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Image is from the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' recent article on Kashmir.


It looks like the spat between India and Pakistan could be dying down, due to a new ceasefire. As of the time of me writing this paragraph, it seems both sides want to maintain it (despite some reports of violations here and there).

Both sides have declared victory, which is completely expected given their mutual political parties and nationalist histories. It's a little harder to say which side has actually won, as both sides seem to have managed to shoot down aircraft and hit military bases. India has, in my opinion, had the more embarrassing moments, but international conflicts aren't cringe compilations. I feel no good-will towards Pakistan's comprador government, but it is at least nice to see Modi knocked down a few pegs. Regardless of the final technical victor, it's obvious that - if the ceasefire is maintained - who won are the hundreds of millions of people who won't have to live in fear of dying in nuclear hellfire.

This conflict is a good example of what multipolarity will truly entail. Countries that have been previously limited in their nationalist ambitions by American pressure will now take opportunities to revolt, sometimes against America itself, and sometimes against other countries in their regional neighbourhood. It's also why, as communists, our goals do not stop at multipolarity; it is merely the establishing act of a new era of agitation against peripheral and semi-peripheral capitalist countries that are forming powerful national bourgeoisie classes as the international American capitalists are forced away.


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Israel-Palestine Conflict

If you have evidence of Israeli crimes and atrocities that you wish to preserve, there is a thread here in which to do so.

Sources on the fighting in Palestine against Israel. In general, CW for footage of battles, explosions, dead people, and so on:

UNRWA reports on Israel's destruction and siege of Gaza and the West Bank.

English-language Palestinian Marxist-Leninist twitter account. Alt here.
English-language twitter account that collates news.
Arab-language twitter account with videos and images of fighting.
English-language (with some Arab retweets) Twitter account based in Lebanon. - Telegram is @IbnRiad.
English-language Palestinian Twitter account which reports on news from the Resistance Axis. - Telegram is @EyesOnSouth.
English-language Twitter account in the same group as the previous two. - Telegram here.

English-language PalestineResist telegram channel.
More telegram channels here for those interested.

Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Examples of Ukrainian Nazis and fascists
Examples of racism/euro-centrism during the Russia-Ukraine conflict

Sources:

Defense Politics Asia's youtube channel and their map. Their youtube channel has substantially diminished in quality but the map is still useful.
Moon of Alabama, which tends to have interesting analysis. Avoid the comment section.
Understanding War and the Saker: reactionary sources that have occasional insights on the war.
Alexander Mercouris, who does daily videos on the conflict. While he is a reactionary and surrounds himself with likeminded people, his daily update videos are relatively brainworm-free and good if you don't want to follow Russian telegram channels to get news. He also co-hosts The Duran, which is more explicitly conservative, racist, sexist, transphobic, anti-communist, etc when guests are invited on, but is just about tolerable when it's just the two of them if you want a little more analysis.
Simplicius, who publishes on Substack. Like others, his political analysis should be soundly ignored, but his knowledge of weaponry and military strategy is generally quite good.
On the ground: Patrick Lancaster, an independent and very good journalist reporting in the warzone on the separatists' side.

Unedited videos of Russian/Ukrainian press conferences and speeches.

Pro-Russian Telegram Channels:

Again, CW for anti-LGBT and racist, sexist, etc speech, as well as combat footage.

https://t.me/aleksandr_skif ~ DPR's former Defense Minister and Colonel in the DPR's forces. Russian language.
https://t.me/Slavyangrad ~ A few different pro-Russian people gather frequent content for this channel (~100 posts per day), some socialist, but all socially reactionary. If you can only tolerate using one Russian telegram channel, I would recommend this one.
https://t.me/s/levigodman ~ Does daily update posts.
https://t.me/patricklancasternewstoday ~ Patrick Lancaster's telegram channel.
https://t.me/gonzowarr ~ A big Russian commentator.
https://t.me/rybar ~ One of, if not the, biggest Russian telegram channels focussing on the war out there. Actually quite balanced, maybe even pessimistic about Russia. Produces interesting and useful maps.
https://t.me/epoddubny ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/boris_rozhin ~ Russian language.
https://t.me/mod_russia_en ~ Russian Ministry of Defense. Does daily, if rather bland updates on the number of Ukrainians killed, etc. The figures appear to be approximately accurate; if you want, reduce all numbers by 25% as a 'propaganda tax', if you don't believe them. Does not cover everything, for obvious reasons, and virtually never details Russian losses.
https://t.me/UkraineHumanRightsAbuses ~ Pro-Russian, documents abuses that Ukraine commits.

Pro-Ukraine Telegram Channels:

Almost every Western media outlet.
https://discord.gg/projectowl ~ Pro-Ukrainian OSINT Discord.
https://t.me/ice_inii ~ Alleged Ukrainian account with a rather cynical take on the entire thing.


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[-] [email protected] 105 points 1 week ago
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[-] [email protected] 96 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Ukraine , a land with very few problems , has Hungary currently amass its Army on his western borders now. Region of Carparthia in Ukraine is ethiniclly Hungarian and Ukraine Drafted extensivly from there . Also some days ago Ukraine security services made some raids against "Hungarian Sympathisants" there. So he can assume people there would rather be in Hungary. Some play might start there soon. or its just to try to draw some Units from the east to the west , to overextend Ukraine even more.

theres a Fun Joke about this Place that might now soon get an Addition.

spoilerSt. Peter asks a newcomer:

  • Born?
  • Austro-Hungary.
  • Went to school?
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Married in?
  • Hungary
  • Kids born in?
  • The Third Reich
  • And your grandchildren?
  • USSR.
  • Where did you die?
  • Ukraine.
  • Man, you traveled a lot!
  • Nonsense, I never left Mukachevo.
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[-] [email protected] 95 points 2 weeks ago

Ahah trump at a press conference was like: what was I going to do? Not accept a free plane? We love free stuff.

Lmao

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[-] [email protected] 94 points 2 weeks ago

The New York Times has released a detailed report on why Trump prematurely ended the bombing campaign on Yemen. The article states the following:

After 30 days of strikes, Trump wanted a status report on Yemen. The status report concluded that the U.S. had failed to achieve air superiority, that drones were being shot down at an unprecedented rate, and that the U.S. had spent over a Billion dollars in the first month alone.

Omani officials told Steve Witkoff that the U.S. would be offered a way out of the campaign, but only if Trump agreed to direct talks with Yemen that did not include Israel, to which the President agreed. Saudi Arabia provided the U.S. with a list of 12 Houthi officials to assassinate, in order to 'cripple' the Yemeni movement. None were killed.

Several F-16 and F-35 jets were almost shot down by Houthi air defenses, marking a significant threat to American lives and elevating worries about a possible future confrontation with Iran. The U.S. used many advanced precision ammunitions, including bunker busters, but it had very little effect on Houthi infrastructure.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth tried to convince Saudi Arabia and the UAE to sponsor a renewed ground offensive in Yemen, but they declined.

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[-] [email protected] 65 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The US sure showed Yemen why they don't have free healthcare (because they are a decaying empire that doesn't care about it's people).

Congrats on the Yemeni people's second victory, and I hope they are preparing for the inevitable third.

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[-] [email protected] 91 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

NYU student talked about Palestine in a speech, was cheered and heckled, and then his diploma was withheld.

Here is a video of the speech: https://xcancel.com/prem_thakker/status/1923027614270128306 (edit: replaced with a non-Zionist source)

And here is NYUs despicable statement: https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2025/may/statement-by-nyu-spokesperson-john-beckman.html

Nothing in that speech was objectionable. There was no radical element, just a basic level of humanity. But even that is too much for the fucking ghoulish administration of these universities.

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[-] [email protected] 86 points 2 weeks ago

Civil Registry Law: Cuba could allow legal sex change without surgery or court order. Cuba will debate a bill to allow sex change in documents without surgery or court ruling. The measure faces criticism for not including non-binary people and for possible practical limitations.

The change, presented as an advance by authorities and pro-government activists, comes in the midst of a strong economic crisis, with the health system unable to guarantee gender reassignment operations that were already allowed by the Cuban State. The proposal was detailed in an article published by Cubadebate. The draft bill has been reviewed by the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX), headed by Mariela Castro, who complained that it is not yet sufficiently advanced because it contemplates the designations of female and male, without including non-binary groups.

The announcement coincides with the celebration of the so-called “conga against homophobia” that took place on Saturday in El Vedado. The mobilization was authorized and led by the government. Hundreds of people carried banners with slogans such as “Socialism yes, transphobia no”. “As a trans person I am advocating for a gender identity law,” Yoilán Balón told The Associated Press. The demand is evidence of the fundamental shortcomings, because Cuba still lacks comprehensive legislation on this issue.

Currently, in Cuba it is only possible to change the registered sex after genital reassignment surgery, a procedure paralyzed in practice by the lack of resources of the health system.

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[-] [email protected] 82 points 2 weeks ago

Story has been making rounds that Ukrainians were outraged when Russia negotiators said that Ukrainian soldiers must leave the four new Russian regions as part of ceasefire, to which the Moscow delegation replied "Next time it will be five."

Now, our reporter in Istanbul got to ask the Russian side how it really went down:

"We didn't say five. We said eight."

https://xcancel.com/M_Simonyan/status/1923384537112789260#m

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[-] [email protected] 81 points 2 weeks ago

Meanwhile in the PRC 🫡🇨🇳

Zhao Weiguo, former board chairman of Chinese semiconductor conglomerate Tsinghua Unigroup, on Wednesday was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for multiple crimes, including embezzlement of national assets worth more than 470 million yuan (about $65 million), according to a court verdict.

Peoples Daily China News

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[-] [email protected] 81 points 2 weeks ago

https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/South-Africa-v-Israel.pdf

If anyone wants to be reminded of the case against Israel in the ICJ.

I suspect that Netanyahu is prolonging the war to occupy all of Gaza to facilitate the cover up of the corpses and maimed bodies. The bulldozers also crush bone and decayed flesh into sludge; the bodies are erased - they are unidentifiable and near unquantifiable - not unlike cremation.

I think Trump's Freudian slip of the numbers left in Gaza was likely close to the truth; as he said in his plans to relocate 1.5m people. That the truth is there are 1.5m people left in Gaza.

I think the ICJ/ICC are waiting for the war to end, but more than likely the individuals in charge of these institutions are being blackmailed, bribed, and threatened by the US, Israel, and other Western accomplices.

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[-] [email protected] 80 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Amid long, uncomfortable pauses, Joe Biden struggled to recall when his son died, when he left office as vice president, what year Donald Trump was elected or why he had classified documents he shouldn't have had, according to audio Axios obtained of his October 2023 interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.

MoreThe audio also appears to validate Hur's assertion that jurors in a trial likely would have viewed Biden as "a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory." Partly based on that determination, Hur decided not to prosecute Biden for improper possession of classified documents, angering Republicans because Trump was facing charges in his own classified document scandal then. Democrats and Biden's White House blasted Hur for his observations about Biden. They repeatedly insisted he was "sharp" and that Hur was politically motivated. But the audio from the six hours of interviews indicates he and co-counsel Marc Krickbaum were respectful and friendly.

YouTube link (tough to listen to tbh)

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[-] [email protected] 79 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Trump’s speech in Saudi Arabia repeated a bunch of neocon talking points and principles (Iran can never have a nuke and needs to submit to American demands, Sanctions against Assad were necessary and good, Hamas is an evil terrorist organization that needs to be destroyed before Palestine can be lifted from siege, Saudi Arabia should join the Abraham accords, etc).

Then he went on to attack “neocons” who failed at nation building in Iraq and Afghanistan.

It’s all such a dumb farce. Whenever rightoids complain about neocons it’s always that Garfield meme. They don’t even realize they are the neocons. Dude you had Bolton, Rubio, Kellog, Walz and more in your foreign policy department. Shut the fuck up!

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[-] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago

Chat, is this true?
https://xcancel.com/timand2037/status/1921438500794290279#m

Unconfirmed Report. Chinese intelligence report 🇨🇳 on the ouster of Syrian President 🇸🇾 Bashar al-Assad (and the dismantling of Syria).

● A report published by Chinese intelligence reveals controversial details regarding the change of power in Syria to Abu Mohammed Al-Jolani.

● The report confirms that what happened was the result of internal betrayal by senior Syrian army officials, bribed with Qatari money, who played a key role in implementing a complex international and regional plan.

● According to the report, on the night Aleppo fell, officers of the Syrian army's central command committed a serious crime of treason by isolating Iranian consultant commander Bur Hashmi (aka "Hajj Hashim") in a conference room.

● After isolating the Iranian commander, these officers directly contacted the Israeli Mossad, paving the way for the Free Sham Front to advance and occupy the city in just 45 minutes without any resistance.

● The spread of betrayal.

This betrayal was not limited to Aleppo; other Syrian cities were similarly surrendered. Syrian officials also sent false coordinates to Hezbollah, which trapped it and led to the destruction of a convoy of 100 vehicles belonging to Hezbollah following Israeli strikes.

● Concurrent with this event, the US Air Force targeted Iraqi Popular Militia forces near the Syrian border, in coordination with Israeli operations.

● Deceiving Bashar al-Assad.

• Despite Iranian warnings, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad remained unaware of the extent of the betrayal within his army. He was receiving false reports from his close agents, who kept him isolated and ignorant of the situation on the ground.

• As losses mounted, President Assad began to doubt the loyalty of his superiors. According to the report, the final plan was to hand him over directly to the Al-Nusrah Front (the mock Liberation Authority). Aware of the imminent danger, President Bashar al-Assad sought direct assistance from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

• The report indicates that this operation was planned and executed in coordination with several international intelligence agencies: the British intelligence service (MI6) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, the Israeli Mossad 🇮🇱, and the CIA🇺🇸, under the direct supervision of Turkish President 🇹🇷 Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

● The coming days could reveal more details about this complex process, which combined internal betrayals and international collusion to reshape the Syrian landscape according to the agendas of major regional powers, the Chinese report indicates.

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[-] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The last 24 hours in Gaza the zionist enemy has killed 120+ martyrs. Every crime is worse than the last...

At least 120 Palestinians, most of them children, have been killed since dawn on Thursday in deadly Israeli attacks targeting crowded residential areas, tents, a clinic, and civilian gatherings across the Gaza Strip.

(Quds News)

A whole group of orphans gathered at Al-Tawbah Mosque in Jabalia to receive orphan sponsorship money, and they were bombed! All the orphaned children and the association's staff were martyred.

(Journalist in Gaza Meqdad Jameel)

The aftermath... oh God

https://tiktokgenocide.com/uploads/horrible-israeli-massacre-at-al-tawba-health-clinic-and-mosque

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[-] [email protected] 77 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/12/uks-f-35-exports-more-important-than-stopping-genocide-lawyers-to-argue

Archive: https://archive.is/oKT1t

UK’s F-35 exports more important than stopping genocide, lawyers to argue

Preserving the British role in the F-35 jet fighter programme takes precedence over the need to comply with UK laws on arms export controls, or any UK obligation to prevent a genocide in Israel, UK government lawyers will argue in court this week.

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[-] [email protected] 76 points 2 weeks ago

Trump has decided not to rename the Persian Gulf to the 'Arabian Gulf', after Iran reportedly threatened to pull out of the negotiations – CNN

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[-] [email protected] 76 points 2 weeks ago

Not strictly news, but the BBC have released some utterly stomach-churning details of the British SAS' activities in Afghanistan.

https://archive.is/DGCYO

ukkk

It is seriously upsetting, grim stuff, so be warned before going in.

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[-] [email protected] 76 points 2 weeks ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says, 'There will be no scenario in which we stop the war,' adding that even if Hamas releases additional Israeli prisoners, IDF operations in Gaza will continue.

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[-] [email protected] 75 points 2 weeks ago

FORMER URUGUAYAN PRESIDENT PEPE MUJICA PASSES AWAY

José “Pepe” Mujica, former president of Uruguay and one of the greatest icons of the Latin American left, died on Tuesday (13) at the age of 89. Battling oesophageal cancer and an autoimmune disease, he was under palliative care and decided to stop treatment in January.

Mujica was a guerrilla fighter, imprisoned for almost 15 years during the dictatorship, seven of them in solitary confinement. After re-democratization, he governed Uruguay between 2010 and 2015, always faithful to a simple style. He donated 90% of his salary, lived on a farm and drove an 82 VW Beetle. Under his leadership, Uruguay advanced progressive policies such as the legalization of abortion and the decriminalization of marijuana. "You need to give meaning to life. Fight for happiness, not just wealth."

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[-] [email protected] 74 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I thought everyone should know that the Australian government told people to do a political compass test to decide who to vote for this election. I'm not even joking.

[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago

Are you FAR LEFT (Tony Blair neoliberalism) or are you CENTER RIGHT (deport all non-white immigrants)?

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[-] [email protected] 74 points 2 weeks ago

Yesterday, the Zionist occupiers assasinated 12 year old Mohammed Bardawil because he was last surviving witness to their massacre of paramedics last month in Gaza.

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[-] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

UC Berkeley is using COVID as an excuse to crush free expression at tomorrows graduation “oh poor high school seniors, please don't bring up how the commencement speaker is a Zionist CEO”

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[-] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

At this point dropping a nuke on tel-aviv would be morally justified

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[-] [email protected] 72 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

What will Hamas be receiving in return for listenening to its Qatari comprador allies and releasing Edam Alexander without any actual concrete concessions up front? Per DropSite News, a one way trip to America's premier slave market:

BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, according to a report by NBC News, citing five sources with knowledge of the effort, including two people they said with direct knowledge, and a former U.S. official.

Key Details:

➤ The plan is being seriously considered and has been discussed with Libyan leadership. In exchange, the U.S. would potentially unfreeze billions of dollars in Libyan assets.

➤ Israel is aware of the discussions. Senior Hamas official, Dr. Basem Naim, said that Hamas was not aware of any discussions. No final agreement has been reached, NBC reports and the State Department and National Security Council declined comment.

➤ Libya, still divided between rival governments, is struggling with war and instability. The U.S. currently warns against travel due to “crime, terrorism, kidnapping, and armed conflict.”

➤ Plans include possible financial incentives like free housing or stipends to encourage voluntary departure—but it’s unclear how many Palestinians would agree.

➤ Transport options being considered include airlifts, sea routes, and land convoys, all of which pose major logistical hurdles. Gaza lacks an airport, and Israel may not permit overland travel to Egypt.

➤ The U.S. has also reportedly considered Syria under its new post-Assad leadership as a potential resettlement site.

➤ Trump previously said Palestinians would need to be relocated so the U.S. could “take over” and rebuild Gaza as a “Riviera of the Middle East.” He added: “I don’t think people should be going back to Gaza.”

➤ The proposal for ethnically cleansing Gaza has faced intense pushback from Arab allies and members of Congress.

https://x.com/DropSiteNews/status/1923479173903024601

https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1923479173903024601

Also, with regards to:

The proposal for ethnically cleansing Gaza has faced intense pushback from Arab allies

Who do I need to speak to about getting a modified version of social-democracy but with MBS' head photoshopped on?

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[-] [email protected] 71 points 2 weeks ago

Estonia tries their hand at piracy and it doesn't work

One dinky little patrol boat ventured into international waters and tried to force a tanker bound for Russia to divert into Estonian waters. A Russian jet intervened and the Estonian "Navy" had to give up their plot.

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[-] [email protected] 70 points 2 weeks ago

a popular tiktok nerd thats posts about news made a video really positive of Ibrahim Traoré

more people are having a positive view of traore

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[-] [email protected] 70 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Latest propaganda attack on China seems to be that they have "kill switches" in all solar panels

https://www.lbc.co.uk/world-news/kill-switches-solar-panels-sold-china-sparking-fears-energy-grid-attack/

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US finds 'kill switches' on solar panels sold by China - sparking fears of energy grid attack

Engineers on American solar farms have discovered secret switches installed in Chinese-manufactured parts which could wreak havoc on Western power grids.

One source familiar with the matter told an outlet they are "built-in way to physically destroy the grid."

The US government has not publicly acknowledged the discoveries, and the existence of the rogue devices had not previously been reported.

Asked for comment by Reuters, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said it continually assesses risk associated with emerging technologies and that there were significant challenges with manufacturers disclosing and documenting functionalities.

The source also told Reuters that more unexplained communication devices, including cellular radios, have been found in batteries from multiple Chinese suppliers over the past nine months.

Mike Rogers, a former director of the US National Security Agency, said: "We know that China believes there is value in placing at least some elements of our core infrastructure at risk of destruction or disruption."

A spokesman for the Chinese embassy in Washington said: "We oppose the generalisation of the concept of national security, distorting and smearing China's infrastructure achievements."

Two former U.S. government officials have said that the U.S. and other countries are reassessing China's role in strategic infrastructure due to escalating tensions between the U.S. and China.

Renewable energy systems across the Western world rely on Chinese-manufactured parts. It is not yet known if the "kill switches" are present in any power converters on UK solar farms.

Nonetheless, shadow energy minister Andrew Bowie yesterday asked Labour's Secretary for Energy Security and Net Zero, Ed Miliband, to order an 'immediate pause and review' of its efforts to transition to green power.

Bowie told The Telegraph yesterday: "Ed Miliband's Made in China transition – clean power at the expense of everything else – is a threat to our national security and makes a mockery of his claims on energy security."

The discovery of the devices in American solar panels follows a pledge from British energy minister Michael Shanks earlier this week to put solar panels on "every possible rooftop right across the country."

Government plans will also force house builders to fit solar panels on all new properties by 2027.

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[-] [email protected] 70 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Senior Ansarallah leader Nasr al-Din Amer:

In the coming hours, the Yemeni Armed Forces, relying on God, will carry out military operations targeting "Ben Gurion" Airport in Lod and other "israeli" airports. This is due to the recent "israeli" escalation against the Gaza Strip and the aggression against Yemen, and in continuation of the Yemeni leadership's decision to impose a ban on this airport and other airports, in addition to the naval blockade and closure of the Umm al-Rashrash port until the aggression stops and the siege on Gaza is lifted.

Disclaimer: Airlines remaining at the airport must depart immediately, and all those present there, especially foreigners, must leave for their own safety.

(RNN)

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[-] [email protected] 70 points 2 weeks ago

The 2025 'Democracy Perception Index' survey reveals that, for the first time, global perceptions of China are more positive than those of the United States. Both Russia and China's global reputations have improved since 2022, while the U.S. has experienced a sharp decline since 2023.

Additionally, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin seem to be more popular globally than Donald Trump, whom over half of the world views negatively. According to the same survey, Israel is regarded as the most disliked country in the world.

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Hussein Odeh, Palestine’s bodybuilding champion. At the start of the war, Israeli occupation forces destroyed his home and the gym he had built. Today, he went out to find a car to evacuate his family from Jabalia refugee camp. When he returned, he found no home, no children—Israeli warplanes had bombed the house and killed his entire family.

Palestinian journalist in Gaza, Yusuf Fares (wearing press jacket in above photos) wrote on FB:

To start again from zero, Hussein… I remember the look in your eyes that day—it spoke of how cruel it is to lose your home, your life’s work—the gym your self-made father poured his life savings into—and your dearest daughter, Iman, all at once. That was at the beginning of last year. Back then, little Khaled was the only sweetness left in a bitter life. He kept running into the camera frame, ruining the shot twenty times, and we laughed. He promised he’d rebuild everything for you—the gym, the house—make it all as if the war had never happened. He challenged me to an arm wrestling match and beat me with that sweet spirit of his.

All of that could somehow be endured. But to lose the very zero you were rebuilding from… to have your entire family killed while you were out trying to find a car to evacuate them—that is where the story ends before it can ever be told. That is where silence becomes deeper than words, where hope grows old and withers. I don’t know, dear friend, what could possibly soothe your shattered heart. I don’t know if writing still holds any meaning in the face of such overwhelming grief.

لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله.

(Source)

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[-] [email protected] 69 points 2 weeks ago

Indian fascists on Twitter are seething and calling for a boycott of Apple, because after getting Modi to bend the knee like a good subject, Trump told Tim Cook he doesn't want him to manufacture in India. che-laugh

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[-] [email protected] 68 points 2 weeks ago

Russia-Ukraine negotiations actually happened today.

The Ukrainian source told the news agency that Russia’s demands were “detached from reality and go far beyond anything that was previously discussed”. They included “non-starters and non-constructive conditions.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/may/16/ukraine-russia-zelenskyy-putin-war-us-turkey-talks-istanbul-live-updates

yea

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[-] [email protected] 68 points 2 weeks ago

Israeli media is reporting that the first phase of "Operations Gideon's Chariots", the Israeli plan to militarily occupy the entire Gaza strip (yes, the entire territory of Gaza), has already begun, and will continue in the coming days if no ceasefire is reached with Hamas during negotiations in Doha.

This is extremely bleak...

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[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇸🇾 Trump says US to lift Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal

Speaking in Riyadh, Trump said he was acting on a request to scrap the sanctions by Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

“Oh what I do for the crown prince,” Trump said, drawing laughs from the audience. He said the sanctions had served an important function but that it was now time for the country to move forward.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani said on X that the planned move marked a “new start” in Syria’s path to reconstruction.

Bafoonishly corrupt, but ultimately good for the people of Syria to lift the sanctions. Now this will be used to make the current regime in Syria look better than it should. In the future, be ready with this event in mind when people say Jolani was a saint.

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[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago

I really hope Petro and Maduro are serious about these Gran Colombia talks!

https://elcooperante.com/maduro-dice-estar-de-acuerdo-con-petro-en-refundar-la-gran-colombia/

Machine translated excerpts:

During his program Con Maduro, the president said he had sent a letter to Petro in which he asked to move "more acceleratedly" in the creation of a binational area of shared development, stressing that both Venezuelan and Colombian entrepreneurs "are already prepared" and have "specific plans" to take that step.

"The fate of Venezuela and Colombia must be the integral productive union, the new Great Colombia, which is a dream of Commander Chávez and which Petro flies as well. I fully agree to recast the new Great Colombia," Maduro said.

Maduro is enthusiastically supporting the idea, though he's not bothering to talk about Ecuador and Panama. Instead, he's talking about a different partner: China.

The Venezuelan president also celebrated Petro's official visit to China, where he plans to sign accession agreements to the Strip and Route Initiative, and raised the possibility of attracting Chinese investments, machinery and markets not only for Colombia, but also for the projected binational economic zone.

"Between Petro, Maduro, Colombia and Venezuela we can bring with the Chinese machinery, investments, capital and markets for a powerful binational economic zone," said the Venezuelan president, who asked that his message reach Petro in the context of his agenda in China.

If China supports the creation of a huge socialist confederation in Latin America, oh boy we're cooking.

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shout out to Trump for actually doing the so called white genocide by dislodging Afrikaners from south Africa

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Hamas Says Witkoff Personally Promised to Lift Gaza Blockade in Exchange for Edan Alexander | Drop Site News

The U.S. immediately broke the deal, senior Hamas official Basem Naim tells Drop Site. “They threw it in the trash” and there has been “zero” progress on a Gaza ceasefire.

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The ukrainian national that tried to burn down Kid Starver's house was charged with arson

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukrainian-man-charged-arson-after-fire-keir-starmers-house/

I don't know enough about the UK to know how they handle terrorism charges. Does charging this guy with arson mean he's not getting charged with terrorism? Presumably it's because Ukrainians are honorarily white and so thus don't have the shallow brainpan necessary for terrorism (read: us-foreign-policy) but maybe there's some legal difference I'm not aware of

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Bare minimum news alert

Good news from the German Left Party

Die Linke has adopted in a vote of 48% vs 41% a motion that replaces the IHRA definition of anti-semitism with the Jerusalem Declaration

This definition doesn’t systemically equate anti-Zionism/anti-Israel views to anti-semitism as IHRA does

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I don't understand why any of these countries shedding crocodile tears for Palestinians are even pretending to care. What would they even lose by fully and publicly committing themselves to Israel's genocide?

Fucking hell all of Israel's allies (like, 99% of the world) might as well drop all pretenses and self-annex themselves into Greater Israel.

Here's an extremely black-pilled take:

spoilerI'm gonna say this now. With all the continued support Israel's been getting from nearly the whole fucking world, this isn't just Palestinians vs. Israel, it's Palestinians vs. (almost) the whole world. They all want Palestinians gone. Every country wants them gone just so they can shrug their shoulders and stop thinking about them, because they're "inconvenient" for their relations with Israel. They want them gone so they can embrace Israel as the forever empire of the Middle East.

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Al Qaeda emir Jolani meeting with Trump in Riyadh. Reportedly, all sanctions against Syria will be lifted in exchange for complete and total submission to US, including normalizing with israel and expelling all Palestinian resistance factions.

Throwback to 39 years ago when Reagan met leaders from a different wahhabi death cult financed by the Saudis...

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In The Netherlands the tide regarding Palestine is changing a bit (slowly though). Several cities are calling the genocide by its name and pressuring the government to stop supporting Israel. Also in a few cities student encampments have been set up again and this time more universities didn’t react by immediately calling the cops and are actually doing tiny concessions. The concessions are obviously not enough and purely symbolic but it’s a noticeable difference compared to last year where they didn’t engage in any conversation and implied that the protests are purely antisemitic.

[-] [email protected] 62 points 2 weeks ago

I dunno if something changed with the algorithm or if there’s some sort of psyop going on, but a lot of my social media has been pushing Palestine lately. Like, where was this 14+ months ago? I’m mostly just taking psychic damage from it now.

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https://xcancel.com/DropSiteNews/status/1923479173903024601

BREAKING: The Trump administration is working on a plan to permanently relocate up to 1 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to Libya, according to a report by NBC News, citing five sources with knowledge of the effort, including two people they said with direct knowledge, and a former U.S. official.

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Ansar Allah movement has declared that new negotiations with the US will not affect its operations against Israel . This announcement comes on the heels of the recent Israeli bombing of Sana airport, which caused an estimated $500 million in damage

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