The Trump administration has deported 17 more alleged gang members to El Salvador, the US state department said Monday, despite legal battles over removing people to the Central American country’s supermax prison. In a statement the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the deportees included members of the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs. Salvadoran officials told the BBC that there was a mix of Venezuelans and Salvadorans in the group. Earlier this month a court ordered a halt to deportations carried out under the Alien Enemies Act, a 1798 law that has only previously been used in wartime.…
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Donald Trump has said he is “not joking” about wanting to serve a third term as US president. The US Constitution says that “no person… shall be elected more than twice”, but some Trump supporters have suggested there could be ways around that. Why is Trump talking about a third term? Trump was asked in an interview with NBC about the possibility of seeking a third term and said “there are methods which you could do it”. “I’m not joking… a lot of people want me to do it,” he added. “But, I basically tell them we have a long…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua Monday asked President William Ruto to launch his new projects in the Mount Kenya region and stop what he calls riding on his predecessor Uhuru Kenyatta’s old projects. This is ahead of Ruto’s five-day tour to the vote-rich region beginning Tuesday, where he is expected to commission completed projects, inspect ongoing ones and launch others in Laikipia, Nyeri, Meru, Kirinyaga, Nyandarua, Murang’a, Embu, Tharaka-Nithi and Kiambu counties. Ruto landed in Sagana, Nyeri County ahead of the start of his tour. He will on Monday evening hold an interview session with local radio stations to state…
Chinese smartphone maker giant Huawei said Monday that profits fell 28 percent last year as it faced international economic uncertainty and weak consumption at home. The Shenzhen-based company has been at the centre of an intense standoff between China and the United States after Washington warned its equipment could be used for espionage by the Chinese government, an allegation Huawei denies. Sanctions since 2019 have cut the firm’s access to US-made components and technologies, forcing it to diversify its growth strategy. The company announced Monday that it made a net profit of 62.6 billion yuan ($8.6 billion) last year, down…
Police were out in force and businesses and offices closed in key Zimbabwe cities after authorities warned against demonstrations called for Monday to demand that President Emmerson Mnangagwa leave power. Security forces patrolled city centres after warning people to ignore a call by a faction of Mnangagwa’s own ZANU-PF party to demonstrate against the president, who took power in a coup eight years ago. A small group of people tried to assemble at President Robert Mugabe Square in the capital Harare but were dispersed by police, videos on social media showed. “It was announced as a peaceful march but the…
Bukayo Saka is “ready to go” for Arsenal after three months out with a hamstring injury, manager Mikel Arteta said on Monday. The England forward, 23, who has scored nine goals in all competitions for the club this season, has not featured since Arsenal’s 5-1 win at Crystal Palace on December 21. “Bukayo is ready to go,” Arteta said on the eve of his team’s match against Fulham on Tuesday. “All the careful things are already done so now it’s about putting him on the grass in the right moments. But he’s pushing because he really wants to. “We have…
President William Ruto Monday revealed the events that led to the impeachment of his former deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, claiming that the fallout stemmed from internal conflicts within the Kenya Kwanza coalition. Ruto also revealed that Gachagua demanded Sh10 billion in order to rally support for the President in the Mt. Kenya region. “I was told, ‘I can make you a one-term president unless you give me Sh10 billion to organize politics in the region.’ I refused. If my fate is to be a one-term president, so be it,” Ruto recounted. Gachagua took to his social media to respond. “I am…
Republican calls to investigate a group chat in which White House national security officials shared sensitive military information has intensified, with Oklahoma Senator James Lankford saying it is “entirely appropriate”. Lankford stopped short of calling for officials to resign when speaking to CNN on Sunday, but he joins a growing number of Republicans who have broken with President Donald Trump over the chat. The Trump administration has downplayed the unclassified Signal messages in which Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and others shared potentially classified details about an upcoming attack on Yemen. Many Democrats have demanded that Hegseth and other officials resign…
The Australian government has been taken to court by an internet personality known as “Billboard Chris,” who challenged the nation’s “eSafety” commission’s authority to geo-block a tweet criticizing the appointment of an Australian transgender activist to a World Health Organization board. Chris Elston, a Canadian national who often expresses his free speech through slogans and tweets on sandwich boards in public places, had a tweet of his geo-blocked by the Aussies – which was a ‘share’ of a U.K. Daily Mail article about the transgender activist headlined “Kinky secrets of UN trans expert revealed.” The activist, Teddy Cook, filed a…
Some Canadians are reportedly canceling their trips to the U.S. out of anger over President Trump’s policies and his recent comments about their country. The Daily Mail spoke to two Canadians who vowed they would be staying away from America for the next four years, because of their distaste for Trump’s personality and his immigration policies. “I definitely will not be traveling to the United States for the next four years, if not longer, depending on who’s in after this Trump buffoon,” Vancouver resident Natalie Huson told the UK-based website. Huson said she was boycotting trips to America because of…
The chairperson of an African charity co-founded by Prince Harry accused the royal on Sunday of orchestrating a bullying and harassment campaign to try to force her out as she pushed back following his abrupt resignation from the organization. Sophie Chandauka, the Sentebale chair, took several shots at Harry on Sky News in which she described how the prince’s Netflix deal interfered with a scheduled fundraiser and how an incident with his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, became a source of friction. The Duke of Sussex cited a breakdown in the relationship between board members and Chandauka when he resigned…
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A section of politicians from the Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) Sunday told the military and the National Intelligence Service (NIS) to keep out of politics. This follows last week’s comments by Chief of Defence Forces General Charles Kahariri on the ‘Ruto must go’ campaign which Kenyan youth have sustained since last year’s protests against President William Ruto’s government. The Director General of National Intelligence Service Noordin Haji organized the meeting where the remarks were made. Gen Kahariri said the military will not condone unconstitutional overthrow of an elected government, as Haji decried what he called divisive politics and…
Qatar hosted a second round of talks on Friday between Congo and Rwanda and separately met with representatives of the Rwandan-backed rebellion waging an insurgency in eastern Congo, four sources told Reuters. Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame met last week in Doha for their first talks since M23 rebels stepped up an offensive there in January. Congolese and Rwandan officials held talks on Friday, while M23 representatives met separately with Qatari mediators, said two sources from the Congolese government and two from the rebels. The talks between Tshisekedi and Kagame, and their…
Utah has become the first US state to ban the use of fluoride in its public water, following concerns raised by health secretary Robert F Kennedy that the mineral poses potential health risks. Governor Spencer Cox signed the ban into law this week, which will go into effect on 7 May. Other states, including Florida and Ohio, are weighing similar legislation. Fluoride has been added to US drinking water since 1945 to prevent cavities. Utah’s move to remove the mineral has been criticised by experts, who worry it will have consequences for oral health, especially for children. The bill, signed…