“Sources told us that in the ranks of the French army, specialists were given attractive offers: a false resignation, a guarantee of reinstatement upon completion, and an income significantly higher than their usual earnings,” he said.

"As I understand it, talks continue with Chadian officials. US AFRICOM is currently planning to reposition some US military forces from Chad, a portion of which were already scheduled to depart. This is a temporary step as part of an ongoing review of our security cooperation," Ryder said during a press briefing.

"China's demands are consistent. It always advocates mutual respect for core interests. The United States should not interfere in China's internal affairs, should not suppress China's development, and should not cross Beijing's red lines regarding China's sovereignty, security and development interests," Wang said as quoted by China Central Television (CCTV).

Wang said China-US relations are facing various obstacles.
"China's legitimate rights to development are being unreasonably suppressed, and China's core interests are constantly being challenged," Wang said.

“I knew Edward Said, I met him and socialized with him,” said independent journalist Jim Kavanagh on Sputnik’s The Critical Hour program. “A very great man and his work has been formative. He was a professor at Columbia and he was under attack from the Zionists and Columbia University supported him, when they still had integrity.”

“They're bringing in the cops just to prevent any kind of gathering of students on campus. It's really quite amazing. It's the worst thing I've seen since the '60s,” Kavanagh said.

“I think the shift can be explained by Europe essentially losing its independence on sovereignty, of becoming an appendage of the US, and waging a war in Ukraine against Russia,” George Szamuely, a senior research fellow at the Global Policy Institute and author, told Sputnik. “European economies are in very poor shape. And much of it can be blamed on this war that Europe has been pushed into.”

“For instance, they're now arresting figures within the AfD for supposedly spying for China, receiving money from China, or receiving money from Russia. So, what's now going on in Europe is they're trying to smear the AfD,” the author explained. “That didn't really work. Now, they're doing similar to what's being done in the US, they're using lawfare and making all kinds of allegations.”

“I believe that there is going to be no difference at all with what's happening on the front lines in Kiev today,” said Telizhenko. “We saw more than $200 billion altogether [over] the last years given to Ukraine to fuel this proxy war with Russia and nothing has changed. Ukraine lost 30% of its territory… and more than 600,000 or around 700,000 men from the Ukraine army are in the ground, buried dead because of this proxy war.”

“Congress should have listened to Ukrainians because the majority of Ukrainians today, 63% of men don't want to fight,” said the ex-diplomat, pointing to a recent poll of fighting-age men conducted in Ukraine. The survey also found that half of Ukrainians as a whole oppose current attempts to connoscript more servicemembers to shore up the country’s battered armed forces.

"It is not anti-Semitic or pro-Hamas to point out that in a little over six months, your extremist government has killed 34,000 Palestinians... Do not insult the intelligence of the American people by attempting to distract us from the immoral and illegal war policies of your extremist and racist government. Do not use anti-Semitism to deflect attention from the criminal indictment you are facing in the Israeli courts," he said.