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A statue of liberty is silhouetted as it sits on top of the Old Bailey in London
UK plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog
LONDON — The right to trial by jury will be pared back in the United Kingdom in an attempt to clear a backlog of cases clogging up the justice system, the government announced on Tuesday.Justice Secretary David Lammy said overload and delays had created "an emergency in our courts" that risks collapsing trust in British justice.The UK's court system has struggled to clear a backlog of cases built up since the COVID-19 pandemic.The government says there are almost 80,000 cases waiting to be heard in criminal courts in England and Wales, more than double the pre-pandemic figure, with some cases taking several years to reach trial.Under the changes, crimes with a likely sentence of three years or less will be tried before a judge alone, up from the current two years. Judges will also...
December 03, 2025

UK plans to scrap some jury trials in an attempt to clear a court backlog

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem
US Homeland Security secretary calls for more travel bans
WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has said she will recommend a travel ban on several countries which she claims are "flooding" the US with criminal activity.Writing on social media on Monday, Noem said she had met President Donald Trump and decided to suggest "a full travel ban on every damn country that's been flooding our nation with killers, leeches, and entitlement junkies''.Trump and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) then shared Noem's post on their respective official social media accounts.It is not yet clear which countries the proposed travel ban would impact, or when it could begin. The BBC has requested comment from the DHS.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday evening that Trump had announced a...
December 02, 2025

US Homeland Security secretary calls for more travel bans

Mohammed Badaru Abubakar
Nigeria's defense minister resigns amid kidnapping crisis
ABUJA — Nigeria's Minister of Defense, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, has resigned from his position with immediate effect for health reasons, the president's office has said.The 63-year-old's departure coincides with a period of heightened security challenges across Nigeria, with the government under pressure to deal with a spate of mass kidnappings.Last week, the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights reported that at least 402 people, mostly schoolchildren, had been kidnapped since mid-November.In the latest sign of the insecurity, gunmen abducted at least 20 people, including a Christian pastor, a Muslim bride and her bridesmaids, in two separate raids in the north on Sunday.Some 250 schoolchildren and 12 teachers from a Catholic school in central Niger state...
December 02, 2025

Nigeria's defense minister resigns amid kidnapping crisis

Roads were blocked by vehicles parked to escape floodwaters in Hat Yai district, Songkhla province, Thailand on November 30, 2025
Asia reels from deadly cyclones and monsoon rains
BANGKOK — Wassana Suthi spent last week trying to keep a nursing home running as the floodwaters rose around her in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, cutting the home off from outside help, bar one helicopter dropping supplies on the roof.Hat Yai city is one of hundreds of communities reeling from a combination of cyclonic storms and monsoon rains that have unleashed deadly flooding and landslides from Indonesia to Sri Lanka.At least 1,250 people have been reported dead across the region, according to a CNN tally of national disaster agencies. Hundreds are still missing, and more than one million are displaced.As rescuers dig through mud and debris and battle to restore links to communities cut off by the destruction, authorities say the death toll may rise.Hat Yai, a major transport...
December 02, 2025

Asia reels from deadly cyclones and monsoon rains

Displaced Palestinian women and children live at a temporary makeshift camp set up in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, 01 December 2025. — EPA
UK criticizes Gaza aid delays as tents take year to arrive
LONDON — The UK government has criticized delays in aid being allowed into Gaza after a consignment of more than 1,100 tents it sent to the strip took more than a year to arrive.The foreign secretary has also raised concerns that other UK-funded aid had been unable to reach residents, despite the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel.Yvette Cooper said the situation in Gaza remains "dire" as the United Nations warned that 1.5 million people are in need of urgent shelter amid worsening rains and plummeting temperatures ahead of winter.The BBC has asked the Israeli government for a response.The tents — each capable of housing a family of five — reached Gaza on Monday, with more expected to arrive this week.Government sources said the tents will provide shelter to as many as 12,000 people...
December 02, 2025

UK criticizes Gaza aid delays as tents take year to arrive

Rescue workers and aid are still struggling to reach some areas
Death toll in Indonesia floods passes 600
JAKARTA — The death toll in the floods which struck Indonesia last week has now climbed to 631 on Tuesday, with rescue workers still battling to reach affected areas.The floods, which were caused by a rare cyclone that had formed over the Malacca Strait, have hit three provinces and impacted some 1.5 million people, according to the government's disaster agency.Nearly 500 people remain missing, while thousands more have been injured.Indonesia is just one part of Asia which has been hit with torrential rain and storms in recent days, with Thailand, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka all also reporting deaths.In Indonesia, the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra have been hardest hit, with thousands still cut off and without critical supplies.About one million people have been...
December 02, 2025

Death toll in Indonesia floods passes 600

About 160 million Indians are Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables'
India's Supreme Court upholds rights of poorest — but language reveals 'bias', study says
NEW DELHI — India's Supreme Court prides itself on defending the rights of Dalits — historically the country's most oppressed citizens.But a new study argues that the court's own language has frequently reflected the caste hierarchies it aims to erase. About 160 million Indians are Dalits, once called "untouchables", yet many remain trapped in menial jobs and shut out of social and economic opportunity.For much of independent India's history, the country's top judges have struggled to speak about Dalits in ways that recognise dignity rather than reinforce stigma, the study found. That tension — between progressive legal outcomes and regressive language — is the central paradox documented in a sweeping review of 75 years of judgments of the top court.The...
December 02, 2025

India's Supreme Court upholds rights of poorest — but language reveals 'bias', study says

The Senkaku-Diaoyu Islands have long been a source of tension between China and Japan
Chinese and Japanese boats face off near disputed islands as feud worsens
SINGAPORE — China and Japan's coast guards have given different accounts of a confrontation that occurred near a group of geopolitically sensitive islands in the East China Sea.China's Coast Guard said on Tuesday that a Japanese fishing vessel had illegally entered the waters of the Diaoyu Islands — which Tokyo calls the Senkaku Islands. China claims them as their territory, despite the islands being administered by Japan.Japan's Coast Guard, meanwhile, said it intercepted and expelled two Chinese Coast Guard ships as they approached the fishing vessel.The confrontation comes as diplomatic ties between the two nations spiral, after Japan's leader made controversial comments about Taiwan last month.While responding to a question in parliament in November, Japanese...
December 02, 2025

Chinese and Japanese boats face off near disputed islands as feud worsens

US Navy commander ordered second Venezuela boat strike, White House says
WASHINGTON — A top US Navy commander ordered a second round of strikes on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, the White House has confirmed.The "double tap" strike on 2 September has drawn bipartisan scrutiny among US lawmakers. The Washington Post recently reported that two people survived the first blast and were still clinging to the burning vessel when they were killed, raising fresh legality questions.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth authorised the strikes but did not give an order to "kill everybody", as the report said."Admiral (Frank) Bradley worked well within his authority and the law" in ordering the additional strike, Leavitt said.More than 80 people have been killed in a number of similar strikes in the Caribbean...
December 02, 2025

US Navy commander ordered second Venezuela boat strike, White House says

Alina Habba, seen here with President Trump in 2024, has been serving as US Attorney for New Jersey
Appeals court disqualifies ex-Trump lawyer Alina Habba as New Jersey prosecutor
ATLANTIC CITY — A US appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as top federal prosecutor for New Jersey — a ruling likely to affect scores of criminal cases in the state.The president handpicked Habba for the role of US attorney this year, but a district court rejected her nomination, so the Trump administration installed her in a role that allowed her to fill in on an acting basis.The appellate judges found on Monday that this tactic, which bypassed confirmation by the US Senate, violated the Federal Vacancies Reform Act.Habba is the second Trump-appointed prosecutor to be disqualified in recent weeks."It is apparent that the current administration has been frustrated by some of the legal and political...
December 02, 2025

Appeals court disqualifies ex-Trump lawyer Alina Habba as New Jersey prosecutor

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