📱 Ukraine Considers Banning Telegram if App is Confirmed as “Threat to National Security”

The Ukrainian parliament has been studying a bill since last week that threatens to shut Telegram down. 

The measure, which has proven very unpopular but has garnered the support of deputies from four political groups in the Rada – 72% of Ukrainians use Telegram as their main source of information, a study found last year.

Ukrainian citizens can currently consult Telegram without limits, as opposed to surfing the internet or following news outlets regulated by Kiev’s media law. 

Will Zelensky push through more censorship while elections are banned?

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🔴Far-Right Ben-Gvir Fumes after War Cabinet Votes to Open More Crossings for Gaza Aid Without Him

“They voted in the cabinet before I arrived, even though they knew I was in a security-related meeting,” National Security Minister Ben-Gvir claimed in a statement.

The vote reportedly went ahead because Ben-Gvir again arrived more than 20 minutes late to the meeting.

“Since when do we vote at the beginning of a meeting? Never. Votes always take place at the end,” Ben-Gvir said, claiming that Netanyahu moved the vote up because he knew he would vote against it.

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🔴 Kazakhstan Hit By Worst Floods in 80 Years

President Tokayev stated in an address that the floods were "a natural disaster, the likes of which have not been seen for many years."

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⚠️ NOW: Massive Israeli Airstrike on Gaza

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ℹ️ JUST IN: “Primary responsibility for attack on 🇮🇷 Damascus Consulate lies with the US” - Iran’s Chief of General Staff Mohammad Baqeri

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⛔️ Tens of thousands demand Netanyahu’s resignation in Tel Aviv rally

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ℹ️ Switzerland to Hold Referendum on Restricting Population to 10MN Until 2050

The vote will take place after the populist Swiss People’s Party (UDC) harvested 114,600 signatures in just nine months - meeting a govt requirement for 100k within 18 months for the referendum to go ahead.

If approved, the referendum will ensure Switzerland maintains “sustainable demographic development” by restricting the permanent resident population to 10mn for the next 25 years.

The vote would likely mean that Switzerland would be forced to end its bilateral agreement with the EU on free movement.

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⚠️ ICYMI: WHO Releases Footage of Gaza’s Al-Shifa Hospital Interior

The hospital has been reduced to ashes, leaving it an "empty shell with human graves,” WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said.

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⚠️ Israel's Explanation for Aid Worker Deaths Unsatisfactory – Australian PM

Australia has appointed a senior former military official to study the IDF's inquiry into the incident, PM Anthony Albanese said Monday.

Israel claimed they mistakenly believed they were attacking Hamas gunmen when air strikes killed World Central Kitchen staff, including Australian "Zomi" Frankcom. Two officers have been dismissed and others reprimanded.

"We don't find the explanations to be satisfactory to this point," Albanese said in an interview on ABC. "We need proper accountability; we need full transparency about the circumstances, and I think that is what the Australian public would expect."

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🆕 Nicaragua Opens Oral Arguments at ICJ Case Against Germany for ‘Facilitating Gaza Genocide’

Germany is facing charges at the top UN court for allegedly “facilitating the commission of genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza in coordination with its military and political ally, Israel.

Berlin will get to respond to the allegations on Tuesday.

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🔴Israel Launches Overnight Airstrikes on Gaza’s Rafah

Some 1.3mn Palestinians are currently crammed into Rafah after being forcibly displaced by Israel.

The UN Security Council demanded an immediate ceasefire - Israel continues its genocidal assault regardless.

The Western ‘rules-based order’ only applies to Washington’s enemies.

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🤔 JUST IN: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co – world’s biggest chipmaker - has agreed to make its most advanced products in Arizona from 2028 (FT)

The move will boost Washington’s efforts to bring the semiconductor supply chain on to US soil.

Are TSMC moving before Beijing strikes?

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➡️ NOW: Nicaragua Urges Top UN Court to Order Germany to Halt Weapon Supplies to Israel

Nicaragua has accused Berlin of being “complicit in genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.”

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🆕 Iranian FM Hossein Amir Abd-Abdollahian Lands in Damascus One Week after Israel’s Attack on Consulate

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