A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas on Friday, triggering a tsunami warning and shaking buildings in neighboring Guatemala and El Salvador.
No damage was immediately reported by authorities.
The quake, which struck near the Mexican town of Puerto Madero, was at a shallow depth of 10 km (6 miles), the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
Following the tremor, the US Tsunami Warning System warned that hazardous tsunami waves were possible along coasts located within 300 km (186 miles) of the epicenter.
In Guatemala City, the earthquake shook buildings and prompted some residents to dash from their homes on to the street, according to a Reuters witness.
Local media in Guatemala showed footage of staff evacuating a government building as security protocols were activated.
The tremor was also felt in El Salvador, another Reuters witness said.
In the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, Governor Salomon Jara said on social media that the earthquake was felt with moderate intensity in the state’s capital, but no serious damage was immediately reported.
The leaders of Germany and France pledged on Friday to deepen defense cooperation and counter intense economic competition from China, which they said was exerting drastic pressure on Europe through overcapacity and an undervalued currency.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron met as part of a regular series of joint cabinet meetings, looking to get past tensions over the collapse of a much-touted joint fighter jet project earlier this year.
“We are doing what is necessary to safeguard our freedom, our security and our collective defense,” Merz told a joint press conference at which the two outlined a list of objectives including missile defense and long-range strike systems.
Both leaders took aim at China, which they said was not respecting the rules of international trade by offering at least eight times the level of state support to its industry seen in other countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
“We are by no means anti-Chinese, either in our diplomacy or in our economy, but we take a clear-eyed view,” Macron said, adding that Europe ran up a trade deficit with China amounting to 1 billion euros ($1.14 billion) a day.
COOPERATION ON NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
The two leaders had already outlined proposals for France to cooperate on nuclear deterrence with Germany, following increasingly clear signs from Washington that the United States was looking to reduce its defense commitments in Europe.
“We’re taking a step-by-step approach here, and it may well end up resulting in a new doctrine, but it’s far too early to say that today,” Merz said, adding that any cooperation would complement existing arrangements within the NATO alliance.
Macron made clear that France would maintain full responsibility for paying for its nuclear deterrent.
“The funding for the French nuclear program will always be provided by France,” he said when asked whether France was considering having Germany contribute to co-fund the program.
The so-called Future Combat Air System (FCAS) is set to continue despite the decision to abandon plans for a common fighter aircraft, with further development on the cloud-based information systems at the heart of the project.
“The remaining projects, including those relating to the cloud and other areas, are continuing to progress between our manufacturers,” Macron said.
Fars News Agency, which is affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), has published an English-language video on social media titled “Where Do We Kill Trump?”
The video was posted on several platforms, including the agency’s Telegram channel. A version that had been uploaded to X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has since been removed, according to the German Press Agency (dpa).
The video purports to show the route taken by US President Donald Trump’s motorcade to his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, identifying a bridge as a potential security vulnerability.
However, the route shown does not directly correspond to publicly available maps of the area.
Trump’s travel route in Florida was also changed in January 2026 after a suspicious object was discovered at one of the airports.
The video comes amid calls by Iran’s leadership to avenge the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was killed in an Israeli airstrike on his official residence on Feb. 28.
Speaking at the NATO summit in Ankara last week, Trump said Iran was targeting him, adding, “I am No. 1 on Iran’s assassination list.”
In response to those threats, Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform last Saturday: “One thousand missiles have been armed, prepared and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, and thousands more will follow immediately.”
A Danish police officer and two other people were shot Friday, including the suspected perpetrator, authorities said.
The shooting occurred in Nørresundby, in the North Jutland region in northern Denmark. The injuries were serious, Søren Pejtersen, a spokesperson for the North Jutland police, said in a statement posted to Facebook.
Police received a report of a fire in an industrial area of Nørresundby at 1:39 p.m. (1139 GMT) and rushed to the scene, Danish broadcaster DR reported, The AP news reported.
The officers were met with gunshots, the statement said, and they returned fire. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the police officer was shot by the suspect or injured in friendly fire. It also wasn’t immediately clear who the third injured person was, or who shot them.
Police said that the shooting was over by 3 p.m. (1300 GMT), but the investigation would continue, DR reported.
A column of black smoke was visible in photos and video from the scene. Further details weren’t immediately available.
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