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A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans ...

“Biden often asked yes/no questions, and when I got back, he asked if I thought Putin was going to do it,” Burns recalled. “I said: ‘Yes’.”
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Revealed: Epstein cultivated relationship with CBP officer, causing US investigation Guardian review of US justice department files reveals Epstein interacted with six CBP officers. The officer investigated denied any knowledge of trafficking underage girls

The Guardian also identified two other CBP officers on St Thomas and in Florida who were in contact with Epstein, based on emails and text messages between Epstein, his staff and the officers.
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Labour minister falsely linked journalists to ‘pro-Kremlin’ network in emails to GCHQ Exclusive: Josh Simons pressed intelligence officials to investigate reporters, in emails described as ‘McCarthyite smear’

Labour minister who claimed to be “surprised” and “furious” at a PR agency’s work to investigate journalists on his behalf had been personally involved in naming them to British intelligence officials and falsely linking them to pro-Russian propaganda
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YIKES! This will set Trump off! He will insist Andrew be given full pardon--or Trump will clamp down on the speaking of English, no longer the US's official language! 😱

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested: King Charles says ‘law must take its course’ as ex-prince taken into custody – live The police raided Andrew’s Norfolk home on Thursday

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested: King Charles says ‘law must take its course’ as ex-prince taken into custody – "They will have to answer questions about Andrew and be held accountable, something which, up until now, has been an alien concept for them"
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The risks of Trump’s peace plan: Two Gazas and an annexed West Bank Trump’s plan could doom aspirations for a unified Palestinian state. European and Arab states should pressure Washington before it’s too late.

Although they are mostly keen to accommodate Trump and help maintain the ceasefire, they risk supporting a process that could close off any prospect of Palestinian statehood and deliver a serious blow to Palestinian nationalism.
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From Scandal to Security Threat: Protecting High-Value Individuals Named in the Epstein Files from Russian Intelligence Targeting  - Robert Lansing Institute 1) Why this matters now

The Kremlin does not need Epstein to have been an intel asset for Russia to benefit. The more relevant risk is opportunistic exploitation: using the public association with Epstein as leverage, intimidation, or narrative weaponization.

Another Russian favour

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Rails at Risk: NATO’s Most Exposed States and the Logic of Sabotage - Robert Lansing Institute Russia’s approach to rail sabotage in NATO states is indirect, deniable, and layered. Rather than deploying uniformed operatives, Moscow outsources

Russia’s approach to rail sabotage in NATO states is indirect, deniable, & layered. Rather than deploying uniformed operatives, outsourcing risk through criminal proxies, extremist milieus, & information operations, while retaining plausible deniability.
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Exclusive: Top European spies sceptical US will clinch Ukraine peace deal this year The heads of five European spy agencies, who spoke to Reuters, said Russia did not want to end the war quickly. Four said Moscow was using the peace talks to push for sanctions relief and business dea...

Remarks point to a striking gulf in thinking between European capitals & the WH, which Ukraine says wants to clinch a peace agreement by June ahead of the U.S. congressional mid-term elections in November. Trump says he believes Putin wants to make a deal.
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How China plans to dominate global trade long after Trump China sees an opening to turn President Donald Trump's tariffs to its advantage by reshaping global trade in ways that would insulate its $19 trillion economy from U.S. pressure far into the future.

Beijing is exploiting the uncertainty created by Trump to try to stitch China's vast manufacturing base into the world's biggest economic blocs, including the European Union, Gulf States and a trans-Pacific trade pact, a Reuters examination found
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MPs in call to halt Drax’s £2m-a-day subsidy over sustainability doubts Exclusive: Cross-party group ‘deeply concerned’ power plant may have misled ministers and regulators over source of wood pellets

14 MPs & peers have called on the energy minister to halt the subsidies for Britain’s biggest power plant while the financial watchdog investigates company’s claims about how it sources the millions of tonnes of wood pellets burned to generate electricity.
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Oil prices rise amid fears of US strikes on Iran – business live Both the US and Iran embark on military posturing amid a stand-off over Tehran’s nuclear programme

Thus, the most likely outcome seems to be another bombing campaign similar to what we saw in 2025 with the goal to further damage Iran’s nuclear capabilities, its military infrastructure or maybe even extract the Ayatollah from the country.

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Trump officials plan to build 5,000-person military base in Gaza, files show Exclusive: approximately 350-acre compound planned as base for multinational force, according to records reviewed by the Guardian

The site is envisioned as military operating base for a future International Stabilization Force (ISF), planned as a multinational military force composed of pledged troops. The ISF is part of the newly created Board of Peace which is meant to govern Gaza.

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Environmental protest group says FBI is investigating it for terrorism Extinction Rebellion says some members have been visited by agents claiming to be FBI amid Trump’s threats toward liberal groups

Rights advocates have raised free speech concerns under Trump’s admin, citing his crackdown on pro-Palestinian protests against Israel’s assault on Gaza, and his threats against liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda" #FreeSpeechMatters

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US military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say | CNN Politics The US military is prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, though President Donald Trump has yet to make a final decision on whether he’ll authorize such actions, sources familiar with the m...

Warmonger Prize goes to..

US military prepared to strike Iran as early as this weekend, but Trump has yet to make a final call, sources say

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Verge headline: Mark Zuckerberg is taking the stand as social media goes on trial by Lauren Feiner Photo illustration depicts Mark Zuckberberg set against a field of Meta logos

The way that Meta and YouTube designed their products — allegedly luring users into a nonstop loop of taps and scrolling — is at the heart of this month’s bellwether social media trial, which sets the stage for thousands of similar lawsuits.

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If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.

The finger in the air and credible chatter building suggests that the US and Iran is teetering quite close to all out warfare.

White House says Trump wants diplomacy with Iran as US reportedly could be ready for military attack – live ‘Iran would be very wise to make a deal,’ says Karoline Leavitt on possibility of US strikes against Iran; CBS News reports strikes could begin as soon as Saturday

Ravid reported that US sources told him the talks in Geneva with Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi, were a “nothing burger” and the Pentagon is preparing for a joint Israeli-US offensive that could last weeks.

And divert from Epstein et al

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Trump tells Starmer handing Chagos Islands to Mauritius is a ‘big mistake’ US president had recently said the plan was the best deal Starmer could make

Under the deal agreed last year, Britain would cede control over the British Indian Ocean Territory but lease the largest island, Diego Garcia, for 99 years to continue operating a joint US-UK military base there.

No Starmer u-trurn this time 🤞

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Gaza death toll in early part of war far higher than reported, says Lancet study Research suggests more than 75,000 killed in the first 16 months of conflict, 25,000 more than announced at the time

“The combined evidence suggests that, as of 5 January 2025, 3-4% of the population of the Gaza Strip had been killed violently and there have been a substantial number of non-violent deaths caused indirectly by the conflict,”

No words, just genocide & we watched

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EISEN: I want to ask about the report that a 49% stake in World Liberty was sold to an Emirati royal after your dad was elected for access to AI chips

DON JR: We've been dealing w/ the conflict of interest stuff for years. Frankly, it's gotten old. They put us in this position. We just fought back.

Screenshot of a tweet quoting Joe Rogan questioning why names would be redacted if someone is not a victim, saying the Epstein files situation “is not a hoax.” Below is a video still of Rogan speaking into a microphone on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast set.

Joe Rogan is THIS close to getting it about the man who said this was all a hoax.

Read and share all over..he nails it

Trump Orders Defense, Energy Departments to Reinvest in Coal One study showed that coal power plants led to nearly half a million U.S. deaths over a 20-year period.

Trump has ordered two executive branch departments to take actions that would increase the use of coal in the United States, despite fossil fuels becoming an obsolete form of energy production that is devastating to the health of the planet.

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Disdain for Labour unites Gorton and Denton ahead of crucial by-election The fate of Keir Starmer’s premiership could be decided in Gorton and Denton this month, where Labour faces a struggle to cling on to a 13,000 majority. Dan Haygarth speaks to despondent constituents ...

That fight is expected to be against the #GreenParty in Gorton, made up of diverse southeastern suburbs of the city of Manchester, and against Ref*rm in post-industrial town Denton, found in the Greater Manchester borough of Tameside.

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian losses mount as Putin’s forces battle in key city Kyiv says its military still holds on in northern part of Pokrovsk and is defending a smaller city nearby

Putin’s troops are waging a months-long campaign to seize the strategic railway hub and capture the whole of the Donetsk region while peace talks stall.

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Starmer latest: PM faces new furore after paedophile-linked ex-comms chief suspended Lord Matthew Doyle is the latest in a string of high-profile resignations from the party

Lord Doyle had the Labour whip removed after he campaigned for former Labour councillor Sean Morton in May 2017. Morton admitted having indecent images of children in November 2017.
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There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

His ( #MandelsonEpstein ) treachery, while it went way beyond his official mandate, was not a bug, but a feature. The corrosion of democratic values was institutional. And this spirit has prevailed ever since.
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