UAV showdown: Russian drones obliterate Ukrainian ‘Baba Yaga’ hexacopters
#Ukraine #Russia
Kiev will have to accept the territorial realities in order to resolve the Ukrainian conflict – Slovak President Pellegrini
#Ukraine #Slovakia
‘Yoon has an outside chance of beating the charges’ - Asia geopolitics expert
RT discusses the future of President Yoon Suk Yeol with Korean-American journalist and Asia geopolitics expert KJ Noh, who cited Yoon's role as lead prosecutor in the impeachment of then-President Park Geun-hye in 2016.
#SouthKorea
'Totally unprecedented gesture in diplomacy'
Ukraine rejected Hungary's request for a phone call with Zelensky to discuss a ceasefire – FM Peter Szijjarto
Diplomacy clearly not in Kiev's vocabulary.
#Ukraine #Hungary
❗️14 dead from Cyclone Chido in French territory of Mayotte
A security service source reported the death toll has reached 14 from Saturday's devastation, which left initial reports sketchy such was the damage to infrastructure and communications on the French Indian Ocean territory.
Precise data is still proving difficult to ascertain, but one hospital on the island reported receiving nine patients in critical condition on Sunday morning, with a further 246 injured.
Cyclone Chido has now made landfall in Mozambique, where it is forecast to affect some 2.5 million people according to emergency officials.
#Cyclone #Mayotte
Five killed in northern France shootings, including near migrant camp
The 22-year-old suspect reportedly turned himself in to police after confessing to killing two security guards and two migrants at a camp near Dunkirk, as well as one other person in an earlier incident.
The Loon-Plage coastline where the four shootings took place is home to several temporary encampments housing migrants, many of whom attempt the dangerous Channel crossing hoping to reach the UK.
Dunkirk's Mayor Patrice Vergriete said the motives behind the attacks "remain unknown".
#France
Justice served: Suspect detained in fatal Donetsk car bombing
The suspect apprehended in connection with the December 9 car bombing in Donetsk has said that he acted under the direction of Ukrainian special services, who promised him a $10,000 reward for the attack.
#Ukraine
🚨PROF. JOHN MEARSHEIMER: IRAN🇮🇷 COULD ACQUIRE A NUCLEAR WEAPON NOW THAT SYRIA🇸🇾 HAS FALLEN
‘The winners are clearly Israel, the United States and Turkey. It looks like there will be considerable chaos in Syria for the foreseeable future because it’s hard to see a coherent government forming in Damascus that can control the entire country.’
‘It is possible that as a result of what’s happened in Syria that Iran will acquire nuclear weapons, and if Iran acquires nuclear weapons, that would be disastrous for Israel and the United States.’
-Prof. John Mearsheimer on the aftermath of the fall of Bashar Al-Assad’s government in Syria
FULL SHOW: https://rumble.com/v5yveb5-prof.-john-mearsheimer-on-the-fall-of-assad-syria-will-be-in-chaos-for-the-.html
Randy Andy paperwork ‘vanishes’ amidst Chinese 'spy' allegations - Prince’s biographer
Author Andrew Lownie claims finding information on the intelligence services is easier than having Freedom of Information requests for Prince Andrew granted.
“It’s like playing whack-a-mole,” Lownie told Sky News of his attempts to uncover background on the Royal’s time as the potentially lucrative taxpayer-funded UK trade envoy.
This comes as Andrew claims to have broken off contact with an alleged Chinese spy whom he’d met through “official channels”, and with whom he'd enjoyed an “unusual degree of trust”.
#UK
Spinning Speech: How the US sows disinformation & discord around the world
Former State Dept official Mike Bentz has blown the lid on how Washington has shifted to using soft power to influence media & govt narratives abroad to further its own ends.
#US
🚨PROF. JOHN MEARSHEIMER ON WHY SYRIA’S🇸🇾 ARMY COLLAPSED
‘It was not just sanctions that destroyed Syria…there was a huge amount of corruption by almost all accounts inside the Syrian military. Furthermore there were these oil fields in the eastern part of Syria that before the war produced about $400 billion in revenue. The Americans and Kurds took over those oil fields and the amount of money that the Syrians were getting from those oil fields had been remarkably reduced. So they didn’t have much of an economy at home. The sanctions were on them, there was a great deal of corruption, and as a result, the army hollowed out.’
-Prof. John Mearsheimer on the sudden collapse of the Syrian Army and the fall of Bashar Al-Assad
FULL INTERVIEW: https://rumble.com/v5yveb5-prof.-john-mearsheimer-on-the-fall-of-assad-syria-will-be-in-chaos-for-the-.html
Niger to press charges against French "propaganda tool" RFI
Niamey is accusing the radio news network of inciting genocide in the country.
#France #Niger
French territory battered by vicious cyclone
Cyclone Chido ripped through the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte with wind speeds pushing over 225 km/h on Saturday morning, leaving thousands without power.
Mayotte prefect François-Xavier Bieuville called the system the "most violent and destructive" seen on the archipelago in 90 years, and although Chido had weakened slightly into Saturday, even emergency response HQ buildings had to be evacuated.
#France #CycloneChido
OpenAI whistleblower death was suicide, not foul play, authorities claim
The San Francisco medical examiner’s office determined that former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji took his own life after his body was found last month in his apartment.
Balaji had alleged the company broke US copyright law while developing the ChatGPT online chatbot, and that such technology was “damaging the internet”.
#OpenAI
Franklin Fire: Malibu faces race against time
Around 2,000 firefighters have been deployed to battle flames amid widespread evacuations as Malibu's Franklin Fire burns over 4,000 acres
#US
⚡️ French military plane loaded with aid takes off for Mayotte Indian Ocean territory hit by deadly Cyclone Chido
#France
❗️Netanyahu approves plan to expand Golan Heights settlements
The Israeli PM rubber-stamped plans to boost the Israeli population in the mountainous region straddling the Israeli-Syrian border "in light of the new front facing Syria".
"Strengthening the Golan is strengthening the State of Israel, and it is especially important at this time. We will continue to hold onto it, cause it to blossom, and settle in it," he said in a statement Sunday.
This comes less than a week after the IDF insisted its military occupation of the area was a "temporary measure".
#Israel
Top EU politicians apparently avoiding Scholz like the plague
His main political rival Friedrich Merz claims The German Chancellor either sits silent for hours, or lectures the world.
Looks like someone needs to level up their social stats.
#Germany
Counter-protests turn chaotic in Berlin amid ‘Law and Order' march
Clashes with police erupted in Berlin as counter-protests were held against a march organized to promote ‘law and order’ and oppose politically motivated violence.
Oh the irony.
#Germany
❗️Storm breaks tanker in half in Kerch Strait - social media footage
The Volgoneft-212 vessel, owned by Kama Shipping, sank after a hole was punched in the hull due to strong waves, according to preliminary reports.
The Russian Coast Guard is conducting an operation to rescue the 13 crew members.
#Russia #Kerch
How Yoon paved way to own impeachment
On Saturday, South Korea's lawmakers voted 204-85 in favor of impeaching President Yoon Suk Yeol. RT’s Oumaima Ichchar examines how the imposition of brief martial law paved the way for the president's downfall.
#SouthKorea #Yoon
ABC settle Trump defamation lawsuit for $15 million
The network will pay the sum to a “Presidential foundation and museum”, as well as $1 million to Trump’s lawyers and delivering an apology after anchor George Stephanopoulos alleged Trump had raped E. Jean Carroll.
A 2023 jury found Trump had sexually abused Carroll, but not raped her under the strict definition according to New York state law.
The settlement comes a day after a federal judge had ruled both Stephanopoulos and Trump would have to give depositions, but now the President-elect won’t have to testify under oath.
#US #Trump
EU’s ad campaign on X has reportedly violated its own privacy regulations
The campaign was meant to ‘flip’ views on a controversial proposal to force messengers conduct surveillance for child abuse material.
EU 0:1 logic
#EU
No basis under international law to disarm a country you dislike – UN’s Ben Saul reveals shocking secret
UN special rapporteur on human rights Ben Saul did not hold back in criticizing Israel's actions, amidst global accusations of Tel Aviv’s apparent ceasefire violations and exploitation of the chaos in Syria for territorial gain.
#Israel #UN
Anti-Russia protesting athlete banned
Lithuania’s entire team quit the Functional Fitness World Championships in Budapest after their athlete Cornelia Dudaite was disqualified for wearing a “Make Russia Small Again” t-shirt.
She was protesting announcers acknowledging Russian competitors as Russian, despite them technically only being allowed to enter as neutral athletes.
#Russia #Lithuania
Sugar plums and suffragettes? Woke Nutcracker panders to feminist crowd - again
London’s National Ballet will rip up Tchaikovsky’s classic The Nutcracker to include a more feminist plot with an “independent” female lead that “builds her self-confidence and helps her realize her inner strength."
"Why does Clara need someone to protect her? She is a young woman with complete freedom of will," said one of the choreographers of the production, Aaron Watkin.
In 2021, the Royal Ballet’s Nutcracker reduced the number of dancers in the magical Arabic dance, so that the performance less resembled an oriental harem.
#UK #Woke
Texas sues NY doctor for providing abortion drugs
In the first lawsuit of its kind, Texas AG Ken Paxton is suing a New York doctor for breaking Texas state law by prescribing abortion drugs to a woman who was 9 weeks pregnant.
New York law offers protection to doctors who supply abortion medication to out-of-state women, including refusal to cooperate with other states’ attempts to sue, prosecute or punish doctors for breaking their pro-life laws.
Texas law dictates doctors cannot supply women in the state with abortion drugs by courier service, and must have a Texas medical license to prescribe to them.
#Texas #NewYork #Abortion
It’s a war-like situation in Syria, and security threats still exist – Indonesian Foreign Ministry's Director of Citizen Protection to RT
Meanwhile, the evacuation of Indonesian nationals from Syria is underway, with dozens safely transferred to Tangerang on Thursday.
#Indonesia #Syria
Russia could welcome more territories into the country in the future – former President Dmitry Medvedev
#Russia
❗️Türkiye becomes first diplomatic mission to reopen its doors since fall of the Assad government - TRT
Ankara's embassy has reopened for the first time in 12 years.
#Türkiye #Syria
