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Overnight News Digest March 30, 2025 [1]
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Date: 2025-03-30
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BBC
Musk gives away $1m cheques ahead of Wisconsin's Supreme Court election
Billionaire Elon Musk has given away $1m (£770,000) cheques to voters in Wisconsin after the state supreme court refused to intervene. Musk announced the prize earlier this week, ahead of Wisconsin's tightly contested Supreme Court election to be held on Tuesday. Wisconsin Attorney General and Democrat Josh Kaul had sued to stop the giveaway, arguing that Musk was violating a state law that bans gifts in exchange for votes. The race, which could flip control of the state's supreme court to the Republicans, has become a flash point and the most expensive judicial election in American history. Kaul had tried to argue the giveaway was an illegal attempt buy votes. Musk's lawyers, in response, argued that Kaul is "restraining Mr Musk's political speech and curtailing his First Amendment rights". Musk's lawyers added that the payments were "intended to generate a grassroots movement in opposition to activist judges, not to expressly advocate for or against any candidate".
BBC
Red Cross outraged over killing of eight medics in Gaza
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has said it is "outraged" at the deaths of eight medics killed on duty in Rafah in southern Gaza. The nine-person ambulance team came under heavy fire in al-Hashashin on 23 March, said the IFRC. Their bodies were retrieved on Sunday after access was denied for a week. One medic is still missing. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said their staff's bodies were discovered along with those of six members of Gaza's Hamas-run civil defence agency and one UN employee. They did not say who opened fire on the convoy - but Hamas blamed the Israel Defense Forces for the attack. The BBC has sought comment from the IDF. In Sunday's statement, the IFRC said the eight bodies of PRCS workers were retrieved "after seven days of silence and having access denied to the area of Rafah where they were last seen".
AP
North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo
WASHINGTON (AP) — A judge challenging the outcome of his North Carolina Supreme Court race was photographed wearing Confederate military garb and posing before a Confederate battle flag when he was a member of a college fraternity that glorified the pre-Civil War South. The emergence of the photographs comes at a delicate time for Jefferson Griffin, a Republican appellate judge who is seeking a spot on North Carolina’s highest court. Griffin, 44, is facing mounting criticism – including from some Republicans – as he seeks to invalidate over 60,000 votes cast in last November’s election, a still undecided contest in which he is trailing the Democratic incumbent by over 700 votes. Kappa Alpha has proven to be a lightning rod for controversy over the decades, often due to the racist or insensitive actions of some of its members. One of the pictures, taken during the 2001 ball, shows Griffin and roughly two-dozen other fraternity members clad in Confederate uniforms.
AP
Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics ‘you have no future’
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in Tuesday to a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided him as “Europe’s last dictator” by saying his country has more democracy “than those who cast themselves as its models.” “Half of the world is dreaming about our ‘dictatorship,’ the dictatorship of real business and interests of our people,” Lukashenko, 70, said in his inauguration speech at the Independence Palace in the capital of Minsk. Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year, and his political opponents have denounced the tightly orchestrated Jan. 26 election as a farce. The Belarus Central Election Commission declared he won with nearly 87% of the vote after a campaign in which four token challengers on the ballot all praised his rule.
The Guardian
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians face power outages due to ice storm
More than 300,000 Canadians faced power outages in parts of Ontario on Sunday as an ice storm pummeled the region over the weekend, according to electricity provider Hydro One. Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings for freezing rain in Ottawa, parts of Quebec and Ontario, with the risk of snow mixed with or transitioning to ice pellets expected to continue until Monday morning in some regions. “Outages are largely being caused by tree limbs and branches being weighed down from the accumulation of freezing rain,” Hydro One said on its website, noting there is also the risk of flooding for central Ontario. More than 300,000 customers were affected as of Sunday afternoon, according to the website, with power expected to be restored on 1 April.
The Guardian
Donald Trump says he is ‘very angry’ with Vladimir Putin over Ukraine
Donald Trump has said he is “pissed off” with Vladimir Putin over his approach to a ceasefire in Ukraine and threatened to levy tariffs on Moscow’s oil exports if the Russian leader does not agree to a truce within a month. The US president indicated he would levy a 25% or 50% tariff that would affect countries buying Russian oil in a telephone interview with NBC News, during which he also threatened to bomb Iran and did not rule out using force in Greenland. “If Russia and I are unable to make a deal on stopping the bloodshed in Ukraine, and if I think it was Russia’s fault, which it might not be, but if I think it was Russia’s fault, I am going to put secondary tariffs on oil, on all oil coming out of Russia,” Trump said. “That would be that if you buy oil from Russia, you can’t do business in the United States. There will be a 25% tariff on all … on all oil, a 25 to 50-point tariff on all oil.”
Al Jazeera
LIVE: Israel kills 64 in Gaza on Eid; bodies of 14 missing medics recovered
Palestinian officials say Israeli forces have killed at least 64 people, including children, in Gaza on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has recovered the bodies of eight medics, five civil defence workers and a UN employee, a week after their vehicles came under Israeli fire near Rafah in southern Gaza.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has condemned the killings, saying the “devastating incident” represents the single most deadly attack on its workers anywhere in the world since 2017.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,277 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,095 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza.
Deutsche Welle
Europe goes into daylight saving time despite controversy
Clocks were turned forward by one hour on Sunday morning in most European countries as daylight saving time started ahead of summer. The controversial time-change sees clock go forward an hour every year on the last Sunday of March and back an hour on the last Sunday of October. Initially introduced in the previous century as a power-saving strategy, nowadays many question the relevance of the time changes, with the European Union going as far as attempting to abolish the system back in 2018. The practice has been generally divisive, with proponents appreciating the "extra hour" won while opponents argue against the potential disruption to sleep schedules. Research suggests that the practice has a negative impact on the economy as well as people's health.
Reuters
Stocks skid, bonds rally as tariffs stoke recession risk
SYDNEY, March 31 (Reuters) - World share markets were in a tailspin on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump said tariffs would essentially cover all countries, stoking worries a global trade war could lead to recession. Trump's comments to reporters on Air Force One seemed to dash hopes the levies would be more limited. Trump is due to receive tariff recommendations on Tuesday and announce initial levels on Wednesday, followed by auto tariffs the day after. Seeking any safe harbour from the trade storm, investors piled into sovereign bonds and the Japanese yen, while lifting gold prices to another all-time high. "For the first time in years, we find ourselves genuinely worried about risk assets," said Ajay Rajadhyaksha, head of rates markets at Barclays. "If policy chaos and trade wars worsen much further, a recession is now a realistic risk across major economies," he added.
Washington Post
States rush to hire federal workers out of work after DOGE cuts
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