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Gunmen storm football pitch in Mexico and kill at least 11 people

At least 11 people were killed and another dozen injured when gunmen opened fire on locals who had gathered at a football pitch in the city of Salamanca in central Mexico on Sunday.Witnesses said armed men arrived at the grounds in several vehicles and shot at those gathered there seemingly indiscriminately.Many families had stayed behind to socialise after a match between local clubs. At least one woman and one child were among those killed.The motive behind the shooting…

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Israel to reopen Gaza crossing after search for hostage’s body ends

Israel to reopen Gaza crossing after search for hostage’s body ends

EPAThe Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been mostly closed since May 2024 (file photo)Israel says it has agreed to reopen the Gaza Strip's key border crossing with Egypt only after an operation to retrieve the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the territory is complete.The Rafah crossing has been mostly closed since May 2024, when the Palestinian side was seized by Israeli forces. It was meant to have reopened during the first stage of…

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Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally

Gold tops $5,000 for first time ever, adding to historic rally

Peter HoskinsandAdam Hancock,Business reportersHiba Kola/ReutersThe price of gold has risen above $5,000 (£3,659) an ounce for the first time ever, extending a historic rally that saw the precious metal jump by more than 60% in 2025.It comes as tensions between the US and NATO over Greenland have added to growing concerns about financial and geopolitical uncertainty.US President Donald Trump's trade policies have also worried markets. On Saturday he threatened to impose a 100% tariff on Canada if it…

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Minneapolis protesters march against ICE as governor urges Trump to remove agents

Minneapolis protesters march against ICE as governor urges Trump to remove agents

Getty ImagesProtests continued in Minneapolis and other US cities on Sunday, as Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said America was at an "inflection point" and repeated calls for US President Donald Trump to remove federal immigration agents from the city. The US president meanwhile called for the governor to "turn over all Criminal Illegal Aliens" incarcerated in state prisons for deportation. He also demanded that Walz, alongside Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, "formally cooperate" with his administration.Lawmakers continue to be…

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NRA and other US gun activists push back at Trump officials over Minneapolis shooting

NRA and other US gun activists push back at Trump officials over Minneapolis shooting

EPACrowds gathered in Minneapolis despite the freezing temperaturesThe National Rifle Association (NRA) has joined other US gun lobby groups in calling for a "full investigation" by the Trump administration into the killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota.Comments from the NRA come after a border agent fatally shot Pretti - registered nurse at a Veterans Affairs hospital - in Minneapolis on Saturday.State and federal officials have given starkly different accounts. The Trump administration has said Pretti carried a gun…

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Winter storm grips US as millions face power outages and disruption

A severe winter storm has brought heavy snow, and freezing temperatures to Americans across the United States.The National Weather Service has warned of dangerously cold wind chills with night-time temperatures falling below -20C in some cities.Calling the storms "historic," President Donald Trump on Saturday approved federal emergency disaster declarations in South Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Indiana, and West Virginia.More on this story. Source link

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Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?

Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis?

Family handoutAlex Pretti was killed in Minneapolis on SaturdayA man who was shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis has been identified by his family as 37-year-old intensive care nurse Alex Pretti.He has been described as an avid outdoorsman who loved mountain biking and is understood to have joined protests after Renee Good, also 37, was shot dead by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in her car earlier this month.Conflicting accounts have emerged about the moments…

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As we return to a pre-WW2 order, the middle powers face a challenge

As we return to a pre-WW2 order, the middle powers face a challenge

Allan LittleSenior correspondentBBCI had been asked to give a key-note speech at a conference at Columbia University's Journalism School. It was January 2002. Two planes had been flown into the twin towers of the World Trade Centre months earlier and you could still feel how wounded the city felt. You could read it in the faces of New Yorkers you spoke to.In my speech I made a few opening remarks about what the United States had meant to…

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Trump says UK soldiers in Afghanistan ‘among greatest of all warriors’

Trump says UK soldiers in Afghanistan ‘among greatest of all warriors’

Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's comments on Thursday about Nato soldiers fighting in Afghanistan angered many veterans and politiciansDonald Trump has praised UK soldiers who fought in Afghanistan after his claim that allied forces avoided the front lines prompted criticism from veterans and politicians.Earlier this week Trump angered US allies by downplaying the role of Nato troops in the war and doubted whether the military alliance would be there for the US "if we ever needed them".Trump's…

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Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over China trade talks

US President Donald Trump threatened to hit Canada with a 100% tariff on all Canadian goods if the country's prime minister strikes a trade deal with China. "If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.," Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, on Saturday. Tensions between Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney have escalated in recent days,…

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China no longer Pentagon’s top security priority

China is no longer the top security priority for the US, according to the Pentagon's new National Defense Strategy.The document, published once every four years, instead says that the security of the US homeland and Western Hemisphere is the department's chief concern, adding that Washington has long neglected the "concrete interests" of Americans. The Pentagon also says it will offer "more limited" support to US allies.It follows the publication last year of the US National Security Strategy, which…

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US treasury secretary weighs in on Alberta separatism

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has weighed in on a separatist movement in Alberta, saying the western Canadian province is a "natural partner for the US". "Alberta has a wealth of natural resources, but they won't let them build a pipeline to the Pacific," Bessent told an American right-wing commentator in an interview on Thursday. "I think we should let them come down into the US, and Alberta is a natural partner for the US. They have great…

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