Highways out of Florida were jammed today with motorists attempting to evacuate from the approach of Hurricane Milton. Milton is currently a Category 5 storm, but is expected to weaken to Category 3 before it makes landfall south of Tampa tomorrow night.
In other news, at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin, the climate activist Greta Thunberg accused the German government of being complicit in Israeli genocide.
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German Economy in Crisis Mode as Industrial Orders Plummet
German industrial orders fell 5.8 percent in August compared to July, a far higher drop than the 2 percent drop anticipated, with economists now warning of a recession and doubting a quick recovery.
The numbers reported by the German Federal Statistical Office amounted to the biggest drop since January of this year, with the German Ministry of Economics announcing that “in view of the continuing weak demand and the deterioration in business sentiment, a significant recovery in the industrial economy in the second half of 2024 is unlikely.”
Jens-Oliver Niklasch, an expert at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, cited by Money.pl, stated bluntly: “Leading indicators are falling, forecasts are falling, bad news is not stopping. Everything points to a recession.”
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Furious Joe Biden regrets choosing Attorney General Merrick Garland to lead the Justice Department after the agency prosecuted his son Hunter, a new book by Bob Woodward claims.
The allegation is just one of a number of bombshell insights into the Biden White House in “War,” out October 15. The book reveals a president desperately trying to stave off war in the Middle East, fearful of Russia unleashing nuclear warfare, and worn down by his wayward son.
Biden also lashes out about everyone from Garland to Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netnyahu and even Barack Obama — who Biden blames for not stopping Putin’s 2014 invasion of Crimea, raging that “Barack never took Putin seriously.”
The president has publicly said he will not pardon his son’s conviction on three federal gun charges or commute his sentence — but remains privately furious at the AG, writes Woodward, who describes how Biden told an associate he “should never have picked Garland.”
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WASHINGTON — President Biden said Tuesday that Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been “cooperative” with him as Hurricane Milton nears the Sunshine State — one day after Vice President Kamala Harris complained that DeSantis didn’t take her call.
“The governor of Florida has been cooperative. He said he’s gotten all that he needs. I talked to him again yesterday,” Biden said at the White House before heading to Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to campaign for Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and Sen. Bob Casey (D-Pa.).
“I literally gave him my personal phone number to call,” Biden added of DeSantis. “So I don’t know — there was a rough start in some places, but every governor, every governor from Florida to North Carolina, has been fully cooperative and supportive and acknowledged what this team is doing.”
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Deranged Michael Cohen Claims Trump Will Use Navy Seals to “Round Up” Political Opponents
Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news
Disgraced former fixer Michael Cohen has ludicrously claimed that if elected in November, Donald Trump will command US Navy Seals to go after his political opponents and critics.
Without providing a shred of evidence, Cohen made the claim, specifically that Trump has said he would use SEAL Team Six to target his enemies, and MSNBC host and former Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki provided zero pushback.
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Elon Musk Touts Mars Exploration Plan: ‘It’s the Biggest Space Race in History!’
During last Saturday’s Donald Trump rally in Butler, PA, Elon Musk told a group of admirers backstage that the United States and the world is entering a new stage of the space race as humanity prepares to land on Mars.
“Mars will make science fiction real. It doesn’t have to be fiction forever. It’s the biggest space race in history. Awesome! The Star Fleet academy should be real!”
In a September post on his X platform, Musk provided a view of his plans for space travel to Mars as he discussed sending unmanned spacecraft to the Red Planet over the next two years before sending a manned flight in four years.
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Floridians Desperate to Leave Ahead of Hurricane Milton Arrival Face Fuel Shortages, Heavy Traffic
Highways out of Florida were jammed with frightened motorists desperately trying to get themselves out of harm’s way, and supermarkets and gas stations around the state experienced long lines as a crush of panic-stricken shoppers stocked up on food and fuel.
More than 1,000 Florida gas stations ran out of gas by Tuesday evening — including 45% of stations in the Tampa area.
Many people planning to fly out of the Sunshine State were forced to make other plans as airport closures in western and central Florida canceled hundreds of flights.
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Hateful Vandals Attack Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Office — Again — After Anti-Israel Protests Rock NYC
Hateful vandals smashed the glass facade of Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Upper Manhattan office and flung red paint at it early Tuesday, the day after anti-Israel protests rocked the city.
Photos show the paint dripping down the exterior of the office on West 181st Street near Bennett Avenue and pooling on the sidewalk — where the words “FREE GAZA” were scrawled in black.
The Democratic congressman has been vocal in backing security funding for Jewish sites and speaking out in support of Jewish students attacked at such schools as Columbia University.
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Ginormous Hurricane Milton is churning toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, where it’s expected to have a devastating impact when it makes landfall Wednesday.
Meteorologists are warning the monster storm could be one of the biggest hurricanes in history.
On Tuesday, Milton was downgraded to a Category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 155 miles per hour — after topping 200 mph as a Category 5 on Monday. But Milton is expected to gain strength as it surges toward Tampa, Fort Meyers and other areas of the Gulf Coast.
Mountains of debris from Hurricane Helene, which hit the region less than two weeks ago, threaten to turn into dangerous projectiles when whipped up into Milton’s winds, officials are warning.
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The mayor of Tampa, Florida has issued a dire warning to the residents of the city right as Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall on Wednesday evening. The storm was upgraded to a Category 5 hurricane on Monday before dropping slightlyto a Category 4 on Tuesday.
According to the New York Post, the hurricane is barreling straight for Florida out of the Gulf Coast, where the storm has been developing. It is headed east, right into the state of Florida. “If you choose to stay … you are going to die,” Mayor Jane Castor said while talking about the massive storm.
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Kamala Harris’ Husband Doug Emhoff Faces Explosive New Allegations From His Time at Top La Law Firm
Kamala Harris’s husband was ‘inappropriate’ and ‘misogynistic’ at work, his former colleagues tell DailyMail.com.
Attorneys who worked with Doug Emhoff at his former firm Venable say he yelled expletives, held a men-only cocktail hour in the office, revoked work perks from women who didn’t flirt with him, and took only young, attractive associates in a limousine to a ball.
A 2019 lawsuit also claimed sex discrimination by other partners in the LA office Emhoff ran, and that while engaged to Harris, he hired an ‘unqualified’ part-time model as a legal secretary ‘because she was young, attractive and friendly with the powerful men in the office’.
The claims are the latest in a string of allegations revealed by DailyMail.com that threaten to shatter Emhoff’s image, heavily promoted by the Harris presidential campaign, of a feminist ally and ‘wife guy’.
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Vice President Kamala Harris told “60 Minutes” Monday that she owns a Glock handgun — triggering allegations of hypocrisy due to her own past support for firearm bans and questions about whether she’s complying with existing gun-control laws.
“I have a Glock and I’ve had it for quite some time,” the 59-year-old Harris told CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker.
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Michigan Teen Charged for Allegedly Murdering Man He Met on Dating App, Officials Say
(CBS DETROIT) — A Detroit teen is being charged as an adult in connection to the fatal stabbing of a 64-year-old man, officials said.
Officials said that 17-year-old Ahmed Al-Alikhan, of Detroit, allegedly targeted the victim on a dating app because he was a member of the LGBTQ community.
The body of Howard Brisendine was discovered in the living room of his home on Minock Street in Detroit on Sept. 24. Authorities discovered the victim had been stabbed multiple times and that his car was gone.
Prosecutors are revealing few other details in the case, except to say that Al-Alikhan was arrested in Dearborn on Oct. 1 and was turned over to Detroit police.
“It is hard to fathom a more planned series of events in this case,” said Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy. “Unfortunately, the set of alleged facts are far too common in the LGBTQ community. We will bring justice to Mr. Brisendine. The defendant is 17 years, and 11 months old — mere weeks away from being an adult offender under the law. As a result of that and the heinous nature of this crime, we will seek to try him as an adult.”
Al-Alikhan is behind bars after his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder and car theft.
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A new report from the Energy Policy Research Foundation (EPRF) has concluded that California’s “climate change” policies are to blame for the state’s soaring gas prices.
The confirmation comes despite insistence from Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom that “Big Oil” was to blame for the state’s higher-than-average fuel prices.
According to the EPRF analysis by researcher Max Pyziur, California has several climate policies impacting gasoline prices that are unique to the state.
AAA reported that the average gas price nationwide was around $3.17 a gallon.
In California, however, the average price is $4.67 a gallon.
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Oregon Removes 300+ Additional Ineligible Voters, Governor Calls for Third-Party Audit
The Oregon secretary of state directed county election officials to remove more than 300 additional ineligible voters after over 1,200 were removed last month. The governor, meanwhile, has called for a third-party audit and instructed the motor vehicles department to pause automatic voter registration.
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‘Our Martyrs’: Chicago College Students Rally for ‘Gaza’
Pro-Palestinian activists plan to host events throughout the week at Chicago universities, with at least two specifically meant to “honor” the “martyrs” of the war on Israel.
Students for Justice in Palestine will host a “vigil” on Oct. 9 at Loyola University Chicago to “honor our martyrs.”
Originally planned for today, the event had to be rescheduled due to “administrative repression,” the group wrote on Instagram.
“Calling all LUC students: Join the Muslim Law Student Association and Students for Justice in Palestine in honoring the Palestinians martyred throughout the past year on October 9, the one-year mark of the ongoing genocide,” the pro-Palestinian group at Loyola posted.
Students for a Democratic Society at DePaul University will host a rally on Thursday, according to an Instagram post.
But the DePaul Divest Coalition, along with Students for Justice in Palestine on campus, is also calling on students to support “martyrs” throughout its “week of action.”
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Protesters Storm Carnegie Hall at Pomona College as Hundreds Rally on Oct. 7 Attack Anniversary
CLAREMONT, Calif. (KABC) — Hundreds of people gathered for a rally on the Pomona College campus in Claremont Monday, one year after the deadly Oct. 7 attack that sparked the Israel-Hamas war.
Some students walked out of their classes shortly after 10 a.m. to call on a university divestment of funds from Israel.
The rally was said to be mostly peaceful. AIR7 was over the scene as the group blocked a street on the west side of the campus, but there was little police presence visible.
At one point around 11 a.m., the pro-Palestinian protesters stormed Carnegie Hall and blocked many of the doors. Some students said the only way they could leave the building was to climb out of a window.
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Seven anti-Israel protesters were busted at Monday’s Manhattan demonstrations — including a 23-year-old New Jersey man accused of kicking an NYPD captain in the chest.
Of the seven taken into custody, two were released with summonses and five face charges that require court arraignments, cops said.
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After a meeting with Polish Americans, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump sat down for an interview with TV Republika at Trump Tower.
Asked what his message is to the Polish population in the U.S. Trump replied: “Well, I love the Polish people. As you know, I was in Warsaw and made a speech. And the relationship with Polish people has just been extraordinary,” adding that he hopes they vote for him on Nov. 5 “because the other side does not like the Polish people. They don’t like religion. They don’t like anything.”
Trump went on to say that he “shares their values” and that he hopes he will get all the votes from Poles in the U.S.
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TikTok’s algorithms are poisoning kids’ mental health — and even leading to deaths from boneheaded viral social media challenges, an explosive lawsuit filed Tuesday by state Attorney General Letitia James claims.
James’ legal action comes alongside 14 other states who filed lawsuits as a coalition against the embattled social media company, which is accused of failing to protect children from it’s “addictive” endless scroll and violating data privacy laws.
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Former President Donald Trump’s campaign insisted Tuesday that CBS News release an “unedited transcript” of Vice President Kamala Harris’ entire “60 Minutes” interview after her “word salad” about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was cut from Monday’s broadcast.
The dramatic edit was made after “60 Minutes” correspondent Bill Whitaker noted that “it seems that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not listening.”
The 59-year-old Democratic nominee’s response in the Monday night show was completely different and far more coherent than her rambling answer showcased in a preview clip released Sunday.
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Virginia Tech Academic: Stop Sending Humans Into Space — It’s ‘Imperialist’
Yet another university academic is warning about continued human space exploration due to its “imperialist mindset.”
Savannah Mandel, a PhD candidate at Virginia Tech and an “outer space anthropologist,” adds to what seems to be a trendy argument about investigations into outer space.
According to Virginia Tech News, Mandel’s book “Ground Control: An Argument for the End of Human Space Exploration” argues that “rushing to send more humans to space […] mirrors an imperialist mindset that harms Earth’s humanity and environment.”
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Windows Smashed, John Harvard Statue Vandalized in Act of ‘Palestinian Resistance’
Updated October 8, 2024, at 1:12 p.m.
An individual smashed the ground-floor windows to University Hall and covered the John Harvard statue in red paint as an “act of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance,” according to a video posted on social media.
The perpetrator of the anonymous act of vandalism appeared to film themselves using a blunt object to break the windows of University Hall, which houses the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The video was published on Instagram by “Unity of Fields,” an account that does not appear to have any affiliation with Harvard.
The account, which describes itself as an “anti-imperialist propaganda front bringing the war home,” wrote that the video of the vandalism at Harvard came from an “anonymous submission.”
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Must Watch: Hamas Supporters Burn Canadian Flags on October 7
Terrorist supporters flooded the streets of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver calling for repeats of the October 7 massacre on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas atrocities that left over 1,200 Israelis dead and more than 250 prisoners of Palestinian terrorists.
While Jewish mourners gathered to remember the victims of the attacks and pray for the safe return of hostages seized by Hamas in Montreal, anti-Israel radicals wrapped in keffiyehs while waving Palestinian flags, marched through downtown what and smashed the doors and windows of a building named after Israeli-Canadian billionaire Sylvan Adams that was under construction at McGill University.
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Antisemitic Acts Up Nearly 200 Per Cent in France Over Last Year: Report
The number of recorded antisemitic incidents in France soared by a staggering 192 per cent during the first half of this year, according to government figures.
The National Directorate of Territorial Intelligence (DNRT) of the French Interior Ministry revealed this week that 887 “antisemitic acts” were committed in the first six months of the year, noting that the trend of rising antisemitism in the country following the October 7th terror attacks on Israel “seems to be long-term”.
This represented an increase of 192 per cent compared to the same period of 2023, Le Figaro reported.
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Brexit Broke the EU Says Orban
Brexit broke the EU’s delicate balance of power and left central European states unable to check the surge towards federalism, Viktor Orban said on October 8.
Prior to Brexit, the UK and allies such as Hungary were strong enough to hold back the transfer of power from national capitals to Brussels. Since the UK left, they have struggled, the Hungarian Prime Minister said.
“Brexit changed everything,” he told press gathered in the European Parliament. Prior to Brexit “Europe was balanced between those who wanted a more centralised, federal European Union on one side, and on the other side countries who wanted… independence”.
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Car Theft Ring in France Exposed With Dozens of Vehicles Sold on African Black Market
A criminal investigation in France has revealed a sophisticated car theft ring operating out of the Stellantis factories in Sochaux and Mulhouse, with stolen vehicles allegedly ending up on the African black market, particularly in Algeria.
Five individuals have been imprisoned for their roles in the criminal enterprise which has raised concerns about security measures in vehicle storage, French news outlet L’est Républicains reported.
The ethnicities of the suspects have not been disclosed.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban held a press conference in Strasbourg on Tuesday, outlining Hungary’s priorities for its current presidency of the Council of the European Union.
In the long-awaited address, delayed last month due to the recent mass flooding across central Europe, the Hungarian leader revealed his country’s presidency of the European Council comes at a time of significant global and regional challenges.
It is the second time Hungary has held the presidency, and Orban reflected on the challenges for Europe during the first stint back in 2011.
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EPP Boss Weber Interested in German Coalition With Greens
Manfred Weber, president of the European People’s Party (EPP), has said he is open to forming a government coalition with the Greens in Germany.
The MEP, who is a member of the Christian Social Union of Bavaria (CSU), appeared to contradict his party colleagues with his statement on October 8. Many senior politicians in the party have repeatedly lashed out at their rival Greens over their stances on migration and energy.
Speaking to the German media, Weber by contrast said that Germany’s EPP-aligned parties should remain open to working with the Greens, adding that a coalition with the party could be possible following the 2025 federal election.
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EU Enlargement a ‘Moral Duty’ and ‘Geopolitical Necessity’, Eurocrat Says
The enlargement of the European Union is now both a “moral duty” and a “geopolitical necessity”, a senior Brussels bureaucrat has claimed.
Speaking at the EU’s Regions Week in the European capital, President of the Committee of the Regions, Portugal’s Vasco Alves Cordeiro, emphasised that the EU must continue to expand if it wants to remain competitive.
“European enlargement is not only a moral duty, it is also a geopolitical necessity and an investment in our future,” he said on October 7.
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France: Maréchal Launches New Right-Wing Party
After carefully building up the suspense in recent weeks, MEP Marion Maréchal just announced her decision to lead a new right-wing political party, working to unite the French Rights.
Since her stormy departure from Éric Zemmour’s Reconquête party, where she headed the list for the European elections, it seemed obvious that Marion Maréchal would sooner or later set off on her own.
She made it official on Monday, October 7th. In an interview with Le Figaro, Marion Maréchal announced the creation of a new movement, called Identité-Liberte’s. Although there were rumours that she was considering joining the Conservative Movement, led by Maréchal’s ally MEP Laurence Trochu, she decided instead to launch her own party.
Her aim is very clear: “to work on a structured coalition alongside Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella and Éric Ciotti.”
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Germany: Anti-Israel Protesters Call for the Murder of Jews on October 7th Anniversary
While Hamas fired rockets at Israel on the anniversary of the October 7th, 2023 Hamas terror attacks on Monday, anti-Israel activists took to the streets of Europe, attacking journalists, ignoring police orders, and calling for the death of Jews.
In Germany, protesters at a ‘peace demonstration’ chanted in Arabic:
Whoever has a gun should either shoot Jews with it or give it to Hamas.
Despite the participants openly calling for the murder of Jews, police officers watched without interrupting, despite having an interpreter on site, according to Apollo News.
And “serious” riots in Berlin, attended by climate activist Greta Thunberg, reportedly saw journalists being attacked, as well as bottles thrown at police officers.
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German Hospitals Face Shortages of Key Medicines and Supplies
Germany is already facing shortages of nearly 500 medicines. Now, Magyar Nemzet reportsthat the North Rhine-Westphalia Ministry of Health has confirmed concerns regarding sterile saline solutions, stating that hospitals, including university clinics, are receiving only half of what they need.
Thomas Preis, president of the local pharmacists’ association, emphasized that the shortage threatens not only hospitals but now also the care of outpatients. Due to the lack of saline solutions used during infusions and surgical interventions, surgeries have to be postponed, a concern also voiced by Matthias Blum, the director of a local hospital association.
Although hospitals try to come up with creative solutions to minimize the risk to patients and fresh deliveries at the start of each month help ease shortages, there are always scarcities going into the end of the month.
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Greta Thunberg Accuses Germany of Supporting Genocide at Pro-Palestinian Demonstration in Berlin
At a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Berlin’s multicultural Kreuzberg district on Monday, climate activist Greta Thunberg accused the left-liberal German government of being complicit in what she alleged was Israeli genocide perpetrated against Palestinians.
“The German state is complicit in this genocide. It finances and legitimizes Israel’s apartheid state, occupation, and genocide. It’s absolutely… I cannot even find the words to tell how upset it makes me to see how Germany and the German police are treating peaceful protesters who are saying no to genocide. It is beyond me. I literally don’t have words,” the Swedish activist said.
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Hungary: Nagy: A New Economic Order is Taking Shape in the World
Márton Nagy, National Economy Minister, said a new economic order was taking shape in the world, in which Europe needed to preserve its independence. To achieve that, he said Europe needed to boost its competitiveness, step up its innovative performance and accelerate the green transition and the application of artificial intelligence.
Minister Nagy made the remarks as he addressed an event organized by the World Economic Forum (WEF), entitled High-Level Dialogue on Europe in the Age of Intelligent Economics, in Geneva on Monday.
While Asian economies, especially China, and the United States quickly adapt to new challenges and support their own economies with all means, he said, noting Americans’ Inflation Reduction Act, the European Union has fallen behind in new branches of industry and has been slow to react to new trends. He added that joint action was necessary as the EU’s competitiveness deteriorated at an unprecedented pace.
Not only has the EU failed to take steps to address the matter, some of its measures have contributed to the formation of blocs and could pave the way for an “economic cold war”, he said, pointing to the EU decision to levy punitive tariffs on EVs manufactured in China. He added that five member states — Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Malta — had voted against the measure, while just ten had supported it.
He warned that the punitive tariffs would be a “calamity” for the European automotive industry, especially vehicle manufacturing in Germany, and could result in retaliatory measures. He urged caution on the matter and said negotiations needed to continue with the aim of reaching a mutually beneficial agreement.
Hungary seeks cooperation, based on mutual respect, with all sides, and takes its own decisions on economic partners, Nagy said. That principle is embodied in the policy of economic neutrality, a policy that establishes the conditions for accelerated economic growth, he added.
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Hungary Denies Involvement in €9.2 Million Loan to Spain’s Far-Right Vox Party
The Hungarian government denied any knowledge or involvement in the loan granted by Magyar Bankholding (MBH) to Spain’s far-right Vox party on Tuesday (8 October).
When asked what role Prime Minister Viktor Orban played in Vox securing the loan, Hungary’s State Secretary for National Economy, Janos Fónagy, stated the government “has neither played any role nor has any information” regarding the matter.
“The decision on a possible loan to Spain by a commercial bank could only have been taken as a commercial matter,” he said, Euractiv’s partner Telex.hu reported.
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Leak: Full Provisional Schedule for EU Commissioner Hearings Revealed
Brussels Signal has obtained a full provisional schedule for the European Parliament’s hearings with commissioners-designate next month.
The dates of November 4 to November 12 had already raised eyebrows within the Brussels bubble, with some critics noting that at least 12 of the hearings will coincide directly with the US presidential election.
According to leaked documents seen by Brussels Signal, several of the most controversial commissioner-designates set to be presented to the European Parliament will have their hearings on November 5 and November 6, the day of and day after the crucial US vote.
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MI5 Chief: Russia and Iran Want “Sustained Mayhem” on UK Streets
Since 2017, British spies have disrupted 43 late-stage terror plots that could have killed thousands of people, according to the head of MI5.
In a rare public appearance, Ken McCallum told a press conference of an alarming rise in threats to the United Kingdom from both Iran and Russia, the latter of which is “on a sustained mission to generate mayhem in British streets.”
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Netherlands: Prime Minister Expresses Support for Amsterdam Mayor After Geert Wilders’ Criticism
The Cabinet is behind the mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said to RTL Nieuws and NOS. He would not respond any further to PVV leader Geert Wilders’ comments, who tweeted on Monday that as far as he was concerned, Halsema can leave the country after she allowed a pro-Palestine demonstration in Amsterdam on Monday.
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NoName Attacks Websites of Belgian Cities and Provinces
Russian hackers are suspected of attacking Belgian local government websites after they mysteriously disappeared from the net on October 7.
Numerous websites of Belgian cities and provinces are inaccessible, public broadcaster VRT reports, with experts citing a large-scale DDoS attacks, or distributed denial-of-service attacks.
By flooding the target or the infrastructure around it with Internet traffic, such attacks aim to maliciously interfere with the regular operation of a targeted server, service, or network.
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The next year will be crucial for the French army, which has undergone a major transformation in recent years to prepare for a possible conflict with Russia, reports Politico.
Next May, thousands of French soldiers will take part in a large-scale military exercise in Romania. The purpose of the exercise is to assess how quickly they can reach NATO’s eastern flank if necessary, which is crucial if Russian President Vladimir Putin were to attack an allied NATO country.
Hungarian news outlet Magyar Nemzet points out that the moves from France show “Paris is preparing for a world war. The pro-war French president has already come up with alarming plans in recent months, which could clearly lead to a war between NATO and Russia. As reported earlier, Emmanuel Macron did not rule out sending troops to Ukraine either.”
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Polish Far-Right MEP Calls for Israel to be Declared a Terrorist State
To solve the conflict in Gaza, Israel must be declared a terrorist state, Polish far-right MEP Grzegorz Braun said during a debate in the European Parliament on Monday, marking the first anniversary of the 7 October attacks.
Following a speech by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, which highlighted the war, death and devastation in Gaza, MEPs observed a minute’s silence in memory of all the innocent lives lost.
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Romanian Court Disqualifies Diana Šosoaca From Presidential Race Due to Pro-Russian, Anti-EU Views
A Romanian court has rejected the presidential candidacy of a hard-right politician, citing her pro-Russian stance and opposition to the European Union and NATO as reasons for disqualification.
The Constitutional Court’s decision, published late on Monday, bars Diana Šosoaca, an MEP and leader of the SOŠ Romania party, from running in the Nov. 24 presidential election.
According to Romania’s constitution, citizens over the age of 35 with no criminal convictions have the right to run for president. However, the court ruled that Šosoaca’s political views make her unable to uphold the constitutional mandate to respect democracy and the rule of law.
The court’s ruling passed with five votes in favor out of nine judges.
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Secretary General of Troubled SPD Resigns Ahead of Germany’s Federal Elections
Kevin Kühnert, the General Secretary of Germany’s governing Social Democratic Party (SPD), announced his resignation on October 6, ahead of 2025 Germany’s federal elections.
The 35-year-old politician cited health issues as the reason for this decision in a written press statement but did not disclose the exact nature of the illness.
With Germany’s upcoming election, Kevin Kühnert feared he would not be the best choice to lead the SPD.
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Spanish Patriot MEP Stripped of Earmarked Vice-Chairmanship — Again
Spanish MEP Hermann Tertsch (Vox/PfE), one of its most trusted members, was excluded from the leadership of the European Parliament (EP) Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (DLAT) during its constitutive meeting last week, despite having already served as a vice chair for the past five years.
What changed? Recently Tertsch joined the Patriots for Europe (PfE)—a group under the mainstream parties’ undemocratic cordon sanitaire. Once again, the Brussels elite has violated its own rules, while defying the will of millions of European voters.
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A teenager has been arrested in Sweden accused of shooting dead a man in his 50s in Malmö late Monday night. Police believe the assassination was a case of mistaken identity amid escalating gang warfare.
According to information provided to TV4 Nyheterna, the actual target of the attack was believed to be a 25-year-old man with a heavy criminal record who was registered at the same address as the victim. The intended target is well-known to authorities and has multiple links to the criminal underworld, which is rapidly growing throughout Scandinavia.
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Sweden to Contribute on Ground, at Sea and in the Air to NATO Defence, Government Said
Sweden will contribute forces to NATO on land, at sea, and in the air next year, the Swedish government announced at a press conference on Monday (7 October).
The Swedish government presented its “Swedish contribution to NATO deterrence and defence in 2025” bill, proposing to send a battalion to Latvia, warships, and aircraft as soon as early 2025. The bill will likely be passed rapidly in the coming weeks.
“This is a historic decision. For the first time as an ally, we will contribute an armed force to NATO’s collective defence,” said Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard during the press conference.
After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO. Sweden was the last country to join the Alliance in March 2024, ending 200 years of military non-alignment.
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Wilders Says Amsterdam Mayor Can Leave NL With Pro-Palestine “Scum”; 320 Protesters Arrested
In response to a photo of a pro-Palestine demonstration, PVV leader Geert Wilders posted on X that “that scum” should be expelled from the Netherlands. “And Halsema can go along,” the PVV leader said about Amsterdam mayor Femke Halsema. A total of around 320 protesters were arrested in Amsterdam on Monday.
Utrecht mayor Sharon Dijksma has defended her colleague on social media. She called on the Cabinet to distance itself from Wilders’ statement. “I find it completely irresponsible that Geert Wilders makes this statement at the expense of our colleague Femke Halsema and at the expense of us as office holders who do their work in good faith within the boundaries of the rule of law,” Dijksma wrote. “This undermines the authority of mayors and is completely out of proportion.”
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Serbia: Schoolboy Shooter Testifies at Parents’ Trial in Belgrade
A 14-year-old boy who killed nine children and a security guard in a mass shooting at a school in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, last year has given evidence at his parents’ trial behind closed doors.
The boy, who has been held in a psychiatric institution since the May 2023 attack, cannot be put on trial because he is below the age of criminal responsibility.
His parents went on trial earlier this year, accused of a “serious act against general safety” for failing to secure the weapons and ammunition properly. They deny the charges.
Identified only as KK, the boy was brought to the court by a special escort, leaving the psychiatric hospital for the first time since the attack.
He was questioned as a witness, by the judge, the prosecutor and defence lawyers for the familes of the dead and wounded. He also answered questions from the mother of a murdered child.
Parents of the murdered children attended the hearing in the hope of shedding light on the motive for the boy’s mass shooting at Vladislav Ribnikar primary school.
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The Revenge of Israel’s Women on Hezbollah
Some were shocked to learn that Israel’s successful ‘Pagergeddon’ operation had been the work of a female intelligence operative under thirty. But they shouldn’t have been.
Israel’s digital intelligence capabilities rely on the work of young women operating in arenas like Unit 8200 which monitors enemy communications, plants surveillance devices and puts together intel data to form a bigger picture, and Unit 414, the unarmed observers on the front line, many of whose members were killed and a number captured during the Hamas invasion on Oct 7.
Women from 8200 and 414 had sounded early warning alerts about Hamas training drills and movements that went unheard before Oct 7. And Unit 414 had lost 27 of its own on Oct 7.
Unit 8200, which is 55% female, had taken some of the blame for the failures on Oct 7. The assault on Hezbollah provided a unique opportunity for Israel’s women to strike back.
‘Pagergeddon’ went viral on social media but it was only a piece of a bigger puzzle. The Israelis had deconstructed the lessons of Oct 7 and turned them against the Islamic terrorists. Hamas and its Iranian masterminds had wrecked Israeli battlefield communications in the initial attack. Israeli military units were slow to respond, aerial units were unable to strike and hours passed before the military leadership understood the scope of the terrorist assault on the homeland.
The first thing Israel came after were Hezbollah’s communications. ‘Pagergeddon’ was a crucial last step that began with Israel infiltrating Hezbollah’s landlines and then its other communications. When Hezbollah leaders fell back on the pagers and handheld radios, also favored by Hamas, that had been rigged to explode, communications were fatally scrambled.
Hezbollah leaders were forced to begin meeting in person and retreating to bunkers which made it all too easy to take them out. With a broken leadership and communications structure, Hezbollah lacked the ability to decisively move its forces and quickly respond. Within a week, its protectors at the UN and the White House were frantically urging a ‘ceasefire’.
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Netanyahu Says Israel Has Killed the Successor to the Head of Hezbollah
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel has killed the successor to the head of Hezbollah while the militant group’s acting leader promised more fighting in southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah’s overall leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and several of his top commanders were killed in recent weeks after heavy Israeli airstrikes across large parts of Lebanon. Netanyahu did not name the successor who was killed Tuesday.
Sheikh Naim Kassem, the acting leader of Hezbollah, said in a defiant televised statement that his group’s military capabilities are still intact and that Hezbollah has replaced all of its senior commanders.
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Russia’s ‘Merchant of Death,’ Now a Politician, Calls Reports of Returning to Arms Trade ‘Fake News’
Legendary Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the “Merchant of Death” freed in President Joe Biden’s lopsided December 2022 prisoner exchange for WNBA star Brittney Griner, claimed on Monday that U.S. media reports of him returning to the arms trade were “fake news” and clickbait.
Bout told Russia’s state Tass news agency that the allegations in a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) article on Monday that said he was selling small arms to the Iran-backed Houthi terrorists of Yemen were “baseless” and a “flash in the information field.”
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Russian Invasion Casualties Reach New High, Says London
Russia may have just experienced its deadliest month of its invasion yet, a combination of human-wave tactics and Ukraine’s counter-invasion of Russian home territory combining to see casualty figures continue to soar.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence says daily military casualties — killed and injured — reached a new high in September, averaging 1,271 a day through the month. The intelligence digest shows this new level of daily losses are not just the highest level of the conflict yet, but are now head-and-shoulders above those inflicted on Russia even in the bloody first 12 months of the war Moscow started.
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Russian Forces Reach Another Key Frontline City, Ukraine’s Military Says
KYIV, Oct 8 (Reuters) — Russian forces have entered the outskirts of the eastern Ukraine frontline city of Toretsk, Ukraine’s military said late on Monday, less than a week after the fall of the bastion town of Vuhledar.
“The situation is unstable, fighting is taking place literally at every entrance (to the city),” Anastasiia Bobovnikova, spokesperson of the Operational Tactical Group “Luhansk” told Ukraine’s national broadcaster.
The Russians have entered the eastern outskirts of the city.”
There was no immediate comment from the Russian defence ministry, which said earlier on Monday that its forces inflicted damage to manpower and equipment near several settlements in the area, including near Toretsk.
Russian military bloggers, including a group of military analysts who ran the prominent Rybar Telegram channel, said Russian troops continue to advance towards the centre of the town.
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EU Pulls Financial Support From Georgia Over ‘Democratic Backsliding’
The European Commission is pulling back €121 million in assistance for Georgia after the country voted for some laws the EU opposed.
On October 8, the Directorate-General for EU Neighbourhood Policy & Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR), the commission’s department handling the ascension of new member states into the EU, announced it would pull European funds from the nation.
The following day, October 9, the European Parliament is expected to approve a non-binding resolution on Georgia, in which it “regrets that Georgia, once a champion of democratic progress and Euro-Atlantic aspirations is in a democratic backsliding free-fall for a considerable period.”
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Kazakhstan Voters Greenlight Construction of Nuclear Power Plant, Setting Concerns Aside
Almost three-quarters of Kazakhstan voters said “yes” in a nationwide referendum held on 6 October, which asked citizens if they agreed with the construction of a nuclear power plant.
According to preliminary results shared by the Central Referendum Commission (CRC) a day after the vote, 71.12 per cent of the voters backed the building of the country’s first nuclear power plant, with a turnout just shy of 64 per cent.
Almaty, the largest city, registered a turnout of only 25 per cent, the lowest recorded in this referendum. The majority of the residents were reportedly against this plan but decided to boycott the vote.
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China Hits EU Brandy Imports in Temporary Anti-Dumping Move
China imposed temporary anti-dumping measures on brandy imports from the European Union on Tuesday, hitting brands from Hennessy to Remy Martin, after the 27-state bloc voted for tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs).
An investigation has preliminarily determined that dumping of brandy from the EU is threatening China’s own brandy sector with “substantial damage”, the Chinese commerce ministry said.
Importers of brandy originating in the EU will, as of October 11, have to put down security deposits mostly ranging from 34.8 per cent to 39 per cent of the import value, the ministry added.
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China: Study Confirms Hydroxychloroquine Reduces COVID Risk
Another study has emerged to confirm that the antiviral drug hydroxychloroquine can be used as a safe and effective measure against COVID-19.
The latest study found that people who are vulnerable to Covid can reduce the risk of the virus by taking a course of hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).
As Slay News previously reported, a study conducted last year also found that HCQ greatly reduces the risk of death in seriously ill patients.
More recently, an Oxford University study confirmed last month that hydroxychloroquine is a “safe and effective” treatment for anyone infected with Covid.
However, despite previous reports of the drug’s success, guidelines around the world recommend against the use of HCQ for COVID-19.
It has widely been rumored that HCQ was suppressed to protect pharmaceutical industry interests as the cheap and widely available drug showed great promise in treating Covid before mRNA “vaccines” were rolled out for public use in early 2021.
In addition, President Donald Trump touted HCQ as a potential treatment for Covid, which led to a global smear campaign against the drug by the liberal corporate media.
The latest study, conducted by experts from the First Affiliated Hospital at Fujian Medical University in China, found that people at risk from the virus can take a 5-8 week course HCQ to significantly reduce the impact of catching Covid.
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Japan Warns New COVID ‘Replicon Vaccines’ Are ‘Third Atomic Bomb’
Leading experts in Japan are issuing unprecedented warnings about the new Covid self-amplifying “replicon” mRNA “vaccines.”
Some of Japan’s most prominent scientists, doctors, immunologists, and academics are sounding the alarm over the new injections.
They are warning that the “self-replicating RNA vaccines” are the “third atomic bomb.”
Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA technology, has just returned from Japan where he met with experts to discuss the new injections.
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Brazil to Restore Access to X After Social Media Platform Complied With Supreme Court Demands
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Tuesday approved the reinstatement of social media platform X’s service in the South American country, after it complied with the court’s demands.
Elon Musk’s social media company X was banned in August after it failed to name a new legal representative by the Brazilian court’s deadline, and after months of clashes over free speech and misinformation.
The social media platform finally agreed to meet the court’s demands of blocking certain political accounts from X, paying outstanding fines, and naming the legal representative for X in Brazil, the Associated Press reported.
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Mexican Mayor Assassinated Six Days After Taking Office, Three Days After City Secretary Was Killed
Alejandro Arcos, mayor of the Mexican city Chilpancingo, was murdered on Sunday after just 6 days in office, the state’s governor confirmed on Monday.
The murder comes three days after the city secretary, Francisco Tapia, was shot and killed.
Chilpancingo has a population of about 280,000 people in southwestern Mexico in the state of Guerrero, which has a high rate of violence.
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Breaking: Afghan National in U.S. on Special Immigrant Visa Planned Election Day Terror Attack
On Tuesday, the Justice Department unsealed an indictment against an Afghan national living in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for “conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO).”
According to a Justice Department press release, “Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, conspired and attempted to provide material support to ISIS and obtained firearms and ammunition to conduct a violent attack on U.S. soil in the name of ISIS.”
Both Tawhedi and his juvenile co-conspirator were in the U.S. on Special Immigrant Visas. Tawhedi is married to the juvenile’s sister.
“As part of the plot, the defendant allegedly took steps to liquidate his family’s assets, resettle members of his family overseas, acquire AK-47 assault rifles and ammunition, and commit a terrorist attack in the United States,” the DOJ said. The suspect even made arrangements for the family’s pets to be re-homed ahead of the attack.
In a chilling Telegram message found on Tawhedi’s phone, he told an ISIS recruiter who goes by the alias Abdul Malik, “Brother, our house was sold today. We’ll receive the money by the 15th of October, next month. After that, we will begin our duty, Allah willing, with the help of Allah we will get ready for the election day.”
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Czechia Among 17 EU Countries Calling for Swifter Return of Rejected Asylum Seekers
Seventeen European countries, including Czechia, are calling for a “paradigm shift” in migration policy to ensure asylum seekers whose applications have been declined are swiftly sent back to their home countries. This follows Czechia’s previous refusals to vote on the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact and erring stance in the first half of 2024.
The group, which includes bordering countries Germany, Austria, and Slovakia, is urging the European Commission to change the way it returns migrants, making the system more efficient and effective. According to a document agreed upon by the countries’ representatives, asylum seekers whose applications have been rejected must be sent back to their home countries much more efficiently and quickly than the current rate. France, Greece, Italy, and Sweden were also signatories to the document.
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Czech Gang Sentenced for Exploiting Migrants for Slave Labor in UK
Three Czech nationals who exploited their fellow countrymen and forced them into slave labor in Britain will serve a total of 26 years in prison, as a British court sentenced the gang members to 13, nine, and four years behind bars on Friday, the British judiciary announced Tuesday.
British police have been investigating the case since 2019. The three men and one woman were convicted in May of exploiting 12 people from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. While the men received their sentences on Friday, the court will determine the woman’s sentence later, with her trial date yet to be set.
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Dire Immigration Warning as Overseas Arrivals Soar in Australia
The Albanese government has settled on an intake target of 395,000 but this looks set to be well overshot, according to economists.
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Dominican Republic Expels Nearly 11,000 Haitians in First Week of Deportations
The Dominican Republic on Tuesday announced that it has started deporting or repatriating thousands of Haitians this past week, including those who fled Haiti due to gang violence and poverty.
Haiti has struggled with a surge in gang violence since the late-President Jovenel Moise was assassinated in July 2021, prompting mass migration to nearby countries, along with the United States.
The Dominican Republic government announced last week that it would deport up to 10,000 Haitian migrants each week, because relations between the neighboring countries have worsened recently.
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39-year-old Algerian, with a deportation order (OQTF), has been sentenced to 17 years in prison after being found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl in her hospital bed at the Toulouse University Hospital in November 2021.
The convicted man, Ismael C., received his sentence in the Haute-Garonne criminal court and had already been convicted of similar acts in Switzerland. On top of the other two rapes, he was also found guilty of brutally raping another young woman in the middle of the street in the Capitole district; he also tried to steal this victim’s phone.
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Germany: Security Firms Are Raking in Tens of Millions From Migrant Crisis in Berlin
As Germany grapples with the financial strain of the ongoing migrant crisis, one sector is profiting immensely: private security companies.
With the country spending approximately €50 billion annually on the accommodation and social benefits of asylum seekers and war refugees, Berlin alone is paying nearly €1 billion a year. A significant portion of this goes to security firms tasked with maintaining order in refugee shelters, revealing a lucrative, fast-growing industry.
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— before pair ‘smiled at her from the dock’
A German girl who was raped by two Afghan migrants when she was 18 has said that she was ‘their puppet’ as they ignored her cries to stop.
The teenager, only named by the pseudonym Sina, was raped by Afghan migrants Sayed Sajad H., 23, and Rames H., 22, in the Sossenheim district of Frankfurt two days after her 18th birthday, German outlet Bild reports.
Sina previously matched with Rames on a dating app and went to a pond with him and Sayed to drink alcohol on June 13, 2021, where they assaulted her and treated her like ‘their puppet’, she said.
‘Since that day in summer of 2021, nothing has been the same,’ Sina, now 21, told Bild.
Now, three years after the shocking rape, Sina has testified against her attackers in court, who reportedly just smiled at her from the dock when she talked about her ordeal.
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Hungary Wants to Opt-Out of EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact
In a letter sent to European Commissioner Yvla Johansson on October 7, the Hungarian government expressed its desire to opt out of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, following the example of the Netherlands.
“Hungary requests an opt-out from the European Union’s asylum and migration acquis should a Treaty amendment take place in the future and will initiate the appropriate procedures to this effect,” wrote Janos Bóka, Hungary’s Minister for European Union Affairs.
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Mass Migration Drives Record Population Increase in the UK Over Past Year
Despite natural population growth being negative, the United Kingdom saw a record annual increase in its population due to the mass migration policies imposed upon the nation from Westminster.
The combined population of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland surged from around 67.6 million in mid-2022 to 68.3 million in mid-2023, as 662,400 more people resided in the UK, or an increase of one per cent, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
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Migrant Who ‘Threatened to Cut Off Woman’s Fingers’ in Brutal Robbery is Tren De Aragua Gangbanger
The alleged ringleader of a brutal robbery in an upscale Dallas neighborhood that shocked Texans is a confirmed Tren de Aragua gang member who was welcomed into the country just last year, sources told The Post.
Venezuelan illegal migrant Wilmer Colmenares Gonzalez, 27, allegedly held police at bay for hours after the robbery squad followed the victim into her garage, pistol-whipped her and forced her into her home in Northwest Dallas, where they made off with the valuables inside the woman’s Gucci handbag on Sept. 21, according to cops.
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Netherlands and Austria Push for EU Migrant Return Overhaul
Ahead of the upcoming European Council meeting on October 10-11, the Netherlands and Austria, backed by fifteen other Schengen area countries, have called on the European Commission to reform the bloc’s outdated migrant return policies.
In a joint so-called “non-paper”, an informal document addressed to the commission, the group urged immediate action to begin drafting new legislation to streamline the process of returning foreign nationals who do not have the right to stay in the EU.
The member states argue that the current return directive, adopted in 2008, is out-of-date and no longer efficient in addressing the EU’s immigration challenges.
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Orban: Everyone Will Come to the Same Conclusion on Migration
The European Union is in a much more difficult situation than it was thirteen years ago, when Hungary last held the rotating presidency of the European Council, conservative Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a press conference in Strasbourg on Tuesday, October 8th, one day before he is due to present the programme of the current Hungarian presidency at the European Parliament’s plenary session.
While the EU had to contend with the aftermath of the financial crisis, the Arab Spring, and the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, it is now facing a migration crisis, a war in Europe, a severe conflict in the Middle East, hostilities in Africa, and all these conflicts are in danger of escalating.
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A Spanish farmer recently attacked at his farm by two Moroccan nationals has slammed the lack of protection and enforcement offered by the authorities in the face of an alarming rise in thefts and violent crime committed by illegal migrants.
In the town of El Ejido in the province of Almeria, a farmer identified as Alejandro was attacked by two men of North African origin last Wednesday night as he defended his farm from a robbery attempt.
The assailants, armed with a machete, attempted to steal from the property while a third accomplice, a young Moroccan woman, helped them flee. The violent incident highlights the growing sense of insecurity in the region, where residents feel abandoned by authorities amid a rise in crimes.
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Spanish Centre-Right at Odds With Government Over Migrant Crisis in the Canaries
Spain’s Partido Popular broke off negotiations with the government over the migration crisis in the Canary Islands, accusing the left-wing executive of not accepting help from the European Union.
On Saturday, the Partido Popular (PP/EPP) suspended official negotiations with the ruling Socialist Party (PSOE/S&D) on measures to alleviate the effects of the crisis, accusing the progressive executive of not wanting to accept help from the EU and the European Commission.
“The executive of (Prime Minister Pedro) Sanchez cannot refuse European support to solve a problem not only of the Canary Islands and not only of Spain,” the PP’s parliamentary spokesperson Miguel Tellado commented on X.
“He (Sanchez) refused to ask for help from Frontex, and now he refuses Europe’s outstretched hand,” he added, as reported by Spanish public broadcaster RTVE.
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Video of Migrant Man Striking a Baby in Spain Goes Viral, 2 Other Victims Also Identified
A viral video of a man striking a baby in Spain has gone viral, with the suspect arrested in Montjuïc, Barcelona, for assaulting several people and attacking a one-year-old girl. However, the baby was not the only victim, with the Ecuadorian migrant attacking many people that same day.
The 31-year-old suspect, who was arrested on Sunday, assaulted three people in the Montjuïc Park area. Among the victims is the one-year-old baby, the child of French tourists, with the video accumulating tens of millions of views on different accounts across social media. Remix News posted the video as well.
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Assisted Suicide Bill to be Introduced in UK Parliament Next Week
A bill to legalise assisted suicide will be introduced in the House of Commons by a Labour MP on October 16th, just one month after the Labour health secretary—no less—warned that legalisation will lead to elderly people being urged to end their lives.
Prime minister Sir Keir Starmer, whose government is reportedly willing to “fast-track” a vote on the issue, said he is “very pleased” it is coming to Parliament. He supported legalisation when a vote was last brought to the Commons nine years ago, and it looks likely that most MPs will do so this time around.
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California Faces Wave of Lawsuits Over Gender Identity Notification in Schools
Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
A mother’s tears of worry and frustration over her 17-year-old daughter’s secret social gender transition at school tell the story of what many parents are facing in California schools.
“I cry every day, not only for my daughter but for the parents that are now contacting me about their kids,” one Los Angeles County mom told The Epoch Times on the condition of anonymity to protect her daughter’s identity.
Under the pseudonym, Lena, she said her daughter, Hannah—also a pseudonym—suffered from gender dysphoriaand was secretly socially transitioned at school.
Lena is one of several parents representing nine families that joined a lawsuit filed by the City of Huntington Beachagainst state officials over a new law that bans parental notification policies, effectively prohibiting school staff from revealing social gender transitions of students to their parents without the child’s consent.
California is the only state to enact such a law.
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Colorado Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Harassing Cake Artist Jack Phillips
DENVER — The Colorado Supreme Court ruled Tuesday to dismiss a lawsuit brought by an attorney who’s been harassing cake artist Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, for more than 12 years.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys have been defending Phillips since 2012, when he was first sued for declining to create a custom cake celebrating a same-sex wedding because it violated his religious beliefs. Around that same time, the attorney who filed the most recent lawsuit against Phillips first contacted him, calling him a hypocrite and bigot. For more than 12 years now, Phillips has been relentlessly pursued and mocked by government officials and activists who disagree with his views.
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France: 64 Violent Far-Left Activists Arrested in Paris Protesting ‘Anti-Trans’ Book
The two French essayists Dora Moutot and Marguerite Stern, who are committed to denouncing transgender ideology, were targeted by attacks during a book signing at their publisher’s in Paris on Saturday, October 5th. At the event, 64 far-left activists were arrested by the police, amid a deafening media silence.
For months, the two authors have been hounded by transgender activists who have denounced the publication of their best-selling essay Transmania, in which the two women, coming from the Left and feminist movements, demonstrate the dangerous mechanisms of transgender ideology in society. Their public appearances are hounded to prevent them from holding conferences or presenting their book.
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High school students across New York plan to participate in a walkout later this month to protest transgender athletes competing in girls’ sports.
The statewide demonstration, set for Oct. 24, is being organized by The Coalition to Protect Kids, a group that has strong backing from the Catholic Church and the New York Republican and Conservative parties.
“It’s not right for boys to compete against girls in sports. It’s a huge disadvantage for girls,” said Hannah Pompeo, a 16-year soccer player at Eden High School near Buffalo, who is participating in the “Walk Off for Fairness Day.”
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A new national database maps gender-affirming care for minors, listing where children are getting puberty blockers, hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery — and calls out some of the nation’s most notorious providers.
Researchers were able to identify a total of 13,994 minors across the United States who received medical treatment for gender dysphoria over the course of four years. Shockingly, over 5,700 of those kids were operated on.
The searchable database from Do No Harm is called “Does My Hospital Transition Kids?” and launches today. It maps providers and hospitals which provide gender affirming care.
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Spanish Socialists Attempt to Cancel Pro-Life Summit in Senate
The Socialist Party of Spain has sparked controversy by attempting to halt the upcoming VI Transatlantic Summit, scheduled to take place in the Spanish Senate on December 1st-2nd, 2024. Organised by the Political Network for Values (PNfV), the Summit is expected to draw representatives from over 20 countries, spanning three continents, under the theme “For freedom and a culture of life.”
The event has been fully approved by the Senate Board, including members of the Socialist Group (PSOE), but recent reports from the Spanish establishment newspaper El Pais have led to PSOE’s reversal of its position and a subsequent call for the event’s cancellation.
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Toyota Joins Ford and Other Major Companies Scaling Back DEI Commitments
A little more than a week ago, Robby Starbuck released his latest video on X about a major corporation supporting the DEI agenda. This time his target was Toyota, one of the world’s largest automakers, Toyota. Here’s the clip:
In case you don’t want to watch all of that, here’s his summary of what he found.
Toyota sponsored a drag queen program at a summer camp for kids identifying as LGBTQ+.
Toyota opposes laws that ban sex changes for kids and funds groups who work to make sex changes legal for children and they worked with the @HRC to oppose those laws
Toyota openly supports “the equality act” which would allow men into girl’s bathrooms, sports and locker-rooms.
Toyota funded the @HRC’s Time To Thrive Summit where they worked with the largest teachers union to push gender ideology into elementary schools.
Donated to the HRC, the Trevor Project, Dallas Resource Center and Los Angeles LGBT Center and the Workplace Equality Summit — All supporters of child transitions. The Trevor Project features chat rooms where adults have been caught talking to kids about sexual kinks, how to transition, masturbation and more. They also have a quick exit feature to wipe the browser and hide the website from parents.
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Transmania: How ‘Woman’ Became a Transgressive Word
The publication of this pink-and-blue book was like a bombshell in France: two women, Dora Moutot and Marguerite Stern, who come from militant leftist feminism, chose to cross the Rubicon and tackle the evils of transgender ideology in all its forms. It was a daring and more than courageous gamble. Courageous, because today, the ideology of transgenderism—for it is indeed one, as the authors set out to demonstrate with conviction—exerts a terror on the mind worthy of Stalinism in its heyday, minus the physical killings. But in the age of social networking and e-reputation, there are symbolic killings that can be extremely violent.
This essay is the fruit of a long road to Damascus for two women who were never predestined to cross over to the ‘dark side’ of the force. Marguerite Stern is a former FEMEN activist, and not so long ago, she was showing off her bare breasts in Notre Dame de Paris. Dora Moutot is the former deputy editor-in-chief of Konbini, a trendy online medium concentrating on what a politically correct way of life should be.
Both convinced and committed feminists, they took the road of conversion when they realised that, in the name of transsexual rights, they were no longer allowed to defend this sympathetic and disappearing population: women.
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Czech Gang Sentenced for Exploiting Migrants for Slave Labor in UK
I don’t know why but every time there is some Gypsy activity in the United Kingdom, and those Gipsies came from the Czech Republic (because Gipsies always travel to the better pastures)
…anyhow, I have noticed over the years that the British Mainstream Media loves to take every crime these Czech Gypsies do in Britain and splash it all over media as a “Czech Gang” – when in fact it is a gipsy gang.
I have noticed this on many occasions so much so I believe there is an orchestrated effort to portray “Czechs” as “Gypsies” – in the British mainstream.
Saying that – I could find one “Czech” on the photos below, but the rest are clearly gypsies.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13932789/Human-trafficking-gang-forced-migrant-slaves-work-McDonalds-bins-survive-jail.html