A U.N. human rights investigator, like other experts, concluded that the Trump administration’s deadly attacks violate international law, and said the strikes could be crimes against humanity.
BBC News – World Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”. The boat strikes, carried out since September 2025 on the s…
A UN special rapporteur has found reasonable grounds to believe that US strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea since September 2025 constituted crimes against humanity, concluding the attacks were not acts of self-defence.
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Dozens of US attacks on boats in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed more than 230 people since September 2025 A special rapporteur for the UN human rights council has concluded that there are “reasonable grounds to believe” that the United States attacks on boats allegedly carrying drugs in the Pacific and Caribbean “constituted crimes against humanity”. The boat strikes, carried out since September 2025 on the s…
NYTimes – World BBC News – World A report says the attacks, of which there have been at least 68, were not self-defence.
BBC Sport Manchester City beat Liverpool 3-0 at Anfield in a Premier League match on Sunday, with Liverpool's Ryan Gravenberch sent off during the game. The result came after pre-match coverage highlighted the fixture's status as a clash between two of the Premier League's dominant teams.
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NPR – US Christa Pike, a Tennessee death-row inmate, was discharged from hospital and returned to prison more than a week after surviving a botched lethal-injection execution on 30 September, her attorneys said. The 50-year-old convicted murderer received two doses of lethal-injection drugs and was initially taken to hospital in critical condition. She is back in the prison where she has spent the last 30 years and will continue to receive medical care.
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