by dap | Mar 26, 2025 | The Guardian
The arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, was a turning point for those already angered at political repression and a cost of living crisis
The tens of thousands who have
over the last week are not all supporters of
, the jailed political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. They are outraged because they believe that the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor is a tipping point, with the country sliding from authoritarian democracy to outright autocracy.
Authorities have now arrested more than 1,400 protesters, including numerous
. They are
of a movement that Mr Erdoğan describes as “evil”, but which is driven by anger at cumulative political repression and the parlous state of the economy.
by dap | Mar 26, 2025 | The Guardian
Wednesday’s Senate intelligence committee hearing saw Donald Trump’s security team face a grilling from Congress as they were challenged on their claim that no classified information was leaked to The Atlantic’s editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was mistakenly added to a Signal chat that discussed a military strike on Yemen’s Houthis
by dap | Mar 26, 2025 | The Guardian
Heads of both NPR and PBS testify amid renewed Republican effort to defund US public media
The heads of National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service testified in a heated congressional subcommittee hearing on Wednesday amid a renewed Republican effort to defund US public media.
“NPR and PBS have increasingly become radical leftwing echo chambers,” said Georgia Republican representative Marjorie Taylor Greene during her opening remarks, accusing NPR of having a “communist agenda”.
by dap | Mar 26, 2025 | The Guardian
Military officials say soldiers were conducting scheduled tactical training outside Vilnius
Four US
soldiers have gone missing at a training area outside of
’s capital, and a search is under way, the US military said on Wednesday.
A statement from the US army’s Europe and Africa public affairs office in Wiesbaden, Germany, said the soldiers were conducting scheduled tactical training at the time.
by dap | Mar 26, 2025 | The Guardian
Magazine releases more text from chat after Trump officials claimed none of it was ‘classified information’
magazine has published fresh messages from the Signal chat group including from top US officials discussing operational details of
.
The initial revelations by the magazine and its editor, Jeffrey Goldberg, who was accidentally added to the chat, have created a huge scandal in the US, and the Trump administration has faced
over the disastrous leak of sensitive information. However, the magazine did not include specific details of the attack, saying it did not want to jeoparsise national security.
