🚜 Thousands of Farmers Descend on London to Protest New Inheritance Tax Laws

In last month’s budget, UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the changes which means that previously-exempt farms worth more than £1mn will have to pay an inheritance tax of 20% from April 2026.

The move has been met with outrage from the farming community.

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⛩ Japanese TV Gives it to the Viewers Straight - US supports Israel because “Jews occupy powerful positions” in major firms and lobbying groups such as AIPAC “run America”

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⚠️ JUST IN: Germany’s refusal to send long-range Taurus missiles is “responsible decision” – Russia FM Lavrov

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⚠️ JUST IN: Use of ATACMS in Bryansk is ‘New Phase of Western War and Moscow Will React Accordingly’ – Lavrov

The ATACMS cannot be fired into Russia without the aid of American data and expertise, Lavrov noted.

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⚡️ Berlin Believes Telecom Cables Cut in Baltic Sea was Act of 'Sabotage'

The severing of two undersea fibre-optic comms cables in the Baltic Sea must be seen as an act of sabotage, although it is still unclear who is responsible, German defense minister Boris Pistorius said Tuesday.

“No one believes that these cables were cut accidentally. I also don’t want to believe in versions that these were anchors that accidentally caused damage over these cables,” Pistorius said before a meeting with EU defense ministers in Brussels.

The cables had linked Lithuania and Sweden, plus Finland and Germany.

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❌ ICYMI: Jeffrey Sachs Gives History Lesson on Ukraine Conflict

It has always been about money laundering for the US…

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🗣🇺🇦🤡 The expired Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky presented a 10-point “sustainability plan” to the Verkhovna Rada:

🔻Unity - There will be no elections until there is a just peace.

🔻Front - A military ombudsman will appear, there will be no reduction in the mobilization age.

🔻Weapons - Instead of scarce artillery - drones, 3 thousand cruise missiles will also be made.

🔻Money - Import substitution in Ukrainian style and business security from law enforcement agencies.

🔻Energy - By the end of the year, regional sustainability passports will appear, with nuclear energy being a priority.

🔻Security - Upgrading shelter standards and strengthening the border.

🔻Society - In March, pensions will be indexed to the inflation rate.

🔻Human capital - The diplomatic service needs to be restarted; the Ministry of Unification of Ukraine will be created.

🔻Culture - There will be a “cultural Rammstein” and a law on multiple citizenship.

🔻Hero policy - Attracting veterans to public service and providing them with housing.

❗️The full sustainability plan will be ready in December.

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🤔 Spain to Legalize Some 300K Undocumented Immigrants per Year - Reuters

The move will see around 900k undocumented migrants arrive as Spain seeks to expand its labor force, Migration Minister Elma Saiz told reporters Tuesday.

“Spain has to opt between being an open, prosperous country or being a closed and poor one, and we have chosen the former,” Saiz said, adding that the nation needs around 250,000 to 300,000 tax-paying foreign workers a year to sustain its welfare state.

57% of Spaniards believe there is “too much” immigration, while 54% perceive that the proportion of migrants is higher than the official level of foreign-born residents in Spain, a survey by El Pais conducted last month found.

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🚩 JUST IN: Erdogan urges NATO officials to consider and review Russia's revision of its nuclear doctrine

The Turkish president adding that there is ‘no positive aspect to nuclear war,’ at a G20 summit presser Tuesday.

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❌ US Embassy in Kiev Closes over ‘Potential Significant Air Attack’

The embassy advised US citizens to shelter in place in the event of an air raid warning.

The Spanish embassy in the Ukrainian capital has also shuttered Wednesday, as per local media.

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⚠️ Global Anti-Landmine Group Slams 'Terrible' US Decision to Give Antipersonnel Mines to Ukraine

"The ICBL condemns this terrible decision by the US. The US Campaign to Ban Landmines and all the ICBL will be working to get the US to reverse it." Ukraine "must clearly state they cannot and will not accept these weapons," the International Campaign to Ban Landmines told AFP.

More than 160 countries have signed an international treaty banning their use, noting that the indiscriminate weapons can cause enduring harm to civilians.

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🇧🇷🇺🇦 G20 Summit Declaration in Rio Addresses Ukraine in a Single Paragraph

The final declaration of the G20 summit in Rio has been published, with only one paragraph dedicated to the Ukraine conflict.

"Regarding the war in Ukraine, and referencing discussions in New Delhi, we emphasize the impact of human suffering and the additional negative consequences of the war on global food and energy security, supply chains, macro-financial stability, inflation, and economic growth. We welcome all relevant and constructive initiatives that contribute to establishing a comprehensive, just, and lasting peace in line with all the Goals and Principles of the UN Charter, aimed at promoting peaceful, friendly, and good-neighborly relations among nations," the statement reads.

According to Financial Times, some European countries pushed for stronger wording, but there was reluctance to go too far, as this could have led to conflicts and no declaration at all.

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who hosted the summit, released the declaration a day earlier than planned to end debates over Ukraine, angering European leaders, Reuters reports. Traditionally, the communiqué is published at the summit's conclusion, but Lula approved the text during Monday’s closing plenary session, while leaders from France, Germany, and the U.S. were absent.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron publicly expressed their dissatisfaction to journalists.

Sources suggest Brazil feared it might fail to secure agreement on any resolution during its home summit.

This year’s G20 declaration devotes seven times less space to Ukraine compared to last year.

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❎ New Hezbollah Chief to Speak Wednesday

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem was supposed to deliver an address on Tuesday, but it was postponed for unknown reasons.

Speculation had centered around the arrival of US special envoy Amos Hochstein to clinch a negotiated ceasefire ending Israel’s war on Lebanon.

Hochstein is currently meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, who is negotiating on Hezbollah’s behalf.

The timing and subject of the speech are unknown.

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