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Workers and unions condemn ICE operation as ‘horrific’ as pressure builds on Susan Collins, facing re-election this year Maine, the US’s whitest state, has been shaken by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, a crackdown that could threaten Republican control of the Senate in November’s crucial midterm elections.Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE) agents launched “Operation Catch of the Day” in the state on 21 January, targeting “the worst of the worst […]

Exclusive: Decision follows departure of chief of staff Morgan McSweeney over Peter Mandelson scandalUK politics live – latest updatesTim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has stepped down after just five months in the job, his resignation coming a day after the prime minister’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, also resigned.Allan said in a brief statement: “I have decided to stand down to allow a new No10 team to be […]

Director of communications at Downing St says ‘I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built’Tim Allan, who worked as Alastair Campbell’s deputy when Tony Blair was in opposition and after he first became PM, only joined Downing Street in September last year. It was a surprise appointment because Allan had been out of government for more than 25 years, mostly running his […]

Document prepared for Munich security conference warns Washington is retreating as a security guarantor and Russia could start war in BalkansJimmy 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 […]

Members of an athletics club in Madagascar formed by rickshaw drivers are now beating elite athletes in international endurance eventsIt is a fiercely competitive market, and one of the toughest physical jobs in Madagascar’s Antsirabe, but over the past five years cycle rickshaw driver Haja Nirina has honed his athletic prowess alongside his business.In this city, about 100 miles (160km) south of the capital, Antananarivo, there are more than 4,000 […]

Only two survivors rescued in tragedy off Libyan coast, UN migration agency saysThe UN migration agency said 53 people had died or were missing after a boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the Libyan coast. Only two survivors were rescued.The International Organization for Migration said the boat overturned north of Zuwara on Friday. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

The Israeli PM wants US-Iran talks to address Tehran’s ballistic missiles – a red line for Tehran.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Residents say armed men kidnapped dozens of women and children after killing of about 200 people in Kwara State.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article