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Influencer Andrew Tate and Brother Arrested in Miami

Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania, March 22, 2025. Inquam Photos/Eduard Vinatoru via REUTERS
Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania, March 22, 2025. Inquam Photos/Eduard Vinatoru via REUTERS
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Influencer Andrew Tate and Brother Arrested in Miami

Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania, March 22, 2025. Inquam Photos/Eduard Vinatoru via REUTERS
Tristan and Andrew Tate deliver a press statement in front of their house after landing back in Romania, near Bucharest, Romania, March 22, 2025. Inquam Photos/Eduard Vinatoru via REUTERS

Radical social media influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan were arrested Saturday in Miami, the US Marshals Service told AFP, as Britain seeks their extradition to face new charges of rape, sex trafficking and assault.

Marshals confirmed the arrest of 39-year-old Andrew Tate, a self-professed misogynist, and his younger brother, but said that because the arrest warrant was sealed, "we are not able to disclose the charges."

US news outlet TMZ posted video of law enforcement officers placing the men in handcuffs and escorting them into waiting vehicles. Asked by an onlooker if he had something to say, Tristan Tate did not respond, the footage posted on X showed.

The UK Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) sZaid in a statement that the Tates, who face charges in Britain, were arrested by US marshals.

UK prosecutors will be seeking the brothers' extradition.

The Tate brothers face 59 charges in total -- 42 against Andrew and 17 against Tristan, British authorities said on Sunday.

"We have decided to prosecute Andrew and Tristan Tate for further offences including rape, arranging or facilitating trafficking for sexual exploitation and offences relating to indecent images of a child," Malcolm McHaffie, head of CPS's Special Crime Division, said in the statement.

"The CPS has requested the extradition of the Tates from the US," he said, adding that the latest charges stem from receipt of new evidence from Bedfordshire Police that bring the total number of alleged victims in the Tates case to seven.

Earlier this year, police in Hertfordshire, north of London, said it was reopening a probe into rape and sexual assault allegations made by women against Andrew Tate between 2014 and 2015.

They also face separate rape and human trafficking allegations brought by different women and investigated by Bedfordshire Police, which covers their hometown of Luton, also north of London.

The Tate brothers are also accused of tax evasion and money laundering in the UK.

Their attorney, Joseph McBride, said in a press release that the brothers "are innocent."

"We are confident that once a competent judge sees the facts, and once the Department of Justice confronts this egregious abuse of its own authority, Andrew and Tristan Tate will walk free," McBride said.

The Tates are dual British-US citizens who have been avid supporters of US President Donald Trump.

In March 2025, the US state of Florida launched a criminal investigation against them. The status of that investigation is unclear.

Andrew Tate is one of the most prominent proponents of the so-called "manosphere" network of communities, many of them online, that focus on traditional masculinity, anti-feminism, and self-improvement.

He promotes his divisive views, often incorporating alpha-male and aggressively misogynistic themes, to millions on social media including 10.8 million followers on X.

In Romania, where they have been based in recent years, the Tates face allegations of trafficking minors, sexual actions with a minor and money laundering.

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Iran FM Says ‘Security Breach’ Led to Khamenei’s Assassination

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. (Reuters)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. (Reuters)
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Iran FM Says ‘Security Breach’ Led to Khamenei’s Assassination

Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. (Reuters)
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026. (Reuters)

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the February 28 strike that killed former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei revealed a security breach at the highest levels of power that probably “still exists.”

“Within seconds, three attacks targeted the command center in the Pasteur region, which holds the offices and headquarters of Iran’s Supreme Leader,” Araghchi said in a wide-ranging television interview with conservative pro-government media activist Javad Moghayi.

A number of senior Iranian political and military figures were killed on the first day of the US-Israel war, including Khamenei.

“The crucial point, in my view, is that (the US and Israel) knew about these meetings,” Araghchi said. “That possibly points to a security breach that existed and probably still exists.”

He said the problem was not limited to infiltration. “Sometimes it also involves influencing the direction of decision-making processes,” Araghchi said, adding: “I don't wish to say any more about that publicly.”

The FM also said he did not meet with new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in person. “Only a handful of people have met him.”

He explained that at the time of the strike, Ali Khamenei was in his office, the Strategic Council for Foreign Relations was holding its weekly meeting, and the Defense Council had also convened.

“They knew that the Supreme Leader (Ali Khamenei) was in the office every morning. As I understand it, the command center meeting was also being held two or three buildings away, and they chose exactly that moment. An Intelligence Ministry meeting was also taking place at that time,” he said.

Araghchi said he told President Masoud Pezeshkian on the morning of February 28 that “the atmosphere is war.” He said that he then met with Khamenei aide Ali Asghar Mir Hejazi shortly after Israel carried out the deadly attack on a Tehran compound where Khamenei was having his high-level meeting.

Araghchi said that during the war, he and his colleagues remained at the Foreign Ministry. “During the 40-day war, my deputies, colleagues, and I did not leave the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building. There was no safe place,” he said.

Araghchi also revealed that he met with Pezeshkian three days after the outbreak of the war, consulted Ali Larijani five days later, and held an official meeting on the sixth day in a safe location.

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Russian President Putin Meets with North Korean FM in Latest High-Level Diplomacy

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 19 July 2026. (EPA/Alexander Shcherbak / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 19 July 2026. (EPA/Alexander Shcherbak / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool)
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Russian President Putin Meets with North Korean FM in Latest High-Level Diplomacy

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 19 July 2026. (EPA/Alexander Shcherbak / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui shake hands during a meeting at the Kremlin, in Moscow, Russia, 19 July 2026. (EPA/Alexander Shcherbak / Sputnik / Kremlin Pool)

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korea’s foreign minister and thanked Pyongyang for supporting his war against Ukraine, in the latest high-level diplomacy between the countries, Russian state media reported.

The visit by North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui comes without an obvious occasion, such as a multilateral diplomatic event or state anniversary, and has raised speculation that she may be coordinating a possible visit to Russia by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

North Korean state media said Choe departed for Russia on Saturday at the invitation of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov but has yet to comment on the purpose of her visit.

Yoon Min Ho, spokesperson for South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles affairs related to North Korea, said Monday that Seoul was closely monitoring the meetings but declined to assess whether Moscow and Pyongyang were discussing another summit between their leaders.

Russia’s Tass news agency said Putin during his meeting with Choe at the Kremlin on Sunday praised the countries’ bilateral relations and reiterated his “gratitude to the North Korean leadership and people” for supporting his military operations against Ukraine.

Choe told Putin that Kim remains committed to the “comprehensive development” of relations with Russia, Tass said.

Kim traveled to Russia’s Far East for summits with Putin in 2019 and 2023. Putin invited Kim to visit Russia again during their summit in Pyongyang in June 2024, where the leaders signed a strategic partnership agreement pledging mutual aid if either country faces aggression.

Kim in recent years has made Russia the priority of his foreign policy, sending thousands of troops and huge supplies of weapons to support Putin’s war in Ukraine, possibly in exchange for economic aid and technology transfers that some experts say are helping advance North Korea’s military capabilities.

Kim has also been seeking stronger ties with China, including hosting Chinese President Xi Jinping for a June summit in Pyongyang, as he embraces the idea of a “new Cold War” and projecting Pyongyang as part of a united front against Washington.

Choe’s visit to Moscow came shortly after North Korea and China exchanged high-level visits, with North Korean Cabinet premier, Pak Thae Song, Kim’s top economic official, meeting Xi in Beijing and Wang Huning, a member of the Chinese Communist Party’s powerful Politburo Standing Committee, visiting Kim in Pyongyang this month.

Kim has suspended all meaningful dialogue with the United States and South Korea since the collapse of his nuclear diplomacy with US President Donald Trump in 2019.

He has used Russia’s war on Ukraine as a distraction to accelerate the advancement of his nuclear weapons and missile program, while demanding that Washington abandon its calls for North Korea’s nuclear disarmament as a precondition for talks.

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Rubio Says Iran Using Hormuz as Leverage

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 17, 2026. (Reuters)
A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 17, 2026. (Reuters)
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Rubio Says Iran Using Hormuz as Leverage

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 17, 2026. (Reuters)
A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 17, 2026. (Reuters)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that Iran is using the Strait of Hormuz as leverage in the ongoing Middle East conflict, adding that other countries needed to step up pressure to protect global shipping.

"It's clear that Iran, at least some people in Iran, want to control the straits and hold that as leverage against the world," Rubio told reporters ahead of traveling to the Philippines for a meeting of foreign ministers with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

"The United States will do and continue to do what it needs to, to protect global shipping, but other countries need to begin to step up and provide, whether it's hardware or finances, to help carry that burden," he continued.

When asked if there was still a diplomatic off-ramp to the escalating conflict, Rubio said: "I think we're always open to diplomacy. It has to be real. It has to be a deal that they're willing to live by."

A fragile truce between Iran and the United States broke down after reported attacks by Iran on ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the critical international waterway through which a fifth of the global oil and gas supply transited prior to the war.

"They can't have an MoU that's alive if they're violating the terms of it," Rubio said.

"What I will say is that the United States always remains open to a diplomatic solution. We've tried multiple times with Iran, and we'll continue to try."