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- Members of Trump's cabinet remained on decoy plane, after president's quiet exit 12/08/2026Trump boarded a different plane in Turkey during a Nato summit for security reasons involving Iran.
- Trump says White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to leave post 12/08/2026Leavitt will depart from her role to spend time with her young children and family, the president says.
- ICE plans to equip agents with gloves that can deliver electric shocks 12/08/2026The US immigration agency is spending $20m on gloves that deliver a sharp electric shock intended to compel subjects to comply.
- Woman pulled alive from rubble 36 hours after Colombia quake 12/08/2026Following a 10-hour rescue operation, emergency workers pulled the 32-year-old from beneath slabs of concrete.
- Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack 12/08/2026Grain exports from both Russia and Ukraine are falling as both countries attack each other's shipping facilities and ports.
- US inflation eases as food and fuel costs cool 12/08/2026Annual US inflation dipped to 3.4% in July, with food costs slowing and housing keeping prices slightly higher.
- Thousands of Canadians call for US ambassador's expulsion 12/08/2026An online petition accusing Pete Hoekstra of diplomatic interference in Canadian domestic affairs has garnered more than 60,000 signatures.
- Israeli settlers besieging Palestinian families in West Bank village 12/08/2026Israeli security forces have reportedly withdrawn and about a dozen settlers are said to remain at the site where two families have been besieged since Sunday.
- LA Lakers to be sold in record $12.5bn deal 12/08/2026The Los Angeles Lakers is to be sold for a reported record $12.5bn - less than a year after Mark Walter took a majority stake in the NBA franchise.
- At least 44 die as ferry sinks in Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba 12/08/2026The vessel is said to have overturned after being hit by strong waves.