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A Former CIA Officer has just come out and said the DEEP STATE “probably DESTROYED” the EPSTEIN FILES 🚨

https://twitter.com/i/status/1942389035353162002

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5 troops killed, 14 injured in Gaza; Trump contends incident won’t hamper truce talks

Five Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 were wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoun last night, the military announces.

Two of the slain soldiers are named as:

Staff Sgt. Meir Shimon Amar, 20, from Jerusalem

Sgt. Moshe Nissim Frech, 20, from Jerusalem.

They both served with the Kfir Brigade’s Netzah Yehuda Battalion.

The names of the other soldiers are set to be released later.

According to an initial IDF probe, the infantry soldiers were hit by a bomb planted on the side of a road shortly after 10 p.m. on Monday, during ground operations in Beit Hanoun. The soldiers were operating on foot, and were not inside a vehicle.

During attempts to extract the casualties, the forces came under fire in the area, according to the probe.

Among the 14 wounded, two are listed in serious condition.

The military says the area where the attack took place was targeted from the air ahead of the troops’ operations in the area.

The Netzah Yehuda soldiers were operating under the Gaza Division’s Northern Brigade, as part of an offensive with the 646th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade in Beit Hanoun, aimed at clearing the area of terror operatives who remain holed up there.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/5-idf-soldiers-killed-14-injured-by-roadside-bomb-in-northern-gaza/

Russian general arrested on corruption charges

Viktor Strigunov is suspected of embezzling government funds and receiving bribes

The first deputy chief of the Russian national guard (Rosgvardiya) between 2020 and 2023, Colonel General Viktor Strigunov, has been detained on suspicion of embezzlement and corruption.

In a statement on Monday, Russia’s Investigative Committee said that a criminal case had been launched as a result of a joint investigation by the Committee, the Federal Security Service (FSB) and Rosgvardiya’s internal security department.

One of the suspected criminal episodes dates back to the time when Strigunov served with Russia’s Interior Ministry, before the formation of Rosgvardiya in 2016.

According to investigators, in 2014 the former official oversaw a building contract for a training center in Kemerovo Region. While Strigunov was supposedly well aware of severe limitations that prevented the normal operation of the would-be facility, he ordered his subordinates to proceed with the construction work, the Committee claimed.

“As a result, the terms of the contract were not fulfilled [and] the training center was not put into operation, which resulted in a loss of more than 2 billion rubles ($25 million) to the state,” the Investigative Committee stated.

https://www.rt.com/russia/621162-ex-rosgvadiya-deputy-chief-arrested-corruption/

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Australia's Latest Temporary Military Deployment To Europe Is Connected To Containing China

Australia agreed during last month’s NATO Summit to deploy an E-7 Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft and up to 100 troops to Europe till November at the bloc and Poland’s request in support of Ukraine. This will be carried out under “Operation Kudu”, which “is the Australian Defence Force commitment to the training of Armed Forces of Ukraine personnel in the United Kingdom.” It follows a prior such deployment to Ramstein Air Base so the latest one isn’t really all that newsworthy.

That doesn’t mean that it’s insignificant, however, since it’s important for observers to understand why Australia is continuing to militarily involve itself in a conflict on the opposite side of the planet. The reason is that Australia is doing so as a quid pro quo for Anglo-American support in containing China through AUKUS. Regardless of whether one agrees with it, the Australia government nowadays considers China to be an adversary – largely due to Anglo-American influence – and formulates policy accordingly.

Sending arms to Ukraine, training its troops in the UK, and once again carrying out a temporary military deployment to Europe isn’t just a way to pay back its AUKUS allies, but also a means for obtaining experience in the event that China gets involved in a regional conflict. Whether it’s against Taiwan, the Philippines, Japan, and/or the US, Australia expects to involve itself in a similar way as with Russia-Ukraine via the aforesaid means of arms shipments, training, and early warning and control missions.

Moreover, by showing solidarity with NATO in its proxy war on Russia through Ukraine as explained above, Australia hopes that the bloc’s European members will repay the favor if it involves itself in a future AUKUS+ (AUKUS, Taiwan, Japan, and the Philippines) proxy war on China. Even though they’d probably do this at their American “daddy’s” behest, albeit as a quid pro quo for “defending Europe from Russia” in this case (as they sincerely but wrongly believe), it’s a suitable pretext for the public.

The larger goal is to craft the perception of a “Global West” that stretches across the Atlantic and Pacific to encompass both halves of Eurasia, thus enabling the US to “Lead From Behind” in containing China in the future and maybe once again Russia too depending on events. Australia’s role is therefore to serve as an example of an Asia-Pacific country contributing to the European front of the US’ present containment campaign against Russia to justify European countries contributing to a future Asian front against China.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/australias-latest-temporary-military-deployment-europe-connected-containing-china

REPORTER: What happened to 90 trade deals in 90 days?

TRUMP: It's all done.

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