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‘Strange noises’ heard before squatter found living in house with lights, TV and bed
A man was discovered living in a crawl space of a home near Portland, Oregon without the owner’s knowledge, authorities say. The man had been living there for an extended period of time, having set up a bed and lights, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office said. The owner told deputies no one should be living…
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US reveals plans to deport Kilmar Ábrego García to Eswatini
The Trump administration has revealed a plan to deport Kilmar Ábrego García, a Salvadoran man who has been at the centre of an immigration row, to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini. In an email to his lawyers obtained by the BBC’s US partner CBS, an immigration officer said they were changing last month’s decision…
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Russia will cross Nato border if Ukraine falls, former US VP says
Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned that if President Vladimir Putin succeeds with Russia’s war in Ukraine “it’ll only be a matter of time before he crossed the border of a Nato country”. Speaking to BBC Newsnight, Pence called for security guarantees in Ukraine to help deliver “just and lasting peace”. Source link
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Sudanese villagers dig with hands to reach landslide victims, group says
Sudan Liberation Movement/Army This image is thought to show around 40 graves Villagers in a remote area of Sudan’s western Darfur region are trying to reach buried victims by hand after a devastating landslide on Sunday, aid group Save the Children says. “People are excavating by hand to rescue the bodies of their relatives since…
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Trumps says Venezuelan jets will be ‘shot down’ if they endanger US ships
President Donald Trump has warned that, if Venezuelan jets fly over US naval ships and “put us in a dangerous position, they’ll be shot down”. His warning comes after Venezuela flew military aircraft near a US vessel off South America for the second time in two days, US officials told the BBC’s US partner CBS…
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At a low, or strong behind the scenes?
Getty Images Benjamin Netanyahu’s rhetoric towards Australia has turned increasingly bitter in recent weeks Tens of thousands of protesters, in capital cities across Australia, took to the streets on 24 August to advocate for Palestinians, condemn the Israeli government for their actions in Gaza, and urge their own government to respond more strongly to the…
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What’s in the “missing minute” of Epstein’s jail video?
The US House Oversight Committee has released a longer version of surveillance footage recorded hours before Jeffrey Epstein’s death on 10 August 2019. The new footage includes a minute that was missing from the FBI video released earlier this year. So, what’s in it? The BBC’s Nick Beake analyses the new footage and the questions…
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Putin doubles down on Ukraine war stance after Beijing meeting
Sometimes it’s not what’s said that makes the biggest impression. It’s the reaction. In the Russian Far East, Vladimir Putin delivered a warning to the West: don’t even think about sending soldiers – and that includes peacekeepers – to Ukraine. “If some troops appear there,” the Russian president said, “especially now while the fighting’s going…
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Man dies after suspected shark attack in Sydney
A man has died on a Sydney beach after being bitten by a suspected “large shark”, Australia’s New South Wales police have said. In a statement, the police said emergency services pulled the man out of the morning surf onto the shore at Long Reef Beach – but he “died at the scene”. “Two sections…
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ICE raid on Hyundai plant in Georgia swept up workers on visitor visas
Watch: ICE was ‘just doing its job’ with Hyundai arrests, Trump says Many of the car workers arrested in a huge US workplace immigration raid had violated their visitor visas, officials say. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said 475 people, mostly South Korean citizens – were found to be illegally working at a Hyundai battery…
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