US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers detained a five-year-old boy on Tuesday during an immigration enforcement operation, Minnesota school officials and the family’s lawyer have said. Pre-schooler Liam Ramos was with his father – named by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias – when Conejo Arias was approached by […]
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Thomas Mackintoshand Sofia Ferreira Santos Watch: Trump’s comments ‘extremely disrespectful’, says British veteran Donald Trump was “wrong” to diminish the role of Nato and British troops in Afghanistan, Downing Street has said, after the US president claimed allies stayed away from the front line. Trump claimed that Nato sent “some troops” but “stayed a little […]
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Watch: Empty shelves and road preparations as US readies for winter storm More than 160 million Americans are expected to face an unusually brutal winter storm starting Friday, with heavy snows and freezing rains forecast. The storm is expected to sweep through much of the United States, leaving “extremely dangerous” conditions in its wake as […]
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Lyse DoucetChief international correspondent BBC “Together we are in a position to… end decades of suffering, stop generations of hatred and bloodshed, and forge a beautiful, everlasting and glorious peace for that region and for the whole region of the world.” Such was the soaring promise of US President Donald Trump as he inaugurated his […]
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President Donald Trump has filed a $5bn (£3.7bn) lawsuit against America’s biggest bank JPMorgan Chase, accusing it of illegally closing his accounts for political reasons. The lawsuit, which also names the bank’s chief executive Jamie Dimon, alleges that Trump and his businesses suffered “considerable financial and reputational harm” after the bank abruptly closed their accounts […]
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Parts of Washington DC and New York state could see up to 10 inches of snow this weekend A powerful blast of cold air from the Arctic is expected to sweep through much of the United States over the coming days, with some areas expected to see more than 12in (30cm) of snow before the […]
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Ian YoungsCulture reporter Warner Bros Sinners stars Miles Caton (left) and Michael B Jordan Vampire horror film Sinners has broken the record for the most Oscar nominations received by a single film, after being nominated for 16 of Hollywood’s most coveted honours. The film beat the previous record of 14 nominations, and emerged ahead of […]
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Paul AdamsDiplomatic correspondent Getty Images Protesters have taken to the streets outside the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland this month What on earth has the last fortnight been all about? In the wake of a successful military operation in Venezuela earlier this month, a buoyed-up Donald Trump started to ratchet up the rhetoric on Greenland. […]
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Olivia Irelandand Paulin Kola Reuters US President Donald Trump speaking to media outside Air Force One with Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum A series of text exchanges between Donald Trump and European leaders about ownership of Greenland have sensationally been released. The US president has pledged to tell European leaders at this week’s forum […]
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Getty Images The US plan for “New Gaza” was presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos The US has unveiled its plans for a “New Gaza” that would see the devastated Palestinian territory rebuilt from scratch. Slides showed dozens of skyscrapers stretching along the Mediterranean coast and housing estates in the Rafah area, while […]
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