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5 things to know for Oct. 23: White House demolition, National Guard, Lethal boat strikes, Louvre heist, Russia sanctions

By Alexandra Banner, CNN Tropical Storm Melissa is slowly churning in the Caribbean Sea and could soon dump catastrophic flooding on Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. View CNN’s Storm Tracker to follow Melissa’s projected path. Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. 1️⃣ White

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Maduro boasts of ‘thousands’ of Russian anti-aircraft missiles as Trump threatens military action inside Venezuela

By Germán Padinger, Rocío Muñoz-Ledo, Kit Maher and Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Venezuela has 5,000 Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles in “key air defense positions,” its President Nicolás Maduro claimed on Wednesday, amid growing tension over the United States’ military deployment in the Caribbean. US President Donald Trump has said he is weighing military action inside

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In this image provided by the Myanmar military on Oct. 19

SpaceX disables thousands of Starlink devices being used by Myanmar scam centers

By Helen Regan, Teele Rebane, Kocha Olarn, CNN (CNN) — SpaceX has disabled over 2,500 Starlink devices being used by cyber scam syndicates operating in a lawless corner of Myanmar, the Elon Musk-led company said Wednesday. Despite regional authorities’ highly publicized crackdowns on the cyberfraud centers along Myanmar’s border with Thailand this year, the scamming

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No security cameras covered Louvre balcony where thieves entered, director says

By Pierre P Bairin, Catherine Nicholls, and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Paris (CNN) — No security cameras were monitoring the second-floor balcony where thieves gained access to the Louvre to steal historic jewels worth over $100 million, the museum’s director told a French Senate committee hearing. Laurence des Cars told senators Wednesday that the eastern balcony

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