🌏 Greta Thunberg was arrested once again at a demonstration against fossil fuels in the Netherlands, the Daily Mail reported.
The police of the Dutch regime deployed a water cannon to disperse the protesters, according to reports.
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Handling of Ukraine crisis and distrust of ‘established governments’ lead to ‘lack of confidence' in European leadership
Europe, where political leaders such as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron see their ratings plummet, is experiencing a “resurgence of populism” as people have become “very unhappy with the established governments” there, says Professor Joe Siracusa, political scientist and dean of global futures at the Curtin University in Australia.
According to him, many Europeans are unhappy with how their leaders are handling the Ukrainian conflict, as well as with issues such as the supply chain crisis, migration and “cost of living problems.”
Meanwhile, geopolitical analyst Come Carpentier de Gourdon argues that only those European leaders like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban or Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, “who show some strength and relative independence of views,” enjoy “more popular support at home” as compared to politicians regarded as “weak figureheads controlled by the EU bureaucracy and the US through NATO.”
Each European country now appears to be “following a different path,” de Gourdon suggests, pointing out that this course “can only weaken the unpopular EU.”
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Europe, where political leaders such as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron see their ratings plummet, is experiencing a “resurgence of populism” as people have become “very unhappy with the established governments” there, says Professor Joe Siracusa, political scientist and dean of global futures at the Curtin University in Australia.
According to him, many Europeans are unhappy with how their leaders are handling the Ukrainian conflict, as well as with issues such as the supply chain crisis, migration and “cost of living problems.”
“There's what I call a crisis in confidence in Europe. That is, ordinary people no longer have faith in their governments to do the right thing. They have little faith in them,” he explains, adding that “Without the resolution of the Ukraine crisis and without Russia returning to its European role we're going to have more of this - a lack of confidence in the leadership.”
Meanwhile, geopolitical analyst Come Carpentier de Gourdon argues that only those European leaders like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban or Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, “who show some strength and relative independence of views,” enjoy “more popular support at home” as compared to politicians regarded as “weak figureheads controlled by the EU bureaucracy and the US through NATO.”
“In domestic fiscal and financial policies, most EU leaders are seen to implement measures and programmes dictated from above and often not in the interest of the respective countries or of Europe as a whole,” he notes.
Each European country now appears to be “following a different path,” de Gourdon suggests, pointing out that this course “can only weaken the unpopular EU.”
“In any event, the EU may not survive in its present form and NATO will also have to change its approach and goals,” the analyst adds.
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'Kill-crazy' foreign mercs in Ukraine bragged about executing Russian PoWs – report Foreign mercenaries fighting on the side of the Kiev regime reveled in executing Russian prisoners, the New York Times has reported. The killings are believed to have been…
The Russian Investigative Committee will look into information in the media about Ukrainian militants committing a crime against a wounded Russian prisoner of war, the committee said in a statement.
The report has earlier been published by The New York Times.
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The report has earlier been published by The New York Times.
"Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will investigate another crime of Ukraine's armed formations ... In addition, the media is spreading information about the crime against a wounded Russian prisoner of war, who was shot in the head. Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will establish in detail the circumstances of what happened and what was voiced in the public space, the actions of all those involved will be assessed under criminal law," the committee said on Telegram.
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A pro-Palestinian demonstration marched through the city streets of Italy’s Turin, carrying Palestinian flags, media reported.
The protesters poured paint on the "Infantryman of Italy" monument (the infantryman is the most common figure for monuments meant to depict a soldier engaged in war).
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The protesters poured paint on the "Infantryman of Italy" monument (the infantryman is the most common figure for monuments meant to depict a soldier engaged in war).
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The Russian Defense Ministry published video of Dnepr Battlegroup troops honing firing skills at a training ground in the rear of the special military operation zone
122-mm D-30 howitzers practiced deploying, targeting, and firing skills using a variety of ammunition.
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122-mm D-30 howitzers practiced deploying, targeting, and firing skills using a variety of ammunition.
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The “central nation" (™️ Joe Biden) at its best
A mob of thieves stormed and plundered a gas station in the city of Oakland in the US state of California, Fox News reported.
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A mob of thieves stormed and plundered a gas station in the city of Oakland in the US state of California, Fox News reported.
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‘Niger must be free, down with US colonization!’ On May 25, World Africa Day, dozens of people demonstrated in Niamey, the capital of Niger, in support of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland and the Alliance of Sahel States. The demonstrators…
The German armed forces will give up its airbase in Niger, which was used as a military transport hub, by August 31, as the sides failed to extend the agreement concerning the base, German media reported, citing the German Defense Ministry.
The talks broke down after the new Nigerien authorities had refused to grant German soldiers with immunity from prosecution, the NTV news outlet reported, citing a document the ministry had presented to the parliament.
Germany expects to withdraw its troops from the country by the end of August.
The German military has used the base in Niger's capital, Niamey, since 2013 as a supply center for its armed forces in neighboring Mali, which were stationed there as part of a UN peacekeeping mission.
Nigerien authorities have also terminated military agreements with France and the United States, which led to the French and US forces’ withdrawal from the country.
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The talks broke down after the new Nigerien authorities had refused to grant German soldiers with immunity from prosecution, the NTV news outlet reported, citing a document the ministry had presented to the parliament.
Germany expects to withdraw its troops from the country by the end of August.
The German military has used the base in Niger's capital, Niamey, since 2013 as a supply center for its armed forces in neighboring Mali, which were stationed there as part of a UN peacekeeping mission.
Nigerien authorities have also terminated military agreements with France and the United States, which led to the French and US forces’ withdrawal from the country.
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A pro-Palestine march in central London ended in arrests by the British regime, the Guardian reported.
Three protesters were arrested for breaching Public Order Act conditions, while a fourth was detained on suspicion of a "racially aggravated public order offense" relating to a placard, the media said, citing a police report.
European countries have repeatedly cracked down on the free speech rights of pro-Palestine protesters since October 7 last year, with France and Germany moving to ban pro-Palestine protests entirely.
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Three protesters were arrested for breaching Public Order Act conditions, while a fourth was detained on suspicion of a "racially aggravated public order offense" relating to a placard, the media said, citing a police report.
European countries have repeatedly cracked down on the free speech rights of pro-Palestine protesters since October 7 last year, with France and Germany moving to ban pro-Palestine protests entirely.
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Five journalists killed by Israeli Forces within 24 hours, Gaza's government media office said
At least three journalists in the Nuseirat refugee camp and two in Gaza City have been killed by separate Israeli strikes, said Gaza’s Government Media Office. On Friday, Palestinian journalists Saadi Madoukh and Ahmed Sukkar were also killed following an Israeli raid. The total number of media workers killed since the conflict first began has risen to at least 158.
It was also reported that at least 16 were killed in an Israeli attack on a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. A majority of those who were injured during the attack were children.
As of July 5, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists found the number of media workers killed was at 108 since the war first started, making that the deadliest period since the group first began collecting data in 1992.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday that 87 people were killed across the enclave in the past 48 hours, bringing the number of those killed in the enclave to 38,098 in just nine months of war time. Nearly 88,000 people have also been injured during that same period, the ministry added.
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At least three journalists in the Nuseirat refugee camp and two in Gaza City have been killed by separate Israeli strikes, said Gaza’s Government Media Office. On Friday, Palestinian journalists Saadi Madoukh and Ahmed Sukkar were also killed following an Israeli raid. The total number of media workers killed since the conflict first began has risen to at least 158.
It was also reported that at least 16 were killed in an Israeli attack on a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency. A majority of those who were injured during the attack were children.
“It’s a scene that we’ve been seeing over and over for the past nine months, crying parents over the bodies of their children,” said an Al Jazeera reporter. “It’s heartbreaking and it’s becoming the daily norm for people here.”
As of July 5, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists found the number of media workers killed was at 108 since the war first started, making that the deadliest period since the group first began collecting data in 1992.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Saturday that 87 people were killed across the enclave in the past 48 hours, bringing the number of those killed in the enclave to 38,098 in just nine months of war time. Nearly 88,000 people have also been injured during that same period, the ministry added.
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An adviser to the head of Volodymyr Zelensky's office, Mykhaylo Podolyak, said Ukraine was ready to pass its proposals for a conflict settlement to Russia through other countries, citing the example of "the format which was in place on the [Black Sea Grain Initiative]".
At the same time, he said that not all countries are suitable for Ukraine as a mediator.
The Kiev regime took advantage of the deal to transfer weapons as a convenient guise for its terrorist operations against Russian civilian infrastructure, military experts told Sputnik.
Kiev used the grain deal for military purposes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized.
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At the same time, he said that not all countries are suitable for Ukraine as a mediator.
The Kiev regime took advantage of the deal to transfer weapons as a convenient guise for its terrorist operations against Russian civilian infrastructure, military experts told Sputnik.
Kiev used the grain deal for military purposes, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized.
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On noscript: local radio hosts given questions by Biden campaign team to ask the president
"Yes, I was given some questions for Biden," revealed Earl Ingram of CivicMedia told ABC News. Ingram, a well-known host at a Wisconsin radio station, interviewed Biden this week following his widely criticized debate performance.
Earlier Saturday, Andrea Lawful-Sanders, the host of WURD's "The Source," told CNN that the Biden team provided her with a list of eight questions ahead of their interview with the president.
Biden's debate with former President Donald Trump June 27, during which the 81-year-old president frequently appeared unable to recall facts and finish thoughts, has sparked debate about the role of US media in attempting to hide the president's level of cognitive impairment from the public.
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"Yes, I was given some questions for Biden," revealed Earl Ingram of CivicMedia told ABC News. Ingram, a well-known host at a Wisconsin radio station, interviewed Biden this week following his widely criticized debate performance.
Ingram said he was given five questions and ended up asking four of them. "I didn't get a chance to ask him all the things I wanted to ask," he complained.
Earlier Saturday, Andrea Lawful-Sanders, the host of WURD's "The Source," told CNN that the Biden team provided her with a list of eight questions ahead of their interview with the president.
"The questions were sent to me for approval; I approved of them," she said.
"I got several questions — eight of them," she continued. "And the four that were chosen were the ones that I approved."
Biden's debate with former President Donald Trump June 27, during which the 81-year-old president frequently appeared unable to recall facts and finish thoughts, has sparked debate about the role of US media in attempting to hide the president's level of cognitive impairment from the public.
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American exceptionalism: US foreign policy advisors urge resumption of nuclear testing
Prominent figures in the United States national security establishment are pushing a resumption of nuclear weapons testing as the country continues to move towards weakening international arms control frameworks.
The Heritage Foundation think tank is also urging immediate nuclear testing if former President Donald Trump wins the White House this fall; the organization urged a remediation of “former Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear material sites” in a recent policy blueprint, demonstrating the continued influence of neoconservative foreign policy advocacy in Republican Party politics.
The resumption of live testing could actually worsen US national security, some experts have claimed, because it would allow adversaries to directly observe the country’s nuclear capabilities during real-world trials.
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Christian Whiton, a former State Department adviser to President George W. Bush and Trump, told The New York Times that “it would be negligent to field nuclear weapons of novel designs that we have never tested in the real world.”
Prominent figures in the United States national security establishment are pushing a resumption of nuclear weapons testing as the country continues to move towards weakening international arms control frameworks.
“Washington must test new nuclear weapons for reliability and safety in the real world for the first time since 1992,” former US national security advisor Robert O’Brien insisted.
The Heritage Foundation think tank is also urging immediate nuclear testing if former President Donald Trump wins the White House this fall; the organization urged a remediation of “former Manhattan Project and Cold War nuclear material sites” in a recent policy blueprint, demonstrating the continued influence of neoconservative foreign policy advocacy in Republican Party politics.
“The reality is the United States has commandeered NATO in the European Union as a proxy army, and a slave economic force, and made Europe to be puppets and pawns of American foreign policy," noted former US Army psychological warfare officer and US State Department counterterrorism analyst Scott Bennett. “The American government's agenda – and specifically the banks, globalists and military-industrial complex, and the CIA have – all pursued an agenda to drive the break-up of Russia and the theft of its resources since 1990.”
The resumption of live testing could actually worsen US national security, some experts have claimed, because it would allow adversaries to directly observe the country’s nuclear capabilities during real-world trials.
“Resuming U.S. nuclear testing is technically and militarily unnecessary,” according to Daryl Kimball, the executive director of the Arms Control Association. “Moreover, it would lead to a global chain reaction of nuclear testing, raise global tensions, and blow apart global nonproliferation efforts at a time of heightened nuclear danger.”
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❗️ The shaped charge part of the European Storm Shadow missile has fallen into the hands of Russian specialists, an engineer and weapons expert told Sputnik
Earlier this week, Russian military specialists revealed details about the internal structure and operational characteristics of the cluster submunition of the US ATACMS missile after a thorough study of a trophy submunition.
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Earlier this week, Russian military specialists revealed details about the internal structure and operational characteristics of the cluster submunition of the US ATACMS missile after a thorough study of a trophy submunition.
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UK PM Keir Starmer committed to maintaining Western hegemony with British nukes
Newly minted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has revealed he will continue the foreign policy of the outgoing Conservative Party government, including the UK’s implicit doctrine of an offensive “first use” nuclear strike on its adversaries.
But British military doctrine, with the purported rationale of “the defence of NATO,” explicitly permits the country to initiate a nuclear exchange.
“The UK does not have a policy of ‘no-first use,’” notes the official government House of Commons Library, meaning the country permits the use of nuclear weapons against adversaries who do not represent a nuclear threat.
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Newly minted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has revealed he will continue the foreign policy of the outgoing Conservative Party government, including the UK’s implicit doctrine of an offensive “first use” nuclear strike on its adversaries.
“Questioned on 3 June at a campaign hustings in the marginal town of Bury, Starmer said: ‘Of course I would be prepared to use’ nuclear weapons,” reported journalist Richard Norton-Taylor for the website Declassified UK. “Surrounded by candidates who were armed forces veterans, the Labour leader doubled down: ‘It’s a vital part of our defence. And of course, that means we have to be prepared to use it.’”
But British military doctrine, with the purported rationale of “the defence of NATO,” explicitly permits the country to initiate a nuclear exchange.
“The UK does not have a policy of ‘no-first use,’” notes the official government House of Commons Library, meaning the country permits the use of nuclear weapons against adversaries who do not represent a nuclear threat.
“The 2021 Integrated Review announced that the 2010 [nuclear disarmament] commitments could no longer be met due to the current security environment,” the document continues, without defining the alleged circumstances it puts forward as an excuse to announce the expansion of its nuclear stockpile by 40%. “As such, it announced that the cap on the nuclear stockpile will now be raised and that information on operational stockpile, deployed missiles and deployed warheads would no longer be made available.”
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UK PM Keir Starmer committed to maintaining Western hegemony with British nukes Newly minted British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has revealed he will continue the foreign policy of the outgoing Conservative Party government, including the UK’s implicit doctrine…
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Americans haven’t had president ‘for a while’ – Musk
Tech magnate Elon Musk weighed in on the US presidential race on his X social media platform Friday amid ongoing controversy over President Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity.
Douthat’s column contemplates Biden’s role in the White House and the interplay of the US president’s power and influence with that of cabinet members, advisors and political allies. The opinion writer has previously insisted Biden should be replaced, arguing it would be “incredibly dangerous” for him to fill the role of chief executive for another four years.
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Tech magnate Elon Musk weighed in on the US presidential race on his X social media platform Friday amid ongoing controversy over President Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity.
“Quick update on how things are going with the election,” wrote user Chris Bakke, posting a link to New York Times opinion writer Ross Douthat’s editorial “Does America Need a President?”
“Real question … since we obviously haven’t had one for a while,” responded Musk, quoting the user.
Douthat’s column contemplates Biden’s role in the White House and the interplay of the US president’s power and influence with that of cabinet members, advisors and political allies. The opinion writer has previously insisted Biden should be replaced, arguing it would be “incredibly dangerous” for him to fill the role of chief executive for another four years.
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