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Hegseth reverses land mine policy to allow use of controversial weapon

The Trump administration reversed a Biden-era policy that prohibited the use of antipersonnel land mines except on the Korean Peninsula, according to a Dec. 2 document reviewed by The Washington Post. The previously unreported memo, signed by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, says the reversal would give the U.S. military a “force multiplier” against enemies during “one of the most dangerous security environments in its history.” Read More
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Brown University shooting suspect died two days before body discovered, autopsy shows

Suspect killed himself after allegedly killing an MIT professor and two Brown University students

An autopsy report on the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor in Massachusetts has shown that he died from by suicide two days before he was found in a storage locker on Thursday.

The New Hampshire attorney general’s report estimates that Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national who had been living in the US, died on 16 December, the same day that his fellow countryman, MIT nuclear physics professor Nuno Loureiro died at a hospital in Massachusetts.

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© Photograph: Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock

© Photograph: Kyle Mazza/Shutterstock

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US kills ‘at least 5’ ISIS thugs in Syria in response to insider attack that gunned down American troops: ‘It was very successful’

The president vowed "very serious retaliation" to Saturday's ambush, in which U.S. Iowa National Guard members Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres Tover, 25, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, along with interpreter Ayad Mansoor Sakat, 54, were killed when an attacker opened fire on their patrol in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.

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Dave Chisnall crashes out of PDC world darts in thriller against Pietreczko

  • Chisnall out despite hitting 11 180s in 3-2 defeat

  • Dirk van Duijvenbode and Motomu Sakai bow out

Dave Chisnall was dumped out of the PDC world championship by Ricardo Pietreczko despite hitting 11 180s in an Alexandra Palace thriller. Chisnall, the No 21 seed, paid the price for double trouble and missed a match dart in the final set when it seemed the Englishman would complete a remarkable recovery.

Pietreczko capitalised on Chisnall’s poor finishing to win the first two sets, but the 2021 semi-finalist stormed back to level with some extraordinary scoring. Chisnall took a 2-1 lead in the final set with a 113 finish but then missed double 16 for a match-sealing 143 checkout.

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Erling Haaland double sinks West Ham as Manchester City put heat on Arsenal

Manchester City will be top on Christmas Day if Arsenal fail to win at Everton in Saturday’s late game. Even if that does not happen, there is a forbidding relentlessness to City that should scare Arsenal as they seek to end the sequence of three consecutive runners-up finishes.

Erling Haaland scored twice and Tijjani Reijnders once as West Ham were swatted aside, losing to City for the seventh time in a row after conceding at least three goals in the past six meetings.

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