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25 killed in Sri Lanka prison clash, around 100 injured

Indian Express – World

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25 killed in Sri Lanka prison clash, around 100 injured

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Sri Lankan military has been asked to provide support after at least 25 people were killed and around 100 others injured in a clash between two groups of prisoners on Monday. The clashes began on Sunday between convicted prisoners and those under detention at the over-capacity prison ⁠in the Sri Lankan coastal town of Negombo, Reuters reported quoting sources. The Express Global Desk at indianexpress.com which delivers authoritative, verified, and context-driven coverage of key international developments shaping global politics, policy, and migration trends. The desk focuses on stories with direct relevance for Indian and global audiences, combining breaking news with in-depth explainers and analysis. A major focus area of the desk is US immigration and visa policy, including developments related to student visas, work permits, permanent residency pathways, executive actions, and court rulings. The Global Desk also closely tracks Canada’s immigration, visa, and study policies, covering changes to study permits, post-study work options, permanent residence programmes, and regulatory updates affecting migrants and international students. All reporting from the Global Desk adheres to The Indian Express’ editorial standards, relying on official data, government notifications, court documents, and on-record sources. Core Team The Express Global Desk is led by a team of experienced journalists and editors with deep expertise in international affairs and migration policy: Aniruddha Dhar – Senior Assistant Editor with extensive experience in global affairs, international politics, and editorial leadership. Nischai Vats – Deputy Copy Editor specialising in US politics, US visa and immigration policy, and policy-driven international coverage. Mashkoora Khan – Sub-editor focusing on global developments, with a strong emphasis on Canada visa, immigration, and study-related policy coverage. ...

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Impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte begins

Impeachment trial of Philippines VP Sara Duterte begins The impeachment trial of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte has begun in Manila, in a highly charged case that could determine her political future. Thousands of police were deployed around the Senate in the capital on Monday as protesters calling for Duterte’s conviction began gathering outside. The vice president’s office said she would not appear in person. Only a guilty verdict by two-thirds of the bitterly divided 24-seat Senate can strip her of the vice presidency and permanently bar her from elected office. Reporting from Manila, Al Jazeera’s Barnaby Lo said less than two years into the Marcos administration, the House of Representatives – then led by a cousin of the president – began investigating the vice president for alleged corruption. “The probe snowballed into the first impeachment complaint … which was voided by the Supreme Court,” he said. “But here we are now, with Duterte facing a second impeachment complaint.” Duterte and Marcos are heirs to two of the country’s most powerful political dynasties. The bitter fight has spilled into the Senate, raising questions about how the trial will unfold. In a dramatic turn on Monday, Duterte’s ally Senator Rodante Marcoleta was arrested on a plunder charge shortly before the start of the trial, throwing support for the vice president in the Senate into doubt. In May, just as the Senate was preparing to receive the impeachment complaint from the House of ⁠Representatives, Duterte ally Senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa turned up in the chamber after being absent from public view ⁠since November and cast the decisive vote to install Alan Peter Cayetano as Senate president. Dela Rosa then holed up in the Senate before slipping away early on May 14, hours after chaos and gunfire erupted in the parliament building. About a month later, senators aligned with a rival bloc secured enough support to elect Senator Sherwin Gatchalian as Senate president.

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UK’s Farage’s gold deal tests his populist brand as Restore Britain rises

Despite sculpting a down-to-earth image, Nigel Farage , leader of the far-right , anti-immigration party Reform UK, is now one of Parliament’s top earners from outside jobs – pulling in more than $2.5m since becoming an MP in 2024. He has been referred to the parliamentary standards commissioner for an investigation into a 5 million pounds ($6.8m) gift. In June, it emerged that he was paid 270,000 pounds ($360,000) for 12 hours of work promoting gold bullion – a product hardly affordable for the working-class voter base he claims to represent. That contradiction matters more now than ever. With Rupert Lowe’s insurgent Restore Britain positioning itself as the purer populist alternative and eating into Reform’s poll lead, Farage’s earnings are becoming a test: can his anti-establishment brand survive the scrutiny of his own establishment-sized paycheques? “Behind all too many populist radical right parties that claim to be defending the people against the elites, there are normally some very rich, very elite men who are funding the parties in order to promote their economic interests,” Tim Bale, politics professor at Queen Mary University of London, told Al Jazeera. For Farage personally, the risk is more direct. “He is in severe danger of looking like a complete hypocrite – which, in the UK, is about the worst thing any politician can be accused of. “And if his popularity is damaged, then the party – which relies on him – is in real trouble.” The United Kingdom’s political finance system is built on a trade-off: parties and individuals can receive unlimited donations, provided they are transparent about where the money comes from, Sam Power, an expert in political financing, electoral regulation and corruption at the University of Bristol, told Al Jazeera. In Farage’s case, Power explained, he is “operating at the edges” of where disclosure rules require declarations, testing a permissive system “to its absolute limits”. Real oversight, he argued, needs stronger regulation behind it – transparency without enforcement just tells you who is getting away with what, rather than stopping it. In a recent interview with the BBC, the anchor asked, “So, Mr Farage, how much of that money have you spent?” One of Farage’s most lucrative financial endeavours is his role as “brand ambassador” for Direct Bullion, a London gold dealer. What matters more for Farage’s popularity than the wealth itself, Power argues, is when the public connects his financial dealings to specific policy positions, including Reform UK’s light-touch stance on crypto regulation alongside Harborne’s crypto-derived fortune.

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