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Germany banned a U.S. movie that, "was inspired by a notorious case in Hamburg in 2016, when a group of teenagers gang-raped a 14-year-old girl and left her for dead, only for the perpetrators to walk free with suspended sentences." https://variety.com/2026/film/global/armie-hammer-citizen-vigilante-banned-germany-uwe-boll-1236785839/

The note, received around February 6, was a major shift from the earlier message from the same IP address that had demanded millions in bitcoin for her safe return. The latter note adopted a “new, less confident tone” and included a “sputtering and labored” apology for her “inadvertent death,” sources told Air Mail in a detailed report on the investigation. The person claiming to be the kidnapper reportedly floated returning her body in exchange for payment. After the second note was received, Savannah Guthrie posted a video addressing the alleged kidnapper. "We received your message and we understand," Savannah Guthrie...

The city's main liquified natural gas (LNG) processing site suffered a "technical accident" in Ras Laffan industrial zone on Sunday night, the interior ministry said, with the city's skyline turning orange because of the explosion. Qatar's Energy Minister Saad Sherida al-Kaabi said the explosion would not affect the country's exports, adding "this was an accident and not sabotage or hostile in nature". The Ras Laffan Port is the largest artificial harbour in the world and has the world's largest LNG export facility. ... On Sunday, QatarEnergy, which is the country's state-owned energy company, confirmed the explosion occurred at "Barzan local...

MANILA, Philippines — Two students armed with hand guns opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three fellow students and wounding another seven, police said. The suspects, aged 14 and 15, were arrested. The suspects and the victims were students of the San Jose National High School in Tacloban city, where the mid-morning shooting happened, regional police chief Brig. Gen. Jason Capoy said. An investigation was underway to determine the cause of the shooting in the government-run school, which has more than 1,500 students. Capoy said that the suspects, who were close friends, said...

"A 12-year-old boy was killed when a suspect opened fire during a "brawl" that happened in Nashville's theater district on Sunday night. Damarion Morehead was shot in the head when a fight involving "six to seven" people broke out at the intersection of Representative John Lewis Way and Deaderick Street, which is right next to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center. Morehead was later pronounced dead at the hospital..... The Metro Nashville Police Department arrested 24-year-old Devin Orr, who is the suspected shooter. Investigators were able to examine video from the incident. In a statement, the Metro Nashville Police Department said,...

CONSTITUTIONAL PATRIO@ConstitustionX·4h🚨 JUSTICE STRIKES AGAIN! 🚨The FBI just HUNTED DOWN Herbert Leon Kimble — the #2 kingpin on their brand new “Most Wanted Fraudsters” list — and dragged him back from the Philippines in handcuffs!This crook allegedly masterminded a $1.2 BILLION Medicare fraud empire using a sophisticated call center scam that stole from American taxpayers and patients.Fugitive no more.TWO arrests from the list in just THREE weeks.The White House Anti-Fraud Task Force is delivering. Big fraudsters are running scared.Massive W for @FBIDirectorKash and @DAGToddBlanche Who’s next? #FraudBusters #DrainTheSwamp #JusticeServed #MAGA6/22/2026TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~Reporter 1: ...second most wanted fraudster allegedly behind, listen to...

Carbon nanotubes, essentially sheets of carbon atoms rolled into microscopic tubes, are exceptional light absorbers. The problem is that they are notoriously difficult to keep evenly distributed in a liquid coating mixture; they tend to clump, separate, and settle over time. To solve this, the team used a high-energy milling process to grind the carbon black and carbon nanotubes together in water along with dispersing agents. An accelerated stability test put the mixture through centrifuge forces more than 2,000 times the pull of gravity over seven hours, with only minimal separation, a strong indicator of shelf-stable industrial viability. Because carbon...

Armie Hammer is back in a leading role with the release of Citizen Vigilante.The new action-thriller from filmmaker Uwe Boll is now available on all major TVOD platforms like Apple TV, YouTube, and Prime Video in the United States as of Friday (June 19), giving viewers a chance to see the film from home. (snip)Citizen Vigilante story is Sanders (Hammer), a wealthy American businessman living in Zagreb who inherited a massive real estate empire from his late father. Intelligent, isolated and emotionally scarred, Sanders transforms himself into a feared underground vigilante targeting violent criminals, rapists and corrupt judges who escaped...

James Franco's recent TikTok posts about an alien invasion in his garage has his fans confused. Earlier this month, the 48-year-old actor joined TikTok, where he posted cryptic claims about "some serious s- -t" that was going on. In the footage, James wore a blue T-shirt covered in handwritten drawing and two pieces of tape as he urged his fans to follow him, confirming his video was neither AI nor a hoax. Days later he began sharing more videos where he expressed that he feared he was under surveillance; however, he never disclosed exactly what was his cause for concern....

Texas Democratic Senate hopeful James Talarico once lavished praise on a self-described “TransQueer, Latinx” activist theologian as a major source of inspiration for his left-wing philosophy. “When you started following me on Twitter, I couldn’t contain my inner fan boy, because I read your book last year and it continues to inspire me and y’all’s work continues to inspire me,” the state lawmaker told Roberto Henderson-Espinoza during a March 2021 podcast appearance. “I told you I was a boring, straight, cis white man, and I added ‘Presbyterian’ to spice it up,” Talarico added. “My imagination is also just limited by...

The Chief Engineer of the container ship Dali has admitted to Federal Prosecutors that he knew the fuel pump alignment to the d1esel generators was risky. The Indian citizen has been indicted for failing to tell the Coast Guard about material deficiencies aboard the ship. Detail at source URL

On June 17, President Donald J. Trump announced a framework agreement with Iran that extends a shaky ceasefire for another 60 days, lifts the U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz, and lets oil exports resume.The deal entails Iran starting to dilute some highly enriched uranium stockpiles. It also features limited sanctions waivers from Uncle Sam. Bigger disputes like the full Iranian nuclear program’s fate and the Islamist theocracy’s ballistic missiles were pushed into that two-month negotiating window.

WASHINGTON, DC: A blockbuster upcoming account of the second Trump administration has exposed deep, profane fractures within American foreign policy, revealing that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent privately launched an aggressive campaign to block Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from entering the White House.The explosive details surface in 'Regime Change', a forthcoming book by The New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, which alleges that Bessent repeatedly used highly derogatory nicknames to describe the wartime leader to close associates before a disastrous Oval Office summit. (snip) The Treasury chief reportedly harbored deep frustrations over a stalled, high-stakes critical minerals agreement,...

Every year, golf enthusiasts and families alike mark their calendars for a special weekend in June - the US Open Golf Tournament, a prestigious event that coincides with Father's Day. But have you ever wondered why this renowned tournament always aligns with this heartfelt holiday? Let's explore the intriguing tradition and significance behind the US Open Golf Tournament taking place on Father's Day weekend.

More arrests were made on Saturday at the Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC, as law enforcement cracks down on vandals destroying the new renovations. At least two, including former Olympian David Hearn, were arrested on Saturday after destroying the rubber sealant at the bottom of the pool and attempting to stop workers from clearing algae. "The United States Park Police have arrested multiple individuals for vandalizing our Nations magnificent Reflecting Pool. Who would do such a thing? These are very serious crimes having to do with the destruction of National Monuments. Years in jail! Work will begin immediately on its...

Karma Patriot@patriot_karma·21ah@BreitbartNews JULY 22, 2015……“White House National Security Advisor @AmbassadorRice admitted the existence of two secret “side deals” between Iran & the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), to accompany the main Iran nuclear deal agreed last week between Iran and the P5+1 powers (U.S., Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China).”In 2015, @mikepompeo said:"This agreement is the worst of backroom deals. In addition to allowing Iran to keep its nuclear program, missile program, American hostages, & terrorist network, the @BarackObama administration has failed to make public separate side deals that have been struck for the 'inspection' of one of the...

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https://x.com/vpnet_official/status/2068082936100929607ransomnote: at the time of this posting, the featured DeFlock broadcast begins in about half an hour (4pm Eastern)vp.net@vpnet_officialOur Hero of the Week: Will Freeman, creator of DeFlock: @therealDeFlock. He noticed plate cameras going up on street corners, so he mapped them. All 100,000+ of them. Flock sent a cease and desist. He put his name on a lawsuit instead.Full conversation in the thread 👇June 19, 2026 vp.net @vpnet_official·21h This Saturday we go live with the DeFlock and anti-ALPR organizers carrying his fight forward. Live Saturday, 4pm ET, the full roundtable: vp.net @vpnet_official·21h DeFlock lets you see where the Flock...

I was just watching the Sweden versus Netherlands World Cup and I thought I was seeing two American soccer teams playing. I believe 50% of Swedish players are not the stereotypical Sweden and Netherlands (okay I guess the Caribbean Territory of Netherlands are still Dutch citizens) are not Dutch...It is Amazing when you need immigrants to populate your country and you can see what will happen...The Swede gets replaced... I'm trying to see if an African Soccer team has 50% Caucasians on it...I bet no...

Clandestine@WarClandestine HOLY [redacted for FR]The new Syrian regime has been working with the IAEA, and they found uranium samples at clandestine nuclear facilities in Syria?! WHAT?!The IAEA found natural uranium, with signs of chemical processing, indicating that processed uranium derived from yellowcake was handled at these facilities. Samples were taken in June 2025, and the origin of the material has not yet been disclosed.The facilities are supposedly linked to North Korean assistance, and Syria has been a proxy of Iran until the Assad regime fell in 2024. The new regime under Al-Sharaa has been cooperating with Trump and the IAEA.Trump...