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      4 February

      FBI Director subpoenaed over targeting school board meeting parents

      Republicans have issued a subpoena to FBI Director Christopher Wray asking him to testify on the federal government targeting concerned parents in school board meetings during the pandemic. With the weight of a subpoena, the House Judiciary Committee ordered Wray to appear before the panel and turn over documents and communications related to the FBI’s ‘misuse of federal criminal and counterterrorism resources.’ Committee Chair Rep. Jim Jordan also wants all documents related to meetings he held in relation to Attorney General Merrick Garland‘s memo directing the FBI and U.S. attorneys to  identify protesting parents for prosecution, according to a copy of the document reviewed by DailyMail.com. During the pandemic, school board meetings became heated across the country during debates on culture issues and whether…

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    • 4 February

      Boris’ hilarious answer on whether he’d rather be stuck in a lift with Starmer or Sturgeon

      Boris Johnson delivered a hilarious answer when asked who he would rather be stuck in a lift with between the Labour leader or the Scottish First Minister. Tory MP Nadine Dorries, interviewing the former prime minister, asked: “If you’re stuck in the lift, who would you rather be stuck with? Keir Starmer or Nicola Sturgeon.” In response, Mr Johnson exclaimed: “Oh brother!” But, clarifying his answer, he continued: “Actually, it’s like all these things – I’m sure the viewers would understand this – both individuals are actually far nicer and more amusing than you might otherwise imagine. “And the kind of hostility that you see between politicians on screen is often not reflected in real life. “I think provided it wasn’t like 50 floors…

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    • 3 February

      Peru Congress rejects new bid to advance elections amid protests

      The motion called to bring forward elections and to hold a referendum on forming a constitutional convention. Demonstrators take part in a protest to demand Peru’s President Dina Boluarte to step down, in Cuzco, Peru [Paul Gambin/Reuters] The Peruvian Congress has voted down another proposal to bring forward elections to 2023, a day after a similar bid was turned down amid nationwide protests that are shaking the country’s economy. The motion put forward by the Free Peru party was rejected on Thursday with 75 votes against and only 48 in favour, with one abstention. In addition to moving elections up from April 2024 to July 2023, the proposal included the calling of a referendum on forming a constitutional convention –…

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    • 3 February

      China to reopen borders with Hong Kong, Macau after COVID closure

      Borders have been closed for nearly three years, separating families and disrupting tourism and other businesses. Hong Kong and China began a limited reopening of the border last month [Tyrone Siu/Reuters] China has announced it will completely reopen its borders with the territories of Hong Kong and Macau, dropping COVID-19 testing requirements and daily quotas after nearly three years of closure. The State Council’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office said on Friday that all remaining restrictions would be dropped starting from midnight on February 6, with group tours allowed to restart. Limited travel across the border between Hong Kong and mainland China resumed in January after Beijing abandoned the zero-COVID strategy that had split families, cut off tourism and suffocated businesses.…

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    • 3 February

      Brazil’s Lula accuses Bolsonaro of planning January 8 ‘coup’

      The Brazilian president says former leader Jair Bolsonaro ‘actively’ participated in storming of government buildings. Protesters, supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, clash with police during a protest outside the Planalto palace building in Brasilia, Brazil, on Sunday, January 8, 2023 [Eraldo Peres/AP Photo] Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has alleged that his predecessor Jair Bolsonaro actively participated in planning for his supporters to storm government offices on January 8, as a senator revealed the former far-right president attended an anti-election plot meeting. “Today I am well aware and will say it loud and clear: that citizen [former president Bolsonaro] prepared the coup,” Lula said in an interview with broadcaster RedeTV! on Thursday. Refusing to accept Bolsonaro’s election loss, thousands of…

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    • 3 February

      South Sudan violence kills 27 on eve of pope’s visit

      Pope Francis will arrive in Juba hoping to revive a peace process aimed at ending a decade-long conflict. Pope Francis was greeted by an estimated one million Congolese in Kinshasa [Yara Nardi/Reuters] Twenty-seven people have been killed in South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state in tit-for-tat violence between cattle herders and members of a militia on the eve of a visit to the country by Pope Francis. The incident happened on Thursday, according to a local official. The pope is set to arrive from the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), hoping to revive a peace process aimed at ending a decade of conflict fought mostly on ethnic lines that has killed hundreds of thousands of people. A peace deal…

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    • 3 February

      Apple sets all-time sales record in India, retail store soon: Tim Cook

      In the analysts’ call after posting its quarterly results, Cook said late on Thursday that looking at the business in India, “we set a quarterly revenue record and grew very strong double digits year over year and so we feel very good about how we performed”. New Delhi: Apple has set another all-time revenue record for the India market, along with quarterly records in Brazil and India, its CEO Tim Cook has said. In the analysts’ call after posting its quarterly results, Cook said late on Thursday that looking at the business in India, “we set a quarterly revenue record and grew very strong double digits year over year and so we feel very good about how we performed”. “That’s despite the headwinds…

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    • 3 February

      US alleges Chinese spy balloon flew over sensitive military sites

      US official told reporters the military was prepared to shoot the balloon down but was deterred by potential for harm. Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder says the balloon does not pose a ‘military or physical threat’ to civilians [File: Andrew Harnik/AP Photo] A suspected Chinese surveillance balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, but the Pentagon has decided not to shoot it down for fear of harming people on the ground, US officials said. The US took “custody” of the balloon when it entered US airspace and had observed it with piloted US military aircraft, an official told Pentagon reporters on Thursday on condition of anonymity. The US has “very high confidence” it is a Chinese…

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    • 3 February

      EU’s top brass prepares for summit with Zelenskyy in Kyiv

      Ukrainian and EU officials will hold talks in Kyiv on Friday over the war-torn country’s push to join the bloc. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen meet in Kyiv [Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters] European Union leaders have arrived in Kyiv for talks with Ukraine’s government, bringing the promise of new sanctions against Russia but disappointing Ukraine’s hopes for swift membership to the EU. The head of the group’s executive commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Kyiv by train on Thursday, a symbolic journey to demonstrate support for Ukraine as the first anniversary of Russia’s February 24 invasion nears. Senior members of the EU’s executive met their counterparts in the Ukrainian government…

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    • 3 February

      Guantanamo detainee freed to Belize after 20 years in captivity

      Majid Khan, who was tortured by the CIA before his transfer to the US military facility in Cuba, says he feels ‘reborn’. The US-run Guantanamo Bay prison has been open for more than 21 years [File: Mandel Ngan/pool via Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff Washington, DC – A Guantanamo Bay prison detainee who endured torture in CIA custody has been transferred to Belize nearly a year after finishing his sentence at the US-run detention facility. The Pentagon announced on Thursday that Majid Khan was freed, bringing the number of prisoners at Guantanamo to 34, including 20 who are eligible for transfer. Khan, who was captured in Pakistan in 2003 and taken to Guantanamo three years later, said he was looking forward to beginning a new chapter in…

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