Europeans shunning US as Emirates and Asia travel prove popular, says Tui

Travel company reports lower demand for US amid signs Trump immigration crackdown is deterring travellers Business live – latest updates Europeans are booking fewer trips to the US, Europe’s biggest travel operator has said, as appetite for long-haul travel wanes and concerns linger around Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Tui, which receives most of its bookings … Read more

ICE List: the small European website exposing US immigration agents

Netherlands-based site uses public information and tips to reveal identities of agents involved in crackdowns across US It started as a cheeky response on social media to the US secretary for homeland security. Months later, however, a Europe-based project to unmask US immigration and custom enforcement (ICE) agents has racked up millions of views and … Read more

‘I saw the writing on the wall’: Austria offers safe haven for US academics as Trump wages war on universities

Other countries benefit from the Trump brain drain as administration wages war on academia and research Wali Malik no longer has to worry that a rightwing bureaucrat – or influencer – will decide his research is “woke”. He doesn’t have to fear government retaliation for speaking his mind or following the science wherever it may … Read more

Appeals court backs Noem move to end TPS protections for Nepal, Honduras, Nicaragua

A federal appeals court in San Francisco granted a stay allowing the government to proceed with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nepal, Honduras and Nicaragua. The reliably liberal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order freezing a lower court ruling that would have vacated Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi … Read more

US says two people killed in military strike on boat in Pacific

Officials say rescuers searching for lone survivor after latest attack on what Pentagon says are suspected drug smugglers The US military’s Southern Command, which oversee operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, announced that it carried out another deadly strike on Monday, killing two suspected drug smugglers in the eastern Pacific. The statement said that … Read more

Trump news at a glance: Europe must stand up to Trump and his ‘demolition men’, new report says

Report prepared by Munich Security Conference warns of ‘suicide of a superpower’ under Trump – key US politics stories from Monday 9 February at a glance Europe has come to the painful realisation that it needs to be more assertive and more militarily independent from an authoritarian US administration that no longer shares a commitment … Read more