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The mother of White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt’s nephew was granted bond from ICE custody as conflicting claims emerge over her immigration and relationship to Leavitt.

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A Brazilian-born woman with familial ties to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt is being released from United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody as she has contested possible deportation, her lawyer has said.

Bruna Ferreira, a longtime resident of Massachusetts, received a $1,500 bond on Monday from an immigration judge at a Louisiana detention centre. Ferreira was arrested by ICE agents last month while driving to pick up her 11-year-old son in New Hampshire. She was previously engaged to Leavitt’s brother, Michael.

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Her lawyer, Todd Pomerleau, said in a text message that “we argued that she wasn’t a danger or a flight risk,” and added: “The government stipulated to our argument and never once argued that she was a criminal illegal alien and waived appeal.”

A protester is arrested as members of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) conduct immigration raids on the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina [File: Sam Wolfe/Reuters]

The White House has sought to distance Leavitt from the case, saying in a statement that Ferreira had not spoken to the press secretary “in years”. Trump administration officials have not provided evidence for their claims about Ferreira’s history.

However, court filings, family photographs, and previous reporting indicate Ferreira lived with her son and shared custody with Michael Leavitt. In an interview with The Washington Post, Ferreira said she had chosen Karoline Leavitt to be her son’s godmother.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said in an email that Ferreira is a “criminal illegal alien” who had been detained for battery, an allegation Pomerleau denies. DHS also stated that Ferreira entered the US on a B2 tourist visa that required her to leave the country in 1999.

“She will have periodic mandatory check-ins with ICE law enforcement to ensure she is abiding by the terms of her release,” the DHS spokesperson added.

A Trump administration official described Ferreira as an absentee parent who “has never lived with her son”. The official said the child has lived full-time with Michael Leavitt in New Hampshire since birth.

Ferreira said the White House’s characterisation of her as someone who had never lived with her child is “disgusting” and untrue.

According to the North Andover Eagle-Tribune, Ferreira and Michael Leavitt were engaged in 2014, when their son Mike Jr was eight months old.

Pomerleau disputes those accounts, insisting his client has shared custody. He said Ferreira came to the US as a toddler and later enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) programme, which grants protection from deportation to people brought to the country without authorisation as children. According to him, the 33-year-old has maintained legal status under DACA and is now seeking a green card.

Efforts by former President Donald Trump to end DACA during his first term were blocked by the US Supreme Court.

Karoline Leavitt has declined to comment on the case. The current press secretary rose to prominence as Donald Trump’s spokeswoman during his 2024 campaign and now serves as a key member of the White House. She has become one of the leading defenders of the administration’s aggressive crackdown on undocumented immigrants and has publicly supported stricter ICE operations.

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While peace talks continue, so does fighting along the front line in eastern Ukraine

Ukraine is preparing to present a revised peace plan to the White House, as it seeks to avoid making territorial concessions to Russia.

Kyiv is set to propose alternatives to the US after President Volodymyr Zelensky again ruled out surrendering land, saying he had “no right” to do so under Ukrainian or international law.

He made the comments as he met European and Nato leaders on Monday, part of a collective push to deter the US from backing a peace deal which includes major concessions for Ukraine, and which allies fear would leave it vulnerable to a future invasion.

Meanwhile, the city of Sumy in north-western Ukraine was left without power overnight after a Russian drone attack.

The region’s governor said more than a dozen drones had hit power infrastructure, the latest in Russia’s nightly attacks. No deaths were reported.

Zelensky’s ongoing diplomatic tour of Europe comes after days of intensive talks between US and Ukrainian negotiators over the weekend, that failed to produce a deal Kyiv could agree to.

Zelensky was due to be briefed on that private summit on Monday by his chief negotiator Rustem Umerov, who wrote on Telegram that he would feed back details of direct talks between the US and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The Ukrainian president told a news conference that his team could send a new proposal to the Americans as soon as Tuesday, AFP news agency reported.

On the subject of surrendering land, Zelensky said: “Russia is insisting that we give up territories, but we don’t want to cede anything.”

He continued: “We have no legal right to do so, under Ukrainian law, our constitution and international law. And we don’t have any moral right either.”

Zelensky has long maintained that any changes to Ukraine’s borders would need to be authorised by a public referendum.

Elsewhere, he told reporters that the initial 28-point plan proposed by the US – and rejected by Kyiv and European leaders as being too favourable to Russia – had been cut down to 20 points, according to Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

He said no “pro-Ukrainian” points had been removed from the draft, though there had also been no “compromise” on the subject of territory.

Zelensky singled out control of the eastern Donbas region and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as being among the “most sensitive” issues.

The original leaked version of the US-backed plan proposed that Ukraine hand over total control of the Donbas to Russia, despite the fact that Kremlin forces have been unable to capture it in full after almost four years of war.

Energy produced at Zaporizhzhia, the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, would be split between Russia and Ukraine, the draft plan said.

Leaders in Kyiv and across Europe have indicated there has been progress in refining that draft in recent weeks, and have praised the Trump administration for seeking to mediate an end to the fighting.

But Monday’s hastily arranged Downing Street summit – attended by Zelensky, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz – was widely viewed as a show of support for Ukraine as it seeks to resist White House pressure.

No 10 said there had been an agreement that the US-led talks represented a “critical moment” to ramp up support for Ukraine, and repeated calls for a “just and lasting peace… which includes robust security guarantees”.

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The nature of those future security guarantees are another open question in the negotiations.

Efforts continue to assemble an international coalition prepared to offer ongoing military support to Kyiv in the event of a peace deal, though it is not yet clear what form that would take.

While the UK and France have proposed deploying international troops in Ukraine, several key defence players in Europe, including Germany and Italy, have expressed scepticism about that idea.

It is also not clear to what extent the US would be willing to underpin any future defence arrangements for Ukraine.

Following talks in London, Zelensky flew to Brussels to meet Nato chief Mark Rutte and EU chief Ursula von der Leyen, and will meet Prime Minister Georgia Meloni in Italy on Tuesday.

Moscow has also claimed talks with the White House have been constructive, despite little public indication it has moved on any of the goals set out by the Kremlin when it launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

On Sunday, Trump indicated that he viewed Zelensky as the main obstacle to securing a peace deal, something he has made a key foreign policy goal and which the president claimed he would be able to achieve rapidly during the 2024 presidential election campaign.

He told reporters that Russia was “fine” with the peace plan outlined to both sides by the US, but that he was a “little disappointed that Zelensky hasn’t read it”.

Almost simultaneously, Zelensky said he was waiting to briefed by Umerov following three days of discussions with his US counterparts in Miami.

“Some issues can only be discussed in person,” said Zelensky.

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Dog lovers gathered Monday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to try to break the informal world record for the largest number of golden retrievers assembled in a park.

Organizer Fausto Duperre watched as over 2,000 golden retrievers poured into Palermo park, all eager to surpass the previous record of 1,685.

“We are witnessing something historic,” said Duperre, who has become something of a golden retriever influencer on social media, where he regularly posts content about his 10-year-old golden named Oli.

The previous record was held by Vancouver, Canada, with 1,685 dogs.Image: Cristina Sille/Anadolu/picture alliance

Dubbed the “Golden Wave,” what started as a simple social media idea quickly swelled into a joyful canine takeover of the capital’s Bosques de Palermo park.

The park overflowed with golden retrievers of every age, from muddy, playful puppies to dignified seniors.

A group of volunteers roved with clipboards to register each golden retriever in attendanceImage: Cristina Sille/Anadolu/picture alliance

“Since we were children, she’s been a constant presence in our family. We’ve had vacations with her. We’ve done everything together,” Nicolas Orellana said. They drove an hour and a half from their hometown in Buenos Aires province for the event.

“It’s a type of dog that’s known to create a special bond,” he said, kneeling to pet his contented 13-year-old dog Luna.

Maximiliano Rivero holds up his pet Manola at the gathering of golden retrievers.at Palermo neighborhood parkImage: Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo/picture alliance

Last year, Vancouver set the bar with 1,685 golden retrievers, but Duperre announced that Argentina had shattered the record with 2,397 furry participants.

“I’m truly grateful and happy, proud, excited and overjoyed all at once,” he added.

The final count was announced late Monday as 2,397 golden retrievers.Image: Cristina Sille/Anadolu/picture alliance

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• PEOPLE confirms that In-N-Out Burger has removed the number “67” from its ticket order system amid the viral “6-7” trend
• The phrase “6-7” doesn’t seem to have one specific meaning, but is commonly associated with the song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla which features the recurring lyric, “6-7,” as well as NBA star LaMelo Ball due to his height, which is 6’7″
• PEOPLE confirms In-N-Out Burger removed the number from its system about a month ago

In-N-Out Burger has officially retired the number “67” from its ticket order system, amid the viral “6-7” trend.

PEOPLE confirms that the West Coast burger chain has removed “67” from orders, much to the detriment of the throngs of adolescents who’ve been lining up to eagerly await the number being called. An employee at a Los Angeles location confirmed to PEOPLE that the number was removed about a month ago, and added that In-N-Out has also banned the number “69” from its ticket system.

PEOPLE has reached out to the corporate office for In-N-Out for comment, but did not immediately receive a response. 

Chatter around the removal of “67” from In-N-Out’s system began on Reddit when a user noted, “while i was at work yesterday night, i noticed that everytime i would get to number 66, and then get to the next customer it would just go to number 68, an it would skip 67. now im curious on if or why they removed it.”

Commenters rushed to explain the number’s significance, noting that the skipped digits could be related to the viral “6-7” trend.

“Viral 6-7 all the kids are yelling these days. My in n out also skips this after a while kids kept making a commotion when the number was called,” one person replied. 

Another commenter said they “didn’t think much of” the “67” removal, to which someone replied, “You’re presumably over the age of 15.” 

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The phrase “six seven” doesn’t seem to have one specific meaning, but is commonly associated with the song “Doot Doot (6 7)” by Skrilla which features the recurring lyric, “6-7,” as well as NBA star LaMelo Ball due to his height, which is 6’7″.

This past year, “67” was immortalized as the choice for Dictionary.com’s word of the year, defined as “a viral, ambiguous slang term that has waffled its way through Gen Alpha social media and school hallways.”

“While the term is largely nonsensical, some argue it means ‘so-so,’ or ‘maybe this, maybe that,’ especially when paired with a hand gesture where both palms face up and move alternately up and down,” the official definition reads, adding, “Because of its murky and shifting usage, it’s an example of brainrot slang and is intended to be nonsensical and playfully absurd.”

While explaining the meaning at the time, Dictionary Media Group’s director of lexicology, Steve Johnson, told CBS News, “Something that you would have thought would have gone away, it just kept on growing larger and larger, snowballing into kind of like a cultural phenomenon.”

In-N-Out is not the only eatery to take notice of the trend. In November, both Wendy’s and Pizza Hut got on board with the now-common phrase, adding a “67-cent Frosty deal” and “67-cent wings” to their respective menus.

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Concern for Storm Bram, named by the Irish Met Office, has sparked several weather warnings, including two amber alerts for rain across parts of the Southwest of England and south Wales

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Prepare for wet and windy conditions today, including in Birmingham as pictured (Image: Nick Wilkinson/Birmingham Live)

Nearly one month’s rain will lash across some parts of the UK today amid Storm Bram.

The Met Office forecasts around 100mm (nearly four inches) of rain to fall in just a few hours across south Wales and parts of the Southwest of England. Forecasters have issued several weather warnings, including two amber alerts for rain and multiple for wind, which remain in place throughout today.

“Storm Bram will bring a very wet and windy spell of weather, with very strong winds and further heavy rain which falling over saturated ground, could cause flooding impacts,” Dan Suri, a chief forecaster, with the Met Office, said.

Multiple flood warnings are in place, most of which are for parts of the Southwest of England. One of the two amber warnings covers sections of Devon and Cornwall, where up to 100mm of rain is expected. Typically, Plymouth in Devon sees 125mm of rain fall across a standard December.

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The other amber warning for rain concerns large sections of south Wales, such as Swansea and Bridgend. According to the Met Office statistics, Swansea sees around 114mm of rain across an entire average December so today’s forecast is particularly bleak.

There is one flood warning for Wales, for the River Ritec at Tenby, and a further 52 less severe flood warnings. It will rain heavily across north Wales too and this, coupled with the 70mph winds, will cause significant travel disruption throughout the day.

Parts of north Wales and west Wales are subject to a weather warning for wind. The fiercest gales, though, are expected across northwest Scotland, including Argyll and Bute, tonight. An amber weather warning is in place for the 90mph gales, which could lead to flying debris and beach material being thrown onto sea fronts, coastal roads and properties.

It will dangerous along coastlines due to high winds today(Image: Tom Maddick / SWNS)

Mr Suri added: “Within the Amber wind warning over northwest Scotland, gusts of up to 90 mph could be recorded. More widely, gusts of 50-60 mph, and perhaps 70 mph in a few spots, are expected across Wales, southwest England and Northern Ireland.

“Rain is an additional impact from Storm Bram, with the possibility of 100mm over higher ground in the south of Wales and parts of Devon. This could require updates to warnings, so it’s important to stay up to date with the forecast in your area, as well as any flood warnings from your local environment agency.”

Storm Bram will slowly pull away northwards from Britain during Wednesday. In its wake, Wednesday will be a windy day, especially in the north, with some showers, mainly in the west as well as some more persistent rain in the far north, at least at first.

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Ukraine will share an updated peace plan with the US today after European leaders reaffirmed support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy following a meeting in London.

Mr Zelenskyy said it now comprised 20 points, down from 28, after some “obvious anti-Ukrainian points were removed”.

However, he said there was still no agreement on giving up territory – something America believes is necessary for peace but Ukraine and Europe have long resisted.

The Ukrainian leader was speaking after talks with Sir Keir Starmer, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at 10 Downing Street.

All four men “underscored the need for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, which includes robust security guarantees,” said the prime minister’s spokesperson.

“Positive progress” was also made on a stalled plan to use billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets as a loan for Ukraine.

The quartet held a call with other European leaders after their face to face in which all agreed it was a “critical moment” to ramp up support for Ukraine and bolster “economic pressure on Putin“, the spokesperson added.

It comes as President Donald Trump appears increasingly keen to push through a peace deal – with his original plan widely seen as favouring Russia.

A US delegation met Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week, but there was no breakthrough and Russian officials said afterwards they were unimpressed with much of it.

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‘Ukraine’s security must be guaranteed’

Speaking to reporters yesterday, Mr Zelenskyy said: “The mood of the Americans, in principle, is for finding a compromise.

“Of course, there are complex issues related to the territory, and a compromise has not yet been found there.”

The Ukrainian leader also went to Brussels later on Monday to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President Antonio Costa, and NATO chief Mark Rutte.

Mr Zelenskyy described it as “good and productive”, while Ms Von der Leyen posted on X that the “EU remains ironclad in its support for Ukraine”.

“Ukraine’s security must be guaranteed, in the long term, as a first line of defence for our Union,” she added – referencing Ukraine’s insistence for strong deterrents against Russia attacking again.

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The extent of US involvement in any such guarantee is unclear, but Mr Zelenskyy stressed its importance as he answered reporters’ questions on WhatsApp on Monday.

“What if after the end of the war, Russia will start another aggression?” he commented. “What will the partners be ready for? What could Ukraine count on?”

Despite the Kremlin’s downbeat response to his peace plan, Mr Trump said at the weekend Mr Putin was “fine” with it – while adding he was “a little disappointed” with Mr Zelenskyy, who he claimed hadn’t yet read it.

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The president’s eldest son, Donald Jr, told Sky’s Yalda Hakim in recent days that his father could walk away from the whole peace process.

It all plays into concerns that America is increasingly losing interest in maintaining the traditional strong European alliances.

The US National Security Strategy – published on Friday and praised by Moscow as “appealing to us” – was another sign of the direction of travel.

It stated a wish to “re-establish strategic stability with Russia”, while also cautioning NATO must not be “a perpetually expanding alliance” – a persistent complaint of Russia’s.

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‘Europe has to be careful,’ warns Trump

Mr Trump dissatisfaction with more liberal leaders across the Atlantic was also clear on Monday when he commented: “Europe has to be very careful, we want to keep Europe, Europe.

“Europe is going in some bad directions – very bad, very bad for the people. We don’t want Europe to change so much.”

Mr Zelenskyy’s diplomacy takes place as Ukrainians continue to endure regular electricity cuts due to Russia’s established winter strategy of fierce attacks on power infrastructure.

It is also grinding out small gains in the Donbas – the sprawling region it hopes to seize in its entirety under any peace deal despite Ukraine still controlling significant areas.

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In Indonesia, at least 961 people have been killed in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra while 293 are still missing, Indonesia’s National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) reported late on Sunday.

Some 5,000 people have been injured across the three provinces, and more than one million people have been displaced. More than 156,000 homes have been damaged and 975,075 people are in temporary shelters.

“Everything is lacking, especially medical personnel. We are short on doctors,” Muzakir Manaf, governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province, told reporters late on Sunday.

“People are not dying from the flood, but from starvation. That’s how it is.”

Illegal logging, often linked to the global demand for palm oil – along with forest loss due to mining, plantations and fires – have both exacerbated the disaster in Sumatra.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said the country plans to buy 200 helicopters in 2026, for defence and natural disaster preparedness.

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The nightclub is located in a busy tourist area

The owners of a nightclub in Goa, India, where a devastating fire killed 25 people on Sunday, fled the country hours after the tragedy, police have said.

Indian authorities confirmed the two brothers, Saurabh and Gaurav Luthra, boarded a flight to Phuket in Thailand shortly after the incident.

Investigators believe the fierce blaze was triggered by fireworks being set off inside the venue, Birch By Romeo Lane, which is located in a busy nightlife area of Goa, a coastal state popular with domestic and international tourists.

The majority of the victims were staff members, while four were holidaymakers visiting from Delhi. Five people are still being treated in hospital.

Police have appealed to Interpol for help to find and arrest the Luthra brothers.

Police said they travelled to Delhi to carry out a raid on the mens’ home, but discovered they had left the country.

“It shows their intent to avoid police investigation,” Goa police said in a statement.

Saurabh Luthra, whose social media identifies him as the chairman of the company which operates the club, posted a statement on social media expressing “profound grief”, but did not reference his whereabouts.

“In this hour the irreparable sorrow and overwhelming distress, the management stands in unwavering solidarity with the families of the deceased as well as those injured, and conveys its heartfelt condolences with utmost sincerity,” Monday’s post said.

It added that “management” would provide “assistance, support and cooperation to the bereaved”.

His brother Gaurav Luthra has not commented publicly.

At least four people were arrested in the immediate aftermath of the fire, including the venue’s manager.

The Birch nightclub in Arpora, an area with several high-end nightlife businesses, was packed with customers who had come to hear a Bollywood DJ when the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning.

Eye witnesses have described scenes of total panic to the BBC, as people tried to flee.

The main section of the venue is built on an island in the middle of a lake, which visitors accessed via narrow walkways – a layout which made it difficult for firefighters to tackle the blaze.

Part of the venue was entirely destroyed. Police initially said an exploding gas canister was the cause, but now believe it was due to pyrotechnics igniting wooden ceiling beams.

Several of the victims were migrant workers who had travelled to Goa to find employment, including four Nepalese nationals.

Among those who died were two brothers who were both engaged to be married next year, and four members of the same Delhi family.

The police said the bodies of all the victims had been returned to their families.

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US President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his criticism of Europe, saying the continent was “going in some bad directions” as he condemned a multimillion-euro EU penalty against Elon Musk’s social media platform X.

Here are the key points:

• Trump slams EU’s €120 million ($140 million) fine on X
• Warns Europe is heading in “bad directions”
• Musk denounces the penalty
• US officials say EU is targeting American firms
• EU cites transparency and data-access breaches
• New US strategy warns of democratic “erosion” in Europe

Speaking at the White House, Trump said that Europe was “very bad, very bad for the people” and warned that the United States did not want the continent “to change so much.”

He did not specify what he meant, but said Europe “has to be very careful doing a lot of things.”

Washington questions EU’s handling of Musk platform fine

Trump was responding to questions about last week’s €120 million fine imposed by EU tech authorities on the X social media platform for violating digital transparency and content-management rules.

“I don’t see how they can do that,” Trump commented, adding that Musk had not contacted him for help and that he expected a full briefing later in the day. 

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Musk rejected the penalty, responding sharply to the European Commission’s announcement and reposting messages criticizing the decision. “Freedom of speech is the bedrock of democracy,” he wrote.

Senior US officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, also condemned the EU’s action as unfairly targeting American companies.

Brussels rejects bias claims

EU regulators defended the fine as proportionate, saying X failed to meet transparency obligations by withholding data for researchers, maintaining an incomplete advertising repository and using deceptive design in its blue-check verification system.

Tech chief Henna Virkkunen said the Digital Services Act “has nothing to do with censorship” and applies equally to all platforms.

The dispute comes days after Washington released a national security strategy warning of a decline in democratic norms in Europe.

The document cited “censorship of free speech, suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence” as major challenges for the continent.

TikTok, which faced similar scrutiny in May, avoided a penalty by pledging improvements to its advertising transparency systems and urged the EU to enforce the rules consistently.

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