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Jesse Jackson dies: Bernice King, Kamala Harris and Trump among public figures praising ‘one of America’s greatest patriots’ – live

Par : Yohannes Lowe (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

17 février 2026 à 16:16

Ordained minister and activist who twice ran for the Democratic presidential nomination had been living with progressive supranuclear palsy

You can watch Jesse Jackson’s famous 1988 speech at the Democratic convention urging Americans to “keep hope alive” below. It quickly became an American political classic and was echoed in the “hope and change” slogan of Barack Obama’s historic 2008 presidential campaign.

The civil rights campaigner, Al Sharpton, has paid tribute to his “mentor” Jesse Jackson, whom he worked closely with over the civil rights era. In a tribute posted to X, Sharpton wrote:

My mentor, Rev. Jesse Jackson, has passed. I just prayed with his family by phone. He was a consequential and transformative leader who changed this nation and the world.

He shaped public policy and changed laws. He kept the dream alive and taught young children from broken homes, like me, that we don’t have broken spirits.

Trump is ‘deeply committed to your success’, Rubio tells Orbán during Hungary visit – Europe live

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Par : Yohannes Lowe (now) and Tom Ambrose (earlier)

16 février 2026 à 15:40

Rubio says relationship with Orbán is ‘vital for US national interests’ ahead of Hungarian elections in April

Back to Budapest now. Marco Rubio and the Hungarian foreign minister, Peter Szijjarto, appear to be signing an agreement to facilitate cooperation on a civilian nuclear programme.

We’ll give you any key lines from the press conference. In the meantime, our European community affairs correspondent, Ashifa Kassam, has reported on the EU’s proposed deportation law that rights groups warn could intensify already widespread racial profiling across the continent. Here is an extract from her story:

More than 70 rights organisations have called on the EU to reject a proposal aimed at increasing the deportation of undocumented people, warning that it risks turning everyday spaces, public services and community interactions into tools of ICE-style immigration enforcement.

Last March, the European Commission laid out its proposal to increase deportations of people with no legal right to stay in the EU, including potentially sending them to offshore centres in non-EU countries.