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• Medicare ha già sospeso le iscrizioni delle agenzie di cure palliative e di assistenza domiciliare mentre vengono indette potenziali frodi • Politica USA in diretta – ultimi aggiornamenti • JD Vance ha minacciato di "interrompere" i finanziamenti federali per i programmi di assicurazione sanitaria governativi negli stati che si rifiutano di conformarsi alla repressione delle presunte frodi dell'amministrazione Trump.

Se l'attuale e precario cessate il fuoco tra USA e Iran dovesse interrompersi, gli Emirati avrebbero maggiori probabilità di diventare un bersaglio di Tehran Crisi in Medio Oriente: aggiornamenti in diretta Il rischio che alcuni stati del Golfo rimangano coinvolti in una guerra diretta con l'Iran è aumentato dopo le notizie secondo cui gli Emirati Arabi Uniti avrebbero lanciato segretamente un importante attacco all'Iran durante il conflitto. Inoltre, il Kuwait ha dichiarato che almeno quattro membri del Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sono stati catturati mentre tentavano di sferrare "attacchi terroristici" sull'isola di Bubiyan, di proprietà kuwaitiana e la più grande della catena costiera del Kuwait. Continua a leggere...

• L'Arabia Saudita ha espresso una "veemente condanna" per gli attacchi coordinati con droni che hanno colpito gli Emirati Arabi Uniti, il Qatar e il Kuwait l'11 maggio, definendo i colpi come una pericolosa escalation che minaccia la sicurezza regionale. • Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri del Bahrein ha definito l'attacco al Kuwait una "flagrante violazione del diritto internazionale" e ha sottolineato la minaccia alla stabilità regionale rappresentata dagli attacchi ostili con droni. • Gli attacchi segnalano un pericoloso ampliamento del conflitto in Medio Oriente, con molteplici membri del Gulf Cooperation Council colpiti simultaneamente, sollevando preoccupazioni circa il commercio marittimo e le vulnerabilità delle infrastrutture petrolifere.

• At least six US states—California, Georgia, Virginia, Arizona, Texas, and New Jersey—are tracking nine residents who disembarked from the MV Hondius cruise ship amid a deadly hantavirus outbreak overseas. • Health officials report no symptoms among the monitored Americans, including two each in Texas, New Jersey, and Georgia, and one each in California, Virginia, and Arizona; 30 people total left the ship late last month before the outbreak was confirmed. • State spokespeople like California's Brian Micek and Georgia's Nancy Nydam Shirek emphasize coordination with CDC and low public risk, with self-monitoring via daily temperature checks in Texas.

• A federal court reinstated deportation proceedings against Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian activist detained amid U.S.-Iran tensions. • The decision reverses a prior halt, citing national security risks linked to Mahdawi's alleged ties to groups opposing U.S. policy in the Middle East. • This ruling underscores heightened immigration enforcement in geopolitically charged cases, affecting humanitarian considerations for activists.

• Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won West Bengal for the first time in its 46-year history, securing 207 out of 294 seats in recent state elections on May 8, 2026. • The BJP retained control of Assam and, with coalition partners, the federal territory of Puducherry, now governing 21 of India's 28 states and 72% of its 1.4 billion population. • Al Jazeera described the West Bengal victory as the Hindu nationalist party's most consequential win since Modi took power in 2014, driven by anti-incumbency against Mamata Banerjee and anti-Muslim rhetoric.

• The BJP and its coalition allies have expanded their territorial control to 21 of India's 28 states, representing unprecedented political consolidation and establishing the party in a more dominant national position than at any point since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014. • From the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal, India's political map is now overwhelmingly controlled by the BJP, with only Jharkhand remaining as a lone opposition-governed state in major regions, reflecting near-total electoral saturation. • Political analysts describe this expansion as more than electoral success—it constitutes political saturation, raising fundamental questions about whether India is moving toward an opposition-diminished political order.

Four women and nine children expected to return to Australia on Thursday with all apart from a mother and her child expected to go to VictoriaGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAuthorities in two Australian states are preparing to resettle children returning from squalid detention camps and life under Islamic State rule, as at least some of their mothers face possible criminal charges.Four women and nine children are expected to return to Australia on Thursday, with all of them apart from a mother and her child bound for Melbourne. Continue reading...