Assailants killed at least 30 people in a series of attacks on villages in northwest Nigeria, while a French rape survivor shared her story of trauma, and the US military reportedly used an AI model in a Venezuela operation, according to multiple news reports. Additionally, an avalanche in the French Alps claimed the lives of three skiers, and a Venezuelan deportee is now able to return to the US.
In Nigeria, armed assailants on motorbikes targeted three villages, burning homes and shops, according to residents who escaped the violence, as reported by The Guardian. The attacks, which took place in the country's northwest, have raised concerns about the government's ability to restore stability.
Meanwhile, in France, Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the center of France's largest rape trial, shared her experience with the BBC. She described the moment she realized the extent of her husband's crimes as "like a tsunami," adding that phoning her children with the news was possibly the toughest experience of her life.
Across the Atlantic, a US federal judge ruled that some Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration to a notorious prison in El Salvador could return to the United States to fight their cases. Luis Muñoz Pinto, one of the deportees, expressed both hope and fear about the prospect of returning, according to The Guardian.
The US military reportedly used Anthropic's AI model Claude during an operation in Venezuela, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Anthropic declined to comment on the specific use of Claude but stated that any use of the tool was required to comply with its policies, as reported by The Guardian.
Finally, in the French Alps, an avalanche triggered by a helicopter claimed the lives of three skiers, forcing several major ski resorts to shut down, according to Al Jazeera. Emergency teams had intentionally triggered an avalanche near a Chamonix ski resort as a safety precaution.
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