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The Department of Homeland Security directed all flights carrying certain travelers to arrive at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
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In the latest escalation of the decadeslong U.S. pressure campaign against Cuba's communist government, the Trump administration is expected to unseal an indictment against Raúl Castro, the 94-year-old former president of Cuba, later today. The charges stem from the 1996 shootdown of four pilots with Brothers to the Rescue, the U.S.-based anti-Castro organization formed by Cuban exiles and dissidents. Peter Kornbluh, a Cuba specialist at the National Security Archive, says that the indictment will send "a clear warning" to Cuban leaders and provide justification for a possible future attempt to capture or assassinate Castro. "Military options are on the table and coming soon," says Kornbluh. "It is absolutely clear that the U.S. military is preparing contingency operations in case Trump's impatience runs out because Cuba has not met his imperial demands fast enough."
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 Ian West/PA Images via GettyA hotel worker called 911 to request urgent assistance before musician Liam Payne fell to his death from the third floor of the building in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.
The 31-year-old British singer and former member of the boy band One Direction died after he "jumped from the balcony of his room," Buenos Aires Security Ministry Communications Director Pablo Policicchio told the Associated Press. He added that police had been called to the Casa Sur Hotel in the Argentine capital after receiving an emergency call shortly after 5 p.m. local time about an "aggressive man who could be under the influence of drugs or alcohol."
A transcript of a 911 call published by the BBC shows a worker at the hotel telling the operator that they have "a guest who is high on drugs and who is trashing the room" and the staff therefore "need someone to come."
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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