⚡️ BREAKING: Netanyahu claims Golan Heights will remain Israeli "for eternity” - AFP

The Israeli PM has clearly gone for the “why bother hiding genocidal intent” philosophy.

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🔴 NEW: Suspect in UHC CEO shooting is identified as Luigi Mangione - an ex-Ivy League student, anti-capitalist, and climate-change activist (The Guardian)

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🤔 Nelson Mandela Remained on the US Terror List Until 2008 - some 14 years after he became president of South Africa

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😳 Israeli ex-President Rivlin reveals relations between Jewish State and Queen Elizabeth II were “difficult” - because the British royal believed every Israeli was “either a terrorist or a son of a terrorist” (TOI)

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🤥 IDF Spox Denies Reports Israeli Tanks Advancing Towards Damascus

Reuters, citing two regional security sources and one Syrian security source, had reported that troops reached Qatana - which is beyond the buffer zone and around 20km from the Syrian capital.

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⚠️ Netanyahu Arrives at Tel Aviv District Court - He Faces Charges of Fraud, Bribery and Breach of Trust

Sounds about right.

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🔴JUST IN: Brazilian president Lula in intensive care after brain surgery - FT

Lula underwent a craniotomy procedure to drain a haematoma on his head after an MRI scan showed an “intracranial haemorrhage,” according to a medical note shared by Brasilia.

He is “recovering well,” the note added.

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❗️NEW: Turkey strongly condemns “Israel's violation of the 1974 Separation of Forces Agreement” and its entry into the separation zone in Syria - Ankara

“Israel is once again displaying its occupation mentality,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry said.

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⚠️ UN Syria Envoy Calls for End to Israeli Bombardment

The UN special envoy for Syria also urged for Israel to halt its military manoeuvres inside Syria.

“We are continuing to see Israeli movements and bombardments into Syrian territory. This needs to stop. This is extremely important,” Geir Pedersen told reporters in Geneva.

Around 300 Israeli strikes have rained down on Syrian territory since Assad was toppled - Tel Aviv claiming the attacks were necessary in order to prevent weapons “falling into the hands of extremists.”

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⚠️ Austria to “Support” Syrians Wishing to Return Home - "The Country Now Needs its Citizens"

“The fall of the Assad regime is changing the overall situation in Syria. The country now needs its citizens,” Chancellor Nehammer posted on X. “We will support everyone, who wants to return to their homeland.”

The Austrian govt announced Monday it had paused the processing of asylum applications by Syrians, one of several European countries to do so.

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🥇 El Salvador President Reveals Country Has $3 Trillion in Unmined Gold Reserves – Representing Over 8,800% of Current GDP

In a dramatic shift from its previous environmental stance, El Salvador is reconsidering its landmark 2017 ban on metal mining with President Nayib Bukele stating that the country has the "highest density gold deposits per km² in the world."

Time to prepare your military, El Salvador - the US will be knocking down your door soon.

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🩸Billionaire Former UK Tory Donor Becomes Nigel Farage’s Treasurer

Nick Candy, the billionaire former Tory donor and Holly Valance’s husband, is to become Reform UK’s treasurer, the party has announced.

The property tycoon accused the Conservative Party of a “complete breach of trust with the wealth creators in our country” and said he would take up the fundraising role in the new year.

Reform has been buoyed by a series of Tory defections in recent weeks – will Farage be the next UK PM?

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😳 CNN Correspondent Faces Ridicule for Bemoaning Lack of Black People in Argentina - Cries “Racism”

“I have spent a week in Argentina and I didn’t see a single black person,” said Larry Madowo, who is a host of African Voices on CNN International.

“The people are super nice, but where are the black people?” Madowo added.

One respondent informed Madowo that there isn’t a huge amount of black people in Argentina, “Because they are a country, not a Disney movie.”

Another pointed out that there aren’t many Argentineans in Cameroon either.

Madowo reacted by predictably calling his detractors “racist.”

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💲 Unmasking the US billions spent on advanced Patriot interceptor missiles for Ukraine

The US has sent at least 847 of its newest advanced Patriot interceptor missiles, worth a whopping almost $3.26 billion, to Ukraine since 2022, according to a Sputnik analysis.

This is something that the Pentagon has been tight-lipped about. A deep dive into the DoD’s annual budget reports revealed:

🔘 A mysterious $956 million listed as for a "classified program" was injected into the US Army’s budget for fiscal year 2023, according to a Pentagon report in January 2023.

🔘 An additional $340 million was added to the $1.993 billion budget for the procurement of MSE missiles for the US Army to replace the ones those transferred to Ukraine, per an April 2023 report.

🔘 The US Army’s original 2023 budget report requested only $1.037 billion for the procurement of 252 MSE missiles.

🔘 Number crunching shows that $956 million matches the difference between the sums, suggesting that the "classified program" was to cover MSE missile costs for Ukraine.

🔘 The average unit cost of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missile stood at around $3.85 million, according to budget reports.

🔘 The actual budget for MSE missiles for fiscal year 2023 jumped from the original $1.037 billion to $2.47 billion, due to "$1,442.764 million emergency supplemental funding to support the procurement of replacement missiles transferred to Ukraine," per the fiscal year 2025 report.

🔘 An additional $1.44 billion in "emergency supplemental funding" for fiscal year 2023 would allow the US Army to buy at least 375 MSE missiles to replace those sent to Ukraine.

🔘 The US Army’s budget for the procurement of MSE missiles for fiscal year 2024 jumped to $3.03 billion (up $1.818 billion), allowing for the purchase of at least 472 MSE missiles.

🔘 Total additional funding of $3.26 billion for both fiscal years would cover the purchase of at least 847 MSE missiles to replace those sent to Ukraine.

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