The president told reporters the island’s 57,000 residents “want to be with us”.
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Mexican workers set up tent city to house deportees from US
As well as a place to sleep, returning Mexicans will receive food, medicine and help in obtaining documents.
Holocaust survivors fear Europe is forgetting the lessons of Auschwitz
Eighty years after the liberation of the concentration camp, some politicians have been quick to target outsiders.
Pete Hegseth sworn in as US defence secretary after tie-breaking vote
The one-time Fox News television host and combat veteran was narrowly confirmed in the Senate late on Friday.
Trump fires at least a dozen government watchdogs
Democrats described Trump’s late-night firing of the federal agency inspectors general as an ‘attack on Democracy’.
200 Palestinian prisoners released to jubilant scenes in West Bank
The prisoners were released in exchange for four female hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
‘My beauty, you’re home’: Israeli women soldiers reunited with families
The four women were taken hostage on 7 October from Nahal Oz military base, about a kilometre from Gaza.
Palestinians’ return on hold as Israel accuses Hamas of breaching truce deal
Israel says it will not open a key road until plans are in place for the release of an Israeli civilian.
West Bank celebrations as freed Palestinian prisoners return
The BBC’s Jon Donnison watched on in Ramallah as the former captives were greeted by cheering crowds.
Emotional reunions as Israeli hostages see their families
The female IDF soldiers returned to Israel in the second ceasefire hostage and prisoner swap.