‘No one move!’: The agonising silence as Venezuela rescuers listen for survivors
With tens of thousands of people still believed missing, teams listen for signs of life beneath the rubble.
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Aftershock frays nerves as many Venezuelans left to fend for themselves
In areas devastated by the twin earthquakes, people are using crowbars, pickaxes and their bare hands to try to reach survivors.
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British man arrested after woman’s body found in suitcase in Colombia
A British man has been arrested in Ecuador after a woman’s body was discovered inside a suitcase despite him reportedly tellingThe Sun that he was watching England at the time.
Local authorities say Matthew Ashley Foster-Smith is alleged to have caused the death of 36-year-old Natalia Villalba in an apartment in the Chico neighbourhood of Bogota, Colombia, on 18 June.
The 46-year-old from Bournemouth reportedly rang The Sun a day before his arrest and said: “I was watching England versus Croatia on a big screen in an Irish bar so it wasn’t me.
“After the match I went into the shopping centre, I mooched about, bought an ice cream, and came back later for the later games.”
England’s World Cup match took place on 17 June.
The Sun reported that the suspect made a second call to its newsdesk on Friday, before his arrest, with a source telling the newspaper that he was located via the phone calls he had made.
open image in galleryMatthew Ashley Foster-Smith was held at Quito International A..
Hegseth has ‘undermined’ the US military, says Republican on Armed Services Committee
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing heat from a key House Republican as he continues reshaping the Pentagon to fit Donald Trump’s agenda.
Rep. Don Bacon, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, told CNN on Sunday that the firings at the Pentagon and the reported campaign of Hegseth slow-walking or denying promotions to senior officers, disproportionately women and people of color, was harming America’s fighting forces.
The criticism comes as the administration tries to wrap up a war with Iran that the president’s critics are calling a tactical defeat.
His comments follow another surprise resignation at the Pentagon. General Chris Donahue is stepping down as commander of U.S. forces in Africa and Europe after just a year and a half in the job, opting for retirement. Donahue was the U.S. commander who oversaw the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan during the Biden administration, boarding the last plane out of Hamid Karzai International Airport.
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Two boys rescued from Venezuela earthquake rubble after days of being trapped
Rescuers spent six hours carefully digging to reach one of the boys, as many residents continue searching through the rubble by hand, still waiting for heavy machinery to arrive.
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Iran-US war latest: Fresh US strikes on Iran amid warning Tehran had ‘chance to honour the ceasefire agreement’
Watch: US military carries out strikes on IranThe US said it carried out further strikes on Iran on Saturday, targeting various sites, including military surveillance infrastructure.
US Central Command said strikes were launched “in direct response to continued Iranian aggression against commercial shipping.”
“After yesterday’s U.S. strikes in response to the Iranian attack on M/V Ever Lovely [commercial ship], Iran was given a chance to honour the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit M/T Kiku this morning,” a statement said .
Iran earlier said it had struck targets linked to US forces, as each side continued to accuse the other of violating last week's agreement meant to end the four-month-old war.
Tehran’s foreign ministry did not identify the locations of its “defensive” attacks, which it said were a response to US strikes on its coastal surveillance facilities.
The US military had carried out strikes on I..
Trump’s new passport design of him looming in front of Declaration of Independence draws horrified reactions
A new passport design featuring Donald Trump, unveiled by the president in a social media post, has been met with alarm over its “creepy dictatorial vibe”, with some critics pointing out that the slogan suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of who the document is actually for.
Trump shared a sneak peek of the limited-edition America250 design passport on Truth Social Friday. “The U.S.A.’s New Passport, which says, ‘Welcome, but be good!’ President DJT,” he wrote.
The design features a glowering Trump at the Resolute Desk in front of the text of the Declaration of Independence. The image appears to be based on an Oval Office portrait that replaced an earlier likeness of Trump at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery last July. However the words “Welcome, but be good!” do not appear to be anywhere on the passport pages shown in the images posted.
A U.S. passport is issued exclusively to American citizens for international travel — not to foreign visitors entering the country — so ..
‘Every person saved is a miracle’: Families call to trapped loved ones in region devastated by Venezuela quakes
Families keep vigil at buildings where they fear their loved ones are trapped, but face an impossible task to move heavy debris.
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In Caracas, this feels like the hardest moment in Venezuela’s modern history
Rescue teams are working ceaselessly to reach those trapped under rubble. But as hope fades, anger is growing.
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Venezuela earthquakes kill 920 people as international rescue teams arrive
Hundreds are still feared trapped under the rubble, as families desperate for news.
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