame rather than calm protests in cityA federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from deploying the national guard to Portland, Oregon, according to court documents.Donald Trump had announced on 27 September that he would deploy troops to Portland, “authorizing Full Force, if necessary”, ignoring pleas from local officials and the state’s congressional delegation, who suggested that the president was misinformed or lying about the nature and scale of a single, small protest outside one federal immigration enforcement office. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Judge blocks Trump policy to detain migrant children turning 18 in adult facilities

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy to detain migrant children in adult facilities once they turn 18

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6 d. ago Florida receives $608 million reimbursement for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ costs

Federal officials have reimbursed Florida $608 million for an immigration detention center in the Everglades

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7 d. ago Vladimir Putin assassination attempt after plot try to kill him in plush resort revealed

Russian war analysts claim Ukrainian overnight drone strikes on Black Sea resort Sochi may have been an attempt to assassinate Vladimir Putin after his anti-Western rant

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8 d. ago King of 'African tribe' is removed from Scottish woodland where they have been camped for weeks by immigration officers

Kofi Offeh, 36, originally from Ghana, Jean Gasho, 42, from Zimbabwe, and 'handmaiden' Kaura Taylor, from Texas, were seen being led away by law enforcement early on Thursday morning.

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8 d. ago Kingdom of Kubala in Pictures: How an African 'tribe' lived in Scottish Borders woodland for five months before being evicted

Police and immigration enforcement officers moved onto the site today.

Politics

8 d. ago Trump falsely claims that national guard troops are ‘in place’ in Portland

On a post on social media, the president says guards had been deployed, while no members were presentDonald Trump once again shared misinformation about Portland, Oregon, on social media on Wednesday, when he announced that the national guard troops he called up in response to a small protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) office in the otherwise tranquil city are “now in place” and have begun restoring “LAW AND ORDER”.However, Portland’s NBC News affiliate KGW reported 90 minutes after Trump’s social media post that no members of the guard were yet in place around the Ice field office where dozens of protesters have demonstrated against immigration sweeps since June. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Met boss condemns ‘reprehensible’ police officer calling for shooting of immigrants in undercover TV exposé

Sir Mark Rowley vowed to rid the force of staff abusing their positions within weeks of BBC Panorama’s broadcast

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8 d. ago Met chief condems ‘reprehensible’ police officers calling for shooting of immigrants in undercover TV exposé

Sir Mark Rowley vowed to rid the force of staff abusing their positions within weeks of BBC Panorama’s broadcast

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9 d. ago Brit 'set US politician on fire with gasoline' after 'accusing him of affair with wife'

Shotsie Michael Buck-Hayes, 29, is accused of attempting to kill 38-year-old Lee Vogler, who suffered severe burns in the horrifying attack in Danville, Virginia

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9 d. ago A Mexican man shot at a Dallas ICE facility has died, becoming the attack's second victim

A second detainee shot in an attack on a Dallas immigration field office last week has died

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1 week ago Chicago officials blast Trump’s plan to send in 100 National Guard troops: ‘This is no way to live’

The move comes after several people involved in anti-ICE protests outside an immigration facility in Chicago were reportedly charged with assaulting officers

Politics

1 week ago ICE agent gets karma after video showed him yelling 'Adios' to woman then slamming her to the ground

The ICE agent seen body slamming a woman onto the floor was hit with karma after the horrific video of him throwing the mother at the NYC customs and immigration offices went viral.

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