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Colombia presidential hopeful shot in head at rally

A Colombian presidential candidate is in a critical condition after he was shot three times – reportedly twice in the head – at a campaign event in the capital, Bogotá.
Miguel Uribe Turbay, a 39-year-old senator, was attacked while addressing supporters in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at the scene, the attorney general’s office said.
Uribe’s wife, Maria Claudia Tarazona, called on the nation to pray for his survival. “Miguel is currently fighting for his life. Let us ask God to guide the hands of the doctors who are treating him,” she said.
Uribe’s Centro Democratico party condemned the attack, calling it a threat to “democracy and freedom in Colombia”.

Phone footage shared online appears to show the moment when he was shot in the head mid-speech, prompting those gathered to flee in panic.
Paramedics said he had been shot in the knee and twice in the head, AFP news agency reported. He was airlifted to a hospital where supporters gathered to hold vigil.
Uribe underwent surgery and was in the first critical hours of recovery, Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán said late on Saturday night.
The 15-year-old suspect was shot in the leg while police and security officers pursued him after the attack, according to local media.
He was arrested carrying a “9mm Glock-type firearm”, a statement from the attorney general’s office said. An investigation is under way.
The government of left-wing President Gustavo Petro said it “categorically” condemned the attack as an “act of violence not only against his person, but also against democracy”.
Defence Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned the “vile attack” and offered a 3bn peso ($730,000; £540,000) reward for information about who may be behind it.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also condemned the shooting as a “direct threat to democracy”.
He blamed the attack, without providing examples, on “violent leftist rhetoric coming from the highest levels of the Colombian government”. The suspect’s motivation is still unknown.
Petro later urged Colombians to wish Uribe well, on what he described as a “day of pain”, in a video address to the nation.
There is a “political difference” between Uribe and the government, but it is “only political”, he said.
“What matters most today is that all Colombians focus with the energy of our hearts, with our will to live… on ensuring that Dr Miguel Uribe stays alive,” he added.
Uribe, a right-wing critic of Petro, announced his candidacy for next year’s presidential election in October. He has been a senator since 2022.
He is from a prominent political family in Colombia, with links to the country’s Liberal Party. His father was a union leader and businessman.
His mother was Diana Turbay, a journalist who was killed in 1991 in a rescue attempt after she had been kidnapped by the Medellin drugs cartel run at the time by Pablo Escobar.
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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Former President Muhammadu Buhari Confirmed Dead

Information reaching us at AladdynKingMedia.com indicates that former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has died.
According to reports, he died on Sunday (13th July, 2025) afternoon in London at 4:30 pm following a prolonged illness.
His former aide, Bashir Ahmad, announced the passing of the former president on X.
He wrote: “The family of the former president has announced the passing on of the former president, Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, this afternoon in a clinic in London.
May Allah accept him in Aljannatul Firdaus. Amin.”
Africa
JUST IN: Balthazar Egonga Sentenced to 18 Years in Prison for Embezzling Over 1 Billion Francs

In a major development, Balthazar Egonga has been sentenced to 18 years in prison following his conviction for embezzling over 1 billion Francs in government funds. The sentencing took place earlier today, marking the conclusion of a case that has drawn significant public interest and concern.
Reports indicate that Egonga personally pocketed 910 million Francs out of the total amount embezzled. The stolen funds, which were meant for government use, were allegedly diverted for personal indulgence, with most of the money reportedly spent on women and lavish pleasures.
The case has cast a spotlight on the abuse of public office and the consequences of financial misconduct involving such a large sum. Egonga’s conviction and the severity of his sentence underline the seriousness of the offense and the impact of the loss on public resources.
This verdict serves as a dramatic fall from grace for Egonga, whose actions have now been formally condemned by the justice system.
International
VIDEO: India Rejects Pakistan Army Claim It Was Behind Deadly Attack

India has rejected allegations by Pakistan that militants backed by Delhi were behind a deadly car bomb attack that killed at least 13 soldiers on Saturday.
Pakistani officials said a suicide bomber drove a vehicle packed with explosives into a military convoy in the north-western tribal region of Pakistan’s North Waziristan, near the border with Afghanistan.
Dismissing Pakistan’s accusation, spokesman for India’s ministry of external affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, posted on X: “We reject this statement with the contempt it deserves”.
The attack has been claimed by a suicide bomber wing of the Hafiz Gul Bahadur armed group, a faction of the Pakistan Taliban.
Pakistan’s army, however, said the attack was carried out by militants backed by India, without providing evidence.
“In this tragic and barbaric incident, three innocent civilians including two children and a woman also got severely injured,” the Pakistani army said in a statement.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the “cowardly act”.
Relations between the two nations have long been strained, but tensions deepened in April after a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir left 26 people dead.
India blamed Pakistan for sheltering members of a militant group it said were behind the attack, and the incident brought the two nuclear-armed countries to the brink of another war.
In May, India launched a series of airstrikes, targeting sites it called “terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir”.
Pakistan denied the claim that these were terror camps and also responded by firing missiles and deploying drones into Indian territory.
The hostilities continued until 10 May when US President Donald Trump announced that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate ceasefire”.
Pakistan has witnessed a surge in terrorist incidents following the collapse of the ceasefire agreement between the government and the Pakistani Taliban in November 2022.
Watch the video below:
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