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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during the American Compass New World Gala at the National Building Museum on June 3, 2025, in Washington, DC.
US embassies must vet students for ‘hostile attitudes’ but can resume visa appointments, State Department says
WASHINGTON — The US State Department told embassies and consulates they must vet student visa applicants for “hostile attitudes towards our citizens, culture, government, institutions, or founding principles” but said they should resume appointments that were paused in late May.The new guidance was sent to US diplomatic posts worldwide in a cable seen by CNN Wednesday. It says the vetting will look at student and exchange visa applicants’ “entire online presence.” Applicants will be asked to set their social media profiles to public as part of the new vetting, and the cable notes that “limited access to, or visibility of, online presence could be construed as an effort to evade or hide certain activity.”It comes as the Trump administration has taken significant actions that...
June 19, 2025

US embassies must vet students for ‘hostile attitudes’ but can resume visa appointments, State Department says

Martina Navratilova, left, tells BBC's Amol Rajan, right, that she feels the US has become 'totalitarian'
Martina Navratilova: 'I wouldn't have left home for Trump's America'
WASHINGTON — Fifty years ago, Martina Navratilova left everything she knew in communist Czechoslovakia to start a new life in the US.Then an 18-year-old high school pupil, she was one of the Cold War's most high-profile defectors — and she would go on to become one of tennis's most iconic players.But speaking to the BBC's Amol Rajan, she says that she fears the US now "wouldn't let me in"."I'm not loyal to [US President] Donald Trump," she says, adding that she worries the US has become a "totalitarian" state.Since President Trump took office in January, his administration has carried out sweeping immigration raids, sparking protests in parts of the country. He has also instituted a travel ban for citizens from 12 countries, and there...
June 18, 2025

Martina Navratilova: 'I wouldn't have left home for Trump's America'

A woman lays a flower at a makeshift memorial outside the Minnesota state legislature building
Minnesota's 'nice' culture shattered by political violence
ST PAUL, Minnesota — Jessie Ebertz held back tears as she stood in front of a makeshift memorial honoring Democratic politician Melissa Hortman and her husband who were killed last week."Minnesota has felt a little bit like a safe haven," said Ms Ebertz, a government employee who lives in the state capital, "because we have been able to keep our atmosphere of respecting one another here.""This has blown that out of the water."The death of Hortman and her husband, Mark, has sent a shockwave through the state. They were shot dead early on Saturday morning by a man disguised as a police officer.Democratic state lawmaker John Hoffman and his wife were also injured — they are expected to survive.But the attacks, which appear politically motivated, have badly...
June 18, 2025

Minnesota's 'nice' culture shattered by political violence

File photo of a young woman sitting on bench in park and using a yellow smartphone
Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline
SAN FRANCISCO — TikTok will live on for at least another three months in the United States, as President Donald Trump is poised to extend a sale or ban deadline for the third time since taking office this year."President Trump will sign an additional Executive Order this week to keep TikTok up and running," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday.The popular video sharing app was supposed to be banned in the US after its Chinese owner, ByteDance, refused to sell it to a US buyer by a January deadline.TikTok and ByteDance did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the BBC.Leavitt said the 90-day extension would "ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that their data is safe and...
June 18, 2025

Trump to extend US TikTok ban deadline

Elon Musk
Musk's X sues New York state over social media hate speech law
SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk's X has challenged a New York state law that requires social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism, and other contentious content.In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the social media platform, formerly known as Twitter, argues that the law forces companies to disclose "highly sensitive and controversial speech" that is protected under the constitution's First Amendment.New York Attorney General Letitia James, who is in charge of enforcing this law, is the named defendant in X's lawsuit.Social media sites have become the main source of news for Americans, with majority consuming it on networks like X, according to a new research from the Reuters Institute.Deciding what content is acceptable on social media platforms...
June 18, 2025

Musk's X sues New York state over social media hate speech law

US podcaster Joe Rogan's content was seen by almost a quarter of people in the US in the week of the research
Social media now main source of news in US, research suggests
WASHINGTON — Social media and video networks have become the main source of news in the US, overtaking traditional TV channels and news websites, research suggests.More than half (54%) of people get news from networks like Facebook, X and YouTube — overtaking TV (50%) and news sites and apps (48%), according to the Reuters Institute."The rise of social media and personality-based news is not unique to the United States, but changes seem to be happening faster – and with more impact – than in other countries," a report found.Podcaster Joe Rogan was the most widely-seen personality, with almost a quarter (22%) of the population saying they had come across news or commentary from him in the previous week.The report's author Nic Newman said the rise of social video and...
June 17, 2025

Social media now main source of news in US, research suggests

Lilia Gema García Soto was killed during a meeting with another local official
Gunmen storm Mexican village hall and shoot mayor
MEXICO CITY — Gunmen have killed the mayor of the Mexican municipality of San Mateo Piñas in the latest deadly attack on local officials.Witnesses said four armed men arrived on motorcycles, stormed the village hall and opened fire on the mayor, Lilia Gema García Soto, and a local official who was in a meeting with her, Eli García Ramírez.Two municipal police officers were also injured in the attack.While officials are still investigating the possible motive for the killing, local officials are often targeted by criminal gangs for failing to do their bidding.García Soto is the second mayor to be killed in Oaxaca state this year. In May, the mayor of Santiago Amoltepec was shot dead in an ambush along with two other people who were in the car with him at the time of the attack.The...
June 17, 2025

Gunmen storm Mexican village hall and shoot mayor

Police said Vance Luther Boelter was armed at the time of his arrest
Man suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers arrested after huge manhunt
MINNEAPOLIS — A 57-year-old man has been arrested in the US state of Minnesota on suspicion of killing a Democratic state lawmaker and her husband.The arrest on Sunday night was the culmination of a huge two-day manhunt following the deaths of Melissa Hortman, a Minnesota Democrat, and her husband Mark. State Governor Tim Walz called it a "politically motivated assassination".Police said Vance Luther Boelter was armed at the time of his arrest in a rural area west of Minneapolis, but gave himself up peacefully when challenged.The suspect is also alleged to have shot and wounded Democratic State Senator John Hoffman, and his wife Yvette, who are both now awake in hospital.Mrs Hoffman said on Sunday that both felt "incredibly lucky to be alive".Boelter was detained...
June 16, 2025

Man suspected of shooting Minnesota lawmakers arrested after huge manhunt

Trump's latest order comes amid a new wave of protests against his immigration policies
Trump orders increase in migrant deportations
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has ordered an expansion of the detention and deportation of migrants across the country as protests against his policies continue.In a post on Truth Social, Trump called on federal agencies to "do all in their power" to deliver "the single largest mass deportation programme in history", naming Los Angeles, Chicago and New York as specific targets.These cities are among the many where large-scale protests have broken out against raids on undocumented migrants since 6 June.Trump has faced legal challenges and criticism for his response to the protests - particularly his deployment of the military to quell the demonstrations.Trump said he had directed the "entire administration to put every resource possible behind this...
June 16, 2025

Trump orders increase in migrant deportations

The recruitment of children is one of the most serious challenges remaining in the armed conflict in Colombia
Thousands of children recruited by armed groups to kill in Colombia
BOGOTA — When Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in the head on 7 June, it shocked the international community. After years of growing peace, the attack was a callback to Colombia's most violent years, when cartel-ordered assassinations were a common occurrence.But the identity of the alleged shooter proved even more shocking — a 15-year-old child.A video, shared widely online, shows police arresting a young man with a boyish face and hair over his shoulders, wearing blue jeans and a green T-shirt.Media has reported that after he was swiftly arrested, he cried out: "I did it for money for my family."He subsequently pleaded not guilty, the prosecutor's office said.Turbay has remained in critical condition at a clinic in Bogotá...
June 13, 2025

Thousands of children recruited by armed groups to kill in Colombia

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