## Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - live updates

Authored by bbc.co.uk

Nicole Kolster, BBC Mundo correspondent in Caracas.

In Caracas, there is apprehension in the streets.

People barely speak out, but there are queues in pharmacies and supermarkets.

WhatsApp groups are bursting with messages and videos, while people in the streets of Eastern Caracas are mostly silent.

A strong smell, reminding me of tear gas - so familiar from the famous protests of 2017 - seeps through my window.

I’m in a high-rise building, in the eastern part of the capital, Caracas.

A supermarket that also operates 24-hours kept its shutters down for most of the morning, with a line of people waiting for it to open. »

### US strikes Venezuela and says its leader has been captured and flown out of the country

Authored by apnews.com

Early Saturday, multiple explosions rang out and low-flying aircraft swept through the Venezuelan capital.

With the Venezuelan leader’s whereabouts not known, the vice president, Delcy Rodríguez, would take power under Venezuelan law.

Video obtained from Caracas and an unidentified coastal city showed tracers and smoke clouding the landscape as repeated muted explosions illuminated the night sky. »

### US captures Venezuelan leader Maduro in ‘large scale’ strike on country, Trump announces

Authored by edition.cnn.com

A CNN team witnessed several explosions and heard the sounds of aircraft early Saturday in the Venezuelan capital Caracas, and reported that some areas of the city were without electricity.

Videos verified by CNN showed helicopters roaring over Caracas, with plumes of smoke rising into the night sky.

Several areas of the city were without power, and CNN journalists in the capital heard the sound of aircraft after the explosions. »

### Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog

Authored by futurism.com

In one particularly glaring — and unintentionally comedic — instance, the police department in Heber City, Utah, was forced to explain why a police report software declared that an officer had somehow shapeshifted into a frog.

According to records obtained by the group, “it’s often impossible to tell which parts of a police report were generated by AI and which parts were written by an officer.”.

More on AI policing: AI Is Mangling Police Radio Chatter, Posting It Online as Ridiculous Misinformation. »

### US poised to end 2025 with the largest one-year drop in homicides ever recorded: Experts

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US poised to end 2025 with the largest one-year drop in homicides ever recorded: Experts.

The dramatic drop in homicides surpasses a 15% decline in 2024, which was then the largest decrease on record, according to Asher.

Preliminary data the FBI made public earlier this year showed that homicides across the country fell 18% between September 2024 and August 2025. »

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