Family flees Russian invasion for second time
Olena and her son fled to Poland, while her husband had to stay back to help defend Ukraine.
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Olena and her son fled to Poland, while her husband had to stay back to help defend Ukraine.
It's an exodus that shows no signs of slowing.
Citing Russia's military offensive in Ukraine, a bipartisan group of senators said the Biden administration should grant Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians in the U.S.
The agency expects up to 4 million Ukrainians could flee if the situation deteriorates further.
The program will be based in a U.S. Army base in Qatar where eligible evacuees will be taken to complete interviews with U.S. officials, medical checks and security screenings.
In contrast, Hawaii, South Dakota, Mississippi, Alabama, Montana, Delaware and North Dakota had collectively resettled fewer than 90 evacuated Afghans.
President Biden and his administration have faced criticism for not doing enough to help the hundreds of thousands of Afghan citizens who supported the U.S. mission get out of the country. Imtiaz Tyab reports.
A court acquitted a coach accused of domestic violence against Olympic judo champion Margaux Pinot, sparking outrage in France. Pinot had accused her partner and trainer Alain Schmitt of punching and attempting to strangle her during an altercation over the weekend. Ian Lee reports from London on this and other international stories making headlines.
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Countless Afghans with U.S. ties who were not evacuated are stranded in Afghanistan or neighboring countries desperately looking for a way to be resettled in America.
Now hundreds, many of whom spent life savings on the ill-fated bid for asylum in Europe, are being flown back to Iraq after weeks stuck in a freezing forest.
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More than 25,000 Afghan evacuees have departed military sites to start new lives in communities across the U.S.
Germans have been on edge about immigration since the controversial admission of 1 million refugees in 2015. Now an EU faceoff with Belarus' Russian-backed autocrat is driving a new influx.
The Biden administration will prioritize the resettlement of certain refugees, including those who are reuniting with family members already in the U.S.
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The U.S. has started relocating and resettling thousands of Afghan evacuees in communities across the nation. CBS News immigration reporter Camilo Montoya-Galvez joins CBSN AM to discuss the process and where the refugees are settling.
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Iran has a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, and as pressure mounts, it's threatened to target another vital Middle East shipping lane, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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The Iranian response to the U.S.' 15-point peace proposal is expected on Friday, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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