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Seamus Culleton, who has lived in US for two decades, faces deportation after being arrested on way home from work US politics live – latest updatesEurope live – latest updatesAn Irish man has spent five months in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and faces deportation despite having a valid work permit and no criminal record.Seamus Culleton was a “model immigrant” who had become the victim of a capricious and […]

The media mogul and prominent pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison in Hong Kong for national security offences. His family has described the sentence as ‘heartbreakingly cruel’, given the 78-year-old’s declining health. Lai was convicted in December on charges of sedition and conspiracy to collude with foreign forces, after pleading not guilty to all charges. Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s senior China correspondent, […]

Palestinians say Israeli changes to occupied West Bank governance essentially legalise settlements.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Israel approves plans to expand its power across the West Bank, making it easier to seize Palestinian land illegally.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Iran's atomic energy chief makes comment as more mediated negotiations with the US expected.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article