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Reform UK proposes deporting 600,000 asylum seekers in sweeping new immigration crackdown

Reform UK said it’s prepared to deport 600,000 asylum seekers from Britain to prevent “civil disorder.” Party leader Nigel Farage said the plan includes withdrawing Britain from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), repealing the Human Rights Act, and scrapping international treaties that block forced deportations, Reuters reported. The ECHR, a cornerstone of U.K. […]

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Denmark summons US envoy over alleged covert Greenland interference operations

The top U.S. diplomat in Denmark was summoned by Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen over intelligence reports that Americans had conducted covert influence operations in Greenland.  Danish public broadcaster DR reported that at least three people with ties to the Trump administration were conducting the operations. The broadcaster cited unnamed security and government sources.

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Russian software developer gets 15 years in prison for $500 donation to Ukraine defense fund

A Russian software developer in Moscow on Tuesday was sentenced to 15 years hard prison time for donating roughly $500 to a Ukrainian defense fund, reporting by East2West confirmed.   Sergei Irin, 45, who at one point worked for Russian tech giant Yandex, apparently refused to stand in court as he was issued his sentence,

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Israel pushes back at ‘tailor-made’ UN-backed report claiming Gaza famine

A United Nations-backed report declaring famine in areas of Gaza has sparked a war of words over the conditions in the enclave.  The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) released a report on Friday in which it declared for the first time that the Gaza Governorate is experiencing a famine. Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis

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Australia boots Iranian diplomats after alleging Islamic Republic behind recent antisemitic attacks

The Australian government says it is expelling two Iranian diplomats after alleging that the Islamic Republic was behind at least two antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.  Speaking to reporters, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the country’s main domestic spy agency, ASIO, had “gathered enough credible intelligence to reach a deeply disturbing conclusion.”  “The Iranian

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Netanyahu announces investigation into ‘tragic mishap’ after reports of journalists killed in Gaza strike

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that an investigation is underway after reports said Israel struck a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 20 people on Monday, according to reports. Netanyahu said Israel regretted the deadly incident and reiterated that Israel does not intentionally target civilians in its war with Hamas. Reports

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Thousands attend corgi competition featuring 120 teams from across Europe: ‘He’s really proud’

Thousands of people poured into Lithuania’s capital this weekend for Corgi Race Vilnius, where 120 teams of furry competitors and their owners from around Europe went nose-to-nose. Corgi Race Vilnius — a two-day event held in Lithuania’s capital — allowed Welsh Pembroke and Cardigan corgis to show their skills in races, a solo sprint, puzzle

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Russia says Ukrainian drones hit nuclear power plant during Independence Day strikes

Russian officials said Ukrainian drones ignited an overnight fire at a nuclear plant in Russia’s Kursk region. The strikes coincided with Ukraine’s 34th Independence Day, marking its 1991 break from the Soviet Union. Russia said the strikes hit several power facilities. The plant fire was quickly extinguished. A transformer was damaged, but radiation levels remained

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US ally summons Trump ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ antisemitism allegations

France has summoned American ambassador Charles Kushner to Paris, after the diplomat accused the country of not doing enough to combat antisemitism in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron. France’s foreign ministry said in a statement issued Sunday that Kushner’s allegations “are unacceptable,” and announced it had summoned the U.S. diplomat to appear Monday

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Russian war hero ‘the Executioner’ allegedly ordered troops to shoot him in massive payout scheme: report

One of Russia’s most decorated battlefield heroes was unmasked as the alleged mastermind of a brazen fraud scheme in which elite soldiers allegedly shot themselves – and even their own commander – to collect lucrative combat injury payouts, according to local reports. Investigators allege that Lt. Col. Konstantin Frolov – nicknamed “the Executioner” for his sniper

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