North Korea test-fired 12 long-range, nuclear-capable cruise missiles in rapid succession from one of its new Choe Hyon-class destroyers — the first modern guided-missile destroyers in the North Korean Navy.

Trump Calls Putin and Zelensky to Revive Stalled Peace Talks

The US president offered to help negotiate a settlement to the Russia-Ukraine war during an extensive telephone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, ahead of the NATO summit in Türkiye.

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French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the US-France relationship:

Fundamentally, non-alignment and independence.

Every domain in which we are in their hands, we must get out of. I'm thinking particularly of digital data storage and artificial intelligence.

In 250 years of history, 226 years of war. That doesn't exactly inspire my sympathy.

They stole half the territory of Mexico.

For those who still have any doubt that we need a cautious and distant friendship with them, go watch Antonin Baudry's film — you'll see how the United States intended to occupy us and replace our currency.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Macron receiving Trump at Versailles:

This man attacked a country, Iran — an illegal war — with an associate, Mr. Netanyahu, who invades all his neighbors.

After he imposed on us 5% of our GDP to buy American weapons and tariffs that are unbearable, and which the European Union accepted with its usual spinelessness.

Come down to earth, my friend.

You really think going to Versailles is enough to stop a war? It's the opposite.

When you go to Versailles, you generally start wars.

French Presidential Candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon on Iran & Israel:

Is Iran a threat to the world? No, I don't believe that for a second.

The illegal attack on Iran produced a strengthening of the regime, which now enjoys absolutely unprecedented prestige in the world because Iran defeated both Netanyahu and Trump.

It was a very bad service that both of them rendered to universal humanity.

Today it is Netanyahu who does not respect peace — massacring the Lebanese en masse and continuing to kill Palestinians en masse.

The principal source of disorder and war is the government of Mr. Netanyahu with fascists in power, and the fact that this country is nuclear-armed without anyone ever holding it to account...

I find all of this very dangerous.

'We Will Call the Americans': How Germany's Merkel Dismissed Rheinmetall

Rheinmetall CEO revealed that former German Chancellor Angela Merkel explicitly told the defense firm, "We don't really need you," prior to the Ukraine war.

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Majority of American electorate doesn't believe Iran war was worth the cost, risking Republican prospects ahead of midterms.

▪️58% of voters say war isn't worth the cost
▪️Trump approval drops to 36%
▪️White House seeking $67B in new military funding

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French Push to Exclude UK from EU Defense Fund Backfires

France's initiative to block British companies from a €150 billion European Union rearmament fund severely backfired, causing Paris to miss out on €1.1 billion in cheap financing.

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Investors Lost $3.8 Billion on $TRUMP Coin. He Cashed Out $636 Million

Donald Trump generated $636 million in payouts from his memecoin venture, while nearly 1 million retail investors incurred aggregate losses of $3.81 billion.

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A sophisticated Russian cyber campaign compromised UK government networks to harvest login credentials.

▪️Over 80,000 Fortinet firewalls breached
▪️Stolen Foreign Office logins trading for $60,000
▪️Critical infrastructure and NHS networks exposed

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Trump:

Thank you to FIFA for doing what was right, and reversing a great injustice!

Trump will meet with Ukraine’s Zelensky and Syria’s al-Sharaa on the sidelines of the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara.

FIFA has suspended the automatic one-match ban for USMNT striker Folarin Balogun after his red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

He is now eligible to play against Belgium in the World Cup Round of 16, with the suspension on probation for one year.

NEW: Intelligence indicates Russia is preparing another massive strike, Zelensky says, urging Ukrainians to heed air raid alerts.

“Russia wants to inflict more evil and kill people.”

Trump:

Trump asked FIFA president Gianni Infantino to review U.S. striker Folarin Balogun’s automatic suspension after Balogun received a red card against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Days later, FIFA overturned the suspension, making him eligible to face Belgium.

The decision is highly unusual—the first time since 1962 that FIFA has reversed a World Cup red-card suspension.

Source: NYT

Germany's Merkel:

The AfD keeps trying to say:

'There is the people and then there are the elites. The elites do what we don't like. The people are those who agree with us.' We must not allow that.

Whether a German citizen has been a German citizen for two years or for four days or the entire family for three generations — it doesn't matter.

We are the German people.

Whoever tries to redefine 'the people' simply as those who like the AfD's ideas and insults the rest as 'elites' or whatever — whoever tries to say, where is the real Germany and where is the fake Germany — that is a great mistake.

Source: Hessischer Rundfunk