This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Biden says he ‘screwed up’ in shambolic debate as calls grow to drop out
US President Joe Biden acknowledged his troubling performance in last week’s debate with former President Donald Trump during a pre-recorded interview that aired Thursday.
Although the expression of humility is striking in US politics, observers still criticized the statement, noting that it cast the president’s apparent mental decline as something closer to a fleeting verbal gaffe or flub. Biden’s campaign strategists have again moved the goalposts, suggesting he can redeem his increasingly quixotic candidacy in the coming weeks with a series of “make-or-break” appearances on ABC News and other media platforms.
High-ranking members of the Democratic Party politburo, meanwhile, voiced continued support for the president Wednesday after an emergency White House meeting. Marlyland’s Wes Moore, Minnesota’s Tim Walz, and New York’s Kathy Hochul were among the state leaders claiming Biden is “fit for office,” while others such as California governor Gavin Newsom and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer voiced support on the X social media platform.
But figures close to the president have suggested his family, and especially his wife Jill Biden, are his closest advisors.
Ultimately, “wealthy donors” may hold the most power in America’s pay-to-play political system, admitted The New York Times, with “Democratic megadonor” and Netflix founder Reed Hastings recently becoming one of the most prominent figures to urge Biden to end his candidacy.
👉 Follow the link for more details
US President Joe Biden acknowledged his troubling performance in last week’s debate with former President Donald Trump during a pre-recorded interview that aired Thursday.
“I had a bad night. And the fact of the matter is that, you know, I screwed up. I made a mistake,” the president said, speaking with a radio station in the swing state of Wisconsin. Recent polling shows 86% of the American public now believes Biden is too old to serve a second term.
Although the expression of humility is striking in US politics, observers still criticized the statement, noting that it cast the president’s apparent mental decline as something closer to a fleeting verbal gaffe or flub. Biden’s campaign strategists have again moved the goalposts, suggesting he can redeem his increasingly quixotic candidacy in the coming weeks with a series of “make-or-break” appearances on ABC News and other media platforms.
High-ranking members of the Democratic Party politburo, meanwhile, voiced continued support for the president Wednesday after an emergency White House meeting. Marlyland’s Wes Moore, Minnesota’s Tim Walz, and New York’s Kathy Hochul were among the state leaders claiming Biden is “fit for office,” while others such as California governor Gavin Newsom and Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer voiced support on the X social media platform.
But figures close to the president have suggested his family, and especially his wife Jill Biden, are his closest advisors.
Ultimately, “wealthy donors” may hold the most power in America’s pay-to-play political system, admitted The New York Times, with “Democratic megadonor” and Netflix founder Reed Hastings recently becoming one of the most prominent figures to urge Biden to end his candidacy.
👉 Follow the link for more details
😁40👍5❤1💩1
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Connoscripts serving in the Ukrainian military are being forced to sign contracts with the country's armed forces so that they can be sent to the combat area, Valentin Poznyakov, Ukrainian prisoner of war born in 2002, told Sputnik.
Poznyakov was drafted into the military in 2021 and served as an operator for two and a half years in the electronic warfare forces. In December 2023, he was forced to sign an indefinite contract with the Ukrainian armed forces.
When asked whether he was forced to sign a contract, Poznyakov answered in the affirmative.
The prisoner of war added that half of the connoscripts drafted with him signed contracts. Poznyakov signed the contract until the end of hostilities. He was left behind after a shelling. He went to the positions of Russian forces, and was captured in the area of the city of Chasov Yar.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Poznyakov was drafted into the military in 2021 and served as an operator for two and a half years in the electronic warfare forces. In December 2023, he was forced to sign an indefinite contract with the Ukrainian armed forces.
"I regretted it because the guys who didn't sign contracts were let free after six months. And I didn't know that they would let me go had I not signed that contract. We were told that we would be serving until the end of the war," the prisoner of war said.
When asked whether he was forced to sign a contract, Poznyakov answered in the affirmative.
"Sign the contract. It is the solution to all your problems," he quoted one of the recruiters as saying.
The prisoner of war added that half of the connoscripts drafted with him signed contracts. Poznyakov signed the contract until the end of hostilities. He was left behind after a shelling. He went to the positions of Russian forces, and was captured in the area of the city of Chasov Yar.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
🤬37❤2🤔2😢1
Sputnik International
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has lost his seat in the parliament of the United Kingdom to the Labour Party, and UK Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has lost his parliament seat to the Liberal Democrats party, UK broadcaster Sky News reported, citing data from the UK Electoral Commission.
Shapps, a Conservative Party candidate for his constituency, Welwyn Hatfield, has won 16.078 votes, while his main opponent, Labour Party candidate Andrew Lewin, has secured 19,877 votes, the broadcaster reported.
The broadcaster reported that Chalk, with 17,866 votes, has lost his parliamentary seat in the constituency of Cheltenham to Liberal Democrats candidate Max Wilkinson, who secured 25,076 votes.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Shapps, a Conservative Party candidate for his constituency, Welwyn Hatfield, has won 16.078 votes, while his main opponent, Labour Party candidate Andrew Lewin, has secured 19,877 votes, the broadcaster reported.
"It is clear tonight that Britain will have a new government in the morning," Shapps said.
The broadcaster reported that Chalk, with 17,866 votes, has lost his parliamentary seat in the constituency of Cheltenham to Liberal Democrats candidate Max Wilkinson, who secured 25,076 votes.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍42👌10🥴5❤1😁1💩1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Roy O. Disney, who confounded The Walt Disney Company, has announced that she plans to withhold donations to the Democratic Party until incumbent US President Joe Biden drops out of the presidential race following his dismal debate performance, CNBC has reported.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"I intend to stop any contributions to the party unless and until they replace Biden at the top of the ticket. This is realism, not disrespect. Biden is a good man and has served his country admirably, but the stakes are far too high," Abigail Disney said in a lengthy statement to CNBC.
"If Biden does not step down the Democrats will lose. Of that I am absolutely certain. The consequences for the loss will be genuinely dire," CNBC quoted Abigail Disney as saying.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍28😁16💩1👌1
Sputnik International
UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps has lost his seat in the parliament of the United Kingdom to the Labour Party, and UK Justice Secretary Alex Chalk has lost his parliament seat to the Liberal Democrats party, UK broadcaster Sky News reported, citing data…
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
UK Conservative Party suffers worst electoral defeat in party’s history – exit poll
The UK’s ruling Conservative Party suffered a historic defeat in Thursday’s election according to exit polling, with Keir Starmer’s Labour Party the primary beneficiary of the collapse in support.
Exit surveys predicted the party of current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will lose a stunning 234 seats, the worst result in the party’s history, leaving it with an estimated 131 members in the House of Commons. The Labour Party, meanwhile, is expected to end the night with 410 seats, returning the party to power for the first time since its defeat in 2010.
Sunak has been criticized by party members for calling the risky early election. The British Prime Minister, the wealthiest in history and the country’s first leader of Indian descent, has ruled without an electoral mandate since the resignation of his predecessor Liz Truss in 2022. Truss, herself an unelected Prime Minister, resigned after less than two months in power, symbolizing the highly chaotic nature of UK politics since former Tory leader Boris Johnson’s ascent to power in 2019.
👉 Follow the link for more details
The UK’s ruling Conservative Party suffered a historic defeat in Thursday’s election according to exit polling, with Keir Starmer’s Labour Party the primary beneficiary of the collapse in support.
Exit surveys predicted the party of current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will lose a stunning 234 seats, the worst result in the party’s history, leaving it with an estimated 131 members in the House of Commons. The Labour Party, meanwhile, is expected to end the night with 410 seats, returning the party to power for the first time since its defeat in 2010.
“We’ve not really given enough thought to what the electorate wants,” said one unidentified Tory minister quoted by Politico. “Some of it is our own mismanagement.”
“No two ways about it, it’s a catastrophic comedown even from the turn of the year,” said another. “Over-promoted ex-[advisers] who steered us at full tilt into this iceberg should be exiled.”
Sunak has been criticized by party members for calling the risky early election. The British Prime Minister, the wealthiest in history and the country’s first leader of Indian descent, has ruled without an electoral mandate since the resignation of his predecessor Liz Truss in 2022. Truss, herself an unelected Prime Minister, resigned after less than two months in power, symbolizing the highly chaotic nature of UK politics since former Tory leader Boris Johnson’s ascent to power in 2019.
“People wanted change and people have voted for that in large numbers,” said Labour MP Rachel Reeves, who is set to become chancellor in Starmer’s cabinet.
👉 Follow the link for more details
👍43👌3❤2😁2🤔1💩1
Sputnik International
UK Conservative Party suffers worst electoral defeat in party’s history – exit poll The UK’s ruling Conservative Party suffered a historic defeat in Thursday’s election according to exit polling, with Keir Starmer’s Labour Party the primary beneficiary of…
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Exit polling indicates the desire for change was the primary motivating factor in Thursday’s UK election, with the Labour Party sailing to victory despite perhaps the lowest voter turnout ever recorded.
Defenders of former party leader Jeremy Corbyn have pointed out that Starmer’s Labour Party won Thursday with a lower share of the popular vote than the 40% garnered during the party’s narrow loss under Corbyn in 2017. Labour was granted an assist this year from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which split the right-of-center vote. The populist party surprised observers with its better than expected performance, pushing the Conservative Party into third place in many constituencies.
Starmer’s allies have signaled the party will promote neoliberal policy during his time as prime minister, with MP Rachel Reeves claiming the UK will be a “safe haven” for wealthy investors.
Results indicate Corbyn will win reelection in his Islington North constituency, maintaining a platform in parliament to criticize Labour’s establishment-oriented leader and his support for Israel's deadly military operation in Gaza.
👉 Follow the link for more details
Defenders of former party leader Jeremy Corbyn have pointed out that Starmer’s Labour Party won Thursday with a lower share of the popular vote than the 40% garnered during the party’s narrow loss under Corbyn in 2017. Labour was granted an assist this year from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party, which split the right-of-center vote. The populist party surprised observers with its better than expected performance, pushing the Conservative Party into third place in many constituencies.
“The public deserves answers about the UK’s new opposition leader and his relationship with the British national security establishment, including the MI5 and the Times newspaper,” wrote journalist Matt Kennard in 2020, criticizing Starmer’s links to British intelligence services. Corbyn ran for reelection Thursday against Labour Party candidate Praful Nargund, a venture capitalist veteran of the UK’s private healthcare industry recruited to unseat the leftist MP.
Starmer’s allies have signaled the party will promote neoliberal policy during his time as prime minister, with MP Rachel Reeves claiming the UK will be a “safe haven” for wealthy investors.
“Starmer has promised to work with business to stimulate growth, with an agenda that includes planning reform and state investment in green technology,” reported the Financial Times.
“Labour will also pursue a traditional agenda of reforms to worker rights,” the newspaper added, without elaborating.
Results indicate Corbyn will win reelection in his Islington North constituency, maintaining a platform in parliament to criticize Labour’s establishment-oriented leader and his support for Israel's deadly military operation in Gaza.
👉 Follow the link for more details
👍33🤔2👌2💩1
This media is not supported in your browser
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
🇷🇺🇶🇦 Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Qatar's Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani on SCO summit sidelines in Astana.
Key statements from the discussion:
➖ Relations between Russia and Qatar are developing on a friendly basis
➖ Dialogue is underway on the possible connection of Qatar to the North-South transport corridor
➖ The President of Russia expressed his gratitude for Qatar's efforts towards resolving humanitarian issues in connection with the Ukrainian crisis
➖ Qatar is one of the most effective mediators in the Palestine-Israel conflict
At the end of the meeting, Vladimir Putin invited Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani to pay an official visit to Russia.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Key statements from the discussion:
At the end of the meeting, Vladimir Putin invited Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani to pay an official visit to Russia.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍37❤9👌2
Russian specialists studied US ATACMS missile’s cluster submunition internal structure and operating features, specialist told Sputnik
He explained that in the case when the ammunition fell down and did not go off, it continues to be on cocking, and its movement is no longer possible. At the same time, people need to be as careful as possible when encountering such a "balloon".
The US began supplying ATACMS to Ukraine in 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the US decision to provide Kiev with the missiles another mistake. According to Putin, such weapons create an additional threat, while not being able to radically change the situation on the line frontline.
On June 23, Ukraine utilized ATACMS in its strike on Crimea, killing four people, including two children, and injuring 153 others.
The Russian Ministry of Defense holds the US and the Kiev regime responsible for the deliberate missile strike on Sevastopol's civilians, as all targeting data for ATACMS missiles are provided to Ukraine by US specialists. The attack will not go unanswered, the ministry emphasized.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"There are 275 M74 cluster submunitions in the ATACMS long-range missile. The opening of the cassette occurs about 200 meters above the ground surface. Due to the protruding feathers, the submunition starts its rotation. When it gains about two thousand revolutions, the centrifugal stoppers separate from the sides, and the engine inside is rotated. The primer-detonator becomes opposite the striker. When it hits the surface, the ammunition explodes," a specialist told Sputnik.
He explained that in the case when the ammunition fell down and did not go off, it continues to be on cocking, and its movement is no longer possible. At the same time, people need to be as careful as possible when encountering such a "balloon".
The US began supplying ATACMS to Ukraine in 2023. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the US decision to provide Kiev with the missiles another mistake. According to Putin, such weapons create an additional threat, while not being able to radically change the situation on the line frontline.
On June 23, Ukraine utilized ATACMS in its strike on Crimea, killing four people, including two children, and injuring 153 others.
The Russian Ministry of Defense holds the US and the Kiev regime responsible for the deliberate missile strike on Sevastopol's civilians, as all targeting data for ATACMS missiles are provided to Ukraine by US specialists. The attack will not go unanswered, the ministry emphasized.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
❤26👍19
💥 Russia strikes British saboteur training center near Odessa
The strikes hit Ukrainian facilities in Chernomorsk, Odessa Region, hitting a port ammunition depot as well as a training center where British instructors were training submarine saboteurs, Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the Nikolayev underground, told Sputnik, citing his colleagues in Odessa Region.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
The strikes hit Ukrainian facilities in Chernomorsk, Odessa Region, hitting a port ammunition depot as well as a training center where British instructors were training submarine saboteurs, Sergei Lebedev, coordinator of the Nikolayev underground, told Sputnik, citing his colleagues in Odessa Region.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍60❤21🔥6🫡1
Rishi Sunak confirms he will resign as British Prime Minister
Sunak's ruling Conservative Party suffered a historic defeat in Thursday's election, according to exit polls.
Before stepping down, the current British Prime Minister plans to address the election results at a press conference in London.
According to media reports citing the Electoral Commission, the Labour Party won a majority of seats in Parliament with more than 70% of constituencies reporting.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Sunak's ruling Conservative Party suffered a historic defeat in Thursday's election, according to exit polls.
Before stepping down, the current British Prime Minister plans to address the election results at a press conference in London.
According to media reports citing the Electoral Commission, the Labour Party won a majority of seats in Parliament with more than 70% of constituencies reporting.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍28😁15❤6🥴4🤔2🤬1💩1
Sputnik International
The six-year-old girl injured in a drone strike in Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia's Krasnodar Territory has died in hospital, the governor shared
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
😢46🤬17💔6🌚2👍1💩1
Sputnik International
Masoud Pezeshkian is leading Iranian presidential election with over 14 million ballots counted. According to the latest data from the election commission, he is supported by 5.96 million votes, while Saeed Jalili, in second place, has 5.56 million votes.…
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍41❤2
Sputnik International
🇭🇺🇷🇺 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will travel to Moscow on Friday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, days after making a surprise visit to Kiev, media reported, citing Hungarian and EU officials. Orban visited Kiev on Monday to talk to…
Hungarian PM Orban did not confirm that he will travel to Moscow to discuss Ukrainian conflict with Vladimir Putin
According to Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Kiev has rejected Victor Orban’s ceasefire proposal.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
"Since these steps are of a very sensitive nature, it will be possible to talk about them only after they have taken place," Orban said on Hungarian state radio Kossuth, following his July 2 trip to Ukraine.
According to Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Kiev has rejected Victor Orban’s ceasefire proposal.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👌25👍10😁1🤔1
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍24💩1🥴1
Media is too big
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
Last night, Russia's Dnepr Battlegroup FPV-drone operators foiled enemy's attempt to transfer sabotage and reconnaissance group to Dnepr's left bank near Kherson, the Russian Defense Ministry reported
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍38❤10🫡1
❗️Belarus sees the risk of Ukraine conducting armed provocations on the border — Belarusian General Staff
Belarus would respond to any attempts at provocations together with its allies, the General Staff sad, stressing that it is reinforcing the country's southern border.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Belarus would respond to any attempts at provocations together with its allies, the General Staff sad, stressing that it is reinforcing the country's southern border.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
❤28👍16
Sputnik International
💥 Russia strikes British saboteur training center near Odessa The strikes hit Ukrainian facilities in Chernomorsk, Odessa Region, hitting a port ammunition depot as well as a training center where British instructors were training submarine saboteurs, Sergei…
❗️A strike on the location of foreign mercenaries was carried out in the town of Chernomorsk in Odessa Region, underground coordinator Sergei Lebedev told Sputnik
18 militants were killed and about 30 wounded, he said.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
18 militants were killed and about 30 wounded, he said.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍51❤12🔥5🫡1
Prevented terrorist attack in Russia's Samara was planned by a local who entered into correspondence with a pro-Ukrainian terrorist organization — FSB
The man was planning an attack on a defense-industrial complex facility. For this purpose, he was engaged in assembling homemade incendiary devices, the Russian Federal Security Service said.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
The man was planning an attack on a defense-industrial complex facility. For this purpose, he was engaged in assembling homemade incendiary devices, the Russian Federal Security Service said.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
🤬32👍6❤1🤔1
EU citizens tired of 'support for Ukraine' - poll
Europeans are tired of the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, a recent poll has shown. It was conducted in May in 14 European countries, and revealed most Europeans believe not in the victory of one of the parties, but rather in a compromise between them.
"Compromise" is expected by 48% of Italians (only 3% of them believe in Ukraine's victory) and even 42% of Britons (despite Boris Johnson's fatal call for "fight until victory", only 8% of Britons believe in Ukraine's triumph).
On average, only 10% of Europeans believe in Ukraine's victory, while twice as many expect Russia's victory.
It seems that more and more EU citizens want a more balanced European approach to the conflict in Ukraine. Almost 41% of respondents believe that the EU should push Ukraine to negotiate with Russia. Only a third of Europeans support the idea of continuing military aid, which would allegedly "help Ukraine regain territories."
At the same time, the majority of Europeans oppose sending their troops to Ukraine (69% of Poles and French, 80% of Germans and 90% of Greeks) and are gradually ceasing to believe in "help Ukraine regain territories."
As this "founding myth" of European Russophobia disappears, the number of Europeans who oppose supplying Ukraine with weapons is also growing. While in some countries (France, Germany and the Czech Republic) the votes on this issue are equally divided, in others (Greece and Italy) opponents of arms supplies to Ukraine already prevail.
📌 Subscribe to @SputnikInt
Europeans are tired of the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, a recent poll has shown. It was conducted in May in 14 European countries, and revealed most Europeans believe not in the victory of one of the parties, but rather in a compromise between them.
"Compromise" is expected by 48% of Italians (only 3% of them believe in Ukraine's victory) and even 42% of Britons (despite Boris Johnson's fatal call for "fight until victory", only 8% of Britons believe in Ukraine's triumph).
On average, only 10% of Europeans believe in Ukraine's victory, while twice as many expect Russia's victory.
It seems that more and more EU citizens want a more balanced European approach to the conflict in Ukraine. Almost 41% of respondents believe that the EU should push Ukraine to negotiate with Russia. Only a third of Europeans support the idea of continuing military aid, which would allegedly "help Ukraine regain territories."
At the same time, the majority of Europeans oppose sending their troops to Ukraine (69% of Poles and French, 80% of Germans and 90% of Greeks) and are gradually ceasing to believe in "help Ukraine regain territories."
As this "founding myth" of European Russophobia disappears, the number of Europeans who oppose supplying Ukraine with weapons is also growing. While in some countries (France, Germany and the Czech Republic) the votes on this issue are equally divided, in others (Greece and Italy) opponents of arms supplies to Ukraine already prevail.
Please open Telegram to view this post
VIEW IN TELEGRAM
👍30😁12❤3💩1