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The Guardian
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
LA police announce ‘mass arrests' as Newsom intensifies criticism of Trump
Good morning. Los Angeles police have announced they are making 'mass arrests' in the city's downtown area, as people gathered in defiance of an overnight curfew imposed after days of protests against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and military deployment. Late on Tuesday night local time, the Los Angeles police department (LAPD) wrote on X that 'multiple groups' continued to congregate within the designated downtown curfew area. 'Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated,' it said. The mayor, Karen Bass, had announced a 10-hour curfew for a square-mile area of downtown, where demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) have continued. The LA police department has said it had carried out more than 300 arrests of protesters in the last two days. The city's crackdown came after Gavin Newsom, California's governor, filed an emergency request to block the Trump administration from using military forces to accompany Ice officers on raids throughout LA. Trump has ordered the deployment of 4,000 national guard members and 700 marines to LA following days of protests driven by anger over aggressive Ice raids that have targeted garment workers, day laborers, car washes and immigrant communities across the US's second-largest city. What has Newsom said? Trump's decision to deploy the national guard in LA was 'a brazen abuse of power', that has 'inflamed a combustible situation', Newsom said in a searing rebuke of the administration. What about Trump? In an address to troops at the Fort Bragg military base in North Carolina yesterday, Trump spread conspiracy theories, maligned California's Democratic leaders and misleadingly portrayed protesters as part of a 'foreign invasion'. Hamas has killed 50 fighters in recent months from a Palestinian gang armed by Israel in Gaza, according to a statement released amid reports that Israeli troops directly intervened this week to protect the faction. According to media reports in Israel, clashes between Hamas fighters and members of a militia led by Yasser abu Shabab, known locally for his involvement in criminal activity, erupted early on Tuesday in Rafah. The Israeli news channel i24 reported that Israeli soldiers had clashed with Hamas members in order to protect Abu Shabab from being killed, which resulted in deaths on both sides. Were they really armed by Israel? Yes. Israeli defence officials acknowledged last week that they had been arming the group, with the aim of undermining Hamas. Aid workers said the group had a long history of looting from UN trucks. Elon Musk has said he 'regrets' some of his posts about Donald Trump, in an apparent attempt to patch up relations with the US president. In a post on X, Musk wrote: 'I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far.' The U-turn comes almost a week after the world's richest man launched a fierce attack on Trump, calling his 'big, beautiful bill' a 'disgusting abomination' and alleging that Trump was implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein files, a claim denied by Trump and by Epstein's former attorney. But Musk subsequently deleted the post and several others. Did Musk explain his change of heart? No, but Tesla's share price sank last week, with a significant impact on Musk's wealth – knocking approximately $90bn off his fortune – and on Wednesday following his statement Tesla's shares were back up 2.5% in premarket trading. Shares have risen in China as traders appear to welcome the trade framework agreed with the US in London last night, though negotiations to resolve the wider tariff war triggered by Trump in April will continue. The US representative Mikie Sherrill won the Democratic primary in New Jersey's race for governor. The navy pilot and former prosecutor has been a vocal critic of Trump. A Canadian man has defied the odds to win three more lottery jackpots between August and May, accumulating about $2.5m in prize money – after his first win a decade ago. Over the last century, Fire Island Pines, as the central square-mile section of this sandy spit off the coast of Long Island in New York is known, has evolved into something of a queer Xanadu. Now counting about 600 homes, it is a place of mythic weekend-long parties and carnal pleasure, a byword for bacchanalia and fleshy hedonism – but also simply a secluded haven where people can be themselves. Last year, a US company called Ebb Carbon announced the world's largest marine carbon removal deal to date, signing a multimillion-dollar agreement with Microsoft to try to help fix a very real problem: ocean acidification. The sector's growth – part of the larger carbon removal market – has been astronomic, and has started to ring alarm bells for many ocean scientists across the world. A giant crane that has blighted the skyline of Florence for almost 20 years is to finally be removed. The controversial structure, described as 'a metal monster', has stood in the centre of the Tuscan capital since 2006. Over time, the crane not only became a target of mockery, with an Instagram account set up for the purpose, but also the ultimate symbol of Italy's notoriously sluggish bureaucracy. First Thing is delivered to thousands of inboxes every weekday. If you're not already signed up, subscribe now. If you have any questions or comments about any of our newsletters please email newsletters@
Al Arabiya
2 days ago
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
LA police say arrests underway as groups defy curfew
Los Angeles police said late Tuesday that 'mass arrests' were underway as people gathered on downtown streets after an overnight curfew went into effect following days of protests against immigration arrests. 'Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda,' within the designated downtown curfew area, the Los Angeles Police Department wrote on X. 'Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect.'
SBS Australia
2 days ago
- Health
- SBS Australia
Mass arrests in LA as an emergency curfew comes into effect
The Los Angeles Police Department says officers have conducted mass arrests, after a curfew was implemented in the city. In a statement, the LAPD says several groups of protesters are still gathered in a designated curfew zone, prompting them to conduct mass arrests. The city's mayor, Karen Bass, who issued the curfew, has urged the Trump administration to end the immigration raids. Speaking earlier at the airport, US President Donald Trump insists that it's necessary to keep National Guard troops inside the city. "A very simple rule of engagement. If they're dangerous, if they're throwing concrete or bricks, if they're spitting in the face of the police or whoever's in front of them, if they're punching people, if they're doing all of the things that you see done for the last three nights, that I would say is engagement. We need to keep our city... I want to save Los Angeles. And (Governor Gavin) Newsom is totally incompetent. He's not going to... Look at the fires he had." The regulation of Australia's fertility sector will be discussed at a meeting of state and territory health ministers on Friday, after a second instance of an error during an embryo transfer done by Australian fertility group Monash IVF. In a statement to the stock exchange, the company says it transferred the wrong embryo to a patient on June 5 at the company's Clayton laboratory in Melbourne. Monash IVF has issued an apology to the impacted couple - and is also conducting an internal investigation. The Victorian Health Regulator says it has also begun an external investigation into how the error occurred. Assistant Minister for Social Services Ged Kearney says the Federal Health Minister Mark Butler is closely watching the case. "Well this is something that simply shouldn't happen, and my heart goes out to the people affected by the situation. Really it's a tragedy in some ways. It's unacceptable, and it shouldn't have happened, let's just put that on the table. And I know that Minister Butler is very interested in this, and has called for this to be on the agenda of the health minister meeting, which is actually happening on Friday, very timely. So it would be an important issue to be discussed there." Negotiations for a Treaty between Victoria's Indigenous peoples and the state government resumes today. Victoria became the first jurisdiction to begin work on Treaty with its Indigenous peoples more than eight years ago, with official treaty negotiations began last year in November. First Peoples' Assembly Co-Chair, Ngarra Murra says she is looking forward to building on the progress made so far on issues including: the ongoing representation of First Peoples in Victoria; an accountability mechanism to ensure policies and programs are achieving positive outcomes for First Peoples; and continuing Truth-Telling beyond the conclusion of the Yoorrook Justice Commission's work. Australia is one of the only Commonwealth countries that has not signed a federal treaty with First Nations peoples. Business and industry groups have welcomed the prime minister's announcement that the government will hold a productivity forum in August this year. Anthony Albanese announced the round-table late on Tuesday, saying it will bring together unions, civil society and business groups to exchange ideas. Australian Industry Group Chief Executive Innes Willox says the sector hopes the meeting will help spur private investment. Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry CEO Andrew McKellar says an ambitious productivity agenda is vital for the nation's future. "Without productivity growth, you can't have sustainable increases in living standards. That's the only way that you're going to get real wages increasing without it being chewed up by inflation. It's about taking the pressure off small business, more time for business, reducing red tape, the impact of regulation, ensuring that they've got technologies that make it easier to work. So it's of benefit to employees and to businesses." In sports, Spanish cyclist Iván Romeo has taken the overall lead at the Criterium du Dauphiné with a stunning solo victory on Stage 3. In the second win of his career, Romeo completed the hilly run across the southeast of France in 4 hours 34 minutes 10 seconds. The 21-year-old says he will be looking to maintain his advantage in the upcoming 17.4-kilometre time trial. "I'm going go for it for sure. I hope yellow will give me wings because I will need them. We will see. I am here for Enric (Mas). We are going to do everything for him to put him on the podium. I think this is good for the team to boost their confidence, so I hope the week keeps this way."
The Independent
22-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
ICE agents wait in hallways of immigration court as Trump seeks to deliver on mass arrest pledge
Juan Serrano, a 28-year-old Colombian migrant with no criminal record, attended a hearing in immigration court in Miami on Wednesday for what he thought would be a quick check-in. The musty, glass-paneled courthouse sees hundreds of such hearings every day. Most last less than five minutes and end with a judge ordering those who appear to return in two years' time to plead their case against deportation. So it came as a surprise when, rather than set a future court date, government attorneys asked to drop the case. 'You're free to go,' Judge Monica Neumann told Serrano. Except he really wasn't. Waiting for him as he exited the small courtroom were five federal agents who cuffed him against the wall, escorted him to the garage and whisked him away in a van along with a dozen other migrants detained the same day. They weren't the only ones. Across the United States in immigration courts from New York to Seattle this week, Homeland Security officials are ramping up enforcement actions in what appears to be a coordinated dragnet testing out new legal levers deployed by President Donald Trump 's administration to carry out mass arrests. While Trump campaigned on a pledge of mass removals of what he calls 'illegals,' he's struggled to carry out his plans amid a series of lawsuits, the refusal of some foreign governments to take back their nationals and a lack of detention facilities to house migrants. Arrests are extremely rare in or immediately near immigration courts, which are run by the Justice Department. When they have occurred, it was usually because the individual was charged with a criminal offense or their asylum claim had been denied. 'All this is to accelerate detentions and expedite removals,' said immigration attorney Wilfredo Allen, who has represented migrants at the Miami court for decades. Dismissal orders came down this week, officials say Three U.S. immigration officials said government attorneys were given the order to start dismissing cases when they showed up for work Monday, knowing full well that federal agents would then have a free hand to arrest those same individuals as soon as they stepped out of the courtroom. All spoke on condition of anonymity because they feared losing their jobs. AP reporters on Wednesday witnessed detentions and arrests or spoke to attorneys whose clients were picked up at immigration courthouses in Los Angeles, Phoenix, New York, Seattle, Chicago and Texas. The latest effort includes people who have no criminal records, migrants with no legal representation and people who are seeking asylum, according to reports received by the American Immigration Lawyers Association, known as AILA. While detentions have been happening over the past few months, on Tuesday the number of reports skyrocketed, said Vanessa Dojaquez-Torres, practice and policy counsel at AILA. In the case of Serrano in Miami, the request for dismissal was delivered by a government attorney who spoke without identifying herself on the record. When the AP asked for the woman's name, she refused and hastily exited the courtroom past one of the groups of plainclothes federal agents stationed throughout the building. The Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review, which oversees immigration courts, referred questions to the Department of Homeland Security. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which is part of Homeland Security, said in a statement that it was detaining people who are subject to fast-track deportation authority. Outside the Miami courthouse on Wednesday, a Cuban man was waiting for one last glimpse of his 22-year-old son. Initially, when his son's case was dismissed, his father assumed it was a first, positive step toward legal residency. But the hoped-for reprieve quickly turned into a nightmare. 'My whole world came crashing down,' said the father, breaking down in tears. The man, who asked not to be identified for fear of arrest, described his son as a good kid who rarely left his Miami home except to go to work. 'We thought coming here was a good thing,' he said of his son's court appearance. Antonio Ramos, an immigration attorney with an office next to the Miami courthouse, said the government's new tactics are likely to have a chilling effect in Miami's large migrant community, discouraging otherwise law abiding individuals from showing up for their court appearances for fear of arrest. 'People are going to freak out like never before," he said. 'He didn't even have a speeding ticket' Serrano entered the U.S. in September 2022 after fleeing his homeland due to threats associated with his work as an adviser to a politician in the Colombian capital, Bogota, according to his girlfriend, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of being arrested and deported. Last year, he submitted a request for asylum, she said. She said the couple met working on a cleanup crew to remove debris near Tampa following Hurricane Ian in September 2022. 'He was shy and I'm extroverted,' said the woman, who is from Venezuela. The couple slept on the streets when they relocated to Miami but eventually scrounged together enough money — she cleaning houses, him working construction — to buy a used car and rent a one-bedroom apartment for $1,400 a month. The apartment is decorated with photos of the two in better times, standing in front of the Statue of Liberty in New York, visiting a theme park and lounging at the beach. She said the two worked hard, socialized little and lived a law-abiding life. 'He didn't even have a speeding ticket. We both drive like grandparents,' she said. The woman was waiting outside the courthouse when she received a call from her boyfriend. 'He told me to go, that he had been arrested and there was nothing more to do,' she said. She was still processing the news and deciding how she would break it to his elderly parents. Meanwhile, she called an attorney recommended by a friend to see if anything could be done to reverse the arrest. 'I'm grateful for any help,' she said as she shuffled through her boyfriend's passport, migration papers and IRS tax receipts. 'Unfortunately, not a lot of Americans want to help us.' ____ AP reporters Martha Bellisle in Seattle, Sophia Tareen in Chicago, Valerie Gonzalez in McAllen, Texas, and Amy Taxin in Santa Ana, California, contributed to this report.
