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CIA and FBI leaders are resisting Donald Trump's mandate that intelligence agencies compile a master list of every US spy and potential recruit, amid fears it could endanger their own agents. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), first under Tulsi Gabbard and now under new director Bill Pulte, has in recent months spearheaded the grand spy list effort. ODNI was created in the aftermath of 9/11 to foster better communication among intel agencies. Trump wants the master list because officials claim it could used to better track foreign intelligence threats and avoid inadvertent conflicts when different agencies...

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that states can continue counting mail-in ballots sent by, and received within, five days of Election Day - delivering a staggering blow to President Donald Trump on one of his biggest fixations. The high court ruled 5-4 to allow state voting laws that permit the counting of the mail-in ballots to remain in place. Republicans argued it conflicted with federal legislation. 'The federal election-day statutes do not prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days thereafter; nothing in the federal election-day statutes requires ballots to be...

China is closing in on the US in the AI race after the superpower developed its cybersecurity capabilities to match those of its American rivals. Beijing-based tech firms 360 Security Technology and Z.ai, also known as Zhipu AI, have narrowed the gap with American competitors when it comes to finding bugs. 360 Security Chief Executive Zhou Hongyi told a cybersecurity conference in the Chinese capital that the company's bug-finding tool, called Tulongfeng, is now comparable to Anthropic's Mythos, which serves the same function. 'This kind of powerful weapon that can alter the landscape of cyberwarfare can't remain solely in American...

Iranian officials reportedly abandoned peace talks in the wake of President Donald Trump's threat to 'blow the s*** out of them,' just hours after Vice President JD Vance arrived in Switzerland for negotiations with Tehran. The president threatened Iran to restart his bombing campaigns on the country through profanity filled phone calls and posts on social media while Vance began negotiations. Iranian officials back out of the talks after having filed a formal complaint with Pakistani and Qatari mediators and also refused to pose for photographs, according to the Telegraph. Tehran's Chief negotiator Mohammed Ghalibaf warned that the US should...

Reform UK will pledge to restore Britain's Christian heritage by stopping churches being turned into mosques and deporting almost 300,000 illegal migrants every year. Nigel Farage's party will today vow to create a British version of Donald Trump's US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit to deport up to 288,000 migrants per year. The 'UK Deportation Command' would have capacity to detain up to 24,000 migrants at any time and will run five deportation flights a day if Reform wins power, the party will announce. Zia Yusuf will outline Reform's plans for a 'radical overhaul' of the immigration system, with...

Israel needs a 15-ton ‘bunker buster’ bomb to destroy the last untouched nuclear facility in Iran, but only the US has one. Such a powerful weapon – the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal – is needed because the target, Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, is built some 300 feet inside a mountain near the city of Qom, two hours south of Tehran. The heavyweight explosive is known as a GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator and was designed by Boeing for the United States Air Force. Its huge weight means it can only be delivered with a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber...

Kyiv's troops have been referring to the relentless attacks as "meat assaults" as wave after wave of soldiers crash into their defence lines. The Ukrainian military said the strikes can come throughout the day, sometimes nearly a dozen times in 24 hours, in the hope of tiring them out. Lt Col Anton Bayev of the Khartia Brigade of Ukraine's National Guard admitted responding to repeated assaults can be very difficult for his men to handle, even psychologically. Speaking to the BBC, Lt Col Bayev said: "The Russians use these units in most cases purely to see where our firing equipment...

Synopsis: A discussion panel on Russia 1 (Russian state television) led by Vladimir Solovyov discusses nuclear attacks against Ukraine and Europe. The panel also discusses the notion of attacking Poland and the Baltics in the expectation that the USA and NATO will abandon these countries. At the 2:30 mark Andrey Gurulyov denies the existence of Ukraine and also states that a threat to Russian-occupied Kaliningrad is present. He promotes an attack on the coast of Holland, destroying dikes in order to flood the country. Andrey Gurulyov also promotes the notion of proxy war by employing hostile groups to shut down...

Vladimir Putin is furious after Ukraine's military staged a dramatic fightback and seized back control over most of a town that Russia thought they had captured in Kharkiv. Russia launched a surprise counteroffensive in Kharkiv earlier this month and many military sources within the Russian army had boasted that they had captured the pivotal town of Vovchansk. However, Ukraine's Defence Forces have now confirmed that Kyiv has regained control of 70 percent of the town, amid fierce ongoing street battles. Ukraine's Lieutenant Colonel Nazar Voloshyn said that Ukrainian counterattacks, along with effective artillery and drone strikes, were thwarting Russia's efforts...

The Pentagon could get weapons moving to Ukraine within days if Congress passes a long-delayed aid bill. That's because it has a network of storage sites in the U.S. and Europe that already hold the ammunition and air defense components that Kyiv desperately needs. -snip- If about $61 billion in funding for the war-torn country gets the green light, “we have a very robust logistics network that enables us to move material very quickly,” Ryder told reporters Thursday. “We can move within days.”

Ukraine hit a key Russian airbase used for nuclear bombers in an overnight kamikaze drone strike as part of a consolidated aerial bombardment of several border regions. The 'explosions and fire' at the airbase came as pro-Putin sources also accused Kyiv of targeting a nuclear power plant in Kursk region. Explosions were heard at Engels air base in the Saratov region, home of Vladimir Putin's Tu-160 'Blackjack', Tu-95 'Bear' and Tu-22 strike aircraft, late last night. All of these planes are capable of carrying nuclear missiles but have been used to strike Ukraine with conventional bombs throughout the past two...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When a vehicle is captured and then...

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Meat Waves Tactics in Avdiivka | Can they win it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ASZyPGq2D4 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 24th October 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 42 zhutatko October 22, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-42/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Crazy Record Ruzzian losses on the East | The Disaster of the Ruzzian Army https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c-Egu5Xwvw Recap Deployment Map changes – Week 41 zhutatko – October 15, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/recap-deployment-map-changes-week-41/ https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-599-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Plans to encircle Ruzzian Group on the south | Z-army leaves Opytne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ukE86l4K24 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 6th September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-560-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia runs from the south. Ukraine Lost Pilots and Planes | Glory to Heroes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pMplsQGd48 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 23rd August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-546-summary/ [two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Kaboom day! Ruzzian Convoys were ambushed | Ruzzia lost Tu 22 bomber https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk5ynB4u2Vk The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 20th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-543-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia lost 2 Generals in one day | Ukraine's next step after Urozhaine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pjrnFj8BiE The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 16th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-539-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia runs out from Urozhayne | Ukraine broke their Defence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In_npgo8SZQ The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 9th August 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-532-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/