Politics

London council seizes social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone first lady

Fatima Jabbe-Bio kept tenancy in Southwark despite living for much of year at presidential lodge in Freetown

Fugitive linked to Australian cartel caught after being found hiding in bathroom of private jet on resort island

Indonesian authorities arrested an Australian fugitive hiding in the lavatory of a private jet as it was about to take off from the resort island of Bali, officials said Thursday.

Father of baby killed by Israeli forces in West Bank recounts shooting

Footage has emerged of the killing of seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in the occupied West Bank. Video obtained by the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights shows the family’s car slowing down and stopping. The video has no sound and it is unclear when exactly the soldier opened fire at the vehicle. The Israel Defense Forces said its troops had 'perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them' and that one of its soldiers had 'responded with single shots toward the vehicle'. Video obtained by the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights, however, shows the family’s car slowing down and stopping. The video has no sound and it is unclear when exactly the soldier opened fire at the vehicle, but the clip appears to corroborate the account of Sam's father, Fahed Abu Haikal

The ‘Presumption of Regularity’ Is Evaporating

Judges have long defaulted to a posture of trust toward the federal government, but under Trump that is changing, and a new set of legal possibilities is emerging.

House Rejects Last-Minute Extension for Key FISA Spy Power Amid Bill Pulte Uproar

Updated on: June 11, 2026 / 11:05 AM EDT / CBS News

Belfast police warn of further violence after attempted beheading

Violence in Belfast, United Kingdom, continued for another night into Thursday over the attempted beheading of a local by a Sudanese immigrant.

Trump's Arch Construction Could Take 20 Hours a Day for 2-3 Years, Documents Say

June 11, 2026 / 11:00 AM EDT / CBS News

House votes down FISA patch, risking first-ever lapse

The House rejected a short-term extension of a government spy program set to lapse in just one day.

Road closures in DC expected to snarl traffic ahead of UFC fight

Washington, D.C., is bracing for a weekend of road closures, security checkpoints, and heightened law enforcement presence ahead of UFC’s Freedom 250 event on the White House South Lawn.

Decision Day isn't a celebration. It's a public ranking of children

Graduation season is upon us, and with it a ritual that did not exist a generation ago. In recent years, thousands of high schools have built out something called “Decision Day”: an event where seniors arrive in college sweatshirts, assemblies are staged, matriculation lists are published, and social media accounts celebrate elite acceptances with logos and school colors. Parents film it. Administrators promote it. Local news covers it.

ICE, DACA, and a Red Card, Oh My!

A nation cannot simultaneously tolerate mass unlawful entry for years and then pretend it has the infrastructure to reverse it overnight. As angry protests target Immigration and Customs Enforcement facilities and political inaction continues in Washington, millions of people inside our borders face a compounding crisis of legal uncertainty. ICE personnel are caught in the crossfire, tasked with executing massive congressional mandates that are running into a wall of legal and logistical realities.

'Once, Mandela was seen as the devil incarnate': the TV show laying bare the true struggle against apartheid

From the activist who knew him as ‘Uncle Nelson’ to the campaigner who would go on to become a cabinet member, we talk to those involved in the struggle – and who feature in an eye-opening new documentary