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Suspect in Virginia State University shooting found hiding in dorm closet
Suspect, 19, who is not enrolled at the university arrested in connection with shooting of five people, authorities say A young man suspected in connection with the shooting of five people on Saturday on the campus of Virginia State University (VSU) hid in a dormitory closet for more than 14 hours being found and arrested, according to authorities. The suspect – identified as 19-year-old Camron Harris – was found in Seward Hall on VSU’s campus at 4pm, local police Lt James Lamb said, according to the Virginia news outlet WTVR. The shooting occurred at about 1.30am on Saturday. Continue reading...
Andy Burnham has barely acknowledged the climate crisis. If only Britain’s workers had that luxury | John Harris
Nurses collapsing, builders with heatstroke, bus drivers in cabs that reach 44C. The new PM wanted to spend the summer talking about the cost of living – he should change his plans I don’t think I have ever written before about a British strike directly related to the climate emergency. But that’s exactly what began late last week in north London, with a zeitgeisty connection to Andy Burnham’s fixation on buses: picket lines outside depots and massed walkouts, while the temperatures in the relevant parts of the capital and its suburbs hovered at about 34C (93F). Last Friday, more than 1,500 drivers employed by the transport giant Arriva began a planned run of 26 stoppages through to October, affecting bus routes spread between London and Essex. Everything is being led by the union Unite, whose recent grievances include alleged company union-busting and assaults by the public on staff. But the fundamental basis of the dispute is at the heart of the national condition: the near-impossibility for millions of people of working through another insanely hot summer. John Harris is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
What are datacentres doing to the places we love? In Slough, I found a bleak answer | John Harris
Whitehall wants to triple the UK’s number of datacentres – but demand for electricity and water means that could be at the expense of new homes Amid headlines about the UK’s drought, Europe’s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived in Slough last Monday. I was there to look around Slough Trading Estate, a place that might once have conjured up images of the TV comedy The Office, many of whose laughs came at the expense of this overgrown patch of suburbia, 20-odd miles west of London. But these days, this area of town – an incongruous mixture of old-school businesses such as Mr Clutch and Angling Direct, and vast, metal-clad leviathans that look like something pulled from JG Ballard – has become a byword for the constant expansion of datacentres, those hulking symbols of the vast computing power that big tech now requires, not least because of the ever-more complex workings of artificial intelligence. Continue reading...
Addressing the Growing Threats Posed by AI in Nuclear Operations
Addressing the Growing Threats Posed by AI in Nuclear Operations Inside the Arms Control Association Thu, 08/06/2026 - 12:47 August 2026 Last month, I and two members of ACA's Board of Directors, Maryann Cusimano Love and Matthew Bunn,were privileged to participate in a highly significant event held at the Vatican: "The Global Nobel Laureates Assembly on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Nuclear War." The July 14-16 gathering was a rare convocation of senior experts from key AI companies, Nobel laureates in physics and peace, faith leaders, including from the Vatican, and some of the world’s top nuclear weapons policy experts. The Assembly, which was held shortly after Pope Leo issued his historic encyclical on “Disarming AI,” was also very timely. The world’s nuclear-armed states are rapidly integrating AI into their nuclear weapons operations. This development complicates the dangerous array of nuclear weapons-related dangers the world is already facing. As I explained in my presentation to the conference: "AI introduces new uncertainties to the already uncertain nuclear deterrence equation. Immediate and decisive action is required to counter these growing nuclear dangers before it is too late." Panelists during a session on “The Use of AI in Nuclear Weapon Systems” on July 14, 2026. Left to right, Tong Zhao (Carnegie Endowment), Jason Pruet (OpenAI), Tatsujiro Suzuki (Nagasaki University), Andre Konstantin Geim (2010 Nobel Prize in Physics), Oleksandra Matviichuk (2022 Nobel Peace Prize), Daryl G. Kimball (Arms Control Association), Tristan Harris (Center for Humane Technology), and the moderator, John Mecklin (Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists). Although there is a loose consensus that AI must never supplant human judgment in the authorization or execution of nuclear weapon launches, our research, and that of many others, indicate that this so-called "human in the loop" principle, while necessary, is woefully insufficient. What’s more, the pace of "frontier" AI development is accelerating and may soon send us into new and unknown territory. Just last month, top CEOs and technical experts from the world's leading AI companies including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and Meta issued an important statement saying they "believe they could be close to automating AI research." They warn that "there is a real risk that [this] development rapidly accelerates beyond our ability to understand or control the resulting systems." The political, diplomatic, and legislative responses to regulate these technologies in the military realm are failing to keep pace with the rapid development of these AI large language models. As ACA has been saying for some time, and was written in the "Rome Declaration" that emerged from the Assembly: "We call on governments, frontier AI developers, researchers and the international community to act now." The situation requires that we redouble our efforts to press nuclear weapon states to engage in sustained nuclear arms and risk reduction talks, especially on responsible approaches to the use of AI in nuclear systems. ACA is now working to fortify our existing capacity to raise awareness and advance actionable technically-sound solutions that can help mitigate the risks posed by AI in nuclear weapons operations. We invite you to learn more and to support our efforts on this rapidly evolving challenge with a special financial gift. Thanks for your engagement and support! Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director The Rome Declaration on Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons The text of the appeal from the participants from the “Nobel Laureates Assembly on AI and Nuclear War,” plus the program and participants list, can be accessed online here: globalnobelassembly.org ACA Event: "Mitigating the Risks of AI in Nuclear Operations," Sept. 11 ACA will host a hybrid policy briefing on Friday September 11 at 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. featuring the inaugural director of the U.S. Department of Defense Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, Lt. Gen. John “Jack” N.T. Shanahan. Shanahan warned in a 2025 article in Arms Control Today that the use of AI to integrate disparate data sources to build a cohesive picture of ongoing military operations “may create false confidence in the information that is shaping leaders’ situational awareness and influencing nuclear-related decisions." You can register to attend the event in-person or watch the webcast here. Countryman Visits Europe and China ACA’s Board Chair, Thomas Countryman, officially retired after 35-year of public service at the State Department in 2017, but he hasn’t stopped working hard for global peace and security. Last month alone, Tom was invited to speak at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly at The Hague on the rising nuclear weapons threat and how to head it off organized by the Open Nuclear Network. He then flew off to speak about nuclear materials security challenges in Beijing at an annual “U.S.-China Track 2 Dialogue on Nuclear Security” organized by the Nuclear Threat Initiative and the Chinese Arms Control and Disarmament Association. Countryman then traveled to Armenia for another dialogue organized by the Pugwash Conferences on Science and Global Affairs to discuss security frameworks for Europe after a resolution of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Countryman (second from left) and some of the organizers of the U.S.-China track 2 dialogue. ACA Assails Flawed U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Cooperation Deal The Trump administration and the Saudi government finally finalized their controversial agreement for nuclear cooperation on July 17. As expected: It provides a pathway for the Saudis to acquire enrichment technology. It does not require the Saudis to implement safeguards under the terms of the additional protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA. “The Saudis wish to keep open the option of pursuing nuclear weapons,” ACA Board Chair, Tom Countryman, told Politico. “The additional protocol restricts future options of Saudi Arabia with a nuclear program.” Watch ACA Director for Nonproliferation Policy Kelsey Davenport's interview on Deutsche Welle (7/22/2026). “When I discussed this on three occasions with the Saudis … 10 years ago, I made clear that we have to have a Saudi additional protocol signed with the International Atomic Energy Agency,” Countryman continued. “That was the point that prevented them from moving forward into actual negotiations during the Obama administration.” Within 24 hours of the announcement, our team issued a detailed informational memo to all Congressional offices and we issued a detailed press statement calling upon Congress to block or amend the agreement. Congress will have 90 continuous session days to block or amend the agreement once it is sent to Capitol Hill. Stay tuned for further updates. ACA Responds to Reported Shift in Pentagon Nuclear Strategy As we reported in Arms Control Today in April, the Defense Department decided to conduct a “nuclear strategy review” rather than a formal Nuclear Posture Review (NPR). According to an August 5 NBC News report, Undersecretary for Defense Policy Elbridge Colby, who is leading the review, wants to de-emphasize but not eliminate the long-standing requirement for “damage limitation” capabilities. This approach calls for a massive strategic nuclear attack against a U.S. nuclear adversary to try to destroy as many of their nuclear strike systems as possible. At the same time, Colby says the Pentagon wants to create more “credible” options for the president to threaten to or to wage a nuclear war at the regional level with “tactical” nuclear weapons. ACA’s Daryl Kimball told NBC News that he would welcome a change in nuclear policy that discards the concept of a threatened massive strike against an enemy’s entire nuclear force, which has driven up the number of U.S. and Russian arsenals for decades and increased the risk of a catastrophic war.” But he told NBC, “It would be dangerous to put forward a new strategy that doubles down on tactical nuclear weapons as a viable option. “Once nuclear weapons are used in a conflict involving another nuclear-armed state, there is no guarantee that any use of nuclear weapons, even on the smallest scale, could reliably be expected to remain limited,” he said. Look for further updates in the news section of the September issue of Arms Control Today. The War with Iran and the Nuclear File ACA’s expertise and analysis about Iran’s nuclear program continues to be in high demand as Trump and Iranian leaders engage in on-again-off-again talks and hostilities in the Middle East. If an arrangement can be struck to re-open safe passage for ships and cargo through the Strait of Hormuz, talks on how to limit Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief might resume. ACA has spelled out in writing and in briefings and press interviews what the remaining Iran-related nuclear proliferation challenges actually are and how they might be resolved through more effective and sustained diplomacy. See our June 22 Issue Brief, "Assessing the Islamabad MOU and the U.S.-Iran Nuclear Negotiations,” and “Managing the Dangers of Iran’s Remaining Nuclear Capabilities,” an article by ACA Board member Matthew Bunn in the May issue of Arms Control Today. ACA In the News “The AI Ghost in the Nuclear War Machine,” Arms Control Today feature article contributor Lt. Gen. John N.T. Shanahan is quoted in New Republic, June 21. “The Iran-US MOU: Why Experience Matters In Nuclear Diplomacy,” ACA nonproliferation policy director, Kelsey Davenport, is cited by Forbes, June 25. “How Trump’s ‘original oil guy’ boosted US-Israel ties and played down risks of Iran war,” in The Guardian, July 16, quotes ACA Visiting Fellow Michael Klare. “Nuclear deal that would permit uranium enrichment by Saudi Arabia in limbo awaiting Trump admin sign-off,” cites Davenport in CNN, July 18. “What is Pickaxe Mountain? Trump says US will hit Iranian nuclear site 'pretty soon',” features comments from Davenport in ABC News, July 21. “Why a Saudi nuclear deal is a perfect metaphor for Trump’s presidency,” by CNN, July 23, quotes Davenport. “How Trump’s Saudi deal could spark a nuclear arms race in the Middle East,” the Arms Control Association is cited by The Independent, August 2. “Fact-checking Trump's claims about how the Iran war is going,” features analysis from ACA Executive Director Daryl G. Kimball in PBS Newshour, August 2. “The last thing we need is a nuclear pathway for Saudi Arabia,” written for The Hill by senior adviser to the Arms Control Association, Irwin Redlener, August 4. “As AI complicates nuclear threats, religious groups are doubling down on calls for disarmament,” an article in Truthout cites Kimball’s description of the Nobel Laureates Assembly on AI and Nuclear War, August 5. "How the American “Better” Became the Enemy of the Good" an August 5 Kommersant report on the situation six months after the expiration of New START, quotes analysis from Daryl Kimball (original in Russian). “Pentagon drafting a new U.S. nuclear strategy in case of regional war with China or Russia, sources say,” Kimball is cited by NBC News, August 5.
Vatikan'da Nobel Ödüllü Uzmanlardan Yapay Zeka ve Nükleer Savaş UyarısıHow the new generation of left-wing US media is powering progressive candidates
Progressive candidates continue to rack up wins in primary elections across the United States, propelled by a new left-wing media ecosystem allowing them to build a national profile on their own terms — and sidestep the traditional gatekeepers of the Democratic establishment. For Pennsylvania state Representative Chris Rabb, a Democratic socialist who recently prevailed in a congressional primary against a more moderate rival, appearances on programs like “The Majority Report with Sam Seder” and “Breaking Points” played a key role in his political breakthrough. “It helps me increase my visibility, validation and ability to raise money,” said Rabb, describing it as “a Venn diagram of success”. This fast-growing world of left-wing websites, podcasters, YouTube hosts and livestreamers — many of whom blend opinion journalism and activism — affords candidates a sympathetic space to sharpen their message and mobilise grassroots support. But it also risks deepening the fissures in the Democratic Party, analysts say, and alienating moderates in the coalition. On Tuesday, progressive Abdul El-Sayed eked out a victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary against Haley Stevens, the preferred candidate of the party establishment. El-Sayed, a former state health official and a rising star in left-wing media, was massively outspent in television advertising — funded by tens of millions of dollars from pro-Israel and other outside groups — but still managed to win in a swing state carried by Republican President Donald Trump in 2024. New media entrepreneurs say they are filling a void in mainstream political coverage and providing a platform for candidates with views that have long been underrepresented in Washington. They include advocacy for universal healthcare, abolishing ICE and cutting off military aid to Israel. “There is an audience and a demand and a hunger for different viewpoints,” said Mehdi Hasan, a former MSNBC host who launched his own news organization, Zeteo, in 2024. “The same energy that enabled us to be a success as a media entity has enabled a lot of political candidates to be successes.” A growing audience The American left has long had its own constellation of shows and publications. But as the reach of, and trust in, traditional media declines and consumers look elsewhere for news, independent content creators are becoming political kingmakers. While much smaller and less well-funded than right-wing media, the left’s growing network of podcasters, streamers and digital publishers is becoming an increasingly important force in Democratic politics, shaping primary campaigns, fundraising and activist organising. Zeteo has 700,000 Substack subscribers, up 50 per cent from a year ago. “The Majority Report with Sam Seder” has more than two million subscribers on YouTube and roughly 75pc of listeners are under age 55. Progressive commentator and activist Hasan Piker has more than three million followers on Twitch. For campaign strategists, the appeal of this new media environment is simple. Their candidates can have long, in-depth conversations on policy issues — the kind seldom seen on cable news — engage directly with voters and generate clips that can be blasted across social platforms. “I think we help create early enthusiasm,” said Sam Seder. “Our audience in particular has a lot of activists and a lot of people who run activist organisations, and I know we have a lot of legislative staffer types.” Candidates often move through the same circuit of shows and creators, allowing audiences to discover them through trusted ideological allies, said Jesse Lehrich, a Democratic operative and co-host of the political podcast “Nobody Knows Anything”. In turn, rising stars on the left help emerging media figures build their brands. “It’s interconnected,” said Hasan. “I don’t think one is necessarily leading the other.” ‘Preaching to the choir’ Most of the left-wing media personalities that have risen to prominence in recent years are unapologetic partisans. “Breaking Points” co-host Krystal Ball took part in a livestreamed August fundraiser for El-Sayed and other progressive candidates in Michigan. Piker canvassed last week for Francesca Hong, who is vying to be the first democratic socialist governor of Wisconsin, and took part in El-Sayed’s election night party in Detroit. “The work is only beginning,” he posted to X as the last votes trickled in on Tuesday night. Piker has voiced support for Hamas, used the word “cracker” to refer to white people and said that “America deserved 9/11,” a comment he later described as inappropriate. He did not respond to a Reuters request for comment. He has built a deeply devoted following on his daily Twitch streams, where he hosts free-floating discussions about hot-button issues — similar to Joe Rogan, the influential right-leaning podcaster who endorsed Trump in 2024. For Seder, the goal of “Majority Report” is less about persuading swing voters than educating and energising those already in their corner. “We may be preaching to the choir, but the choir is then going out and preaching to the independents,” he said. Hans Noel, a professor of government at Georgetown University, said these creators and outlets “energise voters who find the party’s platform too lukewarm or uninspiring.” “At the same time,” he added, “factional voices are not always interested in compromise,” which could pose a problem for candidates like El-Sayed as they seek to win over more moderate Democrats in the general election. An opposition party Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, friends from Oklahoma City, started the “I’ve Had It” podcast in 2022 — a venue to vent about all the things that annoyed them, from the antics of reality stars to their own misbehaving children. It wasn’t until the 2024 presidential campaign that they began to talk about politics, savaging Trump in typically irreverent terms. Soon, they were interviewing Democratic presidential hopeful Kamala Harris and attending the party convention in Chicago. Their show now has more than 5.2 million subscribers and followers across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Listeners “are coming to us to get news and to get our opinion on the news”, Welch told Reuters. El-Sayed appeared on the podcast twice, and Welch endorsed him on-air, a decision she described as a “layup”. “I think that the Democratic base is so much further than what the establishment realises,” she said, “and I think candidates like Abdul are the future of the Democratic Party if we are to be an opposition party.”
ABD'de yeni sol medya ekosistemi ilerici adayların yükselişini besliyorTrump's legal crusade against news media falters
United States President Donald Trump’s early legal wins against broadcasters ABC and CBS have given way to defeats and retreats as courts and newsrooms act to protect press freedom. “News organisations recognise that the only positive outcome to this is prevailing against the president and standing up for the reporters and their newsrooms,” said Ken Paulson, director of the Free Speech Centre at Middle Tennessee State University. At the end of July, the Justice Department withdrew subpoenas issued to New York Times (NYT) journalists who had written articles about the security of Trump’s presidential aircraft. It was forced to act after a federal judge slammed the administration’s sloppy legal work and found it violated protections granted to journalists and their sources. The president has also filed defamation suits targeting The New York Times over articles and a book about the origins of his fortune, and the Wall Street Journal over an article about a salacious letter he sent to Jeffrey Epstein. Both are floundering. “If you’re willing to stand up to Trump, you’re going to do fairly well in court, given the lack of merit behind the cases that he has filed,” observes Dan Kennedy, a journalism professor at Northeastern University in Massachusetts. The cases involving ABC and CBS ended in December 2024 and July 2025 with the broadcasters promising to pay $15 million and $16 million, respectively. Trump sued ABC for defamation over statements about a civil judgment against Trump in a sexual assault case. He took CBS to court for allegedly misleading viewers by airing different clips of the same answer from an interview with 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. But most legal experts agree that the courts could have thrown out Trump’s claims. Both reached the settlements “for business reasons”, said Kennedy. CBS’s parent company Paramount Global, for instance, was seeking regulatory approval for its merger with Skydance. Media strategy After ABC kept talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel, a nightly critic of Trump, on the air, and elected not to air a live Trump speech about supposed electoral fraud, the network now faces threats to some of its local station licenses from federal authorities. In another case, the BBC, which the US president is suing for $10 billion over an allegedly misleading edit of one of his speeches, has adopted a strategy that experts expect to become more widespread. The British broadcaster is demanding that Trump’s legal team produce financial documents in order to quantify the damages suffered. “That is the biggest deterrent of all for a man who has constantly resisted efforts to look inside his empire and financial circumstances,” said Paulson. Trump’s real objective, however, is not to win the lawsuits, experts say. “You go right back to the beginning of his political career, 11-12 years ago, and it’s been a central part of his strategy to discredit the news media,” said Kennedy. “He does that by insulting them, calling them fake news, calling them enemies of the people, and he does it by filing lawsuits.” Paulson said that “Trump and his lawyers have no realistic expectation that they will prevail in a court of law somewhere down the road”. “But that can take years and millions of dollars, and Trump knows from his business experience that if he can apply enough pressure, someone will cough up a check.”
Trump’ın Medya Davalarında Gidişat Değişti: Mahkemeler Basını KoruyorItaly suspends Schengen agreement with Spain: foreign minister
Italy has suspended its Schengen agreement with Spain, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday, calling the measure “unavoidable”. “The temporary suspension of Schengen with Spain is a necessary choice to safeguard the security of our citizens and defend the European borders,” he wrote in a post on X. He noted that the influx of migrants in Ceuta, Spain, “reminds us that the management of the Union’s borders is a shared responsibility among our countries, one toward the other”. “We must work together to prevent uncontrolled migrant flows from entering EU territory, with all the consequent risks and the threat of terrorism, which must be countered without hesitation,” he added. US President Donald Trump led far-right attempts on Friday on both sides of the Atlantic to make political capital from Spain’s migration crisis, portraying the migrant surge in Ceuta as a warning for America if his opponents get into power. “It’s terrible. Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in,” Trump was quoted as saying by Fox News. “If the Democrats get in, you will not live a very good life.” With polls showing Trump’s support has fallen into the low 30 per cent range and opposition Democrats hoping to win at least partial control of Congress in November midterm elections, the crisis in Spain offers Republicans a chance to return to one of their political strongpoints. News footage of migrants overwhelming barriers to get into Ceuta — a tiny Spanish territory on the Moroccan coast — aired repeatedly on Fox News and went viral across right-wing Trump-allied social media accounts. In Europe, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel claimed in an X post that “Ceuta was left in ruins overnight” by the mass influx from Morocco. She argued that Germany is “likely the destination for most of these migrants”. “Germany must prepare itself: borders must be secured and rejections rigorously enforced,” wrote Weidel, whose party is backed by top Trump officials. Both Italy’s right-wing prime minister Giorgia Meloni and the populist right-wing ruling coalition in Finland called for excluding Spain from the European visa-free zone as a result of the situation. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a billionaire Trump supporter, said the Ceuta situation was caused by Spain’s policy of offering hundreds of thousands of migrants already in the country a legal status. “They are replacing Spaniards with migrants,” Babis said. ‘Invasion of the West’ Trump’s election victory over Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024 was fueled by voter worries over uncontrolled migration on the US-Mexico border and his lurid warnings of migrants coming to murder Americans and even to eat their pets. Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, posted news footage on Friday of migrants pouring into Ceuta on X and wrote it highlighted “radical left-wing globalist policies that have enabled the Invasion of the West.” “These images out of Spain are an unfortunate reminder of the consequences of mass migration,” Vance posted on X. Late on Thursday, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, a chief architect of Trump’s anti-migration crackdown, posted video of the Ceuta crisis and said, “Democrats will see your home trampled and stolen by invaders and they will rejoice.”
Trump ve aşırı sağ, İspanya göç krizini siyasi malzeme yaptıItaly suspends Schengen agreement with Spain: foreign minister minister
Italy has suspended its Schengen agreement with Spain, Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Friday, calling the measure “unavoidable”. “The temporary suspension of Schengen with Spain is a necessary choice to safeguard the security of our citizens and defend the European borders,” he wrote in a post on X. He noted that the influx of migrants in Ceuta, Spain, “reminds us that the management of the Union’s borders is a shared responsibility among our countries, one toward the other”. “We must work together to prevent uncontrolled migrant flows from entering EU territory, with all the consequent risks and the threat of terrorism, which must be countered without hesitation,” he added. US President Donald Trump led far-right attempts on Friday on both sides of the Atlantic to make political capital from Spain’s migration crisis, portraying the migrant surge in Ceuta as a warning for America if his opponents get into power. “It’s terrible. Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in,” Trump was quoted as saying by Fox News. “If the Democrats get in, you will not live a very good life.” With polls showing Trump’s support has fallen into the low 30 per cent range and opposition Democrats hoping to win at least partial control of Congress in November midterm elections, the crisis in Spain offers Republicans a chance to return to one of their political strongpoints. News footage of migrants overwhelming barriers to get into Ceuta — a tiny Spanish territory on the Moroccan coast — aired repeatedly on Fox News and went viral across right-wing Trump-allied social media accounts. In Europe, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel claimed in an X post that “Ceuta was left in ruins overnight” by the mass influx from Morocco. She argued that Germany is “likely the destination for most of these migrants”. “Germany must prepare itself: borders must be secured and rejections rigorously enforced,” wrote Weidel, whose party is backed by top Trump officials. Both Italy’s right-wing prime minister Giorgia Meloni and the populist right-wing ruling coalition in Finland called for excluding Spain from the European visa-free zone as a result of the situation. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a billionaire Trump supporter, said the Ceuta situation was caused by Spain’s policy of offering hundreds of thousands of migrants already in the country a legal status. “They are replacing Spaniards with migrants,” Babis said. ‘Invasion of the West’ Trump’s election victory over Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024 was fueled by voter worries over uncontrolled migration on the US-Mexico border and his lurid warnings of migrants coming to murder Americans and even to eat their pets. Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, posted news footage on Friday of migrants pouring into Ceuta on X and wrote it highlighted “radical left-wing globalist policies that have enabled the Invasion of the West.” “These images out of Spain are an unfortunate reminder of the consequences of mass migration,” Vance posted on X. Late on Thursday, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, a chief architect of Trump’s anti-migration crackdown, posted video of the Ceuta crisis and said, “Democrats will see your home trampled and stolen by invaders and they will rejoice.”
Trump ve aşırı sağ, İspanya göç krizini siyasi malzeme yaptıTrump and far-right seize on Spanish migration crisis
US President Donald Trump led far-right attempts Friday on both sides of the Atlantic to make political capital from Spain’s migration crisis, portraying the migrant surge in Ceuta as a warning for America if his opponents get into power. “It’s terrible. Remember that picture. That’s going to be us in three years if the wrong side gets in,” Trump was quoted as saying by Fox News. “If the Democrats get in, you will not live a very good life.” With polls showing Trump’s support has fallen into the low 30 per cent range and opposition Democrats hoping to win at least partial control of Congress in November midterm elections, the crisis in Spain offers Republicans a chance to return to one of their political strongpoints. News footage of migrants overwhelming barriers to get into Ceuta — a tiny Spanish territory on the Moroccan coast — aired repeatedly on Fox News and went viral across right-wing Trump-allied social media accounts. In Europe, far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) co-leader Alice Weidel claimed in an X post that “Ceuta was left in ruins overnight” by the mass influx from Morocco. She argued that Germany is “likely the destination for most of these migrants”. “Germany must prepare itself: borders must be secured and rejections rigorously enforced,” wrote Weidel, whose party is backed by top Trump officials. Both Italy’s right-wing prime minister Giorgia Meloni and the populist right-wing ruling coalition in Finland called for excluding Spain from the European visa-free zone as a result of the situation. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a billionaire Trump supporter, said the Ceuta situation was caused by Spain’s policy of offering hundreds of thousands of migrants already in the country a legal status. “They are replacing Spaniards with migrants,” Babis said. ‘Invasion of the West’ Trump’s election victory over Democrat Kamala Harris in 2024 was fueled by voter worries over uncontrolled migration on the US-Mexico border and his lurid warnings of migrants coming to murder Americans and even to eat their pets. Trump’s vice president, JD Vance, posted news footage on Friday of migrants pouring into Ceuta on X and wrote it highlighted “radical left-wing globalist policies that have enabled the Invasion of the West.” “These images out of Spain are an unfortunate reminder of the consequences of mass migration,” Vance posted on X. Late on Thursday, White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, a chief architect of Trump’s anti-migration crackdown, posted video of the Ceuta crisis and said, “Democrats will see your home trampled and stolen by invaders and they will rejoice.”
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11 killed, 6 injured as three-storey house collapses in Lahore's Harbanspura
LAHORE: Eleven people were killed and six injured after a three-storey house collapsed in Lahore’s Harbanspura late on Wednesday, according to authorities. Spokesperson for the Lahore deputy commissioner Harris Ali confirmed to Dawn that the death toll of the incident had risen to 11 after rescue workers pulled out the body of a minor girl. The rescue operation ended following the recovery of the girl’s body, he said. The spokesperson said three brothers and their families were residing in the building, and they were joined by their sister and her children for a birthday celebration on Wednesday night, following which the structure collapsed. “The building collapsed floor by floor from the top down,” he said. The cause of the collapse is yet to be determined, for which Lahore DC retired Capt Muhammad Ali Ijaz has ordered an inquiry, a statement issued by his office said. The statement said he supervised the rescue operation, adding that Rescue 1122 teams, assisted by district administration officials, carried out the operation. Heavy machinery had also been deployed to speed up the operation, it said. The incident comes a month after a roof collapse at a tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area claimed the lives of 14 children. Police had registered a case against the tuition centre’s owners and the building’s contractor a day after the incident, with the first information report stating that the suspects were putting soil on the dilapidated building’s roof, which collapsed because of the extra load. In a similar incident in early May, four children were killed and 20 people injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school in Dera Ghazi Khan collapsed. A probe into the incident revealed that construction for an extension of the building was under way when the roof of the classroom collapsed. According to the district administration’s incident report, the roof was overloaded as sand and bricks were placed on it, and it could not bear the load and consequently collapsed.
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11 killed, 6 injured as three-storey building collapses in Lahore's Harbanspura
LAHORE: Eleven people were killed and six injured after a three-story building collapsed in Lahore’s Harbanspura late on Wednesday, according to authorities. Spokesperson for the Lahore deputy commissioner Harris Ali confirmed to Dawn that the death toll of the incident had risen to 11 after rescue workers pulled out the body of a minor girl. The rescue operation ended following the recovery of the girl’s body, he said. The spokesperson said three brothers and their families were residing in the building, and they were joined by their sister and her children for a birthday celebration on Wednesday night, following which the structure collapsed. “The building collapsed floor by floor from the top down,” he said. The cause of the collapse is yet to be determined, for which Lahore DC retired Capt Muhammad Ali Ijaz has ordered an inquiry, a statement issued by his office said. The statement said he supervised the rescue operation, adding that Rescue 1122 teams, assisted by district administration officials, carried out the operation. Heavy machinery had also been deployed to speed up the operation, it said. The incident comes a month after a roof collapse at a tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area claimed the lives of 14 children. Police had registered a case against the tuition centre’s owners and the building’s contractor a day after the incident, with the first information report stating that the suspects were putting soil on the dilapidated building’s roof, which collapsed because of the extra load. In a similar incident in early May, four children were killed and 20 people injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school in Dera Ghazi Khan collapsed. A probe into the incident revealed that construction for an extension of the building was under way when the roof of the classroom collapsed. According to the district administration’s incident report, the roof was overloaded as sand and bricks were placed on it, and it could not bear the load and consequently collapsed.
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At least 11 killed, 6 injured as three-storey building collapses in Lahore's Harbanspura
LAHORE: At least 11 people of the same family were killed and six injured after a three-story building collapsed in Lahore’s Harbanspura late on Wednesday, according to authorities. Spokesperson for the Lahore deputy commissioner Harris Ali confirmed to Dawn that the death toll of the incident had risen to 11 after rescue workers pulled out the body of an elderly woman. Meanwhile, he said the operation at the site was still ongoing on Thursday afternoon as a minor girl was believed to be still under the rubble. The spokesperson said three brothers and their families were residing in the building, and they were joined by their sister and her children for a birthday celebration on Wednesday night, following which the structure collapsed. “The building collapsed floor by floor from the top down,” he said. The cause of the collapse is yet to be determined, for which Lahore DC retired Capt Muhammad Ali Ijaz has ordered an inquiry, a statement issued by his office said. The statement said he was supervising the rescue operation at the site of the incident, adding that Rescue 1122 teams, assisted by district administration officials, were clearing the debris. Heavy machinery had also been deployed to speed up the operation, it said. According to the statement, the DC directed the relevant officials at the site to ensure the safe recovery of all those trapped under the debris. The incident comes a month after a roof collapse at a tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area claimed the lives of 14 children. Police had registered a case against the tuition centre’s owners and the building’s contractor a day after the incident, with the first information report stating that the suspects were putting soil on the dilapidated building’s roof, which collapsed because of the extra load. In a similar incident in early May, four children were killed and 20 people injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school in Dera Ghazi Khan collapsed. A probe into the incident revealed that construction for an extension of the building was under way when the roof of the classroom collapsed. According to the district administration’s incident report, the roof was overloaded as sand and bricks were placed on it, and it could not bear the load and consequently collapsed.
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At least 10 killed, 6 injured as three-storey building collapses in Lahore's Harbanspura
LAHORE: At least 10 people were killed and six injured after a three-story building collapsed in Lahore’s Harbanspura area late on Wednesday, according to authorities. Spokesperson for the Lahore deputy commissioner Harris Ali confirmed to Dawn that the death toll of the incident had risen from eight to 10 while the rescue operation to recover those still trapped under the rubble was under way on Thursday afternoon. “Rescue teams are currently searching for two additional victims believed to be trapped under the rubble,” he told Dawn. The spokesperson said three brothers and their families were residing in the building, and they were joined by their sister and her children for a birthday celebration when the structure collapsed. “The building collapsed floor by floor from the top down,” he said. Earlier, a statement issued by Lahore DC retired Capt Muhammad Ali Ijaz’s office said he was supervising the rescue operation at the site of the incident. The statement added that Rescue 1122 teams, assisted by district administration officials, were clearing the debris and efforts were under way to recover people who were still trapped under the rubble. Heavy machinery had also been deployed to speed up the operation, it said. According to the statement, the DC directed the relevant officials at the site to ensure the safe recovery of all those trapped under the debris. It said that the DC had also ordered an inquiry to determine the cause of the roof collapse. The incident comes a month after a roof collapse at a tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area claimed the lives of 14 children. Police had registered a case against the tuition centre’s owners and the building’s contractor a day after the incident, with the first information report stating that the suspects were putting soil on the dilapidated building’s roof, which collapsed because of the extra load. In a similar incident in early May, four children were killed and 20 people injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school in Dera Ghazi Khan collapsed. A probe into the incident revealed that construction for an extension of the building was under way when the roof of the classroom collapsed. According to the district administration’s incident report, the roof was overloaded as sand and bricks were placed on it, and it could not bear the load and consequently collapsed.
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At least 10 killed, 6 injured as building building collapses in Lahore's Harbanspura
LAHORE: At least 10 people were killed and six injured after a three-story building collapsed in Lahore’s Harbanspura area late on Wednesday, according to authorities. Spokesperson for the Lahore deputy commissioner Harris Ali confirmed to Dawn that the death toll of the incident had risen from eight to 10 while the rescue operation to recover those still trapped under the rubble was under way on Thursday afternoon. “Rescue teams are currently searching for two additional victims believed to be trapped under the rubble,” he told Dawn. The spokesperson said three brothers and their families were residing in the building, and they were joined by their sister and her children for a birthday celebration when the structure collapsed. “The building collapsed floor by floor from the top down,” he said. Earlier, a statement issued by Lahore DC retired Capt Muhammad Ali Ijaz’s office said he was supervising the rescue operation at the site of the incident. The statement added that Rescue 1122 teams, assisted by district administration officials, were clearing the debris and efforts were under way to recover people who were still trapped under the rubble. Heavy machinery had also been deployed to speed up the operation, it said. According to the statement, the DC directed the relevant officials at the site to ensure the safe recovery of all those trapped under the debris. It said that the DC had also ordered an inquiry to determine the cause of the roof collapse. The incident comes a month after a roof collapse at a tuition centre in Lahore’s Kahna area claimed the lives of 14 children. Police had registered a case against the tuition centre’s owners and the building’s contractor a day after the incident, with the first information report stating that the suspects were putting soil on the dilapidated building’s roof, which collapsed because of the extra load. In a similar incident in early May, four children were killed and 20 people injured after the roof of a classroom at a private school in Dera Ghazi Khan collapsed. A probe into the incident revealed that construction for an extension of the building was under way when the roof of the classroom collapsed. According to the district administration’s incident report, the roof was overloaded as sand and bricks were placed on it, and it could not bear the load and consequently collapsed.
Bajaur'da baraj yakınında patlama: İki kişi hayatını kaybetti Pakistan-origin physician Asif Mahmood elected chair of US commission on religious freedom
Dr Asif Mahmood, a physician of Pakistani origin, has been elected as the chair of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The commission is a bipartisan body of the US federal government that monitors religious freedom around the world and makes policy recommendations to the president, the secretary of state and the US Congress. In a statement on Monday, USCIRF announced the unanimous election of Mahmood as the panel’s chair and of CeCe Heil as the vice chair for the 2026-27 term. Mahmood is a practising pulmonologist, human rights advocate, and philanthropist, according to USCIRF. “His global advocacy work and humanitarian interventions have helped save lives in crisis-stricken regions around the world, including Kashmir, Tigray, and other conflict zones,” the commission’s website states. “As a two-term member of the Medical Board of California, Dr Mahmood fiercely advocates for patients’ rights and works to secure greater access to medical coverage for all communities,” USCIRF highlighted. In a statement after his election, posted on the USCIRF’s website, Mahmood said, “Threats to international religious freedom are occurring every day, making USCIRF’s mandate to analyse and recommend policy solutions to the US government key to advancing religious freedom abroad.“ Separately, he posted on X: “It is a remarkable journey — from a small rural village in Pakistan to leading one of the world’s foremost bodies dedicated to defending freedom of religion or belief and shaping US foreign policy in accordance with human rights globally.” The physician affirmed his commitment to “advocate for the rights of every person: those of all faiths and those who choose no faith at all”. “Together, let us work toward a world where freedom of religion or belief, mutual respect, human dignity, and peaceful coexistence are protected for everyone,” he added. Mahmood was first appointed to USCIRF by House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) in 2024 and reappointed for a second term in 2026. He served as the commission’s vice chair during his previous term, and has been living in California since 1999, according to his website. USCIRF, which Mahmood will now chair, had last month urged the US State Department to declare India a “country of particular concern”, citing its 2026 assessment and hearing over “ongoing, systematic, and egregious religious freedom conditions” in the country. In 2025, the panel also highlighted that religious freedom conditions in Pakistan and India had deteriorated over the previous year. It called for sanctions against Pakistani officials and government agencies, as well as against India’s spy agency Research & Analysis Wing (RAW). Mahmood has also contributed to efforts to garner support in the US for incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan, particularly during the previous Biden administration. As part of these efforts, PTI supporters have arranged seminars and public meetings and hosted numerous fundraisers for congressional leaders and senators, with one such event in 2024 co-hosted by Mahmood for then-US vice president Kamala Harris. Additional input from Reuters
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