US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) intends to convert 23 industrial buildings into migrant detention facilities with a total capacity of up to 80 thousand people. However, local residents and authorities actively oppose these plans, writes The Washington Post. Claims include a lack of water, proximity to schools and churches, and unsuitable conditions in the buildings themselves.

US law enforcement is investigating claims by former Meta contractors that company employees can access messages on WhatsApp, despite claims of privacy and end-to-end encryption. Bloomberg writes about this with reference to the agent’s report and interview. According to the documents, Commerce Department special agents were looking into contractors' claims that they and some Meta employees had "unrestricted" access to WhatsApp messages.

The Israeli Government's Coordination Office in the Palestinian Territories (COGAT) has promised to open the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Sunday, February 1.

The aviation component of CSG-3 includes Carrier Air Wing Nine, which boasts fifth-generation multirole fighters F-35C Lightning II (10 to 12 aircraft), F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter-bombers (30 to 36 aircraft), EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft (7 aircraft), E-2D Hawkeye airborne early warning and control aircraft (4 to 5 aircraft), CMV-22B Osprey tiltrotors (3 aircraft), and MH-60R/S Sea Hawk multirole helicopters (19 to 22 aircraft). In addition, U.S.

The Canadian government has announced that it will no longer accept passports for visas in Russia. The corresponding message appeared on the official website of the Canadian authorities on January 28. From this date, visa centers in the Russian Federation no longer accept documents for entry permits. The norm applies to everyone who lives in Russia, and not only to Russian citizens. Now, to obtain a visa, you will need to visit a visa center in another country.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is considering a merger with his artificial intelligence firm xAI ahead of a planned initial public offering this year, Reuters reported , citing a person familiar with the matter and registration documents. The merger will bring together rockets, Starlink satellites, the social network Twitter (X) and the chat bot Grok into one company. Also, according to Bloomberg, SpaceX is discussing the possibility of merging with electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla.

France will be forced to release a detained tanker from Russia’s “shadow fleet” due to limitations in national legislation, President Emmanuel Macron told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a phone call on Jan. 29. Zelensky, in turn, announced the news at a meeting with journalists in Kyiv, according to a report by European Pravda . The Insider had earlier reported that the European Union has limited legal mechanisms to hold detained tankers.

In mid-January, the Ministry of Finance sent for approval to the Central Bank and Rosfinmonitoring a bill limiting cash deposits into an account or deposit through an ATM in the amount of 1 million rubles. Interfax reports this with reference to sources. “Currently there are no limits in the law on replenishing accounts and deposits in cash through ATMs. In this regard, money of unknown origin may be introduced into non-cash circulation,” say the authors of the bill.

On Jan. 30, Kazakhstan’s Prosecutor General’s Office granted Russia’s extradition request for Chechen opposition figure and activist Mansur Movlaev. The decision was reported on Facebook by Movlaev’s lawyer, Murat Adam. The Kazakh agency instructed the country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs to hand Movlaev over to Russian authorities no later than 30 days after the decision enters into legal force. The order was signed by Deputy Prosecutor General of Kazakhstan Askhat Zhumagali.

The administration of US President Donald Trump on Thursday, January 29, lifted some of the sanctions on the Venezuelan oil industry, making it easier for American companies to work with Venezuelan oil. The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control allowed domestic companies to buy, sell, transport, store and process it. At the same time, current sanctions on oil production remain in force.

On January 30, the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan satisfied Russia's extradition request to extradite Chechen oppositionist and activist Mansur Movlaev. Movlaev's lawyer Murat Adam reported this on Facebook. The Kazakh department instructed the Committee of the Criminal Executive System of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic to transfer Movlaev to the Russian authorities no later than 30 days after the decision entered into legal force.

The Russian cargo ship Sinegorsk (IMO: 9261061) was removed from UK territorial waters after the appearance of a Royal Navy helicopter. The cargo ship was anchored in Bristol Bay next to undersea communications cables connecting the UK with the US, Canada, Spain and Portugal. According to the Starboard Maritime Intelligence service, the last time Sinegorsk called at the port was three weeks ago, on January 5, in Arkhangelsk.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has updated the register of “foreign agents”. The list, in particular, includes the New Tab edition. Human rights activist Alexander Goldfarb, public figure and publicist Ian Shenkman, the Internet project “Switzerland for Everyone”, the project “Watch in Volgograd” and the project “MISRA TV” were also recognized as foreign agents.

The deceased patients of the Prokopyevsk psychoneurological boarding school (Kemerovo region) were buried in the forest not far from the institution, but there is no sign of a cemetery there. Photos of these graves are published by NGS42.RU.

US President Donald Trump has sued the IRS and the US Treasury Department. In the lawsuit, he demands to pay him $10 billion for the illegal publication of his tax returns in the media between 2018 and 2020. Associated Press reports . Trump's sons, Eric and Donald Trump Jr., are also named as plaintiffs in the case.