#boat-strikes

#boat-strikes

Latest attacks bring the total number of known boat strikes to 33 and the number of people killed to at least 110 since early September. The United States military has killed at least three people in yet another attack on alleged drug smuggling boats, and ordered the country's coastguard to launch a search for survivors. The statement by US Southern Command on Wednesday did not reveal where the attacks occurred. Previous attacks have been in the Caribbean Sea and in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Last week, two 3-tonne lock gates arrived on the Regent's Canal, to be craned into place near the Islington Tunnel. The 205-year-old Regent's Canal has quite a few locks to deal with London's undulating landscape, and a large lock can be found in Islington, at City Road. As with all of the other locks on the canal, City Road Lock was built as a pair of locks.

The latest: Holsey, in a statement shared on X, said he was retiring from the Navy in mid-December after decades of service. "The SOUTHCOM team has made lasting contributions to the defense of our nation and will continue to do so," he said. Holsey did not directly address the boat strikes in his message.