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Graffiti on the Liberty Bell replica and Colombus memorial at the Capitol from demonstrators as well as a flag burning. During the U.S. Capitol demonstrations in Washington D.C. Also, video of a Palestinian flag being raised after a U.S. one was taken down. @AtlasNewsTelegram
Photos and videos from Andrew Leyden, BGonthescene, Katie Pavlich, Lucas Tomlinson, and Gabrielle Dankanich.
Photos and videos from Andrew Leyden, BGonthescene, Katie Pavlich, Lucas Tomlinson, and Gabrielle Dankanich.
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U.S. flag lowered and set on fire amid chants from pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Capitol during Israeli PM Netanyahu's speech to Congress in Washington D.C. During protests, other U.S. flags were lowered and replaced with Palestinian ones or set ablaze, police arrested some perpetrators and prevented some flags from being taken. Images from BGonthescene and Andrew Leyden. @AtlasNewsTelegram
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U.S. flag lowered and set on fire amid chants from pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Capitol during Israeli PM Netanyahu's speech to Congress in Washington D.C. During protests, other U.S. flags were lowered and replaced with Palestinian ones or set ablaze…
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Police arresting and clashing with pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the Capitol in Washington D.C during Israeli PM Netanyahu's speech to Congress. @AtlasNewsTelegram
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🇷🇺 🇨🇳 ⚠️ 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 Interception for Interception:
Two #Russian Tu-95 and two #Chinese H-6 long range strategic bombers were detected and tracked within the #Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) during a joint patrol on the 24th of July over international waters of the #BeringSea reported NORAD. @AtlasNewsTelegram
While Russian flight operations in the area are common and not seen as a threat, this marks the first time Chinese aircraft have been detected in the airspace.
The bombers were intercepted by #American and #Canadian fighters. Via theatlasnews.co
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The Russian Defense Ministry said the joint patrol also flew over the Chukchi Sea, which is on the north side of the Bering Strait. Russian fighter jets and strategic bombers were joined by Chinese strategic bombers in the exercises, which lasted more than five hours, the ministry said.
The joint patrol tested and improved coordination between the two air forces, said Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for China’s Defense Ministry. He said it was the eighth joint strategic air patrol since 2019. He declined to comment when asked if it was the first such patrol over the Bering Sea.
“NORAD will continue to monitor competitor activity near North America and meet presence with presence,” the command said in a news release.
A photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry showed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet escorting a Chinese bomber. Another photo posted online by the military channel of China’s state broadcaster CCTV showed Russian and Chinese long-winged bombers flying in parallel formation against mostly blue skies.–AP
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This interception came only hours after the Russian MOD reported early Wednesday that a Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled after a #British RC-135 and two Typhoon fighter jets of the Royal Air Force were said to be on the course to cross into Russian territory. Russia's MOD says the interception forced the British planes to make a U turn. (Last video)
Two joint Russian and Chinese naval exercises also ended recently, wrapping up on the 18th of July after 15 days of tactical drills, including live fire air and missile defense drills, traveling 4,800 nautical miles. Three Russian corvettes, two Chinese destroyers, three Chinese frigates, and an oiler from both nations were involved in the drills. The drills took place in the South China Sea, near the southern China city of Zhanjiang, and also south of South Korea’s Jeju Island before moving to the SCS.
Two #Russian Tu-95 and two #Chinese H-6 long range strategic bombers were detected and tracked within the #Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) during a joint patrol on the 24th of July over international waters of the #BeringSea reported NORAD. @AtlasNewsTelegram
While Russian flight operations in the area are common and not seen as a threat, this marks the first time Chinese aircraft have been detected in the airspace.
The bombers were intercepted by #American and #Canadian fighters. Via theatlasnews.co
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The Russian Defense Ministry said the joint patrol also flew over the Chukchi Sea, which is on the north side of the Bering Strait. Russian fighter jets and strategic bombers were joined by Chinese strategic bombers in the exercises, which lasted more than five hours, the ministry said.
The joint patrol tested and improved coordination between the two air forces, said Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for China’s Defense Ministry. He said it was the eighth joint strategic air patrol since 2019. He declined to comment when asked if it was the first such patrol over the Bering Sea.
“NORAD will continue to monitor competitor activity near North America and meet presence with presence,” the command said in a news release.
A photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry showed a Russian Su-30 fighter jet escorting a Chinese bomber. Another photo posted online by the military channel of China’s state broadcaster CCTV showed Russian and Chinese long-winged bombers flying in parallel formation against mostly blue skies.–AP
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This interception came only hours after the Russian MOD reported early Wednesday that a Su-27 fighter jet was scrambled after a #British RC-135 and two Typhoon fighter jets of the Royal Air Force were said to be on the course to cross into Russian territory. Russia's MOD says the interception forced the British planes to make a U turn. (Last video)
Two joint Russian and Chinese naval exercises also ended recently, wrapping up on the 18th of July after 15 days of tactical drills, including live fire air and missile defense drills, traveling 4,800 nautical miles. Three Russian corvettes, two Chinese destroyers, three Chinese frigates, and an oiler from both nations were involved in the drills. The drills took place in the South China Sea, near the southern China city of Zhanjiang, and also south of South Korea’s Jeju Island before moving to the SCS.
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🇺🇸 🇳🇪 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 U.S. Ahead of Schedule with Niger Withdrawal – via theatlasnews.co
The last of the American troops stationed at Airbase 201 in Agadez, #Niger, are set to complete their withdrawal by the end of next month, with the original withdrawal being scheduled for September 15, according to U.S. Commander for Africa, General Kenneth Ekman. @AtlasNewsTelegram
The early withdrawal date is the result of the “excellent coordination that we have had with our Nigerien military counterparts,” said Ekman, speaking from Abidjan in the Ivory Coast.
In mid-March, the Nigerien military junta, headed by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, terminated its agreement with the #UnitedStates that allowed for the deployment of employees of the U.S. Department of Defense on its territory.
Initially, the U.S. had approximately 1,100 troops in the country, with most stationed at Airbase 201, from which drone strikes were conducted against Islamic militants across the Sahel.
Following the July 2023 coup which ousted President Mohamed Bazoum from power, the U.S. reduced the number of troops in country to an estimated 648.
The termination of the government’s military agreement with the U.S. followed the termination of the same agreements with #France and then #Germany, which had approximately three dozen troops stationed at an Airbase near Niamey airport.
Germany announced its decision to withdraw on July 6th, with the final withdrawal date set for August 31st.
Interestingly, #Italy's Bilateral Support mission in Niger (MISIN), has maintained its presence in the country.
Full article at: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/24/us-ahead-of-schedule-with-niger-withdrawal/
The last of the American troops stationed at Airbase 201 in Agadez, #Niger, are set to complete their withdrawal by the end of next month, with the original withdrawal being scheduled for September 15, according to U.S. Commander for Africa, General Kenneth Ekman. @AtlasNewsTelegram
The early withdrawal date is the result of the “excellent coordination that we have had with our Nigerien military counterparts,” said Ekman, speaking from Abidjan in the Ivory Coast.
In mid-March, the Nigerien military junta, headed by General Abdourahamane Tchiani, terminated its agreement with the #UnitedStates that allowed for the deployment of employees of the U.S. Department of Defense on its territory.
Initially, the U.S. had approximately 1,100 troops in the country, with most stationed at Airbase 201, from which drone strikes were conducted against Islamic militants across the Sahel.
Following the July 2023 coup which ousted President Mohamed Bazoum from power, the U.S. reduced the number of troops in country to an estimated 648.
The termination of the government’s military agreement with the U.S. followed the termination of the same agreements with #France and then #Germany, which had approximately three dozen troops stationed at an Airbase near Niamey airport.
Germany announced its decision to withdraw on July 6th, with the final withdrawal date set for August 31st.
Interestingly, #Italy's Bilateral Support mission in Niger (MISIN), has maintained its presence in the country.
Full article at: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/24/us-ahead-of-schedule-with-niger-withdrawal/
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US Ahead of Schedule with Niger Withdrawal
The last of the American troops stationed at Airbase 201 in Agadez, Niger, are set to complete their withdrawal by the end of next month, with the original with
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🇺🇸 🇲🇽 DOJ Confirms Arrest of Drug Lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and El Chapo’s Son Joaquin Guzman Lopez – via theatlasnews.co
The #UnitedStates Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed that Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, cofounder of the #Sinaloa Cartel (#CDS), and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested today by federal authorities in El Paso, #Texas. @AtlasNewsTelegram
“Both men are facing multiple charges in the United States for leading the Cartel’s criminal operations, including its deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks,” the statement added.
The #UnitedStates Department of Justice (DOJ) has confirmed that Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, cofounder of the #Sinaloa Cartel (#CDS), and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, were arrested today by federal authorities in El Paso, #Texas. @AtlasNewsTelegram
“Both men are facing multiple charges in the United States for leading the Cartel’s criminal operations, including its deadly fentanyl manufacturing and trafficking networks,” the statement added.
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🇫🇷 ⚠️ 🚆 A series of coordinated arson attacks and acts of sabotage targeting #France’s high-speed rail network has disrupted services and impacted hundreds of thousands of travelers, which comes as the #Olympics are set to kick off later today. @AtlasNewsTelegram
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that French intelligence services have been tasked with tracking down the assailants, who remain unidentified. Via theatlasnews.co.
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"In the UK, the Department for Transport says it is "in close contact" with Eurostar and French authorities regarding the ongoing disruption.
In an interview with French broadcaster TF1, external, the French transport minister Patrice Vergriete says "des engins incendiaires" (incendiary devices) were found but refuses to say who might be behind the attacks on the rail network.
He describes the attacks as a "criminal act" and the security forces are on high alert.
Meanwhile, French broadcaster BFMTV reports that an incendiary device was found in #Marseille in May on the LGV line when the Olympic torch was in town, according to a police source.
The French rail network is reportedly slowly resuming fast speed train services on the lines that had been sabotaged overnight.
The SNCF has just provided an update to the BBC, reporting that emergency repairs are now permitting limited services this afternoon between the French capital and #Brittany in the west, as well as to the south-west, including #Bordeaux and #Toulouse.
Rail travel is also picking up between #Paris and Lille as well as Strasbourg, but delays of up to two hours are expected for all fast speed (TGV) rail services.
The SNCF stresses that the disruption will continue all weekend on what is traditionally one of the busiest travel weekends in France, with over 800,000 train passengers expected. As well as tourists heading to the Olympics in Paris, tens of thousands are trying to leave Paris by train headed to Brittany and the south for the start of their long summer holidays.
Several unions for French rail workers have released a joint statement condemning the attack on the high speed rail network, describing it as a "blow to the SNCF public service"."–BBC
Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced that French intelligence services have been tasked with tracking down the assailants, who remain unidentified. Via theatlasnews.co.
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"In the UK, the Department for Transport says it is "in close contact" with Eurostar and French authorities regarding the ongoing disruption.
In an interview with French broadcaster TF1, external, the French transport minister Patrice Vergriete says "des engins incendiaires" (incendiary devices) were found but refuses to say who might be behind the attacks on the rail network.
He describes the attacks as a "criminal act" and the security forces are on high alert.
Meanwhile, French broadcaster BFMTV reports that an incendiary device was found in #Marseille in May on the LGV line when the Olympic torch was in town, according to a police source.
The French rail network is reportedly slowly resuming fast speed train services on the lines that had been sabotaged overnight.
The SNCF has just provided an update to the BBC, reporting that emergency repairs are now permitting limited services this afternoon between the French capital and #Brittany in the west, as well as to the south-west, including #Bordeaux and #Toulouse.
Rail travel is also picking up between #Paris and Lille as well as Strasbourg, but delays of up to two hours are expected for all fast speed (TGV) rail services.
The SNCF stresses that the disruption will continue all weekend on what is traditionally one of the busiest travel weekends in France, with over 800,000 train passengers expected. As well as tourists heading to the Olympics in Paris, tens of thousands are trying to leave Paris by train headed to Brittany and the south for the start of their long summer holidays.
Several unions for French rail workers have released a joint statement condemning the attack on the high speed rail network, describing it as a "blow to the SNCF public service"."–BBC
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🇱🇧 🇮🇱 Civilian casualties have been reported after a wave of Huz-bowlah rockets were fired into Golan Heights. An explosion then struck a soccer field in the Druze-majority town of Majdal Shams, #GolanHeights. The IDF maintains it was a rocket fired, while the Lebanese militant group denies responsibility, saying they instead struck a nearby military installation. @AtlasNewsTelegram
GEO: 33.26582414399449, 35.76895551738903
Exact casualty figures remain unclear, however, initial reports by Israeli media suggest that at least five people were killed and over a dozen others were left wounded. Children reportedly among casualties.
The strike comes amid continued hostilities and rising tensions between Hezbollah and #Israel, which has stoked fears of a greater conflict along the border with #Lebanon. Via theatlasnews.co
GEO: 33.26582414399449, 35.76895551738903
Exact casualty figures remain unclear, however, initial reports by Israeli media suggest that at least five people were killed and over a dozen others were left wounded. Children reportedly among casualties.
The strike comes amid continued hostilities and rising tensions between Hezbollah and #Israel, which has stoked fears of a greater conflict along the border with #Lebanon. Via theatlasnews.co
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🇨🇩 🇷🇼 🇰🇪 Fleeting Peace in the #DRC – via theatlasnews.co
The President of the Democratic Republic of the #Congo (DRC), Felix #Tshisekedi, has stated that the DRC will no longer participate in the #Nairobi process, a peace process aimed at bettering the insecurity which plagues the eastern DRC, after referring to the process as “almost dead.” @AtlasNewsTelegram
The Nairobi process, established in #Kenya, was one of two parallel processes aimed at easing tensions and, ideally, ending the insecurity in the eastern DRC. The Nairobi process was established alongside the #Luanda process, negotiated in #Angola.
The primary purpose of the Luanda process was to de-escalate tensions between #Rwanda and the DRC, which is threatening to boil over into war. Rwanda accused the DRC of shelling its territory on several occasions, and the DRC accused Rwanda of supporting the March 23 Movement (#M23) rebels, one of the DRC’s largest and most powerful armed groups. The Nairobi process sought to establish peace processes regarding the DRC’s armed groups, including the M23.
The processes established a roadmap for cooperation between Rwanda and the DRC and several means to de-escalate tensions, as well as called for armed groups in the eastern DRC, including the M23 and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (#FDLR)—a militant organization based in the eastern DRC that, in its origin, was formed primarily out of former genocidaires from the Rwandan genocide—to disarm.
The Nairobi process orchestrated the deployment of the East African Community Regional Force (#EACRF) to the DRC at the end of 2022 in order to assist the DRC in pacifying the more than 120 armed groups that operate there. The DRC deemed the deployment to be a failure, due to them not actively engaging militant groups.
The EACRF oversaw a multitude of withdrawals of M23 rebels as a part of agreements reached during the Nairobi process, but the DRC wished them to actively combat the M23. Due to this, the EACRF’s mandate was not renewed, and the EACRF withdrew at the end of 2023.
Following the Luanda process, tensions continued to heighten between Rwanda and the DRC, again primarily over Rwanda’s alleged support of the M23, support that has been corroborated and evidenced by #UN reports, but continually denied by Rwanda.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/27/fleeting-peace-in-the-drc/
The President of the Democratic Republic of the #Congo (DRC), Felix #Tshisekedi, has stated that the DRC will no longer participate in the #Nairobi process, a peace process aimed at bettering the insecurity which plagues the eastern DRC, after referring to the process as “almost dead.” @AtlasNewsTelegram
The Nairobi process, established in #Kenya, was one of two parallel processes aimed at easing tensions and, ideally, ending the insecurity in the eastern DRC. The Nairobi process was established alongside the #Luanda process, negotiated in #Angola.
The primary purpose of the Luanda process was to de-escalate tensions between #Rwanda and the DRC, which is threatening to boil over into war. Rwanda accused the DRC of shelling its territory on several occasions, and the DRC accused Rwanda of supporting the March 23 Movement (#M23) rebels, one of the DRC’s largest and most powerful armed groups. The Nairobi process sought to establish peace processes regarding the DRC’s armed groups, including the M23.
The processes established a roadmap for cooperation between Rwanda and the DRC and several means to de-escalate tensions, as well as called for armed groups in the eastern DRC, including the M23 and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (#FDLR)—a militant organization based in the eastern DRC that, in its origin, was formed primarily out of former genocidaires from the Rwandan genocide—to disarm.
The Nairobi process orchestrated the deployment of the East African Community Regional Force (#EACRF) to the DRC at the end of 2022 in order to assist the DRC in pacifying the more than 120 armed groups that operate there. The DRC deemed the deployment to be a failure, due to them not actively engaging militant groups.
The EACRF oversaw a multitude of withdrawals of M23 rebels as a part of agreements reached during the Nairobi process, but the DRC wished them to actively combat the M23. Due to this, the EACRF’s mandate was not renewed, and the EACRF withdrew at the end of 2023.
Following the Luanda process, tensions continued to heighten between Rwanda and the DRC, again primarily over Rwanda’s alleged support of the M23, support that has been corroborated and evidenced by #UN reports, but continually denied by Rwanda.
Full article: https://theatlasnews.co/latest/2024/07/27/fleeting-peace-in-the-drc/
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