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A decorated United States Army veteran who served two tours in Iraq has been deported from an immigration detention facility in Arizona, leaving his family and legal team in turmoil over his whereabouts. Jose Barco, a Venezuelan-born veteran whose family fled Cuba as refugees, was removed from the Florence detention centre at 4am on Friday, according to Arizona state representative Raquel Terán, who spoke to Fox 10 Phoenix. Immigration and…

Mexico has been thrust into a national reckoning on sexual violence following the public groping of President Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City, an incident that has prompted swift political action and reignited debate over how best to tackle abuse that remains widespread across the country. The assault, captured on video, showed a seemingly intoxicated man attempting to kiss the president and reaching for her breasts as she walked through the…

British billionaire and former owner of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Joe Lewis, is to be pardoned by President Donald Trump following his 2024 conviction for insider trading. Lewis, 88, was fined $5 million (£3.8 million) and handed three years’ probation by a New York judge last year after admitting his role in what prosecutors described as a “brazen” scheme to benefit friends, employees and associates. He avoided a custodial sentence…

Hundreds of residents in Weatherford, Oklahoma, were forced to evacuate their homes late on Wednesday evening after a tanker truck began leaking anhydrous ammonia in a hotel car park, releasing a dangerous plume of gas into the surrounding area. Authorities confirmed that the incident left dozens of people suffering from respiratory distress and prompted widespread emergency measures across the town. The leak was first reported shortly before 10pm, when emergency…

Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former United States President John F Kennedy, has declared his intention to run for Congress, seeking to represent New York’s 12th District in the House of Representatives. His announcement on Tuesday comes as veteran Democrat Jerry Nadler prepares to step down after more than three decades in office. In a campaign video released on social media, Schlossberg emphasised the need for fresh leadership in the district,…

A dramatic police pursuit unfolded in southern California this week after a woman residing at a sobriety home allegedly stole a minivan and led officers on a high-speed chase that ended at the United States–Mexico border. Authorities confirmed that Alyssa Wilson, a resident of Diana’s House Sober Living in Thousand Oaks, took a 2004 grey Toyota Sienna belonging to Nicolle Walters, the operator of two women’s sober living homes in…

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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been released from prison after a Paris Appeal Court ruled that he could serve the remainder of his sentence under strict judicial supervision at home. The decision comes three weeks after Sarkozy entered La Santé prison in Paris, following his conviction for criminal conspiracy in connection with alleged campaign financing from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, who led France between 2007 and 2012,…

A member of the Vatican’s Swiss Guards, the small but historic corps charged with protecting the pope, is under investigation following allegations that he directed a spitting gesture towards two Jewish women during a papal audience at St Peter’s Square. The incident is said to have occurred on 29 October at one of the side entrances to the square, where crowds had gathered for Pope Leo’s general audience. The occasion…

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Britain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to Belgium to assist in countering drone incursions that disrupted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week. The move follows a formal request for help from Belgian authorities after sightings of unidentified drones near airports, military bases and nuclear facilities. Sir Richard Knighton, the chief of the UK’s armed forces, confirmed the deployment, stating that Britain would provide “our people, our equipment”…