Germans Opposing Arms Supplies to Kiev Need to Start Peace Movement, Lawmaker Says

Germans that advocate peace talks and oppose arms supplies to Kiev must organize into a movement for peace, otherwise the situation will deteriorate further and Germany will get dragged deeper into the Ukraine-Russia conflict, lawmaker Sahra Wagenknecht told a German newspaper on Friday.

Earlier in the day, Wagenknecht, a member of the German Parliament for The Left Party and prominent German feminist journalist Alice Schwarzer launched a petition noscriptd "Manifest for Peace."

In their petition, the pair called on German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to stop sending arms to Ukraine and initiate peace talks. As of yet, over 75,000 people have signed the petition.

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Trump Team Reportedly Turns Over New Batch of Classified Records and Laptop to DoJ

Donald Trump's legal team has turned over a folder with classified markings to US federal agents, multiple sources familiar with the matter told US media. It is unclear what type of classified material the folder contained or what was inside.

According to the sources, a separate document with classified markings and a laptop belonging to a current aide of the ex-president were also handed over to investigators in addition to the folder.

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Iranian Official Calls EU Decision on Russian Oil Price Cap 'Tribute' to US Antics

The EU's decision to set a price cap on Russian oil is a "tribute" to the United States, since the bloc's economy is not strong enough to determine the price of Russian oil and is itself suffering from the ceiling, Fereidoun Abbasi-Davani, a member of the Iranian parliament commission on energy, told Sputnik.

"This decision is more of a political, propaganda act. Europe is not powerful enough to set a price cap on Russian oil," Abbasi-Davani said, adding that the EU, being under US pressure, "is paying tribute to Washington's antics."

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US v. UFOs: What's Known So Far About the Car-Sized Object Downed Over Frozen Alaska Waters?

The US Defense Department confirmed that a "high-altitude object" had been shot down over the frozen territorial waters of Alaska on Friday after military officials determined the device posed a "reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight."

News of the downing was first confirmed by White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby, with Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder later providing a follow-up briefing on the details.

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A family from Syria in Turkish Antakya told Sputnik how they spent three days under the rubble.

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London Police Urged to Reopen Partygate Probe Amid Claims Downing Street Staff Destroyed Evidence

British authorities have been urged to look into the scandal known as Partygate again after "new information" reportedly came to light.

Partygate involved British government officials illegally partying at 10 Downing Street amid the COVID lockdowns imposed in the country by the government itself. It was one of the major factors in the collapse of the Boris Johnson government last year.

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💥 A World War II bomb has unexpectedly exploded in the UK city of Great Yarmouth located in the eastern county of Norfolk, the local police said.

"We can confirm the unexploded World War II bomb in Great Yarmouth has detonated. This was not a planned detonation and happened during slow burn work to disarm the explosives. All army and emergency service personnel are accounted for," the Norfolk Police wrote on Twitter on Friday.

The police added that no one had been injured as a result of the bomb explosion.

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Protests in Peru Resulted in 60 Deaths Since December - Ombudsman’s Office

At least 60 people have died in Peru since the start of the mass protests at the end of last year, while over 1,200 others have been injured, the Peruvian Ombudsman's Office has said.

"48 civilians were killed in clashes [with police], 11 civilians - due to road closures, one policeman - from conflict violence," the ombudsman’s office said on Friday, adding that 1,247 people have been injured.

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Hull of Russia's Progress MS-21 Cargo Spacecraft Depressurized, Roscosmos Says

The hull of the Progress MS-21 cargo ship suffered an unexpected depressurization on Saturday, Russian space agency Roscosmos said.

"The contour of the Progress MS-21 transport cargo ship, deorbitation of which is scheduled for February 18, was depressurized, as confirmed by the telemetry data of the mission control center," the agency said in a statement.

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📹Russian 152mm D-20 howitzer crews and UAVs in combat action (video by Russian MoD)

The artillery operators conduct counterbattery warfare, destroying multiple-launch rocket systems, mortar crews, and other targets detected by reconnaissance units.

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Caught in a Bad Romance: Toronto Mayor Resigns Over Affair With Staffer

The relationship began during the COVID-19 pandemic and ended earlier this year by mutual agreement, he told reporters during a presser. The identity of his paramour has not been revealed, however, according to media reports, she is in her 30s and no longer works in the city administration.

The conservative politican has apologized to his family and city residents whom he says he let down.

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Why Hersh's Nord Stream Bombshell May Become Legal Nightmare for Team Biden & Its Nordic Allies

The White House has denounced Seymour Hersh's Nord Stream bombshell as "fiction.” Oslo claimed that the Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist's allegations are "nonsensical." Still, the denials are unlikely to satisfy the public given that EU probes in the attack remain top secret, Sputnik's interlocutors say.

"Many people - including myself - determined at the time that blowing up the pipeline was a US/NATO operation that was being falsely blamed on Russia," Hans Mahncke, a US investigative journalist and lawyer, told Sputnik.

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