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Trump Secretly Flew From Turkey Amid Threat From Iran, Report Finds
– U.S. President Donald Trump left Turkey this month on a secret military jet while the White House stated he was aboard Air Force One, an extraordinary step taken because of an Iranian assassination threat.
Trump had flown the recently renovated, Qatari-donated aeroplane to Ankara for the NATO meeting, but surprisingly utilised an older Air Force One before departing the nation, raising worries about the newer plane’s security.
The flight to NATO was the new plane’s first international voyage, and its quick improvements drew worries about its cost and security as hostilities with Iran, which shares a border with Turkey, increased.
Before left Ankara, Trump stated on Truth Social he would take an older baby blue Air Force One plane “for old time’s sake” to RAF Mildenhall in Britain while the new plane made a stop at the same location so U.S. service people stationed there could see the aircraft.
An old Air Force One brought Trump to Ankara, where he appeared before cameras, but then he was surreptitiously spirited away in an airport food truck to a smaller jet, an Air Force C-32A, said a U.S. official familiar with the operation and who saw corroborating material.
A source said the deception effort was launched when Trump faced a real danger. A similar operation was performed in 2000 when President Bill Clinton flew into Pakistan aboard an unmarked executive plane, with his formal Air Force One as decoy.
In this instance, journalists who thot they were flying on the older Air Force One, which was effectively deployed as a decoy, said they were told to keep their window shades down in the press cabin. A source added several White House workers, other than reporters, also thot the president was on board.
Later, when questioned by reporters why they had to keep their shades down during the flight, Trump responded it was because they were “probably on a dangerous flight.” He went on to say: “But if I go, you go. Correct?
The C-32A carrying Trump landed in Britain at about 10:20 p.m., with the older Air Force One and journalists arriving minutes later, a source said. It wasn’t apparent how Trump was relocated from the C-32A back to the older Air Force One, the article added.
Trump’s travelling press pool said he stepped off the stairs of the older Air Force One around 10:56 p.m. UK local time.
He flashed press a peace sign but didn’t walk over to chat to them.
He then spent some time visiting service members before walking over to the new plane provided by Qatar.
When asked for a reaction to the disclosure of a covert travel aboard a third plane, the White House issued a statement from Communications Director Steve Cheung, who stated that the Qatari-donated jet has been equipped with high-level security systems to guarantee the safety of the president and his staff.“America has many enemies who have their eyes on the President, as he recently said, and we use every tool at our disposal to address those threats,” Cheung added.
The trophy for the upcoming ODI tri-series between Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England has been unveiled with the captains of the three sides sitting for photographs with the silverware.
Pakistan skipper Shaheen Shah Afridi, England captain Harry Brook and Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis were present at the trophy unveiling ceremony ahead of the much-awaited tournament.
The tri-series begins on October 18 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, with hosts Pakistan facing Sri Lanka in the opening game. The match is set to commence at 1:00 pm Pakistan Standard Time (PST).
Rawalpindi will host the first three matches of the competition before the action shifts to Lahore.
The final will be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on October 31.
The teams will face each other twice in a double round-robin format throughout the league stage, creating a competitive series amongst the three nations.
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Hundreds of Indian students gathered at Parliament Square in the British capital on Saturday to protest against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and seek the dismissal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a disputed alteration of electoral lists.
The event, organized by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth branch, with backing from UK-based Indian students’ groups and other diaspora organizations, included appeals to end “vote theft” and defend India’s democratic institutions.
The rally was addressed by Dhruv Rathee, an activist who was the keynote speaker during the “Stop Vote Chori” (Stop Vote Theft) protest.
He demanded the replacement of the chief election commissioner through a mechanism negotiated by the administration and the opposition leader.
“It is important that the message against ‘vote chori’ is spread in our country,” Rathee stated in Hindi. “These protests will continue until the Chief Election Commissioner is removed and a person accepted by the government and Leader of the Opposition is appointed.”
Hundreds of Indian students gathered at the Parliament Square in the British capital on Saturday to protest against India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and demand the sacking of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a disputed alteration of electoral lists.
The event, organized by the Indian Overseas Congress Youth branch, with backing from UK-based Indian students’ groups and other diaspora organizations, included appeals to end “vote theft” and defend India’s democratic institutions.
The rally was addressed by Dhruv Rathee, an activist who was the keynote speaker during the “Stop Vote Chori” (Stop Vote Theft) protest.
He demanded the replacement of the chief election commissioner through a mechanism negotiated by the administration and the opposition leader.
“It is important that the message against ‘vote chori’ is spread in our country,” Rathee stated in Hindi. “These protests will end when the Chief Election Commissioner is replaced by a person acceptable to both the government and the Leader of the Opposition.
Late on Saturday, Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty stated there were “fatalities and injuries” following an incident at a military base in western Canada.
“I am saddened to say that there have been fatalities and injuries as a consequence of an incident on the base,” McGuinty added, named as Wainwright in Alberta.
Prime Minister Mark Carney had previously posted to X on Saturday that “a serious incident creating a major fire” had occurred at the base.
Neither gave specifics about how many injuries there were or what happened at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, some 200 kilometers southeast of Edmonton.
“We’ll have more to say in the hours and days to come,” added McGuinty.
CFB Wainwright is among the busiest army bases in Canada.
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