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The UK pledges $620 million in new military aid for Ukraine. When it will be delivered isn’t clear
By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the country is to increase defense spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Sunak made the announcement Tuesday during a visit to Warsaw, where he also described a new pledge to send arms to Ukraine. THIS IS A BREAKING ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!5 migrants have died while crossing the English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill
By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
PARIS (AP) – Five migrants, including a child, died while trying to cross the English Channel from France to the U.K., French authorities said Tuesday, just hours after the British government approved a migrant bill to deport some of those who entered the country illegally to Rwanda. The prefecture responsible for the north of France ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least 5 people have died while crossing English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill
By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
PARIS (AP) – At least 5 people have died while crossing the English Channel, according to French media, hours after the U.K. approved the migrant deportation bill. The Voix du Nord newspaper said the bodies were discovered at the Wimereaux beach in northern France on Tuesday. This came only hours after British Prime Minister Rishi ... Read More »
1 responseGerman EU lawmaker’s aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China
By The Associated Press on April 23rd, 2024
BERLIN (AP) – A man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament was arrested on suspicion of spying for China, German prosecutors said Tuesday. The suspect, identified only as Jian G. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested Monday in Dresden, federal prosecutors said in a statement. They didn’t specify which ... Read More »
1 response2 Malaysian military helicopters collide and crash while training, killing all 10 people on board
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Two Malaysian military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board, the navy said. The helicopters were rehearsing at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when the accident occurred, the navy said in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!2 Malaysian military helicopters collide and crash during training, killing all 10 people on board
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – Malaysia’s navy said two military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session on Tuesday, killing all 10 people on board. The navy said in a brief statement that the helicopters were training at a naval base in northern Perak state for the navy’s 90th anniversary celebration next month when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant
By Anita Snow, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arizona judges declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant
By The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
PHOENIX (AP) – An Arizona judge declares a mistrial Monday in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican man on his property near the U.S.-Mexico border. George Alan Kelly, 75, was charged with second-degree murder in the Jan. 30, 2023, shooting of Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea, 48, who lived just south of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK Parliament approves Rwanda deportation bill, ending weeks of legislative stalemate
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘s latest effort to send some migrants to Rwanda finally won approval from Parliament early Tuesday, hours after he pledged deportation flights would begin in July. The parliamentary logjam that had stalled the legislation for two months was finally broken just after midnight when the unelected House ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK prime minister urges upper chamber to cave in on efforts to block Rwanda deportation law
By Danica Kirka, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
LONDON (AP) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday pledged that deportation flights to Rwanda would begin this summer as he called on the unelected House of Lords to stop blocking his key policy for ending the tide of small boats carrying migrants across the English Channel. Legislation clearing the way for the flights ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Review of UN agency helping Palestinian refugees found Israel did not express concern about staff
By Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press on April 22nd, 2024
UNITED NATIONS (AP) – An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011. The review was carried out after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the agency known as UNRWA had participated ... Read More »
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