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Scottish man shot dead in luxury Caribbean resort as police launch murder investigation
A Scottish man has been discovered shot dead on a luxurious Caribbean island.
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US military kills two in Caribbean strike on suspected narco-terror vessel
The US military has struck a vessel in the Caribbean, killing two people, alleging that the vessel was operated by "designated terrorist organisations" that it did not identify.
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US unleashes military strikes on drug boats as new war on drugs takes deadly turn
The grainy black and white footage shows a small boat traveling at speed on the high seas off the coast of Venezuela.
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Caribbean cocaine routes: how drug trafficking adapts to US crackdowns and shifts flows to Europe
The Caribbean has long been a pivotal node in the global drug trade, acting as a stepping stone for South American cocaine destined for consumers in Europe and the United States.
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Texas men accused of plotting to invade Haitian island and “murder all the men” to take women and children as sex slaves
Two men planned to invade a Caribbean island to take sex slaves and live out their violent ’rape fantasies’, prosecutors have said.
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US deploys flagship aircraft carrier to Caribbean as Trump escalates pressure on Venezuela
The United States’ flagship aircraft carrier has arrived in the Caribbean, as Donald Trump continues to amass military firepower close to Venezuela.
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US aircraft carrier deployment marks largest military presence in Latin America since 1989
The US Navy has announced that the USS Gerald R Ford, regarded as the world’s newest and largest aircraft carrier, has entered the area of responsibility of the US Southern Command, which covers Latin America and the Caribbean.
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Hegseth states that six individuals were killed in two recent US attacks on suspected drug boats.
US forces struck two more suspected drug trafficking boats off the coast of South America, resulting in the deaths of six people, as announced by the Trump administration’s defence secretary, Pete Hegseth.
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Slow-moving Hurricane Melissa threatens Jamaica and northern Caribbean with record rainfall
Hurricane Melissa intensified into a powerful category 4 hurricane on Sunday, threatening days of catastrophic winds and rain in the northern Caribbean, while Jamaica’s government ordered mandatory evacuations for vulnerable areas across the country including in the capital, Kingston.
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Colombia’s president clashes with Washington over deadly US strikes in Caribbean
Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, has angered Washington after accusing the US of killing Colombian citizens during a recent boat strike in the Caribbean Sea.
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Caracas responds to U.S. with three-day military drills in the Caribbean
Venezuela says it has launched three days of large-scale military exercises in the Caribbean after several U.S. attacks on alleged drug trafficking boats.
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Music tech employee steals £200,000 for Caribbean holiday
A finance manager stole more than £200,000 from a music technology company to give himself a pay rise and fund a holiday to the Caribbean.
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Bloody incident on world’s largest cruise ship: crew member kills colleague and takes own life
The 35-year-old man reportedly stabbed his 28-year-old female colleague multiple times before jumping off the Icon of the Seas cruise ship, according to officials
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British teacher escapes kidnapper’s car boot after two days in captivity
A British teacher was taken hostage in the Caribbean and only managed to escape after jumping out of his kidnapper’s car boot.
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British woman, 73, dies in jet ski crash during Bahamas holiday
A 73-year-old British woman has passed away in a jet ski accident while on vacation in the Bahamas.
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Shark bites off a woman’s hands after she attempted to take a photo of it
A tourist is thought to have lost both her hands in a shark attack after trying to ‘engage’ with the animal for a photo.
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Four months under water: the German set a world record
To celebrate, Rudiger Koch toasted with champagne and smoked a cigar before leaping into the Caribbean Sea
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Starmer is expected to eventually apologize and provide compensation to former colonies
The foreign minister of the Bahamas has suggested Sir Keir Starmer and David Lammy will ‘come around’ to offering reparations for the impact of the slave trade.
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Narco-Subs Sail the Caribbean
The Caribbean, historically a key region for drug trafficking, has once again become the center of attention with the seizure of a narco-submarine, signaling the use of these types of vessels is potentially becoming a more common tactic for drug shipments in this smuggling route.
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Post Office campaigner Alan Bates has married on Richard Branson’s private island
The billionaire Virgin tycoon also officiated the wedding and gave a speech where he touched on Sir Alan’s long campaign for justice on behalf of hundreds of subpostmasters.
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Royal Navy intercepts £40 million worth of cocaine from Caribbean smugglers
HMS Trent confiscated half a tonne of the Class A drug from a speed boat south of the Dominican Republic earlier this month, taking its annual total of seizures to more than £550m.
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Search for young Brit who plunged 100ft from cruise ship called off after four days
A search and rescue operation for a Brit who fell 100 feet from the deck of the Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas cruise ship in the Adriatic last Friday has now been called off
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Hurricane Beryl has killed at least six people as it exits the Caribbean and heads towards Jamaica
Hurricane Beryl, which is currently a category 4 storm, has claimed the lives of at least six people as it heads towards Jamaica, the National Hurricane Center said on Tuesday
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Pirates of the Caribbean lifeguard killed in shark attack
A lifeguard who starred in Pirates of the Caribbean has died after he was attacked by a shark while surfing.
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British tourist injured in shark attack is conscious and able to communicate
Peter Smith is in intensive care after suffering damage to an arm, leg and hand and puncture wounds to abdomen
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