⚡Massive Power Outages Across Europe

Electricity blackouts have been reported in several European countries, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro.

In Albania, blackouts have been reported in Tirana, Durrësi, Lezha, Shkodra, Kukësi, Saranda and Elbasani – lights at the country’s constitutional court have also gone off.

Southern Croatia suffered a massive power outage at around 12.30pm local time, with the entirety of Dubrovnik and Konavle blacked out - the country’s national power grid, HEP, said the outage was down to ‘an international disturbance that affected several countries.’

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⚡️JUST IN: Israel Executes Multiple Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank

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❗️Ukraine Sends More Troops to Embattled Frontline Town

Kiev has been forced to dispatch reinforcements to strengthen the defence of the Chasiv Yar sector, the eastern Donetsk region that has become a strategic flashpoint.

Units of the 24th Mechanized Brigade are being redeployed from the town of Toretsk, another frontline region where Russian forces have gained ground after a lull in fighting, according to military bloggers.

If it were to be captured, it could accelerate Russian advances deeper in the industrial territory.

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🤔 BREAKING: EU will launch accession talks with Ukraine and Moldova next week - Politico

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😳 REMINDER: Fly Airbus

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⚠️ Mehdi Hasan Presses US Congressman Dean Phillips on Israel's Murder of Hundreds of Palestinian Civilians in Order to Retrieve 4 Hostages

“It's an unacceptable price. But I think that's a price that has to be paid,” the Congressman said.

But Phillips struggles to find an answer when Mehdi asks if it would be acceptable for Palestinians to kill 200 Israeli civilians in order to rescue 4 Palestinian hostages.

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🩸 How the Soviets Saved Stalingrad from Nazi Germany

The Red Army almost lost the strategical city – now called Volgograd - the Nazis even captured parts of it, before the Soviets were able to successfully counterattack.

The city's control would have given Nazi Germany access to the oil fields of the Caucasus and significant authority over the Volga River.

Germany wasn’t alone, assisted by Italy, Romania and Hungary.

Each flag represents 10k troops. In total, both sides suffered over 1mn casualties.

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🩸 House Collapses Amidst Landslide Caused by Torrential Rain in Eastern China’s Anui Province

At least 55 houses have collapsed in the region, according to local reports.

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➡️ US State Dept Expert on Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Resigns amid Gaza Crisis

Andrew Miller, a senior diplomat, cited family obligations for his departure.

However, it comes amid growing frustration over the war’s steep civilian death toll and concerns among some in the administration that influence over policy matters has been dominated by a narrow clique of Biden’s closest advisers.

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Why is the US fuming over China-Georgia Black Sea port project?

Washington's Ambassador to Georgia Robin Dunnigan has "crossed red lines" by criticizing Tbilisi for having awarded a contract to build a deep-water port in Georgia's Anaklia to a Chinese consortium, a group of Georgian MPs said, as quoted by Russian media.

🔶 Under the Anaklia port project, the state would own a 51 percent share of the port, while the remaining 49 percent would go to private investors. Georgia also considers establishing a "free economic zone" near the port.

🔶 The capacity of the first stage of the port is due to reach 600,000 containers, creating thousands of new jobs.

🔶 The Anaklia port is meant to become part of the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR) linking China to the EU. In 2023, the TITR handled 2.8 million tons of cargo, an 86% increase compared to 2022.

🔶 The construction of the deep-water port of Anaklia makes sense only if cargo from China will pass through it, given the almost $800 billion EU-China trade turnover, according to Paata Kvizhinadze, chairman of the Georgian parliamentary finance and budget committee.

🔶 After the contract was awarded to China in May 2024, the US groundlessly accused the Chinese contractor of being involved in financing "the Russian military".

🔶 The Georgia-US "Anaklia Development Consortium" won the 2016 tender to build the Anaklia port, but the contract was terminated in 2020 over non-fulfillment of obligations. US lawmakers immediately accused then Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia of the project's "politicization" and urged the Trump administration to "investigate" the "ties" of then chair of the political party Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, to Russia.

🔶 In 2024, Georgian Dream politicians were subjected to sanctions by Washington for adopting a "foreign agent" law which requires media and NGOs to inform the government about their foreign sponsors.

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⚠️ US pledges security assistance to Israel in case of large war with Hezbollah - CNN

The free world must stand with Israel in war against "axis of evil led by Iran,” Israeli FM Katz asserted.

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🤡 "Smash the Hegemony" Road Kill: Hilarious Putin & Kim Hit & Run 🚗

D.A.N.G.E.R Z.O.N.E.

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🔴 NEW: Hezbollah drone impacts near IDF base in Northern Israel , another UAV intercepted by Iron Dome

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