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South Africa denies trying to bend the rules to give Musk's Starlink preferential treatment

South Africa has denied accusations that a draft policy watering down Black ownership requirements for tech firms was proposed to benefit the Starlink business of white South African-born billionaire Elon Musk

The Independent UK

Ramaphosa in Washington: can South Africa - US ties be saved?

As relations between South Africa and the US hit their lowest point since apartheid’s end, President Cyril Ramaphosa heads to Washington to mend fences after years of frosty ties and dwindling aid under Trump-era policies. In this week's Spotlight on Africa we unpack what’s at stake - and what was…

Radio France Internationale

DHS Claims Migrants Are Using US Asylum System Like a 'Get-Out-of-Deportation-Free Card'

The Trump administration made the comment while working to deny asylum to a Guatemalan man who survived two homophobic attacks in his home country.

Latin Times

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Whatever happened to Elon Musk? Tech boss drifts to margins of Trump world

The president’s billionaire backer was ever-present at the start of Trump’s term but is now pulling back from politics – and Republicans want to keep it that way

The Guardian - US

White genocide, white guilt and Trump

Trump's racist assault on South Africa's president was shockingly clumsy — because the truth doesn't even matter

Salon

S.Africa Moves To Ease Black Empowerment Law Under Starlink Pressure

South Africa's government is moving towards easing its black ownership laws in the telecoms sector -- a policy change that would smooth the way for Elon Musk's Starlink to enter the local market.

International Business Times

First Thing: Trump administration revokes Harvard’s ability to enroll international students

Move is most severe escalation yet in weeks-long dispute. Plus, Trump seeks to end basic rights for child immigrants in custody

The Guardian - UK

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S.Africa Minister Rejects 'Genocide' Claim With Statistics

South Africa does not face a "white genocide" and claims that most victims of murders on farms are white are a distortion of statistics, the police minister said Friday, dismissing statements by US President Donald Trump.

International Business Times

Trump’s ambush of South Africa’s president shows how low the US has fallen

Instead of embarrassing Cyril Ramaphosa, the US president’s ‘gotcha’ moment illuminates the fact-free reality show that is Trump’s America

The Guardian - US

Praise and dismay in South Africa over president’s meeting with Trump

Ramaphosa hailed for keeping his cool in the Oval Office, but some questioned why he would walk into an ambush

The Guardian - UK

Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo

Other images displayed by Trump during meeting with South African president Cyril Ramaphosa were false or misleading

The Guardian - AU

Trump’s new approach to foreign diplomacy: Oval Office smackdowns

President has taken to berating foreign leaders and reporters at length, foregoing traditional press conferences

The Independent UK

White House Defends Pushing 'Unsubstantiated' Video to Support South African 'Genocide' Claims

The White House defended the use of a misleading video in order to support claims that white South Africans are being oppressed and murdered in the country.

Latin Times

The Guardian view on the US and South Africa: Trump looks to his base and partners look elsewhere

Editorial: The president’s cynical ambush of Cyril Ramaphosa was not about American interests but racial grievances

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Radio France Internationale

South Africa, US to discuss critical minerals despite tough Trump meeting

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa said that South Africa has up to nine critical minerals that the United States needs, and he hopes to advance discussions on bilateral trade deals with Donald Trump in Washington.

International Business Times

Trump Showed South Africa's President Video of a 'Burial Site' as Proof of 'Genocide.' It Was From a Protest Years Ago

Donald Trump confronted South Africa's president with misleading video from protest footage from 2020 as evidence on ongoing "genocide," despite debunked claims.

Al Jazeera

Trump’s Ramaphosa ‘ambush’: Key takeaways from heated White House meeting

Trump showed videos of South Africans singing ‘Kill the Boer,’ alleging genocide against white Afrikaners.

Al Jazeera

Fact check: Do Trump’s ‘white genocide’ claims to Ramaphosa hold up?

US president claims white South African farmers face systematic killings, echoing debunked white genocide narratives.

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Salon

Forget Biden, focus on Trump

Trump's problems today are more important than Biden's problems yesterday

International Business Times

Els And Goosen: Golfers Dragged Into Trump's Ambush Of S.Africa Leader

Former world number one golfer, Ernie Els, declared himself a "proud South African" as he was dragged into the ambush of his country's leader Cyril Ramaphosa by US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.

The Independent UK

Trump uses photos from wrong country as evidence of ‘white genocide’ in South Africa

Trump appeared to mistake an article about violence in the DRC for the ‘burial sites of white farmers’ in South Africa

We Got This Covered

‘It’s literally an SNL skit’: Trump gives South Africa the ‘full Zelenskyy treatment’ in oval office disaster filled with false claims

This time Trump brought props.

The Guardian - US

Mahmoud Khalid allowed to hold newborn son for first time – as it happened

Detained Palestinian activist allowed contact after federal judge blocks Trump administration from separating. This blog is now closed.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Two Israeli embassy employees shot dead near Washington DC Jewish museum

Police say suspect, named as Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, is in custody. Plus, Trump hectors South African president with false claims of ‘white genocide’

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‘He’s about to blow’: Donald Trump’s fragile facade crumbles before South African President as guilt sends him into defensive spiral

Seems like this $400 million jet bribe is quite the sore point.

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