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Donald Trump has signed a new proclamation further restricting the entry of foreign nationals into the United States, the White House said on Tuesday. The move expands existing travel restrictions, imposing full entry bans on nationals from five additional countries: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan and Syria. Full restrictions were also placed on individuals holding travel documents issued by the Palestinian Authority. The new measures build on an earlier list of 12 countries already subject to full restrictions. The announcement comes in the wake of the fatal shooting of two National Guard members in Washington DC on 26 November.…

Loureiro, 47, was found with multiple gunshot wounds on Monday night after police responded to a call at the property.

Donald Trump has ordered what he described as “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, sharply escalating pressure on the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro. The announcement comes amid an intensifying campaign by the Trump administration against the Venezuelan government, including an expanded US military presence in the region and a series of strikes on vessels near Venezuelan waters. In recent months, US forces have carried out more than 20 military strikes in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea, killing at least 95 people, most of them off Venezuela’s coast. Last week, the US…

California governor Gavin Newsom has appointed two senior scientists who recently left the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) following disputes with the Trump administration to key state roles. Dr Susan Monarez, the former CDC director, will take on a leading role in California’s new public health initiative, the Public Health Network Innovation Exchange (PHNIX). Monarez was dismissed by the Trump administration in August, less than a month after assuming leadership of the CDC. Her removal followed disagreements with the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, particularly over vaccine policy. Newsom has also appointed Dr Debra Houry,…

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that proposals negotiated with United States officials on a possible peace deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine could be finalised within days. The Ukrainian president said that once the documents are completed, American envoys would present them to the Kremlin. After two days of talks in Berlin, US officials said on Monday that around 90 per cent of the contentious issues between Russia and Ukraine had been resolved. Despite the optimistic assessment, there is little clarity on whether the discussions are bringing the war closer to an end, particularly as Russia has not taken part…

Nick Reiner has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the deaths of his parents, the actor-director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, the Los Angeles Police Chief, Jim McDonnell, confirmed. The 32-year-old was taken into custody on Sunday evening. Initial jail records set his bail at $4 million, but he was later ordered to be held without bail. Early reports also mentioned accusations of “gang activity,” though no details were provided. On Monday, McDonnell confirmed at a briefing that Reiner had been “booked for murder” in connection with the killings. McDonnell described the deaths as “very tragic” and said…

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party has voted to disband, marking the end of an era for the city’s pro-democracy movement. The Democratic Party (DP), long regarded as the main liberal force in Hong Kong politics, announced its dissolution after an extraordinary general meeting on Sunday. The decision follows years of mounting pressure from Beijing, which has tightened its grip on the territory through sweeping national security laws and electoral reforms. Founded in 1994, three years before Hong Kong’s return to Chinese rule, the Democratic Party was once a dominant force in city-wide legislative elections. It consistently pushed for democratic…

Pelosi entered Congress in 1988 representing San Francisco and won re-election 20 times. She made history as the first woman to serve as speaker of the House, holding the post from 2007 to 2011 and again from 2019 to 2023.

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This was Kast’s third presidential bid. He was previously defeated by Boric in the 2021 runoff election.