5 h. ago US struck another boat illegally carrying drugs off Venezuela coast, Trump says

President said US would turn attention to drug trafficking happening on land during speech at navy ceremonyUS forces on Saturday evening struck another vessel illegally carrying drugs off the coast of Venezuela, Donald Trump said on Sunday to thousands of sailors at a ceremony celebrating the US navy’s 250th anniversary. He added that the US would also start looking at drug trafficking happening on land.Trump made the comment during a speech at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, next to the Harry S Truman aircraft carrier. It was not immediately clear if he was referencing a strike announced on Friday by defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Continue reading...

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22 h. ago Dad 'nearly cut in half' by boat propeller would be dead if he wasn't hit in the bum

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Brent Slough, 42, was on a family holiday in the Bahamas when he was struck by the propeller of a 'hit and run' boat as he was snorkelling

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37 h. ago Boat hits bridge in Storm Amy chaos as trains cancelled and delayed

A boat has struck a bridge in Gwynedd sparking rail disruption. Trains are running at reduced speeds in the area and there may be cancellations, while the incident is dealt with

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57 h. ago Hegseth says four killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast

Pentagon chief says strike – fourth by US military in recent weeks – targeted boat with ‘substantial amounts’ of drugsThe US killed four people in a strike against a vessel just off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly carrying illegal drugs, US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday.The strike came a day after Trump officials notified Congress that the US was entering a “non-international armed conflict” with drug cartels. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Hegseth announces latest strike on boat near Venezuela he says was trafficking drugs

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says he ordered a fourth strike on a small boat in the waters off Venezuela, according to a social media post

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5 d. ago As US warships prowl the Caribbean, our region must hold fast against Trump’s gaslighting

American attacks have killed more than 14 people they claim were drug traffickers in our waters. Now our islands are at risk of being dragged into a manufactured conflict we are ill-equipped to endureFor decades, the Caribbean has been caught in the slipstream of other people’s wars – from cold war proxy battles to Washington’s “war on drugs” and “war on terror”. Our islands have too often been turned into the frontlines for policies scripted elsewhere but fought in our waters, our communities, and on the backs of our most vulnerable.The recent US naval strikes against alleged “drug boats” leaving Venezuela, and the decision of Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, to grant access to territorial waters without first consulting the Caribbean collective of developing countries, Caricom, risk dragging our islands into yet another manufactured storm. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources sayStephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, has played a leading role in directing US strikes against suspected Venezuelan drug boats, according to three people familiar with the situation. At times, his role has superseded that of Marco Rubio, the secretary of state and national security adviser. The strikes on the Venezuelan boats allegedly carrying narcotics, which the administration has claimed were necessary because interdiction did not work, have been orchestrated through the homeland security council (HSC), which Miller leads as the homeland security adviser. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago US War Department weighs possible strikes in Venezuela after attacks on suspected drug boats: report

If the plans are real, sources claim the U.S. could attack Venezuela within a matter of weeks

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1 week ago Multiple dead after sniper opens fire on illegal migrants at Dallas detention center as cops reveal how killer carried out ambush

A sniper killed at least two migrants and wounded several others in a shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, then shot himself dead, police say.

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1 week ago Colombia’s president warns that Trump’s attacks on suspected narco boats won’t stop drug lords

Gustavo Petro says strikes amount to ‘murder’ and are ‘only for television’

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2 w. ago Trump announces new deadly strike on suspected drug boat in Caribbean

President says US military carried out strike ‘on my orders’, killing three men he said were carrying illegal narcoticsDonald Trump announced on Friday that the US military has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel in the the Caribbean, killing three males on board the vessel whom Trump alleged were trafficking illicit narcotics.“On my orders”, Trump wrote in a social media post shared by the White House and defense secretary, “the Secretary of War ordered a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel affiliated with a Designated Terrorist Organization conducting narcotrafficking in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Venezuela begins military drills after lethal US strikes on ‘drug trafficking’ boats

The drills come days after President Trump confirmed another strike on a boat allegedly carrying drugs to the US

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2 w. ago ‘I wouldn’t go fishing right now’: JD Vance sparks backlash after joking about controversial US strikes on Venezuelan boats

‘This regime gets giddy about violence. It's sick,’ one social media user wrote

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2 w. ago Trump announces second U.S. military strike on drug cartels in escalating war with Venezuela

Just a day after President Donald Trump told reporters he would 'see what happens' when asked if he would strike the country again, he launched a fresh military strike on another boat.

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2 w. ago Trump says military carried out strike on alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel

US president says three men were killed in the strike, adding that it occurred in international watersUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said on Monday that the US military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel that had been on its way to the United States.He said three men were killed in the strike, adding that it occurred in international waters. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump accuses Venezuela of ‘sending us gangs, drugs and dealers’

‘We’ll see what happens’, Trump says, amid reports of increasing U.S. efforts to force President Nicolás Maduro from power

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3 w. ago Vessel struck by US military off Venezuela was heading back to shore, AP sources say

The U.S. military strike on what the Trump administration says was a drug-carrying speedboat from Venezuela came after the vessel had turned around and was headed back to shore

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3 w. ago Venezuelan president deploying military and militias to 284 ‘battlefront’ locations as tensions with US rise

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro raised the stakes and said the country was ‘ready for an armed fight’

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3 w. ago Republicans clash over ‘despicable’ Vance comment about not giving ‘a s***’ if boat strike was war crime

Rand Paul and Bernie Moreno are at odds in their responses to VP’s post about bombing of alleged Venezuela drug boat

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4 w. ago The Guardian view on the ‘war on drugs’: Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a more dangerous reality | Editorial

The strike on a speedboat allegedly containing Venezuelan drug traffickers may be performative, but sets a frightening precedentMore than five decades ago, Richard Nixon launched a “war on drugs”. The drugs won. Now Donald Trump is turning a failed metaphor into a worse reality.On Tuesday the US president claimed that the military had killed 11 drug traffickers from Venezuela, posting footage of the strike that US officials said took place on a speedboat in international waters in the Caribbean. The administration supplied no evidence for its claim that the boat contained Tren de Aragua members, or drugs, and gave varying accounts of its destination. It also warned that there was more to come, with the secretary of state, Marco Rubio, arguing that intercepting boats had not curbed the drugs problem: “What will stop them is when you blow them up.” Earlier this year, Mr Trump secretly ordered the use of military force against cartels internationally. Continue reading...

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