Live updates: Trump wraps up Mideast tour, meet business leaders, visit interfaith place of worshipNew Foto - Live updates: Trump wraps up Mideast tour, meet business leaders, visit interfaith place of worship

PresidentDonald TrumpPresidentDonald Trumpwraps up a Mideast tour in the United Arab Emirates with a breakfast for business leaders and a visit to an interfaith place of worship named for the Abraham Accords he negotiated. As part of the accords, the UAE and some other countries in the Middle East recognized Israel. Trump departs Abu Dhabi after his visit to the Abrahamic Family House . During his visit to the region, violence flared in the West Bank, and Gaza. Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people Friday, adding to the more than 120 people who died in recent days. Here's the latest: ___ Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza on Friday morning, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit. An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, where they were brought. Survivors said many people were still under the rubble. The widespread attacks across northern Gaza come as Trump finishes his visit to Gulf states but not Israel. There had been widespread hope that Trump's regional visit could usher in a ceasefire deal or renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month. The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes. ___ Trump to visit Abrahamic House on last day of his Mideast trip President Donald Trump will make several stops before taking off on Air Force One to end his Mideast trip on Friday. He'll attend a business summit in the morning in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Trump later will visit the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi. It is home to a mosque, a church and a synagogue. The UAE built it after diplomatically recognizing Israel in an agreement known as the Abraham Accords, as Christianity, Islam and Judaism are all known as the Abrahamic faiths. ___ Etihad Airways says it is buying Boeing aircraft during Trump trip Etihad Airways announced Friday it would purchase 28 wide-body Boeing aircraft during a visit by President Donald Trump to the United Arab Emirates. Etihad is the government-owned airline of Abu Dhabi that also flies East-West routes like Emirates, the long-haul carrier in neighboring Dubai. Etihad said in a statement that the sale included "a mix of Boeing 787 and 777X aircraft, powered by GE engines and supported by a services package." Boeing did not immediately acknowledge the deal. Trump was due to address a business conference in Abu Dhabi on Friday, the last day of his Mideast trip that's also taken him to Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which booked a major Boeing order for its long-haul carrier, Qatar Airways.

Live updates: Trump wraps up Mideast tour, meet business leaders, visit interfaith place of worship

Live updates: Trump wraps up Mideast tour, meet business leaders, visit interfaith place of worship PresidentDonald TrumpPresidentDonald Tru...
Bruce Springsteen opens U.K. tour by calling Trump 'unfit' for officeNew Foto - Bruce Springsteen opens U.K. tour by calling Trump 'unfit' for office

Bruce Springsteendelivered stinging criticism of the Trump administration at the opening show of his British tour, accusing its officials of authoritarianism, rolling backcivil rightsandillegal deportations. Springsteen, 75, a prominent liberal who has longsupported Democratic presidential candidatesincluding former Vice PresidentKamala Harris, made the remarks at a concert in Manchester, England, on Wednesday that was the first in his "Land of Hope and Dreams" tour. "The mighty E Street Band is here tonight to call upon the righteous power of art, of music, of  rock 'n' roll in dangerous times," he said to roars from the crowd. "In my home, the America I love, the America I've written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration." Springsteen then asked supporters of democracy to "raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!" before beginning the show. Later in the performance, he described what he saw happening in the United States under PresidentDonald Trump. "They are persecuting people for using their right to free speech and voicing their dissent," Springsteen said in his remarks, a transcript and video of which were later posted on hiswebsiteandYouTube channel. He also accused the Trump administration of "abandoning the world's poorest children to sickness and death" and "taking sadistic pleasure in the pain that they inflict on loyal American workers." "They're rolling back historic civil rights legislation that led to a more just and plural society," Springsteen said. "They're abandoning our great allies and siding with dictators against those struggling for their freedom." "They're defunding American universities that won't bow down to their ideological demands. They're removing residents off American streets and, without due process of law, are deporting them to foreign detention centers and prisons." Springsteen also said most elected representatives had failed to protect Americans "from the abuses of an unfit president and a rogue government." Still, he said, "The America that I've sung to you about for 50 years is real, and regardless of its faults is a great country with a great people." "So we'll survive this moment," he added. The White House said in a statement that "the 77 million Americans that elected President Trump disagree with elitist and out-of-touch celebrities like Bruce Springsteen. Bruce is welcome to stay overseas while hardworking Americans enjoy a secure border and cooling inflation thanks to President Trump." This is not the first time Springsteen has publicly criticized Trump, calling him "a flagrant toxic narcissist" before his election in 2016. Springsteen is known for albums that celebrate and critically examine American ideals, most notably his 1984 album "Born in the U.S.A.," in which he criticized the Vietnam War and the subsequent treatment of American veterans. He is set todebut 83 previously unreleased songsin late June, 74 of which have never been heard before by the public.

Bruce Springsteen opens U.K. tour by calling Trump 'unfit' for office

Bruce Springsteen opens U.K. tour by calling Trump 'unfit' for office Bruce Springsteendelivered stinging criticism of the Trump adm...
Israeli strikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visitNew Foto - Israeli strikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza on Friday morning, as U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his Middle East visit. An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza, where they were brought. Survivors said many people were still under the rubble. The widespread attacks across northern Gaza come as Trump finishes his visit to Gulf states but not Israel. There had been widespread hope that Trump's regional visit could usher in a ceasefire deal or renewal of humanitarian aid to Gaza. An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month. The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes. The strikes lasted hours into Friday morning sending people fleeing from the Jabaliya refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahiya and followed days of similar attacks that killed more than 130 people, according to Gaza's health ministry. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed earlier in the week to push ahead with a promised escalation of force in Israel's war in the Gaza Strip to pursue his aim of destroying the Hamas militant group, which governs Gaza. Incomments released by Netanyahu's office Tuesday,the prime minister said Israeli forces were days away from entering Gaza "with great strength to complete the mission ... It means destroying Hamas." It was unclear if Friday's bombardment was the start of the operation. The war began when Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 people in an Oct. 7, 2023, intrusion into southern Israel. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 53,000 Palestinians, many of them women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many were combatants. Almost 3,000 have been killed sinceIsrael broke a ceasefire on March 18,the ministry said. Hamas still holds 58 of the roughly 250 hostages it took during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with 23 believed to still be alive, although Israeli authorities have expressed concern for the status of three of those.

Israeli strikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit

Israeli strikes kill at least 20 people in Gaza as Trump wraps up his Middle East visit DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes kil...
AP PHOTOS: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourishedNew Foto - AP PHOTOS: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourished

DIKWA, Nigeria (AP) — For years, the U.S. Agency for International Development had been the backbone ofthe humanitarian response in northeastern Nigeria, helping non-government organizations provide food, shelter and healthcare to millions of people. But this year, theTrump administration cutmore than 90% of USAID's foreign aid contracts and $60 billion in overall assistance around the world. ____ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

AP PHOTOS: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourished

AP PHOTOS: Children die as USAID aid cuts snap a lifeline for the world's most malnourished DIKWA, Nigeria (AP) — For years, the U.S. Ag...
Asylum-seekers still arrive at the US border, but what will happen to them?New Foto - Asylum-seekers still arrive at the US border, but what will happen to them?

They arrive at the U.S. border from around the world: Eritrea, Guatemala, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ghana, Uzbekistan and so many other countries. They come for asylum, insisting they face persecution for their religion, or sexuality or for supporting the wrong politicians. For generations, they had been given the chance to make their case to U.S. authorities. Not anymore. "They didn't give us an ICE officer to talk to. They didn't give us an interview. No one asked me what happened," said a Russian election worker who sought asylum in the U.S. after he said he was caught with video recordings he made of vote rigging. On Feb. 26, he was deported to Costa Rica with his wife and young son. On Jan. 20, just after being sworn in for a second term, PresidentDonald Trumpsuspended the asylum system as part of hiswide-ranging crackdownon illegal immigration, issuing a series ofexecutive ordersdesigned to stop what he called the "invasion" of the United States. What asylum-seekers now find, according to lawyers, activists andimmigrants, is a murky, ever-changing situation with few obvious rules, where peoplecan be deportedtocountries they know nothing aboutafter fleeting conversations with immigration officials while others languish in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. Attorneys who work frequently with asylum-seekers at the border say their phones have gone quiet since Trump took office. They suspect many who cross are immediately expelled without a chance at asylum or are detained to wait for screening under the U.N.'s convention against torture, which is harder to qualify for than asylum. "I don't think it's completely clear to anyone what happens when people show up and ask for asylum," said Bella Mosselmans, director of the Global Strategic Litigation Council. Restrictions face challenges in court A thicket of lawsuits, appeals and countersuits have filled the courts as the Trump administration faces off against activists who argue thesweeping restrictionsillegally put people fleeing persecution in harm's way. In a key legal battle, a federal judge isexpected to ruleon whether courts can review the administration's use of invasion claims to justify suspending asylum. There is no date set for that ruling. The government says its declaration of an invasion is not subject to judicial oversight, at one point calling it "an unreviewable political question." But rights groups fighting the asylum proclamation, led by the American Civil Liberties Union, called it "as unlawful as it is unprecedented"in the complaintfiled in a Washington, D.C., federal court. Illegal border crossings, which soared in the first years of President Joe Biden's administration, reaching nearly 10,000 arrests per day in late 2024, dropped significantly during his last year in office and plunged further after Trump returned to the White House. Yet more than 200 people are still arrested daily for illegally crossing the southern U.S. border. Some of those people are seeking asylum, though it's unclear if anyone knows how many. Paulina Reyes-Perrariz, managing attorney for the San Diego office of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, said her office sometimes received 10 to 15 calls a day about asylum after Biden implemented asylum restrictions in 2024. That number has dropped to almost nothing, with only a handful of total calls since Jan. 20. Plus, she added, lawyers are unsure how to handle asylum cases. "It's really difficult to consult and advise with individuals when we don't know what the process is," she said. Doing 'everything right' None of this was expected by the Russian man, who asked not to be identified for fear of persecution if he returns to Russia. "We felt betrayed," the 36-year-old said. "We did everything right." The family had scrupulously followed the rules. They traveled to Mexico in May 2024, found a cheap place to rent near the border with California and waited nearly nine months for the chance to schedule an asylum interview. On Jan. 14, they got word that their interview would be on Feb 2. On Jan. 20, the interview was canceled. Moments after Trump took office, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced it hadscrubbed the system used to schedule asyluminterviews and canceled tens of thousands of existing appointments. There was no way to appeal. The Russian family went to a San Diego border crossing to ask for asylum, where they were taken into custody, he said. A few weeks later, they were among the immigrants who were handcuffed, shackled and flown to Costa Rica. Only the children were left unchained. Turning to other countries to hold deportees The Trump administration has tried to accelerate deportations by turning countries like Costa Rica and Panama into "bridges," temporarily detaining deportees while they await return to their countries of origin or third countries. Earlier this year, some200 migrants were deportedfrom the U.S. to Costa Rica and roughly 300 weresent to Panama. To supporters of tighter immigration controls, the asylum system has always been rife with exaggerated claims by people not facing real dangers. In recent years, roughly one-third to half of asylum applications were approved by judges. Even some politicians who see themselves as pro-immigration say the system faces too much abuse. "People around the world have learned they can claim asylum and remain in the U.S. indefinitely to pursue their claims," retired U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, a longtime Democratic stalwart in Congress, wrote last year in the Wall Street Journal, defending Biden's tightening of asylum policies amid a flood of illegal immigration. An uncertain future Many of the immigrants they arrived with have left the Costa Rican facility where they were first detained, but the Russian family has stayed. The man cannot imagine going back to Russia and has nowhere else to go. He and his wife spend their days teaching Russian and a little English to their son. He organizes volleyball games to keep people busy. He is not angry at the U.S. He understands the administration wanting to crack down on illegal immigration. But, he adds, he is in real danger. He followed the rules and can't understand why he didn't get a chance to plead his case. He fights despair almost constantly, knowing that what he did in Russia brought his family to this place. "I failed them," he said. "I think that every day: I failed them."

Asylum-seekers still arrive at the US border, but what will happen to them?

Asylum-seekers still arrive at the US border, but what will happen to them? They arrive at the U.S. border from around the world: Eritrea, G...

 

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