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Overcrowded migrant vessel with 240 people on board intercepted near Turks and Caicos
An overcrowded migrant vessel carrying 240 people and taking on water was intercepted near the Turks and Caicos Islands after authorities raced to prevent a potential maritime disaster. The U.S. Coast Guard said it conducted a joint operation Sunday with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (RTCIPF) to stop a vessel carrying hundreds of migrants who claimed Haitian nationality. According to a Coast Guard news...
UN human rights leader calls for Cuba sanctions to be ‘lifted immediately’
UN human rights leader calls for Cuba sanctions to be ‘lifted immediately’ Volker Turk, the UN’s high commissioner for human rights, warns that ‘children are dying’ as a result of US oil blockade. Volker Turk, the high commissioner for human rights at the United Nations, has issued some of his harshest criticism yet of the recent sanctions the United States has imposed on Cuba. On Monday, Turk drew a line between the increasing restrictions on the Cuban economy and reports of heightened...
Two anti-Israel figures barred from entering UK ahead of SXSW London
Two anti-Israel figures barred from entering UK ahead of SXSW London Cenk Uygur, the host of the Young Turks online talkshow, and streamer Hasan Piker have both been barred from entering the UK as their appearance would not be 'conducive to the public good' Two high-profile US commentators who have voiced strong anti-Israel views have been banned from coming to the UK. Cenk Uygur, the host of the Young Turks online talkshow, and his nephew, streamer Hasan Piker, both said they had been...
UN slams ‘unacceptable’ US sanctions causing child deaths in Cuba
UN slams ‘unacceptable’ US sanctions causing child deaths in Cuba Human rights chief Turk said Trump’s pressure campaign against the island has crippled medical services, sparking a jump in infant mortality rate Tighter US sanctions on Cuba have led to a spike in infant mortality and plummeting survival rates for child cancer patients, the UN warned in one of its strongest rebukes of Washington’s pressure campaign against the island. US President Donald Trump’s push to force change in Cuba...
U.K. blocks visits by left-wing commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker
The progressive political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker said Monday they had been barred from entering the United Kingdom to speak at events. Uygur, who co-hosts the YouTube series “The Young Turks,” and his nephew Piker, who broadcasts his commentary on the video platform Twitch, said on social media they had been blocked because of their views about Israel. In a statement, the British interior ministry said travel authorization for “these individuals” had been canceled as “their...
Political commentators Cenk, Piker say UK bars them over Israel remarks
Political commentators Cenk, Piker say UK bars them over Israel remarks The US citizens allege they have been denied entry to the UK due to their outspoken criticism of Israel. US political commentators Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker say they had been barred from entering the United Kingdom and British authorities cited their public comments about Israel as the reason for the decision. Uygur, cofounder of The Young Turks, a United States-based online political news and commentary network, said...
Leftwing US commentator calls decision to ban him from UK ‘Kafkaesque’
Cenk Uygur was due to appear at SXSW alongside streamer Hasan Piker but Home Office cancelled travel authorisationUK politics live – latest updatesA leftwing US political commentator has described the UK government’s decsion to ban him from entering the country as “haunting and hilarious” and “Kafkaesque”. Cenk Uygur, the founder and a host on Young Turks, a well-established progressive media outlet, was banned earlier this week from entering the UK to attend a speaking engagement alongside...
Free speech activists condemn UK entry ban for two leftwing US commentators
Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker, who have both been accused of propagating antisemitism, barred from visiting for eventThe UK is failing to protect freedom of speech, prominent activists have said, after the government banned two leftwing US political commentators from entering the country to attend speaking engagements. Cenk Uygur, the host of the Young Turks online political talkshow, and Hasan Piker, who runs his own hours-long stream each day, were both due to appear at SXSW London, while the...
Why have two US commentators been banned from entering the UK?
Cenk Uygur and Hasan Piker were supposed to address events at SXSW London before their ETAs were cancelledFree speech activists condemn UK entry ban for Hasan Piker and Cenk UygurCenk Uygur, the host of the Young Turks online political talkshow, and Hasan Piker, who runs his own hours-long stream each day, have been banned from entering the UK by the British home secretary, Shabana Mahmood. They were supposed to address events at SXSW London, a creatives-led festival. Uygur was also planning...
California governor’s race remains unresolved as vote count continues – US politics live
State election officials continue to work through the uncounted primary ballots, a process that could take days or weeksA leftwing US political commentator has described the UK government’s decision to ban him from entering the country as “haunting and hilarious” and “Kafkaesque”. Cenk Uygur, the founder and a host on Young Turks, a well-established progressive media outlet, was banned earlier this week from entering the UK to attend a speaking engagement alongside Hasan Piker, a Twitch...