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Dec 1, 2025 - World

President’s remarks come amid calls for an immediate investigation into reports Hegseth ordered a second strike on alleged drug-smuggling boatVenezuela’s National Assembly has accused the US of committing “murder” with the strikes. It is one of the first acknowledgements by Venezuelan officials that their citizens have been targeted.“There’s no declared war [between the US and Venezuela)] therefore this cannot be classified as anything but murder,” Jorge Rodriguez, the National Assembly president, told a press conference on Sunday. Continue reading...

Dec 1, 2025 - World

Chancellor says she would not have been expected to give ‘detailed numbers’ to CabinetQ: Yesterday you said Rachel Reeves was lying. Today you are saying she gave out false information. Are you still accusing her of being a liar?Badenoch replies: “Yes.” Continue reading...

Dec 1, 2025 - World

Morgan Geyser, who stabbed a classmate as a 12-year-old, fled after a decade being raised by state institutionsThe haunting apparition of “Slender Man” reappeared last week when Morgan Geyser, a central character in an 11-year-old attempted murder case, briefly absconded from a Wisconsin care home to which she had been transferred after being released from a psychiatric institution over the summer.Geyser was 12 in 2014 when she pleaded guilty to stabbing a sixth-grade classmate to appease the mythical Slender Man. Continue reading...

Dec 1, 2025 - World

French manufacturer had to ground thousands of planes at weekend but fewer than 100 now need updateAirbus has fixed most of its jets affected by a software glitch, averting further travel disruption after a technical problem grounded thousands of its planes.Airlines around the world cancelled and delayed flights over the weekend after the French plane manufacturer ordered immediate repairs to 6,000 of its A320 family of jets, more than half of its global fleet. Continue reading...

Dec 1, 2025 - World

Hundreds remain missing in Indonesia and Sri Lanka as rescue efforts continue after Cyclone DitwahHow cyclones and monsoon rains combined to devastate parts of Asia – visual guideCyclone Ditwah, which unleashed catastrophic flooding and landslides across Sri Lanka, has brought heavy rain to India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu.The storm, now about 30 miles off the coast of the city of Chennai, the state capital, has weakened into a “deep depression”, according to weather officials, who expect it to weaken even further across the day. Continue reading...