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Trump broke precedent by not releasing his tax returns when he ran for president“I do not want to hear that “everything that’s been done here has been perfect”, Homan said, without referring specifically to the fatal shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti.Homan noted that while no “agency is perfect” he did not come to Minneapolis to create “headlines”. The federal immigration enforcement surge is “going to improve because of […]

Cost of imprisoning children has surged by $400m in five years, productivity commission report shows. Follow today’s news updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQueensland health minister said federal government still has to bridge the gap on funding dealTim Nicholls, the Queensland health minister, said he still thinks there’s a “bit of water to flow under the bridge” in discussions between states and the federal […]

Woman and man accused of sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol faced what is likely to be one of the severest punishments since Aceh province adopted sharia lawSharia police have caned a couple 140 times each in Indonesia’s Aceh province for having sex outside marriage and drinking alcohol, likely one of the severest such punishments since the deeply conservative region adopted Islamic law.Sexual relations between an unmarried couple are strictly […]

General Tchiani accuses France, Benin and the Ivory Coast of links to attack near Niamey’s airport and thanks Russian troops for defence efforts Heavy security has been deployed around the main airport in Niger’s capital, Niamey, after overnight gunfire and explosions that the country’s military ruler blamed without evidence on France, Benin and Côte d’Ivoire.The shooting and detonations began shortly after midnight on Wednesday, according to residents of a neighbourhood […]

The Trump administration has pressured Venezuela to increase foreign access to the country's large oil reserves.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Deal reportedly calls for splitting a funding bill for DHS from a package of other funding billsSenators have reportedly reached a deal to advance a major package of spending bills to avert a partial government shutdown that was set to begin on Saturday.The deal has not yet been publicly confirmed but was reported by Reuters and the New York Times on Thursday evening. The Guardian has reached out to the […]