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The anonymous “senior administration official” behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, @oliverdarcy scoops status.news/p/white-house-pr…
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The Chinese government has taken possession of potentially sensitive F-35 stealth aircraft parts that were inexplicably diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the US from Australia, people briefed on the incident said. bloom.bg/4ygCfaW 📷️: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg
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Breaking news: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed that an OpenAI agent hacked an Australian government health service website in June, in the latest high-profile cyber incident involving AI ft.trib.al/gloVAyn
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Until Trump, “Europe has been for decades a lazy, fat, old cat not investing in its own defense,” says Estonia’s Foreign Minister @Tsahkna. “It was not… Putin who woke up Europe. It was mainly President Trump.”
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“By 2010, this will be the critical core of Europe’s security”. Brzezinski, 1997.
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A small “special operation” went awfully wrong.
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Crazy footage
Ukrainian drone hitting Moscow earlier this morning
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BIG: Ukraine launched one of its largest drone waves on Moscow overnight. Russia claims 1,600+ drones downed including 450 aimed at Moscow. Strikes hit the Kapotnya oil refinery (Moscow's largest) and residential buildings, killing two in the Moscow region and forcing 400 evacuations. Flight restrictions were imposed at Moscow airports.
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Wild footage from Moscow.
Our long-range responses had a very significant impact in the Moscow region last night. One of Russia’s key oil industry facilities and the aggressor’s logistics facility were hit. These are billions of dollars that sustain the war machine. The systems used included FP-1, RZ-100, MICH-2000, Palianytsia, Vendetta, Liutyi, Bars, Flamingo, Sichen, and Pelican. I thank our warriors for their accuracy: the Security Service of Ukraine together with the Unmanned Systems Forces, the Special Operations Forces, the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, and the Foreign Intelligence Service. Sanctions were also imposed on a facility in the Voronezh region. Moscow must end its brutal war and choose peace instead of building layered rings of air defense at the expense of other regions. Steps toward de-escalation are on the table – in energy and food security. What is needed is political will. I thank everyone who is strengthening Ukraine’s long-range capabilities. I am grateful to everyone who complements our long-range responses with responses through sanctions. Glory to Ukraine!
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Poland, France, Lithuania, and now Switzerland. Many sources point to an imminent false-flag operation planned by the Kremlin. Would these warnings deter or abort the risk of escalation?
In response to the deteriorating security situation, 🇨🇭 has three objectives: strengthen resilience, improve protection and enhance defence capabilities. The Federal Council has adopted Switzerland’s Security Policy Strategy 2026. admin.ch/en/newnsb/zR3tvgIy1… @vbs_ddps
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ALERT | Lithuania confirms it holds the same intelligence as Poland on possible Russian “false-flag” attacks
BREAKING | Latvia is preparing for the possibility that Russia could send small special-forces units across NATO’s border in an attempt to test the Alliance’s Article 5 response.
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RT @alanfriedmanit: We are living in 1939. The only question is which month.
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NEW: An AI-assisted intel report sent the military scrambling to intercept a Chinese ship in the Middle East it believed was transporting components of a nuclear weapons program. It turned out to be a hallucination. And it "almost started a war." cnn.com/2026/09/18/politics/…
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🇫🇷 Le chef de l'Etat réunit les partis ce vendredi pour les alerter sur la situation internationale. Sous-titre : le monde brûle et les candidats regardent leur nombril. Ou comment peser sans le dire dans le débat présidentiel. ➡️ ebx.sh/0agdWM
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The UAE has recorded as many as 640,000 cyberattacks in a single day—who’s behind them? What’s being targeted? And how is the UAE countering the onslaught? I put those questions to the Head of @cscgovae @DrMAlkuwaiti.
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The one question that should be on everyone’s mind.
TIME’s new cover: This summer, AI showed how frighteningly capable it has become. Now researchers, CEOs, and governments are sounding the alarm like never before time.com/article/2026/09/15/…
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What just defeated the far right in Sweden 👇🏽
ABBA’s Benny Andersson appeared at the Social Democratic Party’s final election rally in Stockholm today.
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Ukraine may have hoped that its drone attacks would cause Russians to protest the war—but an inherited Soviet mentality makes it unlikely, @annanemtsova argued in August: theatlantic.com/internationa…
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