Two killed by US strike on alleged drug-trafficking boat in Pacific Ocean
• Oct 22, 2025, 7:21 PM
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A strike launched by the US military killed two people on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the Pacific Ocean, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday. The latest strike marks an expansion of what US President Donald Trump described as an "armed conflict" with South America's drug cartels that has, until now, targeted vessels in the Caribbean.
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Live: EU leaders prepare to rally behind Ukraine at Brussels summit
• 5:30 AM
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European leaders meeting at an EU summit in Brussels on Thursday aim to shore up support for Ukraine by approving sanctions against Moscow and advancing a plan to use frozen Russian assets to fund a massive “reparation loan” for Kyiv. Follow our live blo
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Russian court releases French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili
• 5:29 AM
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A Russian court on Thursday freed French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili after finding him guilty of illegally crossing the Russian border, state news agency RIA reported. Sehili was arrested in early September.
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Marseille drop points with last-minute defeat in Lisbon
• 5:22 AM
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Bialowieza Forest at threat from military tensions along the Poland-Belarus border
• 5:17 AM
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Poland’s militarisation of the border zone with Belarus is threatening the exceptional biodiversity of Europe’s last primeval forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. Human relationships with nature may also be impacted by the fortification of th
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Former French president Sarkozy hit with death threats in prison
• 1:34 AM
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French prosecutors have launched an investigation after a video surfaced showing an inmate at Paris' La Santé prison making death threats against former president Nicolas Sarkozy, who began serving a five-year sentence there this week for illegal campaig
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Iran announces 'conditional release' for citizen in France linked to prisoner swap
• 12:09 AM
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Iranian citizen Mahdieh Esfandiari, detained in France since February on charges of promoting terrorism online, was conditionally released Wednesday, Iran's foreign ministry said, as Tehran pushes for her return in a potential prisoner swap for two Frenc
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