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Expert says declining numbers are causing ‘massive problems’ as international students are ‘basically the only profitable aspect of university operations’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastUniversity leaders warn they’re struggling to fill international student places due to visa uncertainty and heated political debate on immigration, with regional areas hit the hardest amid concern that financial deficits could affect domestic students.The latest numbers from the Department of Education in October show on average universities are filling just two-thirds of their allocated places, and just five public universities have reached more than 80% capacity, all in capital cities. Continue reading...

President Donald Trump drew a fierce wave of backlash after he suggested a U.S. ally fighting off an invasion should replace its leader.Speaking to reporters on Saturday, Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had "better d— well stop" striking oil refineries in Russia, arguing the attacks were affecting diesel and hurting American farmers. "I think it's time for Ukraine to get a new president," he said, per clips of the moment.When a reporter pointed out that Ukrainians are suffering under Russian attacks, Trump doubled down. "I suggest they get a new leader who can make a deal," he said.The remarks set off a swift outcry online, with critics accusing Trump of doing Russian President Vladimir Putin's bidding. The progressive MeidasTouch political news network called him "the enemy of the free world" in a post on X."Anybody enabling this individual is a traitor to the United States," MeidasTouch continued, referring to Trump."Trump is a coward. Zelensky is a warrior," echoed former GOP congressman Joe Walsh. "Trump is a pathological liar. Zelensky is a truth teller. Trump is a scoundrel. Zelensky is a hero. Trump kisses Putin's a—. Zelensky is kicking Putin's a—. Trump is a traitor to the free world. Zelensky is defending the free world.""I think it's time for the US to get a new president," suggested Kate Bohuslavska, a social media personality who runs the Kate from Kharkiv account."It's time for America to get a new president," agreed national security expert and political commentator Paul Rieckhoff. "One who stands with freedom instead of with Putin.""Someone should explain to the US president that appointing Ukraine's president is not part of his job description," shot back Ukrainian politician Anton Gerashchenko. "Looks like we're having another Oval Office crisis.""Trump is Putin's b—," blasted policy consultant and journalist Adam Cochran. "We must free Congress from its spinelessness and hold Trump accountable."

The Kremlin said Tehran's stance was relayed in a phone call held between the two leaders on Friday. It did not say how Trump responded, nor elaborate on Iran's position.

He suggested Zelenskyy has not done enough to end Ukraine’s war with Russia.

A Trump Cabinet member's wife drew backlash with a claim about children killed in war that critics branded an "outrageous lie."Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, whose husband Sean Duffy serves as President Donald Trump's transportation secretary, claimed Saturday that Ukraine has killed "a million kids on the Russian side," according to a clip shared by journalist Aaron Rupar.Campos-Duffy did not specify to what figure she was referring. Critics suggested the "kids" in question were Russian soldiers sent to fight in the war Moscow launched with its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and her remarks quickly drew condemnation online from journalists, former intelligence officials and Russia analysts."Outrageous lie," blasted Jeffrey Evan Gold, an attorney and legal analyst, in a post on X. "Russian soldiers are not kids. And Putin did that.""You can see where this is going," remarked The Daily Beast columnist Julia Davis."What an insane, defamatory lie," railed HuffPost White House correspondent S.V. Dáte."Lost count of how many bits of misinformation and completely false claims were made in this short Fox News clip," lamented Christopher Miller, the chief Ukraine correspondent for the Financial Times."By 'kids,' I assume she means soldiers from an occupying force that has been bombing, raping and torturing its [way] across Ukraine," suggested Russian-born national columnist Cathy Young. "Disgraceful.""This is a joke," fumed national security analyst and former CIA officer Marc Polymeropoulos."So Ukrainians are now monsters," bristled Kate Bohuslavska, a Ukrainian social media personality who runs the popular account Kate from Kharkiv. "What's next, they will sanction us? Help Russia bomb Ukraine?""Sean Duffy's wife in particular seems *aggressively* wrong about Russia and Ukraine on a regular basis," chided disinformation researcher and popular blogger Jim Stewartson. "Like it's her job to flip the narrative upside down.""Rachel Campos-Duffy is consistently one of the most ignorant people on television on the most criminally-dishonest platform in the history of media," political strategist Jon Evans sounded off. "Add the fact that Russia has infiltrated the Republican Party, and it's all very dangerous Kremlin propaganda."

Indian authorities deployed a sweeping security crackdown across New Delhi and detained thousands of protesters Saturday as India's youth "Cockroach" movement sought to intensify a nationwide campaign against a contentious voter list revision that has fueled anger at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government and election authorities.

Vincent Chan went on to abuse children after being cleared of ‘significant concerns’ following council-overseen inquiryA paedophile nursery worker was cleared by an investigation overseen by a local authority three years before he was arrested.In February, Vincent Chan was jailed after pleading guilty to 56 offences, including assault by penetration on three-year-old girls in his care at a Bright Horizons nursery on Finchley Road in north-west London. After his conviction, prosecutors described him as a “prolific sexual predator”. Continue reading...

The latest post comes amid Elon Musk's scathing criticism of Mukesh Ambani over a persistent delay in the launch of Starlink satellite broadband services in India.