Judge orders release of Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi
Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi was detained earlier this month during an immigration interview. Last year, he helped organized pro-Palestinian protests on campus. A federal judge today ordered him released on bail, as he fights his deportation. NBC News' Stephanie Gosk reports Mahdawi had a defiant message for the Trump administration after his release.April 30, 2025
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- Wales Online
Protesters block Pride parade through Cardiff city centre
Protesters block Pride parade through Cardiff city centre The protesters lay in front of Cardiff Castle and held a banner reading: 'Profiting from genocide' Cymru Queers for Palestine blocks Pride Cymru march through Cardiff (Image: Richard Swingler ) A pro-Palestine demonstration brought a parade celebrating LGBT+ culture to a standstill in the centre of Cardiff. The Pride Cymru march started outside the Angel Hotel on Castle Street but was halted outside Cardiff Castle shortly before 11.30am on Saturday. They were halted by a group called Cymru Queers for Palestine, protesting Israel's attacks on Gaza. Around 50 protesters were blocking the road, some lying down in front of Cardiff Castle and others holding a banner that reads: "Profiting from genocide." The group says its demonstration is over an alleged sponsorship link to the event with companies alleged to have ties with Israel. Never miss a Cardiff story by signing up to our daily newsletter here Hannah, from Cymru Queers for Palestine, told WalesOnline: "We contacted Pride, met with them and they ignored us. So we will not stop and we will not rest until we say that Pride Cymru has no ties to the Israeli war machine." After around 20 minutes the parade changed its planned route and continued along St Mary Street. One crowd member, Cal, said Pride "has always been a protest" and that those who support Palestine and fight "the rods of capitalism" are part of "one struggle". Article continues below Hundreds took part in the parade Pride Cymru has been approached for comment. You can follow our live coverage of Pride Cymru's celebration in Cardiff here. Pride Cymru's parade through Cardiff is the city's biggest annual march. This year's event has seen more sign up in advance than ever before meaning more colour, more glitter, and more people than ever expected. Article continues below This year, in the 40th year of Pride events in Cardiff, the march was led by some of those who were there in 1985, here you can read two of the stories from people there on that day, joined by members of the trans community, against a retrenchment of their rights following the recent Supreme Court decision. The parade started outside the Angel Hotel and after the delay it wound its way through the city centre.
Scottish Sun
2 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Iranian mastermind of October 7 attack obliterated in revenge strike as Israel pummels nuke reactor in overnight blitz
Scroll down to read the latest updates... KINGPIN KILLED Iranian mastermind of October 7 attack obliterated in revenge strike as Israel pummels nuke reactor in overnight blitz Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) ISRAEL killed the Iranian military commander who funded the October 7 attacks which detonated the Middle East crisis in a revenge air strike yesterday. Evil terror kingpin Saeed Izadi - head of the Palestinian Division of Iran's Quds Force - was blown to bits in a pinpoint attack in the Iranian city of Qom. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Evil terror kingpin Saeed Izadi has been killed Credit: @IDF 3 Missiles fired from Iran in retaliation for Israeli attacks are seen in the sky over the Hebron, West Bank Credit: Getty 3 Israeli air defense system fires to intercept missiles during an Iranian attack over Tel Aviv Israel Defence Force said Izadi was 'one of the architects' of the horror in which 1,200 died and 250 were kidnapped 'and among the few who knew of it prior to its execution.' It added: 'Izadi was eliminated in a safe house in the heart of Iran, following a prolonged intelligence effort.' Izadi was said to be a top money man in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who sent state cash Palestinian terror organizations in Gaza and the West Bank. The Israeli military later said that it killed another commander of the Guards' overseas arm identified as Benham Shariyari, during a strike on his vehicle in western Tehran. Shariyary was said to be "was responsible for all weapons transfers from the Iranian regime to its proxies across the Middle East". The ongoing cull of top Iranian commanders - and their replacements - gathered pace along with another assassination of a top nuclear boffins. IDF officials refused to identify the scientist said to play a vital role in the rogue Islamist regime's plans to build an atom bomb. He was killed by a missile fired from a drone after being moved to a 'safe house' - which Israeli intelligence located overnight. His death is the 11th assassination of a nuclear scientist in the past nine days in a special Israeli manhunt dubbed Operation Narnia. Iran launched more missiles overnight which were intercepted amid reports of minimal damage - as Israel intensified its war on terror targets across Iran. Meanwhile, Israel hit "two centrifuge production sites" at Iran's Isfahan nuclear facility overnight. A military official revealed to reporters on the condition of anonymity: "Isfahan we targeted in the first 24 hours of our operation, but we carried out a second wave of strikes there overnight, deepening our achievements and advancing the damage to the facility." He added that the targeting of two centrifuge production sites in Isfahan was "in addition to a couple more centrifuge production sites that we have been able to strike successfully in recent days". The relentless raids by the Israeli air force have "dealt a severe blow to Iran's centrifuge production capabilities," the official said. Centrifuges are used to enrich uranium, both for civilian and military use. Stay up to date with the latest on Israel vs Iran with The Sun's live blog below...
The National
4 hours ago
- The National
BBC axes Gaza doctors documentary over 'impartiality'
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack explored the destruction of the health service in Gaza under Israel's brutal bombardment, and was reportedly ready to be broadcast in February. We told how the documentary was shelved last month following the controversy around How to Survive a Warzone, which featured the son of a Hamas official. READ MORE: UK Government 'set to proscribe Palestine Action after RAF protest' The production firm behind Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, Basement Films, said at the time that the BBC had postponed airing their film until after a review into How to Survive a Warzone is complete. However, despite the fact that this review remains ongoing, the BBC has now officially scrapped plans to show the documentary after concluding that it "risked creating a perception of partiality" over the corporation's coverage of Israel and Gaza. In a statement published on Friday, the BBC said: 'Our aim was to find a way to air some of the material in our news programmes, in line with our impartiality standards, before the review was published. "For some weeks, the BBC has been working with Basement Films to find a way to tell the stories of these doctors on our platforms.' It added: 'Yesterday it became apparent that we have reached the end of the road with these discussions. "We have come to the conclusion that broadcasting this material risked creating a perception of partiality that would not meet the high standards that the public rightly expect of the BBC. "Impartiality is a core principle of BBC News. It is one of the reasons that we are the world's most trusted broadcaster." READ MORE: Presiding Officer to step down at Holyrood election The BBC said it was transferring ownership of the film material to Basement Films, and that the documentary had "not undergone the BBC's final pre-broadcast sign-off processes", as some reports had suggested. The corporation also "thank[ed" those who contributed to the documentary and said "we are sorry we could not tell their stories". The BBC has been increasingly accused of failing to report on Israel's assault on Gaza in an impartial manner. A report published this week by the Centre for Media Monitoring found that the corporation's coverage showed a "pattern of bias, double standards and silencing of Palestinian voices". It found that the word massacre(d) was used 18 times more frequently in the context of Israeli deaths than Palestinian deaths in BBC articles. Emotive terms such as 'atrocities', 'slaughter', 'barbaric', 'deadly', 'brutal' were used four times more often when reporting on Israeli victims, while 'murder(ed)' was used 220 times in the Israeli context and just once for Palestinians. The report analysed a total of 3873 articles and 32,092 TV and radio broadcasts between October 7, 2023 to October 7, 2024.
