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Trump and Rubio offer help to Venezuela after hundreds of casualties from massive earthquakes

President Donald Trump offered to help Venezuela after it experienced two powerful earthquakes on Wednesday, causing significant damage in the South American country. As of Thursday morning, 164 people were dead and over 971 were injured after the back-to-back earthquakes, with the first registering a magnitude 7.1 on the Richter scale and the second registering a 7.5. The death toll is expected to rise in the aftermath, with the U.S. Geological Survey estimating that there is a “44% chance of over 10,000 casualties.”

Bodies in Nottingham NHS trust mortuary in state of ‘advanced deterioration’, inspectors say

Human Tissue Authority says bodies not transferred to freezer in time due to insufficient storage needs

You be the judge: my partner doesn’t like me telling him he has food in his beard. Should I stop?

Annabel is embarrassed when she spots crumbs in Teddy’s facial hair, but he finds her nudges shaming. Who is being prickly? You decide

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for orecchiette with courgettes, parmesan cream and almonds

Mark the return of courgette season by using the vegetable as the centrepiece for a cheesy and peppery pasta sauce

Venezuela earthquake: at least 32 dead and dozens of buildings collapsed, says interim president

Venezuela’s interim president has reportedly said the twin earthquakes killed at least 32 people and injured 700.

Two 7+ Magnitude Earthquakes Strike Venezuela, Heavy Damage Reported in Caracas

Updated on: June 25, 2026 / 12:25 AM EDT / CBS/AP

One in six babies in England live in overheated homes

More than 70,000 babies living in hot homes as climate change drives record temperatures

Nature or nurture: can genes shape our behaviour?

How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they influence traits like risk-taking, antisocial behaviour or even violence? Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies how genetic factors shape human behaviour. In her book Original Sin she explores how nature and nurture combine to influence our likelihood of committing crimes, and asks whether the ‘cause’ of our actions matters for how we think about culpability

Whitney Houston estate denies Oprah’s ‘inaccurate and unfair’ claim singer fell off stage due to drug use

Late singer ‘absolutely not high’ when she fell on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2009, says estate after Winfrey claimed she had relapsed

Papua New Guinea faces severe food shortages as El Niño brings frost and drought

Oxfam predicts PNG will be worst-hit country in Pacific from the weather pattern, with up to 3 million people affected nationwide

Massive fire in Allentown, Pennsylvania, prompts evacuations for nearby residents

Updated on: June 24, 2026 / 11:49 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia