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πŸ“ΉSecret Service director reflects on β€œlife-changing” day standing with Donald Trump during Pennsylvania assassination attempt

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πŸ’―'You don't want to be at Guantanamo Bay' - Pentagon chief sends a clear message to illegal immigrant criminals

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Trump administration RESISTED mentioning β€˜security guarantees’ in Ukraine minerals deal – report

The US β€œsupports Ukraine’s effort to obtain security guarantees needed to establish lasting peace,” states a copy of the rare earth minerals deal with Ukraine, cited by The New York Times.

However, this vague phrase, which does not specifically commit the US to safeguarding Ukraine’s security, was reportedly only added after some back-and-forth between the Trump administration and Ukrainian officials.

The US side had β€œstrenuously” pushed to EXCLUDE ALL MENTION OF SECURITY GUARANTEES from earlier versions of the agreement, a Ukrainian official was cited as saying.

Both Washington and Kiev officials confirmed on Tuesday that a final version had been agreed upon. On Wednesday, Donald Trump announced that Volodymyr Zelensky would be in Washington on Friday to sign the deal.

β€œI’m not going to provide security guarantees beyond very much,” Trump said at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, adding that β€œWe’re going to have Europe do that.”


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πŸ’³DOGE deactivates 24,000 unused credit cards with $30B of spend last year

The audit is not finished and the number of deactivated cards "will likely double by the end of the week"

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🌊Severe weather overwhelms Afghanistan

At least 40 people have died as heavy rain, flash floods, and a tornado hit three Afghan provinces, according to Taliban* officials.

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*designated as extremist by UN


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🟠 Trump admin resisted mentioning β€˜security guarantees’ in Ukraine minerals deal

🟠 Trump ends Biden's Venezuela oil deal

🟠 Epstein list to be released tomorrow

🟠 The Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline and the US campaign to pressure Iran: how are they linked?

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⚑️The Russian delegation has arrived at the site of today's negotiations with their American counterparts at the US Consulate General in Istanbul.

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ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK: Trump administration ELIMINATING over 90% of USAID foreign contracts

Following a 90-day review ordered by President Donald Trump, around 5,800 grants issued by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) valued at roughly $54 BILLION will be terminated, according to a State Department memo cited by the Washington Free Beacon.

That marks a 92% reduction in USAID's multi-year grant spending.

In addition to USAID, the audit also targeted foreign aid from the State Department, identifying $4.4 billion in grants for elimination.

🟠The State Department pledged to β€œreform the way the United States delivers foreign assistance” and address β€œdecades of institutional drift,” as noted in the memo.

🟠Plans also include slashing USAID’s workforce from 10,000 to under 300, with remaining staff and responsibilities being transferred to the State Department.

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⚑️The Russian delegation has arrived at the site of today's negotiations with their American counterparts at the US Consulate General in Istanbul. πŸ“ŒSubscribe to @SputnikInt
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πŸ“ΉSituation in front of the US Consulate General. There are more journalists at the entrance. No press statement is expected after the US-Russia talks.

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πŸ’¬ USAID used NGOs and paid media to push US agenda in Slovakia – Fico

β€œWe should never intervene in the internal affairs of another country. Everybody has the right to select how they want to run their country,” the Slovak prime minister said in an interview with Mario Nawfal.


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βœ…US to boot transgender soldiers from army in 30 days – reports

"Service members who have a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria will be processed for separation from military service," the Pentagon memo, quoted by CBS, stated.


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⚑️⚑️The Tate brothers have left Romania, Sky News reports

It comes after Donald Trump's administration reportedly made several attempts to pressure Romania to lift travel restrictions on Andrew and Tristan Tate.

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βœ…Brazil's president says BRICS is COMMITTED to de-dollarization plan NO MATTER WHAT

BRICS will not be stymied in its determination to seek alternative platforms for payments between member countries, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told a meeting of the group’s sherpas on Wednesday.

"The current escalation of protectionism in trade and investment boosts the importance of measures aimed at overcoming obstacles to our economic integration. Expanding payment options means reducing vulnerabilities and costs. The Brazilian [BRICS] presidency is committed to developing additional, accessible, transparent and secure payment platforms," the UOL portal quoted the Brazilian president as saying.


Not the effect Donald Trump was hoping for when he dangled threats of 150% tariffs against BRICS states?

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⚑️France seeks to be part of the US-Ukraine talks on mineral resources linked to conflict resolution, French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu told French media.

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πŸŒ‹Mount Etna roars louder with fiery fury: Eruptions and lava intensify, yet nearby residents aren’t at risk

Footage from social media

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πŸŽ‰ 71 Days to Victory Day

Sputnik continues to commemorate significant milestones of the Great Patriotic War. On this date, the Red Army was waging a strategic offensive against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, notably in Pomerania and Czechoslovakia.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill credited Russia's huge sacrifices with preventing Poland's complete destruction by Hitler's forces.

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πŸ’¬ Hungarian FM drops truth bomb on 'bureaucracy in Brussels’ for β€˜killing Europe’s economy’

Peter Szijjarto highlighted Brussels’ failed policies like β€œsanctions against Russia, customs tariffs on the Chinese electric car industry, and the complete inability to negotiate with the US”.

He further noted that "von der Leyen’s leadership in Brussels has isolated the European economy not only from China but also from the American market," in a post on his Facebook* account.


*banned in Russia for extremism

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☒️Iran to TRIPLE nuclear-powered electricity production by 2029

The Islamic Republic intends to implement its ambitious plan by focusing on the construction of new nuclear power plants and the expansion of existing facilities.

"We hope to increase the volume of [electricity] production by 2,000 megawatt-hours by the end of the seventh [five-year] development plan [until March 2029] and increase the country's nuclear capacity from 1,000 to 3,000 megawatt-hours," head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami was cited as saying by the Mizan news agency.


Iran has already boosted the construction of two power units at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and resumed the construction of the Karun NPP, the AEOI head said.

The first unit of Iran’s Bushehr NPP, which is being built with Russian assistance, was connected to the national power grid in September 2011. The second stage of the plant will include two power units. Development of the Karun Nuclear Power Plant in Khuzestan province is also a key project geared towards enhancing Iran's long-term energy sustainability.

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