German tourist is held at immigration detention center for more than a month

Jessica Brösche was detained by Ice when entering San Diego. Her friend describes the ordeal as ‘a horror movie’

A German tourist is fighting to be released from an immigration detention center after she was denied entry at the San Diego border and taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) last month.

Jessica Brösche, a 26-year-old German tattoo artist, is being indefinitely detained by US Customs and Border Protection after she tried to enter San Diego on 25 January from Tijuana, Mexico, with her American best friend, Amelia Lofving. The two were traveling with tattoo equipment.

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Beating PSV Eindhoven will ‘change Arsenal narrative’ insists Jurriën Timber

  • Netherlands defender confident ahead of last-16 Euro tie
  • Midfielder Merino set to continue as makeshift striker

Jurriën Timber has said Arsenal have an opportunity to “change the ­narrative” of their season against PSV Eindhoven and believes they have the motivation to reach the ­Champions League quarter-finals for a second successive season.

Mikel Arteta’s side face the Dutch champions in the first leg of their last-16 tie on Tuesday night having fallen off the pace in the Premier League title race after failing to score in their past two matches against West Ham and Nottingham Forest.

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McGinn keen for Villa’s ‘revenge’ upon return to Brugge in Champions League

  • Unai Emery says tie comes at ‘key moment’ in the season
  • Pau Torres and Boubacar Kamara may feature in Belgium

John McGinn has admitted Aston Villa are eyeing “sporting revenge” against Club Brugge in their Champions League last-16 first leg and believes Villa can achieve “something special” if they solve their inconsistencies. Unai Emery conceded things are delicately balanced with this a significant moment in Villa’s season.

Villa slipped to a shock defeat at the Belgian champions in November, their first on their return to Europe’s premier club competition. Brugge scored the only goal from the penalty spot after Tyrone Mings was penalised for bizarrely picking the ball up inside the box.

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Plant diverse tree species to spread risk in climate crisis, study says

Uncertainty over climate and economy means ‘investment portfolio’ approach needed, researchers say

An “investment portfolio approach” needs to be applied to large-scale tree planting across the world to reduce the risks of the wrong species being planted in the wrong place, economists have said.

Countries have made ambitious pledges to plant billions of trees to remove greenhouse gases and tackle global heating. The UK has committed to plant 30,000 hectares (74,000 acres) of trees each year by 2025 and maintain the rate until 2050, the European Commission has pledged to plant 3bn trees across member states by 2030, and the US under the previous administration committed to planting 1bn trees by the same date.

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From Parasite to Anora: how Cannes became an Oscars power player

The increasingly international Academy has warmed to more and more Cannes film festival premieres, leaving all eyes on this year’s edition

It might have been a bad night for streamers, blockbusters and horror movies, but last night’s Oscars was another excellent year for the Cannes film festival.

The major winner, Anora, which picked up five awards including best picture, best director and best actress, was a Palme d’Or winner at last May’s edition and became only the fourth recipient to go on to a best picture Oscar.

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