Polish President Andrzej Duda said that one non-negotiable condition for any peace agreement in the Ukraine war is that Crimea must be returned to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Norway joined the Netherlands and Denmark in sending F-16s to Ukraine.
In other news, Iran and Saudi Arabia were among the six new nations accepted for membership in the BRICS economic bloc.
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A young woman’s rant about struggling to pay her bills despite constantly working struck a chord with thousands of Aussies.
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Trouble Ahead: Shock Indicator Reveals German Economy Could be Headed Towards a Crash
A key economic data point reading, which has dropped to a shockingly low level, has left many economists saying the worst is ahead for Germany.
Germany’s HCOB Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) just plunged on Wednesday, from 48.5 to 44.7 points. The indicator is seen as a reliable forecast for how the German economy will develop over the near future, as it is a measure of confidence in the economy from industrial and business insiders.
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Bar Shooting Suspect Identified as Former Cop Whose Wife Filed for Divorce
John Snowling, a retired California police officer who was also killed in the shooting, was involved in a lengthy divorce with his wife.
The man who opened fire inside a famed Orange County biker bar, leaving four dead, was a retired police officer locked in lengthy divorce proceedings with his estranged wife, whom he wounded in the shooting.
The bloodshed unfolded Wednesday night at Cook’s Corner in Trabuco Canyon, about 50 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, officials said.
The suspected gunman, identified as 59-year-old John Snowling, was one of the four people killed.
Snowling was a sergeant with the Ventura Police Department and worked there until his retirement in 2014, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office said.
The Ventura Police Department confirmed that Snowling worked in the oceanside town from July of 1986 through February of 2014.
A friend of Snowling’s wife, who was with her at the bar on Wednesday night, said the spouse had filed for divorce against the shooter.
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Bipartisan Bill Aims to Block Chinese Purchase of US Farmland
Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A bipartisan proposal introduced in the U.S. House on May 17 aims to block Chinese Communist Party (CCP) affiliates from taking hold of U.S. farmland, adding to the growing bipartisan push in Congress to counter threats from the regime in Beijing.
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On Thursday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan penned a letter to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, demanding that she come clean regarding alleged coordination with Biden’s DOJ in her decision to indict Donald Trump.
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On Thursday, both supporters and opponents of 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump gathered outside the Fulton County jail in expectation of his arrival to surrender to authorities in the 2020 election case.
By the afternoon, police had blocked off the road leading up to the jail, as a crowd gathered at the end of the road.
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A former Federal Bureau of Investigation contractor has been hit with a slew of charges in connection with alleged sexual exploitation of children. Brett Janes, 26, is accused of grooming multiple young boys over the internet, and threatening to kill himself if they did not comply with his demands.
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Judge Rejects First Amendment Challenge to California’s Social Media Censorship Law
A lawsuit filed on First and Fourteenth Amendment grounds by Minds, the Babylon Bee, Tim Pool and National Religious Broadcasters in a bid to contest what’s known as California’s new censorship law has been dismissed by a judge.
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Left-Wing Governor’s Ritzy Fundraiser Shut Down by Climate Protesters
A group of climate activists disrupted and shut down a Nantucket, Massachusetts, fundraising event benefiting Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey after they demanded she ban new fossil fuel projects.
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More than 1,000 people are still missing on the island of Maui after wildfires tore through the town of Lahaina and officials declined to either divert water or sound warning sirens while children and families were burned alive.
Now it has been revealed that the top emergency officials in charge of the wildfire response were not even on the island as the fires blazed. It is feared that many of those who were killed are children.
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Police: Subway Rider Stabbed Repeatedly in Head on 1 Train in Midtown, Manhattan
NEW YORK — A man was stabbed in the head early Thursday morning on the subway, and police are searching for his attacker.
It happened just after 2 a.m. on a northbound 1 train in Midtown, Manhattan.
Police said the 52-year-old victim was stabbed several times in his head. It’s unclear what led up to the attack.
The man was taken to Bellevue Hospital and is in stable condition.
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Revealed: Maui Officials Tried to Enforce Media Blackout to Block Footage From Devastating Wildfires
A leaked letter from the US Department of Homeland Security reveals that FEMA was asked by officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui to “pause on posting on social media and elsewhere new imagery of damage/disaster/debris starting now.”
The letter, revealed in a screenshot on X by Anthony Cabassa, was sent August 19, more than 10 days after the wildfires ripped through the town of Lahaina, officially killing more than 100, but leaving nearly 1,000 missing and unaccounted for.
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Trump Slams Chris Wallace for Covering for Joe, Hunter Biden During 2020 Debate
Speaking with Tucker Carlson on Wednesday evening, 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump slammed former Fox News host Chris Wallace for “guarding” Joe Biden during the 2020 presidential debate, during which Trump attempted to question Biden about he and his son’s connections to foreign money.
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Ukrainian Independence Day Rally Held in Harrisburg
Pennsylvanians joined Ukrainian refugees at the steps of the State Capitol to reaffirm their support for Ukraine’s independence.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The steps of the Pennsylvania State Capitol were covered in blue and gold, as dozens of people came together to celebrate Ukraine’s Independence Day.
The rally at the Capitol comes as Ukraine’s war against Russia enters its eighteenth month.
“It’s a day of independence with tears in our eyes; tears not only for pain, but for pride,” said Valeria Beussink, one of the rally organizers.
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Update: Trump Hires Lawyer Who Got Rapper Gunna Out of Prison in YSL RICO Case
Update: According to WSB-TV, Trump’s new lead attorney in Georgia, Steve Sadow, most recently represented Atlanta rapper Gunna in the YSL RICO case. The rapper agreed to an Alford plea last year. Sadaw has also represented Usher, Rick Ross, and TI.
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Watch Live: Trump Surrenders in Georgia for Booking as Scores of Supporters Show Up
Former President Donald Trump is turning himself in at the Fulton County jail on Thursday on state charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
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X CEO Elon Musk has announced that the platform, formerly known as Twitter, will be filing legal action to stop the “hate incidents” narrative by NGOs funded by George Soros. “X will be filing legal action to stop this. Can’t wait for discovery to start!” Musk Tweeted as he shared a tweet by American writer Michael Shellenberger.
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Cardinal Burke: Synodality is an Attempted ‘Revolution’ in the Catholic Church
ROME — Cardinal Raymond Burke, the former head of the Vatican’s highest court, warns in a new book that a move toward “synodality” is causing “evident and grave harm” to the Church.
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‘Crimea Must be Returned to Ukraine,’ Says Polish President
There can be no concessions regarding Crimea in any potential peace deal with Russia, Polish President Andrzej Duda has warned.
During a video conference of the Crimea Platform summit, the Polish head of state said that it’s necessary to “do everything in our power for Crimea to once again become a part of Ukraine.”
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Eight-Year-Old Boy Stabbed by Teenager Who Then Set Himself on Fire at School in Germany
A teenager stabbed an eight-year-old before setting himself on fire at a school in East Germany, police have said. A suspect was arrested and the victim rushed to hospital.
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Former Polish FM Was Willing to Downgrade Scale of Katyn Massacre From Genocide, TVP Claims
An investigative documentary by Poland’s state broadcaster TVP revealed correspondence between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrovand his former Polish counterpart, Radoslaw Sikorski, which indicates that the liberal government of Donald Tusk was willing to downgrade the Katyn Massacre from the crime of genocide in order to ease relations with Russia.
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Hungarian News Anchor Fired Day After Defending Pedophiles
A well-known veteran Hungarian news anchor returning to the screen after 13 years has been fired after his first live broadcast after his defense of pedophiles angered not only viewers but the leaders of news channel HirTV.
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Meta Offers Non-Personalised Content to Comply With EU Law
The EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) comes into force on Friday, August 25th, setting out new rules for internet browsing in member countries and forcing tech firms to adapt to these restrictive conditions designed to better guarantee confidentiality.
Meta has therefore announced that its two main platforms, Facebook and Meta, will henceforth be offering non-personalised information feeds to their users.
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PM Orban Announces Hungary Will Produce Germany’s Next-Generation Panther Tanks
Hungary has joined the development of Germany’s new battle tank, the Panther KF51, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Wednesday on his TikTok channel.
“We make Lynxes, we buy Leopards and we have joined the development of the Panther,” Orban said.
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Reports: NATO Member Norway Follows the Netherlands, Denmark to Donate F-16 Fighters to Ukraine
Numerous reports Thursday said NATO-member Norway has rushed to follow the Netherlands and Denmark to donate U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
Norwegian media outlets made their revelations as Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre was visiting the Ukraine capital Kyiv
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Slovenia: “Without Christian Roots Europe Cannot Exist”: An Interview With Branko Grims
Branko Grims holds a master’s degree in political science and a bachelor’s degree in sociology. He has been a member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia for the SDS (Democratic Party of Slovenia) since 2004 and has served in various positions in Janez Jansa’s governments. During the previous legislature (2020-2022), he was chairman of the intelligence and security services oversight committee and a member of the justice, foreign policy, and constitutional committees.
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The Fourth Partition of Poland: 84th Anniversary of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
It has been 84 years since the non-aggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union was signed in Moscow. Dr. Pawel Kosinski, a historian from the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), recalls that with the Molotov—Ribbentrop Pact, Hitler and Stalin aimed to dismantle the Second Polish Republic.
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UK: Failing Upwards: Bank Boss Ousted Over Farage Debanking Scandal Gets £2.4m Payout
Nigel Farage has slammed the “sick joke” of the “corrupt British establishment” as it is revealed a bank executive who resigned over the debanking scandal in which Mr Farage had his accounts withdrawn over his political views and personal life will now receive a considerable payout from her former employer.
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Almost all of the licence-plate reading cameras that will enable London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s fresh crackdown on driving in the city in one neighbourhood have already been destroyed by ‘Blade Runners’, just days before the scheme is supposed to come into force.
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UK: Tory MPs Criticise Ad Boycott Against GB News
Rishi Sunak’s government has been urged to break ties with an advertising network linked to a boycott of the television channel GB News. The channel, which has been running since June 2021, has been the cause of much contention due to its self-declared role as an anti-establishment “disruptor.”
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German MEP Claims Serbia Made Secret Arms Deal With Ukraine
A senior German MEP has expressed her beliefthat Serbia has covertly signed a deal with Ukraine to supply Kyiv with arms in exchange for Ukraine not recognising Kosovo. The revelation came after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky in Athens Monday morning.
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Iran and Saudi Arabia Among Six Nations Set to Join BRICS Economic Bloc
The United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Egypt and Ethiopia are also set to join the bloc from 2024.
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Six New Countries Join BRICS in Historic Expansion
Six countries, including geopolitical rivals Iran and Saudi Arabia, are officially invited to join BRICS in the first phase of the economic group’s enlargement process, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced during the BRICS’ Johannesburg Summit’s final day on Thursday, August 24th.
“As the five BRICS countries, we have reached agreement on the guiding principles, standards, criteria, and procedures of the BRICS expansion process,” Ramaphosa said. “We have consensus on the first phase of this expansion process, and further phases will follow.”
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Wagner supporters inside Russia have set up makeshift memorials as they mourn the loss of their leader Yevegny Prigozhin, even as speculation continues that he could still be alive.
More importantly, some are threatening a new ‘march of Moscow’ to express rage at ruling powers in Moscow and commanders in the defense ministry. August 24, it should be noted, is precisely two months since the Wagner uprising of June 23, which resulted in several deaths of regular Russian troops.
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How the Man on the Screen Hijacked the BRICS Summit
The 15th annual BRICS Summit kicked off on Tuesday evening in Johannesburg, followed by a public session on Wednesday, as the leaders representing nearly half of the world’s population discussed economic partnerships, sustainable development, and finding third-world-friendly alternatives to the Western-dominated global financial system.
Yet it wasn’t economics but the war in Ukraine that took the spotlight, as Putin—the only leader not physically present—used his screentime to rally the “global majority” to his cause and attempt to justify the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
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Pictures: Biden, France Suggest Prigozhin Jet Crash May Not Have Been Accident
While Moscow has been content to refer to the alleged death of Putin ally turned insurgent leader Yevgeny Prigozhin as a “crash” and “incident”, Western governments have treated the event with cynicism, treating the view that the crash was deliberate with some consideration.
The bodies of all ten bodies of those onboard the Embraer jet that crashed north of MoscowWednesday have now been recovered, and a Federal investigation has been launched, Russian media reports. The latest report out of Russia on the claimed death of Prigozhin and nine fellow passengers and crew aboard the private jet is that it acted erratically in its final seconds of flight, rapidly changing altitude and speed.
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Prigozhin Plane Crash Latest: Russia to Interrogate Pilot Over ‘Bomb on Wagner Jet’
One of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s pilots will be interrogated as authorities investigate a possible bomb on his private jet, according to Russian security sources.
The theory that a bomb may have been planted on the plane carrying Prigozihn runs counter to Western intelligence conclusions that it was shot down by Russian air defence systems on the orders of Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin has remained silent on the killing. But Telegram channels with links to the Russian security services, report that Artyom Stepanov is being sought and may have had access to the plane before its final flight. Investigators apparently believe a bomb may have exploded near the plane’s bathroom.
The West believes Vladimir Putin is likely responsible for the reported deaths of Yevgeny Prigozhin and key Wagner lieutenants. US president Joe Biden said yesterday: “There’s not much that happens in Russia that Putin’s not behind.”
The bomb theory and release of Mr Stepanov’s name appears to suit claims raised by Russian propagandists that Prigozhin was killed by a Ukrainian terror attack.
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Report: Belarus Began Dismantling Wagner Camp Before Alleged Yevgeny Prigozhin Death
Satellite images taken over Belarus on Wednesday suggest that organizers had begun to dismantle a large tent camp believed to house Wagner Private Military Company (PMC) mercenaries, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported, potentially weeks before the reported death of Wagner Chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
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Ukraine’s regular drone strikes on Moscow are a legitimate act of self-defence “within the framework of international law”, Germany says, as the United Kingdom suggests recent drone strikes on Russia were launched from within Russia itself.
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US Intelligence Assessment Determines Intentionally Caused Explosion Killed Wagner Chief Prigozhin
A preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment has found that the plane crash presumed to have killed Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was intentionally caused by an explosion, according to U.S. and Western officials.
One of the officials, who were not authorized to comment and spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that the explosion fell in line with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “long history of trying to silence his critics.”
The officials did not offer any details of what caused the explosion that was believed to have killed Prigozhin and several of his lieutenants to avenge a mutiny that challenged the Russian leader’s authority.
Details of the U.S. assessment surfaced as Putin on Thursday expressed his condolences to the families of those who were reported to be aboard the jet and referred to “serious mistakes.”
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ABC bosses have sent a step-by-step guide to staff written by veteran journalist Leigh Sales on how to quash suggestion that the Uluru Statement from the Heart is not a ‘one-page document’.
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A business owner has slammed the ACT government’s decision to phase out wood-fired heaters in the territory by 2045.
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Facebook Fact-Checking Op “Hijacked by Activists”, Aussie Exposé Reveals
Australian investigative reporters have unearthed damning indications that Facebook’s fact-checking operation has been “hijacked’ by leftist activists.
The investigation by Sky News centers on fact-checking of reporting on a contentious referendum campaign that’s underway in Australia. The 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum — which Australians simply refer to as “the Voice” — calls for creating an entity called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice that would “make representations to the Parliament and the Executive Government … on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.”
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Creative design company HME Services has collapsed into voluntary administration. The well-known constructor’s clientele included the Sydney Opera House and the ABC.
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More than a tonne of cannabis believed to be linked to an Albanian organised crime syndicate has been seized in Melbourne’s northwest.
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Mask mandates are set to be scrapped in NSW hospitals as soon as next week as the government considers ending one of the last Covid rules remaining in the state.
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Footage shows the 25-year-old accused being arrested at a home in Port Macquarie on NSW’s mid north coast after extensive police inquiries were launched under Strike Force Belsham.
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The big two airlines are accused of axing rush hour flights at the last moment — and blaming the cancellations on non-existent problems — in order to keep the slots from competitors.
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In the company’s first profitable result since before the pandemic, Qantas on Thursday announced a record full-year underlying profit of $2.47bn for the full year of 2023.
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Sunrise host Nat Barr has grilled Anthony Albanese’s government about why voters have been banned from using a cross to vote against the Voice to Parliament — but Yes voters can still just use a tick.
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Australians are being told they will need to substantially boost their superannuation savings as Treasury’s Intergenerational Report forecasts a big drop in aged pension spending.
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Voice Advocate and ‘Aboriginal Elder’ Hits Back at Accusations He is Faking His Indigenous Heritage
A Voice to Parliament advocate is locked in a bitter dispute over whether he really has Indigenous ancestry after a Land Council leader labelled his claims to be Aboriginal as ‘offensive’.
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African Union Suspends Niger Over Coup
Led by a military junta since last month’s coup, Niger has found itself suspended from the African Union, effective immediately. As a result, Niger will lose its right to vote in the AU and can no longer participate in the organization’s committees or working groups.
The African Union is a confederation of African states whose mission comprises defending the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and independence of African countries, eradicating colonialism, and improving life for the peoples of Africa.
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Biden Sues Elon Musk’s SpaceX for ‘Discrimination’ for Hiring Too Many Americans
Democrat President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has just filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s SpaceX for hiring too many Americans and “discriminating” against refugees.
The move by the DOJ comes after an article by Ronan Farrow stated that Musk was so powerful, and Biden so weak, that SpaceX had the president by the shorthairs especially when it came to Ukraine’s satellite communications.
The lawsuit alleges that SpaceX routinely discouraged asylum seekers and refugees from applying for jobs.
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The Biden administration on Thursday accused Elon Musk’s rocket and satellite company SpaceX of discriminating against asylum seekers and refugees in its hiring practices.
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France: Macron Calls for ‘Significantly Reduced’ Migration
Just a few days before the French return from their holidays, President Emmanuel Macron gave a wide-ranging interview to the magazine Le Point to sketch out the broad outlines of his political action for the coming weeks, with one stated priority, immigration, which he says he wants to “significantly reduce.”
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Germany Slashes Citizenship Residency Rules From 8 to 3 Years to Boost Naturalizations
The duration that foreign nationals must reside in Germany before applying for citizenship will drop from eight to five years, and as low as three years for some, in new plans approved by the country’s federal government on Wednesday.
The move to fast-track naturalization for foreign workers is an attempt by the German government to counter the decline in attractiveness for migrant workers in recent years and boost the country’s competitiveness for skilled workers, the government said.
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Italy: Leftist Mayors Protest Illegal Migration After Being Sent Actual Migrants
Italy is facing numbers of illegal immigrant arrivals not seen since the height of the migrant crisis and now, several leftist mayors are joining calls for stricter measures on illegal immigration after migrants were redistributed to their areas.
Mayors belonging to the leftist Italian Democratic Party (PD) are now critical of illegal immigration as the Italian government under Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has begun redistributing migrants to their cities and towns, the newspaper Il Giornale reports.
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Rape of 18-Year-Old Polish Male by Afghan Migrant in Germany Was Due to EU’s ‘Open Borders’ Policies
Following the hours-long homosexual rape of an 18-year-old male Polish citizen by a 20-year-old Afghan male migrant on an underground train platform in Munich, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has commented on the case, saying it was due to “open borders” policies pushed by the EU and certain politicians.
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UK Asylum Backlog Hits Record 175,000 as Applications Last Year Reached Two-Decade High
There are more than 175,000 people living in Britain awaiting a decision on their asylum applications, the highest figure reported since records began in 2010, Home Office data published on Thursday showed.
The asylum backlog had extended to 175,457 individuals awaiting an initial decision by the end of June this year, up 44 percent from June 2022.
Similarly, the number of asylum applications submitted this year reached a two-decade high, with 78,768 applications relating to 97,390 people, up 19 percent from the previous year.
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UK: Afghan Asylum Seeker Jailed for Rape of 12-Year-Old Schoolgirl in Taxpayer-Funded Migrant Hotel
An Afghan asylum seeker has been jailed in Britain for the multiple rape of a 12-year-old Albanian schoolgirl with learning difficulties while living in a taxpayer-funded London hotel.
Sakhidad Ahadi was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment at Croydon Crown Court after pleading guilty to one count of rape and being convicted of a second count on the same victim between Dec. 22, 2022, and Jan. 1, 2023.
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Vatican Slams ‘Inhuman’ U.S. Southern Border Fence
ROME — The Vatican newspaper has slammed the U.S. for its southern border fence with a frontpage article decrying “that inhuman wire.”
The L’Osservatore Romano piece is accompanied by a large photo of a young woman and a child attempting to crawl through the midst of razor wire, presumably in an effort to enter the United States illegally.
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German Government Approves Controversial Gender Law
Germany’s left-liberal government has approved a controversial law allowing anyone to legally change their name and gender with a simple application.
According to the so-called self-determination act—which has been in the works for over a year—adults would be able to change their first name and legal gender at registry offices without further formalities. Children 14 years and older would need their parents’ approval, and if parents do not agree, teenagers could ask a family court to overrule them. In the case of children under 14, parents or guardians would have to make applications on their behalf. The new law would make it possible for someone to make such changes every twelve months.
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MUST SEE
EyesIsWatchin Podcast #109, 4 days ago:
Biden sayed: Danish+Dutch F16s = WW3,
5G, Disease X, Direct Energy Weapons
https://rumble.com/v39nvjb-eyesiswatchin-podcast-109-5g-disease-x-direct-energy-weapons.html
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What lies behind it all?
– Anyone who knows?
Does the following give a relevant ansver?
NB This video is considered to contain more evil than the Koran – therefore
not even without further ado shown by rumble.
In The Name Of Zion
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The Great Replacement
https://swebbtube.se/w/bWvZMSo5Vu14q34oh5Aucx
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Blueprint for Global Enslavement
https://archive.org/details/Endgame_Blueprint_for_Global_Enslavement
Crazy [excrement].
Crimea rightfully belongs to Russia. Catherine the Great took that territory from the Muslim pig Tatars back in the 1700’s
Muzzles and [sons of Ham] invading Europa…
Rise up Oh white people!…
Rahowa is near…
EUROPE : WHITE GENOCIDE
GERMAN, Jens Spahn pleads for 500,000 illegal immigrants, predominantly, analphabetic Muslims annually.
Angela Merkel’s homosexual Health Minister and WEF-Young Leader Jens Spahn also oversaw the Plandemic.
TRANSLATION
“Pause” with a surcharge: Spahn for 500,000 asylum seekers annually
https://www-tichyseinblick-de.translate.goog/meinungen/jens-spahn-asyl-pro-jahr/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
ORIGINAL
„Pause“ mit Aufschlag: Spahn für 500.000 Asylzuwanderer jährlich
https://www.tichyseinblick.de/meinungen/jens-spahn-asyl-pro-jahr/
The governing Socialists already plan to hand out 12 million passports to illegal entrants forever linking Western Europe with Arabia and Africa, who will retain their original citizenship too.
An 18 year old Polish language student drank too much at a party and was anally and orally raped for 5 hours by an illegal immigrant from Afghanistan in a German train station.
Rape in Munich: Prime Minister of Poland dismantles German migration policy
Outrage in Warsaw: After the rape of a young Pole by an Afghan in Munich, the Polish Prime Minister calls for Polish public prosecutors to be involved in the investigation. He clearly sees the act as a consequence of the policy of open borders. Obviously there are still governments concerned about the security of the citizens – this is not the case in Germany.
https://report24-news.translate.goog/vergewaltigung-in-muenchen-ministerpraesident-polens-demontiert-deutsche-migrationspolitik/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
https://report24-news.translate.goog/vergewaltigung-in-muenchen-ministerpraesident-polens-demontiert-deutsche-migrationspolitik/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en
The German government does not even comment any more, so common are these violent attacks, rapes, gang rapes and murders.
Inbreed beats female Russian jogger for wearing shorts
https://odysee.com/@RTDE:e/Angriff-wegen-zu-kurzer-Shorts-Ich-wollte-sie-vor-der-Sünde-retten:c
Unlike in the West, where these people are imported so they can rape and pillage at will with full government blessing, the Russians will send him to prison for 6 years.
I wonder if the genital mutilation of sexual deviants is commonplace in Russian prison?
It’s all a circus for idiots. Noise in the media because of the shorts and silence about the molestation and rape of children by migrants.
This is a distraction against the backdrop of the death of Prigozhin and the internal problems of the state.
At the same time, in violation of all the laws of the Russian Federation, the Russian guy was sent to Chechnya for reprisal for burning the Koran. Where in prison he is personally beaten by Kadyrov’s son.
The Russian Mafia who runs those prisons will make short work of that3rd worlder. He will suffer greatly for his trouble.
When we asked for reduced immigration/invasion back in the 90’s.
The French relished in calling us racists.
Goes to show, it only hurts when your so called allies spit in your eye.
You would expect as much from your enemies, but not your allies.
Every year, muslim rape gangs destroy white genetics.
Every year black riots, destroy our trust in each other without fail.
And every year, our political class tuck their tails between their legs like cowards, and feed the common man to the war machine they have made.
I doubt things can change at this point.
The French are out numbered in their own country.
Words won’t work now..
It is not the 90’s anymore.
At this point, it is too little, too late.
Well ole Napoleon showed us the way for these 3rd world orcs, a nice whiff of grapeshot.
“Polish president Duda warns yaddayadda” — As if his opinion mattered to anyone involved in the actual conflict. A little man is feeling big, probably hoping for NATO to give him a page in the history books. Which none of us should hope for, because only others ever get to pay the bills.
Incessant noise by stuffed figureheads, everywhere in the west, all the time.
Well ole Duda does stick up for his citizens, unlike you Germans who are being sacrificed to the WEF and marxist. Why aren’t you making your block safe?
Denmark bowed to Sharia.
Denmark will ban the burning of the Koran. The provision of the law will also apply to the desecration of the Bible, Torah, or religious symbols such as the crucifix. The offender faces a fine and two years in prison.
https://www.lefigaro.fr/international/le-danemark-va-interdire-les-autodafes-du-coran-20230825
The signs are all there. Now that Sweden has submitted to sharia law and the de-facto rule by the Saracens, little Denmark seems to be next on the menu. It was inevitable, really, just a matter of time and the small distance between the two nations.
The Danes are going to get squeezed from both directions, since they share a land border (via Jutland) with Germany, another nation with extensive “cultural enrichment” by the shahids or ‘true believers’ of Islam.
There seems to be something buried in the Scandinavian genetic code – some Achilles’ Heel they possess – which blinds them to the danger they are courting by displaying tolerance and compassion to the new arrivals from the Middle East and Africa.
Compassion in its proper time and place is a wonderful thing, but taken to the kind of extremes seen in Sweden, Denmark and Norway, it is very hazardous indeed.
Sir Karl Popper spoke almost eighty years ago about the paradox of tolerance,
“Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.”
It seems that the Danes, like the Swedes and Norwegians before them, are poised to learn that lesson the hardest way possible.
Socrates said it best. Tolerance is the last virtue of a dying society.
Re: “Polish President Andrzej Duda said that one non-negotiable condition for any peace agreement in the Ukraine war is that Crimea must be returned to Ukraine. Meanwhile, Norway joined the Netherlands and Denmark in sending F-16s to Ukraine.”
Duda is making a big mistake, for the Russian Federation has historical claims to the Crimea going back to the days of the Czars, so unless he is deliberately trying to escalate matters – the Polish PM is acting very rashly indeed. Maybe his masters in Brussels put him up to it.
I am fully aware of the historic and other grievances held by the Polish people against Russia, and the suffering inflicted upon them thereby. However, the Crimea isn’t Poland and the Polish government are meddling where they ought not to be.
The appetite for blood of the neocon/neolib war-mongers in Washington, London and Brussels is apparently insatiable, for now that they have fought to the last Ukrainian (or very nearly so), they are starting in on the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. Have the leaders of these nations gone insane? Apparently so – for they are poking a”bear” who just happens to have 2,000 nuclear warheads in its arsenal.
Whether one loves the Russians, hates them or somewhere in-between, such rash and reckless conduct is literally suicidal. No matter what one thinks of them, the fact that they possess a massive nuclear deterrent must be respected.
The fact that Europe and the US no longer have the capacity to fight a war is being missed as well, by the time the US and Europe gear up that capacity, the Russians will be in the Capitols of Europe and the US and it’s economy would be in tatters. It is because of that war spending in the US that is keeping our economy afloat, that is why the war continues, for once the spending stops, the economy will tank.