Minnesota immigration operation to end; Bangladesh Nationalist Party eyes election victory, and more

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  Our Top Stories Donald Trump's Bordersar, Tom Holman,

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  said that federal immigration agents would end their operation in Minnesota after more than two months.

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  The arrival of nearly 3,000 agents in the state sparked widespread protests,

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  which intensified after officers killed two American citizens.

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  Mr Homan said the operation had been a, quote, great success in arresting illegal aliens.

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  American public opinion has turned against Mr Trump's deportation campaign.

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  The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won the country's first election

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  since protesters toppled Sheikh Hasina Wazid,

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  its despotic leader, in 2024.

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  With the council ongoing,

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  local broadcasters said the BNP would have a majority in the 300-seat parliament.

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  Jamateh Islami, an Islamist group that was banned under Sheikh Hasina, reportedly won around 40.

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  The BNP has vowed to fight graft and preserve freedom of speech.

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