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Trump comes out swinging in rapid start to presidency
It’s been three days since President Donald Trump took office. And he has come out swinging. On the 2024 campaign trail, he promised to bring rapid and sweeping change to American government and society if he were re-elected. Some of his policies and reforms will take time – and congressional legislation – to enact. Other…
Sudan’s army recaptures Wad Madani from rebel Rapid Support Forces
Strategic city fell into control of RSF, which has been accused of genocide by the US, in December 2023 Sudan’s military and its allies have taken back a strategic city from the rebel Rapid Support Forces, officials said. The recapture of the city of Wad Madani, the capital of Gezira province, took place more than…
Prisons in England and Wales record rapid rise in drones delivering drugs
Prisons will need more money to combat the rapid rise in drones delivering drugs, the head of an influential Commons committee has said, as figures showed the number of aerial incursions predicted to have tripled in two years. A freedom of information request by the Guardian found there were 1,296 drone incidents at prisons in…