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Human rights groups alarmed as Marco Rubio, US secretary of state, meets with Nayib Bukele during overseas tripEl Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has offered to accept deportees from the United States of any nationality and hold them in his jails, including “dangerous American criminals”, Marco Rubio said on Monday.The US secretary of state, who this week made his first overseas trip as the top US diplomat, visited El Salvador on Monday as part of a wider trip through Central America and the Caribbean. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/04/el-salvador-deportees-incarcerated-us-citizens Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2025-02-04 21:25:00 Copyright for

Home affairs minister Tony Burke warns of national security risk. Follow today’s updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlbanese speaks with Ukraine presidentOvernight the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s war in Ukraine.The Prime Minister spoke to President Zelenskyy last night as Ukraine approaches the third anniversary of Russia’s illegal full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese underlined Australia’s ongoing support for Ukraine through military equipment and other assistance including our action through sanctions to hold Russia to account. Continue reading... Source link :

Complaint by local lawyers to supreme court follows US demands to reduce China’s alleged influence on waterwayTrump says China is ‘operating’ the Panama canal – here are the factsTwo Panamanian lawyers have lodged a lawsuit with the country’s supreme court in an attempt to cancel a Hong Kong-based company’s concession to operate two ports at either end of the Panama canal.Their complaint – filed a day after the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, told Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, to reduce China’s alleged influence on the canal – argues that the contract for the two ports is unconstitutional. Continue

Struggling company may require significantly more resources than roughly £6.3bn it previously indicatedThames Water may need as much as £10bn in debt and equity investment to repair its finances, according to a representative of creditors hoping to lend the struggling utility another £3bn.London’s high court heard evidence on Tuesday that suggested the UK’s largest water company may need significantly more resources than the roughly £6.3bn it has previously indicated. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/feb/04/thames-water-may-need-10bn-investment-to-repair-finances-high-court-hears Author : Jasper Jolly and Anna Isaac Publish date : 2025-02-04 17:33:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.