US Department of War launches Operation Southern Spear
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday Operation Southern Spear, the aim of which is to fight “narco-terrorists” in the Western Hemisphere. “President Trump has ordered action and the War Department is implementing it,” Hegseth wrote on X. The mission is being led by U.S. Southern Command, which is responsible for Latin America except Mexico. Hegseth's statement came a day after Pentagon representatives presented Trump with options for operations in Venezuela, and after the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford and the accompanying ships from the strike group arrived in the Caribbean Sea region. There are already eight warships, a nuclear submarine and F-35 fighter jets in the Caribbean region.
A drone hit a Russian oil depot
Meanwhile, the Russian army command in the Krasnodar Oblast reported a Ukrainian drone strike in the port of Novorossiysk on the Black Sea, where three residential buildings, an oil depot and coastal structures were damaged. According to preliminary information, there are no victims. There are recordings circulating online showing the explosion at the site of the attack.
Hurricane Claudia hit Portugal
Portuguese Civil Defense summarized the effects of Hurricane Claudia's impact. The two victims of the flood were a senior couple living in the suburbs of Setubal, in the west of the country. They died in their flooded house. Several dozen people had to leave their homes due to flooding and a tornado that appeared in the east of the country. As a result of the storms, there were numerous failures of power grids throughout the country more than 30,000 people lost their electricity supply. households.
