The area (Maskanah and Deir Hafer) is accused of being a launch point for Iranian suicide drones that struck Aleppo.

Civilians are urged to stay away from SDF positions.

Armed groups are told to withdraw east of the Euphrates.

The army says it will act to prevent further attacks from the area.

Not in the trash bin… Europe has benefited enormously from it.

We see that the great powers… put their own hard security interests first. We have to learn to think in terms of power again.

Van Weel sees the world moving toward three major power blocs (U.S., Russia, China).

On where Europe should stand, he’s blunt:

“Yes, every day of the week.” (on choosing the U.S. over Russia/China)

The Telegraph has uncovered unredacted plans showing China plans to build a concealed underground chamber beneath its proposed London “super-embassy”, positioned directly beside fibre-optic cables carrying highly sensitive financial and internet data for the City of London.

The cables are part of the London Internet Exchange, a core hub handling bank transactions, market data and digital communications for millions of users. Access to them could expose financial systems, government communications and commercial secrets.

The chamber is one of 208 hidden basement rooms beneath the former Royal Mint site. Plans show it would sit just over a metre from the cables, require rebuilding a basement wall next to them, and include hot-air extraction systems—raising concerns it could house advanced computing equipment.

Security experts warn the proximity could allow the cables to be tapped or monitored without detection, a long-established espionage technique.

Source: The Telegraph