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Uganda has temporarily agreed to take in certain migrants under a new deal with the US, officials confirmed yesterday. The arrangement will apply to individuals without criminal records and not unaccompanied minors, making Uganda one of several African nations—including Rwanda, Eswatini, and South Sudan—to accept third country nationals.
The deal centers on people from other African countries who have been denied US asylum but are reluctant to return to their home countries, per Ugandan officials. They said the agreement is subject to specific conditions, but did not disclose further details. Officials did not specify how many deportees Uganda will receive or when the plan will begin.
Separately, a report yesterday found the number of unauthorized immigrants in the US reached 14 million people in 2023. Under President Donald Trump, more than 180,000 people have been deported, reaching almost 1,500 removals per day—a pace last seen under the Obama administration. |
A New York appeals court yesterday narrowly upheld a civil fraud ruling against President Donald Trump, two of his sons, and other Trump Organization executives, but voided a roughly $527M penalty.
Last February, a state judge found Trump and his codefendants liable for inflating property values to secure favorable deals, including loans from Deutsche Bank. He ordered them to pay over $350M in ill-gotten gains plus millions in interest—a punishment a five-judge appellate panel deemed excessive yesterday. The judges, however, were divided on the case’s merits. One argued for its dismissal, while two favored a retrial to address perceived procedural errors. Ultimately, the majority agreed to sustain the civil fraud finding and certain temporary restrictions on Trump and his sons’ dealings in New York.
NY Attorney General Letitia James (D), who brought the case, plans to appeal. The Justice Department subpoenaed James this month for records tied to the case. The DOJ is separately pressuring her to resign amid allegations of mortgage fraud. |
Nord Stream Pipeline Arrest |
Italian authorities arrested a suspect yesterday in the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions. The arrest—at Germany’s direction—is the first of its kind following the September 2022 attacks.
The suspect is a 49-year-old Ukrainian citizen identified by German prosecutors as Serhii K. He allegedly used a yacht—chartered from a German port using forged documents—to sail with a small crew near a Danish island in the Baltic Sea. Divers went roughly 230 to 260 feet underwater to detonate explosives, damaging two of the 23 pipelines built to deliver gas from Russia to Europe. The pipelines were not operational at the time due to sanctions against Russia. Investigators found traces of an explosive material, octogen, on the yacht and at the blast sites.
The suspect will be extradited to Germany, the last of three countries investigating the attack. Germany has issued one other arrest warrant, for a Ukrainian diving instructor identified as Volodymyr Z. The Ukrainian government denies involvement. |
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