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Israel Launches Gaza City Ground Offensive, Officials Say
The long-planned take over of the city began early Tuesday, according to officials, despite hundreds of thousands of people still sheltering there.
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News24 | ‘Genocide is occurring in Gaza’, incited by Netanyahu and Israel leadership – UN commission
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry concluded that Israel has committed genocide in Gaza and that top Israeli officials including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had incited these acts.
UN inquiry finds top Israeli officials incited genocide in Gaza – Reuters
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Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, UN probe finds
This marks the ‘strongest and most authoritative UN finding to date,’ says author of commission report
Moment Trump bombs ANOTHER Venezuelan drug boat killing 3 in US war on drugs as Maduro calls up ‘2.5m troops’
THIS is the dramatic moment Donald Trump bombs another Venezuelan boat as he wages war on “extremely violent drug trafficking cartels”.
The US president warned “WE ARE HUNTING YOU” as he shared unclassified footage of the vessel being obliterated with 11 people on board.
Donald Trump bombed a Venezuelan drug boat as he left it up in flames in international waters[/caption]
The moment Trump bombed the Venezuelan drug boat[/caption]
Trump claimed the boat was on its way to the US to ‘poison Americans’[/caption]
Three “male terrorists” were killed in the kinetic strike on international waters, according to Trump.
Dramatic footage showed a small boat rocking around in choppy waters before it was targeted by a US missile.
A huge explosion erupts and leaves the vessel up in flames.
Trump shared the video to his Truth Social account as he sent a direct warning to any drug traffickers.
He wrote in the caption: “These extremely violent drug trafficking cartels POSE A THREAT to U.S. National Security, Foreign Policy, and vital U.S. Interests.”
“BE WARNED — IF YOU ARE TRANSPORTING DRUGS THAT CAN KILL AMERICANS, WE ARE HUNTING YOU!
“The illicit activities by these cartels have wrought DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES ON AMERICAN COMMUNITIES FOR DECADES, killing millions of American Citizens.
“NO LONGER.”
In a bizarre response Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed the footage shared by the US was actually made with artificial intelligence.
Maduro said: “The video shows modification by AI.
“Everybody knows it… I’m not Gemini. I’m Maduro. There’s a lot of mechanisms that say it.”
Trump and Maduro are locked in a bitter international feud after weeks of heated back and forth.
President Trump accused his Venezuelan counterpart of being complicit in “mass murder, drug trafficking, sex trafficking, and acts of violence and terror across the United States and Western Hemisphere”
He also slapped a $50million bounty on Maduro offered by Washington.
Maduro responded by saying he will never let Trump get away with his “threats of bombs, death, and blackmail”.
He also announced he is mobilising his nation’s military – claiming to have 2.5 million military personnel deployed to defend Venezuela.
President Maduro claimed: “Everyone knows that the story of drugs and drug trafficking is a plot.
“That’s the argument. They want regime change to seize the country’s wealth, to control the country’s oil reserves.”
What is Trump’s war on drugs?
by Harvey Geh
DONALD Trump has launched his full-scale war on drugs – favouring missiles over law enforcement.
The first day of Trump’s second term kicked off with the designation of narcotraffickers as terrorists – giving him the right to kill them before they can reach American shores.
This is the argument he has used in the face of law experts warning that his decision to strike a suspected drug-smuggling boat on Tuesday was illegal.
Washington-watchers claim that the gangsters should have been arrested – but the White House says that law enforcement is ineffective.
Trump vowed after the blitz: “There’s more where that came from.”
The US President has long spoken of his desire to enact force to take on drug cartels, which he accuses Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro of actively backing.
Maduro has denied the allegations, and the last few months have seen teetering escalations deteriorate into a tense standoff.
The US has positioned naval destroyers and soldiers around Maduro’s waters, while the Venezuelan dictator has ordered mass mobilisation of troops.
Around 78,000 Americans died of drug overdoses between March 2024 to March 2025, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump has always claimed the figure is likely much higher and has vowed to prevent as many drug-related deaths as possible during his second term.
Just weeks ago, the Don blitzed another narco boat killing 11 on board.
On September 3, Trump claimed he attacked a boat full with drug-smuggling gangsters heading for American shores.
The President said the substance-running vessel was carrying members of the infamous Tren de Aragua gang – which is designated as a “terrorist organisation” in the US.
Meanwhile Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth warned following the attack: “We’ve got assets in the air, assets in the water, assets on ships.
“Because this is a deadly serious mission for us, and it won’t, it won’t stop with just this strike.”
After the initial strike, Trump sent three US destroyers and 4,000 marines to Venezuela as tensions skyrocket in the region.
In a bid to push US vessels out, tyrant Maduro announced the deployment of 15,000 troops to Colombia.
A day later he launched his own fleet of vessels along the Caribbean coast.
Trump’s fiery Truth Social rant on the boat blast[/caption]
US judge won’t intervene in Trump administration’s deportations of West Africans to Ghana
A U.S. judge says she is powerless to stop the return of men in Ghana’s custody to countries where U.S. immigration judges determined they faced torture or persecution.
India and US seek breakthrough in day-long trade talks
The meeting comes after weeks of tension between the allies after Trump imposed high tariffs on Indian goods.
Trump policies spark fears of US losing scientific edge as EU courts researchers
Spending cuts at academic institutions and tighter restrictions on foreign students could undermine the US’ standing as a leading destination for researchers and scientists.