Australia welcomes Gaza peace progress, hostage release Dozens of hostages held in Gaza for nearly two years may be on the verge of freedom as part of a US-negotiated peace plan welcomed by Australia. AAP · Oct 4, 2025
California measure brings rideshare drivers one step closer to unionizing Governor Gavin Newsom signs measure opening path to more than 800,000 drivers to bargain for wages and benefits The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2025
LA City Hall evacuated after driver with note addressed to Trump crashes into steps and barricades himself Officials say Los Angeles’s City Hall was evacuated after a car crashed into the steps of the building The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025
Trump news at a glance: Hamas says it has approved parts of Donald Trump’s ultimatum to end war in Gaza President says Israel must ‘stop the bombing of Gaza’ while Palestinian group says it wants further negotiations over plan – key US politics stories from 3 October at a glance The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2025
Trump administration to offer unaccompanied minors $2,500 to self-deport, memo reveals Voluntary departure has always been an option, but ‘astonishing’ decision to incentivize children to leave is new The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2025
Salvadoran Journalist Deported From US Says Punished For Migrant Coverage A Salvadoran journalist who was deported from the United States said Friday he was expelled for reporting on the "unjust arrests" of migrants. International Business Times · Oct 3, 2025
Trump has announced peace in the Middle East - the problem is Hamas and Israel are backing different deals ANALYSIS: Hamas has said it will accept key parts of Trump’s peace plan, but how much closer are we to an end to its conflict, with Israel, asks Bel Trew The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025
Donald Trump orders Israel to ‘immediately’ stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages Palestinian militant group accepts part of US president’s plan but seeks further negotiations on many terms The Guardian - UK · Oct 3, 2025
‘One last chance’: Trump gives Hamas until Sunday to surrender or face ‘great future death’ They have until Sunday. We Got This Covered · Oct 3, 2025
Starmer calls for ‘agreement without delay’ on peace plan in Gaza Hamas accepted elements of the plan to end the nearly two-year war put forward by US President Donald Trump. The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025
After Trump Deal, Can Meta Stock Withstand TikTok’s Onslaught? Should investors be worried about Meta after Trump's TikTok deal? Counterintuitively, Meta's moves to become more like TikTok could create upside in shares. MarketBeat · Oct 3, 2025
Trump Says Hamas Ready For Peace, Tells Israel To Stop Bombing Gaza US President Donald Trump said Friday he believed Hamas was ready for "lasting peace" and told Israel to stop bombing Gaza, after the Palestinian militant group declared it was ready to free hostages under his ceasefire plan. International Business Times · Oct 3, 2025
Police still questioning six as investigation continues into synagogue attack Terrorist Jihad Al-Shamie was on bail for an alleged rape at the time of the fatal attack, police have confirmed. The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025
Trump tells Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas responds to peace plan Hamas' response is, essentially, "yes, but." Axios · Oct 3, 2025
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 US escalates criticism of Colombia's president at the UN, calls for action against drug trafficking The United States is accusing Colombia’s president of undermining progress to lasting peace and urged its government to make combating violence and drug trafficking by “narco-terrorist groups” a priority
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Attempted assassin of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sentenced to more than eight years in prison Sophie Roske pleaded guilty to the assassination attempt in April
Axios · Oct 3, 2025 More than 300,000 Venezuelans at risk of deportation under new Supreme Court ruling The Supreme Court ruled Trump can remove TPS protections from Venezuelans once again.
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Federal appeals court rules Trump administration can't end birthright citizenship A federal appeals court in Boston has ruled the Trump administration cannot withhold citizenship from children born to people in the country illegally or temporarily
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump's $100,000 fee for H-1B visas In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and others filed a federal lawsuit Friday to stop the plan
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International Business Times · Oct 3, 2025 Hamas Signals Readiness To Release Israeli Hostages Under Trump-Backed Peace Framework The group also reaffirmed an earlier pledge to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a neutral, technocratic governing body formed on the basis of Palestinian national consensus and backed by Arab and Islamic states.
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Trump administration likely went after Kilmar Abrego Garcia for ‘vindictive’ reasons, judge says Federal judge singles out statements from Todd Blanche suggesting prosecutors illegally retaliated against Salvadoran immigrant after he launched a high-profile legal battle over his arrest and removal
We Got This Covered · Oct 3, 2025 ‘Only a matter of time’: Bobbi Althoff warns after ICE detains close friend who’s worked in U.S. for 20 years Twenty years, no criminal record, still got taken to a detention center.
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Trump tells Israel it ‘must immediately stop’ bombing Gaza to enable hostage release after Hamas accepts elements of peace plan President says the militant group is ‘ready for a lasting peace’ based on the plan he announced on Monday
The Independent UK · Oct 3, 2025 Senate fails to end the shutdown as both parties aren’t even speaking to each other: ‘I’m not optimistic’ Neither Republicans nor Democrats appear willing to give an inch as Americans pay the price