European governments announced Saturday that they were confident that Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in a remote Siberian prison two years prior, was poisoned with a deadly toxin found in South American dart frogs. The joint statement from Britain, France, Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands indicated that analysis of samples taken from Navalny's body conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine, and that the Russian government was the likely culprit, according to Time.
Epibatidine, which can be found naturally in dart frogs in the wild in South America, is not produced by dart frogs in captivity, nor is it found naturally in Russia. The statement emphasized that there was "no innocent explanation" for the toxin's presence in Navalny's body, Time reported.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's second term in office continued to be marked by escalating conflicts on multiple fronts, according to multiple sources cited by Vox. Former President Trump advocated for regime change in Iran, justifying a second aircraft carrier deployment, according to Vox. The Justice Department also sued Harvard University over admissions data, reflecting ongoing tensions, as reported by Vox.
The US military campaign in Somalia was extensive, with the US bombing the country more than 100 times last year, Vox reported. Eric Levitz, a senior correspondent at Vox, noted that while Trump had not yet turned America into an "uncut authoritarian nightmare," it was not for lack of trying.
In other news, the US deputy health secretary, Jim O'Neill, was departing amidst controversy over his views on drug regulation and vaccine recommendations, according to Variety and Vox. The news also included prediction markets wagering on celebrity relationships, the 2026 Winter Games, and the FBI's increased reward for a missing person, as reported by Variety.
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