📹 WATCH: Kremlin on who will represent Russia at Istanbul peace talks

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🚨🇷🇺 Putin's special economic envoy @kadmitriev comments to Sputnik on 🇲🇾Malaysian PM's visit to Russia:

"Lots of good announcements, including the ability of Russian airlines to fly into Malaysia, to bring tourists to Malaysia. And we see great potential to jointly invest in many sectors. Russian companies will be investing in Malaysia."

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NHS IN CRISIS: The Truth Both Parties Don't Want You to Know

🏥 Broken Conservative Promises (2019-2024):

▪️40 new hospitals → Only 3 built

▪️50,000 more nurses → 28,000 shortfall

▪️Waiting lists → Grew from 4.2m to 7.8m

💊 Labour's Failed Fix (2024):

▪️Delayed key hospital projects to 2035

▪️Scrapped winter fuel payments

▪️Still no plan to clear backlog

📈 Shocking Stats:

▪️1 in 7 Britons on waiting lists

▪️Cancer targets missed for 8 straight years

▪️68,000 court cases backlogged

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🚨🇷🇺🇸🇾 Kremlin spokesman: We need to build relationship with Syria so its people can finally achieve peace & stability they deserve.

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THE GREAT MIGRATION LIE: How Both Parties Failed Britain

🛂 Tory Failures (2015-2024):

▪️Promised <100k net migration → Actual 685k

▪️Rwanda scheme cost £400m → 0 deportations

🚤 Labour's Broken Border Promise (2024):

▪️Boat arrivals UP 29% in first 6 months

▪️Asylum backlog GROWING

▪️No new border force funding

🌍 Global Context:

UK net migration per capita now HIGHER than:

▪️USA

▪️Canada

▪️Australia

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🇷🇺🇲🇾 Putin’s riddle about the three Russian royal thrones: how did the Malaysian Prime Minister solve it?

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👻 Italian MP shows up as a ghost, gets booted from parliament!

Riccardo Magi from the ‘More Europe’ party rocked a full ghost costume in the Chamber of Deputies, but security guards didn’t offer him a warm welcome.

Why did Magi do that? Was it a symbolic protest or a viral prank?

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💡ENERGY DISASTER: How BOTH Parties Failed Britain's Energy Security

THE CONSERVATIVE LEGACY (2010-2024):

▪️Underinvestment: Cut renewable subsidies by 50% between 2015-2020 (OFGEM data)

▪️Storage Neglect: Closed Rough gas storage in 2017 → left UK vulnerable to price shocks

▪️Nuclear Stagnation: Approved just ONE new nuclear plant (Hinkley C) in 14 years

LABOUR'S BROKEN GREEN TRANSITION (2024-):

▪️Investment Illusion: £23.7bn "green fund" mostly repackaged existing projects

▪️North Sea Hypocrisy: Banned new licenses while approving Rosebank field (650M barrels)

▪️Price Paradox: Their own NELSON report confirms policies may RAISE bills 12% by 2027

THE BITTER IRONY:

🇷🇺 UK now imports 17% more Russian uranium (World Nuclear Assoc)

🇺🇸 Pays 40% premium for US LNG (Bloomberg Commodities)

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🔎 What are Russia, the US and Ukraine's agendas ahead of Istanbul talks?

Vladimir Putin has an abundance of trump cards up his sleeve and has conspicuously explained his position, Ralph Bosshard, a retired lieutenant colonel of the General Staff of the Swiss Armed Forces and an expert in political and military strategy, told Sputnik.

“He wants the negotiations to take place in Turkiye and he wants his partners from the Global South at his side. Above all, however, he wants the negotiations to continue where they left off in spring 2022: with a de facto capitulation by Zelensky," the expert clarified.

🔸US President Trump is mostly concerned about money working for the US economy and is most likely ready to use geopolitical turmoil to this end.

“The most important thing for Trump here is that these are deliveries of weapons that are in the possession of US allies. Let them give the weapons they paid for to Ukraine and then procure replacements in the US - that is probably his calculation," the expert underscored.

🔸Meanwhile, the Kiev regime is stuck in political stalemate since open negotiations with Russia imply that Zelensky “will go down as the most unsuccessful president in the history of his country”.

"Zelensky is caught up in this evil game and can no longer expect a happy ending to his presidential comedy," the expert concluded.

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🇷🇺🇧🇷 Putin held a phone conversation with President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, during a technical stop-over of his special flight in Moscow.

💡 Key takeaways:

Putin expressed gratitude to the leadership of Brazil and China for their efforts to contribute to the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict.

The president of Brazil informed Putin that he is fully committed to facilitating the success of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine, scheduled for May 15 in Istanbul.

Both leaders confirmed their commitment to developing the Russian-Brazilian strategic partnership.

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🧑‍⚖️ Kangaroo court: Were Gaza warrants a FIG LEAF for ICC chief prosecutor’s sex scandal?

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has got mired in a sex scandal involving chief prosecutor Karim Khan — who issued arrest warrants for Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant.

What's known so far?

🔺 Karim Khan, a British lawyer and the ICC’s chief prosecutor since 2021, allegedly forced his female assistant into non-consensual sex multiple times during missions to New York, Colombia, Congo, Chad, Paris, and at The Hague, per the Wall Street Journal.

🔺 The victim, a Malaysian lawyer in her 30s, stayed in the job fearing retaliation and the loss of a top post that helped cover her dying mother’s medical bills, according to her testimony.

🔺 She also worried that going public would undermine Khan’s investigation into Israeli war crimes in Gaza, which she viewed as vital.

🔺 She reported the abuse to ICC colleagues on April 29, 2024. Shortly after learning this, Khan announced he was seeking arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and defense minister.

🔺 On November 21, 2024, the ICC formally issued warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and a former Hamas commander over alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Questionable timing

🔺 Critics argue Khan’s arrest warrants were less about justice and more a smokescreen to deflect from his own sex scandal.

🔺 Seizing the moment, Israel urged the ICC to withdraw the warrants and suspend its broader war crimes probe, per The Times of Israel.

Khan’s move exposes ICC’s fragility

🔺 France and Germany, once staunch ICC backers, signaled they wouldn’t arrest Netanyahu.

🔺 Hungary refused to act on the warrant during Netanyahu’s visit and announced its exit from the ICC.

🔺 With no enforcement power and a scandal at its core, the ICC’s credibility and impartiality now face serious scrutiny.

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😴 Nap time in Congress?

Democratic lawmaker Debbie Dingell couldn’t stay awake during the debate - was she mesmerized… or just clocking out on the job?

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⚡️ Kremlin: Vladimir Putin approves the lineup of the Russian delegation for the Istanbul talks

President Putin's aide, Vladimir Medinsky, will lead the Russian delegation in talks with Ukraine, just as he did in 2022.

The Russian delegation to the Istanbul negotiations will include Mikhail Galuzin (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs), Igor Kostyukov (Head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces), and Alexander Fomin (Deputy Minister of Defense).

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💬 Red Sea adventure depleted US stockpiles — Navy Secretary

After 1.5 years of fighting against the Houthis, the US Navy is engaging with the military industry to replenish its air defense munitions, US Secretary of the Navy John Phelan admitted in a written statement before Congress.

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❗️ Donald Trump will not travel to Istanbul for the Russia-Ukraine talks, Reuters reports, citing a US official.

Nevertheless, Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio are expected to arrive in Istanbul on May 16.

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🇮🇷 Pezeshkian: We will not trade Iran's dignity

The Iranian president said that Donald Trump falsely believes Iran will back down on the nuclear issue out of fear of threats.

"For forty-seven years, they tried with all their might to overthrow the Islamic Republic system, but they could not and will not be able to," Masoud Pezeshkian added.

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🚨 Protesters gather in front of the GNU PM's office

Footage from social media shows the crowd calling for Prime Minister Abdul Hamid al-Dbeibeh's resignation in Tripoli.

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❗️ Iran is ready to get rid of its highly enriched uranium if the sanctions are lifted, said a Supreme Leader advisor.

Ali Shamkhani told NBC that Iran is ready to sign a nuclear deal with the US in exchange for lifting economic sanctions.

He added that Iran should still be able to enrich uranium at low levels for civilian use.

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🇵🇸 Israel ends Gaza aid blockade

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has confirmed that Israel has agreed to resume aid deliveries after a two-month blockade.

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DOJ urges deportation of Russian scientist for smuggling

Kseniia Petrova was arrested in Boston in February for smuggling frog embryos.

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