Tiffany Wertheimerand BBC Visual Journalism team @realdonaldtrump The US says its military operation to capture Venezuela’s president took months of planning, but when Donald Trump gave the order to launch, “Operation Absolute Resolve” only lasted about 150 minutes. The surprise early-morning attack on Saturday marked an unprecedented event in modern politics and culminated in the…
The composer of the musical Wicked has said he will not appear at the Kennedy Center after its board voted to include US President Donald Trump’s name in the name of the venue. Stephen Schwartz said in a statement that appearing at the centre “has now become an ideological statement”, adding: “As long as that…
The bodies of 16 more victims of a bar fire in the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana have been identified by police. The youngest person was a Swiss girl aged 14, with nine aged under 18. The group includes people of Swiss, Italian, Romanian, Turkish and French nationalities, police said. This brings the number of…
The charity Brigitte Bardot established has issued a warning about “scam” merchandise purporting to fund its work following the French actress’s death. The Brigitte Bardot Foundation said it was aware of “crude fabrications” being advertised online alongside claims the proceeds will go to the animal welfare charity. It threatened to take legal action against anyone…
Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have joined French aircraft in a joint strike on an underground arms cache in Syria used by the Islamic State group (IS), the UK Ministry of Defence says. The facility, identified by intelligence, was believed to be storing arms and explosives, the statement said, and was in mountains just north…
WASHINGTON/CARACAS — Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that U.S. forces carried out a series of strikes in Venezuela and detained President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, transferring them خارج the country.In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, Trump said an operation targeting Venezuela’s leadership had been conducted in coordination…
President Donald Trump announced that the US will run Venezuela until a ‘proper transition can take place.’ The United States launched strikes against the country and captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and his wife on 3 January. Trump said Maduro and his wife were captured from a fortress-like house and will be taken to New…
André Rhoden-Pauland BBC Verify Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores have been captured The US has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after a large scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump said Venezuela’s left-wing president and his wife were flown out of the country…
A Kenyan elephant believed to have been one of Africa’s largest male tuskers has died of old age. The pachyderm, fondly known as Craig, died of natural causes on Saturday morning at Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, conservationists confirmed. “Craig had just turned 54 years old. He led a long life and no doubt…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Air Force has successfully conducted a flight test of its indigenously developed Taimoor weapon system, significantly enhancing the country’s conventional defence capabilities, the military’s media wing said.According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Taimoor air-launched cruise missile has a range of up to 600 kilometres and is capable…
