Drug traffickers calling themselves los lobos, or the wolves. big caution here, because this hasn t been verified. some other groups are contesting that claim. the candidate himself was a critic of corruption. 0ne himself was a critic of corruption. one of the few to allege links between crime and officials in ecuador. the president has said the army will be deployed to ensure elections go ahead as planned on august the 20th. i spoke tojimena blanco, head of americas at the risk analysis company verisk maplecroft. jimena gave us her assessment of why the candidate had been targeted. i think this is a watershed moment for ecuador in terms of we re seeing the confluence of the country s political crisis, which is what triggered this snap general election, together with the security crisis that the country is under.
Rosie. the game here on monday will be between rosie. the game here on monday will be between history rosie. the game here on monday will be between history makers i will be between history makers in morocco and germany, hoping on this pitch, they will take the first step on the road which they want to and on the podium on august the 20th. red bull have set a formula one record with their 12th victory in a row. lewis hamilton had started on pole in the hungarian grand prix, but by the first corner, max verstappen had overtaken him and he held on to take the chequered flag. dan ogunshakin reports. a first pole since 2021 had raised hopes of lewis hamilton ending his 33 ray strout, but things turned sour almost immediately. max verstappen, oscar state of the nation and lando hamilton dropping the mercedes into fourth lando noris. the reels had come off
So far with 32 nations taking part in the final is going to be in sydney at stadium australia on august the 20th and 80 thousands tomorrow for the first match against the republic of ireland before that, the republic of ireland before that, the focus be penn or clint, the opening ceremony tomorrow morning before new zealand plays norway, with careful reporters there as well, england, there in brisbane at the moment and first up for them, haiti on saturday. denmark and china in their group. our correspondent katie is with the lionesses. a great start to life in australia for england, they began on the sunshine coast and we can have, notjust training but in some down and whale watching and thinking responding, there will be in brisbane in the capital word all ramps up ahead of their opening game this world cup
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Change as more people are able to come onto the airfield and as a flights depart. as i said yesterday, in order that this throughput to remain steady, we depend on the capacity and efficiency of our intermediate staging bases and safe havens. we are appreciative of the support and rely on our allies and partners in this global endeavour. six flights will transport about 1800 vulnerable afghans from germany to the united states today. in addition, approximately 2000 more will arrive, addition, approximately 2000 more willarrive, in addition, approximately 2000 more will arrive, in this case an air base in germany will receive a proximally 13 flights. since august the 20th, yukon has assisted a proximally10,000 vulnerable afghans and evacuees for onward locations. you will likely hear more details