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A judge has temporarily blocked President Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the US Agency for International Development on paid leave, hours before it was due to happen. In the Middle East, Hamas is expected to release a fifth group of Israeli hostages. Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben Ami, and Or Levy were those named by Hamas – hours after the list was originally due to be published.
The UK government wants to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service. Currently only the Apple account holder can access data stored in this way. The tech giant itself cannot view it. The news was first reported by the Washington Post, quoting sources familiar with the matter, and the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has spoken to similar contacts.
To discuss this and more, Yasmeen Serhan, an American-British journalist and digital features editor for the Reuters news agency and Matthew Phillips, a campaigner for the Global Optimism climate and environment organisation. CREDIT PICTURE: A person leaves flowers, next to a USAID sign / REUTERS.