In a social media post, President Trump said Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” Illinois officials condemned the message.
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One of the two cabins hurtled down the steep road, derailed and crashed into a building
Portuguese officials investigating Wednesday's deadly funicular crash in Lisbon say a cable along the railway's route snapped, but the rest of the mechanism was functioning properly.
"After examining the wreckage at the site, it was immediately determined that the cable connecting the two carriages had given way," the preliminary report said.
The carriages of Lisbon's iconic, 140-year-old Glória funicular railway are designed to travel up and down steep slopes.
Sixteen people died and about 20 were injured when one of the carriages derailed on Wednesday evening.
Five of those killed were Portuguese along with three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, an American, a Ukrainian, a Swiss and a French national, police said.
Portugal's prime minister, Luis Montenegro, described the incident as "one of the biggest tragedies of our recent past".
The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno State, local officials say.
On Friday night militants struck the village of Darul Jamal, home to a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, killing at least five soldiers.
The Nigerian Air Force said it killed 30 militants in strikes after receiving reports of the raid on the village, where residents had recently returned following years of displacement.
The attack comes amid a resurgence in jihadist activity in Nigeria's north-east, with Boko Haram fights and rivals, the West African branch of the Islamic State group, stepping up attacks.
More than 20 houses and 10 buses were destroyed in Darul Jamal, while at least 13 drivers and labourers, who had been working on reconstruction efforts in the town were killed, Reuters reported.
Visiting the village on Saturday, Borno Governor Babagana Zulum said: "It's very sad, this community was resettled some months ago and they went about their normal business," he told AFP news agency.
"The numerical strength of the Nigerian army is not enough to contain the situation," he said, adding that a newly established force called the Forest Guards was set to bolster security personnel in the embattled region.
Nigerian Air Force spokesperson Ehimen Ejodame said surveillance revealed militants "fleeing northwards from the town towards nearby bushes," on Friday night.
"In a series of three precise and successive strikes, the fleeing terrorists were decisively engaged, resulting in the neutralisation of over 30 insurgents," he said.
The military has intensified operations in north-eastern Nigeria this year, following persistent targeted attacks on its formations and installations.
In April, Governor Zulum warned that Boko Haram was making a comeback after its fighters staged a series of attacks and seized control of some parts of the state.
Borno has been at the centre of a 15-year insurgency by the militant group, which has forced more than two million people to flee their homes and killed more than 40,000.
At the height of its powers in 2015, Boko Haram controlled huge areas in Borno state before being beaten back.
The fight against the militants became even more challenging after neighbouring Niger withdrew its troops from a regional force set up to tackle the jihadist group.
Boko Haram gained international notoriety in April 2014 when it kidnapped more than 270 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok, also in Borno state.
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A man was discovered living in a crawl space of a home near Portland, Oregon without the owner's knowledge, authorities say.
The man had been living there for an extended period of time, having set up a bed and lights, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office said.
The owner told deputies no one should be living there and they had heard "strange noises" coming from the space.
Deputies found 40-year-old Beniamin Bucur inside the crawl space and arrested him on charges of burglary and unlawful possession of methamphetamine.
Shortly before 23:00 local time on Wednesday, sheriff's deputies responded to investigate a suspicious circumstance in a residential area close to Happy Valley, a small city south-east of Portland.
A witness reported seeing a man who was not known to live in nearby homes parking his car and walking towards the back of the buildings. The witness also noticed the door to the crawl space was open and light was coming from inside.
When deputies arrived, they noticed the door was damaged and had been locked. An extension cord was seen running through a vent.
After contacting the owner and being told no one should be there, deputies tried to open the door with the owner's keys, but they did not work. Deputies forced the door open and discovered Bucur.
Bucur "was obviously living inside", law enforcement said, as the room was fitted with various electrics, including chargers, a television, and lights plugged into the power of the house, as well as a bed.
A meth pipe was also found in the search, the sheriff's office said.
Bucur was booked into jail and his bail was set at $75,000 (£55,524).
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Police have started arresting protesters at a demonstration against the government's ban of the campaign group Palestine Action.
Hundreds of people have gathered in Parliament Square in central London, some waving Palestinian flags and chanting "free Palestine". Others held placards saying: "I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action."
Officers have been seen carrying people out of the crowd, after some protesters said they planned to refuse bail and go "floppy" if they were arrested.
The Metropolitan Police had earlier warned that people showing support for the group, which has been proscribed under terrorism law, would face arrest.
Saturday's protest follows a major demonstration last month which saw more than 500 people arrested for displaying placards in support of Palestine Action.
The average age of those arrested at the August rally was 54, and the most arrests - 147 of them - were of people aged between 60 and 69.
One of the two cabins hurtled down the steep road, derailed and crashed into a building
Portuguese officials investigating Wednesday's deadly funicular crash in Lisbon say a cable along the railway's route snapped, but the rest of the mechanism was functioning properly.
"After examining the wreckage at the site, it was immediately determined that the cable connecting the two carriages had given way," the preliminary report said.
The carriages of Lisbon's iconic, 140-year-old Glória funicular railway are designed to travel up and down steep slopes.
Sixteen people died and about 20 were injured when one of the carriages derailed on Wednesday evening.
Five of those killed were Portuguese along with three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, an American, a Ukrainian, a Swiss and a French national, police said.
Portugal's prime minister, Luis Montenegro, described the incident as "one of the biggest tragedies of our recent past".
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EastEnders star Jamie Borthwick has been axed from the soap after 19 years, the BBC has confirmed.
Borthwick, 31, portrayed the character of Jay Brown and was one of the show's longest-serving cast members, having arrived on Albert Square in 2006.
Earlier this year, he was suspended by the BBC after using a slur against people with disabilities on the set of Strictly Come Dancing.
A BBC Studios spokesperson said: "We can confirm that Jamie Borthwick will not be returning to EastEnders. We do not comment on individual matters."
BBC News has contacted Borthwick's representatives for a comment.
According to the Mirror, Borthwick had been due to return to set this month to restart filming after the suspension.
But he has now been dropped altogether.
In June, the BBC said his language on the set of Strictly was "entirely unacceptable and in no way reflects the values or standards we hold and expect".
At the time, Borthwick - who took part in Strictly's 20th anniversary series last year - apologised for "any offence and upset".
Disability charity Scope said Borthwick should reflect on what he said and educate himself.
"We hope he takes the opportunity to get to know the reality of disabled people's lives," said the organisation's media manager Warren Kirwan.
Borthwick rose to fame for his portrayal of Jay Brown (previously Mitchell) in BBC soap EastEnders.
He has starred in it since 2006, making him one of the longest-serving actors on the show.
Borthwick has won a British Soap Award for best dramatic performance from a young actor, and an Inside Soap Award for best actor.
The actor took part in the latest series of Strictly, where he was paired with professional dancer Michelle Tsiakkas.
It marked a return to the ballroom for him, after he won the 2023 Christmas special.
He made it through to Blackpool week - seen as a key milestone in the contest - but was voted off later in November, making him the ninth celebrity to leave the show.
Reform UK has distanced itself from a conference speaker who suggested that Covid vaccines were linked to the King's and the Princess of Wales' cancers.
Aseem Malholtra, an adviser to US health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, said: "One of Britain's most eminent oncologists Professor Angus Dalgleish said to me to share with you today that he thinks it's highly likely that the Covid vaccines have been a significant factor in the cancers in the royal family."
Wes Streeting, the health secretary, said that it was "shockingly irresponsible" of Reform to allow Dr Malholtra at the conference.
The party said that it "does not endorse what he said but does believe in free speech".
In his speech in Birmingham, at an event titled "Make Britain Healthy Again", Dr Malholtra also claimed that studies show that mRNA vaccines could alter genes.
Dr Malhotra, a cardiologist, also said taking the Covid vaccine was more likely to cause harm than the virus itself.
"It is highly likely that not a single person should have been injected with this," he added, before going on to say that the World Health Organization had been "captured" by Microsoft founder Bill Gates and urged for it to be replaced.
He hit out at health minister Stephen Kinnock, who called Dr Malhotra an "anti-vax conspiracy theorist".
On the stage, he asked the audience: "Have you heard anything anti-vax or conspiracy theory so far here?"
Dr Malholtra's views have been discredited by many medical professionals and are not supported by scientific evidence, and the NHS says that Covid vaccines meet all strict safety standards.
The link between the Covid jab and cancer has previously been dismissed by academics and oncologists after claims it had led to "turbo cancers".
Professor Brian Ferguson, professor of viral immunology at the University of Cambridge, accused Dr Malholtra of repeating an "outlandish conspiracy theory only serves to undermine the credibility of those spreading it".
He continued: "There is no credible evidence that these vaccines disrupt tumour suppressors or drive any kind of process that results in cancer.
"It is particularly crass to try to link this pseudoscience to the unfortunate incidents of cancer in the royal family."
The King's cancer diagnosis was first announced in February 2024. The palace has said he is receiving treatment, but has not said what type of cancer he has.
Catherine announced her diagnosis in March 2024, and went into remission in January. She, too, did not specify the type of cancer she had.
Streeting warned that "we are seeing falling numbers of parents getting their children vaccinated, and a resurgence of disease we had previously eradicated".
"It is shockingly irresponsible for Nigel Farage to give a platform to these poisonous lies. Farage should apologise and sever all ties with this dangerous extremism."
A Reform UK spokesman told the BBC: "Dr Aseem Malhotra is a guest speaker with his own opinions who has an advisory role in the US government. Reform UK does not endorse what he said but does believe in free speech."
President Trump’s renaming of the Defense Department comes amid his campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize. On Saturday, he wrote on social media that Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.”
President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to change the name of the Defense Department to the Department of War. Without congressional approval, the new name will be only ceremonial.
The justice’s comments reflected tensions within the judiciary, as trial judges struggle to interpret the Supreme Court’s often cryptic emergency orders.
The film, directed by Jim Jarmusch, details three stories of three families. “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” about a Palestinian girl in a car under fire by the Israeli military, won second place.
The director Jim Jarmusch won the Golden Lion for Best Film for “Father Mother Sister Brother” at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on Saturday.
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