🇺🇸 State Department in chaos as internal memo blasts Biden over ‘misinformation’ on Gaza war
The memo, signed by some 100 State Department and USAID officials, accuses the Biden administration of “spreading disinformation” about the crisis, and suggests that US is “complicit in genocide” and has displayed “a documented unwillingness to de-escalate” as Israel continues its assault on the besieged Hamas-held territory.
Overall, the memo suggests that Washington, “even prior to October 7,” has displayed “a reckless lack of strategic foresight” in handling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The document is the latest expression of discontent within the State Department over Washington's handling of the Palestinian-Israeli crisis.
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The memo, signed by some 100 State Department and USAID officials, accuses the Biden administration of “spreading disinformation” about the crisis, and suggests that US is “complicit in genocide” and has displayed “a documented unwillingness to de-escalate” as Israel continues its assault on the besieged Hamas-held territory.
Overall, the memo suggests that Washington, “even prior to October 7,” has displayed “a reckless lack of strategic foresight” in handling the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The document is the latest expression of discontent within the State Department over Washington's handling of the Palestinian-Israeli crisis.
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🇺🇸 Washington Post’s New Spin on Ukrainian colonel’s role in Nord Stream attack ‘silly beyond belief’, ex-CIA officer says
“Since the Washington Post normally is the preferred mouthpiece of the CIA, you have to take this as an example of CIA propaganda to identify this individual, who has zero experience in underwater demolition operations, as sort of the mastermind of an underwater demolition operation, as just silly beyond belief,” retired CIA officer Larry Johnson told Sputnik.
Instead, “all of this has to be viewed in the context of the growing conflict between General Zaluzhny and President Zelensky,” Johnson stressed.
💬 “He basically has been seen as a competitor to Zelensky. The fact that he was featured in The Economist to me indicates that this is British intelligence signaling that they think this Zaluzhny is their boy. And the CIA is pushing back, saying ‘no, no, no, it’s got to be Zelensky'.”
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“Since the Washington Post normally is the preferred mouthpiece of the CIA, you have to take this as an example of CIA propaganda to identify this individual, who has zero experience in underwater demolition operations, as sort of the mastermind of an underwater demolition operation, as just silly beyond belief,” retired CIA officer Larry Johnson told Sputnik.
Instead, “all of this has to be viewed in the context of the growing conflict between General Zaluzhny and President Zelensky,” Johnson stressed.
💬 “He basically has been seen as a competitor to Zelensky. The fact that he was featured in The Economist to me indicates that this is British intelligence signaling that they think this Zaluzhny is their boy. And the CIA is pushing back, saying ‘no, no, no, it’s got to be Zelensky'.”
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🇫🇷🇬🇧 French border force squanders part of UK funds on vacuum cleaners - report
France has spent part of the UK funds intended to stop migrants from crossing the English Channel on items ranging from vacuum cleaners to mobile-phone chargers, reported Politico.
After the border protection agreement between the two countries was signed in 2018, France was allocated 46.5 million euros. However, a certain portion of the funds was not spent as it was supposed to be, spending records obtained under freedom of information revealed.
Furthermore, in that period, French police stopped fewer than half the migrants attempting to cross to the UK.
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France has spent part of the UK funds intended to stop migrants from crossing the English Channel on items ranging from vacuum cleaners to mobile-phone chargers, reported Politico.
After the border protection agreement between the two countries was signed in 2018, France was allocated 46.5 million euros. However, a certain portion of the funds was not spent as it was supposed to be, spending records obtained under freedom of information revealed.
Furthermore, in that period, French police stopped fewer than half the migrants attempting to cross to the UK.
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🇮🇷 🇺🇸 Iran at "the height of power," cannot be threatened by US, IRGC senior commander says
It cannot happen even in the midst of the Gaza conflict, Tehran is prepared for any possible course of events, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Senior Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh said.
🗣 "The Americans do not threaten Iran … they sent correspondences to Iran three times in a single night and the wording of all these correspondences contained requests and begging," Hajizadeh stated.
Earlier, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Washington had contacted Tehran several times in October, seeking to prevent it from intervening in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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It cannot happen even in the midst of the Gaza conflict, Tehran is prepared for any possible course of events, Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Senior Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh said.
🗣 "The Americans do not threaten Iran … they sent correspondences to Iran three times in a single night and the wording of all these correspondences contained requests and begging," Hajizadeh stated.
Earlier, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that Washington had contacted Tehran several times in October, seeking to prevent it from intervening in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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🇬🇧 Former British Prime Minister David Cameron has made a surprise comeback to politics after current PM Rishi Sunak appointed him foreign secretary on Monday. But what were the key foreign policy moments of his five years as head of government? …
🇬🇧 Almost 40% of Brits consider UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's decision to appoint David Cameron as the new foreign secretary a bad one, according to a YouGov poll.
When asked whether they thought the decision to appoint Cameron as the new foreign secretary was a good or a bad one, 24% of the respondents said it was a good decision, while 38% said it was a bad one. Another 38% said they did not know.
Furthermore, when asked how they believed Cameron would do in his new position, 31% of the respondents said they thought he would do "fairly well" or "very well," while 36% thought he would do "fairly badly" or "very badly," and 33% said they did not know.
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When asked whether they thought the decision to appoint Cameron as the new foreign secretary was a good or a bad one, 24% of the respondents said it was a good decision, while 38% said it was a bad one. Another 38% said they did not know.
Furthermore, when asked how they believed Cameron would do in his new position, 31% of the respondents said they thought he would do "fairly well" or "very well," while 36% thought he would do "fairly badly" or "very badly," and 33% said they did not know.
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🇭🇺🇪🇺 Hungary blocked allocation of 500 million euros ($533 million) for arms delivery for Kiev under the European Peace Facility, the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated.
According to Szijjarto, Hungary has not received guarantees from Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) on non-inclusion of Hungarian companies in the list of “international sponsors of war."
The minister stressed that there was a big pressure on Hungary regarding this issue during the meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday. has failed to provide guarantees.
💬 “Surely, I did not agree to this today, we still adhere to our position: until we receive guarantees from the Ukrainian National Agency on Corruption that the situation with the inclusion of OTP Bank or any other Hungarian enterprise for far-fetched reasons in the list of international war sponsors will never be repeated,” Szijjarto told Hungarian journalists.
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According to Szijjarto, Hungary has not received guarantees from Ukraine’s National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) on non-inclusion of Hungarian companies in the list of “international sponsors of war."
The minister stressed that there was a big pressure on Hungary regarding this issue during the meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday. has failed to provide guarantees.
💬 “Surely, I did not agree to this today, we still adhere to our position: until we receive guarantees from the Ukrainian National Agency on Corruption that the situation with the inclusion of OTP Bank or any other Hungarian enterprise for far-fetched reasons in the list of international war sponsors will never be repeated,” Szijjarto told Hungarian journalists.
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🇪🇺🇻🇪 The Council of the EU shortened the duration of a renewed arms embargo and individual sanctions against Venezuela from one year to six months in light of a recent breakthrough in talks between the South American nation's government and opposition.
The EU praised the deal reached by Venezuelan negotiators in Barbados in October, which set conditions for holding a competitive election in Venezuela. The council stressed it would consider lifting or easing the sanctions once the agreement takes effect.
💬 "The Council is willing to take steps and consider the easing or reversal of restrictive measures depending on the evolution of the situation and the implementation of this political agreement," it stated.
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The EU praised the deal reached by Venezuelan negotiators in Barbados in October, which set conditions for holding a competitive election in Venezuela. The council stressed it would consider lifting or easing the sanctions once the agreement takes effect.
💬 "The Council is willing to take steps and consider the easing or reversal of restrictive measures depending on the evolution of the situation and the implementation of this political agreement," it stated.
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🪦 Unfortunately, not all lives are remembered with the same condolences, as Africa's role in World War I is often unheard of. In this episode of #AfroVerdict, the host joins two historians to walk through the 20th century and pay the proper tribute to Africa's…
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🇺🇸 US running low on air defense systems amid heightened Mid East tensions
Six additional MIM-104 Patriot systems were being deployed to the Middle East following a spree of missile attacks on American bases in Syria and Iraq, a US media outlet reported. The new batteries are being sent to Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
However, the redeployments have strained Washington’s stocks so much that the Pentagon decided to pull the system out of the Dubai Air Show, which began on Monday. The Pentagon had planned to display all three elements of the system.
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Six additional MIM-104 Patriot systems were being deployed to the Middle East following a spree of missile attacks on American bases in Syria and Iraq, a US media outlet reported. The new batteries are being sent to Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
However, the redeployments have strained Washington’s stocks so much that the Pentagon decided to pull the system out of the Dubai Air Show, which began on Monday. The Pentagon had planned to display all three elements of the system.
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🇷🇺🪖 Russia’s Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery guns in action in Kupyansk direction
The Giatsint-S is a self-propelled howitzer known for its firepower and long range. With a 152mm caliber, the 2S5 Giatsint-S can fire a variety of ammunition, including high-explosive, anti-tank, and cluster munitions.
After the air reconnaissance unit ferrets out clusters of troops and enemy equipment, their coordinates are transferred to the artillery crew of the Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery installation. The combat vehicle then moves into position and opens fire on the identified targets.
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The Giatsint-S is a self-propelled howitzer known for its firepower and long range. With a 152mm caliber, the 2S5 Giatsint-S can fire a variety of ammunition, including high-explosive, anti-tank, and cluster munitions.
After the air reconnaissance unit ferrets out clusters of troops and enemy equipment, their coordinates are transferred to the artillery crew of the Giatsint-S self-propelled artillery installation. The combat vehicle then moves into position and opens fire on the identified targets.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱 Seymour Hersh: ‘There is a power vacuum in Washington’
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "continues to do as he wishes in Gaza", and does not listen to the "waffling" of the Biden administration, the US investigative journalist has written on Substack.
As IDF intensify the Gaza operation to eliminate Hamas despite global protests over the Palestinian civilian death toll, US officials have made a flurry of visits to Tel Aviv. When asked what effect they'd had, an informed US official told Hersh that "no one is running the show" in Washington.
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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "continues to do as he wishes in Gaza", and does not listen to the "waffling" of the Biden administration, the US investigative journalist has written on Substack.
As IDF intensify the Gaza operation to eliminate Hamas despite global protests over the Palestinian civilian death toll, US officials have made a flurry of visits to Tel Aviv. When asked what effect they'd had, an informed US official told Hersh that "no one is running the show" in Washington.
"It’s chaos in the White House. They are saying the same things over and over. They are doing what they think will get the president re-elected. It’s scary, and it is disgraceful."
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🪖 The situation at the front is difficult, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhny told top American general Charles Brown
Zaluzhny also told Brown about the urgent needs of the Ukrainian army: grenades, air defense equipment and UAVs, as well as further training of servicemen and restoring the combat capability of units.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive, which began on 4 June, has reached a "stalemate", the Ukrainian commander-in-chief said.
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Zaluzhny also told Brown about the urgent needs of the Ukrainian army: grenades, air defense equipment and UAVs, as well as further training of servicemen and restoring the combat capability of units.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive, which began on 4 June, has reached a "stalemate", the Ukrainian commander-in-chief said.
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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Latest updates on Palestinian-Israeli conflict:
▪️Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "continues to do as he wishes in Gaza", and does not listen to the "waffling" of the Biden administration, US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said
▪️The sole power generator at Al Amal Hospital in the Gaza Strip has stopped working, which put lives of 90 patients under threat, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said
▪️Israel has supported Joe Biden's inclusion of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip in the $106 billion support security package for Israel and Ukraine presented in October, but the assistance package should meet "specific" criteria, The Times of Israel newspaper reported
▪️Turkey has not yet seen Western countries' assistance in Ankara's mediation efforts to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip, but hopes to see a clear picture during Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Berlin later this week
▪️The IDF has discovered underground infrastructure beneath Rantisi Hospital in Gaza that was allegedly used by Hamas to store weapons and hold hostages
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▪️Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "continues to do as he wishes in Gaza", and does not listen to the "waffling" of the Biden administration, US investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said
▪️The sole power generator at Al Amal Hospital in the Gaza Strip has stopped working, which put lives of 90 patients under threat, the Palestine Red Crescent Society said
▪️Israel has supported Joe Biden's inclusion of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip in the $106 billion support security package for Israel and Ukraine presented in October, but the assistance package should meet "specific" criteria, The Times of Israel newspaper reported
▪️Turkey has not yet seen Western countries' assistance in Ankara's mediation efforts to resolve the situation in the Gaza Strip, but hopes to see a clear picture during Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to Berlin later this week
▪️The IDF has discovered underground infrastructure beneath Rantisi Hospital in Gaza that was allegedly used by Hamas to store weapons and hold hostages
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🇷🇺🪖 Spanish volunteer in Russian army explains why defense is king in the Ukraine conflict
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“In this war, he who moves is going to lose more people because if you move too much, you expose yourself. For that reason, many times it's preferable to move a little and to let the the enemy to move, get exposed, and you can get them,” Simone, a fighter for Interbrigada, told Sputnik correspondent Russell Bentley (@TXDPR)
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🇷🇺🪖 Russian forces capture Ukrainian stronghold in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut) direction
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🪖🤖 An army of robot soldiers is what the Kiev regime's forces need right now, Ukraine’s top general Zaluzhny reportedly told President Zelensky.
Zaluzhny "saw these robots [robot soldiers] somewhere at an exhibition in New York", then came to Zelensky and said "I know what sort of breakthrough is needed: we need robots," according to an interview with Verkhovna Rada lawmaker Yevgeny Shevchenko.
Zelensky was shocked by this statement, Shevchenko noted.
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Zaluzhny "saw these robots [robot soldiers] somewhere at an exhibition in New York", then came to Zelensky and said "I know what sort of breakthrough is needed: we need robots," according to an interview with Verkhovna Rada lawmaker Yevgeny Shevchenko.
Zelensky was shocked by this statement, Shevchenko noted.
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