Trump's intervention in LA is a political fight he is eager to have

The president sees immigration and law and order as winning issues. Critics say deploying the National Guard is inflammatory.
The president sees immigration and law and order as winning issues. Critics say deploying the National Guard is inflammatory. Keep Reading
President Donald Trump is deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles in response to protests over immigration enforcement activities there. Follow the latest news updates. Keep Reading
Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza. Keep Reading
Hamas warns the fate of a captive being held in an area targeted by the Israeli army will rest on the military. Keep Reading
Civil protection agency chief says country is ill-prepared for conflict and calls for urgent upgrades to cold war shelters Keep Reading
In an interview with NBC News, the president also said he assumes his relationship with the tech billionaire is over following their recent falling out. Keep Reading
The embers of their wild divorce make it all but certain that more drama is on the way. Keep Reading
Palestinian academics who fled Gaza after the war say a "generation of students" has been lost due to the conflict. Keep Reading
It remains to be seen whether President Donald Trump and Elon Musk can patch things up after their ugly break-up this week â as many around them are hoping. Keep Reading
Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine could have been worse if Ukrainian forces hadn’t struck Russian missile concentration sites in Russia right before. Moscow was threatening with "retaliation" for Kyiv’s daring Operation "Spiderweb" last weekend, but Kyiv says it launched ‘preemptive’ strikes. Keep Reading
“That’s true, that’s true,” Trump later admitted to Friedrich Merz. Keep Reading
Russia launched waves of drones and ballistic missiles at multiple targets across a broad swath of Ukraine early Friday, killing at least four people in the capital and wounding around 40 across the country. Keep Reading
WASHINGTON — The simmering tension between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk exploded in public Thursday, with the president sharply criticizing the Tesla CEO's attacks on the Republican policy bill and Musk firing back that the president would have lost the election without his help. Keep Reading
Comment: The lack of public disagreement at the security summit helps cool down tensions, but also increases the risk of misunderstanding when delegates are fed party lines and half-truths, writes Suzannah Jessep. Keep Reading
NEW YORK: The United Nations Security Council will vote Wednesday (Jun 5) on a resolution calling for a ceasefire and unrestricted humanitarian access in Gaza, a measure expected to fail due to a United States veto. It marks the 15-member body’s first vote on the subject since November, when the US, a ke Keep Reading
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U.S. President Donald Trump says he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and that the Russian leader told him “very strongly” that he will respond to Ukraine’s weekend drone attack on Russian airfields. Keep Reading
Alarm over China's stranglehold on critical minerals grew on Tuesday as global automakers joined their U.S. counterparts to complain that restrictions by China on exports of rare earth alloys, mixtures and magnets could cause production delays and outages without a quick solution. Keep Reading
Center-left candidate Lee Jae-myung took power as South Korean president as he seeks to initiate a "fresh start" from a chaotic transitional political period, stimulate a tariff-stricken economy, and… Keep Reading
Donald Trump’s plans for a massive, expensive military parade in Washington, D.C., already seemed absurd when juxtaposed against his administration’s mass firings at federal agencies and his plans to institute deep cuts to federal programs many Americans rely on. Keep Reading
Schoof's announcement comes hours after Wilders said he had taken the decision to withdraw from the coalition because his partners were unwilling to agree to his migration plans. #EuropeNews Keep Reading
Russia took weeks to present to Ukraine with a “memorandum” setting out its conditions for a ceasefire, as well as key guidelines for a comprehensive treaty to end the 3-year-old war. Keep Reading
IDF says it fired at 'individual suspects who advanced towards troops' during incident at food distribution point in southern Gaza Strip Keep Reading
Vanuatu runs a controversial yet lucrative citizenship-by-investment scheme that critics say has attracted organised criminals and oligarchs. Keep Reading
A day after Ukraine launched an unprecedented drone attack on airbases inside Russia, the warring sides sat down for a second round of direct talks in Turkey. Keep Reading
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As Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine rages into its fourth year, Poland is preparing to be the Russian president's next target, beefing up defences on its borders and making every man a "fully fledged" soldier. Keep Reading
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