🇨🇳🤖 Humans no longer needed? Chinese firm touts ‘self-recharging’ humanoid robot

🔶 Walker S2, a new robot designed by China-based UBTech Robotics, apparently needs no help when its battery runs dry.

🔶 In a demo video released this week, the robot can be seen swapping its battery for a new one after deposing the depleted cell into a recharging station.

🔶 This feature, in theory, means that Walker can operate around the clock without human assistance, local media point out.

🔶 Then again, robots do need maintenance and repair from time to time, don’t they?

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🗑 Washington prepares to DUMP Zelensky — Hersh

Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour Hersh reports that the US is quietly planning to remove Zelensky from power — by force, if needed.

💬 “He’s going to go by force. The ball is in his court,” a US official told Hersh.

The likely replacement? Former top general Valery Zaluzhny, fired by Zelensky after calling the conflict a “stalemate” in late 2023. He’s now serving quietly as ambassador in London — and waiting.

With the US proxy war failing and the US mid-term election looming, Washington wants a deal with Moscow and a new face in Kiev.

Zelensky may soon learn what happens when a US proxy outlives his usefulness.

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🚨 US announces ceasefire between Israel and Syria — ambassador

A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Syria, according to a statement by US Ambassador to Türkiye, Tom Barrack.

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☢️ Tehran open to dialogue with US — if uranium enrichment is allowed, says ambassador

Tehran is open to any initiative for dialogue with the United States, including those from Russia, as long as it respects Iran’s right to enrich uranium and contributes to lifting sanctions, Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali told Sputnik.

💬 "When he came to Moscow, the head of the Foreign Ministry [Abbas Araghchi] indicated that if Russia had political initiatives, it could present them taking into account our red lines, and we could consider these initiatives. So, if our friends have a desire to play a role, Iran will welcome it, especially from a country like Russia, which we trust," Jalali said.

The ambassador stressed that any proposal must respect two key red lines:

1️⃣ Iran’s right to enrich uranium across its entire territory, and

2️⃣ The lifting of international sanctions.

If these conditions are met, Tehran is open to initiatives from trusted partners such as Russia and China, Jalali added.

However, he noted that Israel launched attacks on Iran just ahead of scheduled US-Iran talks in Muscat on June 15 — talks that were ultimately cancelled. The US also joined Israel's strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, further reinforcing Tehran’s “wall of mistrust” toward Washington.

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🤡 EU’s 18th sanctions package against Russia comes into force - statement

The European Union has officially enacted its 18th package of sanctions against Russia, according to the Official Journal of the European Union. The package, adopted Friday by the European Council after weeks of debate, includes a broad range of financial and energy-related restrictions.

📍 Key measures:

🔒 Transactions banned with 22 Russian banks as well as the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and its affiliates.

⛽️ New automatic adjustment mechanism for the oil price cap, which will reduce the ceiling to approximately $47.60 per barrel.

🚫 Ban on importing oil products made from Russian crude, even if they come from third countries — with exceptions only for Canada, the UK, the US, Norway, and Switzerland.

❌ Complete ban on all operations related to the Nord Stream pipelines.

🇨🇿 Removal of exemptions previously granted to the Czech Republic for Russian fuel imports.

🚢 For the first time, sanctions also target an unnamed ship captain and a private international maritime carrier.

🧾 The blacklist was expanded to include 14 individuals and 41 entities.

🛑 The package faced resistance from Slovakia and Hungary, both concerned about the impact of energy sanctions.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the move “a self-inflicted wound” by Europe, while Russia’s mission to the EU said the “painfully assembled” sanctions would further weaken the already struggling European economy.

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🔄 Washington rearranges arms deliveries — more Patriots for Ukraine, less logic for taxpayers

According to The Wall Street Journal, the Trump administration has reshuffled its weapons delivery schedule to fast-track Patriot missile systems — not for US defense, but to let Germany send two of its own to Ukraine.

💥 Instead of waiting in line like everyone else, Berlin was bumped ahead of Switzerland so it can “donate” the air defense units to Kiev — with a US promise to refill the stockpile later.

📦 It’s the first time under Trump that the Pentagon has re-prioritized global arms logistics just to fuel it's proxy war against Russia. Officials say this could become the model: individual deals with NATO allies to speed up deliveries while Washington picks up the tab.

How many times can you shuffle the deck before the house falls down?

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