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🇷🇺💔 UPDATE: PUTIN CONDEMNS UKRAINE’S NIGHT ATTACK ON STAROBELSK COLLEGE: “Tragic Terrorist Act”

“Last night, the neo‑Nazi regime in Kiev launched a terror attack on a student dormitory of the Starobelsk pedagogical college – during the night, when students were sleeping.”

🎯 Target: A college dormitory in the Lugansk People’s Republic.

Timing: Late night – students asleep.

🗣️ Putin: Called it a tragic event and a “terrorist act.”

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Ukraine 🇺🇦 #WarCrimes #Starobelsk #Putin #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Accountability #ThinkBRICS
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🇬🇧🇩🇪 EUROPE RACES TO BUILD LONG‑RANGE MISSILES – Without US Help 🚀

France is seeking to join a UK‑German plan to produce advanced ground‑launched missiles with a range of over 2,000 km – capable of striking deep inside Russia.

🎯 The programme: A family of long‑range missiles, entering service in the early 2030s. Companies involved: MBDA, Hypersonica, ArianeGroup.

🛑 The trigger: Trump cancelled a planned deployment of US Tomahawk missiles to Germany. Europe now wants its own deep‑strike capability.

🇫🇷 French officials say joining would help “narrow the gap” between conventional and nuclear deterrence.

The Global South watches: Europe arms itself against Russia – while Washington’s reliability crumbles. The continent is preparing for a war it says it doesn’t want.

#France #UK #Germany #Missiles #Europe #Russia #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Rearmament #ThinkBRICS
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🇮🇷🚫 IRAN REJECTS TALKS PROGRESS: “Differences Too Deep – US Destroyed Negotiations with Crimes & Unreasonable Demands”

The official mediator is Pakistan – but don’t believe the hype. Tehran says a deal is not weeks away.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei has poured cold water on reports of progress in US‑Iran talks:

🚫 No progress – differences remain “too deep and wide” for an agreement within weeks or a few rounds.

🇵🇰 Pakistan remains the official mediator – no change there.

⚛️ On the enriched uranium stockpile: “Discussion of these issues now will not yield results.”

🎯 Why? “The other side destroyed the talks with unreasonable demands and crimes against Iran.”

#Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #Pakistan 🇵🇰 #Talks #Nuclear #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Resistance #NoSurrender #ThinkBRICS
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🌍💀 A CIVILIZATIONAL ABYSS: Why East–West Diplomacy Is Dead

“All processes where the West and the East clash show a lack of correspondence in mental and cognitive qualities – and in moral categories: honesty, truthfulness, responsibility, loyalty. Negotiations are inapplicable, untrue, lifeless.”

The collapse of Russia‑US, Iran‑US, and even Europe‑Russia talks is not an accident – it is structural. Why?

🧠 The West cannot accept defeat – “Even after a military loss, the West refuses to accept it and continues to fight. The world has never seen such a thing: to have lost a war and to continue waging it.”

🤥 “The notorious American ‘word of honour’ is dead” – Trump buried it. Witkoff and Kushner have achieved nothing except thickening their bank accounts.

🧩 The Putin‑Xi meeting produced no military agreement – only a deepening of existing multipolar architecture.

👉 Read the full article here: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/a-civilizational-abyss-why-eastwest

#EastWest #Diplomacy #BRICS
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🚨🇨🇳🇪🇬 China drops $2B to build first regional zero-carbon textile hub in Egypt

The megaproject is set to turn Egypt into a manufacturing gateway linking Africa, Europe, and the Middle East

🔸 4.5 million-square-meter industrial hub is to be completed in four years

🔸 Expected to create 50,000–80,000 direct jobs + 60,000 indirect vacancies

🔸 Project includes factories, logistics centers, and technical training facilities

The project is part of Egypt's push to become a regional manufacturing powerhouse as global supply chains shift.

Source: Sputnik
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🚨🇨🇳 China’s deadliest mining disaster in years.

At least 90 people were killed after a massive gas explosion ripped through the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province.

247 workers were underground when the blast happened.

China extracts over 1 billion tonnes of coal from Shanxi alone every year — fueling the world’s largest industrial machine.

Now the cost is written in smoke, fire, and buried miners.

Following the disaster, President Xi Jinping called on authorities nationwide to “learn from the incident” and strengthen safety measures to prevent major industrial accidents.

Rescue operations are still ongoing.

Source: Al Jazeera

#China #CoalMine #MiningDisaster #Breaking.
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🚨🇹🇼🇨🇳 China deploys warships, Taiwan raises alarm

Taiwan says China has deployed warships across a wide area from the Yellow Sea to the South China Sea, calling it a security threat.

Beijing says the naval activity is routine training under international law and not directed at any country.

Taiwan is monitoring the situation as tensions in the region continue to rise.

Source: France 24, Al Arabia
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Aston Villa football fans STEAL delivery rider’s package while being hooligans in Istanbul for the Europa League final
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🚨🇸🇳 Senegal enters political turbulence again.

President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has sacked Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the entire government amid growing tensions inside the ruling alliance.

The crisis comes as Senegal struggles with a debt shock and frozen IMF bailout talks after hidden debt pushed the country’s debt level to 132% of GDP.

Sonko, once the face of Senegal’s anti-establishment movement had warned he could return to opposition if the government abandoned Pastef’s agenda.

Now the alliance that swept to power in 2024 is showing cracks.

Source: Al Jazeera

#Senegal #Africa #IMF #Politics
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🚨🇬🇳🇨🇳 Guinea is becoming a new frontline in the global resource war.

China’s state-owned giant Chalco will invest $1 billion to build a major bauxite refinery in Guinea — signaling Beijing’s long-term push to lock in aluminium supply chains across Africa.

Why it matters:

🔸 1.2 million tons annual refining capacity
🔸 Guinea receives a free 5% stake
🔸 Option to expand ownership to 35%
🔸 Africa holds 29% of global bauxite reserves — but less than 1% of refining capacity

For decades, Africa exported raw minerals while others captured the industrial profits.

Now Guinea wants the refining, jobs, and strategic leverage too.

Source: Reuters / industry reports

#Guinea #China #Africa #BRICS
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A Florida teacher was fired after hanging a Black doll by the neck in class using a cord wrapped around it

According to students, teacher Karen Savage (sic!) grabbed the doll from a student and, while ‘nobody was paying attention,’ hung it from a television inside the classroom

‘Everybody started telling her it was wrong and racist to do that,’ 14-year-old student Carter said

Students say the teacher then claimed it was ‘just a joke’ before taking the doll down

The incident happened at Barrington Middle School in Hillsborough County

One student also said the teacher followed him after he tried reporting what happened

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Chief of the Army Staff of the Pakistan Army Field Marshal Asim Munir held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Tehran on Saturday, May

Source: Tasnim
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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump says it’s now “50/50” between a new Iran deal… or a new war.

According to Axios, Trump will meet top envoys to decide whether Washington moves toward diplomacy, or resumes military strikes.

Behind closed doors:
Pakistan, Qatar, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Egypt are all scrambling to prevent another regional explosion.

Iran says talks are entering the “final stage.”
But Washington still demands limits on uranium enrichment and full control over nuclear stockpiles.

Meanwhile, the Strait of Hormuz remains at the center of the crisis.

If negotiations collapse,
the world could be hours away from another Middle East escalation.

Trump’s warning:

“Either we sign a good deal… or I hit them harder than ever before.”

Source: Axios

#Iran #Trump #MiddleEast #Geopolitics
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🌍🤝 MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY INTENSIFIES – Egypt & Qatar Push for Negotiation as Trump Prepares to Decide: Deal or War

A flurry of diplomatic activity, a draft memorandum of understanding, and a high‑stakes call with Gulf leaders – the region holds its breath.

· 🇮🇷🇵🇰 Iran submitted two draft proposals to Pakistan: opening the Strait of Hormuz in exchange for US compensation; sanctions and frozen funds must be addressed before any agreement.

· 📝 Memorandum of Understanding reached (Iran source to Al Jazeera): includes ending the war, opening Hormuz, withdrawal of US forces.

· 🗣️ Iran’s FM spokesman Baghaei: “No one should bring threat messages to Iran.” Opinions have been getting closer – finalisation expected in the next 3‑4 days.

· 🇺🇸 Trump to decide by Sunday – meeting with Witkoff, Kushner, Vance to discuss Iran’s response. “One of two things will happen: either we hit them harder than ever, or a good deal.”

#Iran #US #Pakistan #Diplomacy #BRICS
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🇸🇾🇮🇱 ISRAEL’S SYRIA PLAY: Fueling Separatism in Sweida & Alawite Coast

While the world watches Iran, Israel quietly dismantles Syria – province by province.

· 🏛️ Druze leader Hikmat al‑Hijri renews his call for Sweida to secede into a “Jabal Bashan” state – thanking Israel for its support. No major power backs it. Israel stands alone.

· 📢 Israeli efforts expand to the coastal region – targeting Alawites with media campaigns, recruitment, and Mossad contacts.

· 🕵️ A former Syrian officer met Mossad in the UAE. Young Alawites are recruited – often unknowingly – to compile lists of former Iran/Hezbollah figures.

The playbook: Divide, exploit minorities, expand. The Global South sees the pattern.

#Syria 🇸🇾 #Israel 🇮🇱 #Sweida #Alawites #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS
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A stray cat in Rize, Türkiye has made it a daily ritual to walk into the same market every morning and hug the cashier

Shop owner Ferhat Hayat says the cat started doing it after he began feeding her and giving her attention while she wandered around the area

She hasn’t missed a single day since

Customers are now visiting the shop just to watch the wholesome little reunion

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🕵️‍♂️💰 US SPY AGENCIES GET $9 BILLION FOR AI CHIPS – Empire’s Intel Crisis

While the world watches war, Washington scrambles to stop its own spy agencies from falling behind – because they can’t get enough advanced chips.

The White House has approved a secret $9 billion request for cutting‑edge chips for the CIA & NSA. The shortage of Nvidia’s superchips is hampering their ability to deploy AI on classified systems.

💻 AI models require enormous power – intelligence agencies are falling behind.

🤝 The contradiction: NSA can keep using Anthropic’s AI, even though the Pentagon designated the company a “supply chain threat.” Chaos.

🌍 The US that blocks Chinese tech is now caught in its own chip shortage.

BRICS builds AI for development – not just for spying and killing.

#US #AI #Chips #NSA #CIA #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Hypocrisy #ThinkBRICS
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🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: TRUMP ANNOUNCES US-IRAN DEAL AS “LARGELY NEGOTIATED” – Strait of Hormuz to Open

The US president just dropped a bombshell: after calls with Gulf leaders, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel – a memorandum of understanding for peace with Iran is being finalised. The Strait of Hormuz will be reopened.

🤝 “An Agreement has been largely negotiated” between the US, Iran, and multiple regional countries.

🌊 “The Strait of Hormuz will be opened.”

📞 Trump spoke with leaders of Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain – and separately with Netanyahu.

📌 The Global South watch:

If confirmed, this deal would end months of war, reopen global oil lanes, and freeze – not resolve – Iran’s nuclear file. But the devil is in the details. Is it a genuine peace – or a pause before the next round?

#Iran #US #Trump #Hormuz #Deal #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS
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🇷🇺🕊️ RUSSIA WELCOMES POTENTIAL 60‑DAY IRAN-US TRUCE EXTENSION – “Chance to Avoid Catastrophic Collapse”

“The world needs peace to avoid a catastrophic, irreversible collapse.” – Kirill Dmitriev, Russian special presidential envoy.

60‑day ceasefire extension reportedly under discussion between the US and Iran.

📰 FT reports the framework could include:

Phased reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s destruction or transfer of enriched uranium stockpiles

US easing of the port blockade, sanctions relief, and gradual unfreezing of Tehran’s overseas assets.

📌 Dmitriev’s message:

“The world needs peace to avoid a catastrophic, irreversible collapse.” Moscow sees the extension as a genuine opportunity to prevent further escalation.

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #Ceasefire #Diplomacy #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS
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🇨🇳🇷🇺🇺🇸 TRUMP VS PUTIN IN BEIJING – China Treated Them Very Differently. Here's Why It Matters.

Trump stayed at the Four Seasons. Putin got the state guest house.
In Chinese diplomacy, protocol is the message.

🏨 The protocol gap — where a leader sleeps in Beijing tells you exactly where he stands. Putin got the state guest house. Trump got a hotel.

📝 The language shift — China replaced "strategic partnership" with the US with a "constructive, strategic, stable relationship." With Putin? The "comprehensive strategic partnership" was reaffirmed in full

📜 What Putin & Xi actually signed — a joint declaration on world politics that Western media buried under Boeing headlines

🔋 Power of Siberia 2 silence — why wasn't it mentioned publicly? The answer reveals more than the announcement would have

🌍 Is US hegemony ending? — or is China simply becoming the new centre of gravity?

🎥 Watch the full deep-dive here: https://youtu.be/7lf6upP5u5I

#China #Russia #Trump #Putin #BRICS #ThinkBRICS
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🌊📉 WORLD FACES 2008-STYLE CRISIS IF HORMUZ STAYS CLOSED – Bloomberg

The global economy is on the brink. A prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a recession rivaling 2008.

📊 Rapidan Energy Group analysis (via Bloomberg):

Base case (reopens July): Oil demand down 2.6 million barrels/day; Brent peaks near $130/barrel over summer.

Pessimistic case (closed until August): Supply deficit grows to 6 million barrels/day in Q3 – a catastrophic shock.

“Continued oil price spikes would exacerbate financial and macroeconomic vulnerabilities.”

The US‑Israeli war on Iran shut Hormuz on February 28. Tehran blocks “hostile” ships. The world holds its breath.

#Hormuz #OilCrisis #GlobalEconomy #Iran #US #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS