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Royal Air Force Typhoon jets have joined French aircraft in a joint strike on an underground arms cache in Syria used by the Islamic State group (IS), the UK Ministry of Defence says. The facility, identified by intelligence, was believed to be storing arms and explosives, the statement said, and was in mountains just north […]

Watch: How the US attack on Venezuela unfolded For months, US spies had been monitoring Venezuelan President’s Nicolas Maduro’s every move. A small team, including one source within the Venezuelan government, had been observing where the 63-year-old slept, what he ate, what he wore and even, according to top military officials, “his pets”. Then, in […]

The BBC’s Bernd Debusmann reports from Doral Florida, where the Venezuelan-American community has gathered to celebrate the US attack.

President Donald Trump announced that the US will run Venezuela until a ‘proper transition can take place.’

Ione WellsSouth America correspondent Getty Images A man walks past a graffiti depicting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas The US may want many of its foes gone from power. It doesn’t usually send in the military and physically remove them. Venezuela’s abrupt awakening took two forms. Its residents were woken abruptly to the sound […]

A Kenyan elephant believed to have been one of Africa’s largest male tuskers has died of old age. The pachyderm, fondly known as Craig, died of natural causes on Saturday morning at Amboseli National Park in southern Kenya, conservationists confirmed. “Craig had just turned 54 years old. He led a long life and no doubt […]

Reuters Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores have been captured The US has captured Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after a large scale strike on the South American country, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump said Venezuela’s left-wing president and his wife were flown out of the country in a military operation […]

Ana Vanessa Herrero is in Caracas and says she began hearing planes at 02:00 local time.

At least two people have died after a powerful earthquake hit southern and central Mexico on Friday. CBS, the BBC’s news partner in America, reported that as of Friday evening local time, two people were killed and several injured. The epicentre of the 6.5 magnitude earthquake was near the popular tourist town of Acapulco, near […]