29 m. ago Video shows lethal U.S. missile strike on Venezuela 'drug boat' as Trump reveals 11 Tren de Aragua members were killed

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was briefed about a military operation where the U.S. 'shot out a boat' involved in the drug trade coming out of Venezuela.

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2 h. ago US conducts ‘kinetic strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, killing 11, Trump says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ referring to the operation in international waters, amid US-Caracas tensions The US military has killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela during a “a kinetic strike” in the Caribbean Sea, the US president, Donald Trump, has claimed amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Pregnant woman slams easyJet as she's turned away from flight in 'twisted' row

Irish folk singer Ceállach Reid shared a 'horrendous' experience she had with easyJet while travelling from Bristol to Belfast with her two-year-old son last week

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2 h. ago Man, 88, killed wife, 85, and told emergency services he 'had to do it'

Jurors found 88-year-old William Haxworth had killed his wife of more than 60 years by smothering her to death, before her body was discovered at their Bath home

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3 h. ago Family of worker who died while building Vegas F1 stands files lawsuit after saw didn’t have ‘safety stop’

Tizoc Antonio was only a few hours into his first day on the job when he was killed

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3 h. ago Marseille stabbings: Knifeman shot dead by police after five people wounded in hotel rampage

The suspect, a Tunisian national, is understood to have been evicted from the hotel for unpaid rent

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3 h. ago 8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump plans federal deployment

Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago

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4 h. ago US conducts ‘lethal strike’ against drug boat from Venezuela, Rubio says

Trump says ‘we took it out’ amid US-Caracas tensions but not clear if incident occurred inside Venezuelan watersThe US military has conducted “a lethal strike” against an alleged “drug vessel” from Venezuela, the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has announced amid growing tensions between Washington and Caracas.Donald Trump trailed the announcement during an address at the White House on Tuesday afternoon, telling reporters the US had “just, over the last few minutes, literally shot out a drug-carrying boat”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Alcaraz finds dominant best to march past Lehecka and into US Open semi

Spaniard cruises to emphatic 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 victoryAlcaraz reaches last four without dropping a setIt took just seven minutes for Carlos Alcaraz to recognise that he was having another one of those days where he could do whatever he wanted with a tennis ball. Up a game point in his opening service game, the Spaniard skipped around the ball from far behind the baseline in his backhand corner and attempted the riskiest shot possible, unleashing a remarkable forehand winner.This would not be the last time that the Arthur Ashe Stadium crowd collectively gasped at Alcaraz’s greatness as he continued to radiate confidence and calm in New York, moving effortlessly into the semi‑finals with a 6-4, 6-2, 6-4 win against Jiri Lehecka. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Who gets shot in EastEnders? What is Zoe's secret? Mystery as episode kept off iPlayer

EastEnders fans think they know who has been shot on the BBC soap, and what Michelle Ryan's character Zoe Slater might be hiding as the soap airs a massive episode on Wednesday

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4 h. ago Marvel actor forced to sit out stunt scenes during filming after serious injury

Channing Tatum sustained a leg injury during the production of Avengers: Doomsday, requiring a stand-in for numerous stunts.

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4 h. ago Trump reveals U.S. 'shot out a drug boat' carrying narcotics from Venezuela

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was briefed about a military operation where the U.S. 'shot out a boat' involved in the drug trade coming out of Venezuela.

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4 h. ago Bloodbath in $1.7 million suburban mansion as dentist murders wife and daughter, 15, then kills himself

Dr James Choi, 52, (pictured) was found dead in his $1.7 million Georgia mansion with his wife Myoung and their 15-year-old daughter Grace.

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4 h. ago Conjoined twins break their silence over photos of them carrying a newborn baby

Speculation has surged after photos surfaced showing Abby and Brittany Hensel, 34, loading a baby into the back of a black Tesla at a parking lot in Arden Hills, Minnesota, in mid-August.

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4 h. ago Madagascar welcomes home skulls of Indigenous warriors taken by French colonial troops 128 years ago

Madagascar has received three skulls of Indigenous warriors returned from France, including one believed to be of a king killed by French troops 128 years ago

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5 h. ago Jury comes to decision in 'tragic case' of man accused of 85

The couple had been together for over 60 years

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5 h. ago YouTube commenter arrested after allegedly posting threat to ‘shoot and skin’ Black preschoolers

Zachary Charles Newell, 25, wrote that he would murder and mutilate 20 young children ‘like the animals they are,’ according to an FBI probable cause affidavit

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5 h. ago TikTok influencer who livestreamed her own arrest was targeted for documenting ICE agents, lawyer says

Tatiana Martinez still has ‘bruises on her body from the arrest,’ her attorney said

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5 h. ago Stunt rider jumps motorcycle between two moving trucks OVER a motorway gantry

The bonkers stunt performed by Red Bull athlete and professional freestyle motocross rider Luc Ackermann, 27, almost ends in disaster.

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5 h. ago Dead Man’s Wire review – Gus Van Sant calls the shots with surreal true

Venice film festivalAl Pacino, Colman Domingo and Myha’la excel in this gripping take on the events of 1977 when an Indianapolis businessman held his mortgage broker hostage With terrific chutzpah, black-comic flair and cool, cruel unsentimentality, screenwriter Austin Kolodney and director Gus Van Sant have made a true-crime suspense thriller set in the 1970s, tapping into the spirit of both Sidney Lumet’s Dog Day Afternoon and Network. Apart from anything else, it is a reminder that in that post-Kennedy, post-Watergate age, plenty of lawless and febrile things happened that would now be considered phenomena purely attributable to social media.In 1977, an Indianapolis businessman named Tony Kiritsis, with many acquaintances in the police department, kidnapped a mortgage broker named Richard Hall, and tied Hall’s neck with a “dead man’s wire” to his shotgun, which would therefore go off if police sharpshooters tried to kill him. Kiritsis even paraded his victim like this on TV while...

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