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US judge rules Palestinian student can be deported

A US immigration judge rules that Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for his pro-Palestine views.

A US immigration judge has ruled in favour of the US government and decided that a Mahmoud Khalil, a student who led pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University in New York last year, can be deported. His lawyers say they will appeal.

Also in the programme: The US dollar falls to its lowest level for three years as the trade wars continue and we speak to an opera singer lending her voice to a recycling awareness on the back of a garbage truck in the Colombian city of Medellin.

Joining presenter Rebecca Kesby to discuss these and other stories of the day are Joana Cook, an Assistant Professor of Terrorism and Political violence at Leiden University in The Hague and also a Senior Fellow at the International Center for Counterterrorism and Alan Posener a columnist from the German newspaper die Welt.

(Picture: Mahmoud Khalil speaks to members of media about the Revolt for Rafah encampment at Columbia University during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, in New York City, U.S. on June 1, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Jeenah Moon).

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Sat 12 Apr 2025 05:06GMT

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  • Sat 12 Apr 2025 05:06GMT