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Twitter/@ABDELAESPRIELLAHernando Forero Mosquera, aka “El ruso”, is accused of leading a dissident rebel factionA man suspected of leading a dissident faction of a left-wing rebel group has been killed in a military operation in central Colombia, officials say. The operation forms part of a crackdown on illegal armed groups ordered by Colombia’s new president, Abelardo de la Espriella, who was sworn in on Friday. He said the killing by the security forces of Hernando Forero Mosquera and five other alleged members of armed groups on the weekend sent “a clear and powerful message to all bandits that there is nowhere…
Getty ImagesThe world’s oceans hit their hottest ever recorded temperatures for July, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific, according to the EU’s climate monitoring service.The average sea surface temperature (SST) outside the world’s polar regions – between 60 degrees north and 60 degrees south – was 20.96C last month, beating the previous high of 20.89C, set in 2023.Last month was the joint second-warmest July globally on record, with temperatures 1.47C above the estimated pre-industrial average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service.Meanwhile, Western Europe experienced its hottest ever June and July, with prolonged hot and dry…
ReutersFormer lawmaker Chalong Riewrang smokes at a police station where he held a press conferenceA former Thai MP allegedly shot dead a local official in the southern province of Nonthaburi, then dialled into a YouTube livestream to inform the host – a political pundit – of what he had done.Former Nonthaburi MP Chalong Reawraeng told the shocked host, Anchalee Paireerak, that he had shot Thongchai Yenprasert, a former police official, outside Thongchai’s office.Thongchai, who was hit in the neck, died in hospital. His driver was shot in the arm and hand.Chalong was arrested but then allowed to hold a press…
Infantino broke trust ‘through deception’, confederation presidents sayFifa has been accused of breaking trust “through deception” in an open letter issued by Uefa, Concacaf and the Asian Football Confederation.51 mins agoFootball
Supplied by Sonja LeverkusWhen a wildfire broke out near his First Nation community in northern Ontario, Hubert Wigwas decided to stay put.He put sprinklers on his roof to extinguish falling embers. He checked on elders in his community who also stayed behind, and he fuelled up four boats down on the lake in case they needed a quick escape.”This is everything I’ve built in my 58 years,” Wigwas, a councillor from Gull Bay First Nation, told the BBC. “I’m just not going to run away and let it burn.”Canada has seen some of its worst fire seasons in recent years,…
ABC NewsForensic testing revealed that what police initially thought was a woman’s body was actually a lifelike dollAustralian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the “victim” was in fact a lifelike doll. The suitcase was discovered by two men on the side of a road near the small village of Oallen, about 230km (143 miles) south-west of Sydney.On Monday, police announced a murder investigation, sparking intense interest in the case but backtracked hours later, saying forensic testing had proved the contents were not human.The contents in the suitcase were “mistaken for a…
LIVESecond shooting in Thailand as former MP opens fire in government buildingThe shooter, a former House of Representatives member, confessed to the attack during a YouTube livestream.
Anadolu via Getty ImagesPolice are still investigating the motive behind the country’s deadliest shooting in yearsA teenager who opened fire at his home and school in Thailand, killing eight people and himself, had taught himself how to use a gun via social media, police have said.The boy’s consumption of violent social media content, anxiety over his studies and family issues, and conflict with friends might have also fuelled his actions, authorities said.Senior police official Atthapol Anusit told reporters on Sunday that they have questioned 17 witnesses so far while investigating the 14-year-old’s motive.Thailand’s leader has vowed to introduce new gun…
Getty ImagesFernando Villavicencio was shot dead at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days before the election in 2023Prosecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023.José Serrano and the head of cartel Los Lobos, Wilmer “Pipo” Chavarria, were implicated in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days before the election.Five people linked to the criminal gang were jailed over the hit in 2024, while Pipo was captured in Spain last year, having faked his…
ReutersNew York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has revealed she has decided to freeze her eggs and has shared her first steps in the process on social media.The 36-year-old posted the clips on Sunday, hours before telling ABC News This Week she had not “ruled out the possibility” of running for president.In the clips, Ocasio-Cortez shows herself taking an injection and talks through tips she has learnt, before answering questions about costs, clinical procedures, storage and how fertility care works under what she calls the US’s “broken” medical system.In an interview on ABC News she said she wanted to “normalise” conversations…