'Highly unusual': Normally anti-drug operations involve international cooperation
• Sep 4, 2025, 2:26 PM
1 min de lecture
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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Immigration: The end of the Canadian dream?
• 10:51 AM
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Long considered a welcoming country for immigrants, Canada is putting an unprecedented halt to its open immigration policy. Mark Carney, the new prime minister, confirmed the move by freezing targets for welcoming new arrivals. What's behind this shift?
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Venezuelan military planes buzzed US ship in ‘highly provocative move’, Pentagon says
• 5:54 AM
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Two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters, the Pentagon disclosed Thursday, in what it called a "highly provocative" escalation. The incident came days after US strikes on a Venezuelan boat in the the Caribbean k
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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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