⚡️🇯🇵 NATO to defer its decision on establishing an office in Tokyo until later this year.

The North Atlantic military alliance initially planned to enshrine the establishment of the Tokyo office in documents to be adopted at NATO's two-day summit beginning Tuesday in Lithuania.

But France has opposed the idea, caring for relations with China, and the unanimous agreement of all 31 members needed for the decision appears unlikely. The bloc will work to finalize the decision by the year-end.

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GHISLAINE MUST DIE in prison, says Sarah Ransome, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's child trafficking ring.

🗣"I was raped for 17 years - sometimes up to 3 times a day" - she says.

Epstein was an American sex offender and financier, who "killed himself" in a maximum security prison in 2019. Ghislaine Maxwell was his girlfriend and main recruiter of minors for high profile "clients", and who is now serving 20 years in prison.

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🇬🇧 CAN'T MAKE THIS UP: UK's violent and convicted torturer Alan Baker (spent 30 years in prison for kidnapping and torturing) now calls himself Sarah Jane.

He underwent a sex change operation paid for by the UK taxpayer (NHS) and published a book which provides advice for male inmates on how to gain advantages by declaring themselves to be women.

❗️At Trans Pride in London - he yells “If you see a TERF, punch them in the fucking face!”

(TERF: "Trans-exclusionary radical feminist", or biological women who fight for their rights.)

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🗣 "Turkey giving over Azov commanders to Ukraine, in violation of the agreement reached with Russia last year, as well as statements about the accelerated admission of Ukraine to NATO, indicate that Turkey is turning from a neutral country into an unfriendly one" - Viktor Bondarev, pictured, head of Russia’s Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security.

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⚡️🇹🇷🇺🇦 Turkey and Ukraine sign memorandum on joint production of drones.

Turkish company Baykar expects to start producing Bayraktar TV2 and Bayraktar Akinci in Ukraine in 2025.

Nothing personal, just business?

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⚡️Russia doubles production of SU-34 and SU-35 fighter jets.

Vladimir Artyakov (pictured), deputy head of Rostech (Russia's high technology manufacturer), also stated that the Ministry of Defense has ramped up orders for the Kinzhal ("Dagger") hypersonic complex.

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🇺🇸 MIAMI SWIM WEEK takes "budgie smugglers" to a whole new level.

Ladies, this swim suit has excellent stretch for those of you well endowed!

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⚡️🇺🇸 Biden arrives at 10 Downing Street Clowning Street for meeting with UK PM Sunak.

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🗣🇹🇷 "Opening the EU door to Turkey would pave Sweden's path to NATO” - Erdogan.

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🗣 "Ending the war will make it easier for Ukraine to join NATO." - Erdogan.

Erdogan expects Putin to visit Turkey in August. Can Erdogan be trusted, with an International Criminal Clown Court arrest warrant out for the Russian President?

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⚡️Reports: Turkish military base in Aazaz (Aleppo, Syria) hit by missiles.

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⚡️ Kremlin spokesman Peskov confirms that a meeting between Putin and Prigozhin took place on June 29 in the Kremlin.

During the negotiations on the attempted mutiny, 5 days later - 35 people came to the table: all the commanders of the detachments and head of Wagner Private Military Company Prigozhin himself.

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🇺🇦🇷🇺 FRATERNAL PEOPLES - but they must still follow immigration laws.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) detains owners of a private clinic in Moscow that organized illegal migration of Ukrainians to the Russian Federation.

The medical facility issued fictitious invitation certificates to citizens of Ukraine with non-existent diagnoses, allegedly needing further treatment in the Moscow region.

Around 150 people arrived illegally into Russia with the use of these services.

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⚡️🇱🇹 NATO Secretary General STOOLtenberg intends to "defend every inch of Lithuanian territory".

From whom? These people make up stories and then believe them.

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⚡️ Washington insists on conflict ending before Ukraine NATO bid.

Biden reiterates that Ukraine won’t be admitted to NATO, explaining that Kiev’s bid is “premature” as it doesn’t meet membership criteria.

Ukrainian President Zelensky said he doesn’t want to go to the NATO summit in Vilnius “for fun” but plans to use it to “expedite an agreement with our partners.”

What will be left of Ukraine, by the time it joins NATO?

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