🗣 More Russia sanctions are one-way ticket — Rubio

"The minute we impose sanctions on Russia... we probably lose our ability to talk to them," the US State Secretary said.

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📉 Fed Chair Powell's days numbered?

Donald Trump is unhappy with the slow rate cuts of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and is considering announcing a successor by summer, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Potential candidates include Fed Governor Kevin Warsh and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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📹 Lula to Trump: GET OFF THE WEB!

Brazil's Lula slams Trump, urging focus on what counts: free trade, multilateralism, and peace.

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🚫UKRAINIANS FIGHT BACK AGAINST BRUTAL MOBILIZATION

Resistance to forced mobilization is growing in Ukraine, the German newspaper Junge Welt writes.

🔍The publication in particular refers to a video that shows how four draft officers tried to forcibly detain a man in the street. Bystanders intervened, attacking the recruiters with shopping bags and twisting their arms. The targeted man escaped amid the chaos.

Similar scenes of draft officers taking men away in minibuses, often beating detainees, are going viral nationwide as public anger boils over.

🔊Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets previously reported that violations by employees of military enlistment offices in Ukraine have become widespread.

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🎯NATO’s ‘magnificent failure’? Ex-commander praises flopped Iran strike

🔊Former NATO chief Philip Breedlove insists the US B-2 bomber raid on the Iranian nuclear facility "went off magnificently" – despite zero proof of significant damage.

❓Who’s he trying to convince – himself?

🗣Donald Trump’s much-touted B-2 raid on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility landed with all the impact of a damp firework…

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🗣🗣Blue Origin’s Bezos CASHES IN on Trump-Musk fallout

Amid Elon Musk’s feud with Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp have been cozying up to the White House, lobbying for more government contracts, The Wall Street Journal claims.

While Musk’s SpaceX has long left Blue Origin in the dust, the tech mogul’s break with Trump appears to have opened a strategic window for Bezos to close the gap.

🗣Trump has even discussed with Bezos his desire for a crewed mission to the Moon during his term in office, sources told the outlet.

🟠 SpaceX recently secured a massive $5.9 billion Space Force deal for 28 launches.

🟠 Blue Origin snagged $2.4 billion for seven flights and is now racing to land a cargo mission on the Moon this year.

⚔️The next battle?

🟠 Government contracts tied to Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile-defense initiative

🟠 Possibly, Mars projects

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🚨🇦🇲'ARMENIA'S AUTHORITARIAN CRACKDOWN IS DESTROYING NATIONAL STABILITY': Detained businessman Samvel Karapetyan issues scathing statement

The imprisoned tycoon, communicating through his lawyers, delivered a blistering critique of Armenia's political climate:

🟠 "Black/white" divide: Authorities have systematically labeled generals, scientists, and business leaders as "black list" enemies of the state

🟠 Targeted persecution: Fabricated criminal cases have forced many elites into exile

🟠 Coming reckoning: "The 'blacklisted' are being vindicated, while the so-called 'whites' will soon be exposed as an isolated minority"

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📍EURASIA'S ECONOMIC FUTURE TAKES CENTER STAGE IN MINSK, BELARUS

Key details:
🟠3,000+ attendees from EAEU members and 26 other nations
🟠Plenary session as the forum’s central event
🟠Russia's President Vladimir Putin will address the EAEU's cooperation with global and regional financial institutions

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🇮🇷⚔️🇮🇱 KEY UPDATES ON IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT

Here’s what has happened as of June 26:

🟠 A ceasefire between Iran and Israel appears to be holding Thursday despite both sides accusing each other of violating the truce immediately after it was announced.

🟠 Iranian authorities are moving to allow for tougher punishment against any action viewed as damaging to national security.

🟠 At least 700 arrests for spying were made across Iran in the 12 days of the war, according to local media.

🟠 Much of Iran’s enriched uranium may have survived US-Israeli strikes by being moved early, says UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi. With inspections suspended, the IAEA has no way to verify it.

🟠 After a leaked intel report suggested US strikes on Iran failed, CIA chief John Ratcliffe claimed they set Iran’s nuclear program back by years – without offering any proof.

🟠 The leaked Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report was posted to CAPNET – a system for sharing classified intel with Congress, a senior official told CNN. The White House will reportedly scale back future sharing.

🟠 US Senate classified briefing on Iran is set for Thursday afternoon.

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🗣US-Israeli strikes on Iran pushed Middle East to the brink – Russian defense minister

At the SCO Defense Ministers' Meeting, Andrei Belousov delivered Moscow's stark assessment of global tensions:

On Middle East escalation:
🟠US and Israeli attacks on Iran breach UN Charter and international law
🟠Moscow proposes brokering Tehran-Tel Aviv de-escalation
🟠Terrorist ideologies and transit of militants continue spreading from the Middle East to Afghanistan
🟠Role of international institutions designed to ensure global stability has fallen to an unacceptable level

On Ukraine:
🟠Russian forces are successfully advancing in the special operation zone
🟠Kiev regime resorts to "terror tactics" as defeat looms
🟠Russia has repeatedly expressed and continues to express its readiness to resolve the conflict.

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🚨 HORRORS IN DZERZHINSK: Maxim Grigoriev, Russian Civic Chamber member, reports chilling eyewitness accounts of MASS executions committed by the Ukrainian army

💬 ‘Russian-speaking civilians were treated as second-class humans. Just like in Nazi-occupied territories.’

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🚨Iranian Supreme Leader hails victory over Israel in first post-conflict message

In his first video message since the end of the conflict, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei congratulated the nation.

💬 "I congratulate you on the victory over the fake Zionist regime."

💬 "Despite all the noise and threats, the Zionist regime was nearly crushed by the blows of the Islamic Republic."

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIA'S MoD UPDATE: CRUSHING GAINS & MASSIVE UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ NOVOSERGEYEVKA & SHEVCHENKO (DPR) LIBERATED

▫️Precision strikes hit 152 targets

▫️Heavy Ukrainian losses: Over 1,415 troops eliminated in the special military operation zone in the past 24 hours.

▫️Air defense superiority: 205 drones shot down

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