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Overnight News Digest April 27, 2025 [1]

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Date: 2025-04-27

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NPR

The DEA says 114 immigrants in the U.S. illegally were arrested at a Colorado nightclub

The Drug Enforcement Administration says a raid carried out with other law enforcement agencies in Colorado Springs on Sunday led to the capture of more than 100 immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally. The DEA's Rocky Mountain Division said in a post on X that 114 immigrants were arrested and placed "on buses for processing and likely eventual deportation." The DEA said in a separate post earlier in the day that the "multi-agency enforcement operation" at an "underground nightclub" early on Sunday had also resulted in the seizure of drugs and weapons. Pullen said "what was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence — we seized a number of guns in there." Pullen added that there were over a dozen active duty service members in the club either as patrons or working as armed security guards.

NPR

Homes destroyed and 1,500 detained in Kashmir as India cracks down following attacks

PULWAMA, India — Indian authorities have detained at least 1,500 people in India-administered Kashmir after a militant attack killed 26 people last week, a top police officer told NPR. Several homes linked to alleged militants were also destroyed. India accused Pakistan of having a connection to the attack — the worst aimed at Indian civilians in more than a decade — claiming that the group that claimed responsibility was backed by the Pakistani military. That ratcheted up tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries, who both control parts of Kashmir, but claim ownership over the whole region. The police crackdown started on Thursday night, two days after the attack, when NPR confirmed that the homes of three suspected militants were destroyed — along with the home of the only man that Indian authorities have named as being suspected in involvement in the attack, Adil Thokar.

The Guardian

US treasury secretary says ‘there is a path’ with China over tariff negotiations

The US treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, said “there is a path” to an agreement with China over tariffs after he had interactions with his Chinese counterparts last week in Washington. “I had interaction with my Chinese counterparts, but it was more on the traditional things like financial stability, global economic early warnings,” Bessent told ABC News’s This Week on Sunday, explaining that he had spoken to the Chinese during International Monetary Fund meetings in Washington. “I don’t know if President Trump has spoken with President Xi,” he added. On Friday, Donald Trump asserted in an interview that tariff negotiations were under way with China, comments he repeated on his way to Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis, but were later denied by China’s foreign ministry, which said the US “should stop creating confusion” “The Chinese will see this high tariff level is unsustainable for their business,” he said. He added that Beijing’s denial that negotiations are ongoing was for a Chinese audience..

Deutsche Welle

Iran-US nuclear talks: What you need to know

The third round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States began on Saturday in Muscat, capital of Oman, aiming for a breakthrough that could have major implications for regional and global security. A successful agreement could lower the risk of another Middle East conflict involving the US, Israel and Iran, and curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. It could also potentially ease American sanctions on Iran, maybe transforming its battered economy and reshaping its political outlook. According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as of March 2025, Iran had amassed over 100 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60% purity, just short of weapons-grade material. Nuclear weapons typically require uranium enriched to around 90%. If further enriched, Iran's current stockpile could be used to make several bombs.

Reuters Who’s in charge?

Amid U.S.-Iran talks, Netanyahu says Iran's entire nuclear program must go

JERUSALEM, April 27 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday repeated calls for Iran's entire nuclear infrastructure to be dismantled, as Washington and Tehran engage in talks for a nuclear accord The United States and Iran have so far held three rounds of indirect talks, mediated by Gulf state Oman, aimed at sealing a deal that would block Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon but also lift crippling economic sanctions imposed by Washington. After talks in Rome earlier this month, Oman said that the U.S. and Iran were pursuing an accord that would see Tehran " completely free " of nuclear weapons and sanctions but "maintaining its ability to develop peaceful nuclear energy." Netanyahu said the only "good deal" would be one that removed "all of the infrastructure" akin to the 2003 agreement that Libya made with the West that saw it give up its nuclear, chemical, biological and missile programmes.

Deutsche Welle

Could Germany return to Russian gas via Nord Stream?

As the war in Ukraine grinds into its fourth year, the idea that Russia could pump gas to the European Union via Germany again is not as outlandish as it might have been a few months ago. Amid media reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to stop his invasion at the current front line in discussions with the United States, speculation continues over the possible reintegration of Russian gas into the European Union's energy mix. Both Russia and the United States are reportedly keen on a deal to get gas flowing through the pipelines again. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said recently discussions with the US have included Nord Stream. Meanwhile, several reports say US investors are interested in buying Nord Stream 2 AG — the Swiss-based subsidiary of Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom which owns the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In January, bankruptcy proceedings against Nord Stream 2 AG were delayed until May, with a redacted court document showing that Gazprom argued that the Trump administration could "have significant consequences on the circumstances of Nord Stream 2."

Reuters

World military spending hits $2.7 trillion in record 2024 surge

Ed. note: A trillion is a very large number, equivalent to 1,000,000,000,000 (one million million).

STOCKHOLM, April 28 (Reuters) - \World military expenditure reached $2.72 trillion in 2024, an increase of 9.4% from 2023 and the steepest year-on-year rise since at least the end of the Cold War, according to a report released by a leading conflict think tank on Monday. Heightened geopolitical tension saw increased military spending in all world regions, with particularly rapid growth in both Europe and the Middle East, data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) showed. "Over 100 countries around the world raised their military spending in 2024," SIPRI said. "As governments increasingly prioritize military security, often at the expense of other budget areas, the economic and social trade-offs could have significant effects on societies for years to come," it said. The war in Ukraine and doubts over U.S. commitment to the NATO-alliance saw military spending in Europe (including Russia) rise by 17%, pushing European military spending beyond the level recorded at the end of the Cold War. Russia's military expenditure reached an estimated $149 billion in 2024, a 38% increase from 2023 and double the level in 2015. This represented 7.1% of Russia's GDP and 19% of all government spending.

AP News

Market turmoil has many afraid to check retirement savings

NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Montgomery used to check the balance on his retirement account once a week and smile. But lately, not wanting to get upset and question if he could retire in a few years, there was only one solution. “I’m not looking,” says the 66-year-old professor from Huntington Woods, Michigan. As the White House simultaneously injects turmoil into financial markets with its trade war and dismisses fears of a downturn, retired and near-retired Americans are anxiously looking on, worried about outliving their savings or having to put off entries on their bucket lists. Though stocks rallied this week, the S&P 500 is down 10% from an all-time high reached in February. Losses in the Nasdaq and among small-cap stocks are steeper. Even bonds and the U.S. dollar have been volatile. Many economists are warning of a possible recession.

Washington Post

While tariffs roil Wall Street, individual investors stay in stocks

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