3 h. ago Two US fighter jets circle Gulf of Venezuela in escalation of hostilities

Trump had further said Nicolás Maduro’s ‘days are numbered’ as military has targeted alleged drug boatsTwo US fighter jets circled the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday, in what appeared to be an escalation of the Trump administration’s ongoing hostilities toward the South American country and its leftist leader, Nicolás Maduro.Venezuelans and South American media followed the flights in real time using websites like FlightRadar24, which showed a pair of F/A-18 Super Hornets flying together into the narrow Gulf of Venezuela for about 40 minutes. The jets flew just north of Maracaibo, Venezuela’s most populous city. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago US fighter jets fly over Gulf of Venezuela in closest approach since Trump’s pressure campaign

An official confirmed the “routine training flight”

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63 h. ago NATO fighter jets scrambled as mystery aircraft enters Dutch airspace

Royal Netherlands Air Force fighters were deployed from Volkel military base on Sunday after the Ministry of Defence sounded the Quick Reaction Alert when an aircraft entered Dutch airspace

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64 h. ago NATO deploys fighter jets as 'unidentified aircraft' enters alliance's airspace

Fighter jets were scrambled from from the Volkel Air Base in the Netherlands after an unidentified aircraft entered NATO airspace today

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64 h. ago Warplanes scrambled after 'unidentified aircraft' enters NATO airspace

Two Royal Netherlands Air Force fighter jets took off from Volkel military base on Sunday after an aircraft entered Dutch airspace without identifying itself in a Quick Reaction Alert

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3 d. ago Japan protests after a Chinese military aircraft locks its radar on Japanese jets

Japan has protested to China after a Chinese military jet locked its radar on Japanese fighter jets near Okinawa

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3 d. ago NATO scrambles fighter jets as Putin unleashes deadly strikes threatening Europe

Vladimir Putin's forces launched one of the harshest missile and drone onslaughts of the Ukraine war overnight, with NATO fighter jets scrambled following the attacks

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4 d. ago Stuck in a van while the president measures the Kennedy Center drapes: Inside Trump’s day of ego boosting as crises loom

Political trouble stalks his administration from multiple directions as the midterms approach, but Donald Trump just wants to dance. Andrew Feinberg reports on the president’s big day at the FIFA World Cup draw

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4 d. ago CDC advisory panel votes to limit hepatitis B vaccines for newborns

Move from RFK Jr’s advisers mirrors Trump team’s regressive approach to longstanding vaccine guidanceThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s vaccine advisers voted on Friday morning to limit hepatitis vaccines in a major move signaling the Trump administration’s regressive approach to vaccines that have been given safely and effectively for decades.The panel of advisers to the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, decided to remove the well-established and far-reaching recommendation that all newborns in the US receive a hepatitis B vaccine. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago California fighter jet bursts into flames after horror crash in desert

An F-16 fighter jet which was part of the Thunderbirds demonstration squadron of the US Air Force has been pictured in flames after it crashed in the Southern California desert

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6 d. ago Chaos as US Air Force Thunderbirds jet crashes in fireball near Death Valley

A plume of fiery smoke was spotted in the California desert after a US Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed into the dusty ground.

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6 d. ago Fighter jets were scrambled to intercept civilian planes that go too close to Mar

In one incident the jets set off flares to get the attention of the pilots and turn them out of the airspace in Palm Beach

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7 d. ago Angela Rayner returns to pressure Starmer over workers' rights law by leading drive to force him to introduce protection for staff SOONER

The former deputy prime minister is set to table an amendment to the Workers' Rights Bill she championed before resigning in disgrace.

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7 d. ago Radar revelation stokes fears Caribbean could be drawn into US

Trinidad PM rejects claims installation is in support of US campaign but opposition says ‘they have sold soul of nation’How the US pressure campaign against Venezuela unfolded in the CaribbeanThe revelation that Trinidad and Tobago has approved the installation of a US military radar installation has stoked fears that the Caribbean could be drawn into the escalating crisis between the US and Venezuela.Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, had attempted to allay concerns about a US C-17 aircraft that had landed in the country, claiming it was carrying marines to assist with a road construction project. She also claimed she was told that no marines remained in the country. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Shock new scan discovers hidden cause of hypertension... as experts reveal how it could help millions suffering from high

Experts at University College London have identified a hidden cause of hypertension which current testing does not identify, and hope their findings could lead to new treatment options

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9 d. ago NATO air defences readied and jets scrambled as Russian fighters spark alarm

NATO counties have launched an emergency response after Russian fighter jets reportedly flew towards the border with Poland

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1 week ago New scan could help millions dealing with hidden causes of high blood pressure

Experts at University College London have identified a hidden cause of hypertension which current testing does not identify, and hope their findings could lead to new treatment options

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1 week ago Five MILLION Britons now living with high blood pressure as fight to tackle 'silent killer' has plateaued, alarming research suggests

Hypertension, as it is known medically, affects a third of adults and dramatically raises the risk of heart attacks, strokes, kidney failure and even dementia.

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1 week ago Trump threatens Venezuela’s Maduro with ‘the easy way or the hard way’

Venezuela president vows to defend ‘every inch’ of the country amid military buildup in CaribbeanA visual guide to the US military presence in the CaribbeanDonald Trump has warned Nicolás Maduro he can “do things the easy way or the hard way” as Venezuela’s authoritarian leader responded to the growing US pressure campaign by urging followers to prepare to defend “every inch” of the South American country.Clad in woodland camouflage fatigues, Maduro told a rally in the capital, Caracas, it was their historic duty to fight foreign aggressors, just as the Venezuelan liberation hero Simón Bolívar did two centuries ago. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago World waits to see if Trump will attack Venezuela: President's top military adviser heads to region where US has gathered huge fleet of warships as pressure on Maduro to quit grows

Warships, aircraft and thousands of personnel have been moved into position over recent months, forming a deployment not seen since the US sent troops into Panama in 1989.

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