JD Vance:

Would I say that we're seeing civilizational death in France? No, I wouldn't say that.

Do I think that we're seeing real civilizational risk? Yes.

And my hope and my prayer is that people in France return to some basic principles.

JD Vance on Russia diesel deal:

I can assure you that they're not playing the president of the United States like a fiddle. He's very realistic about this.

The question is, are there ways to work with other countries, even adversarial nations, that can benefit the United States in the process?

And I think Trump recognizes that we could disagree with Russia about 50% of issues or even 90% of issues, but if there's a possibility to lower costs for American farmers, why wouldn't we take that opportunity?

Google illegally cut down an estimated 250,000 trees in northern Finland to build a data center, sparking national outrage.

The company cleared 330 hectares of forest near the town of Muhos without first completing the required environmental impact assessments.

Conservationists estimate another 150,000 trees were felled at a second site in Otanmäki.

Finland’s licensing authority ordered Google to stop work at both sites earlier this month.

The sites are part of a €13 billion AI infrastructure project, the largest of its kind in Finland.

JD Vance:

Yes, things are too expensive. Gas is too expensive, groceries are too expensive, but we also have to ask, have we made progress since we came in?

And I believe the answer to that is also yes.

JD Vance on Ukraine War:

Sometimes we find the Ukrainians are being a little bit more intransigent. Sometimes we find the Russians are being a little bit more intransigent.

But that's the job of diplomacy, is to engage in these things and try to solve problems.

JD Vance:

We were dug a hole by the Biden administration and congressional Democrats. We are digging ourselves out of that hole and building something new and better.

Don't give the shovel back to the people who dug the hole.

A German youth movement has called for mass protests in 21 cities on October 31, after unrest spread across France, Italy and Spain.

The initiative, called “Gen Z regelt” (“Gen Z’s Got It”), plans rallies in cities including Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich.

Organizers say they are protesting run-down schools, austerity, the cost of living, social injustice, military conscription and climate change.

JD Vance:

I'll be honest with you. I'm very uncomfortable with the death penalty.

Armenia's PM Pashinyan on reopening the Türkiye-Armenia border:

Azerbaijan has certain reservations on this issue, and that is where things stand today.

But of course we continue to work with both Azerbaijan and Türkiye to reach solutions.

Marine Le Pen:

I have the feeling that we are facing a state that is collapsing.

We are facing a power in its final days that, in reality, no longer has control, can no longer maintain order, and can no longer anticipate.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever:

Even a country like Germany said, "We do not have the money to keep funding all these new ambitions."

And if Germany doesn’t have the money, I can assure you Belgium surely doesn’t have the money to fund all new priorities.

BREAKING: Starlink speed limits on Ukraine's terminals have likely been lifted, according to The Economist's Ukraine correspondent Oliver Carroll.

“Drone unit commanders on the front line in Ukraine tell me the Starlink speed limits have likely been lifted. They're still testing, but 'it looks like it,'”Carroll wrote.

Zelensky:

Ukraine is awaiting a response from Rubio regarding the possibility of restoring Starlink satellite connectivity at speeds of up to 400 km/h.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever:

The trade deficit is growing and growing. We are above 1 billion euros every day of deficit.

There's not one country of the 27 that still has a positive balance with China, and that's unsustainable, and everybody agrees on that.

Maybe the advantage of being all in the negative is that we finally all agree that this cannot go on like this.

Zelensky:

I have agreements with the Europeans, and those agreements remain in place.

But the Europeans can only transfer the missiles when the American side approves it.

BIG: Trump called Musk and asked him to lift Starlink restrictions in Ukraine.

Source: WSJ

Netanyahu: