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"We'll make sure that people are able to watch it," the US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday. Image source, AFP via Getty ImagesBySareen HabeshianPublished8 October 2026, 22:40 BSTUpdated 20 minutes agoThe public will be able to watch the execution of a former US Army major by firing squad, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said. An official from the Defense Department told the BBC the execution of Nidal.

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Hundreds have pitched their tents in central Madrid, while the Spanish prime minister has called a snap election. Image caption, Jorge Moreno (left) says "vulture funds" are hiking up rents, while Pierina Nicuray points out that there is "a lack of homes" in Spain Pierina Nicuray, a 21-year-old university graduate, has spent a week camped out in Madrid's Puerta del Sol square. Like many of the hundreds of others who.

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Figure is highest ever recorded for species and confirms one of Indian Ocean’s greatest conservation success stories A landmark survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has revealed the once endangered species is thriving. A population of Aldabra giant tortoise lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll. Continue reading. An Aldabra giant tortoise in Seychelles. Photograph: cinoby/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenAn Aldabra giant tortoise in Seychelles.

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Government forces’ attack raises risk of internal conflict in Ethiopia that could trigger regional war Eritrean troops who crossed into Ethiopia’s Tigray region have come under drone attack from government forces, raising the risk that renewed internal conflict in Ethiopia could trigger an all-out regional war between the neighbouring countries. Military vehicles carrying soldiers drove across Eritrea’s southern border into the Tigray region on Wednesday, reaching the town of Adigrat.

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The new accusations relate to the alleged torture of US citizens held in Venezuela while Maduro was in power. Image source, REUTERS/Jane RosenbergImage caption, Nicolás Maduro has been in US custody since January of this year Prosecutors in the United States have accused Venezuela's former leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, of conspiracy to commit torture. The fresh charges against the couple were made public on Thursday and.

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says the move will deliver more stable government, but opposition parties say her aim is to stay in power. Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Opposition parties say the move is designed to keep Meloni's right-wing coalition in power Italy's parliament has approved fiercely contested changes to the country's electoral system championed by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni ahead of elections due next year. Lawmakers voted 227 to.