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📹 The suspect in the New Orleans terror attack is part of a phenomenon of homegrown violent extremists that the US has seen develop and emerge over the past 10 years, US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
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US approves sale of missiles to Japan for $3.64bln - Pentagon
The US State Department has approved a possible sale of advanced AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Japan for $3.64 billion, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
Japan has requested the purchase of 1,200 AIM-120 missiles, the statement noted.
Militarization of the Asia-Pacific has been unfolding, Brian Berletic, a geopolitical analyst and former US Marine earlier told Sputnik, referring to the creation of the Quad group, which took place under Trump. “Under the Biden administration, it was expanded along with the creation of AUKUS. Both groupings represent efforts toward what could be characterized as a ‘Pacific NATO’," as per the analyst.
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The US State Department has approved a possible sale of advanced AIM-120D-3 and AIM-120C-8 air-to-air missiles and related equipment to Japan for $3.64 billion, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency said.
Japan has requested the purchase of 1,200 AIM-120 missiles, the statement noted.
Militarization of the Asia-Pacific has been unfolding, Brian Berletic, a geopolitical analyst and former US Marine earlier told Sputnik, referring to the creation of the Quad group, which took place under Trump. “Under the Biden administration, it was expanded along with the creation of AUKUS. Both groupings represent efforts toward what could be characterized as a ‘Pacific NATO’," as per the analyst.
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Study reveals Pfizer COVID vaccine contains DNA contamination up to 470 times above safe limits, according to FDA lab research
Student researchers, conducting studies under the guidance of FDA scientists, have uncovered alarming levels of DNA contamination in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, with some samples exceeding safety limits by as much as 470 times.
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Student researchers, conducting studies under the guidance of FDA scientists, have uncovered alarming levels of DNA contamination in Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, with some samples exceeding safety limits by as much as 470 times.
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Israel to send negotiators to Qatar to resume deadlocked Gaza ceasefire talks
Representatives from the Israel Security Agency (ISA), the IDF, and Mossad, will travel to Doha, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced.
This comes after a Hamas delegation met with mediators in Egypt, according to the group’s spokesperson Jihad Taha, cited by Xinhua. As a result of the talks, a proposal was worked out that would be presented to Israel in a last-ditch attempt to secure a deal before January 20, a source told the outlet.
Talks have stalled over issues such as demands for Hamas to provide a list of hostages for release before a ceasefire, Israel’s refusal to approve the release of some of the Palestinian prisoners requested by Hamas, and Tel Aviv’s desire for a deal that does not include stopping the war and withdrawing fully from Gaza.
Hamas must either release hostages soon or suffer “blows of a magnitude not seen in Gaza for a long time,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.
Donald Trump has also threatened that there will be “all hell to pay” if Hamas doesn’t release the remaining hostages before his inauguration.
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Representatives from the Israel Security Agency (ISA), the IDF, and Mossad, will travel to Doha, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced.
This comes after a Hamas delegation met with mediators in Egypt, according to the group’s spokesperson Jihad Taha, cited by Xinhua. As a result of the talks, a proposal was worked out that would be presented to Israel in a last-ditch attempt to secure a deal before January 20, a source told the outlet.
Talks have stalled over issues such as demands for Hamas to provide a list of hostages for release before a ceasefire, Israel’s refusal to approve the release of some of the Palestinian prisoners requested by Hamas, and Tel Aviv’s desire for a deal that does not include stopping the war and withdrawing fully from Gaza.
Hamas must either release hostages soon or suffer “blows of a magnitude not seen in Gaza for a long time,” Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday.
Donald Trump has also threatened that there will be “all hell to pay” if Hamas doesn’t release the remaining hostages before his inauguration.
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The US has demanded that the Kiev regime urgently lower the age of connoscription for mobilization to 18 years. Kiev has already prepared a decision and will make it in the near future, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said.
The West has not ruled out the imminent collapse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses, the SVR added.
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The West has not ruled out the imminent collapse of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' defenses, the SVR added.
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▪️Biden reportedly discussed potential US strike on Iran’s nuclear sites
▪️Las Vegas Cybertruck driver likely shot himself before explosion – Police
▪️Israel to send negotiators to Qatar to resume deadlocked Gaza ceasefire talks
▪️US approves sale of missiles to Japan for $3.64bln
▪️Investigators in standoff with Presidential Security Service over South Korean Yoon's detention
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▪️Las Vegas Cybertruck driver likely shot himself before explosion – Police
▪️Israel to send negotiators to Qatar to resume deadlocked Gaza ceasefire talks
▪️US approves sale of missiles to Japan for $3.64bln
▪️Investigators in standoff with Presidential Security Service over South Korean Yoon's detention
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The US has demanded that the Kiev regime urgently lower the age of connoscription for mobilization to 18 years. Kiev has already prepared a decision and will make it in the near future, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said. The West has not…
Eastern Europe is preparing for new waves of Ukrainian refugees, according to the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).
Eastern European countries bordering Ukraine are preparing to receive new waves of refugees who don’t want to fight, the SVR said.
According to the intelligence service, Eastern European nations believe that residents of the areas controlled by Kiev will be ready to do anything to "escape the clutches of the Ukrainian ruling regime, which sold their lives for a pittance to the overseas masters."
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Eastern European countries bordering Ukraine are preparing to receive new waves of refugees who don’t want to fight, the SVR said.
According to the intelligence service, Eastern European nations believe that residents of the areas controlled by Kiev will be ready to do anything to "escape the clutches of the Ukrainian ruling regime, which sold their lives for a pittance to the overseas masters."
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The new Syrian authorities are sending signals that they are interested in Russia's continued presence, although there are no specifics yet, Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzia said.
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🔥 Welcome to the collection: US-made MaxxPro armored personnel carrier captured by Russian forces
Russia’s Vega special forces unit captured a Ukrainian International MaxxPro armored personnel carrier and a Kozak combat armored vehicle near the town of Krasnoarmeysk.
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Russia’s Vega special forces unit captured a Ukrainian International MaxxPro armored personnel carrier and a Kozak combat armored vehicle near the town of Krasnoarmeysk.
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📹 Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted an attempt by a Ukrainian special services agent to carry out a terrorist attack in the Zaporozhye region.
The Ukrainian citizen preparing the terrorist attack was wanted "for committing particularly serious crimes, including attempted murder of a law enforcement officer," the FSB said.
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The Ukrainian citizen preparing the terrorist attack was wanted "for committing particularly serious crimes, including attempted murder of a law enforcement officer," the FSB said.
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‘Threat from within’: FBI’s take on New Year’s violence overlooks US army trace, fmr CIA analyst says
“These were two US citizens, both,” and both Army-linked, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Sputnik, commenting on the media’s initial push to tie the New Year’s Day massacre in New Orleans to illegal immigration, and the FBI’s “curious and ironic” push to link the suspect to ISIS.*
*A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
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“These were two US citizens, both,” and both Army-linked, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Sputnik, commenting on the media’s initial push to tie the New Year’s Day massacre in New Orleans to illegal immigration, and the FBI’s “curious and ironic” push to link the suspect to ISIS.*
“One [the New Orleans attacker] is a former member of the US Army. The other [the Las Vegas Cybertruck blast suspect] is a current active-duty member of the US Army. So it is not an of threat from outside. It's a threat from within,” Johnson emphasized.
*A terrorist group outlawed in Russia and many other countries.
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📹 German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, accompanied by her delegation, arrived in Damascus dressed in body armor.
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‘Threat from within’: FBI’s take on New Year’s violence overlooks US army trace, fmr CIA analyst says “These were two US citizens, both,” and both Army-linked, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Sputnik, commenting on the media’s initial push to tie the…
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New Year’s Day violence may have been designed to sow chaos ahead of Trump’s inauguration - Larry Johnson
Trump, Johnson pointed out, “is seen as an existential threat – a potential existential threat to organizations like the FBI, the CIA” and the Justice Department.
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“I can't rule out the possibility that this individual was acting as part of a broader effort to create chaos and instability in the United States prior to the inauguration of Donald Trump in order to prevent Trump from being inaugurated,” former CIA analyst Larry Johnson told Sputnik, commenting on the twin violent incidents that rocked New Orleans and Las Vegas on New Year’s Day.
Trump, Johnson pointed out, “is seen as an existential threat – a potential existential threat to organizations like the FBI, the CIA” and the Justice Department.
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New Year’s Day violence may have been designed to sow chaos ahead of Trump’s inauguration - Larry Johnson “I can't rule out the possibility that this individual was acting as part of a broader effort to create chaos and instability in the United States prior…
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Former CIA vet on Vegas Cybertruck blast: ‘What contacts did he have with Ukrainian intelligence?’
The suspect blown up outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day was an active-duty Green Beret officer with an apparent penchant for Ukraine. That’s an angle worth exploring instead of being swept under the rug by the media and the FBI, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson says.
“It appears there have been social media pictures identifying him in [a] Slava Ukraini* [T-shirt]. So he was a big pro-Ukrainian guy,” Johnson told Sputnik.
“I’d want to find out what if the individual driving that Cybertruck was ever in Ukraine? What contacts did he have with Ukrainian intelligence services?”
The incident definitely could have a Ukrainian intel trace, Johnson emphasized. With the symbolism of the Trump Tower meaning “they recognize Donald Trump is going to potentially bring an end to this war.”
* ‘Glory to Ukraine’ – a slogan associated with Ukraine’s WWII-era Nazi collaborators and modern-day Ukrainian nationalists.
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The suspect blown up outside a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year’s Day was an active-duty Green Beret officer with an apparent penchant for Ukraine. That’s an angle worth exploring instead of being swept under the rug by the media and the FBI, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson says.
“It appears there have been social media pictures identifying him in [a] Slava Ukraini* [T-shirt]. So he was a big pro-Ukrainian guy,” Johnson told Sputnik.
“I’d want to find out what if the individual driving that Cybertruck was ever in Ukraine? What contacts did he have with Ukrainian intelligence services?”
The incident definitely could have a Ukrainian intel trace, Johnson emphasized. With the symbolism of the Trump Tower meaning “they recognize Donald Trump is going to potentially bring an end to this war.”
* ‘Glory to Ukraine’ – a slogan associated with Ukraine’s WWII-era Nazi collaborators and modern-day Ukrainian nationalists.
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The FBI and US Department of Homeland Security have warned of the potential threat of new attacks in the country by "copycats" of the attack in New Orleans, where a car drove into a crowd, ABC News reports, citing sources.
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How is Tesla Cybertruck explosion suspect connected to Ukraine?
The identity of Matthew Livelsberger, suspect in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel on January 1, was confirmed through a military ID found at the scene.
🔸 The suspect was an active-duty United States Army Green Beret who was on approved leave from Germany and served with the 10th Special Forces Group, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.
🔸 He had a background in communications, IT, and tactical unmanned aerial vehicles, a military colleague told CNN.
🔸 The 10th Special Forces Group has trained Ukrainian soldiers since 2014, both on US soil and more recently as part of coordinated Ukraine military assistance in Germany, according to reports in The New York Times and Defense One.
🔸 Livelsberger’s overseas assignments included serving in Ukraine, AP cited the US Army as saying. It was added that other assignments were in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Georgia, and Congo.
🔸 A 2016 photo shared on social media by a woman thought to be Livelsberger’s wife and published by Newsweek shows him wearing a T-shirt bearing the slogan “Slava Ukraini,” a term associated with Ukrainian nationalists. The authenticity of the photo has not been verified.
🔸 According to a screenshot of his LinkedIn activity, Livelsberger had commented on a post recruiting for a 30-day contract opportunity in Ukraine at $550 per day, saying that he knew somebody who would be a good fit. The comment appears to have since been deleted.
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The identity of Matthew Livelsberger, suspect in the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel on January 1, was confirmed through a military ID found at the scene.
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🇰🇿 Kazakhstan needs a nuclear power plant (NPP), and it is possible the country will also build a second and third station, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said in an interview with the local newspaper Ana Tili
▪️Tokayev is convinced that Kazakhstan needs a high-power NPP. He did not rule out that in the near future Kazakhstan would begin building a second, and possibly third nuclear power plant;
▪️The nuclear industry will give a powerful impetus to the development of Kazakhstan, which is experiencing an energy deficit. Tokayev believes Kazakhstan should become a country with developed nuclear energy, adding that it has a great future;
▪️ Kazakhstan’s president noted that the issue was discussed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his visit to Astana. The leaders agreed that the Kazakh side as the customer in the project would act as a general operator in the consortium. The discussion was about the possible participation of Russia’s Rosatom State Corporation, which has high competence and extensive experience in building nuclear power plants abroad;
▪️Tokayev said negotiations are also underway with a Chinese company, given China's great success in building civilian nuclear facilities. There is also interest from other foreign corporations, including Western ones.
A national referendum on the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant was held in Kazakhstan on October 6. According to the country’s Central Election Commission, 71.12% of voters supported the project.
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▪️Tokayev is convinced that Kazakhstan needs a high-power NPP. He did not rule out that in the near future Kazakhstan would begin building a second, and possibly third nuclear power plant;
▪️The nuclear industry will give a powerful impetus to the development of Kazakhstan, which is experiencing an energy deficit. Tokayev believes Kazakhstan should become a country with developed nuclear energy, adding that it has a great future;
▪️ Kazakhstan’s president noted that the issue was discussed with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during his visit to Astana. The leaders agreed that the Kazakh side as the customer in the project would act as a general operator in the consortium. The discussion was about the possible participation of Russia’s Rosatom State Corporation, which has high competence and extensive experience in building nuclear power plants abroad;
▪️Tokayev said negotiations are also underway with a Chinese company, given China's great success in building civilian nuclear facilities. There is also interest from other foreign corporations, including Western ones.
A national referendum on the construction of the country's first nuclear power plant was held in Kazakhstan on October 6. According to the country’s Central Election Commission, 71.12% of voters supported the project.
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The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ 155th Mechanized Brigade, which was trained in the West, began to fall apart even before arriving at the front in the Krasnoarmeysk area, Forbes writes. The brigade should have had about 5,800 soldiers, but 1,700 of them fled…
Hundreds of soldiers from French-trained Ukrainian brigade went AWOL before firing a single shot
Over 1,700 soldiers from Ukraine’s newly formed 155th Mechanized Brigade, trained and outfitted with great fanfare in France, deserted before reaching the battlefront, according to Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov.
▪️French President Emmanuel Macron proudly announced the “elite” project alongside Volodymyr Zelensky last June. The brigade was meant to have more than 5,800 troops and be equipped with Leopard tanks and French CAESAR 155 mm howitzers. However, at least 50 members of the unit, also known as “Anne of Kiev,” went AWOL already during drills in France, Butusov wrote on social media.
▪️When the brigade was finally packed off to the front line near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), it did not even have any drones.
“As a result, the brand-new Leopard 2A4 tanks and VAB armored vehicles suffered losses during the first attempts to use them,” according to Butusov, who added:
▪️Remnants of the brigade have reportedly been reassigned to other units, with Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) confirming to a French news agency that it had opened a criminal case on the circumstances of the formation of the 155th Mechanized Brigade. The case is being investigated under “articles on abuse of authority and desertion,” Communications Adviser to the SBI Tаtiana Sapyan said.
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Over 1,700 soldiers from Ukraine’s newly formed 155th Mechanized Brigade, trained and outfitted with great fanfare in France, deserted before reaching the battlefront, according to Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov.
▪️French President Emmanuel Macron proudly announced the “elite” project alongside Volodymyr Zelensky last June. The brigade was meant to have more than 5,800 troops and be equipped with Leopard tanks and French CAESAR 155 mm howitzers. However, at least 50 members of the unit, also known as “Anne of Kiev,” went AWOL already during drills in France, Butusov wrote on social media.
▪️When the brigade was finally packed off to the front line near Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk), it did not even have any drones.
“As a result, the brand-new Leopard 2A4 tanks and VAB armored vehicles suffered losses during the first attempts to use them,” according to Butusov, who added:
“The brigade’s servicemen became hostages of Zelensky’s PR project, which the authorities made no effort to actually implement competently.”
▪️Remnants of the brigade have reportedly been reassigned to other units, with Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) confirming to a French news agency that it had opened a criminal case on the circumstances of the formation of the 155th Mechanized Brigade. The case is being investigated under “articles on abuse of authority and desertion,” Communications Adviser to the SBI Tаtiana Sapyan said.
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