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Russia earlier accused France and the UK of seeking to arm Ukraine with a dirty bomb · Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky. ©  Sean Gallup/Getty Images · [RT] Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has said he would accept nuclear weapons from Britain and France “with pleasure,” while stressing that no such offer had ever been made. · In an interview with Sky News released on Friday, Zelensky responded to a statement by Russia’s Foreign…

Iranian state TV confirms the Supreme Leader's death... as well as the deaths of his daughter, son-in-law, grandson, and daughter-in-law. · What comes the day after? This US-Israeli regime change action may have just opened pandora's box. · !Image Text · - US official confirms to Fox that US believes Khamenei and 5-10 top Iranian leaders killed in initial Israeli strike on compound; agree with Israel’s intelligence assessment. · - No U.S.…

In the objectively existing reality in which International Relations are unfolding, Russia has proven its reliability as an ally to the five countries that comprise the CSTO, while popular claims that it’s Syria, Venezuela, and/or Iran’s ally are bonafide “Potemkinism”, or nothing but an alternative reality. · Andrew Korybko · A popular Ukrainian media outlet, the Kyiv Independent, revived the narrative of Russia’s unreliability as an ally…

Frank Bergman · Concerns over Europe’s military readiness have intensified in recent years, particularly following the war in Ukraine and renewed pressure from President Donald Trump for NATO members to meet their defense spending obligations. · The conflict in Ukraine has underscored the role of attrition warfare and sustained troop deployments, raising questions about manpower capacity across European militaries. · A Washington,…

David Lindfield · A massive fire tore through the historic Kings Hall Methodist Church in Southall, West London, reducing the more than 100-year-old building to rubble. · Ten fire engines and dozens of firefighters responded to the scene around 9:30 p.m., battling the blaze for hours. · Footage showed flames shooting through stained-glass windows and thick smoke pouring into the night sky as onlookers gathered nearby. · The church,…

David Lindfield · Major U.S. and European automakers are sharply scaling back electric vehicle (EV) ambitions as consumer demand collapses, reversing once-aggressive roadmaps toward full electrification. · The latest company to pull the plug is Lamborghini. · Lamborghini CEO Pulls Plug on EV Supercars · Lamborghini CEO Stephan Winkelmann told the UK’s The Sunday Times that the company has ended plans to build fully electric vehicles. ·…

Frank Bergman · An explosive, newly released Department of Justice (DOJ) email has revealed that federal prosecutors were secretly investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s death as a “murder,” despite publicly claiming that the convicted child predator died from suicide. · The bombshell discovery has reignited fierce debate over what really happened inside a federal jail cell in 2019. · The email is part of the latest document tranche released…

The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. · Andrew Korybko · Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign against Iran is to “defend the American people”, while many critics have alleged (whether in jest or not) that it’s to…

The Islamic Republic either survives the latest onslaught, Iran goes the Venezuelan route, or “Balkanization” begins. · Andrew Korybko · The joint US-Israeli campaign against Iran officially aims to demilitarize the country and overthrow its government. The conflict has only just begun, but Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already been killed along with several high-ranking military officials. These might be symbolic victories more than…

The United States has carried out what is clearly an illegal bombing of Iran, a brutal theocracy with a long record of repression at home and proxy warfare abroad. So how should New Zealand respond? The Luxon-Peters Government put out a joint statement on Sunday that has been variously described as “balanced,” “careful,” and “a disgrace.” It is relatively positive towards the US actions and condemnatory towards Iran, but it doesn’t fully…