US ‘Night Stalkers’ seen in Caribbean as fears of regime change rise in Venezuela

Elite helicopter unit’s part in military deployment comes as Donald Trump ramps up pressure on Nicolás Maduro

They call themselves the Night Stalkers and their unofficial motto hints at the group’s lethal nocturnal line of work: “Death Waits in the Dark.” “You can flee, but they will find you,” warns a rare book about the US army’s secretive 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (SOAR).

Since the elite helicopter unit’s creation in 1981, its daredevil pilots have taken part in some of the most dangerous missions in recent US military history: battling Islamic State during Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq and Syria, and Somali warlords during Operation Gothic Serpent; and spiriting Navy Seals into Pakistan to kill the al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden as part of Operation Neptune Spear.

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Cuban man deported from US to Eswatini goes on hunger strike in prison

Roberto Mosquera del Peral was sent to African country as part of Trump administration’s immigration crackdown

A Cuban man deported by the Trump administration to the southern African country of Eswatini has started a hunger strike against his detention there, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

Roberto Mosquera del Peral was among five third-country nationals deported from the US to Eswatini, formerly Swaziland, in July.

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Russia was smug about Trump-Putin talks. Now they’re on hold, Moscow’s anxious – CNBC

  1. Russia was smug about Trump-Putin talks. Now they're on hold, Moscow's anxious  CNBC
  2. Why planned Trump-Putin talks collapsed, and what it means for Ukraine  Al Jazeera
  3. Trump Says Ukraine Summit With Putin Would Be a ‘Waste of Time’ - WSJ  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Trump’s push for peace tested as Putin meeting called off and Gaza ceasefire shows cracks  PBS
  5. In a Reversal, Trump Will Not Meet With Putin in Coming Weeks  The New York Times
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Russia launches strikes across Ukraine after Trump-Putin meeting cancelled – Financial Times

  1. Russia launches strikes across Ukraine after Trump-Putin meeting cancelled  Financial Times
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 22, 2025 | ISW  Institute for the Study of War
  3. Russia’s new energy assault pushes Ukrainians into another winter of blackouts  AP News
  4. How Russia’s new tactics pose fresh winter threat to Ukraine  Al Jazeera
  5. Swarms of Russian drones plunge parts of Ukraine into darkness, as Zelensky turns to Europe again  CNN
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Tip on GoFundMe leads to arrest of suspect in deadly 2017 Arizona stabbing

Message sent to fundraising site led investigators to man accused of stabbing Evin Paulos about 30 times

A tip sent to an online fundraising campaign recently allowed investigators to jail the prime suspect in a deadly 2017 stabbing in Arizona – a case which otherwise appeared as if it might not yield any arrests, according to authorities.

The remarkable chain of events, which began with a tip to a page on the GoFundMe platform in September, led to the 15 October arrest in Mexico of Michael Anthony Arredondo, who is accused of stabbing Evin Paulos about 30 times and killing him while the two were traveling together.

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Japan says it plans to tell Trump it will build up military and upgrade security strategy – NBC News

  1. Japan says it plans to tell Trump it will build up military and upgrade security strategy  NBC News
  2. Exclusive: Japan’s new leader to woo Trump with promises on pickups and soybeans  Reuters
  3. Japan plans to tell Trump it will build up its military after years of 1% defense spending  Fox News
  4. Japan’s New Leader Is Set to Face a Trump Test  Bloomberg.com
  5. New Japan PM To Advance Defence Spending Target: Reports  Barron's
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At least 63 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda – AP News

  1. At least 63 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda  AP News
  2. Verifying aftermath pictures of devastating Uganda bus crash  BBC
  3. Bus collision on highway near Uganda’s capital Kampala kills 63 people  Yahoo
  4. At least 63 killed as 2 buses hit head-on in multi-vehicle crash in Uganda, police say  CBS News
  5. Dozens Dead as Overtaking Buses Crash Head On  Newsweek
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Russia and Ukraine trade missile attacks after Putin-Trump talks shelved – Europe live

Russian missile attack kills multiple people in Kyiv after Ukraine strikes a chemical plant making gunpowder, explosives and fuel in Bryansk

One of two Ukrainians detained for drug possession had shared photographs and coordinates of critical Polish army infrastructure with a Russian speaker, Polish prosecutors said on Wednesday, reports Reuters.

Poland says it has been targeted with tactics such as arson and cyber-attacks in a “hybrid war” waged by Russia to destabilise nations that support Kyiv in the Russian war in Ukraine. Moscow has denied such accusations.

Correspondence was revealed on a secured telephone belonging to Bohdan K, which shows that he had been providing a Russian-speaking person with photographs and geographical coordinates of critical infrastructure at the disposal of the armed forces of the Republic of Poland.

The suspect pleaded not guilty and expressed pro-Russian views and questioned Ukraine’s sovereignty.

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Grooming gangs inquiry will never be watered down, home secretary says, after survivors resign from panel – UK politics live

Keir Starmer likely to face PMQs grilling on claims the inquiry has descended into ‘chaos’

UK inflation was unchanged last month at 3.8%, confounding expectations of a rise, in welcome news for the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, as she plans for her crucial budget next month, Heather Stewart reports.

Another topic that is likely to come up at PMQs today is a Times report saying that Chris Wormald, the cabinet secretary, who was only appointed in December last year, is expected to be replaced within months.

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