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  • Breaking news. Trains across France halted by coordinated arson attacks ahead of Olympics opening

    07/26/2024 1:38:40 AM PDT · by blueplum · 15 replies
    France’s state-owned rail company SNCF says a 'massive attack' aimed at paralysing the high-speed network is causing delays and cancellations. A series of coordinated arson attacks on the train infrastructure of France's largest rail company, SNCF, caused a significant number of trains to be re-routed or cancelled on Friday morning, according to the transport company.... The attack is expected to disrupt the transport system on the opening day of the 2024 Paris Olympics.... International travel to and from the UK beneath the English Channel and to neighbouring Belgium has also been disrupted by what SNCF called a series of coordinated...
  • China says longtime rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sign pact to end rift, propose unity government

    07/26/2024 1:27:31 AM PDT · by blueplum · 2 replies
    CBS ^ | 23 Jul 2024 | Haley Ott
    Fatah, the Palestinian group that administers the Israeli-occupied West Bank, along with a dozen other Palestinian factions, has signed a declaration with its longtime rival Hamas to form an interim unity government for the Palestinian territories after the war in Gaza, Chinese state media reported Tuesday. The declaration was signed in Beijing after three days of talks.... Previous efforts by Arab countries to reconcile Fatah and Hamas, who rule over Gaza and sparked the ongoing war in the territory with their Oct. 7 attack on Israel, have failed. The long-term standoff between the groups has weakened political aspirations for Palestinian...
  • Israelis Thank God for Sparing President Trump's Life

    07/25/2024 11:32:49 PM PDT · by thecodont · 8 replies
    CBN News ^ | July 22, 2024 | Chris Mitchell
    JERUSALEM, Israel – Many Americans believe the failure of the attempted assassination of former President Trump was a miracle. Many Israelis do as well, and that's why one man wanted to give thanks at a place among the most holy in all of Jerusalem: the Western Wall. James Rosenberg asked Jews at the Wall to join him in reciting Psalm 100 on behalf of the 45th president. "This is a psalm that is dedicated to being thankful to God for something that happens that you want to be thankful for," Rosenberg told those gathered. He says the group's action at...
  • UK: Super-rich being advised how to avoid Labour tax clampdown, undercover investigation suggests

    07/25/2024 8:45:02 PM PDT · by Cronos · 11 replies
    The Guardian ^ | 25th July 2024 | Simon Goodley
    The super-rich are being advised how to use a loophole in pensions investments to shelter their wealth from Labour’s clampdown on large-scale tax dodging, the Guardian can reveal. Undercover filming by the Guardian suggests multimillionaire UK residents are being pitched offshore products said to legally protect their fortunes from inheritance tax (IHT) and capital gains tax (CGT). At a private event held a week before the general election, the international accounting brand Baker Tilly told advisers to the ultra-wealthy how they could use offshore pension schemes to shield their clients’ fortunes from tens of millions of pounds of inheritance taxes....
  • Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug cartel arrested IN TEXAS

    07/25/2024 8:05:09 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 11 replies
    BBC ^ | 07 25 2024 | Max Matza & Will Grant
    One of the world's biggest drug lords, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by US federal agents in El Paso, Texas. Zambada, 76, founded the criminal organisation with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is currently jailed in the US. Arrested with Zambada on Thursday was Guzman's son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, said the US justice department. In February, Zambada was charged by US prosecutors with a conspiracy to make and distribute fentanyl, a drug more powerful than heroin that has been blamed for the US opioid crisis. In a written statement on Thursday evening, US...
  • US authorities have arrested ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel

    07/25/2024 5:41:05 PM PDT · by janetjanet998 · 33 replies
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, were arrested by U.S. authorities in Texas, the U.S. Justice Department said Thursday. A leader of the powerful Sinaloa cartel for decades alongside Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, Zambada was known for running the cartel’s smuggling operations, but keeping a lower profile. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had offered a reward of up to $15 million for information leading to his capture.
  • Dershowitz: I Can’t Support a Party with ‘Anti-Democracy’ Netanyahu Boycotters

    07/25/2024 6:25:51 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 18 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2024 | Ian hatchett
    On Thursday’s broadcast of Newsmax TV’s “The Record,” Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz said that he “can’t support a party that has Liz Warren and Bernie Sanders” and those who boycotted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Wednesday and he takes a view of “boycott the boycotters. If you boycotted Netanyahu, I’m boycotting you. I’m not going to ever vote for you or support you or give you any kind of financial support.” He also stated that “The Liz Warrens of the world are anti-American, anti-Israel, anti-democracy.”
  • Harris calls for cease-fire and hostage release, after Netanyahu meeting

    07/25/2024 5:46:33 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 51 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | Updated July 25, 2024 at 7:13 p.m. EDT|Published July 25, 2024 at 12:31 p.m. EDT | Tyler Pager and John Hudson
    Vice President Harris implored Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to accept a cease-fire deal that would pause the fighting in Gaza and release hostages, as U.S. leaders say they are closer than ever to an agreement. Vice President Harris implored Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday to accept a cease-fire deal that would pause the fighting in Gaza and release hostages, as U.S. leaders say they are closer than ever to an agreement. “Let’s get the deal done so we can get a cease-fire to end the war,” she told reporters in brief remarks after her bilateral...
  • Trump told Zelensky we have to get this war over (My title)

    07/25/2024 2:29:05 PM PDT · by McGruff · 38 replies
    X - Twitter ^ | July 25, 2024
    A 1:10 video excerpt from the Fox News Jesse Walters interview with trump and JD Hayworth. "And I said, we got to get this war over. This is a war machine. You're facing a war machine. That's what they do. They fight wars! They beat Hitler They beat Napoleon..."
  • Netanyahu Meets Biden at White House, Thanks Him for ’50 Years of Support

    07/25/2024 2:11:25 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
    President Joe Biden hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday, likely marking the last time the two leaders will meet while both are in office, given Biden’s decision not to run again. Biden had denied Netanyahu a White House meeting for nearly a year after the latter won Israel’s elections in November 2022 — an extraordinary snub, motivated by the antipathy Democrats have for Israel’s statesman. They finally met in New York in September 2023, amid talk of a possible Saudi-Israeli peace deal that would have been a major diplomatic accomplishment for Biden. But the...
  • House Republicans replace US flags removed by anti-Israel protesters at Union Station

    07/25/2024 2:07:07 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 20 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 07/25/2024 | Jon Brown
    A group of Republican members of U.S. Congress hoisted the American flags outside Union Station in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night after anti-Israel protesters replaced them with Palestinian flags earlier in the day. "Earlier today, pro-Hamas protesters took down the American flags at Union Station, burned them and raised Palestinian flags. Tonight, we righted their wrong. American flags are once again flying over Union Station. We will not let the terrorist mob win," House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., tweeted, along with a video of the lawmakers saying the Pledge of Allegiance. Earlier today, pro-Hamas protesters took down the American flags...
  • Why The Gaza Pier Failed | Five Issues and the Ultimate Cause Why JLOTS Did Not Succeed

    07/25/2024 12:59:32 PM PDT · by Paul R. · 23 replies
    What's Going on With Shipping ^ | 7/16/2024 | Sal Mercogliano
    Five Reasons Why the Gaza Pier Failed July 16, 2024 In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the underlying causes for the failure of the US military Joint Logistics Over the Shore (JLOTS) Gaza Pier.
  • Utah in Uproar as Mormon Church Pulls in Thousands of Migrants

    07/25/2024 11:49:09 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2024
    The Mormon Church — officially the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) — is quietly welcoming thousands of migrants sent to Utah from overcrowded Denver, Colorado, despite public protests by state and local elected officials. Utah has suffered under the arrival of thousands of cast-off border crossers sent its way by officials in Denver, but even as the state has no resources for migrants, the Mormon Church is quietly welcoming them, causing the public burden to magnify. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox voiced his outrage in June after he said he just “learned” that Denver had been sending thousands...
  • Only After Intense Criticism from JD Vance and Others Does Kamala Harris Condemn Anti-Israel Vandalism in D.C.

    07/25/2024 11:00:19 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2024 | NICK GILBERTSON
    Vice President Kamala Harris only condemned Wednesday’s anti-Israel and pro-Hamas protest and vandalism in Washington, DC, after Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and others called her out for her silence. Harris was mum on Wednesday’s protests — which saw Union Station desecrated with antisemitic graffiti — until almost midday Thursday, prompting criticism from Vance. “Anti-American and pro-Hamas rioters burned the American flag in front of the US Capitol, and the woman who wants to be our president is still refusing to condemn it,” he wrote in a post on X at 10:54 a.m. Anti-American and pro-Hamas rioters burned the...
  • Netanyahu delivers speech before Congress

    07/25/2024 8:28:46 AM PDT · by Texas Fossil · 21 replies
    Real Americas Voice via Rumble ^ | July 25, 2024 | Netanyahu
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before Congress on Wednesday in hopes of bolstering U.S. support for continuing Israel’s offensives against Hamas and other adversaries.
  • Video: Dave Matthews Joins Anti-Israel Protest, Calls Netanyahu Address ‘Disgusting,’ ‘Obscene

    07/25/2024 8:11:24 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 25 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2024 | Simon Kent
    Rocker Dave Matthews was seen in the anti-Israel crowd that took to Washington, DC, streets Wednesday to protest against visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. News outlet Al Jazeera found him and did an interview. “It’s a disgusting show of support for someone who doesn’t deserve our support,” Matthews despaired in an on-air exchange with the outlet. At no time did he mention the hostages taken when Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel last October 7, or consider their fate since. It was the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust — slaughtering babies, raping women, burning whole families alive, and...
  • Exclusive-US, Vietnam discuss supplying Hanoi with C-130 military transport planes, sources say

    07/25/2024 7:59:19 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 44 replies
    Reuters Via Yahoo! ^ | JULY 24, 2024 | Francesco Guarascio and Trevor Hunnicutt
    HANOI/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Vietnam are discussing the sale of Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules military transport planes to Hanoi, two people familiar with the discussions said, in a sign of closer security cooperation between the two former foes. The talks could lead to a supply agreement this year, the sources said, in what would represent Vietnam's largest military deal since it said publicly at the end of 2022 that it intended to diversify its defence supplies, which have for decades relied heavily on Russian gear. The C-130 can carry soldiers, military equipment and other supplies, and would...
  • Biden and Harris to meet separately with Netanyahu at the White House

    07/25/2024 7:40:54 AM PDT · by McGruff · 33 replies
    NBC News ^ | July 25, 2024 | Rebecca Shabad
    President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are scheduled to meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Thursday amid the 2024 election race shakeup and as the administration still pushes for a cease-fire agreement. Biden will host Netanyahu in the Oval Office at around 1 p.m. ET, and the two leaders are scheduled to meet with families of American hostages held hostage in Gaza around 2:30 p.m. in the White House Cabinet Room. Harris will speak with Netanyahu around 4:30 p.m. in the vice president's ceremonial office, a meeting that is considered even...
  • Anti-Israel Protesters Trash Columbus Memorial, Vandalize Liberty Bell

    07/25/2024 6:28:40 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 43 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 07/25/2024 | PAUL BOIS
    Anti-Israel protesters vandalized the Columbus Memorial in Washington, DC, on Wednesday in response to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit. Netanyahu issued an address to Congress as protesters burned American flags and vandalized monuments like the Liberty Bell with painted graffiti: My heart is just broken. pic.twitter.com/z0jkiP8GNY — Sarah Fields (@SarahisCensored) July 24, 2024 U.S. Park Police said in a statement that a permit was revoked for gatherings in Columbus Circle, the area surrounding Union Station. Crowds were ordered to leave the area. “A crowd in Columbus Circle is engaged in criminal activity and confronting law enforcement on scene,” the agency...
  • Families of hostages held in Gaza slam Netanyahu for leaving ceasefire deal out of Congress speech

    07/25/2024 5:34:05 AM PDT · by where's_the_Outrage? · 29 replies
    CNN ^ | July 25, 2024 | Christian Edwards
    Families of hostages held captive in Gaza condemned Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United States Congress, as pressure grows on the Israeli prime minister to agree to a deal to secure their release. “The speech and applause won’t erase the one sad fact: The words ‘Deal Now!’ were absent from the prime minister’s address,” The Hostage and Missing Families Forum in Israel said in a statement.. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum has become a potent political force in Israel since some 250 people were abducted by Hamas on October 7, and the square a regular site of protests demanding...