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Stay of lower court ruling comes as Trump administration said it is eliminating $60bn worth of US assistance around the worldTrump administration briefing: president praises Doge’s efforts and threatens US mediaAs Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk work zealously to slash tens of billions in federal spending by axing thousands of jobs and gutting some government agencies, Musk faces mounting claims he has conflicts of interest and no oversight, legal and ethics experts say.Trump’s largest campaign donor and the world’s wealthiest man, Musk was tapped by the president to lead the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge) in a

Rights experts say group who have been detained for more than 10 years face high risk of torture and imprisonmentDozens of Uyghurs have been deported from Thailand to China in the face of warnings from human rights experts that they will face a high risk of torture, enforced disappearance and imprisonment.Local media reported that several trucks with their windows covered were seen in the early hours of Thursday leaving the Bangkok immigration centre where 48 Uyghurs had been held during their more than 10 years in Thai detention. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/27/thailand-deports-dozens-of-uyghurs-to-china-despite-torture-fears Author : Helen Davidson and Rebecca

Starmer said he wants Trump to agree that, in the event of a peace settlement in Ukraine, US will offer security guarantees that make it durableEuropean Commission president Ursula von der Leyen will travel to London this Sunday to take part in an informal meeting on Ukraine and European security, the European Commission has just confirmed. Jakub Krupa has more on his Europe live blog.David Lammy, the foreign secretary, has confirmed that President Trump has the ability to veto the deal that the UK has negotiated transferring sovereignty of the Chagos Isands to Mauritius. Speaking on ITV’s Peston last night,

Independent review also calls for ban on other ‘legal, but harmful’ material that is degrading, violent or misogynistic Pornography depicting strangulation should be made illegal along with other kinds of “legal but harmful” sexual material, according to an independent government review.The recommendation is one of 32 made to the UK government by the Conservative peer Gabby Bertin, who was commissioned by the former prime minister Rishi Sunak to scrutinise the industry in 2023. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/27/ban-pornography-depicting-strangulation-review-urges-ministers Author : Dan Milmo Global technology editor Publish date : 2025-02-27 10:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.