| Britain taps the son of a Pakistani bus driver to shape immigration policy Posted: 01 May 2018 12:56 PM PDT ![Britain taps the son of a Pakistani bus driver to shape immigration policy]( "Britain taps the son of a Pakistani bus driver to shape immigration policy") Beyond an exemplar of the immigrant dream, Mr. Javid's appointment to take charge of immigration and national security may also signal a shift in thought in migration politics overall. Specifically, it is being viewed as a nod from the Conservatives that their restrictive policies may have gone too far, in some ways out of step with public attitudes – particularly in the wake of the Windrush controversy that has dominated British headlines for weeks. It shares some similarities with the political controversy surrounding the Dreamers, the estimated 1.8 million immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children. Immigration has driven politics and divided publics for years, from Britain across Europe to the US.
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| Israel at 70: A tale of two histories Posted: 01 May 2018 12:49 PM PDT ![Israel at 70: A tale of two histories]( "Israel at 70: A tale of two histories") Tumbling off their bus and into the glaring afternoon sun in the West Bank town of Ramallah, the US tourists assemble before Yasser Arafat's marble tomb and hear two vastly different takes on the former Palestinian leader. Standing to the left of the tomb, Husam Jubran, their Palestinian guide, describes who Mr. Arafat was for Palestinians: a charismatic freedom fighter who put their cause on the map and spent his final years under Israeli siege in a bunker beneath his government's headquarters, some 100 yards from where the tourists are standing. "They believe he died a martyr, killed by the Israelis, and hear stories that at the time Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon asked US President George W. Bush for the green light to kill Arafat," Mr. Jubran says.
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| A first step in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula Posted: 01 May 2018 12:10 PM PDT ![A first step in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula]( "A first step in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula") Nuclear disarmament will be the big topic on the table if Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un finally meet in coming weeks as planned. Mr. Trump and Mr. Kim have helped create the very military tensions they now seek to lessen. In planning the talks, the US and North Korea may now realize that nuclear warfare would be futile.
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