Apple unveiled iOS 26 at WWDC 2025, a significant update featuring a 'Liquid Glass' design for a more translucent interface. Apple Intelligence enhances core apps like Phone and Messages with real-time translation, visual information retrieval, and improved call screening.
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President Trump vowed to replicate aggressive immigration enforcement nationwide, sparking protests and legal challenges, particularly in Los Angeles. He criticized California's leadership, promising to 'liberate' LA, while tensions escalated following ICE raids and troop deployments. Security tightened at schools, and reactions in Congress were divided, with Trump signaling a firm stance against unrest.
Greta Thunberg and other activists are sailing to Gaza with aid, but Israel has vowed to prevent their entry, citing the need to maintain its naval blockade against Hamas. The Freedom Flotilla Coalition's vessel, Madleen, aims to deliver humanitarian assistance and highlight the worsening crisis in the region, despite previous attempts facing setbacks and accusations of Israeli attacks.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused West Bengal's Mamata Banerjee government of promoting religious conversions by granting OBC status to Christian converts. BJP alleges the state's OBC list favors Muslims, increasing their representation significantly since 2010. This move, according to BJP, is a blatant appeasement tactic for vote-bank politics, disregarding a Supreme Court ruling against religion-based reservations.
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