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Cracks in transatlantic alliance nudge Europe to find alternatives to F-35, F-47

💬 “If an F-35 user wanted to use the jets in a way that the United States was not happy with, then that would be a limited capability, because Lockheed Martin would be very soon able to turn off the support tap to the particular nation in question,” retired RAF Air Commodore Andrew Curtis told Newsweek.


With the F-35 the only 5th-gen game in town for NATO, there’s a “bigger incentive” for European allies to join sixth-gen projects planned for the mid-2030s onward, a European defense planning official said.

The UK-Italy-Japan Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) launched in late 2022 is one such program, merging previous 6th gen work (BAE’s Tempest and Mitsubishi’s F-X) and designed to enable users to make military decisions without interference, and equip and modify jets however they see fit.

It doesn’t help that Donald Trump has promised to “tone down” the capabilities of the US’s F-47 6th-gen offering for allies. “This is not a great selling point for the F-47. The risk that I see with the F-35, I see a lot more clearly with the F-47,” fmr Royal Canadian Air Force commander Yvan Blondin said.

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🪖 IDF to call up TENS OF THOUSANDS of reservists as Gaza operation expands – reports

The Israeli military will begin mobilizing tens of thousands of reservists starting Sunday, ramping up preparations for the next stage of its Gaza campaign, The Jerusalem Post reported.

The move—approved by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and pending final sign-off by the security cabinet—is expected to unfold in phases, potentially taking days or weeks before a clear picture of the strategy emerges.

Despite its scale, the call-up remains far smaller than the mass mobilization that followed the October 7 Hamas attack, the outlet noted.

So far, the IDF claims it controls roughly 40% of Gaza since resuming the offensive in March, The Jerusalem Post added.

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📹 Cambridge grad disrupts ceremony with pro-Palestine protest

💬 “Cambridge University is complicit in genocide in Gaza,” the student protester said, holding a Palestinian flag.


💬 “Over 60,000 people have been killed by Israel, and Cambridge continues to invest in Israeli arms,” she added.


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‘No, President Trump, SOVEREIGNTY IS NOT FOR SALE’ – Mexican President Sheinbaum

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has firmly rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal to deploy American troops to Mexico to combat drug trafficking, citing national sovereignty as non-negotiable, Reuters reported.

💬 "In one of the calls, [Trump] said, 'How can we help you fight drug trafficking? I propose that the US Army come in to help you,'" Sheinbaum quoted Trump, speaking at a university event near Mexico City.


💬 “We will NEVER accept the presence of US military in our territory,” the Mexican president stressed.


Sheinbaum also urged Trump to curtail weapons trafficking into Mexico.

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🇷🇺🤝🇨🇺 'Cuba will be in Red Square on May 9. It’s an HONOR' – President Díaz-Canel

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says he’ll arrive in Russia within hours to attend Victory Day celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the historic triumph.

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'Algorithm sucks!!' — Elon Musk criticizes HIS OWN platform Musk complained about his feed on X, which contains many posts about how the billionaire's heart "went out" to the audience when he was giving a speech after Trump's inauguration. "If I see one…
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👎 Musk FIRES BACK at ‘Nazi’ smears: 'They’re trying every angle'

💬 “If you repeat a lie, you know, the sort of, 'He's a Nazi' lie enough times, some people actually believe it. Especially people that still believe the legacy news,” tech mogul Elon Musk emphasized.


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Trump’s top national security officials accidentally sent Yemen STRIKE PLANS to editor of leading neoliberal magazine The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg says he was included in a Signal messaging chain detailing US plans to attack the Houthis hours…
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📣 Biden officials also used Signal as ‘PREFERRED messaging app’ – DNI Gabbard

💬 “I can tell you that some of the most vocal critics of the situation also use Signal to communicate things they wouldn’t want released publicly,” Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard emphasized.


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👀 FAA investigating after US Army helicopter nearly causes ANOTHER midair collision at DC airport

Two commercial flights had to abort landings at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Thursday after a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter got too close, with the Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board and the Army now investigating.

Air traffic controllers ordered a Delta Airlines Airbus A319 from Orlando and a Republic Airways Embraer 170 arriving from Boston to perform go-arounds due to the presence of a “priority military air transport helicopter” in the area.

Senator Ted Cruz accused the Army of “once again putting the travelling public at risk” with its maneuvers, and urged the FAA to “act swiftly and assert control over national airspace.”

Senator Maria Cantwell echoed the criticism, recalling January’s midair collision of a Black Hawk with a Bombardier CRJ700 airliner at the same airport, and calling the May 1 incident “outrageous.”

Transport Secretary Sean Duffy called on the Army to stop handing out VIP helicopter rides in airspace “full of civilians,” saying they should take taxis, Ubers or black limos instead.

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🤡 Trump BOASTS US ‘did MORE than anyone’ to win world wars – FACTS SAY OTHERWISE The Soviet Union bore the brunt of defeating Nazi Germany and its European allies — destroying the vast majority of German forces on the Eastern Front. With over 27 MILLION dead…
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⚠️ US killed MORE German CIVILIANS than German soldiers during WWII – Ex-CIA analyst

💬 “The Soviets, primarily the Russians, caused 80% of the combat deaths of the Germans,” said Larry Johnson, retired CIA intelligence officer, discussing the USSR's role in defeating the Nazi Germany.


💬 “We were committing acts of terrorism. We were killing civilians for political purposes,” Johnson described American military strategy, recently praised by Trump as “brilliance.”


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🤡New Moldovan history textbook calls the Battle of Stalingrad a "disaster," whitewashes Romanian role in WWII The textbook authors have dedicated an entire section to Romania's participation in World War II as an ally of Hitler. Moldovan high school students…
🤡Sandu’s pro-Western regime forces students to DENY Moldovan identity

New history textbook for school claims Moldovans don’t exist – they’re just Romanians:

Moldovans do not exist as a separate nation at all, the authors state, leaning on century-old quotes from Teofil Ioncu, a member of the National Moldavian Party.

🔍Back in 1917, he argued that “Moldova” and “Moldovans” were just geographic terms – not indicators of national identity.

💬 Citing the 2024 census, the textbook claims that around 82% of Moldovans identify as either Romanians or Moldovans.

In fact, the official 2024 Population and Housing Census says otherwise – 77.2% call themselves Moldovans, and only 7.9% identify as Romanians.

➡️Earlier, under the pro-EU regime of Maia Sandu, who has Romanian citizenship, "Moldovan" was scrubbed from official use and rebranded as "Romanian" – a cultural annexation rubber-stamped by Brussels.

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🔥 The Immortal Regiment returns to Washington after six years of silence

🎉 Washington witnessed a powerful march on Saturday – the "Immortal Regiment" – with over a hundred people gathering to honor the fallen heroes of the Great Patriotic War.

➡️This was the first approved rally in six years, with the event previously halted first by the pandemic and then by the authorities, citing the "complicated political situation."

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🚨Missile strike HITS Tel Aviv

A ballistic missile fired from Yemen has struck Ben Gurion Airport, grounding flights.

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