Trump’s Last-Minute Plane Switch In Turkey Was Triggered By Missile Threat: Report

<p>A shoulder-fired missile threat targeting US President Donald Trump prompted the Secret Service to make a last-minute change to his travel arrangements during his visit to Turkey last month, according to a Reuters report.</p> <p>The threat emerged on the final day of Trump&rsquo;s trip to Ankara for the NATO summit, at a time when tensions with Iran were intensifying. A source familiar with the matter told Reuters that the Secret Service considered the threat &ldquo;credible and imminent&rdquo; and had little time to put an alternative plan in place.</p> <p>&ldquo;They were scrambling to head off what they thought was a credible, imminent threat,&rdquo; the source said, while declining to disclose where the intelligence had originated.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/iran-knew-trump-s-exact-ankara-location-during-nato-summit-nyt-report-1861780">Iran Knew Trump&rsquo;s Exact Ankara Location During NATO Summit: Report</a></strong></p> <h2>Trump Secretly Switched To Smaller Government Jet</h2> <p>Officials decided it was in Trump&rsquo;s best interest to keep the operation secret as tensions with Iran remained high, the source said. Iran borders Turkey, adding to concerns surrounding the president&rsquo;s movements.</p> <p>On July 8, Trump and a small group of aides quietly transferred from Air Force One to a smaller C-32A government jet before departing Turkey. The transfer was carried out using a catering truck, while Air Force One left separately carrying senior officials, White House staff and journalists.</p> <p>A second source told Reuters there was no definite plan to launch an attack, but there appeared to be an intention to target Trump. That assessment allowed both aircraft to continue flying rather than grounding the presidential aircraft.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/48YAGeepsSc?si=9E7XEG9sXMqH3zlo" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <h2>Trump Confirms Secret Service Ordered Plane Switch</h2> <p>Trump confirmed on Tuesday that the Secret Service had instructed him to change aircraft. He said he believed the plane he ultimately flew on was actually at greater risk.</p> <p>&ldquo;I think it was at ​greater risk because that would be the plane I think that they would be more likely to go for,&rdquo; Trump said, without providing evidence for the assessment.</p> <p>The president did not provide further details about the nature of the threat or the intelligence behind the decision.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/us-iran-war-news-live-iran-update-praise-be-to-allah-trump-claims-us-has-total-control-of-strait-of-hormuz-1861775">&lsquo;Praise Be To Allah!&rsquo;: Trump Claims US Has &lsquo;Total Control&rsquo; Of Strait Of Hormuz</a></strong></p> <h2>Heat-Seeking Missile May Have Been Considered</h2> <p>The reported threat may have involved a newer type of heat-seeking missile capable of locking on to an aircraft&rsquo;s hot engines, Douglas Birkey, executive director of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, told Reuters.</p> <p>Such weapons can be more difficult to detect because they do not emit radio signals, Birkey said. He cited the Iranian SA-67 and Russian-made 9K333 Verba as examples of shoulder-fired systems that use heat-seeking technology.</p>

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Iran Knew Trump’s Exact Ankara Location During NATO Summit: NYT Report

<p>US intelligence agencies intercepted multiple inputs indicating that Iran possessed precise information regarding President Donald Trump's whereabouts in Ankara during the NATO summit last month, that prompted his secretive departure, according to a New York Times report.</p> <p>Two US officials familiar with the intelligence told NYT that security authorities detected a specific surface-to-air missile threat directed against whichever aircraft was carrying Trump. Additionally, an individual near the NATO summit was reportedly spotted with a shoulder-fired missile, while Iranian operatives were said to be aware of the exact floor of the hotel where Trump was staying.</p> <p>The threat assessment was deemed severe enough to prompt a complex security deception. Trump publicly boarded the older Air Force One before being secretly transported out of the airport inside a catering container and transferred to a military plane that flew him out of Turkey.</p> <p>Meanwhile, the original Air Force One departed carrying senior US officials, government staff, journalists, and military personnel, essentially functioning as a decoy. Passengers aboard were reportedly not briefed on the full severity of the threat.</p> <p>The New York Times reported that the operation may have redirected the risk from Trump onto those who remained aboard the main presidential aircraft. High-ranking officials present on the flight included Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, and senior White House aides Stephen Miller and Steven Cheung.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/us-iran-war-news-live-iran-update-praise-be-to-allah-trump-claims-us-has-total-control-of-strait-of-hormuz-1861775">&lsquo;Praise Be To Allah!&rsquo;: Trump Claims US Has &lsquo;Total Control&rsquo; Of Strait Of Hormuz</a></strong></p> <p>Passengers were directed to keep the aircraft's window shades drawn during the July 8 flight from Ankara to Britain. Trump subsequently rejoined Air Force One in secret before stepping out in front of cameras, maintaining the impression that he had been on board throughout the journey.</p> <p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/54hpWyA64AE?si=BL22u9tmj6ugPStQ" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p>The unprecedented security protocol has drawn criticism from certain former White House officials, who maintained that individuals on the decoy plane should have been protected or notified. Conversely, defenders of the decision argued that safeguarding the commander-in-chief justified extraordinary measures when facing a credible threat.</p> <p>The White House did not respond to queries concerning the operation. Trump later stated that he had acted on Secret Service directives and dismissed claims that passengers were placed in heightened danger, arguing that the aircraft he moved to could have been the primary target.</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/meta-smart-glasses-heated-criminal-complaint-digital-privacy-germany-1861764">Germany Approves Intelligence Reforms As Drone Threats And Security Risks Grow</a></strong></p> <p><em><strong>(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)</strong></em></p>

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New York woman pleads guilty to smuggling Indians into US through Canada border

<p>New York, Aug 12 (PTI): A New York woman has pleaded guilty to her role in an international smuggling conspiracy that illegally brought people, primarily from India, into the United States across its northern border.</p><p>Stacey Taylor, 43, of Plattsburgh, New York, was involved in a failed human smuggling operation in January 2025 involving people from India who were illegally brought into the United States.</p><p>According to court documents, US Border Patrol agents stopped Taylor’s vehicle near Churubusco, New York, in the early morning hours of January 20, 2025, and discovered four men inside her vehicle.</p><p>Agents then determined that the four men -- three from India and one from Canada -- had just illegally crossed the US-Canadian border without inspection in freezing weather.</p><p>When law enforcement later examined Taylor’s cellphone, they found that she had received coordinates showing the individuals’ location and instructions to pick them up. The four men had illegally entered the United States on foot through a wooded area before getting into Taylor’s waiting vehicle. She then drove them away from the border and further into the US.</p><p>After law enforcement stopped her vehicle, Taylor admitted that she picked up the four men and expected to receive payment for doing so.</p><p>A further review of Taylor’s phone revealed text messages indicating that she had been involved in multiple other human smuggling events in the days before the incident.</p><p>Following her January 2025 arrest, she was stopped in a suspected smuggling venture in August 2025 and again implicated in alien smuggling in September 2025.</p><p>Taylor pleaded guilty to conspiracy to engage in alien smuggling and four counts of alien smuggling for profit. She is scheduled to be sentenced in December and faces a statutory minimum penalty of five years in prison. PTI YAS RHL</p><p><i>(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)</i></p>

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Imran Khan’s party leader criticises killing of gunman in Pak's Rawalpindi

<p> Peshawar, Aug 11 (PTI): A senior Khyber Pakhtunkhwa leader from jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party on Tuesday criticised the killing of a gunman who allegedly opened fire at a check post near the army's General Headquarters in Pakistan's Rawalpindi.</p><p> Earlier in the day, a gunman opened fire at security officers, prompting them to retaliate. The police claimed the attacker was affiliated with Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party.</p><p> "The attacker, Muhammad Hussain, was immediately killed in retaliatory fire," said a statement by Rawalpindi police.</p><p> Shafiullah Jan, who is also the information minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province governed by Khan’s party, said the deceased, Muhammad Hussain, was reportedly suffering from mental health issues, adding that the incident is highly condemnable.</p><p> The Rawalpindi police said that evidence skimmed from the mobile phone of the dead man showed that he was associated with a political party.</p><p> The "links have emerged from his mobile phone and other belongings," they said.</p><p> Citing security sources, state-run PTV News said the assailant was a resident of Khyber district and an "active PTI member". A PTI flag, bullets and weapons were also recovered from him, it added.</p><p> Meanwhile, the party's Islamabad regional president, Amir Mughal, said the party believed in peaceful and unarmed political struggle and rejected any attempt to associate it with acts of violence.</p><p> The party has been trying to mobilise masses to protest against the incarceration of its founder Imran Khan, who has been in jail since August 5, 2023. PTI AYZ SKS SKS SKS</p><p><i>(This story is published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. No editing has been done in the headline or the body by ABP Live.)</i></p>

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Trump Warns Iran Of 'Massive Attack', Slams Tehran: 'They Are Dishonest People'

<div class="qMYqUG_convSearchResultHighlightRoot"> <div class="" data-turn-id-container="request-WEB:f978fb31-22ea-403a-8b8d-41f819e6b6d6-204" data-is-intersecting="true"> <section class="text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]" dir="auto" data-turn-id="request-WEB:f978fb31-22ea-403a-8b8d-41f819e6b6d6-204" data-turn-id-container="request-WEB:f978fb31-22ea-403a-8b8d-41f819e6b6d6-204" data-testid="conversation-turn-66" data-turn="assistant"> <div class="text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-15 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)"> <div class="[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn" data-conversation-screenshot-content=""> <div class="flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow"> <div class="min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1" dir="auto" tabindex="0" data-message-author-role="assistant" data-message-id="d93fe02a-7a5f-40e9-b149-e5b92a2bb78a" data-message-model-slug="gpt-5-6" data-turn-start-message="true"> <div class="flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden"> <div class="markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling"> <p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="910" data-end="1123">US President Donald Trump has stepped up his criticism of Iran, questioning Tehran's intentions and warning of a "massive attack" if military action is needed to prevent the country from acquiring nuclear weapons.</p> <p data-start="1125" data-end="1260">Trump accused Iran of being dishonest during negotiations, alleging that Tehran agrees to terms privately before denying them publicly.</p> <h2 data-section-id="3xsfts" data-start="1262" data-end="1309"><strong>Trump Accuses Iran Of Backtracking On Talks</strong></h2> <p data-start="1311" data-end="1417">In an interview, Trump said Iran initially negotiates quietly but later retracts its statements in public.</p> <p data-start="1419" data-end="1914">"The Iranians will initially negotiate quietly, but then immediately retract their words and publicly declare that no such talks ever took place. They are very clever at negotiating. They agree on something, but then go out and tell the press that they did not do it. They are very dishonest people. The inflation rate there is 300%. They have no value left. Their currency is almost worthless. They cannot pay their soldiers. Soldiers are deserting their jobs. This situation cannot last long."</p> <p data-start="1916" data-end="1993">Trump also said, "We control Iran's money and have complete control over it."</p> <p data-start="1995" data-end="2102">His remarks come as negotiations aimed at ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz remain stalled.</p> <p data-start="1995" data-end="2102"><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/rawalpindi-checkpoint-firing-man-allegedly-linked-to-pti-shot-dead-by-security-forces-1861589">Rawalpindi Checkpoint Firing: Man Allegedly Linked To PTI Shot Dead By Security Forces</a></strong></p> <h2 data-section-id="z2ss1z" data-start="2104" data-end="2148"><strong>Iran Maintains Demands For Any Agreement</strong></h2> <p data-start="2150" data-end="2324">Iran continues to insist that any major agreement must include the lifting of sanctions, access to its frozen assets and compensation for losses suffered during the conflict.</p> <p data-start="2326" data-end="2626">Trump, meanwhile, has maintained that military action was necessary to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. While he has said he prefers economic pressure over immediate military confrontation, Washington retains significant military capabilities and could launch a major attack against Iran.</p> <p data-start="2628" data-end="2700">However, Trump has continued to prioritise the possibility of diplomacy.</p> <h2 data-section-id="1iyssc5" data-start="2702" data-end="2740"><strong>Trump Seeks Compensation From Iran</strong></h2> <p data-start="2742" data-end="2834">Trump has said he would demand compensation from Iran as part of any future peace agreement.</p> <p data-start="2836" data-end="3085">According to Trump, Tehran should pay not only for damage caused by the current conflict but also for alleged attacks linked to Iran over several decades. He has also said Iran should take responsibility for deaths in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Gaza.</p> <p data-start="3087" data-end="3318" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">Iran, however, has said it will not move towards a comprehensive agreement unless Washington first lifts sanctions, ends the blockade of Iranian ports, releases Iran's frozen assets and provides compensation for war-related losses.</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="z-0 flex min-h-[46px] justify-start"><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/trump-secretly-hidden-in-catering-container-to-escape-turkey-amid-iran-threat-report-1861582">Trump Secretly Hid In A Catering Container To Escape Turkey Amid Iran Threat: Report</a></strong></div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div>

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Rawalpindi Checkpoint Firing: Man Allegedly Linked To PTI Shot Dead By Security Forces

<p>Islamabad: Security forces on Tuesday shot dead a man, whom police claimed was affiliated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, after he allegedly opened fire on them at a check post on the Mall Road close to the army's General Headquarters in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.</p> <p>"The attacker, Muhammad Hussain, was immediately killed in retaliatory fire," said a statement by Rawalpindi police.</p> <p>The police added that evidence skimmed from the mobile phone of the dead man showed that he was associated with a political party.</p> <p>The "links have emerged from his mobile phone and other belongings," they said.</p> <p>"Law enforcement agencies remain fully prepared and committed to eliminating all forms of terrorism and incitement to unrest,&rdquo; police said.</p> <p>Citing security sources, state-run PTV News said the assailant was a resident of Khyber district and an "active PTI member". A PTI flag, bullets and weapons were also recovered from him, it added.</p> <p>Information Minister Attaullah Tarar slammed PTI&rsquo;s &ldquo;politics of violence&rdquo; after state media reported the incident. He said there was "no reason for opening fire on security personnel." Meanwhile, PTI distanced itself from the incident, saying it had nothing to do with terrorism and that efforts were being made to link the party to it.</p> <p>The party's Islamabad regional president Amir Mughal said the party believed in peaceful and unarmed political struggle and rejected any attempt to associate it with acts of violence.</p> <p>The party has been trying to mobilise masses to protest against the incarceration of its founder <a title="Imran Khan" href="https://ift.tt/vC3pWVI" data-type="interlinkingkeywords">Imran Khan</a>, who has been in jail since August 5, 2023.&nbsp;</p> <p><em><strong>(This report has been published as part of the auto-generated syndicate wire feed. Apart from the headline, no editing has been done in the copy by ABP Live.)</strong></em></p>

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Trump Says Relationship With Netanyahu 'Very Good' Even As Israel Rejects Gaza Peace Plan

<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="352" data-end="528">US President Donald Trump on Monday said his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains strong despite growing differences over a US-led plan for Gaza.</p> <p class="" data-start="530" data-end="659">"The relationship is very good," Trump said in response to a journalist who shouted a question as an Oval Office event concluded, AFP reported.</p> <p class="" data-start="661" data-end="898">Trump's remarks came a day after Netanyahu openly rejected the Gaza proposal, following more than a week of increasingly public criticism. The plan envisages Israel beginning a withdrawal of its forces alongside the disarmament of Hamas.</p> <p class="" data-start="661" data-end="898"><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BqlUISeGatE?si=3XyTCMXlao9Em3g3" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <h3 data-start="900" data-end="938">Netanyahu Faces Political Pressure</h3> <p data-start="940" data-end="1176">Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, is facing a closely contested political environment ahead of the October 27 elections. The polls are the first since Hamas' devastating 2023 attack that triggered the ongoing Gaza war.</p> <p data-start="1178" data-end="1380">Recent surveys indicate that the Gaza proposal has little support among Netanyahu's right-wing political base. Members of his far-right coalition have also pressed him to reject the initiative outright.</p> <p data-start="1382" data-end="1603">Until recently, Netanyahu had highlighted his close ties with Trump as a key component of his political standing. Trump has taken several major steps in support of Israel, including relocating the US embassy to Jerusalem.</p> <p data-start="1382" data-end="1603"><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/us-iran-war-live-uodates-donald-trump-demands-compensation-from-iran-says-it-will-be-part-of-peace-talks-1861395">&lsquo;Interesting Idea&rsquo;: Trump Demands Compensation From Iran, Says It Will Be Part Of Peace Talks</a></strong></p> <h3 data-start="1605" data-end="1634">Differences Over Iran War</h3> <p data-start="1636" data-end="1746">The latest disagreement follows an earlier divergence between Trump and Netanyahu over the conflict with Iran.</p> <p data-start="1748" data-end="2004">Trump joined Netanyahu in launching a war against Iran in late February. However, their positions later split as Trump pushed for a ceasefire and a negotiated settlement, amid concerns that the conflict was hurting his popularity and driving up oil prices.</p> <p data-start="2006" data-end="2092">The disagreement over Gaza has now emerged as the latest strain in their relationship.</p> <p data-start="2006" data-end="2092"><strong>ALSO READ: <a href="https://news.abplive.com/news/world/ukraine-russia-war-live-updates-killed-injured-in-drone-attack-on-moscow-nizhnekamsk-taneco-refinery-1861378">13 Killed, 39 Injured In Ukrainian Drone Attack On Russia's Nizhnekamsk, TANECO Refinery</a></strong></p> <h3 data-start="2094" data-end="2128">Gaza Ceasefire Remains Fragile</h3> <p data-start="2130" data-end="2320">The US-backed Gaza proposal forms the latest phase of a ceasefire announced in October. The truce has reduced Israeli military operations in the territory but has not brought them to an end.</p> <p data-start="2322" data-end="2564">According to Gaza's health ministry, which operates under Hamas' authority, Israeli military operations have killed more than 1,250 Palestinians since the ceasefire began. The United Nations considers the ministry's casualty figures reliable.</p> <p data-start="2566" data-end="2667" data-is-last-node="" data-is-only-node="">The Israeli military, meanwhile, has reported five deaths among its personnel during the same period.</p>

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