Morning news brief: Israel-Hamas updates; Trump reassigns ICE chief over frustration on slower deportations, and more

Morning news brief: Israel-Hamas updates; Trump reassigns ICE chief over frustration on slower deportations, and more

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Hamas handed over a body claiming that it belonged to Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas late at night on Friday (Feb 21). It was after a misidentification nearly disrupted the fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement.

US President Donald Trump has reassigned the acting head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) due to the agency's apparent slower performance in arresting and deporting immigrants.

Indian-origin Kashyap 'Kash' Patel took oath as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita on Friday (Feb 21).

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Hamas hands over another body claiming it’s Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas

 People carry a placard bearing the pictures of Oded Lifshitz and members of the Bibas family, hours after the Palestinian group Hamas handed over the bodies of who it said were those of the four hostages, on February 20, 2025. Photograph: (AFP)

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Hamas handed over a body it claimed belonged to Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas late atnighton Friday (Feb 21) after a misidentification nearly disrupted the fragile Gaza ceasefire agreement.

Donald Trump reassigns ICE chief over frustration on slower deportations

 US President Donald Trump has reassigned the acting head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after the agency's apparent slower performance in arresting and deporting the immigrants.  Photograph: (Reuters )

US President Donald Trump has reassigned the acting head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) due to the agency's apparent slower performance in arresting and deporting immigrants.

WATCH | New FBI Director Kash Patel takes oath on Bhagavad Gita, says living his 'American dream'

 India-origin Kashyap 'Kash' Patel took oath as the Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita on Saturday (Feb 22). Photograph: (AFP)

India-origin Kashyap 'Kash' Patel took oath as the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Hindu holy book Bhagavad Gita on Friday (Feb 21).

Luigi Mangione's first court appearance of 2025. Internet can't get enough of the 'sexiest criminal'

 Photos and videos shared on the social media platform X showed women taking his pictures while he was taken to the court with his hands chained. Photograph: (X)

Luigi Mangione, the alleged murdered of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, made his first court appearance of 2025 on Friday (Feb 21) wearing a bulletproof vest and shackles over his green sweatshirt - and that was enough to make women on the internet simp over him, once again.

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