Testimony of the new candidate for US ambassador to the UAE. Interestingly, she doesn't say a single word about Iran. Only China.
https://www.foreign.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/a6838f13-0dc0-12dc-8bdd-ebbfc2380e13/031523_Strong_Testimony.pdf

Possible ramifications of commodity backed currency

US Troops Should Leave Germany — MP

Berlin must break with the existing "relationship of extreme subservience" to America and its foreign policies "marked by breaches of international law," Sevim Dagdelen, the deputy head of the Left Party’s faction in the Bundestag, said. Germany must demand that US forces stationed on its territory be withdrawn, along with America’s nuclear weapons, the MP insisted.

"After 78 years, it is now time for the US soldiers to go home," Dagdelen said at a parliamentary event marking the 75th anniversary of the Marshall Plan. The US military bases act "like extraterrestrial zones where the [German] constitution does not apply," the MP, a member of the parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said.

Washington uses its bases on German soil to wage wars abroad and launch "lethal drone strikes," Dagdelen said, adding that some of these actions are "in breach of international law."

Russian war correspondent killed in terrorist attack in St Petersburg

This, most likely, was perpetrated by Ukrainian operatives; meaning they are beginning to incorporate terrorism inside of Russia as part of their war effort. It would not be surprising to see — and in fact, I expect to see — such attacks increase in frequency not only within Russia, but any country deemed to be insufficiently hostile to Russia. This could expand— and again, I anticipate that it will — into a proliferation of terrorist activity by militant groups of all stripes across Europe.

Viewers of Middle Nation have been expecting these developments, and it appears they may be emerging.

Terrorist attack in Russia signals beginning of violent destabilisation in Europe

Also, of course, attacks are likely by purely artificial militant groups operated by Western intelligence which can be blamed on Russia.

The suspect has been detained, a woman from Western Ukraine.

Reportedly, Wagner has seized control over the Central Area of Bakhmut

Upcomimg Content Note to self: I want to talk about the significance of PMCs like Wagner.

I would be interested to know if the suspect in the cafe bombing had spent any time recently in Poland

Darya Trepova is the suspected bomber in St. Petersburg, and is reportedly an anti-war activist and radical feminist. This demonstrates, potentially, the tried and true practice of intelligence agencies to infiltrate opposition and activist organisations for the purpose of recruitment and radicalization towards militancy and terrorism. It should be obvious the extent to which Europe as a whole presents a fertile ground for such projects. The population is increasingly disgruntled, angry, and frustrated. Some segments are at boiling point. Environmentalist extremists, the Woke, white nationalists, labour activists, etc; all present potential targets for manipulation and terrorist grooming by intelligence to destabilise Europe.

Egypt’s Sisi makes sudden visit to Saudi Arabia

The visit comes as Egypt is embroiled in a severe economic crisis which has seen its currency value plummet significantly

Again, this seems like calculated provocation intended to radicalize protesters:

Testicles, Thumbs, And Eyes: French Riot Police’s ‘Gratuitous Violence’ Enrages Pension Protestors

The volatile tension between France’s protesting demonstrators and security forces is reaching a tipping point as reports of protestors’ damaged testicles and lost thumbs and eyes at the truncheons and grenades of police appear.

Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin insisted Wednesday that “there is no police violence,” claiming that “there are troublemakers, often extreme left, who want to take down the state and kill police and ultimately take over the institutions.”

Domestic security force expert Sebastian Roche said the latest tensions show that France has “an accumulation of (police) crises that no other European country has,” citing cops’ use of stun grenades and rubber bullets banned for crowd control in most European countries.

Are the Jews the OCGFC?

Iran, Saudi Arabia to open joint trade office

The Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers are scheduled to meet in the coming days to pave the way toward a reopening of embassies

https://news.1rj.ru/str/Pavlova_Maria_live/36972

❗️The West is forcing Georgia to enter into conflict with Russia

"We see persistent attempts by Washington, Brussels, London to convince the Georgian leadership of the need to open the so-called second front. They see that the situation on the battlefield is not developing in favor of Ukraine," said the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia, Sergei Naryshkin.

You will recall what I said to expect in the wake of a Russian victory in Bakhmut...

I mean...takbir!

- 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman says he is "no longer interested" in pleasing the United States, "doesn't care" what Biden thinks of him - Wall Street Journal

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