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Japan bought about 364,000 barrels of Russian oil in May – Business & Economy– tass.com

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TOKYO, June 17. /TASS/. Japan purchased approximately 364,000 barrels of oil from Russia in May this year, according to TASS calculations based on statistical data published by Japan’s Finance Ministry.

According to the data, Japan imported 58,000 kiloliters of Russian oil last month, equivalent to approximately 364,800 barrels. The purchases concerned oil linked to gas supply contracts under the Sakhalin-2 project, which is exempt from anti-Russian sanctions. The oil is also exempt from the price cap introduced by the G7 countries. According to TASS calculations, the price of Russian oil purchased by Japan in May amounted to approximately $103 per barrel.

After Jailing People For Socializing, UK Suggests You Be Less Lonely– thefederalist.com

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Apparently, it’s “Loneliness Awareness Week,” thanks to a global campaign emanating from the United Kingdom.

On the surface, the idea of a “Loneliness Awareness Week” sounds as cozy as the founding organization’s name, Marmalade Trust. That group self-identifies as a “charity,” but it acts more like a nongovernmental organization (NGO) devoted to government and globalist involvement in shaping our social connections.

Marmalade Trust’s home page proudly announces that its mission to fight loneliness is “joined by organisations globally,” including 10 Downing Street, the U.K.’s National Health Service, the BBC, The Guardian, Public Health England, and various other globalist and media outlets. On another page, it boasts that Loneliness Awareness Week has had the involvement of “the Royal Family, the Prime Minister, the Mayor of London, NHS trusts, and all government departments.  We have even had a special Royal Mail postage stamp!” The London transit authority is also partnering with the campaign by encouraging people to chat with strangers on public transit, seemingly to help overcome the loneliness epidemic.

Trump, Zelenskyy meeting shifts G7 focus to Ukraine war– www.washingtontimes.com

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President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, as the leaders of the world’s largest economies renew their focus on the war in Ukraine amid hopes the Iran conflict is nearing a conclusion.

Mr. Trump told reporters after the sit-down that the two had a “very good meeting” and that he planned to meet with his Ukrainian counterpart again later in the day.

Asked about the war, Mr. Trump responded, “Russia should make a deal.”

Unlocking UK house-building with AI-accelerated planning — Google DeepMind– deepmind.google

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New UK government AI planning prototype built with Gemini aims to halve the time it takes to process homeowner applications

Around the world, Governments are exploring how AI can deliver better public services, faster. The UK is working to build 1.5 million new homes by 2029, but local planning authorities are often slowed down by dense paperwork and administrative backlogs. To help get Britain building, we’re partnering with the UK government to help radically shorten the time it takes to process householder planning applications. Our goal is to help officers cut application decision times by 50%, freeing up time for planners so that more homes can be built. We’re excited to see how our National Partnerships for AI, which seek to support reimagining of public services to create more resilient societies, can help Britain build faster.

British military boss says ‘operations’ will have to be cut without added defence funding– www.mirror.co.uk

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After the unprecedented resignation of former Defence Secretary John Healey and his deputy in a massive row about military funding, an armed forces head says operations and training will have to be slashed

The British head of the armed forces has warned the military will have to “dial back’ training and operations if they do not receive greater funding.

Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton, Chief of the Defence Staff, was appearing before the Lords International Relations and Defence Committee. Sir Richard told peers he was “concerned” about funding for “day-to-day activity” in the context of rising inflation following a major government bust-up over defence funding.

Starmer to use Kids to Track Adults Online

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Keir Starmer’s government has announced plans to pass a new online safety act that will ban children under 13 from using social media. To assure that children cannot gain access, adults will be required to confirm their identification every time they access the internet. The plan is seen as a scheme to track adult online users, not to protect children from the dangers of the internet.

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BBC Cuts Incoming – thebethlehem.com

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The BBC has announced another round of deep cuts as the progressive content marketer continues to lose standing and relevancy among the British people. This time, the cuts are coming in the news division, with 2,000 people targeted for layoffs.

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TERROR IN SWITZERLAND: Muslim Stabbing Spree Screaming “ALLAHU AKBAR” At Train Station– gellerreport.com

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Police search for motive.

Gd help us.

“A Muslim man just STABBED 3 people in Switzerland and police claim the motive is unclear

He YELLED “allahu akbar!” and went on a stabbing spree

The West DOES NOT HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THIS

You invite these Muslim savages and they pillage your homeland!”

Pope Leo Demands the West Take In More Third World Migrants: “You are people with a family and a home”– www.louderwithcrowder.com

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There are many reasons as to why open borders are evil and anti-Biblical. This is why it is both bizarre and inappropriate for Pope Leo to demand Western countries take on the problems of the Third World, especially considering no one asked him. Nonetheless, according to Pope Leo, “all of us are migrants.” And while you think of these people as foreigners today, they could very well be your neighbor tomorrow.

Per The Guardian:

On Friday Leo called on leaders to do more to welcome and integrate migrants, warning that many face a “silent shipwreck” after they arrive, finding themselves “left alone in a city, without a voice, without ties, work or a sense of security, and susceptible to those who take advantage of vulnerability”.

U.K. Intercepts Russian Shadow Fleet Vessel in English Channel– www.themoscowtimes.com

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British forces on Sunday intercepted a sanctioned oil tanker belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet in the English Channel, the defense ministry said.

The six-hour operation in the early hours was supported by aircraft, including Chinook helicopters, and navy vessels such as the frigate HMS Sutherland.

“In the first U.K.-led operation of its kind, the vessel SMYRTOS was boarded by Royal Marine Commandos and specially trained law enforcement officers from the National Crime Agency, despite Russia’s best efforts to evade sanctions and continue fueling its barbaric war with Ukraine,” the ministry statement said.

Thousands march in Rome in anti- and pro-migration rallies– abcnews.com

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ROME — Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of the Italian capital in anti- and pro- migration demonstrations Saturday, after a far-right citizens’ initiative seeking sweeping measures against migrants garnered enough support to be brought to Parliament.

A petition by the initiative, named “Remigration and Reconquest,” gathered the 50,000 signatures needed to trigger parliamentary discussion, pushing the once-fringe concept of “remigration” into the political mainstream. No date has been scheduled yet for a vote.

The proposal, promoted by right-wing groups, calls for sweeping measures targeting foreigners, including coercive returns, incentives to leave Italy and broader policies critics say could extend to legal residents.

Belfast Erupts After Attempted Beheading On a Public Street By Migrant– gellerreport.com

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Violence is wrong. This is what happens when a government ignores its citizens, sacrifices their security, and leaves them feeling like strangers in their own country. No one is surprised by the rage its failures ultimately provoke.

CBS:  Violent anti-immigration protests erupted in parts of Belfast on Tuesday evening with some masked demonstrators setting fire to a bus, cars, trash cans and homes. Far-right figures had called on social media for mass protests after a brutal stabbing attack the previous night in Northern Ireland’s capital.

A graphic video of the incident, showing a man slashing another man in the head and neck with a knife, spread quickly online earlier in the day. The Police Service of Northern Ireland detained and charged a Sudanese man in his 30s with attempted murder, possession of a knife in a public place and making threats to kill.

The Evolution of Ukraine’s Asymmetrical Combat Tactics– warontherocks.com

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In 2022, Scott Sweetow wrote, “Of Roadside Bombs and Drones: Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem,” where he argued Ukraine’s fight against Russia would rely on a combination of conventional and asymmetrical insurgent tactics. Four years of combat later, we asked Scott to revisit his arguments.Image: National Information Warfare Center PacificIn your 2022 article, you argued that Ukraine’s tech-driven resistance could rapidly evolve into an insurgency-style force.

Top Russian Official Blown Up By Car Bomb In Moscow– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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A senior Russian military colonel was killed in a car bombing outside Moscow after an explosive device planted under his BMW detonated near his home, according to local media reports.

Damir Davydov, described as the Kremlin’s top artillery chief, died after the blast erupted around 5:30 a.m. Tuesday near his home in Balashikha, a city just outside Moscow.

Surveillance footage shared by Russian media appeared to show the vehicle bursting into flames before slamming into a parked car.

Screenshot- X- Damir Davydov

Bystanders rushed to pull Davydov from the burning wreckage, but he later died from his injuries, Telegram channel Mash reported.

Russian Telegram channel 112 reported that the explosive device had been planted under the driver’s seat and detonated remotely.

The device reportedly had a yield equivalent to 300 to 400 grams of TNT.

NYT Says The Real ‘Violence’ Is From Right-WIngers After Attack– thefederalist.com

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After a Sudanese national apparently attempted to brutally behead a man in Belfast, Ireland, The New York Times on June 10 claimed the real concern was “anti-immigrant sentiment,” not how the U.K.’s open border policies enabled the attack.

Video from the attack, which went viral on social media, shows the migrant attacking a native U.K. citizen named Steven Ogilvy in an apparent attempted beheading. The New York Times (NYT) article does not describe the attack until four paragraphs in, and does not use the word “beheading” once. The article also buries information about the suspect, including the fact that he was a Sudanese who may have fraudulently claimed refugee status, in the eleventh paragraph.

Russia burning as Ukraine launches huge attack with new missiles | World | News– www.express.co.uk

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Russia suffered a new night of hell as Ukraine signalled its new advantage in the war. Volodymyr Zelensky’s forces sent FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles on a 1,000 mile mission to massively damage a key Putin military plant in Cheboksary. Amid a night of failures by Russian air defences, another refinery – Novokuibyshevsk – was also blitzed in the Samara region.

Two more oil facilities named Lobkovo and Vtorovo, linked to pumping fuel to Moscow and northwestern Russia, were struck and damaged by Ukrainian drones in the Vladimir region, risking further petrol pump shortages. In a key strike, Ukraine blocked traffic by damaging another bridge connecting the Arabat Spit to the mainland in the Kherson region as part of a bombing campaign that is curtailing Putin’s supply access to the jewel of his Ukrainian invasion – the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which he has held since 2014.

Sudanese asylum seeker accused of blinding Belfast man appears in court– www.foxnews.com

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A Sudanese asylum seeker accused of blinding a Belfast man in one eye during a stabbing attack appeared in court Wednesday as anti-immigrant unrest spread across Northern Ireland.

Hadi Alodid, 30, was ordered to be held in jail after appearing by video in Belfast Magistrates’ Court, where prosecutors accused him of blinding Stephen Ogilvie in his left eye during Monday’s attack.

Alodid was charged with attempted murder, threatening to kill a radiographer and possessing a knife. He declined legal representation through an Arabic interpreter and did not enter a plea.

The attack, which occurred shortly after 10:30 p.m. Monday in north Belfast and was captured in graphic video footage that quickly spread online, sparked outrage and fueled demonstrations that turned violent overnight. Police said Ogilvie, a man in his 40s, suffered serious injuries to his face, neck, back and eyes, and officers recovered what they believe was a kitchen knife from the scene.

Jim Jordan scrutinizes U.K. surveillance laws over Five Eyes trust concerns– www.foxnews.com

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U.K. surveillance laws drew scrutiny from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio June 5 amid warnings they could expose communications of officials and American citizens, according to reports.

The concern centered on the U.K.’s use of secret Technical Capability Notices under the Investigatory Powers Act, which critics say could make U.S. companies weaken encryption or create “backdoors” weaken encryption or create “backdoors” while preventing firms from disclosing requests without U.K. government approval.

Critics have argued this could undermine privacy, create vulnerabilities and limit congressional oversight with one former intelligence official warning of a “standing invitation to Beijing.”

Belfast knife attack victim’s family appeals for calm after violence from ‘masked thugs’– www.news24.com

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Residents begin to clean-up on Lendrick Street following a night of anti-immigrant riots in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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  • The family of an Irish attack victim appealed for calm, following violent protests.
  • Stephen Ogilvie lost an eye in a knife attack.
  • A Sudanese man, Hadi Alodid, appeared in ‌court, charged with attempted murder.

Musk rejects claim he has incited disorder in Belfast – UK politics live | Politics– www.theguardian.com

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Elon Musk has rejected claims that he is to blame for inciting disorder in Belfast.

In a post on X, the platform he owns, Musk retweeted a post from Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate at the recent Gorton and Denton byelection, saying:

It’s not social media that’s “inflaming tensions”.

It’s not Elon Musk.

It’s not Nigel Farage.

It’s not the ‘far-right’.

It is the very deliberate policy of mass uncontrolled immigration & open borders.

This policy has to end or it will destroy Western nations.

Belfast police blast water cannons at protesters as unrest flares after stabbing– nypost.com

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Police blasted water cannons Wednesday at protesters in Northern Ireland who set small fires and hurled bricks, rocks and bottles at them during a second night of violence over a brutal stabbing on a Belfast street.

Demonstrators wearing masks tore bricks from the walls outside homes and smashed sidewalks with sledgehammers to toss at riot police. In one place, the unruly crowd used sections of a dismantled picket fence to take cover on the street.

The clashes with police came several hours after a 30-year-old man from Sudan appeared in a Belfast court charged with attempted murder in a stabbing attack that left a man seriously injured and triggered anti-immigrant violence.