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Indian-origin teen deliberately crashes truck into a White House barrier; says he wanted to kill President Biden.

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  A 19-year-old Indian-origin teen accused of deliberately crashing a rented U-Haul truck into a White House  barrier told authorities that he wanted to get inside the mansion to "seize power" and "kill" US President Joe Biden,  according to media reports. US Park Police arrested Sai Varshith Kandula  after he crashed the truck into the security barriers on the north side of Lafayette Park shortly before 10 pm on Monday, sending multiple pedestrians running from the scene, The Washington Times reported. The crash was a good distance from the White House gates, but the incident prompted road and sidewalk closures, and the nearby Hay-Adams hotel  had to be evacuated. No one was injured in the crash. Kandula, of Chesterfield, Missouri, rented the truck on Monday night immediately after flying from St Louis to Dulles International Airport on a one-way ticket, a Secret Service agent said in a statement of facts filed in federal district court in Washington DC, NBC Ne...

As Cyclone Mocha Approaches, Half-A-Million People Evacuated In Bangladesh.

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  "Cyclone 'Mocha' is coming. We have kept the cyclone centres and taken all types of preparations to tackle it," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. Dhaka/Coxs Bazar:  Authorities in Bangladesh on Saturday launched a massive evacuation campaign to relocate close to half a million people along the southeastern coastlines as a "very dangerous" tropical cyclone is expected to make landfall in the country, threatening the Rohingya refugee camp, the world's largest. Cyclone Mocha, one of the most powerful cyclones seen in Bangladesh in nearly two decades, is predicted to barrel towards the Bangladesh-Myanmar border on Sunday. "Cyclone 'Mocha' is coming. We have kept the cyclone centres and taken all types of preparations to tackle it," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. The evacuation drive was taken as the maritime port of Cox's Bazar has been advised to hoist danger signal no 10 as Cyclone Mocha is likely to intensify further and move ...