|  | | | | | | | | | Top News | | President Donald Trump said that U.S. authorities would begin next week removing millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally. “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into the United States,” Trump tweeted. There are an estimated 12 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally, mainly from Mexico and Central America. Under a deal reached earlier this month, Mexico has agreed to take Central American immigrants seeking asylum in the United States until their cases are heard in U.S. courts.
| | | | | | | | Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam signaled the end of a controversial extradition bill that she promoted and then postponed after some of the most violent protests since the former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997. In a closely watched press conference, Lam apologized for the turmoil but refused to say whether the bill would be withdrawn, only that it wouldn’t be re-introduced during her time in office if public fears persist. | | | | | Middle East | | | | | | Egypt’s former president Mohamed Mursi was buried in a restricted family ceremony in Cairo, a day after he suffered a fatal heart attack in court, his son said, as tributes poured in on social media. When Mursi, a leader of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, broke out of jail during the final days of Hosni Mubarak’s presidency in 2011, he little imagined that the following year he would be president and, another year on, behind bars again. Three years later, deposed and once more under military-backed rule, he was on trial accused of various crimes, charges that were to bring him a life sentence and keep him in prison until his collapse in court and death. | | | | | | | | A Qatari technical delegation held talks in Israel and the Gaza Strip this week about helping pay for a proposed new power line between them, officials on both sides said, marking a potential expansion of Doha’s aid efforts for Palestinians. Qatar has in recent years funnelled hundreds of millions of dollars into relief projects in Hamas-controlled Gaza, which it views as helping stave off privation and fighting with Israel.The intervention is approved by Israel but has gone largely unacknowledged by rightist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who, along with U.S.-allied Arab leaders, has cold-shouldered Doha for its ties to Iran and Islamist groups like Hamas.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Paris Air Show | | Boeing suffered a fresh setback at the opening of the Paris Airshow as the U.S. planemaker’s engine supplier revealed a delay affecting its all-new 777X jet, while Airbus targeted the middle of the market with a rival plane.
5 Min Read | | | | AirAsia Group Bhd will make an announcement about the Airbus SE A321XLR narrowbody jet at the Paris Airshow, a source with knowledge of the matter said. Reuters last month reported the Malaysian low-cost carrier was in negotiations to buy the new longer-range version of the A321 passenger jet, citing two sources familiar with the matter.
1 min read | | | | Korean Air has provisionally ordered 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliner passenger jets and agreed to lease another 10, the companies said on Tuesday, giving the world’s largest planemaker a needed boost after a subdued start to the Paris Airshow. 1 min read | | | | The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said it is moving to rewrite testing rules to allow for the eventual return of civil supersonic air travel. At an event in Paris, acting FAA Administrator Dan Elwell said the agency is working to “enable the return of civil supersonic travel, while ensuring the environmental impacts are understood and properly addressed.” 3 min read | | | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
