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Venezuela Earthquakes Live: At Least 188 Killed, 971 Injured
7.5 Magnitude Earthquake hit Venezuela Live Updates: The second earthquake struck just a minute later, with a 7.5-magnitude, and its epicentre was 16 kilometres southwest of Moron.
Trump Administration Gets Supreme Court Approval On Stricter Immigration Rules
Under federal law, migrants who arrive in the US must be able to apply for asylum and be screened for fear of persecution in their home countries.
105% Jump In Ship Crossings Through Hormuz, Iran Objects To Use Of Oman Route
Data from maritime intelligence firm Kpler shows vessel crossings through the key waterway jumped 105 per cent on June 24, 2026, reaching 70 crossings.
40 Years After Air India Bombing Which Killed 329, Canada Admits It Was Khalistani Plot
India's long-held position that the bombing was orchestrated by Khalistani extremists operating from Canada has been formally corroborated by Canadian authorities.
Unknown 'Projectile' Attacks Cargo Ship In Strait Of Hormuz
British marine security firm Vanguard Tech identified that vessel as the Singapore-flagged container ship Ever Lovely.
Australia news live: Karl Stefanovic says his podcast is ‘about freedom of speech’ after Nine announces his immediate departure
Nine says in a statement it was ‘no longer possible’ for Stefanovic to host Today. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese says Stefanovic saga ‘unfortunate’, but ‘words do matter’The prime minister was asked by the ABC about Karl Stefanovic’s departure from Nine. He had this to say:It’s a matter, of course, for Channel 9, but words do matter, and what people who are very prominent in our public discourse do, and how they conduct themselves, matters as well.And it’s unfortunate, the way that what has been a very big career has ended in this way.It will be an important day.It will be a great couple of hours. I’m sure the whole of Australia will cheer on the Socceroos. …I know that Australian workers will be, of course, very passionate about the Socceroos, and I know that Australian employers will be generous in their approach to these things. Continue reading...
Stolen Crypto, Secret Transfers: How Iran Moved $3.84 Billion Through CoinEx
According to blockchain intelligence company TRM Labs, wallets connected to Iranian entities moved more than $3.84 billion through CoinEx since 2019.
Supreme court lets Trump turn back asylum seekers at US-Mexico border
Decision allows Trump administration to block migrants from entering US soil and the right to claim asylumUS politics live – latest updatesSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailThe supreme court has given the Trump administration a green light to block asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border, in a decision that fundamentally reshapes the US asylum system.The decision allows the Trump administration to revive its so-called turn-back or “metering” policy, allowing federal agents at the US border to stop migrants from physically setting foot on US soil, where federal law guarantees them the right to claim asylum and protection from persecution. Continue reading...
Venezuela earthquakes: ‘intensive’ search for survivors as death toll rises to 188 – as it happened
Delcy Rodríguez said authorities were shifting rescue teams from other parts of the country to the hardest-hit La Guaira areaVenezuela declares state of emergency after deadly twin earthquakesHave you been affected by the earthquakes in Venezuela?Volunteers, medics and relatives of victims have raced to the Altamira area in Caracas hoping to help save survivors from the rubble of collapsed buildings there.“I live far away [but] ... I came here riding my motorbike as fast as I could,” said José Morillo, as he arrived outside a block of flats called Residencias Obelisco. Continue reading...
Mahmood in standoff with Starmer over No 10 not sacking junior minister
Mike Tapp wrote unauthorised article saying new settlement rules should not cover overseas care workers Shabana Mahmood is locked in an extraordinary standoff with Keir Starmer after Downing Street refused to immediately sack her junior minister for breaching the ministerial code.The home secretary has demanded that Mike Tapp, the immigration minister, should be sacked for writing an unauthorised article calling for overseas care workers to be exempt from hardline immigration changes. Continue reading...
New evidence casts doubt on RFK Jr testimony before Senate
Kennedy repeatedly said 2019 Samoa trip had ‘nothing to do with vaccines’. An email from his then colleague says they were on a vaccine-related ‘mission’New evidence has emerged that Robert F Kennedy Jr was on a vaccine-related “mission” when he visited Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak in 2019, raising further questions about whether the US health secretary lied to the US Senate when he said the trip had “nothing to do with vaccines”.Records obtained by the Guardian show Kennedy’s colleague told Samoan officials in an email that he and Kennedy were coming as part of a mission to study the island nation’s medical records in the aftermath of a “discontinuity in vaccinations”. Continue reading...
Supreme court conservatives accused of advancing ‘white-supremacist agenda’
Lawmakers and advocates condemn ‘disastrous’ decisions that allow Trump officials to strip away migrant protectionsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailLawmakers and immigration advocacy groups on Thursday sharply denounced two US supreme court rulings that allowed the Trump administration to strip certain immigration protections and fundamentally reshape the asylum system.Dozens of groups, advocates and members of Congress called the court’s decisions “disastrous” and “cruel”, while the Trump administration, Republican lawmakers and anti-immigrant groups celebrated the rulings. Continue reading...

