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Supreme Court live: Trump makes historic move to attend arguments on birthright citizenship case

'It's frankly ridiculous' Donald Trump says US is considering abolishing birthright citizenshipPresident Donald Trump is set to make an unprecedented visit to the Supreme Court today to hear oral arguments on his fight to end birthright citizenship.
No sitting president has attended Supreme Court arguments in the nation’s history.
Proceedings are set to begin at 10 a.m.
“I'm going,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office earlier this week. “I think so. I do believe. Because I've listened to this argument for so long.”
Trump had flirted with attending oral arguments in other cases, but opted against it. Now, his attendance has raised questions about the separation of powers with critics blasting the move.
When he returned to office, Trump signed an executive order to deny automatic citizenship to babies born in the U.S., unless they have at least one parent who is a citizen or permanent resident. That order was almost instantly challenged by groups, who arg..

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Trump threatens to blast Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ ahead of primetime address on war tonight

President Donald Trump on Wednesday claimed that he’d rejected a request for a ceasefire from Iran’s president as he threatened to bomb the country “back to the Stone Ages” if Tehran does not allow ships to resume passing freely through the Strait of Hormuz.
Writing on Truth Social, Trump said “Iran’s New Regime President” — who he described as “much less Radicalized and far more intelligent than his predecessors” — had asked for a “ceasefire” from the U.S.
“We will consider when Hormuz Strait is open, free, and clear. Until then, we are blasting Iran into oblivion or, as they say, back to the Stone Ages,” he added.
The U.S. president is due to deliver a primetime address on the war Wednesday evening. His latest remarks come as the U.S. has failed to rally a force capable of re-opening and guaranteeing safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, a major waterway and energy traffic route off Iran’s coast that has become the focal point in the war Trump launched last month.
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US church launches search for new HKIS school head amid legal row with operator

AdvertisementEducation in Hong KongHong KongEducationUS church launches search for new HKIS school head amid legal row with operatorCo-founder Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod accuses school management of creating ‘risk of leadership interruption’
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenWilliam YiuPublished: 9:10pm, 1 Apr 2026A US church that co-founded a prestigious Hong Kong international school has said it will take the lead in searching for a new head as the operator had failed to nominate candidates since 2022, accusing it of creating the “risk of leadership interruption” in the latest salvo in a war of words.
The move by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) was revealed in a letter to parents on Sunday from Hong Kong International School (HKIS) management, which called the search part of church actions “designed to create distraction and uncertainty around the school”.
LCMS, which co-founded the school in 1966, confirmed with the South China Morning Post that it was now conducting its own searc..

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Israel intensifies Lebanon attacks and hits areas not in Hezbollah’s control

Israel intensifies Lebanon attacks and hits areas not in Hezbollah's control3 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLina SinjabMiddle East correspondent in BeirutGetty ImagesStrikes on the Lebanese capital of Beirut have continued this weekIsrael has intensified its attacks on Lebanon this week, hitting areas outside of Hezbollah's control on Tuesday.
Strikes without warning hit a vehicle north of Beirut and the Jnah neighbourhood in the heart of the capital.
Attacks also continued in the city's southern suburbs and the country's south, both where Hezbollah has a strong presence.
A building was destroyed on the road to Beirut's airport after an evacuation order, and in the south, a strike hit a health facility, killing a paramedic, according to Lebanon's health ministry.
Israel's military said it had hit Hezbollah infrastructure in Beirut and killed a senior commander and another senior figure from the Iran-backed armed group.
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China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran war – will it work?

China is trying to play peacemaker in the Iran war – will it work?6 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLaura BickerChina correspondent Getty ImagesXi Jinping is trying to mediate in the Middle East conflict As the war in the Middle East enters its second month, choking the world's energy supply and sending oil prices soaring, China is trying to step in as a peacemaker.
It comes as President Donald Trump says US military action in Iran could end in “two to three weeks”, but there is no clear sense yet of how that will happen or what comes after.
China joins Pakistan, which has emerged as an unlikely mediator in the US-Israel war against Iran. Officials in Beijing and Islamabad have presented a five-point plan with the aim of bringing about a ceasefire and re-opening the vital Strait of Hormuz.
Pakistan, which has been a US ally in the past, seems to have won over Trump to mediate this conflict.
Beijing, however, is entering the fray as a rival to Washington, ahead of cruc..

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Random Musing: Trumpery – the Middle English word that eerily predicted the era of Donald Trump

Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, along with American songwriter Bob Dylan, are the only two people to achieve literary and cinematic harmony: winning both the Nobel and the Oscar. Bernard Shaw won his Nobel for the screenplay Pygmalion, which was made into a movie and was credited with elevating Hollywood from illiteracy to literacy. Bernard Shaw claimed to hate the award, though that didn’t stop him from plonking it on his mantlepiece. Pygmalion would later be remade as My Fair Lady and become a cultural milestone of metamorphosis, held up as proof that speaking proper English can solve all the world’s problems.For all the non-Macaulayputras here, My Fair Lady is a musical about a phonetics professor named Professor Henry Higgins who deems that he will teach a flower girl named Eliza Doolittle how to speak English ‘properly’ so that she can pass muster at the Royal Ascot.While she is almost ready to give up, Professor Higgins launches into one of the most quotable lines from the ..

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‘Get your own oil’: Trump mocks UK, other countries amid Iran chokehold on Hormuz; slams France for being ‘unhelpful’

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday lashed out at allies over rising fuel prices, mocking the United Kingdom and other countries hit by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, telling them to “get your own oil” amid the ongoing Middle East conflict. He also criticised France as “unhelpful” with respect to the 'Butcher of Iran,' claiming that the United states will remember.In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump said countries facing jet fuel shortages due to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz should rely on themselves.”All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the US, we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just take it,” he said.”You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there fo..

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Russia’s shadow fleet pass through UK waters after Starmer’s boarding threat

More than two dozen vessels belonging to Russia's so-called 'shadow fleet' have continued to traverse UK waters, despite Prime Minister Keir Starmer's recent authorisation for the military to detain ships exporting Russian oil.
Analysis of ship tracking data by Reuters reveals that sanctioned oil tankers are still passing along England's southern coast in the same volumes as before the government's announcement last week.
British officials had stated just under a week ago that the military was preparing to board vessels for sanctions breaches, with the hope that this public warning would compel the ships to adopt longer routes away from British territory.
Moscow condemned the move as “deeply hostile” and indicated potential retaliation.
However, since that declaration, the British military has not reported any boarding operations, while at least 25 sanctioned ships have entered British waters via the Channel, according to the Reuters findings.
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New Israeli death penalty law is ‘cruel’ and discriminates against Palestinians, say human rights groups

Israel’s new death penalty law is “cruel” and will unfairly target Palestinians, human rights organisations have warned.
The Knesset, Israel’s legislature, passed a law on Monday which would make death by hanging a default sentence for terrorism-related offences, particularly impacting West Bank Palestinians. The death penalty for ordinary crimes has been abolished in Israel since 1954 and the country has not carried out executions since 1962.
The passage of the bill marks the culmination of a years long drive by the Israeli far-right to escalate punishment for Palestinians convicted of nationalistic offences against Israelis.
It will also give Israeli courts the option to impose the death penalty on Israeli citizens convicted of similar charges, although legal experts have warned the language of the bill effectively confines those who can be sentenced to death to Palestinian citizens of Israel and excludes Jewish citizens.
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China pledges ‘strategic coordination’ with Pakistan to help end US war on Iran

AdvertisementUS, Israel war on IranChinaDiplomacyChina pledges ‘strategic coordination’ with Pakistan to help end US war on IranPakistani foreign minister arrives in Beijing amid speculation that Tehran is seeking security guarantees from China
3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenShi JiangtaoPublished: 9:05pm, 31 Mar 2026China said on Tuesday it would enhance “strategic coordination” with Pakistan on the Iran crisis to promote dialogue and help end the conflict as Islamabad’s top diplomat Ishaq Dar arrived in Beijing.Dar’s trip, his second to China in three months, came just days after a phone call with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday, during which Beijing pledged to support Pakistan’s role as a mediator.Describing Pakistan as an “all-weather strategic cooperative partner”, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning confirmed the visit and said the two ministers would discuss regional developments and bilateral ties.
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