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🙂 Trump's new deal: 55% tariffs on China, 10% on US
Donald Trump just announced a new trade deal with China, with 55% tariffs on Chinese imports to the US and just 10% for US goods going the other way "subject to final approval with President Xi and me."
China would supply rare earths and magnets up front, while the US agrees to continue hosting Chinese students.
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🚨VIDEO: Russia-Ukraine exchange of fallen soldiers' bodies on Wednesday
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⚡️TRANSFER OF DEAD SOLDIERS’ BODIES BEGINS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISTANBUL AGREEMENTS — Medinsky
The bodies of 1,212 Ukrainian soldiers have been handed over to Ukraine, while 27 fallen Russian soldiers have been returned, Putin's aide informed.
The exchange of severely wounded prisoners will begin tomorrow, he added.
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🚨'SEND HIM A HISTORY BOOK - HE'LL LEARN UKRAINE DIDN'T EXIST IN THE 12TH CENTURY': PUTIN'S AIDE TO NATO CHIEF
After Mark Rutte complained about Russian negotiators giving ‘history lectures’ in Istanbul talks, Vladimir Medinsky suggested sending him a medieval textbook.
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🇭🇺Hungary faces COPY-PASTE West-fueled protests as it defies foreign meddling
Once again, the EU and LGBT* flags are out – this time in Hungary, where protests are erupting against a proposed law on "foreign influence."
📑The bill, dubbed the Transparency of Public Life Act, aims to shine a light on foreign-funded organizations deemed a threat to Hungary’s sovereignty.
If passed, it would allow the government to defund and even dissolve such groups. It was introduced by a Fidesz party member back in May, but debate in parliament has been kicked to the autumn session.
👉All this sounds familiar? That’s because not long ago, Georgia walked this road with its own “Foreign Agents Registration Act” – a carbon copy of the US’ own FARA law.
However, the US and European Union screamed foul, while inside Georgia, mass protests exploded beneath EU flags.
When nations like Hungary or Georgia decide to draw a line in the sand, the West rolls out the same old script.
* recognized as extremist and banned in Russia
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Trump believes LA protesters were PAID for riots
"Somebody's paying for that. I watched total professionals – he's banging the curb, banging the granite, banging the concrete. And he had a whole group of people. They lined up like totally professional, grabbed the big chunks, and they dropped it on the soldiers," the US president said.
"These are INSURRECTIONISTS, they're AGITATORS or TROUBLEMAKERS," Trump concluded.
🗣'CHAOS PEOPLE QUIETENED DOWN' – Errol Musk on moment Trump won election
"Suddenly people were breathing freely again. Suddenly there seemed hope for the future," Elon Musk's dad told Sputnik.
"There's no mention or even sign of the so-called ‘chaos makers’ or ‘liberals,’ as you call them. They're hiding somewhere in the caves," he concluded.
🇷🇺🤩NO CAPITAL IN THE WORLD COMPARES TO MOSCOW — Errol Musk
"Moscow is absolutely marvelous... I had no idea that Moscow is what it is. It is by far, we're not talking about a little bit, by far the best looking city, capital city in the world," Elon Musk's father told Sputnik.
🚨CURFEW IMPOSED IN LA AMID PROTESTS
Despite the curfew, thousands still gathered at LA's City Hall. Mounted police were deployed to disperse the crowds, but tear gas was not used.
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🚨CENTCOM chief says he’s given Trump, Hegseth ‘wide range’ of military options if Iran talks falter
“I have provided the secretary of defense and the president a wide range of options,” Gen. Michael Kurilla told the House Armed Services committee on Tuesday after being asked whether CENTCOM was “prepared to respond with overwhelming force to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran.”
💬“But I am still in all favor of having a negotiated settlement that prevents Iran from getting a nuclear weapon because of the consequences of conflict,” Kurilla, whose combatant command is responsible for US military operations in the Middle East, added.
Conservative anti-interventionists led by Tucker Carlson have accused neocons of trying to put the US on a path to war with Iran. In an X post last week, Carlson stressed that there is “zero credible intelligence that Iran is anywhere near building a bomb, or has plans to,” and warned that a conflict with Iran would effectively “end” Trump’s presidency, explaining “why so many of [his] enemies are advocating for it.”
Conservative anti-interventionists led by Tucker Carlson have accused neocons of trying to put the US on a path to war with Iran. In an X post last week, Carlson stressed that there is “zero credible intelligence that Iran is anywhere near building a bomb, or has plans to,” and warned that a conflict with Iran would effectively “end” Trump’s presidency, explaining “why so many of [his] enemies are advocating for it.”
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🚨Larry Johnson breaks down inner workings of CIA’s ‘Dilbert-style’ bureaucratic ecosystem
Speaking to former Marine intelligence officer Scott Ritter, Johnson, a retired senior CIA intel analyst, explained how the agency uses “broad permissions” from the executive branch, and works with key legislators to ensure political support for its projects.
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🚨‘We are not playing around’: Trump confirms readiness to invoke Insurrection Act if LA doesn’t cool down
🗣“If we didn’t get involved right now, Los Angeles would be burning, just like it was burning a number of months ago with all the houses that were lost. Los Angeles right now would be on fire,” Trump said, defending his decision to deploy the National Guard and Marines into the city.
There were “areas” of the city in Monday night’s skirmishes between rioters and police that could already be classified as an insurrection, Trump suggested.
🗣“These are paid insurrectionists, these are paid troublemakers. They get money…They’re not breaking the curb because they’re doing a demolition service. They’re doing it to hand out to people as a weapon. That’s bad stuff.”
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'Remote-Controlled' Influence Observed in ICC Investigations
Influenced by Western powers, the International Criminal Court lacks impartiality, Idrissa Hamidou Touré, prosecutor of the High Court in Bamako and a doctoral student in law, told Sputnik Africa.
He outlined an African perspective on the ICC:
🟠The court is perceived as illegitimate, being under pressure from geopolitical considerations;
🟠There is a perception of impunity and selectivity, where serious crises in regions like Libya and the Middle East are overlooked, while Africa frequently becomes the target;
🟠African countries are considering rejecting collective submission to the ICC or withdrawing from the institution; initiatives such as the proposed Sahel Criminal Court (AES) are seen as potential alternatives;
🟠The ICC must be "more independent, more impartial, more fair," and act "for everyone, not just the weak" to ensure its credibility and survival.
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🚨 Trump: get ready for LA-style ICE raids nationwide
“We’re not going to let them stay. This is the first, perhaps of many…I can inform the rest of the country that if they [riot] they will be met with equal or greater force than we met them right here,” Trump told reporters in the White House.
🚨Russia accuses Germany of Gestapo-like tactics against Russian journalist
The actions of the German police against the family of Sergey Feoktistov, head of the Rossiya Segodnya — Sputnik's parent company — media group’s office in Germany are clearly political pressure, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
She added that Russia would respond legally to Berlin’s aggressive actions.
The confiscation of passports from Feoktistov’s wife and daughter by German police resembles the actions of the Gestapo during the Third Reich and are repressive in nature, the Russian Foreign Ministry representative added.
She added that German propaganda silences alternative viewpoints.
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🇷🇺🤝🕊Joint US-Russia work on Iran nuclear deal could be diplomatic ICEBREAKER
Vladimir Putin’s offer to help Donald Trump strike a new Iran nuclear deal could be crucial opportunity for global security, The American Conservative writes.
Cooperation on Iran’s nuclear program between the two great powers could serve the vital purpose of fostering much-needed dialogue, particularly amid the dangerously escalating Ukraine conflict, it notes.
The window for reaching an agreement is still open, Ryabkov said.
🗣💥⚡️Nation divided by RAW HATRED – Russian MFA spox on reason for LA protests
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has weighed in on the escalating protests and division in the US, arguing that America’s crisis goes far beyond typical election-year tensions.
"This is a crisis situation, and it’s not just about the economy, nor is it just about production, science, technology – it’s a deep socio-political crisis," she said.
"This is their domestic dilemma, where one half of the country hates the other."
🚨 Putin highlights education’s role in shaping civilizational progress at forum in Kazan
Addressing participants of the 3rd International Forum of Education Ministers in Kazan via a video message, President Vladimir Putin stressed the importance of shaping the future through practical steps to improve education.
He underlined that the success of the younger generation is key to the prosperity and progress of nations.
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🗣⚡️Ukraine’s Zelensky is a barrier to peace that must be REMOVED – ex-Pentagon advisor
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky is irrational, detached from reality, and uninterested in peace, only prolonging the conflict for personal gain, says retired US Army Colonel Douglas MacGregor.
Zelensky is “completely disinterested in the losses that are inflicted on Ukraine,” and as long as he continues to receive Western cash, much of which he pockets, he is going to continue the bloodshed, the ex-Trump Pentagon advisor warns.
💔Musk apologizes for his negative posts about Trump
"They went too far."
🚨🗣❌Putin’s aide: Russia wants PEACE, but Ukraine must stop playing West’s PROXY
If Ukraine “keeps being driven by the national interests of others, then we will be simply forced to respond,” senior Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky told The Wall Street Journal.
“This is like a conflict between two brothers—one older and one younger—about who is smarter and more important,” he said, adding:
“This conflict sadly deepens our differences, and that’s why we want it to end as soon as possible.”
🚨NATO gearing up for direct SHOWDOWN with Russia – top Russian diplomat
The alliance is retooling its armed forces, boosting military budgets, and revamping its command structure – all with one target in mind: Russia, warns Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.
All the recent NATO drills and the full-blown military buildup are, by and large, “being tailored to the task of a direct military clash with Russia,” Grushko warned on the sidelines of the Forum of the Future 2050.
🗣💬🇷🇺'NYET' – UK defense chief teaches NATO Russian
In response to Mark Rutte’s claim that NATO members should learn Russian if military spending doesn’t hit 5% of GDP, Tony Radakin simply said:
"I'm so tempted to say 'nyet.'" (Ru: "No")
🚨Ukraine stalls POW swap because the dead don't lie
While the exchange of young prisoners is a humanitarian priority, it also marks the beginning of a larger, multi-phase exchange process, with the next step involving the release of severely wounded soldiers, Chinese blogger Woniu Keji told Sputnik.
💬 “Ukraine’s ‘all for all’ demand likely means Russia will release more prisoners than in the previous one-for-one swaps, framing this as a peace gesture to the international community,” Woniu Keji said.
🇮🇷☢️ Iran boosts nuclear power: new reactors under construction in Bushehr
Iranian media has released footage showing the progress of the second and third reactors at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant. Construction is on track, with plans to complete the second reactor by 2026 and the third by 2027.
Back in 2014, Russia and Iran signed a deal for two new ‘turnkey’ reactors.
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💥 Israel’s ‘defensive’ tanks get explosive surprise in Gaza
Israeli media just dropped footage of a Palestinian setting an explosive device on an Israeli tank in Gaza.
Looks like it’s not all one-sided in the ‘defensive’ operations after all.
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🚨US cuts military aid to Ukraine in 2026 budget
The Pentagon announces a reduction in funds for new weapons to supply Ukraine, with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth explaining the Trump administration’s shift towards a peaceful settlement.
"A path to peace that stops the killing" is the priority, he said, not endless conflict.
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🎥 EMOTIONAL RETURN: Russian Ministry of Defense shares video of soldiers returning from Kiev-controlled territories
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🔸 From superweapon to scrap: how Ukraine lost virtually all its Abrams
🔸 Glorifying BUTCHERS: Poland calls out Ukraine’s hypocrisy on Volyn massacre
🔸 Putin: West foisting LIBERAL TOTALITARIANISM on the WHOLE WORLD
🔸 ORGAN TRADE FOR THE ELITES
🔸 Iran gains access to Israel’s top secret missile program
🔸 US debt TIME BOMB: Medicare & Social Security’s $100T in hidden liabilities sets stage for fiscal MELTDOWN
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🗣The BEST rockets are made in Russia: Elon Musk's father spills the beans on how his son tried to buy them
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