🇨🇳 How many nukes does China have?
The Pentagon’s latest report on China’s military might claims that Beijing currently has 500 nuclear warheads and is on track to surpass 1,000 such warheads by 2030.
While the report cannot be independently verified, it’s worth bearing in mind that China does not provide any information about its military forces, including its nuclear capabilities.
Beijing and Washington are expected to focus on nuclear arms control and nuclear non-proliferation next week, which will be the first such talks since the Obama administration.
So, how many nukes does China really have? Find out here.
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The Pentagon’s latest report on China’s military might claims that Beijing currently has 500 nuclear warheads and is on track to surpass 1,000 such warheads by 2030.
While the report cannot be independently verified, it’s worth bearing in mind that China does not provide any information about its military forces, including its nuclear capabilities.
Beijing and Washington are expected to focus on nuclear arms control and nuclear non-proliferation next week, which will be the first such talks since the Obama administration.
So, how many nukes does China really have? Find out here.
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Giving tens of billions in military aid to Israel and Ukraine would not make Americans safer, Medea Benjamin, founder of US peace campaign Code Pink, warned
🗣 "People recognize that the blood is indeed on our hands,” Benjamin said. “Anybody who tries to pretend it's in our security interest to be supporting genocide or a proxy war with Russia needs to have their head examined."
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🗣 "People recognize that the blood is indeed on our hands,” Benjamin said. “Anybody who tries to pretend it's in our security interest to be supporting genocide or a proxy war with Russia needs to have their head examined."
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What we know of the Israeli attack on the Jabalya refugee camp: ▪️ At least 50 people were killed and 150 others wounded after the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) attacked the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian territory's…
🇺🇸 US President Joe Biden does not think that Israel's actions in Gaza are in violation of international law, White House Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Thursday.
"No," said Kirby, when asked by a reporter during a press briefing if Biden was concerned about Israel potentially violating international law.
"We've been saying it since the very beginning. . . that we want to see our good friend and partner abide by our shared commitments to the respect for civilian life and the respect for the laws of war," Kirby elaborated.
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"No," said Kirby, when asked by a reporter during a press briefing if Biden was concerned about Israel potentially violating international law.
"We've been saying it since the very beginning. . . that we want to see our good friend and partner abide by our shared commitments to the respect for civilian life and the respect for the laws of war," Kirby elaborated.
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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Latest updates on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict:
▪️Over 400 people left Gaza for Egypt via the Rafah checkpoint on Thursday, including 30 injured persons, a spokesman for the checkpoint told Sputnik;
▪️IDF fired on Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance, injuring healthcare workers, the Red Crescent reported;
▪️Israeli shelling of Gaza Strip hospital leaves one child, one man injured, the Palestinian Red Crescent said;
▪️Israel’s operation of encircling Gaza City has been completed, an IDF spokesman said;
▪️Fourteen out of 36 hospitals in Gaza are non-functional, according to the WHO Director-General;
▪️Amnesty International has confirmed that Israel used white phosphorus munitions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
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▪️Over 400 people left Gaza for Egypt via the Rafah checkpoint on Thursday, including 30 injured persons, a spokesman for the checkpoint told Sputnik;
▪️IDF fired on Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance, injuring healthcare workers, the Red Crescent reported;
▪️Israeli shelling of Gaza Strip hospital leaves one child, one man injured, the Palestinian Red Crescent said;
▪️Israel’s operation of encircling Gaza City has been completed, an IDF spokesman said;
▪️Fourteen out of 36 hospitals in Gaza are non-functional, according to the WHO Director-General;
▪️Amnesty International has confirmed that Israel used white phosphorus munitions in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
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Why is the Australian government panicking over the fake menace of ‘Russian interference’?
The real reason is that it has no meaningful response to the grassroots anger that’s been skyrocketing in Australia over the past few years, @AussieCossack told @ScottRitter.
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The real reason is that it has no meaningful response to the grassroots anger that’s been skyrocketing in Australia over the past few years, @AussieCossack told @ScottRitter.
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📹🇫🇷 Demonstrations in support of Palestine are taking place in Paris on the Place de la République. About 2,000 people have gathered at the scene.
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📊 American views on supporting Ukraine have shifted, with a growing percentage of the public saying the US is "doing too much," according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.
Forty-one percent of Americans say the US is "doing too much" – an increase from 29% in June. A third say the US is doing the "right amount," down from 43% in June.
The shift has occurred along partisan lines, with an increasing number of Republicans (62%) and independents (44%) seeing the US as "doing too much" since Gallup began tracking sentiment in August 2022. In contrast, only 14% Democrats hold this view.
Fewer Americans also believe the US should stay in the course, with 43% saying the US should try to end the conflict as quickly as possible even if that means Ukraine cedes territory to Russia.
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Forty-one percent of Americans say the US is "doing too much" – an increase from 29% in June. A third say the US is doing the "right amount," down from 43% in June.
The shift has occurred along partisan lines, with an increasing number of Republicans (62%) and independents (44%) seeing the US as "doing too much" since Gallup began tracking sentiment in August 2022. In contrast, only 14% Democrats hold this view.
Fewer Americans also believe the US should stay in the course, with 43% saying the US should try to end the conflict as quickly as possible even if that means Ukraine cedes territory to Russia.
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🇮🇱 Israel Defense Ministry says received 3,000 tonnes of military aid since Oct 7
"As of now, 100 aircraft and 5 ships have delivered to Israel more than 3,000 tonnes of weapons, armored vehicles, protective equipment and body armor, medical equipment and other means," the statement said.
The ministry added that it has purchased equipment worth about 10 billion shekels ($2.5 billion) from Israeli enterprises.
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"As of now, 100 aircraft and 5 ships have delivered to Israel more than 3,000 tonnes of weapons, armored vehicles, protective equipment and body armor, medical equipment and other means," the statement said.
The ministry added that it has purchased equipment worth about 10 billion shekels ($2.5 billion) from Israeli enterprises.
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🇺🇸🚀What's the US’ Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile?
Early Thursday, the US Air Force was forced to blow up an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean during a routine test of the weapon.
Sputnik spoke with Dr. Matthew Crosston, professor of national security and director of the Office of Academic Transformation at Bowie State University in Maryland, about the missile and its properties.
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Early Thursday, the US Air Force was forced to blow up an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean during a routine test of the weapon.
Sputnik spoke with Dr. Matthew Crosston, professor of national security and director of the Office of Academic Transformation at Bowie State University in Maryland, about the missile and its properties.
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📹 Russian artillery in action
The Russian army destroyed a Ukrainian assault group with direct artillery strikes.
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The Russian army destroyed a Ukrainian assault group with direct artillery strikes.
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❗The US House of Representatives passed a $14.3 billion security aid bill for Israel on Thursday, despite facing both an uphill battle in the Senate and a veto threat from the White House.
House lawmakers passed the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act in a vote of 226-196, mostly along partisan lines. The bill separated the $14.3 billion in emergency aid for Israel from the Biden administration’s larger $106 billion supplemental funding request, which also included aid for Ukraine.
The legislation now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been a vocal critic of the bill. Additionally, US President Joe Biden has also issued a veto threat for the legislation should it clear both congressional chambers.
House lawmakers passed the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act in a vote of 226-196, mostly along partisan lines. The bill separated the $14.3 billion in emergency aid for Israel from the Biden administration’s larger $106 billion supplemental funding request, which also included aid for Ukraine.
The legislation now heads to the Senate, where Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has been a vocal critic of the bill. Additionally, US President Joe Biden has also issued a veto threat for the legislation should it clear both congressional chambers.
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🇮🇱 Israel's military-political cabinet has decided to stop all contacts with the Gaza Strip, including the transfer of funds through the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the opportunity for residents of the enclave to work in Israel, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
It said there will be no more Palestinian workers from Gaza in Israel, and workers who were in Israel on the day the war started will be returned to Gaza.
It said there will be no more Palestinian workers from Gaza in Israel, and workers who were in Israel on the day the war started will be returned to Gaza.
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🇺🇸🇨🇳 The US has agreed to a rare summit on nuclear arms control with China. Brian Berletic, a former US Marine and a geopolitical researcher believes Washington is still seeking to gain an advantage rather than defuse tensions.
🗣 “If the US thought it was possible to constrain or reverse Chinese nuclear capabilities I think they would try, especially under the guise of an arms control treaty,” he told Sputnik.
🗣 “In the past, the US has made, then broken, arms control deals with other nations primarily to appear to be pursuing a diplomatic resolution to tensions with other nations, while in reality sabotaging the deals to then accuse their adversaries of posing a threat to global peace and stability,” he explained. “We've seen the US do this repeatedly to Russia and now Iran. It appears they would like to pursue a similar formula with China.”
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🗣 “If the US thought it was possible to constrain or reverse Chinese nuclear capabilities I think they would try, especially under the guise of an arms control treaty,” he told Sputnik.
🗣 “In the past, the US has made, then broken, arms control deals with other nations primarily to appear to be pursuing a diplomatic resolution to tensions with other nations, while in reality sabotaging the deals to then accuse their adversaries of posing a threat to global peace and stability,” he explained. “We've seen the US do this repeatedly to Russia and now Iran. It appears they would like to pursue a similar formula with China.”
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🇷🇺🇺🇳 Vassily Nebenzia stated at the UN General Assembly's special session on the Gaza crisis that under international law, Israel does not have the right to self-defense. Still, the Russian envoy clarified that Moscow recognizes "Israel's right to ensure its security".
The topic was raised by Nebenzia as he lambasted the West for its unwillingness to recognize the catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and support the call for a ceasefire in the region.
🗣 "We in the 'West' have a culture of impunity. US crimes in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc. have gone unpunished," retired UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas told Sputnik.
🗣 "The countries, who refuse to condemn Israel's attack on Gaza, which can only be described as an Israel concentration camp for Palestinian, do not do so because Israel is an important part of the structure of world hegemony the US," argued international criminal lawyer Christopher Black.
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The topic was raised by Nebenzia as he lambasted the West for its unwillingness to recognize the catastrophe in the Gaza Strip and support the call for a ceasefire in the region.
🗣 "We in the 'West' have a culture of impunity. US crimes in Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, etc. have gone unpunished," retired UN Independent Expert Alfred de Zayas told Sputnik.
🗣 "The countries, who refuse to condemn Israel's attack on Gaza, which can only be described as an Israel concentration camp for Palestinian, do not do so because Israel is an important part of the structure of world hegemony the US," argued international criminal lawyer Christopher Black.
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🇰🇪🇬🇧 'Apologies Wouldn't Be Helpful': Does Kenya Need King Charles III's 'Regrets'?
On November 1, during a visit to Kenya, UK King Charles III expressed regret over British colonial-era policies in Kenya. Sputnik Africa asked experts to shed light on what the monarch's remarks mean for Kenyans.
💬 "If the British people depleted the Kenyan economy and that's how they built this mega-empire called the United Kingdom, and they're just coming to tell us 'we are sorry', I do not think that's something that Kenyans are going to look forward to, Professor Fredrick Onyango Ogola, Kenyan governance and economic expert, told Sputnik Africa.
The expert added that he would only be interested if "the pain caused was reversed" and the depleted resources were returned.
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On November 1, during a visit to Kenya, UK King Charles III expressed regret over British colonial-era policies in Kenya. Sputnik Africa asked experts to shed light on what the monarch's remarks mean for Kenyans.
💬 "If the British people depleted the Kenyan economy and that's how they built this mega-empire called the United Kingdom, and they're just coming to tell us 'we are sorry', I do not think that's something that Kenyans are going to look forward to, Professor Fredrick Onyango Ogola, Kenyan governance and economic expert, told Sputnik Africa.
The expert added that he would only be interested if "the pain caused was reversed" and the depleted resources were returned.
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❗A US jury has found FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried guilty on all seven criminal fraud counts linked to the historic collapse of his cryptocurrency exchange platform
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📹 The Kostroma paratroopers crew in combat action
Russian paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian vehicle using the Kornet anti-tank guided missile system.
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Russian paratroopers destroyed a Ukrainian vehicle using the Kornet anti-tank guided missile system.
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