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The UK’s ambassador to Mexico was sacked from his post earlier this year after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in an incident captured in a video posted on social media.Jon Benjamin was on an official trip to Durango and Sinaloa, two northern Mexican states with a strong presence of drug cartels, when he picked up a gun in the vehicle he was travelling in and pointed it at a colleague, according to the video and people familiar with the matter.Foreign officials visiting dangerous parts of Mexico typically travel with armed staff for protection. Benjamin, a career diplomat, was sacked as ambassador soon after the episode in April, the people said.A video of the incident was published on social media site X this week from an anonymous account, apparently controlled by employees of the embassy angry over mistreatment of local staff. In the five-second clip, the car appears to be stopped and the colleague’s face is blurred out.“In a context of daily killings in Mexico by drug dealers, he dares to joke,” the anonymous account said. Benjamin is no longer listed as the ambassador on the UK government website, with the former deputy now the chargé d’affaires. Benjamin, who remained a Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office employee after his removal as ambassador, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on LinkedIn and X.
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The militant Hezbollah group said it shot down an Israeli drone over southern Lebanon on Saturday, after hours Israeli drone strikes killed at least one person and wounded others.Hezbollah said in a statement that its fighters struck the Hermes 900 Kochav drone, saying such aircraft have been targeting militants and civilian homes. The exchange of fire along the Lebanon-Israel border has been intensifying over the past weeks with Israel’s military push Gaza's southern city of Rafah.The Israeli military said a surface-to-air missile was fired toward a drone operating in Lebanese airspace, adding that it was hit and fell in Lebanese territory. “The incident is under review,” the military said.The Hermes 900 Kochav is a medium altitude and long endurance drone that can carry four anti-tank guided missiles.Earlier Saturday, an Israeli drone strike on a motorcycle near the southern Lebanese village of Khirbet Selm wounded two people, state-run National News Agency said. The agency reported another drone strike Saturday afternoon in a village near the southern city of Nabatiyeh.
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