New York state officials have told the Trump administration that they will not comply with its demands to end diversity, equity and inclusion practices in public schools, despite the administration’s threats to terminate federal education funding. Daniel Morton-Bentley, counsel and deputy commissioner of the state’s department of education, said in a letter dated Friday to…
Donald Trump’s presidential administration has acknowledged and apologized after it says it accidentally informed some Ukrainian refugees fleeing their country’s invasion by Russia that they needed to leave the US because their legal status was being revoked. About 240,000 Ukrainians have been settled in the US as part of the Uniting for Ukraine – or…
Animal rights organisations have criticised the Grand National after a horse that was leading the race suffered a grim fall, and a second collapsed shortly after the competition. Broadway Boy, a seven-year-old horse ridden by Tom Bellamy, took what was described by spectators as a “sickening fall” at the 25th jump, appearing to land on…
People across the US took to the streets on Saturday to oppose what left-leaning organizations called Donald Trump’s “authoritarian overreach and billionaire-backed agenda”. Organizers were expecting more than 500,000 people to demonstrate in Washington DC, Florida and elsewhere. At Washington’s national mall, demonstrators from as far afield as New Hampshire and Pennsylvania gathered in the…
Robert Tait Demonstrators from as far afield as New Hampshire and Pennsylvania have gathered on Washington’s national monument, in the shadow of the George Washington memorial monument, in advance of the anti-Donald Trump Hands Off rally. In overcast conditions, protesters displayed a vast array of placards and, in some cases, Ukrainian flags, expressing opposition to…
About 40 Youth Demand protesters were told to move on by the police during a pro-Palestinian rally in central London on Saturday. The campaigners began gathering at Lincoln’s Inn Fields on Saturday morning and made their way to King’s Cross station. The action is part of Youth Demand’s plans for demonstrations every Tuesday and Saturday…
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will pause shipments of its UK-made cars to the US for a month as it considers how to mitigate the cost of Donald Trump’s tariffs. The 25% tariff imposed by the US on imported cars and light trucks took effect on 3 April. A JLR spokesperson said: “The USA is an…
A woman who was given a conditional discharge after being convicted of breaching a buffer zone outside an abortion clinic in Bournemouth has claimed she was “not there to express my views”. Livia Tossici-Bolt, an anti-abortion campaigner whose case has been cited by the US state department over “freedom of expression” concerns in the UK,…
Mobile phone footage of the last moments of some of the 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers killed by Israeli forces in an incident in Gaza last month appears to contradict the version of events put forward by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The almost seven-minute video, which the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said…
Two people have died after a caravan fire at a holiday park, police have said. Lincolnshire police said they were called to Golden Beach Holiday Park in Ingoldmells at 3.53am on Saturday. The victims were reported to be a 10-year-old girl and a 48-year-old man. A spokesperson said next of kin had been informed and…
