Colombia’s ELN rebels prepare for battle amid Trump ‘intervention’ threat | Donald Trump News

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ELN conducts military drills, orders civilians indoors, as Trump warns drug-producing nations face potential attack.Colombia’s largest remaining rebel force has told civilians living under its authority to stay at home for three days while it stages military drills in response to burgeoning United States threats.The National Liberation Army (ELN), a left-wing rebel group, ordered the lockdown on Friday, instructing residents to keep off major routes and rivers from Sunday morning as fighters conduct what the group describes as…

Plymouth artist Ellie Johnson wins award for murals work

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A mural artist has won an award for her work beating more than 2,000 people.Ellie Johnson, known as Mrs Murals, was awarded the Women in Arts, Media and Culture Award at The West Country Women's Awards at a ceremony held in the Crowne Plaza, Plymouth.Among her work, Mrs Murals has transformed subways in Plympton and a primary school in Sherford, Plymouth.Judge Trish Caller praised her community-focused artwork and said her application stood out for its impact and strong…

Nativity exhibition brings together sets from around the world

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Caroline RobinsonSouth WestNorthlew Nativity ExhibitionThe exhibition is open for the weekend at St Thomas's Church in NorthlewA nativity exhibition made up of about 80 nativity sets collected from around the world is being put on display this weekend.Organisers said the display at St Thomas's Church, Northlew, Devon, was believed to potentially be the largest Nativity Exhibition in the South West. Luisa Hulbert began collecting nativity sets from Africa, South America and across Europe after her husband, Victor Hulbert,…

Weekly quiz: Who has bought two South West zoos?

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Charity funds retired Devon police dog’s urgent leg surgery

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The Thin Blue Paw FoundationMax's career was cut short and he retired in 2022The owner of a retired police dog said she was "incredibly grateful" to a charity for funding her pet's surgery ahead of Christmas. Former handler Natalie Sutton, 33, from Cornwall, adopted Belgian Malinois Max, 8, who served as a general purpose dog with the Ministry of Defence Police at HMNB Devonport in Plymouth for three years.Max retired in 2022 after injuring his cruciate ligament and…

Lanterns reveal scale of Echo Wood living trees artwork

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Sarah TurnnidgeWest of England Avon Needs Trees/Elastic Pie FilmsThe lanterns were placed exactly where each of the 365 trees will be planted The scale of a new living trees artwork has been revealed by an installation of hundreds of lanterns. Echo Wood, between Bristol and Bath, is the latest project by artist Luke Jerram who created a giant Earth artwork which toured the country. When finished, Echo Wood will feature 365 different species of trees planted in a…

Why do sea creatures end up on beaches after storms?

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Ros TappendenSouth of EnglandAllan CummingsOne seal pup was found underweight and exhausted near SeatownSeal pups and jellyfish-like creatures are among the wildlife washed up on Dorset's beaches during storms this week.Thousands of by-the-wind-sailors - organisms carried by ocean currents and the wind - were reported in Poole Bay and Kimmeridge.Seal pups have also been washed ashore in recent days, with part of Weymouth beach temporarily cordoned off on Wednesday to ensure one of them could return to the…

Fifteen miles of BCP cliff to get £1.4m safety improvements

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Amy WoodwardLocal Democracy Reporting Service BBCRock and soil near the East Cliff Lift fell away engulfing the promenade below in NovemberMore than 15 miles of cliff will have safety and maintenance improved after £1.4m funding was approved by a council.Across the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (BCP) Council area there is 15.5 (25km) miles of coastline.Fourteen-point-one miles of these are owned and managed by the council with the other 1.4 miles privately owned, according to the Local Democracy Reporting…

'Fading heart' and 'four men wanted in museum heist'

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South weekly quiz: What does Jeff the Grinch do?

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Russia damages Turkish-owned vessels in attack on Ukrainian ports | Russia-Ukraine war News

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the Russian attacks ‘had no … military purpose whatsoever’.Russian forces have attacked two Ukrainian ports, damaging three Turkish-owned vessels, including a ship carrying food supplies, according to Ukrainian officials and a shipowner.Friday’s attacks by Russian forces targeted Chornomorsk and Odesa ports in Ukraine’s southwestern Odesa region on the Black Sea. A Ukrainian navy spokesperson told the Reuters news agency that three Turkish-owned vessels were damaged in total, but did not provide additional details.Recommended…

Q&A: East Timor’s President Ramos-Horta on diplomacy, Gaza, and the West | Politics News

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Dili, East Timor – On the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s invasion of East Timor, longtime independence advocate and now the country’s President Jose Ramos-Horta reflected on the last half-century of politics and diplomacy in his country.Ramos-Horta was serving as the foreign minister of the newly declared Democratic Republic of East Timor in the days leading up to Indonesia’s invasion in December 1975.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listFormed by the independence party Fretilin after colonial Portugal’s withdrawal…