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Britain's Conservative Party loses another high-profile lawmaker to hard-right Reform

LONDON (AP) — Former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman, an anti-immigration Conservative lawmaker, on Monday became the latest politician from the party to defect to hard-right rival party Reform UK.

Braverman, who was fired from her job as interior minister in 2023 after repeatedly diverging from government policy, said she had quit the Conservatives after 30 years and would represent her southern England constituency in Parliament as a Reform lawmaker.

“We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender,” Braverman said... Read More

Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered

JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, Israel's military said Monday, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that paused the Israel-Hamas war.

The announcement that the remains of Ran Gvili had been found and identified came a day after Israel’s government said the military was conducting a “large-scale operation” in a cemetery in northern Gaza to locate them.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it “an incredible achievement” for Israel and its soldiers, telling Israeli media that “I promised we... Read More

A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Minnesota's immigration crackdown after fatal shootings

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on whether she should at least temporarily halt the immigration crackdown in Minnesota that has led to the fatal shootings of two people by government officers.

The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul sued the Department of Homeland Security earlier this month, five days after Renee Good was shot by an Immigration and Customs officer. The shooting of Alex Pretti by a Border Patrol officer on Saturday has only added urgency to the case.

Since the original filing, the state and... Read More

Japanese court orders North Korea to pay damages to survivors of deceptive repatriation program

TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court on Monday held North Korea responsible for the human rights violations of four plaintiffs lured to the North by Pyongyang's postwar false promise of living in “paradise on Earth,” ordering its government to pay them 22 million yen ($143,000) each, a decision welcomed by the survivors and their supporters as groundbreaking.

Kenji Fukuda, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said it was significant to win a court decision acknowledging North Korea’s human rights violations. However, "the ruling is just a piece of paper and getting the compensation money... Read More

A ferry carrying more than 350 people sinks off the Philippines, killing at least 18

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A ferry with more than 350 people on board sank early Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, killing at least 18 people, officials said. Rescuers saved hundreds more, while a fleet of coast guard and naval ships searched for those still missing.

Coast guard officials said the cargo and passenger ferry apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight. The steel-hulled vessel abruptly tilted to one side and took on water, hurling people into the sea in the darkness, according to a rescued passenger who lost his 6-month-old... Read More

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Britain's Conservative Party loses another high-profile lawmaker to hard-right Reform

Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered

A federal judge is set to hear arguments on Minnesota's immigration crackdown after fatal shootings

Japanese court orders North Korea to pay damages to survivors of deceptive repatriation program

A ferry carrying more than 350 people sinks off the Philippines, killing at least 18

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