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Trump threatens Iran with '1,000 missiles' over alleged assassination plot

The message came after reports that Israel shared intelligence with Washington about an alleged new Iranian plan to kill TrumpUS President Donald Trump warned that "1,000 missiles" are armed and aimed at Iran, ready to strike the country should Tehran attempt to assassinate him, in a message posted on his social network that raises tension with the Islamic Republic amid an already ongoing military escalation.


Four held in Ecuador over migrant-smuggling network to the United States

Ecuador has stepped up cooperation with US agencies on security and migration control in recent monthsEcuador's police arrested four people, including a serving officer and a former immigration-control official, accused of belonging to an alleged network dedicated to smuggling migrants to the United States, the institution said. The arrests were made in simultaneous operations in the provinces of Pichincha, Tungurahua, Carchi and Santa Elena.


British Antarctic Survey confirms Antarctica's first dinosaur fossil, 40 years on

The fossil was collected in December 1985 by geologist Mike Thomson, of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), during an expedition to James Ross Island, on the Antarctic PeninsulaA bone collected in Antarctica four decades ago has been identified as the first dinosaur fossil found on the continent, according to a study published in the journal Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. It is a tail vertebra from a titanosaur, the group of long-necked sauropods that includes the largest land animals that ever lived.


Colombia's president-elect asks Congress to be sworn in at a military base

Article 192 of the Constitution states that the president must take office before Congress, though it does not specify that this must be at the National CapitolColombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, has asked Congress to assess the legal feasibility of moving his inauguration ceremony, set for August 7, from Bogotá to a military garrison, in a proposal without recent precedent that will be left to the incoming legislature to decide.


Milei plans regional tour seeking investment, with a Bolsonaro visit that irks Lula

Milei said he would travel on July 25 to São Paulo to take part in the event at which, he said, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro — son of former President Jair — will be proclaimed a presidential candidateArgentine President Javier Milei announced a busy international schedule for the coming weeks, with trips to Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, which he presented as part of an outward-looking strategy aimed at attracting trade and investment. The itinerary includes a gesture toward the Brazilian opposition that is likely to cause discomfort for the government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.


Uruguay reels from rare quintuple homicide as five relatives shot dead in Montevideo

The victims were linked to “Los Suárez,” a criminal group that operated in the Villa Española neighborhood and had moved to the area amid disputes over drug salesFive members of the same family, including a 14-year-old girl, were killed on Friday in a shooting in the El Monarca neighborhood, on the northeastern outskirts of Montevideo, in an attack that authorities link to violence between criminal groups and that has no recent precedent in Uruguay.


 

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