🇷🇺🇮🇷 Russia’s reliability crucial to Iran amid ‘hostile policies of European states’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s visit to Tehran underscores the determination to implement the strategic agreement between the two countries, Ruholla Moddaber, an Iranian foreign relations expert, tells Sputnik.

Moscow has always supported Tehran despite Western sanctions and has consistently expanded cooperation, he also says.

This proves that Russia is a reliable partner for Iran, which is especially important in the context of the hostile policies of European states, Moddaber concludes.

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🚀 From gasoline to spaceships: Why Russia's rare earths are key to Trump's industrial revolution

Russia is ready to cooperate with the US on rare earth metals, President Putin said, prompting immediate enthusiasm from Donald Trump. What's behind it and what metals does Russia have?

🔶 Rare earths (REE) are 17 metallic elements critical for electronics, renewable energy, and military technology.

🔶 This category includes 15 lanthanides (lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium, promethium, samarium, europium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, holmium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, lutetium), as well as scandium and yttrium.

🔶 Explored reserves of rare earth metals ready for extraction in Russia total 28.5 million tons, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources, including in particular, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, and yttrium. Notable deposits include Tomtor (Yakutia), Lovozero (Kola Peninsula) - rich in lanthanides - and Donbass, among others.

Why does Trump urgently need REEs?

🔶 Neodymium, cerium, praseodymium, terbium, and dysprosium are vital for producing advanced chips, essential for Trump’s AI-driven “Manhattan Project.”

🔶 Dysprosium and terbium are key for satellite systems and navigation equipment, aligning with the US’ growing space exploration efforts led by Trump’s ally, Elon Musk.

🔶 Neodymium and samarium are crucial for the military-industrial complex, used in magnets for fighter jets, missiles, and radar systems. These metals could also support Trump’s plan for a next-generation missile defense shield over the US.

🔶 Gadolinium, dysprosium, and terbium are essential as neutron absorbers in nuclear reactor control rods, while yttrium regulates the fission process in these rods. Scandium is used in reactor alloys. With US nuclear energy potentially set for a "renaissance" under Trump, this resource is becoming increasingly important.

🔶 Lanthanum and cerium are used in oil refining, particularly in fluid catalytic cracking. As Trump pushes for increased US oil and gas production, these metals are key to his national energy emergency strategy.

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⚡️ Sudanese military plane crashes In Khartoum

An Antonov aircraft crashed in Omdurman due to a technical malfunction, killing the crew, local media reported. The crash comes amid heavy clashes between the army and paramilitary forces.

📹 Social media footage of the crash site.

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❗️ General Mike Flynn warns against NATO troops in Ukraine

NATO troops fighting in Ukraine could draw the US into a conflict under Article 5, according to former National Security Advisor General Mike Flynn.

Flynn also expressed frustration with the globalist agenda, accusing it of promoting a one-world government led by "evil psychopaths."

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" he concluded his message in X.

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❗️ Zelensky agrees to US mineral deal — reports

The final version of the deal contains no mention of "security guarantees" from the US, but the US also dropped its demands to control the $500bln fund to which Ukraine will transfer money, according to the Financial Times.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump said he is waiting for Zelensky in Washington on Friday to sign the document.

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🚨 French scientists plead guilty to attack on Russian consulate

According to local media, an engineer and a chemist from France's National Center for Scientific Research admitted to making explosives and attacking the Russian Consulate General in Marseille in support of Ukraine.

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💥 Israel strikes southern Syria

The IDF reported airstrikes targeting command centers and weapons depots in southern Syria.

📹 Social media footage

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Hope the lawsuit will 'EXPOSE THE DEEP STATE and corruption of Biden's regime'

Tara Reade, a former US congressional aide who in 2020 accused Joe Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993, has filed a new $100 million lawsuit against the FBI and the US Department of Justice, as well as against former US Attorney General Merrick Garland and former FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The lawsuit seeks damages for Reade who says she became a victim of the US government agencies’ weaponization by the Biden administration.

"I'm hoping this will expose the deep state and the corruption of Biden's regime. That's my deepest hope because so many American citizens have been targeted politically and otherwise by the Biden regime," Reade tells Sputnik.

Though she hopes the Donald Trump administration will at least address her case, Reade does not expect to win in the court.

"Winning is, for me, just bringing light to the fact that I was targeted and to get those files and get the cases removed and my name cleared and some semblance of justice. As far as Joe Biden goes, it also makes a demand to investigate him for the third-degree sexual assault that I suffered in 1993."

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💸 US corruption is so bad, people don't believe there is any gold left in Fort Knox — David Sacks

Donald Trump's crypto and AI czar says US gold reserves should be audited because people have lost faith in Washington.

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US House passes Trump-backed 2025 budget proposal

By a vote of 217-215, the budget seeks to cut taxes by $4.5 trillion and fund the deportation of illegal immigrants, border security, energy deregulation and military spending.

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💳 Trump eliminates EB-5 investor program to make a GOLD CARD

US President announced "Gold Cards" to allow people to pay $5 million for permanent residency in the US.

The existing EB-5 immigrant investor program allows people to get permanent green cards after investing at least $800,000 in high-unemployment areas.

🤔 A fancy name for an old idea?

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