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US holds secret talks with Tehran to deport Iranians even as war drags on, court documents show

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The Trump administration held secret talks with Iran on deporting Iranians even as the war there dragged on, court documents obtained by the Associated Press show.

The court documents unsealed on Thursday show the Republican administration as recently as mid-October said it had plans to deport the Iranians through an unnamed third country, although it was unclear when it intended to do so.

The judge in the case ordered the government to give the court 24-hour notice of any finalized plans to deport Iranians to Iran or to any other country and five days’ written notice before any such deportation is carried out.

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WORLDFrance 24

Nigeria court bars opposition candidate two months before election

In tonight's edition, a Nigerian court disqualifies a leading presidential candidate, adding fresh complications for the electoral process two months before the election. Also, tens of thousands have fled across the border into Kenya as deadly ethnic clashes in southern Ethiopia intensify. And having fled conflict and violence, members of the first Refugee Youth Olympic Team are chasing Olympic dreams at Dakar 2026.

WORLDThe Guardian

White House event reveals Ukraine and Russia share one goal: flattering Melania

As war rages on in Kyiv and other cities, the first lady celebrates her single-city ceasefire with Russian and Ukrainian envoys Beaming from a podium in the White House’s Grand Foyer, Melania Trump welcomed senior Russian and Ukrainian officials on Thursday to celebrate a ceasefire in an embattled Ukrainian town for which she has become the unlikeliest broker. The evacuation from Oleshky, a frontline Ukrainian town now occupied by Russia where 800 people lived through a protracted humanitarian crisis, may seem like a sideshow at this point in the war.…

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