Author: Elizabeth Jenrola Oso

Kilmar Ábrego García was freed from criminal custody in Tennessee on Friday to await trial at home in Maryland on human smuggling charges, following a court order for his release. Magistrate judge Barbara Holmes authorised the 30-year-old’s release, allowing him to rejoin his family for the first time since his return to the United States in June after a wrongful deportation to El Salvador earlier this year. Ábrego’s lawyer, Sean Hecker, said in a statement: “Today, Kilmar Ábrego García is free. He is presently en route to his family in Maryland, after being unlawfully arrested and deported, and then imprisoned,…

Menendez brothersLyle Menendez has been denied parole for his role in the 1989 killings of his parents, a day after his younger brother Erik’s bid for release was also rejected. The California parole board ruled against releasing the 57-year-old on Friday, with Governor Gavin Newsom holding the final decision on his case. Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. The brothers, who were 21 and 18 at the time of the shootings, claimed they acted after years of sexual abuse by their father. Prosecutors argued…

French law punishes discrimination based on religion with up to three years in prison.

Ukraine has struck a key pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline, cutting Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only EU states still dependent on the route. The Unecha pumping station, located in Russia’s Bryansk region, was hit in a combined attack involving Himars rockets and drones, according to Bryansk’s governor, Alexander Bogomaz. Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces commander, Robert Brovdi, confirmed responsibility for the strike. Hungary and Slovakia warned the European Commission that supplies could be suspended for at least five days. “Without this pipeline, the safe supply of our countries is simply not possible,” their foreign ministers,…

The FBI has raided the home of Donald Trump’s former national security adviser and vocal critic, John Bolton, as part of an investigation into the handling of classified documents. Federal agents carried out the search at Bolton’s residence in the Washington DC area at around 7am on Friday, according to the Associated Press, which cited a person familiar with the matter. A government source confirmed the raid to the Guardian but declined to provide further details. Bolton, who was not at home at the time, told CNN he had been unaware of the raid until reporters contacted him. The broadcaster…

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of public funds, police confirmed on Friday. The 76-year-old faces three charges relating to foreign trips he undertook during his tenure as president between 2022 and 2024. He appeared before magistrates in Colombo after providing a statement to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) earlier in the day. According to investigators, Wickremesinghe made 23 foreign trips while in office at a cost exceeding 600 million rupees (£1.4m). Friday’s arrest is linked to a stopover in the United Kingdom in 2023, following his attendance at a G77…

Russia launched one of its largest aerial assaults of the war overnight, striking an American electronics manufacturer in western Ukraine, officials in Kyiv have said. The Ukrainian air force reported that 574 drones and 40 missiles were fired, largely targeting regions far from the eastern and southern front lines. The bombardment killed one person and injured 15. Among the sites hit was a facility belonging to Flex Ltd, a Texas-based multinational firm, in the city of Mukachevo in Zakarpattia. Video footage showed a large fire engulfing the premises. Around 600 workers were inside at the time of the strike. Flex…

The US government has announced that it is reviewing more than 55 million foreign nationals who hold valid visas for possible violations of entry and residency rules

Rapper Lil Nas X has been arrested in Los Angeles following an early-morning altercation with police, and briefly hospitalised after officers suspected a drug overdose.

Scientists are urging world leaders to establish new international regulations to curb the growing environmental impact of the space industry.