Protests against immigration enforcement raids in Los Angeles have spiralled into violence across the Californian city, after Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard despite the objections of the state's Governor Gavin Newsom.

The unrest was sparked by the actions of the federal law enforcement agency tasked with carrying out the president's controversial crackdown on undocumented migrants.

What is Ice?
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was created in 2003 to improve national security. It is overseen by the Department of Homeland Security and now employs more than 20,000 personnel. The Ice website says it targets undocumented immigrants considered "public safety threats", as well as "individuals who have otherwise violated our nation's immigration laws", and investigates and dismantles "transnational criminal organisations and terrorist networks that threaten or seek to exploit the customs and immigration laws of the US".

What powers does it have?
Ice has broad powers to arrest and detain any non-citizen who is in the US without legal permission, including foreign students whose visas are revoked. But its powers are not "absolute", said Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor, from the Center for Immigrant Justice at Rutgers University, on The Conversation. For example, non-citizens must be notified in writing that they are being processed for a removal proceeding and have the right to legal representation. And ultimately, "an immigration judge, and not Ice, determines if a non-citizen should be deported".

The agency has frequently been criticised as disproportionately heavy-handed in its raids, which often resemble military operations, complete with tactical gear and assault rifles. 

How has it changed?
Ice has long prioritised removing non-citizens convicted of criminal offences. But since Trump returned to office in January, there has been a major expansion of its scope and powers, in line with an administration that "sees all undocumented immigrants as criminals", said CNN. 

Previously, unauthorised immigrants could be deported without appearing before a judge within two weeks of their arrival if caught within 100 miles of US international borders. Trump expanded this to any undocumented migrants anywhere in the US who cannot prove they have been in the country for more than two years.

Software talent was "the scarcest, most coveted resource" in Silicon Valley until recently, said Semafor. But now a new generation of AI tools have made it possible for anyone to create apps and websites simply by describing what they want, a phenomenon known as "vibe coding".

These AI tools are able to translate instructions written in plain English into computer code that can then be used to create software – fuelling a new Silicon Valley boom. For software engineers, however, it's an alarming encroachment into their industry.

'Forget the code even exists'
The term "vibe coding" was coined by computer scientist and OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy in a post on X in February in which he described using AI-generated code for "throwaway weekend projects". "I just see stuff, say stuff, run stuff and copy paste stuff, and it mostly works," he wrote. Working with AI in this way, "you fully give into the vibes, embrace exponentials, forget that the code even exists".

Start-ups that develop software with generative AI are now "commanding sky-high valuations", said Reuters. Silicon Valley is seeing a "land grab situation" as the competing new companies seek to "establish their AI coding tool as the industry standard". They're also rushing to prevent the big players, such as Google, Microsoft and OpenAI, from taking over the vibe-coding frontier.

For many tech companies, it's "a boon", said NPR. "They can now try lots of things quickly, rather than having to hand ideas off to software engineers to create prototypes, one by one." So Silicon Valley's "next generation of unicorns" will not be restricted to those with the means to hire the "most talented coders", said Semafor.

'Bugs and security weaknesses'
Vibe coding may seem like magic on the surface, said the Financial Times, but experts warn that it produces "messy code" that is "full of bugs and security weaknesses", and amateurs "do not have enough knowledge to spot all of these problems, let alone fix them".

It's a little like DIY: many of us will "experiment with projects at home and enjoy the process", and some of us "may even become really good" at it. "But, for the complicated jobs, many of us will discover a newfound respect for the professionals."

"TikTok has found a new drinks craze and, just like the weather, this one is hotting up," said London's The Standard. The "spicy sauvy b" looks set to be "the drink of the summer".

It's a straightforward concept. Simply pour yourself a large glass of chilled sauvignon blanc and scatter in a few slices of frozen green jalapeño chilli before drinking. "Why? The addition supposedly both cools down and spices up a regular white wine", giving it a subtle and refreshing kick.

Supermarkets have already noticed shoppers jumping on the trend: searches for "sauvignon blanc" and "chillies" on Waitrose's online site, for example, have increased by 119% and 206% respectively year-on-year. People are moving "beyond traditional sweet and fruity drink options" and embracing "salty, sour and tangy flavours", Pierpaolo Petrass, head of Waitrose's wine-buying team, told The Telegraph.

The reason jalapeños and sauvignon blanc make a winning combination could be that the chillies and the grape skins are both naturally high in pyrazines – "aromatic organic compounds", also found in peas, asparagus and cucumbers, that give food or drink "zesty, nutty and herbaceous" notes, said Forbes. Adding the chilli slices to the white sauvignon enhances "the wine's inherent notes of citrus, herbs and tropical fruit, while adding a subtle heat and layered vegetal quality".

On TikTok, there are multiple variations on the trend, said The New York Times. Most sommeliers recommend taking out the chilli seeds before freezing, and using the "leftovers from a bottom-shelf wine". And there's one piece of advice they all share: "enjoy your wine however it makes you happy. With ice cubes? Sure. With some heat? Why not. It's your life, your wine."

The Left's contempt for our culture will destroy Britain
Tim Stanley in The Telegraph
"Will Britain still be Britain if it's no longer majority white British?" asks Tim Stanley. "Elite liberals believe nations are defined by values", meaning anyone can be British if they "conform to ours". But "the problem, reply nationalists, is that by clinging to a liberal ideal, we open the door to illiberal attitudes" that could one day "overwhelm us". A government that "fails to police its borders" will have no choice but to "police society" instead, imposing that "parody of kindness best described as 'sinister twee'".

College Grads Are Lab Rats in the Great AI Experiment
Parmy Olson on Bloomberg
AI technology is "eliminating the grunt work" that companies used to give to their most junior staff, writes Parmy Olson. It is "analysing documents, writing briefing notes" and "handling customer service queries", while – "surprise!" —the "younger humans" who did that work are now "struggling to find jobs". We need employers to find new ways to train recruits while "observing how AI helps and hinders" them, and the "young lab rats" must "adapt faster than the technology trying to displace them".

Passengers flying cattle class need caviar too
Pilita Clark in the Financial Times
You might expect that budget airlines would have "throttled" the concept of business class for shorter flights, writes Pilita Clark, but sales of British Airways' short-haul premium cabins have apparently "exploded". Lots of airlines are "racing to ramp up" their premium class offerings, while leaving "those of us down the back to stew in ever more unpleasant juices". The first to "make economy great, or even moderately more bearable, will be getting my cash pronto".