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Case continues against those who protested Joswar Torres’ arrest, with prosecutors seeking six years’ imprisonmentA Venezuelan migrant whose detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sparked a protest that involved nearly 2,000 people and led to 30 arrests is free after spending seven months in custody in Washington state, after a ruling from a federal judge who said his constitutional rights had been violated.Joswar Torres, 29, was granted humanitarian parole […]

Prime minister tells Downing Street staff he wants government to move forward ‘with confidence’ amid Mandelson scandal falloutTim Allan said he was standing down to allow Keir Starmer the opportunity to build a new team.In a statement, he said:I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built.I wish the PM and his team every success. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Matthew Whittaker, the US ambassador to Nato, responds to criticism in the Munich Security Conference reportJimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years in prison for national security offencesIn its section on Europe, the Munich Security Conference report has also warned that the continent was entering “a prolonged era of confrontation, as Russia’s full-scale war of aggression and expanding hybrid campaign dismantle the remnants of the post-cold war cooperative security order.”It also […]

Faber-Castell says it was unaware its facility was being used to detain asylum seekers deported by the Trump administrationThe world’s largest pencil maker has accused the Costa Rican government of misusing an old factory that the German manufacturer donated for humanitarian purposes – by detaining asylum seekers there who were deported from the US by the Trump administration last year.Faber-Castell produces more than 2bn wooden pencils a year worldwide and […]

Video featuring Himanta Biswa Sarma deleted by Hindu nationalist BJP party's Assam unit after backlash. Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Ukraine's foreign minister calls for complete EU entry ban on Russians participating in the war.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article