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This is a locator map for Yemen with its capital, Sanaa. (AP Photo)2025-04-28T02:06:33Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Yemens Houthi rebels said Monday an alleged U.S. airstrike that hit a prison holding African migrants killed at least 30 people.Thats according to the Houthis al-Masirah satellite news channel. There was no immediate independent confirmation of the death toll and the U.S. military has not acknowledged conducting the strike in Yemens Saada governorate, a stronghold of the Houthis.Some 100 prisoners were held at the site, the news channel said. Graphic footage aired by al-Masirah showed what appeared to be dead bodies and others wounded there.THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. APs earlier story follows below.Yemens Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing and wounding some of the 100 inmates held there. The U.S. military had no immediate comment. The strike in Yemens Saada governorate, a stronghold for the Houthis, is the latest incident in the countrys decadelong war to kill African migrants from Ethiopia and other nations who risk crossing the nation for a chance to work in neighboring Saudi Arabia. It also likely will renew questions from activists about the American campaign, known as Operation Rough Rider, which has been targeting the rebels as the Trump administration negotiates with their main benefactor, Iran, over Tehrans rapidly advancing nuclear program. The U.S. militarys Central Command in a statement early Monday before news of the alleged strike broke sought to defend its policy of offering no specific details of its extensive airstrike campaign.To preserve operational security, we have intentionally limited disclosing details of our ongoing or future operations, Central Command said. We are very deliberate in our operational approach, but will not reveal specifics about what weve done or what we will do.It did not immediately respond to questions from The Associated Press about the alleged strike in Saada. Graphic footage shows aftermath of explosionGraphic footage aired by the Houthis al-Masirah satellite news channel showed what appeared to be dead bodies and others wounded at the site. An al-Masirah correspondent said some 100 migrants had been detained at the site.Casualty figures werent immediately clear. However, footage from the site analyzed by the AP suggested some kind of explosion took place there, with its cement walls seemingly peppered by debris fragments and the wounds suffered by those there.A womans voice, soft in the footage, can be heard repeating the start of a prayer in Arabic: In the name of God. An occasional gunshot rang out as medics sought to help those wounded.African migrants caught in middle of Yemens warEthiopians and other African migrants for years have landed in Yemen, braving the war-torn nation to try and reach Saudi Arabia for work. The Houthi rebels allegedly make tens of thousands of dollars a week smuggling migrants over the border.Migrants from Ethiopia have found themselves detained, abused and even killed in Saudi Arabia and Yemen during the war. An Oct. 3, 2022, letter to the kingdom from the U.N. said its investigators received concerning allegations of cross-border artillery shelling and small arms fire allegedly by Saudi security forces causing the deaths of up to 430 and injuring 650 migrants. Saudi Arabia has denied killing migrants.The alleged strike Monday recalled a similar strike by a Saudi-led coalition battling the Houthis back in 2022, which caused a collapse killing 66 detainees and wounding 113 others, a United Nations report later said. The Houthis shot dead 16 detainees who fled after the strike and wounded another 50, the U.N. said. The Saudi-led coalition sought to justify the strike by saying the Houthis built and launched drones there, but the U.N. said it was known to be a detention facility.The coalition should have avoided any attack on that facility, the U.N. report added.That 2022 attack was one of the deadliest single attacks in the yearslong war between the coalition and the Houthi rebels and came after the Houthis struck inside the UAE twice with missiles and drones, killing three in a strike near Abu Dhabis international airport. US military says over 800 strikes conducted in campaign so farMeanwhile, U.S. airstrikes overnight targeting Yemens capital killed at least eight people, the Houthis said. The American military acknowledged carrying out over 800 individual strikes in their monthlong campaign. The overnight statement from Central Command also said Operation Roughrider had killed hundreds of Houthi fighters and numerous Houthi leaders, including those associated with its missile and drone program. It did not identify any of those officials. Iran undoubtedly continues to provide support to the Houthis, the statement said. The Houthis can only continue to attack our forces with the backing of the Iranian regime.We will continue to ratchet up the pressure until the objective is met, which remains the restoration of freedom of navigation and American deterrence in the region, it added.The U.S. is targeting the Houthis because of the groups attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, a crucial global trade route, and on Israel. The Houthis also are the last militant group in Irans self-described Axis of Resistance that is capable of regularly attacking Israel. US discusses deadly port strikeThe U.S. is conducting strikes on Yemen from its two aircraft carriers in the region the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea and the USS Carl Vinson in the Arabian Sea. On April 18, an American strike on the Ras Isa fuel port killed at least 74 people and wounded 171 others in the deadliest-known attack of the American campaign. Central Command on Monday offered an explanation for why it hit the port. U.S. strikes destroyed the ability of Ras Isa Port to accept fuel which will begin to impact Houthi ability to not only conduct operations, but also to generate millions of dollars in revenue for their terror activities, it said. Meanwhile, the Houthis have increasingly sought to control the flow of information from the territory it holds to the outside world. It issued a notice Sunday that all those holding Starlink satellite internet receivers should quickly hand over the devices to authorities. A field campaign will be implemented in coordination with the security authorities to arrest anyone who sells, trades, uses, operates, installs or possesses these prohibited terminals, the Houthis warned. Starlink terminals have been crucial for Ukraine in fighting Russias full-scale invasion and receivers also have been smuggled into Iran amid unrest there. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto

Pregnant Palestinian woman Yasmine Siam undergoes an ultrasound scan at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. She suffered a miscarriage a few days later. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)2025-04-28T05:01:32Z KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza City (AP) Nearly seven months pregnant, Yasmine Siam couldnt sleep, living in a crowded tent camp in Gaza and shaken often by Israeli bombardment. She couldnt find proper food and hadnt eaten meat for more than a month. Weak and losing weight, she saw doctors every day. There was little they could do. One night this month, pain shot through her. She worried labor was starting but was too terrified of gunfire to leave her tent. Siam waited till daybreak to walk to the nearest mobile clinic. The medics told her to go to Nasser Hospital, miles away.She had to take a donkey cart, jolted by every bump in the bombed-out roads. Exhausted, the 24-year-old found a wall to lean on for the hourslong wait for a doctor.An ultrasound showed her baby was fine. Siam had a urinary tract infection and was underweight: 57 kilos (125 pounds), down 6 kilos (13 pounds) from weeks earlier. The doctor prescribed medicine and told her what every other doctor did: Eat better. Where do I get the food? Siam said, out of breath as she spoke to The Associated Press on April 9 after returning to her tent outside the southern city of Khan Younis.I am not worried about me. I am worried about my son, she said. It would be terrible if I lose him. With Gaza decimated, miscarriages riseSiams troubled pregnancy has become the norm in Gaza. Israels 18-month-old military campaign decimating the territory has made pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous, even fatal, for Palestinian women and their babies.It has become worse since March 2, when Israel cut off all food, medicine and supplies for Gazas more than 2 million people.Meat, fresh fruits and vegetables are practically nonexistent. Clean water is difficult to find. Pregnant women are among the hundreds of thousands who trudge for miles to find new shelters after repeated Israeli evacuation orders. Many live in tents or overcrowded schools amid sewage and garbage. Up to 20% of Gazas estimated 55,000 pregnant women are malnourished, and half face high-risk pregnancies, according to the United Nations Population Fund, or UNFPA. In February and March, at least 20% of newborns were born prematurely or suffering from complications or malnutrition.With the population displaced and under bombardment, comprehensive miscarriage and stillbirth figures are impossible to obtain. Records at Khan Younis Nasser Hospital show miscarriages in January and February were double the same period in 2023. Dr. Yasmine Shnina, a Doctors Without Borders supervisor of midwives at Nasser Hospital, documented 40 miscarriages a week in recent weeks. She has recorded five women a month dying in childbirth, compared with around two a year before the war. We dont need to wait for future impact. The risks are emerging now, she said. A love story in the tents For Siam and her family, her pregnancy after a whirlwind, wartime marriage was a rare joy.Driven from Gaza City, they had moved three times before settling in the tent city sprawling across the barren coastal region of Muwasi.Late last summer, they shared a meal with neighbors. A young man from the tent across the way was smitten.The next day, Hossam Siam asked for Yasmines hand in marriage. She refused initially. I didnt expect marriage in war, she said. I wasnt ready to meet someone.Hossam didnt give up. He took her for a walk by the sea. They told each other about their lives. I accepted, she said.On Sept. 15, the grooms family decorated their tent. Her best friends from Gaza City, dispersed around the territory, watched the wedding onlineWithin a month, Yasmine Siam was pregnant. Her family cherished the coming baby. Her mother had grandsons from her two sons but longed for a child from her daughters. Siams older sister had been trying for 15 years to conceive. Her mother and sister now back in Gaza City sent baby essentials. From the start, Siam struggled to get proper nutrition, relying on canned food.After a ceasefire began in January, she and Hossam moved to Rafah. On Feb, 28, she had a rare treat: a chicken, shared with her in-laws. It was her last time eating meat.A week later, Hossam walked for miles searching for chicken. He returned empty-handed. Even the basics are impossibleIsrael has leveled much of Gaza with its air and ground campaign, vowing to destroy Hamas after its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel. It has killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gazas Health Ministry, whose count does not distinguish between civilians and combatants.In the Oct. 7 attack, militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251. They still hold 59 hostages after most were released in ceasefire deals. In Gazas ruins, being pregnant is a formidable struggle.Its not just about quantity of food, said Rosalie Bollen, of UNICEF, its also about nutritional diversity, the fact that they have been living in very dire, unsanitary conditions, sleeping on the ground, sleeping in the cold and just being stuck in this permanent state of very toxic stress. Nine of the 14 hospitals providing maternal health services before the war still function, though only partially, according to UNFPA.Because many medical facilities are dislocated by Israeli military operations or must prioritize critical patients, women often cant get screenings that catch problems early in pregnancy, said Katy Brown, of Doctors Without Borders-Spain. That leads to complications. A quarter of the nearly 130 births a day in February and March required surgical deliveries, UNFPA says.Even the basics are impossible, Brown said.Under the blockade, over half the medicines for maternal and newborn care have run out, including ones that control bleeding and induce labor, the Health Ministry says. Diapers are scarce. Some women reuse them, turning them inside out, leading to severe skin infections, aid workers say. Israel says the blockade aims to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages. Rights groups call it a starvation tactic endangering the entire population and a potential war crime.At Nasser Hospitals maternity ward, Dr. Ahmad al-Farra witnessed things go from bad to worse. Israeli forces raided the hospital in early 2024, claiming it housed Hamas fighters. Incubators in a warehouse were wrecked. The maternity ward was rebuilt into Gazas largest and best equipped for emergencies. Since Israel broke the two-month ceasefire on March 18, the hospital has been flooded with wounded.Up to 15 premature babies at a time need respirators, but the hospital has only two CPAP machines to keep preemies breathing. Some are put on adult respirators, often leading to death, al-Farra said.Twenty CPAP machines languish outside Gaza, unable to enter because of the blockade, along with 54 ultrasounds, nine incubators and midwifery kits, according to the U.N. A lack of cleaning supplies makes hygiene nearly impossible. After giving birth, women and newborns weakened by hunger frequently suffer infections causing long-term complications, or even death, said al-Farra.Yasmine Zakout was rushed to Nasser Hospital in early April after giving birth prematurely to twin girls. One girl died within days, and her sister died last week, both from sepsis.Before the war, al-Farra said he would maybe see one child a year with necrotizing pneumonia, a severe infection that kills lung tissue.In this war, I treated 50 cases, al-Farra said. He removed parts of the lungs in nearly half those babies. At least four died.Pregnant women are regularly among the wounded. Khaled Alserr, a surgeon at Nasser Hospital, told of treating a four months pregnant woman after an April 16 strike. Shrapnel had torn through her uterus. The fetus couldnt be saved, he said, and pregnancy will be risky the rest of her life. Two of her children were among 10 children killed in the strike, he said.The stress of the warIn her sixth month of pregnancy, Siam walked and rode a donkey cart for miles back to a tent in Muwasi after Israel ordered Rafah evacuated.With food even scarcer, she turned to charity kitchens distributing meals of plain rice or pasta.Weakened, she fell down a lot. Stress was mounting the misery of tent life, the separation from her mother, the terror of airstrikes, the fruitless visits to clinics. I just wish a doctor would tell me, Your weight is good. Im always malnourished, she told the AP, almost pleading.Hours after her scare on April 9, Siam was still in pain. She made her fifth visit to the mobile clinic in two days. They told her to go to her tent and rest.She started spotting. Her mother-in-law held her up as they walked to a field hospital in the dead of night.At 3 a.m., the doctors said there was nothing she could do but wait. Her mother arrived from Gaza City.Eight hours later, the fetus was stillborn. Her mother told her not to look at the baby. Her mother-in-law said he was beautiful. Her husband took their boy to a grave.Days later, she told the AP she breaks down when she sees photos of herself pregnant. She cant bear to see anyone and refuses her husbands suggestions to take walks by the sea, where they sealed their marriage. She wishes she could turn back time, even for just a week. I would take him into my heart, hide him and hold on to him.She plans to try for another baby. ___El Deeb reported from Beirut. Keath reported from Cairo. SARAH EL DEEB El Deeb is part of the APs Global Investigative team. She is based in the Middle East, a region she covered for two decades twitter mailto LEE KEATH Keath is the chief editor for feature stories in the Middle East for The Associated Press. He has reported from Cairo since 2005. twitter mailto

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This Dec. 10, 1999 file photo shows Michelangelo's fresco "La Creazione" ("The Creation") on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)2025-04-28T04:08:09Z VATICAN CITY (AP) Exit tourists. Enter cardinals.The Vatican has closed the Sistine Chapel, where cardinals will gather for the conclave to elect the next pope after the death of Pope Francis on April 21 at age 88. Francis was buried Saturday after a funeral in St. Peters Square that gathered world leaders and hundreds of thousands of others, and a nine-day period of mourning is continuing before the conclave can start. But the church is at the same time turning its attention to the next steps.Key is preparing the Sistine Chapel for the red-robed cardinals who will gather at the Vatican in the heart of Rome to choose the next pope in an ancient process fictionalized in the 2024 film Conclave.One key task: installing the chimney where ballots will be burned after votes.Those visitors who managed to enter on Sunday considered themselves lucky, since there is no telling how long the conclave will last, and how long the gem of the Vatican Museums will remain off-limits. I think we felt very lucky to be able to be the last group of visitors to come in today, said Sumon Khan, a tourist from the United States. You know, our trip would not have been complete without seeing this beautiful place. According to a schedule determined by church law, the conclave can only begin after the nine-day mourning period. It is expected to start between May 5 and May 10. When it does, the cardinals will enter solemnly to participate in a secretive process said to be guided by the holy spirit that will result in the selection of the next leader of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic church. The choice will determine whether the next pontiff will continue Francis reforms, with his focus on the poor and marginalized and the environment, or whether they will choose a pontiff closer in style to conservative predecessors like Benedict XVI focused on doctrine. For inspiration the cardinals will also have the great beauty of the frescos painted by Michelangelo and other renowned Renaissance artists. The most recognizable is Michelangelos Creation of Adam, showing Gods outstretched hand imparting the divine spark of life to the first man.The chapel is named after Pope Sixtus IV, an art patron who oversaw the construction of the main papal chapel in the 15th century. But it was a later pontiff, Pope Julius II, who commissioned the works by Michelangelo, who painted the ceiling depicting scenes from Genesis from 1508 and 1512 and later returned to paint the Last Judgement on one of the walls.When the conclave opens, cardinals will chant the Litany of Saints, the solemn, mystical Gregorian chant imploring the intercession of the saints, as they file into the chapel and take an oath of secrecy. The chapels thick double doors will close and the master of liturgy will utter the Latin words Extra omnes, meaning everyone out.The secretive process is part of a traditioned aimed at preserving the vote from external interference.The world will then wait for a sign that that a successor to Francis has been chosen. Black smoke coming from the chimney in the Sistine Chapel will indicate that they havent achieved the two-thirds majority for a new pope. But when a pope is finally chosen, white smoke will rise and bells will toll.___AP video reporter Pietro De Cristofaro contributed from Rome.

Toronto residents Douglas Bloomfield, left, and his son Phoenix, right, hold a Canadian flag and an ice hockey stick to show their support for Canada regarding trade tariffs as they pose with with another visitor to the city wearing a mask of President Donald Trump in front of the White House in Washington, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)2025-04-28T04:19:36Z TORONTO (AP) Canadians will decide Monday whether to extend the Liberal Partys decade in power or instead hand control to the Conservatives. Theyll pick either Prime Minister Mark Carney or opposition leader Pierre Poilievre to lead the way forward, but the election is also a referendum of sorts on someone who isnt even Canadian: Donald Trump.Until the American president won a second term and began threatening Canadas economy and sovereignty, even suggesting the country should become the 51st state, the Liberals looked headed for defeat. Canadians go the polls as the country grapples with the aftermath of a fatal car ramming attack on Saturday in Vancouver. The tragedy on the eve of the election prompted the suspension of campaigning for several hours. Police ruled out terrorism and said the suspect is a local man with a history of mental health issues. Trumps truculence has infuriated many Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S. vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even vote early a record 7.3 million Canadians cast ballots before election day. Trump also put Poilievre and the Conservative Party on the back foot after they appeared headed for an easy victory only months ago. The Americans want to break us so they can own us, Carney said recently, laying out what he saw as the stakes for the election. Those arent just words. Thats whats at risk. Poilievre, a populist firebrand who campaigned with Trump-like bravado, had hoped to make the election a referendum on former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose popularity declined toward the end of his decade in power as food and housing prices rose and immigration surged. But then Trump became the dominant issue, and Poilievres similarities to the bombastic president could cost him.He appeals to the same sense of grievance, Canadian historian Robert Bothwell said of the Conservative leader. Its like Trump standing there saying I am your retribution. Foreign policy hasnt dominated a Canadian election this much since 1988, when, ironically, free trade with the United States was the prevailing issue.Whichever candidate emerges as prime minister will face a litany of challenges.Canada has been dealing with a cost of living crisis for some time. And more than 75% percent of its exports go to the U.S., so Trumps threat to impose sweeping tariffs and his desire to get the North American automakers to move Canadas production south could severely damage the Canadian economy. Both Carney and Poilievre said that if elected, they would accelerate renegotiations a free trade deal between Canada and the U.S. in an bid to end the uncertainty hurting both of their economies.Carney, in particular, has notable experience navigating economic crises, having done so when running Canadas central bank and later after becoming the first non-U.K. citizen to run the Bank of England.Trump dialed back his talk of Canada becoming the 51st state during the campaign until last week, when he said Canada would cease to exist as a country if the U.S. stopped buying its goods. He also said hes not just trolling Canada when he says it should become a state. The Liberals ought to pay him, Bothwell said. Trump talking is not good for the Conservatives.In response to the threats to Canadian sovereignty, Carney pleaded with voters to deliver him a strong mandate to deal with Trump.President Trump has some obsessive ideas, and that is one, Carney said of his annexation threat. Its not a joke. Its his very strong desire to make this happen. Its one of the reasons why this crisis is so serious. RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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Two people react at a memorial after a vehicle drove into a crowd during a Filipino heritage festival in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, April 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)2025-04-28T04:12:50Z NEW YORK (AP) A Brooklyn woman said she feared for her life as she was chased, kicked, spit at and pelted with objects by a mob of Orthodox Jewish men who mistook her as a participant in a protest against Israels far-right security minister.The assault, recorded by a bystander, unfolded Thursday near the global headquarters of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Crown Heights, where an appearance by Itamar Ben-Gvir set off clashes between pro-Palestinian activists and members of the neighborhoods large Orthodox Jewish community.The woman, a neighborhood resident in her 30s, told The Associated Press she learned of the protest after hearing police helicopters over her apartment. She walked over to investigate around 10:30 p.m. but by then the protest had mostly disbursed. Not wanting to be filmed, she covered her face with a scarf.As soon as I pulled up my scarf, a group of 100 men came over immediately and encircled me, said the woman, who spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because she feared for her safety. I had nowhere to goThey were shouting at me, threatening to rape me, chanting death to Arabs. I thought the police would protect me from the mob, but they did nothing to intervene, she said.As the chants grew in intensity, a lone police officer tried to escort her to safety. They were followed for blocks by hundreds of men and boys jeering in Hebrew and English.Video shows two of the men kicking her in the back, another hurling a traffic cone into her head and a fourth pushing a trash can into her.This is America, one of the men can be heard saying. We got Israel. We got an Army now.At one point, she and the police officer were nearly cornered against a building, the video shows.I felt sheer terror, the woman recalled. I realized at that point that I couldnt lead this mob of men to my home. I had nowhere to go. I didnt know what to do. I was just terrified. After several blocks, the officer hustled the woman into a police vehicle, prompting one man to yell, Get her! The crowd erupted in cheers as she was driven away.The woman, a lifelong New Yorker, said she was left with bruises and mentally shaken by the episode, which she said police should investigate as an act of hate.Im afraid to move around the neighborhood where Ive lived for a decade, she told the AP. It doesnt seem like anyone in any position of power really cares.Police investigatingA police spokesperson said one person was arrested and five others were issued summons following the demonstration, but did not say whether anyone involved in assaulting the woman was charged. Mayor Eric Adams said Sunday that police were investigating a series of incidents stemming from clashing protests on Thursday that began when a group of anti-Israel protesters surrounded the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters a Jewish house of worship in Brooklyn.He said police had spoken to a different woman on the pro-Palestinian side of the protest who suffered injuries after she was harassed by counter-protesters. Photos shared online showed that woman with blood streaming down her face. Let me be clear: None of this is acceptable, in fact, it is despicable, Adams added. New York City will always be a place where people can peacefully protest, but we will not tolerate violence, trespassing, menacing, or threatening.The protest was one of several in recent days against Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader who is embarking on his first U.S. state visit since joining Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus cabinet three years ago.Previously convicted in Israel of racist incitement and support for a terrorist group, he has called on his supporters to confront Palestinians and assert Jewish Power.The protest against Ben-Gvirs Brooklyn appearance generated condemnations from some Jewish groups, who accused participants of targeting a religious site. Chabad-Lubavitch denounces incidentThe neighborhood around the Chabad headquarters also was the site of the 1991 Crown Heights riot, in which Black residents outraged by boys death in a crash involving a rabbis motorcade attacked Jews, homes and businesses for three days.A Chabad-Lubavitch spokesman, Rabbi Motti Seligson, denounced both the anti-Ben-Gvir protesters and the mob that chased the woman.The violent provocateurs who called for the genocide of Jews in support of terrorists and terrorism outside a synagogue, in a Jewish neighborhood, where some of the worst antisemitic violence in American history was perpetrated, and where many residents share deep bonds with the victims of Oct 7 did so in order to intimidate, provoke, and instill fear, Seligson said.We condemn the crude language and violence of the small breakaway group of young people; such actions are entirely unacceptable and wholly antithetical to the Torahs values. The fact that a possibly uninvolved bystander got pulled into the melee further underscores the point, he said. JAKE OFFENHARTZ Offenhartz is a general assignment reporter in the New York City bureau of The Associated Press. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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by Andy Kroll and Jeremy Kohler ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as theyre published. When President Donald Trump chose Ed Martin, the Missouri lawyer and political operative, to be the top U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., the decision came as a shock to current and former federal prosecutors as well as outside legal experts. Martin had no prosecutorial experience. He was best known as a conservative activist, the former right-hand man to influential anti-feminist icon Phyllis Schlafly and a loyal Trump surrogate.Since taking charge of the office in January, Martin has launched controversial investigations, rushed to defend Elon Musks Department of Government Efficiency and vowed to change how his office prosecutes crime in the District of Columbia. His actions have been met with fierce pushback from Democratic lawmakers, watchdog groups and legal experts. There have been at least four disciplinary complaints filed against him with the D.C. and Missouri bars. One of the D.C. complaints has been dismissed; the other three appear to be pending. If Martin has responded to the complaints, his statements have not been made public.Martin did not respond to repeated requests for comment.Here are some of Martins most contentious moves so far. Jan. 6 Retribution At Trumps direction, Martin has presided over the dismissal of outstanding cases that were part of the Justice Departments investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol.But Martin got tripped up by what should have been a legal formality: In one of the cases he dismissed, he was still listed as counsel of record for the defendant, a possible conflict of interest. The incident prompted bar complaints against Martin in D.C. and Missouri. (The D.C. bars disciplinary panel dismissed the complaint, saying Martin had been acting at the behest of the president. The Missouri complaint appears to be pending.)Martin fired more than a dozen federal prosecutors who worked on Jan. 6 cases. He demoted seven senior lawyers in his office, including the two prosecutors who led the Jan. 6 team, to low-level roles in D.C. Superior Court, which handles local prosecutions. (Most of the affected attorneys have not commented publicly, but those who have are critical of Martins tenure.)Martin has opened an investigation into supposed leaks related to Jan. 6 cases, saying the information was used by the media and partisans as misinformation. He also ordered an investigation into past charging decisions made as part of the Jan. 6 cases. In 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the DOJs use of an obstruction statute in those prosecutions. In an office-wide email obtained by ProPublica, Martin quoted an unnamed contact who compared the DOJs use of the obstruction statute to President Franklin Roosevelts decision to imprison more than 100,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II. DOGE Enforcer Martin has published several open letters to Musk on the Musk-owned social media platform X.In the first letter, dated Feb. 3, Martin asked Musk to utilize me and my staff to protect the people and the work of DOGE. He vowed to take any and all legal action against anyone who impeded DOGEs work.We will not act like the previous administration, Martin added, who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM rioters as well as thugs with guns trashed our capital city.In his second letter, dated Feb. 7, Martin expanded on his pledge to his offices legal powers in support of Musk and DOGEs work. Please let me reiterate again: If people are discovered to have broken the law or even acted simply unethically, we will investigate them and we will chase them to the end of the Earth to hold them accountable, Martin wrote.He urged his employees to respond to Musks demand that all federal employees list five things they accomplished that week, adding: DOGE and Elon are doing great work! Historic.And when DOGE employees attempted to seize control of the U.S. Institute of Peace, a private nonprofit that receives government funding, Martin and his office assisted so that DOGE could take over and wind down the nonprofit. We Will Defend You The U.S. attorneys office for D.C. is unique in that it prosecutes both federal and local crimes. In his tweets and public statements, Martin has vowed to Make D.C. Safe Again, even though violent crime has broadly declined in the District in recent years.While his public safety agenda is light on details so far, he has pledged to be a stalwart defender of the D.C. police. In yet another open letter posted on X, Martin wrote that the radical Defund the Police movement by Black Lives Matter is over and that it was time to get back to protecting and supporting our law enforcement officers.At every turn, we will defend you, he said.Yet current and former federal prosecutors in D.C. say Martins actions so far have undercut morale in the office while his proposed reforms could make it harder, not easier, for prosecutors to do their jobs.In February, Martin removed the chief and deputy chief of the Federal Major Crimes section, which oversees cases involving drugs, firearms possession, child exploitation, human trafficking and immigration violations. The two lawyers, who had decades of experience between them and were widely respected, were demoted to low-level roles; the more senior of the two, Melissa Jackson, resigned soon afterward. (Jackson declined to comment; her deputy did not respond to requests for comment.)Martin also said he was rewriting the offices policy for the so-called Lewis list, a repository of police officer disciplinary records. Prosecutors consult the Lewis database when they decide whether to put a police officer on the witness stand. They also use the Lewis list to identify officers about whom they need to disclose information to defense attorneys that bears on a witnesss credibility or potential bias to fulfill their constitutional obligations.Martin framed his decision to reform the Lewis list as part of a broader shift to be more pro-police. USAO will no longer allow judges or others to gratuitously damage your careers because of the outsized impact of inexact characterizations, he wrote.Michael Romano, a former federal prosecutor in the D.C. office, said that any effort to weaken or eliminate the Lewis list will only make it harder for prosecutors to argue and win cases because it would deprive them of information that they must disclose in court. Gutting the Lewis list, Romano told ProPublica, makes it less likely that prosecutors will obtain convictions at trial, makes it more likely that convictions will be reversed on appeal and puts prosecutors licenses to practice law at risk. Investigating Democrats Martin has initiated multiple inquiries into critics and opponents of Trump.Martin asked Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-Va., for information about a business that Vindman and his brother, Alexander, started to support Ukraine in its war against Russia, The Washington Post reported. Vindman and his twin brother, Alex, both blew the whistle on Trumps attempt to withhold military aid to Ukraine while pressuring the countrys leader to investigate the family of President Joe Biden. Eugene Vindman said that Martins letter was part of Trumps retribution campaign and that those who wrote the letter and encouraged this weird attempt at intimidation are lying.Bidens family members and former officials from his administration received letters from Martins office related to the ex-presidents decision to grant pardons to people close to him, The New York Times reported. Trump has pushed an unproven theory that Bidens actions werent valid because he wasnt mentally competent.He also sent letters to Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Rep. Robert Garcia of California, both Democrats, asking them to answer questions about incendiary public comments they had made. The inquiries appeared to have fizzled out and did not result in any charges. Targeting Medical Journals On Apr. 14, Martin sent a list of questions to the editor of Chest magazine, a medical journal published by the American College of Chest Physicians. The letter accused the journal and others like it of being partisans in various scientific debates and asked a series of contentious questions, such as How do you clearly articulate when you have certain viewpoints that are influenced by your ongoing relations with supporters, funders, advertisers, and others? and How do you handle allegations that authors of works in your journals may have misled readers?Two other medical journal publishers received similar letters, The New York Times reported. The letters have raised grave concerns about curbing free speech and government intimidation of scientific publications.

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A protestor with a Palestinian flag waits for others to arrive at the International Court of Justice which opens hearings into a United Nations request for an advisory opinion on Israel's obligations to allow humanitarian assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)2025-04-28T04:17:28Z THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) A Palestinian diplomat told the United Nations top court on Monday that Israel is killing and displacing civilians and targeting aid workers in Gaza, in a case that Israel criticized as part of its systematic persecution and delegitimization.Israel denies deliberately targeting civilians and aid staff as part of its war with Hamas and did not attend the hearing at the International Court of Justice. In The Hague, Palestinian Ambassador to the Netherlands Ammar Hijazi accused Israel of breaching international law in the occupied territories. Israel is starving, killing and displacing Palestinians while also targeting and blocking humanitarian organizations trying to save their lives, he told the court.The hearings are focussed on a request last year from the U.N. General Assembly, which asked the court to weigh in on Israels legal responsibilities after the country blocked the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory. In a resolution sponsored by Norway, the General Assembly requested an advisory opinion, a non-binding but legally important decision from the court, on Israels obligations in the occupied territories to ensure and facilitate the unhindered provision of urgently needed supplies essential to the survival of the Palestinian civilian population? Hearings opened as the humanitarian aid system in Gaza is nearing collapse. Israel has blocked the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other humanitarian supplies since March 2. It renewed its bombardment on March 18, breaking a ceasefire, and seized large parts of the territory, saying it aims to push Hamas to release more hostages. Despite the stepped-up Israeli pressure, ceasefire efforts remain deadlocked.The World Food Program said last week its food stocks in the Gaza Strip have run out, ending a main source of sustenance for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians as many families are struggling to feed their children. What will happen in the court? The United Nations was the first to address the court on Monday, followed by Palestinian representatives. In total, 40 states and four international organizations are scheduled to participate. The United States, which voted against the U.N. resolution, is scheduled to speak on Wednesday. The court will likely take months to rule. But experts say the decision, though not legally binding, could profoundly impact international jurisprudence, international aid to Israel and public opinion.Advisory opinions provide clarity, Juliette McIntyre, an expert on international law at the University of South Australia, told The Associated Press. Governments rely on them in international negotiations and the outcome could be used to pressure Israel into easing restrictions on aid. Whether any ruling will have an effect on Israel, however, is unclear. Israel has long accused the United Nations of being unfairly biased against it and has ignored a 2004 advisory ruling by the ICJ that found its West Bank separation barrier illegal.While Israel was not in court, Foreign Minister Gideon Saar hit back at the case. I accuse UNRWA, I accuse the U.N., I accuse the secretary-general and I accuse all those that weaponized international law and its institutions in order to deprive the most attacked country in the world, Israel, of its most basic right to defend itself, he told a news conference in Jerusalem.On Tuesday, South Africa, a staunch critic of Israel, will present its arguments. In hearings last year in a separate case at the court, the country accused Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza a charge Israel denies. Those proceedings are still underway.Israels troubled relations with UNRWA Israels ban on the agency, known as UNRWA, which provides aid to Gaza, came into effect in January. The organization has faced increased criticism from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right allies, who claim the group is deeply infiltrated by Hamas. UNRWA rejects that claim.On Monday, Amir Weissbrod, a Foreign Ministry official, presented Israels case against UNRWA. He accused it of failing to act before the war against evidence that Hamas had used its facilities, including by digging tunnels underneath them. The official said UNRWA employed 1,400 Palestinians with militant ties. Israel says some of those employees also took part in Hamas Oct. 7, 2023, attacks and Weissbrod said at least three of those employees still worked for the U.N. The presentation included videos, documents and pictures of the alleged employees. The Oct. 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel killed about 1,200 people and set off the war in Gaza. UNRWA said it fired nine staffers after an internal U.N. investigation concluded that they could have been involved, although the evidence was not authenticated and corroborated. The Israeli ban doesnt apply directly to Gaza. But it controls all entry to the territory, and its ban on UNRWA from operating inside Israel greatly limits the agencys ability to function. Israeli officials say they are looking for alternative ways to deliver aid to Gaza that would cut out the United Nations. UNRWA was established by the U.N. General Assembly in 1949 to provide relief for Palestinians who fled or were expelled from their homes in what is now Israel during the war surrounding Israels creation the previous year until there is a political solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.The agency has been providing aid and services including health and education to some 2.5 million Palestinians in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, as well as 3 million more in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.Israels air and ground war has killed over 51,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were civilians or combatants. Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.___Associated Press writer Tia Goldenberg in Jerusalem contributed to this report.___Follow APs war coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war

Workers assemble circuit breakers at a manufacturer of electronic equipment, in Fuyang city in central China's Anhui province on April 15, 2025. (Chinatopix via AP)2025-04-28T05:02:13Z Chinas leaders are downplaying the potential impact from U.S. President Donald Trumps trade war, saying they have the capacity to protect jobs and limit damage from higher tariffs on Chinese exports.The briefing Monday by several senior officials of different government ministries appeared aimed at shoring up confidence with promises of support for companies and the unemployed, easier lending conditions and other policies to counter the impact of combined tariffs of up to 145% on U.S. imports from China. It followed a meeting of Chinas powerful Politburo last week that analysts said had focused on ways to counter keep growth on track despite slowing exports. Chinese policymakers are on heightened standby mode, Louise Loo, lead economist at Oxford Economics said in a a report. She noted that the policies were similar to earlier pronouncements. The status of exchanges, if any, between the White House and Chinese leader Xi Jinping remains unclear. Trump said last week that hes actively negotiating with the Chinese government on tariffs while U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said talks have yet to start. Beijing has denied that any such talks were underway, and China has retaliated against Trumps tariffs by putting 125% import duties on products from the U.S., among other measures.The officials who spoke Monday reiterated Chinas rejection of what leaders there call bullying. They make up bargaining chips out of thin air, bully and go back on their words, which makes everyone see one thing more and more clearly, that is the so-called reciprocal tariffs severely go against historical trends and economic laws, impact international trade rules and order and seriously impair the legitimate rights and interests of countries, said Zhao Chenxin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, the countrys main economic planning agency. The trade war between the worlds two largest economies has the potential to bring on a recession in the U.S., with repercussions across the globe. China has been struggling to recharge its own growth after the job losses and other shocks of the pandemic. Economists at the International Monetary Fund and some investment houses have downgraded their estimates for growth in China this year, to about 4%. Millions of export oriented jobs are at stake. Still, Chinese officials say they believe the economy has the momentum to expand at the target rate of about 5% this year, in line with growth in 2024.Yu Jiadong, a vice minister of Human Resources and Social Security, told reporters in Beijing that a full and objective analysis shows Chinas employment policy toolbox is sufficient. The government will step up support for companies to help them keep workers and also encourage entrepreneurship among the unemployed, Yu said. China also can manage without energy imports from the United States, said Zhao, the NDRC deputy director.Enterprises reducing or even stopping energy imports from the United States will have no impact on our countrys energy supply, he said. China has been gradually cutting its imports of U.S. grains and other farm products, and Zhao said that stopping such purchases would not compromise the food supply. Most grain purchases were for livestock feed and the international market has adequate stocks to make up for any reduction in imports of corn, sorghum, soy and oil from American suppliers, he said. A deputy governor of the central bank, Zou Lan, said the Peoples Bank of China will cut interest rates and relax reserve requirements as needed to encourage lending. Incremental policies will be introduced in a timely manner to help stabilize employment, enterprises, markets, and expectations, Zou said.China can expand domestic demand through various policies including rebates for swapping old vehicles, appliances and factory equipment for new ones, Zhao said, forecasting that demand for equipment upgrades will exceed 5 trillion yuan ($34.8 billion) a year. In the longer term, China also is promoting the shift of more people to cities from the countryside, Zhao said.Every 1 percentage point increase in the urbanization rate can stimulate trillions of investment demand, he said. Our country has very real potential and space to expand domestic demand.___AP video producer Borg Wong contributed. ELAINE KURTENBACH Based in Bangkok, Kurtenbach is the APs business editor for Asia, helping to improve and expand our coverage of regional economies, climate change and the transition toward carbon-free energy. She has been covering economic, social, environmental and political trends in China, Japan and Southeast Asia throughout her career. twitter mailto RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

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Argentine Cardinal ngel Sixto Rossi speaks to reporters as he arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting, at the Vatican, Monday, April 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)2025-04-28T09:43:23Z VATICAN CITY (AP) Catholic cardinals on Monday set May 7 as the start date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis successor, delaying the secret voting for two days to help them get to know one another better and find consensus on a candidate before they are sequestered in the Sistine Chapel.The cardinals set the date after arriving for the first day of informal meetings following Pope Francis funeral Saturday. In a chaotic scene, journalists shouted out questions to the cardinals about the mood inside, whether there was unity, and when the conclave would begin. A reporter for a satirical Italian television program repeatedly asked whether an Italian cardinal who has been convicted by the Vatican criminal court on finance-related charges would be allowed to vote.There is the hope of unity, said Argentine Cardinal ngel Sixto Rossi, the 66-year-old archbishop of Cordoba who was made a cardinal by Francis in 2023. Many cardinals cited the desire to continue Francis pastoral focus on people who are marginalized and against war. But conservatives in the ranks may be more focused on forging unity and refocusing the church back to core doctrines emphasized by St. John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI, rather than continuing Francis social justice focus and outreach to women and gays. British Cardinal Vincent Nichols, the 79-year-old archbishop of Westminster, was adamant that the church must strive for unity, and he downplayed divisions. The role of the pope is to essentially hold us together and thats the grace weve been given from God, said Nichols.Venezuelan Cardinal Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo expressed confidence that once the conclave begins, a decision would be quick, between two and three days. Cardinal electorsThe College of Cardinals that will elect a new pope includes members from far-flung corners of the globe whom Francis named over his 12-year papacy to bring in new points of views of the Catholic Church hierarchy. Many have spent little or no time in Rome getting to know their colleagues, injecting some uncertainty into a process that requires two-thirds of the voting-age cardinals to coalesce behind a single candidate. Nichols acknowledged that the 135 cardinal electors 108 of whom were appointed by Francis dont know each other very well. The last 20 were appointed in early December.Weve got all week, Nichols said as he arrived Monday.Only cardinals under 80 are eligible to vote, and it is not clear how many of the 135 will participate. A Spanish cardinal has already said he wont come to Rome for health reasons.A big uncertainty is whether Cardinal Angelo Becciu, once one of the most powerful cardinals in the Vatican, will be allowed in the Sistine Chapel. Francis in 2020 forced Becciu to resign as head of the Vaticans saint-making office and renounce his rights as a cardinal because of allegations of embezzlement and financial fraud. Becciu denied any wrongdoing but was put on trial in the Vatican criminal court and convicted of finance-related charges in December, 2023. He is appealing the conviction and has participated in the pre-conclave meetings, but there is a lingering question about whether he is entitled to vote. The Vaticans official statistics list him as a non-elector. When he was ousted in 2020, Becciu told a hastily arranged press conference that he wouldnt be voting in any future conclave, but recently, he has insisted he is entitled to vote and canon lawyers have been poring over the Vatican document regulating the conclave to determine if hes right.Papal candidatesWhile Francis stacked the ranks with his cardinals, it is not necessarily the case that all of them will want to see the church continue in his image. On Monday morning, any glimpse of a red cap appearing along St. Peters Squares stately colonnade set journalists running with cameras and voice recorders aloft to capture the mood inside, however fleeting. Italian Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, considered a contender to be the next pope, navigated the scrum of converging journalists with humor, but didnt give anything away. He joked that he was holding his breath as the microphones and cameras surrounded him all the way to the Vatican gate. African voicesNigerian Cardinal John Olorunfemi Onaiyekan, the emeritus archbishop of Abuja, was asked if the African cardinals were coalescing around a particular candidate. African bishops had made a remarkably united stand last year against Francis outreach to LGBTQ+ people, refusing to implement his declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples. Given such a stand, there is some speculation that the 18 African cardinal electors could help block a progressive candidate from emerging. We have not come here for a political rally. We have come to get a pope out, said Onaiyekan, who at 81 is too old to vote but can have a role in influencing how younger electors might. Asian and Latin American voicesIndian Cardinal Anthony Poola, the 61-year-old archbishop of Hyderabad, said he had experienced a sense of unity among his fellow cardinals but allowed that anything could happen. As a relatively young cardinal, Poola is one of four Indian electors who will participate in the conclave, three of whom, including Poola, were named by Francis.Anyone who is coming up must be the successor of St. Peter, and we all hope that he will be a good pope, he said. Rossi, the Argentine cardinal, said he hoped that Francis message of mercy, closeness, charity, tenderness and faith, would accompany them in finding a successor.But he acknowledged the job was daunting. Asked how he felt about participating in his first conclave, he responded with a laugh: Afraid.___Associated Press religion coverage receives support through the APs collaboration with The Conversation US, with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc. The AP is solely responsible for this content. NICOLE WINFIELD Winfield has been on the Vatican beat since 2001, covering the papacies of St. John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI and the Francis pontificate and traveling the world with them. 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Mohammad Abu Zeid, 12, tastes the food prepared for a meal in his family tent in Muwasi, on the outskirts of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)2025-04-28T10:21:31Z DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight into Monday killed at least 27 Palestinians, according to local health officials. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.Israel has carried out daily strikes on Gaza since ending its ceasefire with Hamas last month. It has cut off the territorys 2 million Palestinians from all imports, including food and medicine, since the beginning of March in what it says is an attempt to pressure the militant group to release hostages.The daily bombardment and widespread hunger is taking a heavy toll on Gazas most vulnerable residents, including pregnant women and children. The United Nations highest court began holding hearings on Monday into Israels obligation to facilitate humanitarian aid to the territories it occupies.Israel says the International Court of Justice is biased against it. It says enough aid entered during the ceasefire to sustain the population and accuses Hamas of siphoning it off.Humanitarian workers say supplies are running desperately low, with most people eating one meal or less a day. They say the U.N. closely monitors aid distribution and deny any significant diversion. Strikes hit three homesAn airstrike hit a home in Beit Lahiya, killing 10 people, including a Palestinian prisoner, Abdel-Fattah Abu Mahadi, who had been released as part of the ceasefire. His wife, two of their children and a grandchild were also killed, according to the Indonesian Hospital, which received the bodies.Another strike hit a home in Gaza City, killing seven people, including two women, according to the Gaza Health Ministrys emergency service. Two other people were wounded.Late Sunday, a strike hit a home in the southern city of Khan Younis, killing at least 10 people, including five siblings as young as 4 years old, according to the Health Ministry. Two other children were killed along with their parents, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies.Israel says it makes every effort to avoid harming civilians and blames Hamas for their deaths because the militants operate in densely populated areas. Palestinians say nowhere in blockaded Gaza is safe. No end in sight to the 18-month-old warThe war began when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251. Hamas is still holding 59 hostages, 24 of whom are believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.Israels retaliatory offensive has killed over 52,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Health Ministry, which does not say how many of the dead were fighters or civilians. Israels bombardment and ground operations have destroyed vast areas of Gaza and left most of its population homeless.The Health Ministry says 2,151 people, including 732 children, have been killed since Israel shattered the truce on March 18.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the offensive until all the hostages are returned and Hamas is either destroyed or agrees to disarm and leave the territory. He says Israel will then implement U.S. President Donald Trumps proposal to resettle much of Gazas population in other countries through what the Israeli leader refers to as voluntary emigration. Palestinians say the plan would amount to forcible expulsion from their homeland after Israels offensive left much of Gaza uninhabitable. Human rights experts say it would likely violate international law.Hamas has said it will only release the remaining hostages in return for more Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, as called for in the ceasefire that Israel ended.___Magdy reported from Cairo.___Follow APs war coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/israel-hamas-war SAMY MAGDY Magdy is a Middle East reporter for The Associated Press, based in Cairo. He focuses on conflict, migration and human rights abuses. twitter facebook mailto

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This image obtained from AP video shows a tag with the text ''K.L. Dachau'' seen through the f-holes of a Dachau-built instrument dubbed the ''violin of hope'' in Magyarpolny, Hungary, Tuesday April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nikolett Csanyi)2025-04-28T06:07:14Z BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) During World War II, within the walls of the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, a Jewish prisoner secretly penned a short note and hid it inside a violin he had crafted under harrowing circumstances a message to the future that would remain undiscovered for more than 80 years.Trial instrument, made under difficult conditions with no tools and materials, the worn note read. Dachau. Anno 1941, Franciszek Kempa.The origins of the violin, built in 1941 by Franciszek Franz Kempa while imprisoned by the Nazis at Dachau in southern Germany, remained unnoticed for decades. It wasnt until art dealers in Hungary sent the instrument out for repairs after having stored it for years among a set of purchased furniture that its history came to light.Although the instruments craftsmanship pointed clearly to a skilled maker, the professional repairing it was puzzled by the poor quality of the wood and the crude tools used to create it, which didnt match the evident skill involved. If you look at its proportions and structure, you can see that its a master violin, made by a man who was proficient in his craft, said Szandra Katona, one of the Hungarian art dealers who discovered the origins of the violin. But the choice of wood was completely incomprehensible. Motivated by the contradiction, the professional disassembled the violin, revealing Kempas hidden note an apparent explanation, even an apology, from a master violin maker forced by the brutal limitations of his captivity to build an instrument that fell short of his own standards. Dachau, located near Munich, was the first concentration camp established by the Nazis in March 1933. It initially housed political prisoners but later became a model for other camps, imprisoning Jews, Roma, clergy, homosexuals, and others targeted by the Nazi regime. Over time, it became a site of forced labor, medical experiments, and brutal punishment, and remained in operation until it was liberated by American forces on April 29, 1945. At least 40,000 people are believed to have died there due to starvation, disease, execution, or mistreatment. There is ample evidence that musical instruments were present in concentration camps across Central and Eastern Europe during World War II. For propaganda purposes, the Nazis often permitted or even encouraged the formation of musical groups to give a false impression to the outside world about life in the camps.However, all known instruments that survived Dachau are believed to have been brought in by prisoners. Kempas violin of hope, as it has come to be called, is the only known instrument actually built inside the camp. It is unknown how the violin left Dachau and ultimately made its way to Hungary. But Kempa, according to documents provided to the Hungarian art dealers by the museum at the Dachau memorial site, survived the war and returned to his native Poland to continue making instruments before dying in 1953. The documents also suggest that Kempa was known to the Nazis as an instrument maker something Tams Tlosi, one of the art dealers, believes may have spared him the fate of millions of others that perished in the camps. We named it the violin of hope because if someone ends up in a difficult situation, having a task or a challenge helps them get through a lot of things, Tlosi said. You focus not on the problem, but on the task itself, and I think this helped the maker of this instrument to survive the concentration camp. JUSTIN SPIKE Spike is an Associated Press reporter based in Budapest, Hungary. twitter mailto

At least now I saw youre way more gorgeous and more beautiful than you were in the photo you sent me, an older white man with a greying beard says during a Skype video call. He is talking to an elderly woman who appears to be in her car, staring into her phones front-facing camera.She laughs at the compliment, and the smiling man keeps going. I think I should send security to keep you safe, so no one comes, he says. To that, the woman laughs even more. Ill be okay, she reassures the man.The bearded man, however, doesnt really exist. Instead, he is a realtime deepfake created by a fraudster, likely to lure the woman as part of a romance scam and have her send money. Someone filming the interaction captures what is really happening: a young Black man is sitting in front of a laptop and webcam, and software is then automatically transforming his appearance to that of the much older white man and feeding that into Skype, all live.Other realtime deepfakes from fraudsters include a Black man making himself appear as a white woman, and many cases of scammers being able to hold objects during the live call without breaking the illusion. One deepfake scammer even included an American flag in the background of their live video call. 0:00 /0:30 1 A video shared on Telegram. Redacted by 404 Media to protect the victim's identity. This is the reality of fraud today, where scammers are able to digitally manipulate their appearance in real time to match a photo on a drivers license, dating profile, or a celebrity. Like a chameleon, these scammers, who can be involved in everything from romance scams like the one in the video to fraudulent tax refunds, can hide their true appearance with just a laptop and phone and produce very realistic results.Its way better now, Format Boy, a self-described and high profile Yahoo Boy, told me in a Telegram chat referring to deepfakes. Yahoo Boys are fraudsters typically based in Nigeria who traditionally used Yahoo emails as part of their scams, but have now broadened to all manner of schemes. Before we couldn't do somethings; we can do now.Do you know anything else about realtime deepfake fraud? Do you carry it out yourself, or investigate it? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.It is now very common to see spammy video ads on social media that use a deepfaked version of a celebrity or public figure. 404 Media previously reported on a rampant scam on YouTube in which fake versions of Taylor Swift, Steve Harvey, and Joe Rogan pitched Medicare scams. 404 Media also reported on another set of deepfake ads, also on YouTube, featuring the likenesses of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, Mike Tyson, and Terry Crews selling erectile dysfunction supplements.But those were pre-rendered, static files. They were recorded beforehand, likely tweaked and perfected over time, and then uploaded to YouTube. The promise of realtime deepfakes for fraudsters is that they can use the tech to engage with a victim in the moment. Rather than some scripted video which may or may not be tailored to the victim, realtime deepfakes allow a scammer to talk directly to their mark and improvise on video calls or livestreams. They can appear just as human as the person they are impersonating, potentially fooling not only people but also the automated systems that require someone to prove their identity to open an account with a financial institution, for example.For months 404 Media has monitored the spread of deepfake technology throughout fraud-focused Telegram channels. For much of that time, the results were not impressive. Some involved using AI to animate a photo in an attempt to bypass cryptocurrency exchanges identity verification processes and the videos were stilted and unnatural. Others looked more realistic, but it was unclear whether the advertisements were scamsfraudsters on Telegram asked for hundreds of dollars for access to their tool that allegedly bypassed know-your-customer (KYC) verification checks. Some fraudsters also advertised access to tools that let a phone user replace their cameras input with a file from their phones gallery, meaning they could upload the deepfake video to services that ask for a selfie. 404 Media has also seen Instagram accounts where a real person consistently deepfakes themselves to appear as a different gender in order to catfish people.Images from a fraud-focused Telegram channel.But recently the quality has improved massively, with fraudsters demonstrating theyre able to hold entire realtime video calls for extended periods of time while maintaining their deepfaked persona, according to videos viewed by 404 Media.In another example, a handsome man in a black baseball cap says I love your smile over a WhatsApp video call while giggling. Hes chatting with an elderly woman with an American accent.I didnt know this was going to be a video call, she says after a pregnant pause. The man laughs flirtatiously and grins.Im barely awake and Im not dressed, she says.A camera filming the interaction then pans away and zooms out, and shows the scammers setup. A laptop sits atop a PC tower, with a giant screen showing various pieces of software.Format Boy spends much of his time telling other Yahoo Boys how to perform realtime deepfakes in videos he uploads to YouTube and Instagram. On his YouTube channel he claims his content is for pranks and educational purposes. But on Telegram his channel bio says he has been a Yahoo Boy for more than seven years. Comments on his YouTube videos indicate he has viewers from Ukraine, Ghana, and Cameroon.One realtime deepfake method Format Boy explains on YouTube involves a phone, a laptop, a piece of screen mirroring software, the livestreaming tool OBS to set up a virtual camera, NDI tools to route the video feed, and a faceswap app called Amigo AI. Amigo allows users to upload a photo of their choosing to base the deepfake on.Another similar method involves a face swap tool called Magicam, which also allows an user to upload an arbitrary photo, and a ring light. Format Boy says in the video that having a ring light is important to make the resulting deepfake more detailed; multiple videos and images 404 Media has seen of fraudsters creating realtime deepfakes include ring lights. 0:00 /0:27 1 A video shared on YouTube. Redacted by 404 Media to protect the victim's identity. A representative for Magicam told 404 Media in a Discord message that we were not aware that Magicam had been used in any fraudulent activity.At this time, we do not have built-in mechanisms to detect or prevent malicious use. However, in light of recent developments, we recognize the urgency of this issue and are actively exploring solutions that can help us better safeguard our technology while still respecting user privacy, they added.Amigo AI did not respond to a request for comment.A third technique uses tools called DeepFaceLive and DeepLiveCam which require a beefier laptop with a modern GPU to power the realtime deepfake. Fraudsters seem to move from one app to another when options that produce high quality videos for cheaper become available.With their set up in place, the fraudster can then make a video call over WhatsApp, Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts, Telegram or another service while presenting themselves as whoever they want. Scammers also turn to voice changers, either ones already baked into the deepfake app or small pieces of hardware that can make them sound like someone else, according to other videos.Format Boy has posted in his Telegram channel about deepfakes since late 2023, through 2024, and multiple times this year too. Over the months, and then years, it is possible to see how much easier creating deepfakes has become for fraudsters, while their realism has simultaneously gone up.Format Boy told 404 Media that the current deepfake tech works for romance scams, but he didnt think it was good enough for bypassing KYC checks. I think were almost there, but not quite yet, he said.Stills and images from a fraud-focused Telegram channel.But multiple AI and cybersecurity researchers say fraudsters are using realtime deepfakes to target the systems that are supposed to check that a person appearing on camera is real and not artificially generated. And in some cases those fraudsters are being successful.We're seeing some of our partners actually getting those deepfakes, David Maimon, head of fraud insights at cybersecurity company SentilLink and a professor at Georgia State University, told 404 Media. In some cases, the fraudsters generate a new face with ChatGPT, superimpose that image onto a drivers license, then apply to open new bank accounts with that stolen or synthetic identity. Some also perform tax refund scams, where fraudsters submit a victims tax return in order to get an IRS refund themselves, Maimon said.And when they are asked to sort of prove liveliness with the videos, they're able to do that as well, Maimon said, adding that the frequency of these fraud attempts has gone up over the past year. Maimon showed 404 Media a video in which a deepfake successfully passed the identity verification process on CashApp. CashApp acknowledged a request for comment but did not provide a response in time for publication. Maimon also published some of his findings in a blog post on SentiLinks website earlier this month.We have seen a sizable uptick of requests to use our product in the last few months alone related to two different things: integration with web conferencing platforms (Zoom and Teams are the two most requested platforms, which we already integrate with) and KYC verification for user onboarding, a spokesperson for Reality Defender, a company whose product is designed for enterprises to detect deepfakes, said in an email. We are only privy to the incidents that clients have shared with us willingly, but can confirm that entities we work with have had real time deepfake issues in Africa, in Singapore, and in North Korea, among other places.Format Boy for his part continues to post tips online. His Telegram bio says Im here to make millionaires.

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