A rusted shipwreck sits partially submerged along a coastal shoreline at sunset, with silhouetted figures standing nearby

Pentagon vows to expand Latin America boat bombing campaign inland

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50:12

In this file photo, a boat sits stranded along the shore in Cumana, capital of Venezuela’s Sucre state, Sept. 12, 2025.

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The US military has been conducting deadly strikes on boats it says are carrying drugs off the coast of Latin America. Now, the US Defense Department says it’s expanding that maritime campaign to land. Also, the death of Jason Arday, a Black professor at the University of Cambridge, has sparked a debate in Britain over the media scrutiny he faced in the weeks leading up to his death. And, a new survey shows that some young people across Africa think USAID cuts could be a positive moment of change for the continent. Plus, Afghanistan could see its first woman in space.

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US military vows to expand lethal boat bombing campaign to land
6:45
The Donald McIntyre Building, a modern structure with curved wood and glass facade, brick walls, and bicycles parked outside
Questions raised over media scrutiny of Cambridge professor in UK before his death
Special Coverage
6:58
A woman addresses a large group of female students seated at desks in an open school hall in Ghana
After USAID’s demise, young Africans rethink dependence on foreign assistance
Special Coverage
7:39
Saving the red colobus monkey
0:36
Cheating scandal shakes Mexico’s top university
4:45
A person wearing a headset works at a computer console in a NASA mission control room, with station signs for Perseverance and Voyager ACE visible
The Afghan refugee who wants to go to space
Special Coverage
6:55
AP journalist gets rare access to Chinese-controlled Tibet
5:56
Three officials in military fatigues hold a press conference at a table lined with media microphones, with uniformed fighters standing behind them
Peace between Turkey and Kurdish rebels could be at hand
Special Coverage
7:12