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Cuban border guards shoot dead four people on US-registered speedboat | BBC News
Four people who entered Cuban waters on a US-registered speedboat have been shot dead by border guards, Cuba’s government has said.
Cuba’s interior ministry said that the speedboat’s passengers opened fire on a coast guard vessel that approached them. Six other passengers were wounded in the incident, which took place near an island on Cuba’s northern coast.
The identities of those on board the vessel are not clear, nor what it was doing in the area. The Cuban government says an investigation has been launched to “clarify” events.
Cuba said that when its boat carrying five border guards approached the vessel for identification, “the crew of the violating speedboat opened fire” and wounded the Cuban commander. “As a consequence of the confrontation, as of the time of this report, four aggressors on the foreign vessel were killed and six injured.”
Florida Congressman Carlos Gimenez, a Cuban-American former mayor of Miami, said he would demand an investigation into what he called a “massacre”. He said that US authorities “must determine whether any of the victims were US citizens or legal residents”.
There have been growing tensions between the US and Cuba, which is facing a fuel crisis that has been worsened by the US blocking oil shipments from Venezuela, a long-standing ally in the region. The incident comes as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio meets Caribbean leaders in Saint Kitts and Nevis, as the Trump administration seeks to ramp up pressure on Cuba’s government.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning for parts of southern and eastern England and south Wales.
The warning is valid for Monday and Tuesday and warns of temperatures peaking at 35C (95F).
The nights will also be hot, remaining above 20C in some locations.
It brings the risk of impacts to health, especially for vulnerable people, and the danger of sunburn and heat exhaustion in the wider population.
This is only the sixth amber extreme heat warning that has been issued by the Met Office since they were introduced in 2021 – and the first since August 2022.
Heat has also been building across Europe this week and will continue to intensify over the next few days.
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The BookTok community has erupted after creator AllieRoseCo announced she had trademarked merchandise featuring the phrase ‘Hot Girls Read’. User backlash was instantaneous, with many accusing her of attacking small businesses and even betraying her own followers. On this episode, Marianna explains why BookTok is such an influential marketing demographic on TikTok, and what this controversy tells us about the fragility of influencer careers tied exclusively to a personal brand.
Also this week, a viral photo which appears to show Donald Trump meeting with a group of mysterious figures has led to a raft of theories about their identities. One of the most prominent narratives to emerge is that the men are representatives of the mythical kingdom Agartha. Matt dives deep into the lore on Agartha, and its adoption by Nazi occultists. Why has this theory seen such a resurgence among young people on TikTok, and how dangerous is the implicit ideology behind it?
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From Makerfield to London – how far does Andy Burnham’s support go?
The former Greater Manchester mayor has been sworn in as an MP, and says he will stand for Labour leadership after Keir Starmer announced his resignation.
The BBC’s UK Editor Ed Thomas has travelled by train from Burnham’s constituency down to the capital.
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