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New York puts 282 detainees in pro-Palestinian university protests with “external agitators”

The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, put this Wednesday in 282 detainees in pro-Palestinian university protests within that city during yesterday’s day and assured that among the demonstrators there were “external agitators.”

“Right now we have 282 arrests: 173 come from CUNY (the city’s public university) and 109 from Columbia,” Adams said on Wednesday at a joint press conference with Edward Cabán, commissioner of the New York Police Department.

However, the councilor did not offer “for the moment” the data on the number of individuals outside the campus after the eviction operation carried out last night mainly at Columbia University, the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests in U.S. higher education institutions.

The New York Police broke into the emblematic Hamilton Hall building (Columbia University), which had been vandalized and occupied hours earlier, in an eviction operation that, as Adams detailed today, included drones and a crane to enter the second floor of a construction that already had great symbolic value in the protests over the Vietnam War in 1968.

“(The take of the Hamilton Hall) was directed by individuals who are not affiliated with the university. There were people on campus who shouldn’t have been there. We saw a change in the tactics that were being used (…) This was led by external agitators,” said the New York city alk.

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According to Adams’ account, they understood that there were “external actors kidnapping the protests” and trying to “influence” the students so that the situation escalated after verifying that they were betting on “not-peaceful” methods such as “barricades, destruction of properties and dismantling of security cameras.”

“We regret that the protesters have chosen to aggravate the situation through their actions. After the University learned during the night that the Hamilton Hall was occupied, destroyed and blocked, we had no other option,” Columbia University had indicated before the operation, adding that, after the takeover, the resolution of the situation was in the hands of the police.

The students, whose camps deployed on campus were also evicted, did not offer resistance on Tuesday night and arrested them one by one to then transfer them to police stations on several buses.

“From anti-Semitism to Islamophobia (…) there is no place for hatred in this city (…) we always protect the right to protest but we must balance it with maintaining the security of students, the school and our city,” concluded Adams, who also pointed out that they will continue to work with the police and the university to prevent new settlements from occurring.

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Trump signs order to end federal funding for NPR and PBS

U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to halt federal funding for two public media outlets, PBS television and NPR radio, accusing them of being biased.

NPR and PBS are partially funded by American taxpayers but rely heavily on private donations.

Trump has long maintained a hostile relationship with most media outlets, which he has referred to as the “enemy of the people.”

An exception is the conservative Fox News channel, some of whose hosts have played important roles in the administration of the Republican magnate.

“National Public Radio (NPR) and Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) receive taxpayer funding through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB),” Trump said.

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“Therefore, I direct the CPB board and all executive departments and agencies to cease federal funding for NPR and PBS,” he added.

The Republican leader argued that “neither of these entities provides a fair, accurate, or impartial portrayal of current events to the taxpayer citizens.”

At the end of March, Donald Trump called on Congress to end public funding for these two “horrible and completely biased networks.”

International

Man arrested after deliberately driving into seven children in Osaka

Japanese police arrested a man on Thursday after he rammed his car into a group of seven schoolchildren in an apparent deliberate attack in the city of Osaka.

The children, who were on their way home from school, sustained injuries and were taken to the hospital. All seven remained conscious, according to local authorities.

An Osaka police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the suspect is a 28-year-old man from Tokyo. The officer shared statements the man made after his arrest: “I was fed up with everything, so I decided to kill people by driving into several elementary school children,” the suspect reportedly said.

The man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.

The injured children, aged between seven and eight, included a seven-year-old girl who suffered a fractured jaw. The six other children—all boys—suffered minor injuries such as bruises and scratches and were undergoing medical evaluation.

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Witnesses described the car as “zigzagging” before hitting the children. One witness told Nippon TV that a girl was “covered in blood” and the others appeared to have scratches.

Another witness said the driver, who was wearing a face mask, looked to be in shock when school staff pulled him from the vehicle.

Violent crimes are rare in Japan, though serious incidents do occur from time to time. In 2008, Tomohiro Kato drove a two-ton truck into pedestrians in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, then fatally stabbed several victims. Seven people were killed in that attack.

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Clashes erupt during may day protests across France amid calls for better wages

May Day protests in France were marked by a heavy police presence and clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement in several cities.

In Paris, Lyon, and Nantes, thousands took to the streets to demand better wages, fairer working conditions, and to voice their dissatisfaction with President Emmanuel Macron’s government.

While the majority of the demonstrations remained peaceful, isolated confrontations broke out in some areas. Protesters threw objects at the police, prompting the use of tear gas and resulting in several arrests.

Videos showing police crackdowns circulated widely on social media, drawing criticism from labor unions and human rights advocates, who denounced the authorities’ response to the protests.