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Hostage families seek ceasefire deal by Biden; Israel sets conditions

Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas called for all parties to immediately accept a proposal detailed by US President Joe Biden to end the nearly 8-month-long war and bring their relatives home, but Israel's government said conditions for a cease-fire still must be met. Biden outlined a three-phase deal Friday proposed by Israel to Hamas, saying the militant group is no longer capable of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel. He urged the Israelis and Hamas to come to an agreement to release some 100 remaining hostages, along with the bodies of around 30 more, for an extended cease-fire. Cease-fire talks ground to a halt last month after a major push by the US and other mediators to secure a deal in hopes of averting a full Israeli invasion of Gaza's southern city of Rafah. Israel says the Rafah operation is vital to uprooting Hamas fighters responsible for the October 7 attack on southern Israel that triggered the war. Israel on Friday confirmed its troops were .

Trump, his lawyers confused about the gag order after his conviction

Donald Trump said he remains muzzled by a gag order after his conviction in his hush money criminal trial. His lawyer said he thinks the gag order was supposed to expire with the verdict and he may seek clarity from the court. I'm under a gag order, nasty gag order," the former president said Friday while speaking to reporters at Trump Tower. Referring to star prosecution witness Michael Cohen, Trump said: I'm not allowed to use his name because of the gag order. But, despite saying he believes he's still subject to the order banning comments about witnesses and others connected to his case, Trump again lashed out at his former lawyer-turned-courtroom foe. Without naming Cohen, Trump called him a sleazebag," using the same language that the Manhattan district attorney's office flagged before the trial as a possible violation. Everybody knows that. Took me a while to find out, Trump added during a 33-minute speech in which he fumed against the guilty verdict and repeated unfounded .

Republicans join Trump's attacks on justice system, campaign of vengeance

Embracing Donald Trump's strategy of blaming the US justice system after his historic guilty verdict, Republicans in Congress are fervently enlisting themselves in his campaign of vengeance and political retribution in the GOP bid to reclaim the White House. Almost no Republican official has stood up to suggest Trump should not be the party's presidential candidate for the November election in fact, some have sought to hasten his nomination. Few others dared to defend the legitimacy of the New York state court that heard the hush money case against the former president, or the 12 jurors who unanimously rendered their verdict. In fact, any Republicans who expressed doubts about Trump's innocence or political viability, including his former hawkish national security adviser John Bolton or top-tier Senate candidate Larry Hogan, were instantly bullied by the former president's enforcers and told to leave the party. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said she's voting for Trump whether

War on coal rhetoric heats up as Biden aims to curb pollution as polls loom

Actions by President Joe Biden's administration that could hasten closures of heavily polluting coal power plants and the mines that supply them are reviving Republican rhetoric about a so-called war on coal ahead of the November election. The front line in the political battle over the fuel is in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana, a sparsely populated section of the Great Plains with the nation's largest coal mines. It's also home to a massive power plant in Colstrip, Montana, that emits more toxic air pollutants such as lead and arsenic than any other US facility of its kind, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA last month finalized a suite of rules that could force the Colstrip Generating Station to shut down or spend an estimated USD 400 million to clean up its emissions within the next several years. Another proposal, from the US Interior Department, would end new leasing of taxpayer-owned coal reserves in the Powder River Basin, clouding the ...

Donald Trump to appeal against the guilty verdict after July 11 sentencing

Trump will have 30 days from the date of his July 11 sentencing to file a notice of appeal

Texas SC rejects challenge to state's abortion law over medical exceptions

The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a closely watched challenge to the state's restrictive abortion ban, ruling against a group of women who had serious pregnancy complications and became the first in the US to testify in court about being denied abortions since Roe v. Wade was overturned. In a unanimous ruling, the all-Republican court upheld the Texas law that opponents say is too vague when it comes to when medically necessary exceptions are allowed. The same issue was at the centre of a separate lawsuit brought last year by Kate Cox, a mother of two from Dallas, who sought court permission to obtain an abortion after her fetus developed a fatal condition during a pregnancy that resulted in multiple trips to an emergency room. Abortion rights activists have struggled to stem the tide of restrictions that have taken effect in most Republican-led states since the US Supreme Court in 2022 overturned Roe vs Wade, which for nearly 50 years had affirmed the constitutional right t

Israel offered Hamas a three-step road map to an enduring ceasefire: Biden

US President Joe Biden on Friday announced that Israel has offered to Hamas, a three-step roadmap to enduring ceasefire in the region. Now after intensive diplomacy carried out by my team and my many conversations with leaders of Israel, Qatar, and Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, Israel has offered a comprehensive new proposal. It's a road map to an enduring ceasefire and the release of all hostages, Biden told reporters at the White House. This proposal has been transmitted by Qatar to Hamas, he said, adding that this new proposal has three phases. The first phase that would last for six weeks includes a full and complete ceasefire, a withdrawal of Israeli forces from all the populated areas of Gaza, release of a number of hostages, including women, the elderly, the wounded, in exchange for release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. There are American hostages who would be released at this stage, and we want them home, he said, adding that Palestinian civilians would .

Biden asks Trump to respect justice system after he calls trial 'rigged'

US President Joe Biden on Friday called on his predecessor Donald Trump to respect the justice system and not to show reckless and dangerous behaviour on the verdict of a jury that found him guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself it was heard by a jury of 12 citizens, 12 Americans tell people like you and millions of Americans who serve on juries. This jury has chosen the same way every jury in America has chosen. After careful deliberation, the jury reached a unanimous verdict. They found Donald Trump guilty on all 34 felony charges. Now he has been given the opportunity and he should appeal that decision just like everyone else has an opportunity. That's how the American system of justice works, Biden said. In his first public remarks after Trump was found guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records, Biden slammed Trump for his comments on the jury's decision and claiming that the trial was rigged. It i

Hamas 'no longer capable' of carrying out another major attack: Biden

President Joe Biden said Friday that Hamas is no longer capable of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urged Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire. Biden addressed the nearly 8-month-old Israel-Hamas war as the Israeli military confirmed on Friday that its forces are now operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. This is truly a decisive moment, Biden said as he spoke of a three-phase deal that Israeli officials have offered Hamas. Israel has made their proposal. Hamas says it wants a cease-fire. This deal is an opportunity to prove whether they really mean it. Israel launched its war in Gaza after Hamas' Oct. 7 attack in which militants stormed into southern Israel, killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted about 250. Israel says around 100 hostages are still captive in Gaza, along with the bodies of around 30 more. Cease-fire talks ground to a

Biden partially lifts ban on Ukraine using US arms in strikes on Russia

President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, according to two US officials familiar with the matter. The officials, who requested anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter, underscored that the US policy calling on Ukraine not to use American-provide long-range missiles and other munitions to strike inside Russia offensively has not changed. The move comes as Ukrainian officials have stepped up calls on the US administration to allow its forces to defend itself against attacks originating from Russian territory. Biden's decision was first reported by Politico. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday assailed Russian attempts to sow discord in democracies with misinformation after hinting the Biden administration may soon allow Ukraine to use American-supplied munitions to strike inside Russia. With an increasing number of officials saying Ukraine must be able to defend its

Donald Trump's guilty verdict adds twist to 2024 race: A convicted felon

Trump's felony conviction provides Biden an opportunity to shake up the race by refocusing voters' attention on Trump's conduct

US slows licence approvals for AI chip exports to prevent resale to China

The United States Commerce Department extended chip export restrictions to include much of West Asia, along with China and other foreign countries, in October

Former US Prez Trump found guilty on all 34 counts, sentencing on July 11

Donald Trump on Thursday became the first former US president to be convicted of a felony as a grand jury in New York found him guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. The Biden Harris Campaign said no one is above the law while Trump said the verdict is a result of a rigged political system. Trump's sentencing is scheduled for July 11, four days before the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he will be formally nominated as the party's presidential candidate against incumbent Joe Biden in the November elections. This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who was corrupt. It's a rigged trial, a disgrace. They wouldn't give us a venue change. We were at 5 per cent or 6 per cent in this district, in this area. This was a rigged, disgraceful trial, said Trump shortly after the verdict was read. Trump is the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican party. The real verdict is going to be November 5th by the people.

US govt reaffirms unwavering commitment to the Indo-Pacific region

Highlighting significant milestones, Patel referenced President Biden's initiatives, including a historic trilateral summit at Camp David involving Japan and the Republic of Korea

Biden allows use of US weapons for limited Ukrainian strikes inside Russia

Under the new directive, Ukraine is permitted to retaliate against Russian forces or targets located near Kharkiv using weaponry supplied by the United States

US Defence Secy Austin to meet Chinese counterpart to discuss thorny issues

US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping have sought to manage tensions, and in November the two leaders agreed to resume direct military talks

Trump spent decades fighting the law, law has finally caught up with him

As the Supreme Court, which has been a weak ally to justice in the Trump years, has noted in Trump rulings, no American, including presidents, is above the rule of law, Timothy L. O'Brien writes

Shares in Trump Media fall after former prez convicted in hush money trial

Shares of Trump Media and Technology Group, the owner of social networking site Truth Social, slumped on Thursday after former President Donald Trump was convicted in his hush money trial. A New York jury found Trump guilty of falsifying business records in a scheme to illegally influence the 2016 election through hush money payments to a porn actor who said the two had sex. Trump Media's stock was down about 9 per cent in after-hours trading on Thursday as news of the verdict emerged. The stock, which trades under the ticket symbol DJT, has been extraordinarily volatile since its debut in late March, joining the group of meme stocks that are prone to ricochet from highs to lows as smaller retailers attempt to catch an upward momentum swing at the right time. It peaked at nearly USD 80 in intraday trading on March 26. Earlier this month, Trump Media reported that it lost more than USD 300 million last quarter, according to its first earnings report as a publicly traded company. Fo

Here's how US politicians reacted to Trump's conviction in hush money case

This was a disgrace. This was a rigged trial by a conflicted judge who is corrupt, says Trump