## US border patrol chief resigns abruptly amid string of exits by Trump immigration officials

Authored by theguardian.com

Mike Banks, the border patrol chief who oversaw the most aggressive militarization of the US southern border in recent history, has resigned with immediate effect.

“I feel like I got the ship back on course from the least secure, most disastrous, most chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen.”.

Rodney Scott, the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), commissioner, said: “We thank US Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks for his decades of service to this country and congratulate him on his second retirement after returning to serve during one of the most challenging periods for border security.

“During his time as chief, the border was transformed from chaos to the most secure border ever recorded.

Banks took over as border patrol chief in early 2025 and swiftly became central to the Trump administration’s controversial drive to reshape US immigration enforcement.

He oversaw a dramatic expansion of prosecutions for unlawful border crossings, intensified coordination between border patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the rollout of broader interior enforcement operations across the country.

In an interview with Newsmax last November, Banks said border patrol agents would “go anywhere in the United States” to apprehend undocumented immigrants, and said that border patrol was helping ICE in 25 cities, while “adding more cities every day”. »

### Seabed life triples after bottom trawling ban in Scotland protected area

Authored by news.mongabay.com

Nearly a decade since Scotland established the South Arran Marine Protected Area and banned bottom trawling across much of it, life on the seafloor has thrived, a new study has found.

Scientists surveying the area found three times more seabed organisms and twice as many species compared to nearby unprotected waters.

Banner image: Seabed in the South Arran Marine Protected Area. »

### Israel says it will sue New York Times over article on sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners

Authored by theguardian.com

Mark Stephens, an expert in international media law, called the idea of Israel suing the Times “ludicrous”.

It is not the first time Israeli officials have threatened to sue the Times.

“I’m actually looking at whether a country can sue the New York Times,” Netanyahu said at the time. »

### Livestreamer ‘Chud the Builder’ involved in shooting outside Tennessee courthouse

Authored by nbcnews.com

Livestreamer “Chud the Builder” has been charged with attempted murder following a confrontation that involved an exchange of gunfire outside a Tennessee courthouse Wednesday.

The aftermath of a shooting Wednesday outside the Montgomery County Courthouse in Clarksville, Tenn. Denny Simmons / The Tennesseean via Imagn.

Law enforcement officers secured the scene, locked down the courthouse and took one person into custody, Nash said. »

### Russian ship with stolen grain, which was not accepted in Israel, arrives in Turkey

Authored by en.usm.media

According to her, on May 13, the vessel Panormitis (IMO:9445021) arrived in the Turkish port of Iskenderun.

“The vessel was not accepted in Israel due to Ukraine’s appeal regarding the origin of the grain from the occupied territories.

Ukraine also sent Israel a package of documents for the arrest of the Russian ship with the stolen Ukrainian grain. »

## In pictures

## Also in the news

#### Developers of Party Animals announce an AI video contest - game gets a review bomb

#### Ukraine's military now 'strongest, most powerful' in Europe, Rubio says

#### Scientists Reverse Stroke Damage Using Stem Cells in Breakthrough Study

#### New Steam Controller Plays The Wilhelm Scream When Dropped

#### 'They're wiping us out': Church leader warns about young West Papuans killed in escalating conflict