Twenty Unites States and the District of Columbia have filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department over new immigration enforcement conditions tied to federal grants intended for crime victims. The legal action, lodged in federal court in Rhode Island on Monday, challenges a rule introduced under the Trump administration that makes funding contingent on compliance with federal immigration law. The case centres on the Office for Victims of Crime, a…

Hamas has announced its acceptance of a new ceasefire proposal mediated by Egypt and Qatar

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet face-to-face within the next two weeks, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. Speaking at the White House on Monday following a summit of global leaders, Merz said the meeting had been agreed upon during a phone call between Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump. “The American president spoke with the Russian president on the phone and agreed…

Marius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-MaritMarius Borg Hoiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, has been charged with 32 offences, including four counts of rape, prosecutors have confirmed. The 27-year-old, whose stepfather is Crown Prince Haakon, Norway’s future king, is expected to face trial early next year. If convicted of the most serious charges, he could face a prison sentence of up to ten years.…

United States of America President Donald Trump has again criticized mail-in voting, claiming it undermines election credibility — a stance he says Russian President Vladimir Putin supports. “You know, Vladimir Putin said something, one of the most interesting things,” Trump told Fox News. “He said, ‘Your election was rigged because you have mail-in voting.’ He said, ‘Mail-in voting, every election.’ He said, ‘No country has mail-in voting. It’s impossible to…

Donald Trump has piled pressure on Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the eve of high-level talks in Washington, declaring the Ukrainian president could end the war with Russia “almost immediately” if he chose to. Writing on his Truth Social platform on Sunday night, the US president ruled out any prospect of Ukraine joining Nato or reclaiming Crimea as part of future negotiations with Moscow. Crimea, he said, had been lost under Barack…

The UK’s first transgender judge has launched a human rights case in Strasbourg after being excluded from a supreme court ruling that redefined the legal meaning of sex. Victoria McCloud, a retired judge now working as a litigation strategist at W-Legal, is seeking a rehearing of the case, which culminated in the supreme court ruling in April that the term “woman” in the Equality Act 2010 does not include transgender…

Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday evening in one of the largest rallies in Israel since the war in Gaza began in October 2023, demanding both an end to the conflict and the release of hostages. The protest, which organisers said drew around 500,000 people, followed a day of nationwide strikes and demonstrations intended to pressure the government into halting its military campaign.…

The former head of Israel’s military intelligence has been recorded saying that 50 Palestinians should be killed for every Israeli who died during Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attacks, adding that it “does not matter now if they are children”. In recordings broadcast by Israel’s Channel 12, Aharon Haliva described the death toll in Gaza, which he put at more than 50,000, as “necessary” and a “message to future generations” of…

Russia has agreed in principle to allow the United States and European allies to extend a security guarantee to Ukraine modelled on NATO’s collective defence clause, according to Washington’s special envoy Steve Witkoff. Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, Witkoff said the breakthrough came during last week’s Alaska summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. “We got to an agreement that the United States and other European…

BoliviansBolivians are voting in an election that could bring an end to almost two decades of dominance by the leftist Movimiento al Socialismo (Mas). The party, founded by Evo Morales, risks losing its legal status if it fails to reach 3% of the vote, according to electoral law. Morales, facing an arrest warrant and barred from standing, has urged his supporters to cast null votes in protest. President Luis Arce,…

The Canadian government has forced flight attendants at Air Canada back to work less than 12 hours after they began strike action, ordering binding arbitration in a dispute that has disrupted the travel plans of more than 100,000 passengers at the height of the summer holiday season. Canada’s largest airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), which represents cabin crew, have been in talks since March over pay…