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Colombia vowed "war" against left-wing guerrillas Monday, as security forces rushed to contain a wave of violence that has killed more than 100 people and threatens to derail the country's troubled peace process.

In just five days, violence has been reported in three different Colombian departments -- from the remote Amazon jungle to the rugged border with Venezuela, where fighting has displaced 11,000 people.

President Gustavo Petro, who until now has staked his political fortunes on a strategy of negotiations and engagement, signalled a much tougher approach in the face of the mounting crisis.

On Monday he issued a defiant warning to leaders of the National Liberation Army -- or ELN -- which is said to have been behind border region attacks on rival leftist groups, killing 80 people.

The ELN, Petro said, had "chosen the path of war, and war they will have".

Some 5,000 troops are already being sent to the border area, hoping to contain some of the worst violence Colombia has seen in years.

The country is plagued by an abundance of leftwing, rightwing and apolitical armed groups and cartels that vie for control of the lucrative cocaine trade.

The Ombudsman's Office reported ELN rebels going from "house to house," killing people suspected of ties to the FARC dissidents.

January 17, 20254:01 AM ET
Heard on Morning Edition
By Michael Copley

Summary

TikTok became unavailable in the U.S. on January 20, 2025, after a federal ban targeting Chinese-owned ByteDance took effect.

Apple and Google removed TikTok and other ByteDance apps like CapCut and Lemon8 from their stores, and users saw a message stating the app was no longer accessible.

The law, signed by President Biden and upheld by the Supreme Court, requires ByteDance to sell TikTok or face shutdown.

Trump may grant a 90-day extension, but no buyers have emerged.

The ban sparked debates on censorship, free speech, and national security.

Sega's classic 1989 arcade beat 'em up, Golden Axe, is set to receive an unofficial port to the Neo Geo by a dedicated fan developer, h0ffman.

According to a recent social media post, h0ffman has already made significant progress in porting the game. The footage includes parts of the game's title screen, character bios, and high scores.

h0ffman explains his motivation for undertaking these unofficial ports on social media: 'I ordered a MisterPi from @TakiUdon_. While waiting for it to arrive I wondered how hard it would be to disassemble an arcade game back to source. Half randomly picked Shinobi, classic game and runs on a 68000. DIsassembled most of it in about a week and wondered what to do with it.'

No release date has been given, but h0ffman says that progress is 'a lot quicker' than he had anticipated.

Have you played any of h0ffman's previous ports? What do you think of his work?

My old washer just let the smoke out of the control board in the middle of a load of laundry the other day but luckily I had my moms old washing machine (still newer than mine was) laying around to hook up instead. Except now I realized that my mom aparently loves fabric softner and every compartment on the thing needed a waxy fabric softner buildup scrubbed out of it.

I can't exactly complain about a free appliance but damn do I hate fabric softner. It makes my fabrics water repelant and it gums up washers. Awful stuff.