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At least 15 people have been killed after the world-famous Gloria funicular railway in Lisbon, Portugal, derailed and hit a building. 18 others sustained injuries from the horrifying crash. Authorities have not identified victims or disclosed their nationalities. Reports indicate some foreign nationals are among the deceased. BREAKING: The famous Elevador da Glória funicular derailed in the heart of Lisbon, Portugal, leaving at least 20 injured, according to preliminary reports. pic.twitter.com/MaxxDNQcMG — World Source News 24/7 (@Worldsource24) September 3, 2025 The railway, which is popular among tourists, opened in the 19th century and connects Lisbon’s downtown with the upper quarter. More from The Guardian: Footage from the site showed the tram-like funicular, which carries people up and down a hillside in the Portuguese capital, destroyed and emergency workers pulling people out of the wreckage. In a statement the president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, lamented the accident and expressed hope that authorities would soon establish the cause of the crash. The line, which opened in 1885, connects Lisbon’s downtown area near the Restauradores Square with the Bairro Alto (Upper Quarter), known for its vibrant nightlife. It is operated by the municipal public transport company Carris. Its two cars are attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable with traction provided by electric motors on the cars. The car at the bottom of the line was apparently undamaged, but CNN Portugal said passengers had to jump out of its windows when the incident happened. Additional footage below: Higher quality footage of the derailment of Lisbon's iconic Gloria Funicular, also known as the Elevador Da Glória. https://t.co/xcUYeVX5cf pic.twitter.com/ykUEubs7Vf — AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) September 3, 2025 BREAKING – TRAGEDY IN PORTUGAL: HISTORIC RIDE ENDS IN DEATH Screams echoed through the Bairro Alto as emergency crews pulled bodies from the wreckage of Lisbon’s iconic hillside tram. The Gloria line, in service since 1885, became a scene of chaos after one of its two cars… pic.twitter.com/OoRWHlMKM6 — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 3, 2025 The Associated Press shared further info: Five of the injured were in serious condition and a child was among the injured, the National Institute for Medical Emergencies said in a statement. An unknown number of foreigners were among the injured, it said. Authorities called it an accident, the worst in the city’s recent history, and it cast a pall over Lisbon’s charm for the millions of foreign tourists who arrive every year. The yellow-and-white streetcar, which is known as Elevador da Gloria and which goes up and down a steep downtown hill in tandem with one going the opposite way, was lying on its side on the narrow road that it travels along. Its sides and top were partially crumpled, and it appeared to have crashed into a building where the road bends. Parts of the vehicle, made mostly of metal, were crushed. Several dozen emergency workers were at the scene but most stood down after about two hours.

After spending yesterday testifying before Congress, a group of women who were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein are now planning to create and release their own client list. The DOJ won’t do it, so they are taking matters into their own hands to expose the rich and influential ‘clients’ who were part of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring. One of the victims, Lisa Phillips, announced during a press conference today that the survivors will “confidentially compile the names we all know who were regularly in the Epstein world.” Watch what she had to say here: BREAKING: Epstein victims and survivors announce they will be releasing their own client list: “We know the names. Many of us were abused by them. We will compile the names we all know were regularly in the Epstein world.” pic.twitter.com/aI7hCTaU8e — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 3, 2025 The victims are also rallying in support of a bi-partisan petition filed by Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Ro Khanna that would force a vote in Congress for the full release of the Epstein files. At this time, it needs two more votes to move forward. More from The New York Post: Lisa Phillips, a model who was introduced to the disgraced financier in the early 2000s, said that she and other survivors of the perverted Epstein-Maxwell axis have been discussing organizing a roster of influential associates who Phillips alleges “abused them.” “We know the names,” Phillips told reporters and supporters. “Many of us were abused by them.” “Now, together, as survivors, we will confidentially compile the names we all know who were regularly in the Epstein world. And it will be done by survivors and for survivors — no one else is involved,” she added. Nearly a dozen other victims or family members of victims who were abused by either Epstein or Maxwell or both met at the US Capitol Wednesday to call for Congress to pass a discharge petition that would force the release of all files currently held by the federal government about the sex trafficker, who was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell on Aug. 10, 2019, while awaiting federal trial. That petition, which was introduced by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), was still two votes shy of the 218 votes needed for passage as of Wednesday morning. All 212 Democrats are expected to back the petition, along with Massie and GOP Reps. Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Lauren Boebert of Colorado. Greene went a step further Wednesday, vowing she would be willing to disclose “every damn name” of the alleged abusers from the House floor. Ahead of the congressional press conference, Phillips was joined at a rally by family members of Virginia Giuffre; Annie Farmer, the sister of fellow Epstein accuser Maria Farmer; Liz Stein and others. This also comes one day after the House Oversight Committee dumped tens of thousands of files related to Jeffrey Epstein. However, little of it was entirely new content. More on that here: BREAKING: House Oversight Commitee RELEASES Over 33,000 Epstein Files In response to the new push to release the Epstein files, President Trump condemned it as a "Democrat hoax that never ends." Per Axios: President Trump rejected the transparency push from lawmakers and survivors Wednesday afternoon because of the "thousands of pages of documents" that have already been released. "This is a Democrat hoax that never ends ... nobody's ever satisfied," the president said. Multiple Epstein survivors addressed the president's ongoing claims that their transparency efforts were a "hoax" at the rally Wednesday morning, reiterating that speaking about their trauma is not politically motivated. What are your thoughts?

The Trump administration has been cracking down on the illegal drug trade. On Tuesday, at the direction of President Trump, the U.S. military launched a strike on a Venezuelan drug boat. Take a look: BREAKING: President Trump just released the video of the U.S. military STRIKING a drug boat from Venezuela heading to America carrying ELEVEN Tren de Aragua narcoterrorists, who were kiIIed in the strike TRUMP: “Earlier this morning, on my Orders, U.S. Military Forces… pic.twitter.com/axQAWxjJhm — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 2, 2025 Now, on Wednesday, the DOJ has announced it has indicted 22 Chinese nationals, along with three American citizens, in an operation called Box Cutter. Operation Box Cutter was an operation by the FBI that resulted in the seizure of a massive amount of fentanyl that had the potential to kill 70 million Americans. Fox News reported more details on the massive drug bust: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is “targeting the fentanyl supply chain at its source,” and a recent operation led to the indictments of 22 Chinese nationals, four China-based chemical companies and three Americans. “We’re done playing Whack-a-Mole,” FBI Director Kash Patel said during a press conference on Wednesday in Cincinnati, Ohio, adding that no other country besides the U.S. has a “fentanyl crisis.” Dubbed Operation Box Cutter, it has resulted in the seizure of “enough fentanyl powder to kill 70 million Americans and enough fentanyl pills to kill another 270,000,” Patel said in a statement. The investigation started in Dayton, Ohio before expanding “all the way to mainland China, where chemical companies were openly marketing and selling dangerous precursor substances used to cut and manufacture fentanyl, cocaine and heroin,” according to a news release. “Today’s takedown marks the FBI’s first-of-its-kind international operation targeting the fentanyl plague that has killed tens of thousands of Americans, indicting the companies and individuals in mainland China that manufacture the precursors fueling the destruction of our communities,” Patel’s statement said. “We have indicted Chinese precursor companies and exposed their bank accounts and cryptocurrency pipelines and funding sources that facilitate this deadly trade,” his statement concluded. Today’s takedown is the FBI’s first-of-its-kind international operation against the fentanyl plague. We indicted 22 Chinese nationals, 4 chemical companies & 3 Americans.Seized enough fentanyl to kill 70M Americans + 270K more in pills. The supply chain ends here. pic.twitter.com/HaawTkeZUy — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) September 3, 2025 Read the DOJ’s official press release below: The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Dayton, Ohio, returned charges against dozens of defendants, including Chinese nationals and companies, in narcotics and money laundering conspiracies involving illegal cutting agents. “Protecting Americans from fentanyl is one of this Department’s most important missions — and it starts with dismantling the international pipelines that bring deadly drugs and precursor to our shores,” said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. “We will not rest until we stop Chinese companies from shipping poison to our citizens and bring everyone involved in this lethal trade to swift, complete justice.” “Our indictment alleges that Chinese companies and affiliated foreign nationals intentionally and openly marketed, delivered, and exported to the United States controlled substances and other compounds that they knew would be used by domestic drug dealers to increase the yield and potency of fentanyl distributed in this country,” said U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Dominick S. Gerace II. “As explained in court documents, these deadly drug mixtures were then sold directly into our communities here in southern Ohio.” “Today’s announcement marks a first-of-its-kind international operation for the FBI targeting the fentanyl plague that has killed tens of thousands of Americans and indicting the companies and individuals in mainland China that manufacture the precursor chemicals fueling the destruction of our communities,” said FBI Director Kash Patel. “This operation has already seized enough fentanyl powder to kill 70 million Americans and enough fentanyl pills to kill another 270,000. And we have now indicted the Chinese precursor companies and exposed the funding streams that facilitate this deadly trade.” According to charging documents, from at least 2022 until present, Eric Michael Payne, 39, of Tipp City, Ohio, served as a main supplier of illegal cutting agents to fentanyl traffickers operating in southern Ohio. Payne allegedly purchased several kilogram shipments of the cutting agents from multiple Chinese companies purporting to be online pharmacies and legitimate chemical companies. It is believed that the U.S. defendants purchased from the Chinese companies at least 10 kilograms of fentanyl cutting agents, which, in turn, could yield more than 150 kilograms of fentanyl mixture bound for street-level sales in southern Ohio. The cutting agents included animal tranquilizers up to 200 times more powerful than morphine.