Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (video statements)
In a media interview, Director Kash Patel said, "We finally equated terrorists to being terrorists. That is a critical win that is never talked about–moving the machine to designate these organizations as Foreign Terrorist Organizations allowed the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, and DOW to do what you’re seeing."
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Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) (video statements)
In a media interview, Director Patel described how the FBI is working to investigate fraud that targets Americans. "You have to root out the fraud like we’re doing on the ground in Minnesota," he said, "and go to places like Cambodia, Thailand, and Burma where the CCP is standing up villages of scam center compounds and work with our private sectors to annihilate them."
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The EU has adopted its first-ever anti-poverty strategy, built on three pillars to tackle one of Europe’s biggest challenges.
1 in 5 Europeans are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This strategy aims to change that with:
– Affordable housing, early warning systems and debt counselling.
– Connecting people outside the labor market to quality jobs.
– A European Child Guarantee Card to ensure children get the support they’re entitled to.
Later this year, the Commission will also launch a new coalition against poverty — bringing businesses and philanthropic organisations together around concrete commitments. From President’s von der Leyen ‘s words: "We are building a Europe of dignity, opportunity and equality for the generations to come".
Source: Republic of South Africa (video statements)
Listen 🎧| Deputy Minister Bernice Swarts’ Call to Action on the Presidential One Billion Trees Programme – Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Bernice Swarts, calls on all South Africans to take part in the Presidential One Billion Trees Programme by joining government in planting ten million trees on 24 September 2026.
The trees are planted under the theme: “My Tree, My Oxygen – Plant Yours Today!” #TenMillionTreesZA #GovZAUpdates
Joint comments to the media delivered by Jamal Fares Alrowaiei, Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the United Nations, and Mohamed Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, on Iran.
Source: United Kingdom UK House of Lords (video statements)
There’s only 1 week to go until the State Opening of Parliament. On Wednesday 13 May, His Majesty the King will read the King’s Speech from the Throne in the House of Lords chamber. Although the King reads the Speech, it is written by the government and sets out its agenda for the new parliamentary session.
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Press conference by Zoe Brennan, International Organization for Migration (IOM) Spokesperson, and Jonathan Prentice, Head of the UN Network on Migration, on the launch of the World Migration Report. They were joined virtually by Pablo Rojas Coppari and Stuart Russell Campo from IOM’s research team to address any technical questions on the report.
Zoe Brennan said ensuring safe and regular pathways, supporting skills, mobility and strengthening regional cooperation “are concrete steps that respect national borders and priorities and help countries manage migration more effectively while delivering real benefits for economies and people alike.”
Brennan said, “when migration is well managed, it supports jobs, economic growth, stability and social cohesion,” and added that “migrants contribute as workers and entrepreneurs and consumers, and through the skills, innovation and connections they bring across borders.”
By the end of 2024, she said, “an estimated 83.4 million people were internally displaced within their own countries, the highest number ever recorded, driven by conflict, violence and disasters.”
This, Brennan said, “underscores that most displacement happens within countries rather than across borders.”
Responding to a reporter’s question, Stuart Campo from IOM’s research team said, “while we saw in the last year a reduction in attempted crossings on the central Mediterranean route, which is one of the major routes, we saw a doubling in the number of migrants who went missing or were found dead. So, this shows that these routes are becoming more dangerous and treacherous.”
According to the report, international migration remains relatively uncommon in global terms, with around 304 million international migrants worldwide in mid-2024, 3.7 percent of the global population.
Human displacement, the report finds, continues to rise, with over 120 million people displaced globally by the end of 2024, including refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons, reflecting the scale and persistence of protracted conflicts and compounding crises.
Environmental disruption is now a defining feature of contemporary mobility, as record‑breaking temperatures, droughts, wildfires, and storms increasingly interact with poverty, weak infrastructure and governance challenges to influence displacement, migration, and immobility, according to the report.
