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The British military is to spend more than £1 billion on artificial intelligence and a hacking attack team, the Defence Secretary has announced. John Healey vowed to give the Armed Forces more power online to target hostile states such as Vladimir Putin’s Russia, as he warned that “the keyboard has become a weapon of war”. The offensive operations will be conducted through a new Cyber and Electromagnetic Command, which will also oversee a £1 billion investment in upgraded targeting systems using an artificial intelligence “kill web” that connects military systems. Britain to unleash army of hackers on Putin In honour of our greatest leader with minor additions: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, we shall fight on Google, we shall fight on X, we shall fight on Blue Sky, we shall fight on Facebook, we'll fight on the entire Web.......we may even fight on AN (if allowed), we shall never surrender.''

Under international law, an occupying power is obligated to protect civilians under its control. Sarit Michaeli of B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights group: "Israel doesn't hold settlers accountable. On the contrary - settlers know that if they act violently, they'll receive support from all branches of the government. There's full impunity. In fact, it's more accurate to say settlers function as a branch of the government. https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/daylight-robbery-of-land-sanctioned-by-israeli-authorities-inside-terrorised-west-bank-village/ar-AA1FGap1?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=EDGEXST&c Another video in the link above from Sky News interviewing a Palestinian family who fear being displaced from their land illegally by settlers.

A fortified compound from which US mercenaries were handing out parcels of aid was stormed by hundreds of Palestinians on Tuesday just hours after opening for the first time. The fences do not appear to be fixed to concrete foundations, making them relatively flimsy. After the fence collapsed, people spilled out into the central reservation and climbed over the sand berm into the compound. How the rollout of new Gaza aid system collapsed into chaos The above link contains an interesting video from Sky News showing the distribution points for food and medical aid of the US/Israeli private plan and the problems it incurs.

Israel said Thursday it would establish 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of outposts already built without government authorization. Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war and the Palestinians want all three territories for their future state. Most of the international community views settlements as illegal and an obstacle to resolving the decades-old conflict. Defence Minister Israel Katz said the settlement decision “strengthens our hold on Judea and Samaria,” using the biblical term for the West Bank, "anchors our historical right in the Land of Israel, and constitutes a crushing response to Palestinian terrorism.” Israel authorizes more Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank

Two prominent Irish clergymen have urged the international community to ‘grasp reality’ in response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Archbishops John McDowell of Armagh and Michael Jackson of Dublin said they “can no longer stand by and watch the cruel starvation of innocent people”. The call for action comes after Israel’s 11-week blockade of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, which began on March 2. Archbishops urge international community to ‘grasp reality’ in response to humanitarian crisis in Gaza

Three hundred and eighty writers and organisations including Zadie Smith, Ian McEwan, Russell T Davies, Hanif Kureishi, Frank Cottrell-Boyce and George Monbiot have signed a letter stating that the Israeli government’s war in Gaza is genocidal and calling for an immediate ceasefire. “The use of the words ‘genocide’ or ‘acts of genocide’ to describe what is happening in Gaza is no longer debated by international legal experts or human rights organizations,” reads the letter, which was also signed by William Dalrymple, Jeanette Winterson, Brian Eno, Kate Mosse, Irvine Welsh and Elif Shafak. Organisations including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the United Nations human rights council have “clearly identified” acts of genocide enacted by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the letter says, while public statements by the Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir “openly express genocidal intentions”. Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan among 380 writers and groups to call Gaza war ‘genocide’

Abu Dhabi: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) summoned the Israeli Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, to condemn in the strongest terms the deplorable and offensive violations against the Palestinian people that took place in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Mosque and in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City. The UAE stresses that the continued attacks by Israeli extremists and their incitement to hatred and violence constitute a systematic extremist campaign, that not only targets the Palestinian people but the entire international community, further escalating tensions at a time when efforts should be focused on ending the ongoing tragedy in the Gaza Strip. The UAE calls on the Israeli government to assume full responsibility, condemn these hostile acts, hold perpetrators accountable without exception to ministers and officials, and take urgent steps to prevent the exploitation of Jerusalem for agendas of violence, extremism and incitement. UAE summons Israeli ambassador over violations in Occupied Jerusalem

Ukraine triggered chaos and panic in Moscow as dozens of attack drones swarmed around the Russian capital. Strikes hit a key Putin microchip plant in Zelenograd district, with explosions igniting a drone-making plant, another defence plant in Dubna, as well as a key nuclear research base in Moscow region. There was major disruption at Moscow's major airports, which were forced to close amid the drone attacks, leading to huge flight delays. Ukraine swarms panicked Russia with drones after Putin threatens Trump with WW3

In a closed-door briefing before a South Korean parliamentary committee, a National Intelligence Service official told lawmakers that 4,700 North Korean troops had been killed or wounded, The Washington Post reported. The North Korean soldiers killed fighting in Kursk were reportedly cremated before their remains were returned home. Lee’s figures showed there has been a sharp increase in North Korean casualties since the last NIS update in January 2025. In January, the NIS believed only 2,700 North Korean soldiers had been injured fighting in Russia while 200 were thought to have been killed. If the intelligence agency’s figures are correct, North Korea has since seen a doubling of soldiers killed since January. Casualties among North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia revealed

Ukrainian border guards are delivering devastating blows to the Russian troops in the Kursk sector. They have destroyed key Russian positions and facilities, according to the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine. Ukrainian border guard operators reportedly destroyed key Russian targets: a take-off position for Russian drones, a raft hiding place, seven militant hideouts, two artillery positions, a dugout, a firing point, a truck, and two telecommunication towers. Ukrainian military destroys 7 Russian positions and key targets in Kursk sector: Footage

In a preview of an interview with CBS Sunday Morning released late on Tuesday, the Tesla chief executive, who until recently led the Department of Government Efficiency, or Doge, said he was “disappointed to see the massive spending bill, which increases the budget deficit . . . and undermines the work that the Doge team is doing”. While cutting some social spending, the bill has attracted strong criticism from deficit hawks, as it will ultimately increase the US national debt by more than $3.3tn over the next decade, according to non-partisan estimates. Musk, who has long claimed that the US would go “bankrupt” if the deficit was not reduced, appeared to echo that criticism in his comments to CBS, saying: “I think a bill can be big, or it can be beautiful. But I don’t know if it can be both. My personal opinion.” Elon Musk criticises Donald Trump’s ‘big, beautiful’ tax bill

As inflation, integration, and influence dominate headlines across the EU, Bulgaria is preparing to take one of its biggest steps since joining the bloc: adopting the euro. If all goes to plan, the leva will be replaced by the euro on January 1, 2026, moving the country into the core of EU monetary policymaking. The country would become the 21st member of the eurozone, and the governor of Bulgaria’s central bank would gain a seat on the ECB’s Governing Council. Bulgaria Breaks from Russia’s Orbit with Eurozone Move by 2026

I agree 100%. Those Russians on the other hand...... Still, we digress from the topic at hand, have the Republicans got the gall to really shake Putin by the scruff of his neck?

If I remember rightly, the immigrants, legal or not, in Ohio were not actively fighting a bloody war, and indeed were not far from grocery stores where they could purchase food apart from hot dogs.

On May 20th, Donald Trump announced that plans for a new space-based missile defence system called the “Golden Dome”. Trump said during the announcement that Canada had contacted the Trump administration and indicated that the country “want to be a part of it”. “I told Canada, which very much wants to be part of our fabulous Golden Dome System, that it will cost $61 Billion Dollars if they remain a separate, but unequal, Nation, but will cost ZERO DOLLARS if they become our cherished 51st State. They are considering the offer!” Trump to Canada: “It will cost you $61 billion, but zero if you become 51st state” Donald, you're such a teaser with words- separate but unequal (ouch!) ...then cherished (aw, you sweet thing). I expect the lumberjacks will tell him where to go.

Here's another from Newsweek, claiming the Russians ate a Yorkshire Terrier! Surely not much meat there. The SBU, Kyiv's security and intelligence agency, released a text message exchange purportedly between two Russian soldiers, in which a serviceman stationed in the occupied parts of the Kherson region, close to Crimea, told his friend that he and other troops had eaten a Yorkshire terrier. "It's all f*****. [Ukrainians] are f****** beating us like kids. We eat dogs, there's no food. Today we ate a Yorkie. A Yorkshire terrier," the soldier was quoted as saying by the SBU. 'There's No Food': Russian Soldiers Forced To Eat Dogs, Ukraine Claims - Newsweek

That's a link to The Daily Express, a paper right wing fans like yourself should find highly reputable. Here's another one from the more middle class Daily Telegraph Audio reveals Russian troops are eating dogs because they are 'sick' of ration packs

Russian soldiers have been reduced to eating dogs and flu medication to survive on the front lines in Ukraine, according to an intercepted phone call released by Kyiv. In a recording obtained by Ukraine’s military intelligence agency HUR, a woman describes the dire conditions faced by acquaintances serving in the Russian army, who have been abandoned without food in a dugout for more than two weeks. The unnamed caller is heard saying: “They’ve been sitting in a dugout for two weeks, the food ran out. Starving Russian troops ‘eating dogs’ on front line as supply lines collapse | World | News | Express.co.uk

Residents of 13 regions of Russia experienced what Ukrainians have been enduring for more than three years overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday. According to the Russian Defence Ministry's statement, "duty air defence measures destroyed and intercepted 296 Ukrainian drone aircraft over the territories of the Moscow region and the regions of: Bryansk, Belgorod, Vladimir, Voronezh, Ivanovo, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, and Tula." As a result of the overnight air attacks, all airports in the Moscow air traffic hub: Sheremetyevo, Vnukovo, Domodedovo, and Zhukovsky temporarily suspended operations. Ukraine strikes back: Drone attacks paralyze Russian regions

Always liked this one by Seal

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has condemned the Israeli attack on a school in the Gaza Strip, describing it as "repulsive". The attack resulted in 52 deaths, including 33 children. Israel must immediately restore the delivery of aid in accordance with humanitarian principles, with the participation of the UN and other international humanitarian partners, emphasised the head of the European Commission. EU leaders urge Israel to end blockade after school attack

In 2025-2026, Ukraine will receive $3 billion from the UK in excess profits from Russian assets, the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine reports. According to the Ministry, First Deputy Defence Minister Serhii Boiev, Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries Davyd Aloian, and Director of the UK Ministry of Defence's Strategic Capabilities Engagement and Application Directorate Anna-Lee Reilly signed a project agreement to use the excess profits from frozen Russian assets as part of the Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) initiative. According to the agreement, Ukraine will receive $3 billion in 2025-2026, which will be used for: ・procurement of foreign defense products ・repair and maintenance of military equipment ・implementation of joint projects with the participation of Ukrainian and international defense companies ・purchase of other critical materials, including Ukrainian-made products. UK to send Ukraine $3 billion from frozen Russian assets: How it’ll be spent

It's the thought that counts. Israel becoming a pariah state under Netanyahu.