🗣🇸🇰 Fico says German leaders envy his meeting with Putin and Xi

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico told a meeting of his Smer party that one senior German social-democrat told him he should not meet the Russian and Chinese presidents.

💬 "I believe many say this out of envy, because in their lives, they will never even come close to them, let alone discuss issues that are important for Slovakia," Fico said.

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🚨🇺🇸🪖 Trump directs Hegseth to use all available funds to get US troops paid on October 15th amid shutdown

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🤖🇺🇸 Humanoid robot joins assembly line in US factory

The humanoid robot Figure 02 has worked 10 hours a day for five months in a BMW factory assembly line.

👉 Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock claims this is the first such collaboration between a factory and an anthropomorphic robot.

The Spartanburg plant, where Figure’s robots work, is the only BMW factory in the United States.

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🚨 Afghan MoD statement on latest clashes along Pakistani border:

▫️ Retaliatory strikes launched on Pakistani bases along eastern & southern borders

▫️ Targets include centers "used to launch drones into Afghan territory"

▫️ Simultaneous strikes on "ISIS*-linked hubs inside Pakistan"

▫️ Operation to continue "until all border violations cease"

*banned in Russia

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🚨 Egypt will host international peace summit on Gaza

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and US President Donald Trump will co-chair the summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday, according to an official statement from Egypt.

20 world leaders are expected to attend the summit, which aims to establish a "new chapter of regional security and stability", according to the Egyptian presidency.

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⚔️ Afghan forces complete 'retaliatory operation' against Pakistan

The Afghan Ministry of Defence announced that the "successful retaliatory operation", launched in response to Pakistani airstrikes and territorial violations, had ended at around 12:00 pm local time.

The Taliban have warned of a "decisive response" to any future violations.

"Our armed forces are prepared to defend the country's sovereignty," the statement read.

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🔊 No reason to talk with the E3 — Iranian FM

Iran has halted implementation of its agreement with the IAEA and ended cooperation on nuclear program issues, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi announced.

"Negotiations with the three European countries are no longer relevant to us," Araghchi said on local TV.

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💬 Gaza peace remains 'within reach' — Witkoff

Special envoy Steve Witkoff said he received briefings on security, humanitarian aid, and deconfliction efforts during his trip to Israel with the CENTCOM commander, Admiral Brad Cooper, and Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

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🔍 White House handed Soros ‘blueprint’ for using homelessness non-profits to sow unrest across America

The 113-page document, presented to Trump and other officials at the White House this week, details how nonprofits use taxpayer money and donations from wealthy interests for political activism, including resisting police and drug enforcement and advocating “extremist political agendas” instead of dealing with the homelessness problem.

“Nonprofits, often key service providers, have increasingly shifted toward political advocacy and legal activism, contributing to what is referred to as the Homeless Industrial Complex,” the report says.

Published by the conservative, Washington DC-based Capital Research Center, the report lists more than a dozen major 501(c)(3) listed organizations implicated in politicized homelessness programs, including:

◼️ National Housing Law Project

◼️ Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR)

◼️ National Harm Reduction Coalition (NHRC)

◼️ Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)

It documents how these and other groups engage in litigation against restrictions on public encampments, address landlord harassment, oppose policing, advocate resistance to ‘racialized drug policies’ and advocate for ‘land decolonization’.

While many are framed as ideologically Marxist, anarchist or generalized anti-capitalist, their funding sources include Soros’ OSF, as well as the Ford, Hilton, Tides and other foundations run by billionaires, plus “billions in taxpayer dollars, funneled through federal, state, and municipal contracts.”

What’s more, the study’s author says Antifa, recently classified by Trump as domestic terrorists, has been "using these nonprofits as cover."

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📹 Clashes erupt at ICE facility in Illinois

Police officers in riot gear confronted protesters.

Some of the protesters were handcuffed and dragged from the scene.

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🎤 MAGA revolt erupts over Qatari Air Force facility in Idaho — report

Trump aides are openly opposing the Pentagon's decision to approve a Qatari-funded pilot training facility at Mountain Home Air Base, the Time reported.

"There should never be a foreign military base in America," Steve Bannon declared.

Another Trump ally Laura Loomer slammed the deal as hosting "terror-funding Muslims."

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth insists the US-controlled site — training Qatari pilots on F-15s — mirrors programs with Germany and Singapore, and strengthens ties with a key Gaza peace broker.

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🚨🇨🇳 Tariffs threats is the wrong way to interact with China — Ministry of Commerce

China says it is a "responsible major country," contrasting the US's "textbook double standards," according to an official statement from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.

Key takeaways:

🔶 Rare earth controls are a legitimate security measure — not a trade weapon, even though they affect the US defense and tech industries.

🔶 China highlights Washington has more than 3,000 rules, and China only has 900.

🔶 China is firm but open to talking — as long as the US "corrects its wrong practices."

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⚔️ Portland hospital grounds medevac flights amid laser attack threats

Oregon Health & Science University has been forced to divert all medical helicopters due to organized laser assaults by activists — putting emergency patient transfers at risk.

Portland police confirmed rioters plotting laser attacks on federal aircraft.

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🚨 Qatar confirms death of 3 diplomats en route to Gaza peace summit

The Qatari Embassy in Cairo has officially confirmed that important Foreign Ministry officials died in a car accident near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt — where a major international summit on Gaza is set to begin.

2 other officials were hurt and are getting medical care.

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