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Rubio and Witkoff are meeting with Ukraine's negotiators as Trump pushes to broker an end to the war
- WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Top Trump administration officials are meeting Ukrainian negotiators in Florida this weekend, pushing to broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump, were ...

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Corbyn's new left-wing party opts for collective leadership
- A new left-wing political party co-founded by veteran British socialist Jeremy Corbyn narrowly voted to be led by its members rather than an individual leader, it announced on Sunday. The decision, after a vote at Your Party's founding conference in the northwestern English city of Liverpool, was welcomed by party co-founder Zarah Sultana. "I have fought for maximum member democracy since day one," she said.  ...

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Netanyahu submits request for a pardon during his ongoing corruption trial
- TEL AVIV (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked Israel's president to grant him a pardon during his long-running corruption trial that's bitterly divided the country. In a statement Sunday the prime minister's office said that Netanyahu had submitted a request for a pardon to the legal department of the Office of the President. The president's office called it an "extraordinary request," ...

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Trump closes airspace 'above and surrounding' Venezuela | World News
- The US president made the announcement on Truth Social amid a growing row over drug trafficking with Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro. Donald Trump says the airspace "above and surrounding" Venezuela is to be closed "in its entirety". The US president made the announcement on Truth Social amid growing tensions with the government of President Nicolas Maduro . He wrote: "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, ...

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Trump says he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez for 2024 drug trafficking sentence
- President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking  and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." In March of ...

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Russian attacks kill 2 in Kyiv as diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine gain momentum
- Russian drone and missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killed at least two people in the early hours of Saturday, local officials said. The attacks came just before a second round of peace negotiations was set to begin, as a renewed U.S.-led push to end the war gathers steam this week. Writing on its official Telegram channel, the Kyiv City Military Administration said two people were killed in the ...

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US halts all asylum decisions after shooting of National Guard members
- BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Trump administration has halted all asylum decisions and paused issuing visas for people traveling on Afghan passports, seizing on the National Guard shooting in the nation's capital to intensify efforts to rein in legal immigration. The suspect in Wednesday's shooting near the White House that killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically wounded Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, ...

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Trump administration halts all asylum decisions in wake of DC National Guard shooting
- Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article An Afghan national has been accused of carrying out the deadly shooting near the White House Wednesday The Trump administration has halted all decisions regarding migrants seeking asylum in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard members. The suspected shooter, Rahmanullah ...

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