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Apr 6, 2026 - World

Pramila Jayapal and Jonathan Jackson denounce ‘collective punishment’ amid vast disruption s from US oil blockadeSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxTwo Democratic US lawmakers on Monday called for an end to the “cruel collective punishment” of Cuba after they visited the island to witness the effects of an US energy blockade. The US House members Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Jonathan Jackson of Illinois met with the Cuban president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, and foreign minister, Bruno Rodríguez, as well as members of Cuba’s parliament during a five-day trip ending on Sunday.“This is cruel collective punishment – effectively an economic bombing of the infrastructure of the country – that has produced permanent damage,” Jayapal and Jackson said in a statement released on Sunday. “It must stop immediately.” Continue reading...

Apr 6, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump was “pressed” during a phone call Sunday by the leader of a major U.S. ally to not pursue a ceasefire with Iran, according to Axios reporter Barak Ravid, citing an unnamed source.“[Israeli] Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressed President Trump in a phone call yesterday not to pursue a ceasefire at this stage and expressed concern over the risks involved in such a move, an Israeli source said,” Ravid said on Monday in a social media post on X, according to an automatic translation of the original post’s Hebrew text."Trump told Netanyahu that if Iran agrees to the US demands, a ceasefire might be achieved, but he emphasized that he would not back down from his demand that Iran hand over all the enriched uranium in its possession and agree not to resume enrichment, according to the Israeli source."Last month, Bloomberg reported that Trump’s decision to launch an attack on Iran was “partly motivated by pressure from outside allies,” including Netanyahu, who’s currently wanted by the International Court of Justice for alleged war crimes.Also last month, Trump’s head of the National Counterterrorism Center, Joe Kent, resigned in opposition to the U.S. war against Iran, accusing Israel in his resignation letter of having manipulated Trump into launching the conflict that has proven unpopular with a majority of Americans.

Apr 6, 2026 - World

Hungary's parliamentary election on Sunday has become the toughest political test of Prime Minister Viktor Orban's 16-year rule.

Apr 6, 2026 - World

Many Ukrainian defence firms are now seeking to export their excess capacity and cash in on a global boom in military spending.

Apr 6, 2026 - World

Kyriakos Mitsotakis calls alleged scamming of EU agricultural funds ‘a turning point’ The Greek prime minister has vowed to tackle what he has called a “deep state” he says is plaguing the country, as he sought to address a growing political crisis over a farm fraud scandal that has forced the resignation of multiple government ministers.In a speech, aired on national TV, Kyriakos Mitsotakis attempted to limit the damage, describing the revelations as “a turning point” that had turbo-charged his commitment to rooting out entrenched corruption. Continue reading...