Mahmoud Khalil can remain jailed over claims he lied on green card application, judge says
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge who barred the Trump administration from deporting Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil declined Friday to order his release from an immigration detention center, saying the former Columbia University student hadn't yet proven he was being held illegally.
The ruling is a setback for Khalil, who was detained in March. He had appeared to be close to winning his freedom after U.S. District Judge Michael Farbiarz held that the government's initial effort to deport him on foreign policy grounds was likely unconstitutional.
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Toronto Star
37 minutes ago
- Toronto Star
Israel's military warns that a new barrage of missiles from Iran heading toward Israel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel's military warned early Sunday a new barrage of missiles from Iran was heading toward Israel. It earlier warned the public to stay close to shelters as the two countries launched simultaneous attacks targeting each other. Iran has said it was launching a variety of ballistic missiles on Israel. Israel meanwhile has expanded its bombing campaign in Iran with strikes on its energy industry for the first time, while still striking sites associated with its military. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. The following is AP's previous story. Iran and Israel traded rounds of strikes late Saturday in the latest salvo since a surprise attack a day earlier aimed at decimating Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program. The latest U.S.-Iran talks regarding that program will not take place Sunday, officials said amid continued fighting. Iran launched a second round of missiles against Israel while Israel's military kept up attacks in Iran following earlier strikes that targeted nuclear and military sites and killed key leaders in the country's governing theocracy. 'Tehran is burning,' Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on social media, and Iranian state television said explosions were heard in the city's east and west. Both Israel's military and Iran state television announced the latest round of Iranian missiles as explosions were heard near midnight, while the Israeli security cabinet met. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard in a statement said that Iranian missiles targeted facilities of production of fuel for Israeli jetfighters. It said Iran will fire further missiles if Israeli strikes continue. The Magen David Adom emergency service said one woman was killed, with over a dozen others wounded, when a two-story home in the north was hit. Within the hour, Israel's military said people could leave shelters. Israel warned of more attacks on Iran on Saturday after Tehran fired waves of missiles and drones that killed three people and wounded dozens in Israel. (AP Video / June 14, 2025) Israel's ongoing strikes across Iran have left the country's surviving leadership with the difficult decision of whether to plunge deeper into conflict with Israel's more powerful forces or seek a diplomatic route. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW World leaders made urgent calls to deescalate and avoid all-out war. The attack on nuclear sites set a 'dangerous precedent,' China's foreign minister said. The region is already on edge as Israel makes a new push to eliminate the Iranian-backed militant group Hamas in Gaza after 20 months of fighting. The sixth round of U.S.-Iran indirect talks on Sunday over Iran 's nuclear program will not take place, mediator Oman said. 'We remain committed to talks and hope the Iranians will come to the table soon,' said a senior U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss diplomacy. Israel — widely believed to be the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East — said its hundreds of strikes on Iran over the past two days have killed a number of top generals, nine senior scientists and experts involved in Iran's nuclear program. Iran's U.N. ambassador has said 78 people were killed and more than 320 wounded. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has made the destruction of Iran's nuclear program his top priority, said Israel's strikes so far are 'nothing compared to what they will feel under the sway of our forces in the coming days.' In what could be another escalation if confirmed, semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported an Israeli drone struck and caused a 'strong explosion' at an Iranian natural-gas processing plant. It would be the first Israeli attack on Iran's oil and natural gas industry. Israel's military did not immediately comment. The extent of damage at the South Pars natural gas field was not immediately clear. Such sites have air defense systems around them, which Israel has been targeting. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Iran calls nuclear talks 'unjustifiable' Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only, and U.S. intelligence agencies have assessed that Tehran was not actively pursuing the bomb. But its uranium enrichment has reached near weapons-grade levels, and on Thursday, the U.N.'s atomic watchdog censured Iran for not complying with obligations meant to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon. Iran's top diplomat said Saturday the nuclear talks were 'unjustifiable' after Israel's strikes. Abbas Araghchi's comments came during a call with Kaja Kallas, the European Union's top diplomat. The Israeli airstrikes were the 'result of the direct support by Washington,' Araghchi said in a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency. The U.S. has said it isn't part of the strikes. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to reach a deal with the U.S. on its nuclear program, adding that 'Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left.' US helps to shoot down Iranian missiles Iran launched its first waves of missiles at Israel late Friday and early Saturday. The attacks killed at least three people and wounded 174, two of them seriously, Israel said. The military said seven soldiers were lightly wounded when a missile hit central Israel, without specifying where. U.S. ground-based air defense systems in the region were helping to shoot down Iranian missiles, said a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the measures. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Israel's main international airport said it will remain closed until further notice. Israel says jets operating freely over Tehran Earlier Saturday, Israel's army spokesman, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, said Israel had attacked more than 400 'missile-related' and other targets across Iran, including 40 in Tehran, where dozens of fighter jets were 'operating freely.' He said it was the deepest point Israel's air force had operated. A governor of Eastern Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran said 30 troops and a rescuer had been killed there, with 55 others wounded. Gov. Bahram Sarmast's remarks were the latest acknowledgment of mass casualties. Iranian state television reported that air defenses were firing in the cities of Khorramabad, Kermanshah and Tabriz. Iran's semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported a fire at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. 'More than a few weeks' to repair nuclear facilities Israel attacked Iran's main nuclear enrichment facility in Natanz. Satellite photos analyzed by AP show extensive damage there. The images shot Saturday by Planet Labs PBC show multiple buildings damaged or destroyed. The structures hit include buildings identified by experts as supplying power to the facility. U.N. nuclear chief Rafael Grossi told the Security Council that the above-ground section of the Natanz facility was destroyed. The main centrifuge facility underground did not appear to have been hit, but the loss of power could have damaged infrastructure there, he said. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Israel said it also struck a nuclear research facility in Isfahan, including 'infrastructure for enriched uranium conversion,' and said it destroyed dozens of radar installations and surface-to-air missile launchers in western Iran. Iran confirmed the strike at Isfahan. The International Atomic Energy Agency said four 'critical buildings' at the Isfahan site were damaged, including its uranium conversion facility. 'As in Natanz, no increase in off-site radiation expected,' it added. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with official procedures, said that according to the army's initial assessment 'it will take much more than a few weeks' for Iran to repair the damage to the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites. The official said the army had 'concrete intelligence that production in Isfahan was for military purposes.' Israel denied it had struck the nuclear enrichment facility in Fordo, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) southeast of Tehran. Among those killed were three of Iran's top military leaders: one who oversaw the entire armed forces, Gen. Mohammad Bagheri; one who led the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami; and the head of the Guard's aerospace division, which oversees its arsenal of ballistic missile program, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh. On Saturday, Khamenei named a new leader for the Revolutionary Guard's aerospace division: Gen. Majid Mousavi. ___ Lidman and Frankel reported from Jerusalem. Associated Press writers Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, Israel, and Nasser Karimi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
Vancouver Sun
an hour ago
- Vancouver Sun
Vancouver 'No King' rally reinforces support for American protests against Donald Trump
Langley's Carly Butler held a megaphone Saturday morning as hundreds of demonstrators gathered at downtown Vancouver's Jack Poole Plaza, protesting what organizers call the authoritarian drift of U.S. President Donald Trump. The 37-year-old, born in California, was brought to Canada by her mother in 1998 and spent most of her youth living in Northern B.C. as an undocumented immigrant. 'I lived in fear every day, I had no status and I kept that secret for years. I could not legally get a job,' Butler told the crowd, recounting how she was able to finally obtain Canadian citizenship 15 years ago. 'Right now, I am speaking up for my undocumented friends in the States who are afraid to leave their houses right now.' 1 of 28 Full Screen is not supported on this browser version. You may use a different browser or device to view this in full screen. Butler later said she was compelled to tell her story upon arriving at the protest. 'I'd never spoken at a bullhorn before.' Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. At the plaza, rows of demonstrators held up signs that read: 'Peaceful but not passive,' 'Orange Lies Matter,' 'I'm not tariff-ied, I'm Fuhrious,' alongside others calling for 'Humanity not tyranny.' The Vancouver demonstration, dubbed No Kings, was one of several held in Canada, in addition to thousands more across the U.S. as officials urged calm and mobilized National Guard troops before a military parade marking the U.S. army's 250th anniversary, which coincides with Trump's birthday. The protest follows U.S. unrest sparked by federal immigration enforcement raids and Trump's order to deploy the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles, where protesters blocked a freeway and set cars ablaze. A few blocks away, a second protest had about 300 demonstrators line the sidewalks in front of the U.S. Consulate on Pender Street. Amid chants, one protester wrote the words 'Immigrants built North America' in bold green chalk on the pavement. Vancouver's Anita Feldman held up a sign with the word 'RESIST.' Feldman said she came out to protest U.S. turmoil and what she called Trump's 'obfuscation of power.' Protests were scheduled in nearly 2,000 locations across the U.S., though none were planned in Washington, D.C., where the military parade will take place Saturday evening. The 50501 Movement orchestrating the protests says it picked the No Kings name to support democracy and speak out against what they call the authoritarian actions of the Trump administration. The name 50501 stands for 50 states, 50 protests, one movement. In Minnesota, concerns about protests intensified following a pair of politically motivated shootings involving Democratic lawmakers and their spouses. State Patrol Col. Christina Bogojevic urged Minnesotans to avoid the planned demonstrations 'out of an abundance of caution.' Bogojevic's warning came after former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her spouse were fatally shot in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday. In a separate attack, Senator John Hoffman and his wife were in their home when they were shot several times. They remain in the hospital. The suspect, who remained at large, was found in possession of 'No Kings' flyers. In response, organizers with the 50501 Movement announced the cancellation of all Saturday demonstrations planned across Minnesota. With files from The Associated Press sgrochowski@
Toronto Star
an hour ago
- Toronto Star
Military parade barrels through nation's capital with tanks, troops and 21-gun salute
WASHINGTON (AP) — The grand military parade that President Donald Trump had been wanting for years barreled down Constitution Avenue on Saturday with tanks, troops and a 21-gun salute, playing out against the counterpoint of protests around the country by those who decried the U.S. leader as a dictator and would-be king. The Republican president, on his 79th birthday, sat on a special viewing stand south of the White House to watch the display of American military might, which began early and moved swiftly as light rain fell and dark clouds shrouded the Washington Monument. The procession with more than 6,000 soldiers and 128 Army tanks was one Trump tried to make happen in his first term after seeing such an event in Paris in 2017, but the plans never came together until this year, when the parade was added to an event recognizing the Army's 250th anniversary.
