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Special Immigrant Visa Program Needs Resuscitation, but it's Not Dead Yet

Our Afghan allies deserve better treatment from the Trump administration as many live under uncertainty during a visa pause.

Reason

Bel Trew answers your questions: From aid shortages in Gaza to morale in the Israeli military

ASK ME ANYTHING: Chief international correspondent Bel Trew answers your questions on Gaza’s aid crisis, the fragile ceasefire, regional power dynamics, and morale in the Israeli military

The Independent UK

Hero Afghan commando sent back to Taliban after being failed by Britain

When Aziz was promised a new life in Britain in return for serving alongside UK forces, he hoped for a fresh start. Months later, he and his family were rounded up by police and deported back to Afghanistan – despite being under the care of the government. He is now…

The Independent UK

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Anti-Israel/Anti-Zionist Speech Doesn't Violate School Board Members' Ethics Obligations, When Said in the Member's Personal Capacity as Professor

But speech sharply critical of Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, and of Sharia (and thus perhaps of traditionalist Islam) had been found, by the same commission, to be unethical.

Reason

Video obtained by AP shows settler assault on small Palestinian village with rare clarity

Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

A day in the life of an asylum hotel: inside the UK’s most controversial accommodation

The media often stigmatises asylum hotels – and they are sometimes physically attacked too. But behind closed doors are people who dream of work, wheels, security and the simple freedom to choose what they eat

The Guardian - UK

A Passage to India: how global pandemics shaped E.M. Forster’s final novel

E.M. Forster’s final novel and masterpiece, A Passage to India, celebrated its centenary in 2024. It tells the story of Adela Quested, who arrives in the city of Chandrapore with Mrs Moore, the mother of her fiancé, hoping to see “the real India”.

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Friday essay: A man out of time – E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India at 100 and the legacies of colonialism

I was aware of David Lean’s cinematic adaptation of A Passage to India (1984) before I encountered E.M. Forster’s original novel, which celebrated its centenary in 2024. While the film was being shot on location, I had a vague sense of the ambition as well as the arrogance of those…

The Conversation

Knife wounds, arrests… then a friendly face: inside the anti-violence unit fighting to save children from crime

Targeted youth workers in hospitals and police stations can make a huge difference in a young person’s life – but there are fears their funding is at risk

The Guardian - UK

What to know about Hezbollah's capabilities after its recent losses

Hezbollah has warned that the rockets that struck central Israel were only the beginning and that the militant group is waiting for invading forces to enter Lebanon to confront them

The Independent UK

Small-town French mayor and deputy go on trial for complicity in drug trafficking

The trial on Monday of a small-town mayor and her deputy for complicity in drug trafficking appears to illustrate the scale of France's drug dealing problem, highlighting how drug barons have encroached upon some rural French communities and even held sway over their elected representatives.

France 24

13 years on, Syrians in Idlib uphold revolution through street art, sky monitoring and rallies

Thirteen years after the start of the Syrian civil war, citizens in the northwestern city of Idlib are continuing their protests through street art and monitoring the sky. And on the streets of Idlib, hundreds of people take to the streets every year to demand the end of President Bashar…

France 24

Rolex robber jailed after DNA from discarded balloon linked him to Soho attack

Omed Azizi viciously attacked his victim and ripped the luxury watch from his arrest

Evening Standard

Australia’s rental crisis forcing parents to raise children in caravans and sharehouses, inquiry hears

Senate inquiry told tax concessions for property investors making housing crisis worse and locking young people out of home ownership

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Revealed: UK has failed to resettle Afghans facing torture and death despite promise

Those who risked their lives helping British government face a ‘toxic combination of incompetence and indifference’

Evening Standard

Rishi made British Indians proud, but I was shocked by his Suella Braverman call

Even as a lefty British (Scottish) Indian, I felt a swell of pride looking at the photos of Rishi Sunak making history with King Charles. Sunak was not there as the people-pleasing, meek subordinate. He was no Dr Aziz in E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India. Sunak was there as…

The Guardian - UK

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I by Raja Shehadeh review – truth and memory in Palestine

A human rights lawyer charts the history of his country through his late father’s papers

Chicago Sun-Times

At Sullivan High School in Rogers Park, sweeping change as a wave of Afghan teens arrive

More than half of the students at this polyglot public school are refugees or immigrants. But the nearly 70 students arriving from Afghanistan in only months present unprecedented challenges.

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Thousands of Syrian, Iraqi refugees to be settled in four south-east Queensland cities

About 3,500 Syrian and Iraqi refugees bound for Queensland will be settled in the state's south-east in Brisbane, Logan, the Gold Coast and Toowoomba, the Federal Government confirms.

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