A very sobering Oliver Carroll interview with Ukraine’s deputy mil intel chief. He says Chasiv Yar will fall eventually, that Ukraine is far from stabilising the front and that Russia is “generating a division of reserves” & wants to strike at Sumy/Kharkiv. economist.com/europe/2024/05…

Fred durfte im Iran die Waffen ansehen, mit denen Israel angegriffen wurde

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps showed us the drones and missiles it used to target Israel in mid April. This was the first strike by Iran originating from Iranian territory, coming two weeks after Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus was bombed. CNN CNN International

An up-close look at the type of missiles Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps used in its attack on Israel.

Frederik Pleitgen reports from Tehran

The US military has withdrawn troops from a French military base in Chad after the country demanded they leave last month, and have relocated to Germany, a Pentagon spokesperson and other sources familiar with the matter told CNN on Wednesday. cnn.com/2024/05/01/pol…

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In an exclusive report, Frederik Pleitgen gets a close-up look at the types of missiles Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps used in its attack on Israel.

BREAKING: The death toll from the Mai Mahiu flash floods hits 71, Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika tells CNN.

This could be the worst devastation since the rains began in Kenya last month

Columbia University will NOT divest from Israel and the university was not able to come to an agreement with encampment protesters, says university president Minouche Shafik. She wrote they are considering 'alternative internal options to end this crisis as soon as possible.'

I hate it when we lose great journalists. All the best to you, I know you will excel. We do and will sorely miss you.

World War II history is haunting Western attempts to seize Russian assets and funnel them to Ukraine’s defense against Moscow wsj.com/world/europe/w… with laurence norman via The Wall Street Journal

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Having just been in Beijing, I was a bit baffled by the China visit of Germany's Chancellor.

Having mulled it over, in Foreign Policy I try to explain what was going on, and what lessons other western leaders might draw.

But a few caveats first....

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Zelenskyy can either win the next election or he can win the war.
He can’t have both.

Russia is likely to run major offensives in the coming months. It did its homework over the winter while the Ukrainian government and the West didn't.
This Ukrainian soldier blames the failure by Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський to meaningfully mobilize Ukrainian defenders for the upcoming disaster.

Ukraine is set to increase long-range attacks inside Russia as an influx of western military aid aims to help Kyiv shape the war “in much stronger ways”, head of the UK military, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, told Financial Times’s [email protected].
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Russian deputy defense minister appears in Moscow court accused of taking a bribe. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. cnn.it/3xNME3w

News — After months of battles exposing a deep rift within the GOP, the Senate gave final approval to a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. The measure, which also includes a plan that could ban TikTok, now heads to President Biden’s desk.

Final vote: 79-18

Citing “important progress with representatives of the student encampment,” a Columbia University spokesman says negotiations will now continue for the next 48 hours.

Ukraine travelers. Your opinion: WOG-Dog, Okko-Dog, or SoCar Nathan‘s -Dog? - SoCar dog was pretty good. Although I am usually more for WOG with Bavarian sausage.