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Kilmar Abrego Garcia has been returned to the US, where he now faces criminal charges.

Abrego Garcia returned to the US to face human smuggling charges

His abrupt release from El Salvador closes one chapter and opens another in a saga that yielded a remarkable stand-off between Trump officials and the courts.

A protester throws a rock and federal agents use tear gas after immigration raids in the Paramount area of Los Angeles.

Trump to send National Guard to LA after violent immigration protests

Officers used rubber bullets, tear gas and flash-bang grenades at demonstrations against illegal raids carried out at work sites in the city.

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

‘A disgusting abomination’: Musk blasts Trump tax bill

The billionaire said that Republicans who voted for what he called the “massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending” proposal should be ashamed.

A visitor offers a tribute after leaving a bouquet of flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack in Boulder, Colorado.

Colorado attack suspect’s family being held for deportation

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said officials were looking into whether the family of Mohamed Soliman was involved in the June 1 attack.

South Korea’s Democratic Party’s presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung, greets to his supporters.

Liberal opposition candidate elected South Korea’s new president

The toughest external challenges awaiting Lee Jae-myung are US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy and North Korea’s advancing nuclear program.

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An Explosion rocks Kerch Bridge to Crimea as Ukraine strikes again.

Explosion rocks Kerch Bridge to Crimea as Ukraine strikes again

The attack – although the damage appears small – represents another morale-raising coup for Kyiv, which has lately shown it can penetrate deep inside Russia.

Russia drone attack

Ukraine destroys 41 bombers in Russia’s ‘Pearl Harbour’

The operation, codenamed Spider’s Web, hit aircraft at strategic bases by hiding drones inside the roofs of wooden sheds and trucking them deep into Russia.

Law enforcement officials prepare to investigate an attack on the Pearl Street Mall, in Boulder.

Suspect yelled ‘Free Palestine’ before Colorado firebomb attack

Several people were injured after the incident in Boulder in which a man targeted a peaceful pro-Israel demonstration.

President Donald Trump speaking at US Steel Corporation’s Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant on Friday in Pennsylvania.

Trump tests the world’s nervous system – again

The president’s fury at being mockingly labelled TACO on tariffs may be enough to ensure that he proceeds on schedule.

A young Palestinian waits to collect donated food at a food distribution kitchen in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip.

US slams Hamas response to Gaza ceasefire proposal

Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff blamed the militant group for the impasse, saying its reply “only takes us backward”.

President Donald Trump speaks to a huge crowd of steelworkers at the US Steel Mon Valley Works-Irvin plant

‘Unjustified’: Farrell lashes Trump’s steel tariff call

The trade minister has criticised Washington’s doubling of levies on Australian steel and aluminium exports as an unfriendly act.

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The new decision marks a small legal victory for the Trump administration but leaves the longer-term fate of its global tariff regime in the balance.

Trump’s tariffs resume as White House targets activist judges

A federal court paused a ruling that found the import levies were illegal. The US can now continue to collect the tax while the reprieve is in place.

Trump has begun to ramp pressure on Putin as Trump’s efforts to end the war appear stalled by Russia’s indifference.

Kremlin calls Trump’s bluff after latest threat

The US president claimed on Truth Social that if it weren’t for him, “lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia”.

A woman walks by a Yale sign reflected in the rainwater on the Yale University campus.

US orders halt to foreign student visa interviews

The order comes amid an escalating battle between President Donald Trump and the nation’s elite universities, in particular Harvard.

King Charles delivers the speech from the throne in the Senate in Ottawa, Ontario.

King Charles says Canada faces unprecedented dangers

Donald Trump’s threats to make his northern neighbour the 51st state prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite the monarch to the opening of parliament.

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Police and emergency work race to treat the injured after the incident.

Police say final toll from Liverpool attack is 65 people injured

A 53-year-old UK man has been charged with attempted murder after driving his minivan into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s premiership victory.

President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for some two hours on the phone.

Trump’s naive phone call with Putin is a bust

It would be more morally defensible for the White House to now swallow its pride and walk away than force an unjust peace on Ukraine.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen at Lancaster House.

Five years after Brexit, UK strikes ‘new era’ EU deal

Prime Minister Keir Starmer signs a pact to remove trade barriers and bolster defence co-operation, as both sides reduce their reliance on the US.

Displaced Palestinians collect cooked food from a community food kitchen in Jabaliya in northern Gaza.

Netanyahu says Israel will take over all of Gaza, start aid

International pressure has mounted to restart humanitarian assistance after a massive population trapped in the territory faced malnutrition.

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed the Ukraine war in a two-hour phone call.

Ukraine, Russia to start truce talks ‘immediately’: Trump

The two spoke about ending the war, but Vladimir Putin did not back the American leader’s claims of “immediate” ceasefire talks.

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