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Colombian president posts video purporting to show 23 ‘neutralised’ guerrillas in body bagsWorld

Colombian president posts video purporting to show 23 ‘neutralised’ guerrillas in body bags

Footage provokes outrage, as bellicose and performative far-right politics continue to spread across AmericasColombia’s hardline president, Abelardo De La Espriella, has provoked outrage after posting a social media video in which he strides through rows of white body bags that he said contained the corpses of 23 “neutralised” guerrillas.De La Espriella took power last month vowing “all-out war” against illegal armed groups and he published the footage on Thursday in an apparent attempt to show he was fulfilling that pledge. Continue reading...

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Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s security services HQ, says Zelenskyy – Europe liveWorld

Russian drone strikes Ukraine’s security services HQ, says Zelenskyy – Europe live

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported a Russian drone hit the headquarter of the security service of Ukraine, in Kyivin Magdeburg, Saxony-AnhaltPolls have suggested that the election on Sunday could yield Germany’s first-ever state government led by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), shattering a postwar taboo and leaving minorities’ fate in the hands of a party that has promised to launch deportations “from day one”. Continue reading...

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Can a Country Really Hold an Election in the Middle of a Gang War?World

Can a Country Really Hold an Election in the Middle of a Gang War?

Haitian officials have set elections for Dec. 13, but many experts say extreme violence makes is likely to force a postponement.

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Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover filmWorld

Reform officials ‘plotted to break law on foreign donations’ in undercover film

Investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News shows man posing as ‘impermissible donor’ paying for polling that helped ReformLatest: Farage aides step down after undercover report on donationsNigel Farage is facing fresh criticism on the eve of the Reform UK party conference after some of his team were filmed appearing to plot to avoid electoral laws on foreign donations in an undercover investigation broadcast by Channel 4 News.A group of investigative journalists called Verbatim, founded by the Centre for Climate Reporting, posed as a potential Reform supporter and his wealthy American father, an impermissible donor, who paid for £30,000 of polling commissioned by Reform and which benefited the party. Continue reading...

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