Honduras issues arrest warrant for ex-president Hernandez after US pardon
The arrest warrant for the country's former president comes amid a closely-fought election.
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Australia news live: Reserve Bank holds cash rate at 3.6%; cries of ‘shame’ as Coalition opposes apology to First Peoples in Victorian parliament
The state opposition called for a division on the apology motion, meaning each vote had to be counted before it passed the lower house. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKevin Hogan says no one ‘gobsmacked’ by Barnaby Joyce’s decision to join One NationKevin Hogan, the deputy leader of the Nationals, compared Barnaby Joyce to Mark Latham after the former said yesterday he would join One Nation.The only other person I can think of that has left who has been a previous leader of a political party and joined One Nation is Mark Latham. And Barnaby Joyce joins those ranks as having been a previous leader of a party and joining One Nation. But I’ll leave others to make their judgment about that.Barnaby has said this: he doesn’t want to be on the backbench. He doesn’t like where he sits. So I don’t think there was much that could have been done to stop that.David [Littleproud] was always saying publicly and privately to Barnaby that the door was open for him to return. And obviously, he’s very disappointed that he left. So, look, I think it was always going to be a tough call. And I think no one is, you know, gobsmacked that he’s made the decision yesterday. Continue reading...
Zohran Mamdani confirms he will live in historic Gracie Mansion as New York mayor
It was not clear if he would stay in his rent-stabilised apartment in the borough of Queens.
Israel launches new wave of air attacks on Lebanon, straining fragile truce
Israel says it struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, adding pressure to a US-brokered ceasefire.
Honduras Issues Warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández
The country’s attorney general said he had issued an international arrest warrant for Juan Orlando Hernández.
Trump clears way for sale of powerful Nvidia H200 chips to China
Trump says chipmaker will be allowed to export to 'approved customers', in shift away from Washington's export controls.
Trump unveils $12bn farm aid package to help farmers who faced 'unjustified trade actions'
The president also threatened to hit Mexico with an extra 5% tariff in a row over water supplies to US farmers.
Ukraine’s allies say efforts to end Russia’s war at ‘critical moment’
Zelenskyy says European allies ready to share their response to Trump's peace plan with US on Tuesday.
US deports second group of Iranian nationals, officials say
A chartered plane carrying more than 50 Iranians flew out of Mesa, Arizona, on Sunday.
FBI agents fired for kneeling at racial justice protest sue to win jobs back
Agents who kneeled in 2020 accuse Kash Patel of retaliation and say they were trying to calm volatile situationTwelve former FBI agents fired after kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest in Washington have sued to get their jobs back, saying their action had been intended to de-escalate a volatile situation and was not meant as a political gesture.The agents say in their lawsuit that they were fired in September by Kash Patel, the FBI director, because they were perceived as not being politically affiliated with Donald Trump. But they say their decision to take a knee on 4 June 2020, days after the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, has been misinterpreted as political expression. Continue reading...