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• राज्य के गवर्नर और attorney general ने Supreme Court के उस फैसले के ठीक एक दिन बाद midterm 2026 primaries को स्थगित करने का कदम उठाया है, जिसने Voting Rights Act को कमजोर कर दिया है • लुइसियाना ने primaries को स्थगित किया क्योंकि Supreme Court के फैसले के बाद राज्य districts को फिर से redraw करने के लिए दौड़ रहे हैं • लुइसियाना की attorney general Liz Murrill और रिपब्लिकन गवर्नर Jeff Landry के उस बयान का विवरण यहाँ दिया गया है: लुइसियाना के लिए कल की ऐतिहासिक Supreme Court की जीत का राज्य के लिए तत्काल परिणाम हुआ है। Supreme Court ने पहले राज्य द्वारा वर्तमान Congressional map को लागू करने के खिलाफ एक injunction पर रोक लगा दी थी। हालांकि, Court के आदेश के अनुसार, कल के फैसले के साथ वह stay स्वतः ही समाप्त हो गया है। तदनुसार, राज्य को वर्तमान map के तहत congressional elections कराने से रोक दिया गया है। हम आगे का रास्ता विकसित करने के लिए Legislature और Secretary of State के कार्यालय के साथ मिलकर काम कर रहे हैं। पढ़ना जारी रखें...

Russia के कब्जे वाले क्षेत्रों से लूटे गए अनाज वाले पोत के आरोप ने दोनों देशों के बीच राजनयिक विवाद पैदा कर दिया है। Ukraine ने Israel से एक ऐसे पोत को जब्त करने को कहा है, जिसके बारे में उसका दावा है कि वह Russia के कब्जे वाले क्षेत्रों से लूटे गए अनाज को ले जा रहा है, जिससे दोनों देशों के बीच एक दुर्लभ राजनयिक विवाद पैदा हो गया है। यह विवाद इस सप्ताह तब सार्वजनिक रूप से सामने आया जब राष्ट्रपति Volodymyr Zelenskyy ने कहा कि Russia द्वारा "चोरी" किया गया अनाज ले जा रहा "एक और पोत" Israel के एक बंदरगाह पर पहुंच गया है और वह अनलोड करने की तैयारी कर रहा है। Continue reading...

Kremlin-controlled paramilitaries also alleged it inflicted ‘irreplaceable losses’ on insurgents avoiding civilian casualtiesRussia’s defence ministry has claimed its Africa Corps – the successor to the former Wagner mercenary group – had prevented a coup in Mali over the weekend, avoiding mass civilian casualties and inflicting “irreplaceable losses” on rebel insurgents.It said in a statement that its troops in the desert town of Kidal near the Algerian border had fought for more than 24 hours while completely surrounded and vastly outnumbered. It also alleged without providing evidence, that the militants had been trained by European mercenary instructors including Ukrainians. The casualty toll was not specified. Continue reading...

Teatro La Fenice called comments by its controversial appointee Beatrice Venezi ‘offensive and detrimental’Teatro La Fenice, the prestigious Venice opera house, has fired its incoming music director after she insinuated its hiring practices were nepotistic, with jobs “practically passed down from father to son”.After months of controversy over the appointment of Beatrice Venezi, La Fenice Foundation said on Sunday it had decided to “cancel all future collaborations” with the 36-year-old conductor and pianist. Continue reading...

Alan Johnson and David Blunkett say Tory proposal for a privileges committee inquiry is a ‘nakedly political stunt’Good morning. Kemi Badenoch is trying to get Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, to give MPs a vote on a proposal to get the Commons privileges committee to investigate allegations that Keir Starmer lied to MPs in statements he made to them about the vetting of Peter Mandelson. Other opposition parties may be backing her, but we don’t know for sure because the process is relatively secret; MPs have to write a private letter to the speaker, who then decides whether this is a serious request that should be decided by the Commons as a whole, or a frivolous complaint that should be ignored. (We do know that Karl Turner has written to the speaker about this too, but only because he was daft enough to post his letter on social media last week.) Today we are likely to find out whether or not Hoyle is agreeing to a Commons vote.Boris Johnson was referred to the privileges committee over allegations that he lied to MPs about Partygate (allegations the committee concluded were justified). Badenoch wants to make the case that Starmer is just as dishonest as Johnson. He isn’t, by any stretch, and the claims that Starmer lied to MPs about Mandelson are spurious; they relate to contest intepretations of political language of the kind that are commonplace in parliamentary debate. But the fact that this has even become a live consideration for the speaker is a big win for the Tories.The fact that Kemi Badenoch has changed the accusations she is levelling against the PM on an almost daily basis as her claims have failed to stand up to scrutiny shows what this is really about. This is a nakedly political stunt with no substance ahead of the May elections.Any comparison with Boris Johnson is absurd. When parliament referred that matter to the privileges committee, a police investigation had directly disproved his categoric statements that he knew nothing about the breach of lockdown rules.I suppose our constituents might ask [if a privileges committee goes ahead], have we got the balance right between holding the government to account and seemingly squabbling amongst ourselves when there is so much else going on that perhaps parliament ought to be focusing on as well.I have to say, a really truthful position is, why the rush at the moment? Has it got anything to do with local elections? Continue reading...

Message on private Facebook group for staff said: ‘I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me!’Royal Mail is investigating allegations that a postal worker claimed to have “dumped” Reform UK campaign leaflets in a bin ahead of Thursday’s local elections.A post on a Facebook group for Royal Mail staff said: “My DO had reform party’s D2D today. I dumped them all in a bin. They can sack me! Idgaf!” Continue reading...

Pesident presses case for controversial $400m project following White House correspondents’ dinner shootingThe shooting at the Washington Hilton hotel gives new urgency to the project to construct a 1,000-seat ballroom at the White House, Donald Trump claimed after the incident on Saturday night.The US president pressed the case for his controversial ballroom initiative at the press conference he held at the White House on Saturday and a social media post on Sunday, after an armed attacker was arrested as he rushed towards the Hilton’s ballroom, where Trump was attending the White House Correspondents Association’s annual dinner. Continue reading...

Claudia–Liza Vanderpuije has fully withdrawn allegations relating to her former co-host, her lawyers sayThe TV presenter Claudia–Liza Vanderpuije has withdrawn claims against her former Channel 5 News co-host Dan Walker after reaching a “mutual agreement” with the broadcaster and ITN.Vanderpuije, who co-hosted a show with Walker for a year between 2022 and 2023, had filed claims of unfair dismissal, discrimination and harassment on grounds of race and sex, and breach of contract. Continue reading...