Video footage suggests the victim’s gun had already been taken before the first shot was fired.

A Border Patrol agent in a gray jacket and baseball cap is seen removing the weapon and walking away.

Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right party National Rally:

We can see how Europe today is completely encircled: vassalized in the West by the United States in digital, technological, and defense terms; vassalized in the East by China industrially; and subjected in the South to increasingly strong migratory pressures.

Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right party National Rally:

When a country like Denmark, whose sovereignty is challenged over Greenland, hosts U.S. bases and depends on American-controlled F-35s that Washington can ground at the push of a button, that is servitude.

The man shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis has been identified as Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, a U.S. citizen from south Minneapolis.

Local reports say he had a nursing license and no serious criminal record.

Rachel Sayre, the Director of the Emergency Management Department in Minneapolis:

My background is in international humanitarian response in conflict zones in Yemen, Haiti, Syria, Iraq, and Ukraine.

What I've seen here is what I've seen there. A powerful entity violently and intentionally terrorizing people...

Reporter: Have you activated the National Guard?

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz: Yes...

German AfD Leader Alice Weidel:

Everyone should take a look at the National Security Strategy of the USA from October/November of last year. It is stated very clearly in there. They consider the policy of immigration in the millions from culturally alien regions to be wrong.

JD Vance addressed this directly, pointing out the policy mistake being made here in Germany. The Americans do not understand that we are committing civilizational suicide here.

And I will tell you, that is also the reason why we get along very well with the Republicans, because we share this view.

We will turn back the wheel, because these people have no place here. We will preserve our country, our culture, our traditions, and restore order and discipline.

Hungary’s Orbán on Putin:

I don't rule out that the Russians have all kinds of territorial ambitions. We can't see into anyone's head.

And it's useless to try to see into the heads of people trained in the KGB; that just doesn't work.

Hungary’s Orbán:

We must accept that NATO and the European Union cannot stretch directly to Russia’s borders, because the Russians will always respond to that with war.

(NATO and the EU already border Russia)

The U.S. is urging Bolivia to expel suspected Iranian spies and label the IRGC, Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorist groups.

Source: Reuters

Italy's Meloni:

Italian Government was astonished by President Trump’s remarks claiming NATO allies “stayed back” in Afghanistan.

NATO activated Article 5 in “an act of extraordinary solidarity” toward the United States, and Italy “responded immediately,” deploying thousands of troops and leading Regional Command West.

Italy paid “an unquestionable price: 53 fallen Italian soldiers and more than 700 injured.”

Statements minimising NATO countries’ contribution are “unacceptable,” and “friendship requires respect.”

New Trump repost on Truth Social.

At a NATO winter exercise in Norway, Finnish reservists defeated U.S. troops so decisively that commanders asked them to ease off.

A military source said Finns were “asked to stop beating the Americans” because the losses were “too humiliating and demoralising.”

Source: The Times

Czech billionaire Michal Strnad became the world’s richest defense contractor after his company CSG’s blockbuster IPO sent shares up about 30%, boosting his fortune to around $37 billion.

The firm was valued at roughly €25 billion. Shares surged +32% on the first trading day, and investor demand was 14 times oversubscribed, with over €60 billion in orders.

CSG, a major European arms maker, produces ammunition, artillery, vehicles, and other military equipment.

Strnad, 33, expanded the business he inherited from his father, and has said he aims to make CSG one of Europe’s largest defense manufacturers.

CSG’s financials show explosive growth. Revenue doubled year-on-year in 2024 and is projected at €7.4–7.6 billion for 2026.

The company is now Europe’s:
• Leader in 155mm artillery shell production,
• One of the largest small-caliber ammunition suppliers,
• A major producer of armored vehicles and military trucks (Tatra).

Roughly 68% of revenue now comes from NATO countries, with Ukraine accounting for about 42% of sales in 2024.

Shipments to Ukraine quadrupled year-on-year.

Syrian cameraman accidentally walking into a group of SDF/YPG terrorists during chaotic front-line movements.

The terrorists don’t notice him at first, he realizes the mistake, and slips away unharmed.

Iranian Health Ministry officials told TIME that up to 30,000 people may have been killed in just two days (Jan 8–9) as security forces crushed protests.

The UK deployed four RAF Typhoon jets to Qatar amid rising tensions and U.S. buildup.

The jets are fully armed with MBDA Meteor air-to-air missiles, ASRAAM short-range missiles, and Litening targeting pod, signaling high readiness against Iran.

Tucker Carlson, May 2025:

Everyone in Washington, no one’s ever met a Kurd, can’t define what a Kurd is, but everyone reflexively loves the Kurds.

And I’ve never had strong views about the Kurds, but again, I just want to say I’ve seen it in action in Iraq, and I was shocked by the Kurdish behavior personally.