Former Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro has released new photographs from behind bars alongside an emotional message asking supporters for their prayers, solidarity and “true support.”

The photographs, posted to Maduro’s official X account on Sunday, show the former dictator looking noticeably slimmer than during his years in power.

Dressed in a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants with white sneakers, Maduro smiles and flashes victory signs while standing against the bare walls of his detention facility.

The images are dated June 25 but were only released publicly this weekend.

Maduro accompanied the photographs with a message titled “A Small Gift of Love and Hope,” addressed to his grandchildren, children and supporters.

“I send these photos as a small gift to all my grandsons and granddaughters, to the boys and girls, and to all the noble people who love us,” Maduro wrote.

“I want you to know that we stand firm, with our hearts full of your love, that love that reaches us transformed into prayer, into constant action, into solidarity and true support.”

“Infinite thanks for every word, for every gesture, for every blessing.”

Pequeño regalo de amor y esperanza

Envío estas fotos como un pequeño regalo a todos mis nietos y nietas, a los niños y niñas, y a toda la gente noble que nos ama. pic.twitter.com/Z6u3130arn

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 30, 2026

Despite being a revolutionary socialist, Maduro invoked his supposed Christian faith as he sought to reassure supporters that his imprisonment would eventually come to an end.

“Enjoy this small gift with joy and hope. Cilia and I embrace you forever, with our souls devoted to you and with our faith in God intact.”

He then quoted the Apostle Paul before declaring that Venezuela would eventually be “reborn.”

“As the Apostle Paul says: ‘But in all these things we obtain a wide victory, thanks to the one who loved us’ (Rom 8:37).

“We will remain strong, serene, and confident: God is with us. God will provide. Venezuela will be reborn.”

pic.twitter.com/ICasp3z1OE

— Nicolás Maduro (@NicolasMaduro) August 30, 2026

Maduro’s life is markedly different than that which he lived in the Miraflores presidential palace where he once ruled.

He and his wife, Cilia Flores, have been detained in the U.S.since January, when U.S. forces captured the pair in Venezuela and transported them to face federal charges.

Maduro has pleaded not guilty and continues to challenge his detention.

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Australia’s populist One Nation has claimed a major electoral breakthrough in Western Australia, capturing the state seat of Secret Harbor and dealing a major defeat to leftist Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his governing Labor Party.

One Nation candidate Luke Herdegen secured approximately 57 percent of the two-party-preferred vote against Labor’s Georgia Tree.

The result marks an important breakthrough for Pauline Hanson’s party, demonstrating its growing national support.

The by-election was triggered by the midterm retirement of senior Labor Minister Paul Papalia.

One Nation’s Western Australian leader, Rod Caddies, declared victory on Saturday evening, predicting the result would send “shock waves across the entire country.”

“There are no safe Labor seats in this state or in this country any more,” Caddies said.

One Nation can win seats off Labor that the Coalition couldn’t dream of winning. The result in Secret Harbour puts paid do the myth that we only take votes off the coalition. Labor voters on a historic scale swung to One Nation. This was one of WA Labor’s safest seats. pic.twitter.com/XlDsYKR23w

— One Nation Australia (@OneNationAus) August 29, 2026

Hanson similarly hailed the result as evidence that her party is becoming a serious electoral force capable of challenging Australia’s two major parties.

“The result in Secret Harbour should be a warning to Labor, we’re coming for more of your seats,” she wrote on X.

“Australians are choosing One Nation as a serious alternative to the tired old uni-party who have destroyed our nations economic prowess.”

One Nation has taken a seat where the Liberals have never been able to challenge Labor.

We are the only party that can take the fight to Anthony Albanese where the Liberal Party never could.

Because Australians are looking for someone who will actually stand up for them.

We’re…

— Pauline Hanson (@PaulineHansonOz) August 29, 2026

Former Nationals leader and current One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce said the victory demonstrated that the party’s strong polling numbers were translating into actual votes.

“Politics has changed,” Joyce said, arguing that One Nation was increasingly attracting former Labor supporters.

THE RIGHT THING: Australian Populist Rightwing One Nation Party Surges in the Polls, Becomes the Country’s Most Popular

One Nation campaigns on lower immigration, tougher law and order, Australian economic nationalism, opposition to net-zero policies, and resistance to progressive policies on race and gender.

The result was also a bruising one for the establishment Liberal Party, which finished a distant third with just 17 percent of the primary vote.

Liberal frontbencher Jonno Duniam conceded the party had suffered a bad result.

“That is not a good outcome for my party, and it’s one that we need to look hard at and rectify,” Duniam said.

The result gives One Nation a notable foothold in Western Australia and bolsters its hopes of taking further seats in the future.

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A real American mother just showed the country what actual love looks like.

Bonnie Pierce, 38, a St. Paul, Minnesota mother of four, died Monday after she ran back into her burning duplex to save her toddler daughter.

Firefighters found the unresponsive mom shielding little Grace with her own body. Pierce had already made it outside. She went back in anyway.

That is motherhood.

That is courage.

That is love in its purest and most sacrificial form.

According to local reports, St. Paul firefighters were called to a duplex fire in the 700 block of Magnolia Avenue East at approximately 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Pierce was home with two of her daughters. One girl, Aurora, kicked out an air-conditioning unit and climbed to safety. Pierce got out too. Then she realized Grace was still inside.

She ran back into the flames.

St. Paul firefighters pulled both of them out. Pierce had been without oxygen for about 15 minutes and suffered burns over 48 percent of her body.

“When firefighters entered the home, they found Bonnie shielding Grace with her own body,” the family’s GoFundMe states. “Bonnie was protecting her daughter until the very end, making the ultimate sacrifice in an effort to save her child.”

Bonnie never regained consciousness and died two days later. Grace survived and is expected to recover. Family members say she remains hospitalized but is improving.

Her sister Jenny McGovern put it simply at a press conference: “She died a hero and that’s what she’ll always be.”

“She died a hero and that’s what she’ll always be,” her sister, Jenny McGovern, said at a news conference Saturday at St. Paul Fire Department headquarters, according to the Twin Cities. “She’s the kind of woman who would give you the shirt off her back and run back into a burning fire to save her daughter.”

Bonnie’s mother, Terri Pierce, stood there grieving the child she raised and the grandchildren now without their mom.

“I want my baby back,” she said. “I miss her immensely. I’m trying to stay strong for my granddaughters.”

Neighbors have covered the home in flowers and chalk. They wrote one word over and over: HERO.

A family GoFundMe, “In Memory of Bonnie Pierce — Support Her Children & Family,” has raised more than $78,000 to help with Grace’s medical care, funeral costs, and the sudden hole left in four children’s lives. If you want to help Bonnie’s children: gofund.me/aaa3de330

There are mothers who run toward danger to save their children. And then there is Lindsay Clancy.

The heartbreaking story comes as a jury in Massachusetts weighs the fate of Lindsay Clancy, the former labor-and-delivery nurse who admits she strangled her three children, Cora, 5; Dawson, 3; and Callan, just 8 months old, with exercise bands in the basement of their Duxbury home in January 2023.

That is the opposite of Bonnie Pierce.

One mother ran into fire. The other sent her husband away so she could murder her kids in the basement.

One mother used her body as a shield. The other used resistance bands as a noose.

One mother’s last act was protection. The other’s last act before jumping was filicide.

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At least 20 hikers are missing after a flash flood ripped through the Grand Canyon in Arizona.

More than 60 people were evacuated from the Grand Canyon as heavy rains moved through the region.

Dozens of people had to be airlifted amid the sudden flash flooding.

“Monsoonal moisture will produce showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain over parts of the Southwest, Great Basin, and Central Rockies through Monday. Flash flooding is possible, especially in and around burn scars and in areas of steep terrain,” the National Weather Service said.

Full statement from the Grand Canyon National Park Service:

The National Park Service is asking the public to provide information for more than 20 individuals who may be missing or unaccounted for following a significant flash-flood event in Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on August 29.

Grand Canyon National Park staff, in coordination with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, are continuing evacuation and response efforts and working to account for individuals who may have been in the affected area.

The National Park Service is asking anyone who knows of hikers or backpackers who were in the inner canyon along the Bright Angel Creek corridor on August 29, as well as anyone who had a campground reservation in the affected corridor, to provide information to the National Park Service Investigative Services Branch (ISB). This includes individuals who may have been traveling along the North Kaibab Trail from the North Kaibab Trailhead to Phantom Ranch, staying at Bright Angel Campground, or traveling or staying in the area known as “the Box” north of Phantom Ranch.

If you know of anyone who may have been hiking or backpacking in these areas, please contact the NPS Investigative Services Branch Tip Line:

NPS ISB Tip Line: 888-653-0009

PUBLIC ASSISTANCE REQUESTED

The NPS is asking for information about more than 20 individuals who may be missing or unaccounted for following the Aug. 29 flash flood in Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area.

If you know of hikers/backpackers who were in the Bright… pic.twitter.com/S6S6zHSZ7Q

— Grand Canyon NPS (@GrandCanyonNPS) August 30, 2026

The monsoonal rains brought flooding to Goblin Valley State Park in Utah.

WATCH:

FLASH FLOOD : Pool of water rushes through Goblin Valley State Park in Utah as heavy rain triggers flooding. A Flood Watch is in effect for portions of central and southern Utah through Monday evening.#utah #flood #rain #floodwatch pic.twitter.com/gMnVUKy5zB

— FOX Weather (@foxweather) August 30, 2026

Developing…

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