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The French Navy has intercepted more than eight tonnes of cocaine on the Caribbean Martinique Island.
Eight people were taken into custody and charged. If convicted they could face up to 30 years in prison and a 7.5 million euro fine.
French navy vessels Le Germinal and La Combatante seized 8.3 tonnes of cocaine in just nine days. This is almost the equivalent to the total amount gathered in the whole 2023.
Watch the full report in the video above.
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A woman barricaded herself and threatened staff at Luisen Hospital in the German city of Aachen on Monday.
When heavily armed police arrived, they shot and injured her "to put an end to the dangerous situation."
The 65-year-old woman had a gun and threatened employees of the physiotherapy practice, according to police.
She also set off pyrotechnics inside the hospital, German press say.
The site and the surrounding area were evacuated.
Almost 400 patients and staff were inside the hospital.
The incident took place at Luisenhospital in Aachen, a city which borders Belgium with around 252,000 residents.
"According to current information, a female (65) entered the hospital in the afternoon. Shortly afterwards, employees noticed smoke developing near the woman. The 65-year-old has now barricaded herself in a room. The surrounding rooms have been evacuated. Special forces are on site," Aachen Police said in a statement on Monday evening.
At around 11 p.m. local, police managed to remove the woman from the hospital, local media including Stern.de and Bild and the German news agency DPA reported.
This came several hours after emergency services were called to the scene.
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Donald Trump won the North Dakota Republican presidential caucuses on Monday, adding to his string of victories heading into Super Tuesday.
The former president finished first in voting conducted at 12 caucus sites, coming in ahead of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who notched her first victory of the campaign on Sunday in the District of Columbia primary.
While Trump and President Joe Biden both face challengers, both are dominating their races and are on track to winning their nominations.
The White House hopefuls now turn their attention to Super Tuesday, when 16 states and one territory will vote in contests that amount to the single biggest delegate haul of any day in the presidential primary.
US President Joe Biden, former president Donald Trump and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. AP/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved.
North Dakota's Democratic-NPL Party is holding a presidential primary almost entirely by mail, with mail-in voting from 20 February to 30 March, and limited in-person voting for residents of Indian reservations. Biden, Representative Dean Phillips and six others are on the ballot.
North Dakota has long been a safe Republican state at the presidential level. Trump won it in the general elections of 2016 and 2020, winning about 63% and 65% of the vote.
It is also the only state without voter registration. Republican caucus voters were encouraged to be paying party members, but those who wouldn’t pay $50 for annual membership were asked to sign a pledge to affiliate with the party.
In 2016, it was the North Dakota delegation to the Republican National Convention who helped Trump secure the number needed for the presidential nomination.