Graphic showing US military deployments in SOUTHCOM

Maddeningly, this is now happening weekly, if not more frequently.

Russian mercenaries forced French and UN peacekeepers out. Now they appear unable to control Mali, and the worst seems likely.

Over 460 people were reportedly killed at a hospital in western Darfur that was taken by Sudanese paramilitary forces, the WHO chief says. apnews.com/article/suda...

A coup in Romania, an EU member-state…

Russia ends the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement, but the commitment not to use PMDA plutonium for military purposes appears to remain in place. Links in the next tweet. Image: A mock up of a container used to store plutonium at Mayak 1/2

Amazing words of wisdom like “If you come out and you aren’t right, then you’ll get one on the the noggin.”

"Ein fatales Signal an alle Putin-Gegner" nennt Grünen-Politiker Wagener die Abschiebung von Familienmitgliedern des "Tiergartenmord"-Opfers. Sie müssen in Georgien um ihre Sicherheit fürchten, die Grenze nach Russland ist offen. www.tagesschau.de/ausland/euro...

Zurab Khangoshvili, whose brother Zelimkhan was murdered in Berlin by a FSB hitman, has been deported back to Georgia by the German authorities. Zurab has told me that he fled after his late brother warned he was *not* safe there. 1/2 (DW via @tavisupleba.bsky.social) www.dw.com/ru/brata-ubi...

Drums are beating harder and harder every day.

Where is the reporting on this?

'Russia acquired advanced Western technologies to build an underwater network designed to protect its nuclear weapons. The incident raises questions about Europe's ability to prevent the export of sensitive technologies to Moscow.' www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod... #Harmony #Гармoния (€)

Revealing interview with a former FSB officer, who reveals how astroturf movements/organised crime were used by first Yanukovych on the Maidan (to suppress protest) and then by the FSB (as “separatists”) in Donbas. This matches a lot of my reporting back then. theins.ru/en/confessio...

Sarcasm fail

Zelensky clearly annoyed with Steve Witkoff, who views the war as some sort of real estate transaction & pushes Kremlin talking points. Recently he pushed Kyiv to accept Putin's demand for the rest of the Donbas because "it was incorporated into [Russia's] constitution." Read Zelensky's comments:

Kremlin bot network Matryoshka targets new French ministers with claims of corruption, pedophilia, and drug trafficking The disinfo campaign flagged by @antibot4navalny.bsky.social is spreading short clips disguised as content from well-known French media outlets, such as Le Parisien.

Trump is reportedly now contradicting his own statements on how the war is going.

Just a reminder of the years of institutional failure that have produced the Trump/Putin summit in Budapest.

What an absolutely amazing interview! theins.ru/confession/2...

So, according to intelligence officials quoted in various media reports, Putin both believed disinformation about the situation in Ukraine before the invasion and believes it in the present.

NATO’s Rutte warns of Russo-Chinese joint attack: "[T]he Euro-Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific cannot be seen as two separate theatres," he said. "We know...if China would do anything against Taiwan, most likely that Putin will be forced by Xi Jinping to move against NATO." www.afr.com/world/europe...

An explosion late Thursday destroyed two cars belonging to the family of the Italian investigative journalist Sigfrido Ranucci, outside his home in a town south of Rome. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy condemned the explosion and said it was aimed at intimidating Ranucci.

In recent years, Orbán has: -Undermined the EU’s vaccine policy -Wrecked its enlargement strategy as best he could; funded hostile leaders like Milorad Dodik -Spied on the EU; it’s unclear who received this information -Oversaw rampant corruption Meanwhile, Article 7 proceedings:

Jan Marsalek's grandfather was also a spy. My research shows that he supplied the Eastern Bloc with Austrian state secrets for ten years. Is his family key to understanding Jan Marsalek's story better? My story @diezeit.bsky.social (gift link) www.zeit.de/2025/44/hans...

Question: Aren't Hungarian authorities supposed to arrest Putin, since the country's withdrawal from the ICC comes into effect only in June 2026?

Of all places…

🔴 Russian forces attacked a UN humanitarian convoy in Kherson region this morning, local authorities report. Four UNHCR trucks came under drone and artillery fire — one burned, another was badly damaged, while two managed to escape unharmed.

Jeez. A second AfD MP has been revealed to have travelled to China with a delegation organised by a third AfD lawmaker’s advisor, who has recently been convicted of spying for Beijing for decades.

How Trump responded when asked by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation how much richer he’d become since returning to the White House: "I don't know if the deals I made, for the most part, other than what my kids are doing. You know, they're running my business.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

SCOOP | AfD MP Schmidt visited a diamond production facility in China in 2023 with spy Jian G. At the same time, his mother's partner set up shell companies for trading diamonds. One diamond is said to have been handed over at a meeting. G. was recently sentenced to almost five years in prison.

Australian mining corporation Bindi Metals, which explores for copper and rare metals, signed a binding agreement with the company RedCreek to take over the promising Ravni gold project in Serbia, after purchasing licenses for two antimony projects in Serbia last year, near Ivanjica and Paraćin.

Germany trained the russian army on the eve of the annexation of Crimea, - Spiegel www.spiegel.de/panorama/ukr...

Here is a reporter who deserves to be remembered. kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-jo...

Venezuelan Government says that it expects an US "armed attack" against Venezuela in "a very short time." -CBS news t.co/lgb9gaNKqB

Foreign Press Association Statement calling for immediate press access to Gaza foreignpressassociation.online

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Despicable

The only thing more plentiful? Agents in Budapest…

The AfD is goose-stepping towards 50 percent in some eastern German states (graphic compares current polls for the 2026 state election with the last election in 2021).

'Extradition of Ukrainian in Nord Stream case is not in Poland's interest – Polish PM' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202...

⚡️French photojournalist killed, Ukrainian photographer injured in Russian drone strike. Both men were wearing protective gear marked "Press," Ukraine's 4th Separate Mechanized Brigade said, condemning the strike as a violation of international humanitarian law.

🇨🇳⚠️ China is providing Russia with satellite intelligence data for missile strikes on Ukraine, including targets owned by foreign investors, — Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service.

One of the most frustrating things about working in journalism is watching an endless parade of fake contrarian charlatans—ahem, “controversial opinion columnists”—cash in while hard-working reporters struggle to get by. (See Bari Weiss, Thomas Chatterton Williams, and Australia’s own Freya Leach.)

🇩🇰 It is our assessment that Russia is currently waging a hybrid war against Denmark and the West, says Chief of the Danish Defence Intelligence Service. 🗣️ "This means that Russia is using military means to, among other things, put pressure on us."

And, of course, MOL is typical of the sort of energy intermediaries the Kremlin uses to politically discipline countries and benefit government insiders [OCCRP report]:

👀 So the pressure appears to be working.

Nizhny Novgorod police detained the late journalist Irina Slavina's daughter as she tried to lay flowers outside the regional police headquarters on the five-years anniversary of her mother's death.

I look forward to seeing Suzy Weiss on “CBS Mornings”.

Wall Street Journal: US to provide intel. to Ukraine that’ll enable it to better target energy industry targets deep inside Russia. www.reuters.com/world/europe...