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Hugo Carvajal, former head of Venezuela’s military intelligence, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narcoterrorism charges, facing a maximum life sentence.

Richard Gerald Jordan, aged 79, was executed by lethal injection in Mississippi after spending nearly 50 years on death row for the kidnapping and murder of Edwina Marter in 1976.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe asserted that a US operation significantly damaged Iran’s nuclear programme, claiming several key sites are now destroyed and will take years to rebuild.

The week so far has been dominated by the Israel-Iran conflict with a shaky ceasefire currently in place. Donald Trump’s remarkable outburst on TV sent shockwaves around the globe, as a leaked US intelligence report suggests the US bombing of Iran did little damage to Iran’s nuclear efforts – Trump denies this.

The NATO summit is currently underway with members committing to spending 5% of GDP and signing security deals with each other amid an increasingly unstable world.

The Club World Cup 2025 is in full swing, with matches taking place across the rest of the month. There’s still plenty of tickets available, despite the big-name clubs, so get yourself along for some good old football action.

Billionaire Jeff Bezos and partner Lauren Sánchez relocated their Venice wedding reception from the Scuola Grande della Misericordia to the more secure Arsenale complex after activist group “No Space for Bezos” threatened protests, including canal blockades with inflatable crocodiles.

President Trump hailed the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites a success, a US Defence Intelligence Agency report counters that the attacks only set Iran’s programme back by a few months, not obliterate it.

An early U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency assessment, according to American media CNN, indicates the weekend strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, including Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, failed to destroy the core nuclear infrastructure.

The UK has announced a significant expansion of its nuclear deterrent by purchasing 12 US-made F‑35A fighter jets capable of delivering B61‑12 tactical nuclear bombs, a shift making it the first British planes since the Cold War to carry nuclear weapons.

Sitting straight up in bed in a cold sweat as she struggled to shake the horrifying image from her mind, pop superstar Taylor Swift reportedly awoke from a nightmare Tuesday.