News Wrap: Thieves steal priceless jewels from Louvre Museum

John Yang:

And tonight's other headlines. There was a brazen daytime robbery at the Louvre Museum today, carried out while the museum was open to visitors. The caper that sounds straight out of a movie Officials say the thieves used a basket lift, forced open a window, smashed display cases of price Napoleonic jewels took eight of them, made good their escape, all in less than 10 minutes.

Museum officials see the thieves entered through an area where construction is underway. Visitors were steered out of the museum but weren't told why.

Joan Carpenter, American Tourist:

We were just ready to go in to see the Mona Lisa when they swept us out of the gallery, swept us down the stairs by the Wing Victory. Then were headed out the exit. We didn't realize the whole museum was being evacuated and then we asked a guard and the guard said we're having technical difficulties.

John Yang:

One piece was recovered inside the museum and will be evaluated for damage. In June, Louvre staff staged a walkout saying the museum was understaffed and that security was insufficient.

President Trump called Colombian President Gustavo Petro an illegal drug leader and said he's cutting U.S. aid to the country. In a Truth Social post today, Mr. Trump said that if Petro doesn't shut down drug production that he said is killing Americans, the U.S. will close them up for him.

This comes hours after Petro accused the U.S. government of assassination and demanded answers for a Thursday U.S. strike on a Colombian boat in Caribbean waters. Shortly after Mr. Trump's post, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces on Friday carried out a strike on another vessel alleged to be smuggling drugs, killing three. It was the seventh known attack since last month.

London police say they are investigating allegations that Prince Andrew asked a former bodyguard to dig up damaging information about the woman who accused him of sexual assault. Media reports say that in 2011, the prince gave Virginia Giuffre's birth date and Social Security number to a London police officer. Giuffre, who took her own life earlier this year, said the prince assaulted her when she was 17 years old.

On Friday, Prince Andrew gave up the royal title Duke of York following years of controversy over his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

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