'Highly unusual': Normally anti-drug operations involve international cooperation
• Sep 4, 2025, 2:26 PM
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President Donald Trump justified the lethal military strike that his administration said was carried out against a Venezuelan gang as a necessary effort by the United States to send an unmistakable message to Latin American cartels. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello accused the United States of committing 11 extrajudicial murders. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry welcomes Colin Harding, Director of Latinform, and Veteran Journalist specialising in foreign affairs, with a focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.
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US deadly strike on Venezuelan boat highlights Rubio’s threat to ‘blow up’ foreign crime groups
• 5:54 AM
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The US military killed 11 people aboard a vessel from Venezuela in the Caribbean, President Donald Trump announced Thursday. Trump said the vessel belonged to a drug cartel. The strike comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has threatened to "blow up
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Moscow says West 'definitely cannot' deploy protective troops in Ukraine
• 3:20 AM
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The Kremlin on Friday said that Ukraine's Western allies "definitely cannot" deploy protective troops on Ukrainian soil if a ceasefire is reached, as 26 nations on Thursday pledged to do. The meeting of the "coalition of the willing" was a new push led b
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Trump pressures EU leaders to quit Russian oil after countries pledge Ukraine security guarantees
• 2:56 AM
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France 24 correspondent Fraser Jackson reports from Washington, DC, as US President Donald Trump called on Ukraine's European allies to stop purchasing Russian oil and apply economic pressure on China to stop Beijing from financing Russia's war efforts.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 64 across Gaza, Tel Aviv says controls 40% of Gaza City
• 2:51 AM
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Israel pressed on with its plan to take control of Gaza City, the largest urban center in Gaza, as its relentless attacks, one of which targeted a displacement camp, killed at least 64 people across the enclave.
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26 countries agree to deploy troops in Ukraine if ceasefire reached
• 2:48 AM
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26 European countries formally agreed on Thursday to provide security guarantees for Ukraine, committing to sending troops to Ukraine in the event of a ceasefire with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commended the agreement and said those a
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RFK Jr backs CDC overhaul as Democrats call for his resignation
• 1:59 AM
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In a fiery Senate hearing on Thursday, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. backed his "bold, competent, and creative" leadership, while Democrats called Kennedy's dismissal of top scientists and cancellation of mRNA technology research grounds for
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Trump to rename Defence Department as 'Department of War'
• 1:50 AM
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Seeking to accomplish a long-gestating goal, US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order on Friday that the Department of Defence be renamed as the Department of War, using the US military branch's original name as a "secondary" title unti
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'Very difficult for European leaders, policy planners & Zelensky to know what to expect from Trump'
• 1:37 AM
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As Zelensky meets with French President Emmanuel Macron and 30 allied leaders in Paris, FRANCE 24's Angela Diffley welcomes Michael Bociurkiw, author, journalist and nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center. Bociurkiw provides i
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