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Ecuador rocked by gang-related violence as law enforcement officers taken hostage in prisons

Ecuador's fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of more than 50 law enforcement officers inside various prisons, just weeks after the country was shaken by the assassination of a presidential candidate.

France 24

Nadine Dorries’ book on the downfall of Boris Johnson delayed until November

The Plot: The Political Assassination Of Boris Johnson had been due to be published ahead of the Conservative Party conference in October.

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson claims Trump is going to be assassinated

Former Fox News host first floated his assassination theory during his interwith with the ex-president

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Russians are convinced Wagner warlord Prigozhin is still alive as conspiracy spreads that Putin killed body double

Dr Valery Solovey claimed that Prigozhin cheated an assassination bid and is now plotting his revenge

The Independent UK

Twenty years of ruthlessness: how Russia has silenced Putin’s opponents

From poisonings to shootings to falls from windows and now possibly plane crashes, Kremlin has been accused of numerous lethal attacks

The Guardian - UK

Putin orders Wagner mercenaries to sign oath of allegiance after Prigozhin death – Ukraine-Russia war live

As Belarusian president claims he told Wagner chief and his ally Utkin: ‘Lads – you watch out’

The Independent UK

Prigozhin precedents: a history of assassinations by plane crash

Yevgeny Prigozhin joins a long list of figures suspected to have been killed by attacks on planes

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Trump addresses possible assassination and ‘open conflict’ in US in Tucker Carlson debate spoiler interview

GOP frontrunner is skipping first 2024 Republican debate

The Independent UK

Ecuador's presidential election moves toward a runoff vote in October

No candidate in Sunday's special presidential election received enough support to be declared winner. The vote took place amid thousands of police officers and soldiers deployed across the country.

WEKU

Ecuador votes in presidential poll after a campaign marked by candidate’s murder

Ecuadorians put aside fears of leaving their homes amid unprecedented violence and voted for a new president Sunday in a special election that was heavily guarded by police and soldiers in part due to the assassination of a presidential candidate this month.

France 24

Hitman devs can't fix the in-game Death Wall

IO Interactive has released a new patch for Hitman: The World of Assassination which addresses the "Death Wall" bug with boxes.

TechRadar

Ecuador election: assassination looms large as voters prepare to go to polls

Winner of Sunday’s vote will face huge public demand to tackle violence after killing of candidate Fernando Villavicencio

The Guardian - UK

Ecuadorians vote Sunday for president after a campaign dominated by demands for safety

Ecuadorians will choose a new president Sunday, less than two weeks after the South American country was shaken by the assassination of one of the candidates

The Independent UK

Ecuador: how this 'island of peace' in Latin America has become a hotbed of violence run by criminal gangs and drug cartels

After the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio in Quito on August 9, former president Rafael Correa posted a message on his social media feed: “Ecuador has become a failed state.” It was a stark message as the country prepares to go to the polls on Sunday August 20.

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Political leader in Ecuador is killed less than a week after presidential candidate's assassination

The unprecedented violence affecting Ecuador has claimed the life of another political leader, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate

The Independent UK

Leader of Ecuadorian crime gang moved to maximum-security prison days after candidate's killing

Ecuador's government has moved the leader of one of the country’s most powerful gangs into a maximum-security prison

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Pope condemns 'unjustifiable' assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate

Pope Francis is strongly condemning the “unjustifiable” assassination of an Ecuadorian presidential candidate

The Guardian - US

The year that broke US politics: what 1968 can tell us about 2024

Historian Luke Nichter considers the turmoil you know about – assassinations, chaotic conventions, the racist rise of George Wallace – but also the backroom dramas you don’t

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WEKU

How Ecuador reached the shocking point of a political assassination

Ecuador is in a state of emergency after the assassination of a leading presidential candidate. Here's how the country got to this point.

The Hindu

Cartel politics: On an assassination and Ecuador’s fight against drugs

If Ecuador’s politicians and state institutions continue to let criminal gangs have their way, it is only a matter of time before the country becomes a failed state

Fortune

Lunch comments led to a Winklevoss ‘character assassination’ campaign, DCG claims

DCG punched back at claims by the Winklevoss twins in an ongoing lawsuit over the demise of Earn.

The Independent UK

Killing of Ecuador candidate deepens country's sense of vulnerability to crime

The brazen assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio at a crowded political rally has deepened the country’s sense of vulnerability to its rising crime

The Independent UK

AP-Week in Pictures: Aug. 3 - Aug. 10, 2023

From fiery protests in Haiti, to wildfires in Hawaii, to an assassination in Ecuador, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

The Guardian - US

Ecuador’s descent into violence reaches new low with candidate’s assassination

Shock and horror after Fernando Villavicencio, who campaigned on tough-on-crime platform, killed in burst of gunfire in Quito

Evening Standard

Female ‘Russian spy’ detained over alleged Zelensky assassination plot

The woman ‘was caught red-handed’ trying to pass information to Russians, Ukrainian defence forces say

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