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Ione WellsSouth America correspondent, in ColombiaBBCLizbeth Perez is the niece of Alejandro Carranza, who is missingLizbeth Perez looks fearful as she gazes out onto the postcard-perfect fishing bay of Taganga, on Colombia’s Caribbean coast, recalling the moment she last spoke to her uncle in September.”He was a kind man, a good person, a friend. A good father, uncle, son. He was a cheerful person. He loved his work and his fishing.”Alejandro Carranza said goodbye to his family early in the morning on 14 September, before going out on his boat as usual, his cousin Audenis Manjarres told state media. He…
A “tremendous amount of progress” has been achieved in talks to finalise a US-proposed peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said.But “there’s still some work to be done”, Rubio said after meeting Ukrainian and European negotiators in Geneva, Switzerland.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were “signals that President [Donald] Trump’s team is hearing us”. Ukraine and its European allies had expressed concern over the leaked proposals, seen as favouring Russia and welcomed by Vladimir Putin as “the basis” for settlement. Zelensky had said Ukraine “might face a very difficult choice: either losing dignity,…
Seven bodyguards have been arrested over their alleged involvement in the murder of a popular Mexican mayor, authorities have said.Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan and an outspoken critic of cartel violence, was shot dead on 1 November at a public event marking the Day of the Dead.The office of the attorney general of Michoacán state said in a brief statement that the public servants had been detained “for their probable participation in the crime of aggravated homicide, in commission by omission” in relation to Manzo’s killing.It follows the arrest on Wednesday of a man police described as the mastermind…
Georgina RannardClimate and science correspondent, Belém, BrazilEPAFollowing bitter rows, the UN climate summit COP30 in Belém, Brazil has ended with a deal that contains no direct reference to the fossil fuels that are heating up the planet.It is a frustrating end for more than 80 countries including the UK and EU that wanted the meeting to commit the world to stop using using oil, coal and gas at a faster pace.But oil-producing nations held the line that they should be allowed to use their fossil fuel resources to grow their economies.The meeting takes place as the UN says it fears…
With the United States boycotting the summit, other nations sought to strike new deals, and some took a tougher tone with President Trump. Source link
BBCLike Alejandro Orellano, many Venezuelans say they are more worried about their personal finances than about a US invasionWhile Nicolás Maduro’s government lives on edge under a military threat from US President Donald Trump, ordinary Venezuelans spend their time trying to figure out what to eat each day.It’s Wednesday morning at Quinta Crespo, a popular market in downtown Caracas. Here, a possible escalation of the conflict is not the main concern of Venezuelans, who glance at the news while checking their wallets to find enough cash to pay.”There’s not going to be an intervention, nothing like that. What’s really troubling…
Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president convicted of plotting a coup, has blamed medicine-induced “paranoia” for damage he caused to his ankle monitor – a day after he was removed from house arrest into detention.At a hearing in Brasília, he admitted trying to open the monitor with a soldering iron on Friday until he “came to his senses”, court documents show. He said he had had no intention of fleeing.Officials say the right-wing politician, 70, was taken into custody because he was a flight risk ahead of a supporters’ vigil outside his home. He will remain in detention.In September, Bolsonaro…
As England fans caught their breath after an unexpectedly tense finale, Ojomoh collected the player of the match champagne.The 25-year-old, making only his second England appearance after a debut against the United States in the summer, looked immediately at home as he inserted himself into England’s midfield debate.Afforded a chance by Fraser Dingwall’s injury against the All Blacks, the Bath centre took only 10 minutes to gleefully dive in at the same end he had scored at against Leicester in June’s Prem final.The Argentina back three had made a mess of fielding a high kick with full-back Juan Cruz Mallia…
It was the showdown nobody wanted. But in the end, it saved the climate summit.As the clock ticked past the deadline of 6pm on Friday in Belem, Brazil, the issue that, rightly or wrongly, came to define this year’s UN climate talks was still unresolved.The great, unanswered question was how to talk about fossil fuels: two words pathetically controversial for a summit trying to tackle climate change, given they are the main cause.But it had taken 28 COP meetings to even name those words in a deal. Finally, the promise came in Dubai in 2023 to “transition away from fossil…
Two Russian warships were intercepted in the English Channel by the Royal Navy, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.In the latest incident involving Russia’s ships entering waters around the UK, HMS Severn headed off the RFN Stoikiy, a corvette and Yelnya, a tanker, as they sailed west through the Dover Strait into the English Channel in the past fortnight.Last week, it emerged that the Russian spy ship Yantar was spotted off the coast of Scotland and it used lasers to disrupt RAF pilots tracking its movements.Defence Secretary John Healey branded the Yantar’s move “deeply dangerous” and warned Russia and…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Google is sounding the alarm for Android users after uncovering a wave of fake VPN apps that sneak malware onto phones and tablets. These dangerous apps pose as privacy tools but hide info stealers, banking trojans and remote access malware designed to loot personal data.More people are relying on VPNs to protect their privacy, secure home networks and shield personal information while using public Wi-Fi. Attackers know this demand is growing. They use it to lure users into downloading convincing VPN lookalikes that contain hidden malware.Sign up for my FREE CyberGuy Report…
Escalating its attacks on the armed group in Lebanon, Israel said it killed Hezbollah’s chief of staff in an airstrike on an apartment building. Source link
Shortly before he was expected to start serving a 27-year sentence, Brazil’s former president took a soldering iron to his tracking device. Source link
Organic and inorganic foods differ in how they’re produced or grown. If something is organic, it’s made without pesticides, chemical or synthetic fertilizer, or from genetically modified seeds or feed sources. Whether a food is organic or inorganic may influence how nutritious it is. Though more research is needed to confirm the potential health benefits of organic foods, some studies suggest these benefits may include: More of some nutrients: Some organic foods are richer in nutrients like vitamin C, magnesium, calcium, and iron than their inorganic counterparts. Researchers found this with organic corn, wheat, leafy greens, broccoli, tomatoes, and…
The watch belonged to Isidor Straus, a co-owner of Macy’s who was traveling first class on the Titanic with his wife when it sank in April 1912. Source link
The national team’s success in landing a World Cup slot gave Haitians around the world a momentary reprieve from their country’s deep crises. Source link
Serbia’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, has described an allegation that he was involved in “sniper tourism” during the siege of Sarajevo as a “lie”.It follows a complaint submitted to Italian prosecutors by a Croatian journalist, who claimed that video from the 1990s and subsequent testimony by Bosnian officials showed that Vucic was a “war volunteer” with Bosnian-Serb forces at positions overlooking Sarajevo.Speaking at a UK-Western Balkans business conference in Belgrade, Vucic said he had “never killed anyone, wounded anyone, or done anything similar”. He added that he had “never held a sniper rifle in my life”.Pictures purporting to show him with…
Sofia Bettiza,BBC Global Health Reporter and Woody Morris,BBC World Service, DenmarkBBCKeira says she sobbed uncontrollably when her baby was taken away from herWhen Keira’s daughter was born last November, she was given two hours with her before the baby was taken into care.”Right when she came out, I started counting the minutes,” Keira, 39, recalls. “I kept looking at the clock to see how long we had.”When the moment came for Zammi to be taken from her arms, Keira says she sobbed uncontrollably, whispering “sorry” to her baby.”It felt like a part of my soul died.”Now Keira is one of…
Olga Prosvirova & Zlata OnufrievaBBC News RussianAishat Baimuradova/Getty/BBCAishat told her friends she had been raised in a strictly religious familyWhen 23-year-old Aishat Baimuradova fled her home earlier this year, she believed she finally had a chance to live the way she wanted.Coming from Chechnya, a conservative Muslim republic in Russia, she cut her hair short, stopped covering her head, shaved off part of her eyebrow and posted quirky selfies on Instagram.She told her new friends she could finally breathe.In October, Aishat was found dead in a rented flat in neighbouring Armenia. Police say she was murdered.Two people were seen leaving…
Abdujalil AbdurasulovIn eastern UkraineA robot being sent on a mission by Ukraine’s fifth brigade to deliver supplies to troops on the frontline”The toy is delivered,” a Ukrainian soldier whispers into the radio.In the dead of night, he and his partner move quickly to roll out their cargo from a van. Speed is crucial as they are within the range of deadly Russian drones.The fifth brigade’s new “toy” is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), a robot that provides a lifeline for Ukrainian troops at the front in Pokrovsk and Myrnograd, a strategic hub in eastern Ukraine.Russian forces are relentlessly trying to…
Residents and visitors from all over give the city a diverse visual flavor. Source link
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has insisted that a proposed 28-point plan to end the Ukraine war, which has been widely viewed as favourable to Russia, was “authored by the US”.It comes after a group of senators said they had been told by Rubio that the draft – which one said he described as a Russian “wish list” – did not reflect Washington’s position.Rubio later distanced himself from those claims and said the plan came from the US, and was “based on input” from both Russia and Ukraine.His intervention came as he flew to Geneva in Switzerland for talks…
There’s a lot going on at TikTok right now. As well as online safety updates and new features, the company is introducing sweeping changes to how it moderates the platform’s content. At the same time, there’s an intense focus on online safety, particularly here in the UK.With all that going on, Sky News got a rare, exclusive sit-down with one of TikTok’s senior safety executives, Ali Law.The increasing role of artificial intelligence One of the biggest changes happening at TikTok is around artificial intelligence.Like most social media companies, TikTok has used AI to help moderate its platform for years – it…
