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Footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.

Five key moments of ICE agent’s phone video

Phone video recorded by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent as he fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis has surfaced online, revealing new details about the hotly disputed incident.

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The United States military said Saturday that it hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria in another retaliatory strike in response to an attack that killed American servicemembers.

‘We will find you’: US strikes ISIS targets across Syria

The United States military said Saturday that it hit multiple Islamic State targets across Syria in another retaliatory strike in response to an attack that killed American service members.

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Protesters braved icy weather in Minneapolis to rally for Renee Good, who was shot by an ICE officer (AP PHOTO)

Tens of thousands protest over fatal ICE shooting

Demonstrators in Minneapolis have turned out in huge numbers to protest the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good.

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‘We are going to do something on Greenland ?whether they like it or not,’ Donald Trump says. (EPA PHOTO)

‘LIKE IT OR NOT’: Trump ramps up threats to seize Greenland

WATCH: The United States needs to ‍own Greenland to prevent Russia or China from occupying it in the future, US President Donald Trump says.

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Footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good.

ICE agent’s own phone video captures fatal shooting

Dramatic footage filmed by a US immigration agent captures the moments before he fatally shot Minneapolis woman Renee Nicole Good, sparking nationwide protests and a federal investigation.

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Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

By killing Renee Good, ICE sent Americans a message

THE NEW YORK TIMES: White Americans might have thought themselves immune from ICE abuses, but the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a mother of three and widow of a military veteran, tests that assumption.

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Trump’s priority in capturing Maduro was not to restore democracy but to restore American oil companies’ dominance over Venezuelan oil extraction. 

The real reason Trump captured the Venezuelan president

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump’s priority in capturing Maduro was not to restore democracy but to restore American oil companies’ dominance over Venezuelan oil extraction. 

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President Donald Trump has said land strikes in Mexico will begin “now”.

‘Going to start now’: Trump threatens Mexico land strikes

Donald Trump has announced the US government will launch land strikes in Mexico to ‘target cartels’.

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President Donald Trump showed off his many personas during two-hour interview and tour of White House.

Trump’s vision of power restrained only by ‘my own morality’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump sought to present himself as indefatigable, projecting stamina and energy for a news organisation he has accused of seditious behaviour for reporting about his health and age.

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Portland shooting - FBI at the scene of a shooting involving federal agents at Adventist Health Portland on January 8, 2026 KATU

Two shot by US immigration agents, a day after ICE horror

Federal immigration agents have shot two people in Portland, one day after ICE agents shot dead a mother of three in Minneapolis. 

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Vice President JD Vance has defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, declaring that the woman had intentionally sought to ram the officer.

‘Tragedy of own making’: Vance defends fatal ICE shooting

Vice President JD Vance has defended an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent’s fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman, declaring that the woman had intentionally sought to ram the officer.

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‘We’re going to be taking oil’ from Venezuela and giving the proceed back, Donald Trump says.

US oversight of Venezuela could last years, Trump says

President Donald Trump promises to rebuild Venezuela ‘in a very profitable way’ after ordering its leader's capture but won't say how long US oversight will be.

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How a seized oil tanker exposed a new global confrontation.

How a US seized oil tanker exposes new global confrontation

LATIKA M BOURKE: The US seizure of an oil tanker Bella 1, from the Caribbean over Venezuela and Iran to the Atlantic with UK support, delivered a sharp new reality, and a scratch in Russia’s face.

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Colombia's leader has been invited to the White House by US President Donald Trump after both leaders spoke harsh words over the Venezuela intervention.

Trump changes tone about Colombian leader after trash talk

Colombia's leader has been invited to the White House by US President Donald Trump after both leaders spoke harsh words over the Venezuela intervention.

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The United States’ childhood vaccine schedule has been overhauled, with routine vaccination against six diseases that can be serious or even deadly, not recommended.

What to know about vaccines cut from recommendations in US

The United States’ childhood vaccine schedule has been overhauled, with routine vaccination against six diseases that can be serious or even deadly, not recommended.

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