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Nomia Iqbal

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Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

Rasha Alouia is 34. She's a transplant doctor and assistant professor at Brown University based in Rhode Island. And she'd been in the U.S. since 2018 on an H-1B visa. So these are visas typically issued to foreigners who've got special skills for a job that an employer would say they can't get an American to do.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

Rasha Alouia is 34. She's a transplant doctor and assistant professor at Brown University based in Rhode Island. And she'd been in the U.S. since 2018 on an H-1B visa. So these are visas typically issued to foreigners who've got special skills for a job that an employer would say they can't get an American to do.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

But court documents show that in February, she went to Lebanon for what she thought would be a short visit, but was delayed in returning while trying to get paperwork from the U.S. consulate in in Beirut and her cousin filed a petition on her behalf.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

But court documents show that in February, she went to Lebanon for what she thought would be a short visit, but was delayed in returning while trying to get paperwork from the U.S. consulate in in Beirut and her cousin filed a petition on her behalf.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

You had a US district court judge on Friday saying that the federal government must give 48 hours notice to the court before her removal from the country. But she was already put on a flight back to Lebanon by US Customs and Border Protection.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

You had a US district court judge on Friday saying that the federal government must give 48 hours notice to the court before her removal from the country. But she was already put on a flight back to Lebanon by US Customs and Border Protection.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

Well, Homeland Security has sent us a statement alleging that she told agents during her detainment that she had traveled to Beirut last month to attend the funeral of the dead Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Now, tens of thousands of people attended the funeral. It was held at a 48,000 seat stadium in Beirut. But, of course, Hezbollah is considered a terrorist group by the U.S.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

Well, Homeland Security has sent us a statement alleging that she told agents during her detainment that she had traveled to Beirut last month to attend the funeral of the dead Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Now, tens of thousands of people attended the funeral. It was held at a 48,000 seat stadium in Beirut. But, of course, Hezbollah is considered a terrorist group by the U.S.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

They also claim she had pictures of the Iran's Ayatollah on her phone. But she reportedly said that this was not a political reason why she went to the funeral or why she had the pictures, but it was more of a religious one. As a Shia Muslim, she said that they were important religious figures and it wasn't anything political.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

They also claim she had pictures of the Iran's Ayatollah on her phone. But she reportedly said that this was not a political reason why she went to the funeral or why she had the pictures, but it was more of a religious one. As a Shia Muslim, she said that they were important religious figures and it wasn't anything political.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

Nonetheless, the university has sent an email advising international students and faculty members to avoid international travel due to potential changes in travel restrictions and travel bans. This all comes at a time when the Trump administration is really ramping up its efforts to deport people.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

Nonetheless, the university has sent an email advising international students and faculty members to avoid international travel due to potential changes in travel restrictions and travel bans. This all comes at a time when the Trump administration is really ramping up its efforts to deport people.

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

And were the teenagers, were they Russian?

Global News Podcast
Canadian PM Mark Carney says he wants to reduce security reliance on the US

And were the teenagers, were they Russian?

Global News Podcast
Trump says it's easier dealing with Russia

Namia Iqbal ist unsere Berichterstatterin in Washington. But it appears that he still seems to not have shifted much on his position in terms of being not convinced about Ukraine's desire for peace. It was all pretty confusing because we're not actually sure if he's going to impose any sanctions on Russia. He has said that he might do.

Global News Podcast
Trump says it's easier dealing with Russia

Namia Iqbal ist unsere Berichterstatterin in Washington. But it appears that he still seems to not have shifted much on his position in terms of being not convinced about Ukraine's desire for peace. It was all pretty confusing because we're not actually sure if he's going to impose any sanctions on Russia. He has said that he might do.

Global News Podcast
Trump says it's easier dealing with Russia

But at the moment, if you were to ask me, does he have a specific policy approach? All we know is that he just wants the war to end in Ukraine. How that happens, we just don't know.

Global News Podcast
Trump says it's easier dealing with Russia

But at the moment, if you were to ask me, does he have a specific policy approach? All we know is that he just wants the war to end in Ukraine. How that happens, we just don't know.

Global News Podcast
Trump says it's easier dealing with Russia

Was erwarten wir? Es wird. Er und Präsident Zelenskyy haben gesagt, dass sie es gemacht haben, nachdem Mr. Zelenskyy ihm das Statement gesendet hat, dass er Mr. Trump für eine starke Führung freut. Donald Trump hat sogar in seinem Antrag an den Präsidenten gesagt, dass er sicher war, dass der Krieg erreicht werden könnte.

Global News Podcast
Trump says it's easier dealing with Russia

Was erwarten wir? Es wird. Er und Präsident Zelenskyy haben gesagt, dass sie es gemacht haben, nachdem Mr. Zelenskyy ihm das Statement gesendet hat, dass er Mr. Trump für eine starke Führung freut. Donald Trump hat sogar in seinem Antrag an den Präsidenten gesagt, dass er sicher war, dass der Krieg erreicht werden könnte.