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Apr 11, 2025 - World

Congolese forces have rescued at least 40 hostages held by Islamic State-linked rebels after an intense battle with the extremists in the country’s hard-hit eastern region

Apr 11, 2025 - World

CNN's Wolf Blitzer asked Friday why President Donald Trump doesn't just "pick up the phone" to speed up the process of bringing home a man who was mistakenly deported from the U.S.On Thursday, The Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration must “facilitate the return” of Maryland father Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was accidentally deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador last month. However, the Supreme Court sent the case back to a lower court, so any possible date for Abrego Garcia's return remains up in the air.The Trump administration later acknowledged that an "administrative error" led to the erroneous deportation, but continued to link Abrego Garcia to the violent Latin American MS-13 street gang. Abrego Garcia has denied the allegation.ALSO READ: 'The Hard Reset': Here's how the U.S. is exporting terrorism around the world"There's a relatively decent relationship between the Trump administration and the government in El Salvador," CNN's Wolf Blitzer said Friday. "What I don't understand is, why doesn't the president simply pick up the phone, tell the leader in El Salvador, 'We made a mistake; we need this Maryland man back in the United States'?"Correspondent Priscilla Alvarez added, "It is more than a decent relationship, it is a very good one. The Salvadoran president is a Trump-friendly president, and the administration has also given money to El Salvador for this effort."The Trump administration struck a deal with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele to pay the Central American country $6 million to hold more than 250 alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, along with 23 suspected MS-13 members.On MSNBC's Morning Joe Friday, contributor Pablo Torre claimed that neither the Trump administration nor El Salvador's president had much incentive to send Abrego Garcia back anytime soon. "To be very blunt about it, this is clearly one country that is not really in favor of the rule of law cooperating with another country that is not really in favor of the rule of law," Torre said. "And it's hard to distinguish, is there a good guy in that dynamic?"Watch the clip below via CNN or click here.

Apr 11, 2025 - World

Lebanon’s lead investigator into the 2020 Beirut port blast has questioned two former security chiefs, including Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim, who appeared in court for the first time

Apr 11, 2025 - World

Guardian Australia is highlighting the plight of our endangered native species during an election campaign that is ignoring broken environment laws and rapidly declining ecosystemsExplore the series – Last chance: the extinction crisis being ignored this electionGet Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an emailElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastNearly 2m hectares of forests suitable for endangered koalas have been destroyed since the iconic species was declared a threatened species in 2011, according to analysis for Guardian Australia.The scale of habitat destruction in Queensland and New South Wales – states in which the koala is formally recognised as being at risk of extinction – has continued despite political promises it would be protected.Get Guardian Australia environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as an email Continue reading...

Apr 11, 2025 - World

Exclusive: Zahid Safi, who is running in Melbourne seat of Bruce, listed as last author on 2021 Senate submission which says victims of Afghanistan war ‘not based on ethnicity’Election 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignPolls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverageAnywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guideListen to the first episode of our new narrative podcast series: GinaGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastThe Liberal candidate for Bruce co-authored a parliamentary submission suggesting the Hazara community in Afghanistan was not persecuted on the basis of its ethnicity, contradicting the Australian government and drawing rebuke from international human rights groups.Zahid Safi co-authored a submission to a 2021 parliamentary inquiry into Australia’s involvement in the Afghanistan war, which incorrectly cited a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report to allege Hazara “warlords” had “cut the breasts of women” and watched “live delivery of pregnant women” during the early 1990s. The 2005 HRW report does not mention these acts.Sign up for the Afternoon Update: Election 2025 email newsletter Continue reading...