‘Our spark has gone’: The marriages ruined by Ozempic. 1/2

Wed, July 29, 2026 at 11:00 AM ED

Emily* realised her marriage was over the day she was propositioned by a younger male colleague. They had happily worked side by side for years, but she never assumed a man like Julian* – tall, handsome and in his late 20s – would find her attractive.

Six months on Wegovy, a weight-loss jab, changed that.Emily, 35, felt herself being looked at by the opposite sex for the first time in years.

According to research from academics in Sweden, Emily's case is far from unique.In fact, people who undergo rapid weight loss are twice as likely to divorce as the general population. Although the study – which came out earlier this year – focused on people who had been fitted with gastric bands, the lead researcher believesthat the rise of GLP-1s will trigger an even larger divorce trend.

"Very similar mechanisms could occur with Ozempic as with surgery, with regards to changes in relationships," says Professor Per-Arne Svensson, from the University of Gothenburg. "People who embark on the weight-loss journey usually have a lot of other life changes as well. That means that they are probably becoming more social andtrying to live a healthier life. If the partner is not really on the train there, and if they don't follow this person along in this change, that might be something that causes tension."

Emily was initially surprised when she felt Julian gently massage her lower back during after-work drinks. "But I found it really hot, and even though I went home shortly afterwards,

I couldn't get the thought out of my head thatI had felt completely dead from a sexual perspective for a very long time," she recalls.

Later that night, as she watched her husband, John*, get undressed for bed, Emily realised the spark had completely gone from their marriage. She no longer had any urge to sleep with him.

While the era of weight-loss drugs has been heralded as a boon for people who have struggled to have sexual relationships for confidence, less research has been done into themarriages that have been damaged by one person changing their body shape, their attitude to food, and sometimes, their entire personality.

"It could also be that you have a person who is stuck in a bad relationship," adds Professor Svensson, "but doesn't have the self-confidence to break it off because they worry about who would date them, if not their current spouse."

Emily and John got married when they were in their early 30s,and both put on a significant amount of weight in the first few years of their relationship. While Emily was keen to try injectable GLP-1s once they arrived in the UK,John was resistant. Over time, she found herself blossoming. She was delighted to buy new clothes, go out with friends and exercise for the first time in years. Her husband, by contrast, reminded her of the rut she had been in.

"We never had sex," says Emily. "I suspect it was because we found ourselves unattractive, and with time, it became a habit to never touch each other in a sexual way. For a long time, I told myselfit didn't matter because we were good companions, but once my perspective changed, I realised that wasn't true."

Emily's divorce was made easier by the factthat the couple chose not to have children. But for Fiona*, 39, who has three young sons, the prospect of separation is out of the question. Still, she worries that her marriage is no longer as healthy as it was, ironically,because her husband is himself far healthier.

Luke* started taking Ozempic six months ago. He began putting on weight around the birth of their first son. While Fiona stayed trim throughout the baby-making years, he gained about 15kg (2.4st) in total. She supported Luke when he decided to try GLP-1s, but she never expected him to undergo an entire personality change while he was on them.

At first, she was mostly bothered by the obvious differences from their former lives.The couple loved good food and sharing a bottle of wine on weekends, and Fiona missed having a partner with an interest in those things.

Their marriage also felt increasingly unfair. Before Luke began taking medication, Fiona would deal with the boys' bedtimes while he would cook dinner and clean the house. Now, she comes downstairs to an empty kitchen and a husband mutely watching television with a tonic water.

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/spark-gone-marriages-ruined-ozempic-150000438.html

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More concerning is his sudden apathy for life. "Luke was one of those people who was up for anything," she says. "If I suggested a last-minute trip away, he'd always tell me to just book it because life is too short not to try new experiences – but that side of him has vanished.It's like the sparkle has gone out of his eyes, and I find I really miss my funny, teddy bear of a husband, even if he was a bit overweight."

Giles Yeo, a biologist, believes that while the physical changes that accompany weight-loss drugs are well-documented,research has paid less attention to the mental shift that can also occur. " [Weight-loss drugs] make you feel full," he says, "but whatwe don't focus on as much is the way they also raise the hurdle for what you need to eat to feel good, and how these hurdles can be raised for other things too. Food is one of the greatest pleasures of life, and if GLP-1 drugs ultimately dampen that pleasure for you,then they will probably dampen the pleasuresfor many other things too, making so much of what was once desirable feel uninteresting."

Within a few months of taking GLP1-s, Nick, 55, noticed that his wife, Caro, had lost many of the habits that made her who she was– the nightly glass of wine, the anxious nail-biting and the late-night online shopping – but also the delicious meals, the raucous parties in the garden and the general zest for life that had always drawn him to her.

"The best way I can describe it is thatshe became emotionally flat," says Nick. "We also always had a pretty good sex life for middle-aged people with kids, but she just lost interest in that. Even though she blamed it on menopause,I'm pretty sure it was the weight-loss drugs."

Studies have linked GLP-1s to anincreased risk of erectile dysfunction for men, and while the picture for women is more complicated, a2025 clinical review argued that libido can decrease for both gendersbecause the same reward pathways that drive eating also drive sexual motivation. Interestingly, this is often masked by the confidence boost of weight loss, which tends to increase sexual availability even when the underlying desire has dropped.

Unlike Nick, Robin, 47, found his wife, Jess, became far more extrovertedwhen she went on GLP1-s. After largely working from home and dedicating herself to her husband and children, Jess became almost euphoric in the first few months after losing weight. She bought herself an entirely new wardrobe, made a new set of friends and went into the office at least three days a week.

Robin felt jealous for the first time in his marriage, and – unsure if it was because he felt rejected by a woman who had always seemed delighted to put her feet up on the sofa with her husband, or because his wife now looked so different to how she had before – he found himself secretly checking her phone when she was asleep.

Soon, he discovered Jess was meeting male colleagues and old male friends from university for drinks, and while he never found out anything hugely incriminating, he worries that the trust they had built over the past 20 yearshad been damaged.

"Mostly, I feel really sad," he says. "I never would have thought that a weekly injection that I have no control over her taking would have such an impact on my marriage – and my life.I just hope that one day soon she decides to go off them."

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/articles/spark-gone-marriages-ruined-ozempic-150000438.html

U.S. economy slowed to 1.5% growth rate in Q2; June core inflation at 3.3%

PUBLISHED THU, JUL 30 2026

KEY POINTS

• Gross domestic product rose at just a 1.5% rate in the first quarter, but underlying economic drivers looked solid outside of a drop in inventories and government spending.

• Inflation readings as judged by the Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge were mostly in line but still well above the central bank’s 2% target.

• Consumer spending continued to climb but the savings rate hit a four-year low.

Economic growth was weaker than expected in the second quarterthough underlying drivers were mostly solid. At the same time,inflation in June held well above the Federal Reserve’s goaland complicated the central bank’s policy path, the Commerce Department reported Thursday.

Gross domestic product, a broad measure of goods and services, increased just 1.5%for the April-through June period, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis numbers adjusted for seasonality and inflation.

Economists surveyed by Dow Jones had been looking for a growth rate of 1.8%, following the 2.1% increase in the first quarter.

A separate report showed that the personal consumption expenditures price index, which is the Federal Reserve’s primary forecasting gauge,fell a seasonally adjusted 0.1% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 3.7%. The readings were in line with forecasts.

Excluding food and energy, core PCE posted a monthly increase of 0.1% and an annual level of 3.3%, against respective forecasts for 0.2% and 3.3%.

While the Fed technically uses the headline PCE number as its gauge for setting policy,most officials consider core inflation as a better indicator of longer-run trends.

Stock market futures were positive following the report while Treasury yields were sharply higher.

The reports come a day after adivided Fed voted 9-3 to hold its benchmark borrowing rate in a range between 3.5%-3.75%, where it has been all year.

Inflation has taken the primary focus for Fed policymakers as labor market indicators have stabilized this year, with the three dissenting votes coming from regional presidents who have expressed concerns about higher prices and the failure to make progress toward the prices side of the central bank’s mandate.

GDP: Better than the headline

While the GDP number was below expectations,the miss appeared to come from a decline in federal government spending and inventories. Other parts of the economy appeared strong.

Key areas of the economy continued to show improvement:Personal spending rose 2.1% after eking out a 0.4% gain in the first quarter, while a key indicator of underlying demand called final sales to private domestic purchasers posted a robust 3.9% increase.

However, inventories fell 0.7% and federal spending was off 0.3%, subtracting from the top-line reading.

Gross private domestic investment rose 0.5% while exports also increased 0.5% and imports declined 1.5%. Exports generally add to GDP while imports subtract.

Inflation: About as expected, but still too high

On the inflation readings, the figures were close to expected though still well above the Fed’s 2% target.

Inflation numbers had been easing heading into 2026 but accelerated after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in late February, setting off a surge in energy prices that Fed officials worry will bleed over into the broader economy.

Energy goods and services prices tumbled by 5.9% in June, helped by a temporary ease in the Middle East fighting that sent gasoline down 9.2%. Housing inflation also moderated, rising just 0.2%. Goods prices overall declined by 0.6% while services increased just 0.1%.

On a quarterly basis, the PCE index surged 5.1% on headline and 3.4% for core.

Spending held up for the month, with personal expenditures rising 0.3%, in line with expectations. Personal income was up 0.2%, which was below the 0.3% estimate.

However, consumers dipped into their savings to make ends meet. The personal savings rate declined to 2.7%, the lowest in four years.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/30/us-economy-slowed-to-1point5percent-growth-rate-in-q2-june-core-inflation-at-3point3percent.html

Voters reveal 'MOST SIGNIFICANT MIDTERM' and their concerns

Harris Faulkner hosts a 'Voters' Voices' panel, exploring voter motivation, top midterm issues like the economy, and the rise of socialism.

14:00

https://youtu.be/tFHfF3SBCAM

HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE': Voices for Seniors SLAMS Fauci following COVID hearing

Co-founder of Voices for Seniors Vivian Zayas, whose mother died in a nursing home during COVID, reacts to Fauci denying he recommended lockdowns directly contradicting his 2020 diary entry.

3:57

https://youtu.be/T4q0VB_HgWI

Melania Trump reunites 5th group of Ukrainian, Russian families

First lady Melania Trump facilitates the fifth reunification of Ukrainian and Russian children with their families, separated by war. Peter Doocy reports that 35,000 Ukrainian children are believed to have been abducted by Russia. (That’s a lie, Russia were saving abandoned children in Ukraine and reunited with Melania’s help. Fox is lying. She worked with Putin to get the children home)

2:36.

https://youtu.be/LB4dsnCDBJM

Whoever wins the AI race 'rules' the next century, expert warns

Former Executive Director of CISA

5:36

https://youtu.be/avxRY5pI584

WNBA team owner SUSPENDED for cursing young fans supporting Sophie Cunningham

A Seattle Storm co-owner faces suspension for allegedly cursing at young fans holding signs in support of Sophie Cunningham and women's sports. Riley Gaines and Jennifer Sey discuss the incident, emphasizing the need to protect women's sports.

4:50

https://youtu.be/xKi0iGYyve0

Fauci was always 'covering his trail': Rand Paul

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., recounts Dr. Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing and details what will likely come next

(It took six years to get this out and expose Fauci! Who else was involved that needs to be revealed and punished?)

8:37

https://youtu.be/nq2xZPFEGt4

Dr Drew says Dr Fauci couldn’t handle his celebrity status(drew is wrong Fauci was evil for many years, going back even before 1987)

Dr. Drew Pinsky brings attention to an oversight difference between the medical and public health fields

4:02

https://youtu.be/DeaZkqHgBi4

Stephen Miller: This is the same party that allowed the 'mass invasion' of the US

White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller accuses socialist Democrats of hijacking the 'America First' slogan

7.21

https://youtu.be/-ykfTdOdpSY

More than 50,000 Migrants from Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa Swarm Spain’s Enclave of Ceuta

July 30, 2026 | Sundance |

Western media are downplaying the numbers, continually saying a “few thousand.” However, local officials and eyewitnesses are describing the migrant invasion as something substantially more; over 50,000 more.

As night fell, the horde of migrants continue to overwhelm the region of Cueta, a region of Spain in North Africa.The invasion force shows no signs of slowing down and the region is entirely overwhelmed. There are 80,000 Spanish residents trying to retain their safety against the arrival of 50,000 invading north-Africans.

The video images from the region are jaw-dropping.

• (REUTERS) – […] A Guardia Civil spokesperson saidearlier migrants were “massively entering from the sea” around the Tarajal breakwater, a border seawall that migrants can swim around and enter Ceuta. The spokesperson could not estimate the number of migrants but said police were overwhelmed.

Many local shops were shuttered. Enrique Serrano, who runs a women’s clothing store in central Ceuta, told Reutersbusiness owners were organising self-defence because they believed police resources wouldn’t be insufficient.

“I’m not opening this afternoon because the situation is extremely tense … The first thing I have to do is protect my business and my family,” he said,adding that when the fence was breached after midnight, hundreds of migrants rushed through in a matter of minutes.

Ceuta and Melilla — another Spanish autonomous city located in North Africa — have the European Union’s only land borders with Africa. Both cities periodically experience surges in attempted crossings by migrants seeking to reach Europe.

[…] Spain’s Socialist government stands out in Europe for its pro-migrant stance, and it has recently launched a programme to provide legal status for some 500,000 undocumented migrants, triggering an influx of applications double that number.

Right-wing parties criticised the drive, arguing it would attract more migrants to Spain, and were quick to blame Sanchez for allowing the situation in Ceuta to reach crisis proportions.

Conservative opposition People’s Party leader Alberto Nuñez Feijoo said in a post on X: “The situation in Ceuta is desperate. The government cannot look the other way… because we are facing a national security crisis.”

Earlier on Thursday, Ceuta Mayor Juan Jesus Vivas had urged the national government to declare an emergency over the mass arrivals. (read more)

President Trump tried to warn the Spanish people that socialist President Pedro Sánchez Pérez-Castejón would open the borders and destroy their country. Trump was right!

“Fernando Rodríguez Contreras, an official in the government, said the working estimate for the number of people who had crossed was in the tens of thousands, though that figure could not be confirmed.” ~NYT

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/30/more-than-50000-migrants-from-morocco-and-sub-saharan-africa-swarm-spains-enclave-of-ceuta/#more-285689

Young Defense Minister Fired by Zelenskyy Says Removal Was Due to His Audit of Military Spending – Ukraine Officials Demanded Cash Flow Continue

July 30, 2026 | Sundance |

Well, well, well. There it is. Even if it is clouded in Reuters News doublespeak and coded language, the answer to the big question about why Zelenskyy fired the most effective military leader is right there. The key words are, “military procurement system”; or in common language “military spending.”

It never made sense; the 35-year-old Defense Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, was heralded as turning the tide of the war in favor of Ukraine through his adaption of technology, specifically drones, and his very close relationship to Alex Karp of Palantir, a military contractor.Fedorov was young, smart, strategic and exceptionally capable. Yet, Zelenskyy fired him.

Now the real motivefor dispatching Mykhailo Fedorov surfaces in his interview with Reuters.Fedorov had taken control of how the military funding was being spent, and as a result, all of those Ukraine government officials and military generals who were pocketing money, redirecting funds, giving indulgences to their families and stealing resources were blocked.

The corruption is so widespread, Zelenskyy had no choiceexcept to eliminate the guy taking control of the payments, Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

• (July 29 – Reuters) – Former Ukrainian Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, in an interview published on Wednesday, saidhis efforts to overhaul the military’s procurement system were the main reason behind his dismissalthis ​month in a military and political shake-up.

• Fedorov, a technical expert seen by many ‌as an agent for change in the nearly 4-1/2-year-old war against Russia, told the media outlet Ukrainska Pravda that the proposed changes met resistance from officials inside and around the ministry.

• “The reason is connected with ​procurement, tenders, to the fact that we began overhauling the processes in this ​area,” Fedorov, 35, told Ukrainska Pravda.

•“This caused significant dissatisfaction among many people, ⁠who then started constantly exerting influence and spreading negativity, not just around the president but ​across the broader media space.”

•Fedorov, who held office for six months, said his first undertaking​in office was to introduce a tender system for procurement. “Our task was to fix the root of the problem as quickly as possible,” he said.

• “First, launch tenders. Second, restructure the management system in the Defence Ministry, ​andchoose the people working there differently, based on the goalswe came in ​with.”

• Fedorov was dropped from President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s cabinet and replaced by Yevhenii Khmara, previously head of the SBU security service, in a shake-up that also saw Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko removed. (read more)

(https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/30/young-defense-minister-fired-by-zelenskyy-says-removal-was-due-to-his-audit-of-military-spending-ukraine-officials-demanded-cash-flow-continue/#more-285686

(Since he gave the interview to Reuters, he’ll be in danger and should leave Ukraine asap!)

9th Circuit Court of Appeals Says Illegal Alien Detention Unlawful Because No Other President Did It

July 30, 2026 | Sundance |

The issue of illegal aliens being detained while awaiting their transport out of the countryis destined to eventually hit the Supreme Court.

Several courts of appeal have split on the issue of whether illegal aliens can be detained during processing out of the country with some saying yes and some saying, no.The Nineth Circuit Court of Appeals weighed in today and also said no, with a rather goofy and odd reason in their opinion. [Court Ruling Here]

The 9th CCA doesn’t like the term “illegal alien” so they use the politically correct term, “unadmitted aliens” to describe non-Americans who are in the country illegally. Technically, the entire population of planet Earth is “unadmitted” to the United States, so far. However, as Orwell noted twisting the jargon makes it easier to violate common law. I digress.

According to the 9th CCA because no other President has attempted to round up the tens of millions of illegal aliens, it must mean that detaining tens of millions of illegal aliens, while the govt processes them out, is unlawful. In essence, it hasn’t been done, therefore it must be against the law.

[Page 5] …”That no Administration has ever found a duty mandatorily to detain unadmitted aliens present in the interior of the country is strong evidence that [such duty] does not exist.”….

Because Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama and Bidennever detained illegal aliens, the Ninth CCA uses their failure to protect the nation as an affirmation that protecting the nation is not the goal of immigration law.

This is how far away from commonsense we have traveled in this bastardized lawfare judicial system.

(VIA POLITICO) – ““The government’s change in policy has resulted in detained aliens filing thousands of habeas petitions in federal courts across the country, seeking bond hearings and possible release from detention,”Judge Daniel Bress, a Trump appointee, wrote for the majority. “The implication of the government’s position is that Congress in1996 made a major change to the immigration laws by subjecting millions of unadmitted aliens present in the United States to mandatory detention, but that this change then went unnoticed and unheeded, with the Executive Branch for the next three decades … We accordingly do not think that Congress in 1996 made such a large-scale change to our established system of immigration detention in the way that the government now contends.” (more)

(this is fucking insane!)

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/07/30/9th-circuit-court-of-appeals-says-illegal-alien-detention-unlawful-because-no-other-president-did-it/

US weapons stockpiles continue to dwindle with permanent end to Iran war nowhere in sight 1/2

By Davis Winkie, Zachary Cohen, CNN

Updated: 6:00 AM EDT, Wed July 29, 2026

The US military’s weapons stockpiles, including its inventory of crucial air defense missiles,remain severely depleted following a major flare up of the war with Iran in recent weeks, according to three sources familiar with recent Pentagon data and a new report by outside analysts.

A substantive settlement to end the conflict remains elusive, and the shortage of the missiles could impact the US’ ability to engage on other fronts.

In a Monday report, researchers from the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank estimated thatfewer than 827 Patriot interceptors remain in US stockpiles, and fewer than 278 THAAD ballistic missile interceptors are left. The three sources familiar with the matter, who requested anonymity to discuss the US stockpile, told CNN that the CSIS estimates were close to internal government figures.

The figures represent a significant depletion of the pre-war stockpile,which CSIS estimated numbered around 2,200 Patriots(of the platform’s two most-modernized variants) and 452 THAAD missiles.The systems are the US military’s primary means of taking down incoming enemy ballistic missiles, andeach interceptor missile costs millions of dollars.

“Diminished stockpiles may force the United States and its coalition partners to take more risks with interceptions. There are no good alternatives to Patriot and THAAD for ballistic missile defense. Navy ships, with Standard Missiles that can intercept such threats, generally are too far away,” the authors of the CSIS report wrote.

President Donald Trump expressed his desire to replenish “the more sophisticated stuff” when asked about munitions stockpiles aboard Air Force One on Monday, but the president held that the inventories are “in very good shape.” And Gen. Dan Caine, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,told senators last week that without the additional funding it’s asking for, the Pentagon will “not get the munitions” it needs.

CNN previously reported that Caine cited the dwindling munitions stockpile in a Friday meeting with Trump during which the commander-in-chief was weighing a major escalation in the war. Trump, whom Caine and others briefed on additional downsides to ramping up the conflict, announced a pause in strikes against Iran after the meeting.But that pause may have been short-lived. On Tuesday US and Saudi forces conducted joint strikeson Iranian proxies in Iraq, and after the US military announced it intercepted a “surprise attack” by Iran on US forces in the Middle East.

The report’s lead author, CSIS defense analyst and retired Marine Corps Col.Mark Cancian, told CNN earlier this month that continued fighting with Iran could deplete stockpiles so low that it could impact the US military’s ability to fight with China or even North Korea.

NBC News reported that US commanders, motivated by a desire not to waste their interceptor missiles, are opting not to shoot down Iranian projectiles that are on track to hit unpopulated areas of US bases in the region. The reported tactic signifies a change from prior air and missile defense practices in the region, where a US-manned Patriot detachment defended a mostly evacuated Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, against a wave of Iranian ballistic missiles in June 2025.

https://lite.cnn.com/2026/07/29/politics/us-weapons-stockpiles-dwindle-iran-war

(It seems CNN reporting this has now notified Iran of limited arms, so they will start the war again. Traitors)

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The Defense Department has accelerated its efforts to expand interceptor missile production in recent months, including two deals inked this week to boost Patriot and THAAD rocket motor manufacturing, but a spokesperson declined to answer questions about when the expansion will lead to results.

Analysts say it could take years to fully replenish the US stockpile of high-end munitions, like Patriot missiles, due to the lead time for producing those weapons.

Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell, in a July 28 statement identical to two sent to CNN on the topic since April, said the military “is the most powerful in the world and has everything it needs to execute at the time and place of the President’s choosing. We have executed multiple successful operations across combatant commands while ensuring the U.S. military possesses a deep arsenal of capabilities to protect our people and our interests.”

Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have largely blamed former President Joe Biden’s administration for the munitions shortages. But the issue has been exacerbated by the war with Iran, during which CSIS assesses the US military has fired more than 60% of its key Patriot and THAAD interceptors.

The pending request from the Pentagon for supplemental defense funding includes several provisions related to the stockpile. Hegseth argued to Senate appropriators in a hearing on the supplemental funding ask last week that the Biden administration “took munitions one-for-one and sent them to Ukraine and had tried to replace them with the same bureaucratic process that was too slow and didn’t replace them in real time.”

But lawmakers of both parties have argued that the shortfalls are bigger than any one administration and require bipartisan support to resolve.

“The shortfalls in munitions have been well known to this committee for some time,” said Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine in last Tuesday’s appropriations hearing.“While these munitions shortfalls have been years in the making, they are growing increasingly urgent.

(Bidan gave a lot of arms, munitions etc to Ukraine, now they are trying to blame Trump. And no one spoke up when Trump got in 2025. It sounds like the military is incompetent, especially under Milley and Bidan. Trump needs to negotiate with the arms companies to cut their prices, we are being ripped off by these companies!)

https://lite.cnn.com/2026/07/29/politics/us-weapons-stockpiles-dwindle-iran-war

Trump pours cold water on Kiev’s Patriot dream

The US must be careful about sharing its “extraordinary weapon,” the president has said

Published 31 Jul, 2026 01:

US President Donald Trump has cast doubt on whether Washington will allow Ukraine to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles,despite previously promisingto grant Kiev a production license.

Trump told the Financial Times in a telephone interview on Thursday thathe was “not sure”whether Ukraine would receive permission to produce the missiles, adding that Washington was still considering the request.

Describing the Patriot as a “very extraordinary weapon,”Trump said the US had to be “a little bit carefulabout granting other countries access to its advanced military technology.

The remarks appear to contradict Trump’s public pledge at the NATO summit in Türkiye earlier this month, when he told Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky that Washingtonwould provide Kiev with a license to manufacture Patriot interceptors.

“We’ll give them the right to make Patriots. We’ll show them how to do it,” Trump said at the time, suggesting thatUkraine could produce the missiles rather than complain that the US was not supplying enough of them.

Zelensky emerged from closed-door talks with Trump at the White House on Tuesday, claiming that they had discussed licenses for interceptor production.Trump, however, offered no indication that any agreement had been reached, saying only that “many things were discussed” and that the meeting had gone “very well.”

The initiative isalso facing resistance from US manufacturers, with Boeing reportedly reluctant to transfer sensitive technology used in the seeker warheads of PAC-3 interceptors, according to Die Welt. Lockheed Martin manufactures the missile bodies, while Boeing supplies key components for the warheads.

Kiev’s push for at least 300 additional missilesto sustain its air defenses through the winter has also been complicated by a worldwide shortage, as Washington has expended large numbers of interceptors in its ongoing war with Iran.

Trump has denied reports that the US military is running short of munitions, insisting last week that it has “far more”missiles than it needs. US media reports have nevertheless suggested that concerns over dwindling Patriot and THAAD stocks have affected the scale and timing of American military operations against Iran.

The US presidenttold the FT thathis priority was negotiating an end to the Ukraine conflict rather than supplying more weaponry. “I’m not looking for missiles.We’re looking for peace,” he said, adding that his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, would visit Ukraine in the coming days.

Moscow has repeatedly argued that Western weapons deliveries prolong the hostilities without changing their ultimate outcome. Russian officials have also warned that transferring increasingly sophisticated military technology to Kiev makes NATO countries direct participants in the conflict.

(It sounds like President Trump wants to stop the war Kiev started, Good! I hope we never hear about Zelensky or Ukraine again.)

https://www.rt.com/news/643693-trump-ukraine-patriot-missiles/

‘Our order is to let them go’ – French police on migrants crossing to UK (VIDEO)

Crossings have continued despite London and Paris signing a deal worth £661 million to combat illegal migration

Published 30 Jul, 2026 21:00 | Updated

The French police have admitted that they have orders to let illegal migrants get on small boats and head across the English Channel for the UK,according to a video released by British Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp.

In a video posted on X on Wednesday, Philp speaks to members of the French police on a beach in northern France and confronts them about a group ofmigrants piling onto a small boat just a few yards away.

“Our order is to let them go like that… We just have to say to them, ‘don’t do that, it’s dangerous’,” one officer says.

Speaking to Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine on Thursday, Philp stressed that the French officers could have “easily stopped the migrants” by puncturing the rubber dinghy without putting anyone at risk, as the water was “knee deep.”

“Shabana Mahmood, the Home Secretary, is paying the French government over half a billion pounds, £660 million of our money to the French government to stop these boats,” he said.

The £661 million ($889 million) migration agreement, inked in April,is intended to boost French enforcement action, build up police presenceon beaches and increase surveillance with new helicopter units, cameras and drones, according to the Home Office.

Nevertheless, at least1,487 migrants crossed over to the UK in small boats in the past seven days, with almost 800 arriving on Wednesday, according to government figures.

Successive UK governments have repeatedly promised and failed to reduce the arrivals, despite escalating tensionsfollowing a number of attacks and high-profile murder and rape cases involving migrants in recent years.

Just last week, Keir Starmer was replaced by Andy Burnham as prime minister. Starmer lost support following his deeply unpopular handling of anti-immigration protests and his crackdown on internet speech.

https://www.rt.com/news/643680-french-police-release-migrants-uk/

Chris Philp MP

@CPhilpOfficial

Just leaving this here for you @ShabanaMahmood…..

Home Office

@ukhomeoffice

Jul 29

We are aware of posts circulating online that claim French law enforcementare failing to prevent small boat Channel crossings.

UK-French cooperation has already stopped over 46,000 attempted crossings since the election

https://x.com/CPhilpOfficial/status/2082471861649035684

Zelensky fired me over anti-graft reforms – ex-Ukrainian defense minister

Mikhail Fedorov was dismissed after just six months in office in a sweeping government reshuffle

Published 30 Jul, 2026 20:21 |

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister MikhailFedorov has claimed he was dismissed because reforms to overhaul military procurement and tackle entrenched interests within the ministry triggered a backlash.

Fedorov was removed by Vladimir Zelensky earlier this month after just six months in officeas part of a sweeping government reshuffle. At the time, Zelensky cited tensions between the defense minister and commander-in-chief Aleksandr Syrsky, while Ukrainian mediareported that disagreements over military reform lay behind the rift.

In an interview with Ukrainskaya Pravda published on Wednesday, Fedorov suggested the broader government reshuffle may have served as cover for his dismissal.He said changes to procurement rules and defense tenders had angered vested interests.

“Very many people surrounded the Ministry of Defense and me as minister because we started rebuilding many internal processes,”he said.The reforms had “caused great dissatisfaction” among those whose interests they affected, Fedorov added.

He also said private companies and law enforcement exerted influence over the Defense Ministry. He alleged that some department heads in the ministry had been appointed by such companies, saying his team had sought to reform the “system”rather than “fight specific people.”

Fedorov, 35, became Ukraine’s youngest-ever defense minister in January after serving as minister of digital transformation since 2019.During his six-month tenure, he deepened Kiev’s cooperation with US data-mining and military technology company Palantir while pursuing reforms at the corruption-plagued ministry. In his farewell statement following his dismissal, Fedorov acknowledged that he had failed to reform the ministry in accordance with “NATO standards.”==

The Ukrainian outlet Strana, citing sources, previously suggested the government reshuffle may also have been intended to remove Fedorov,claiming Zelensky had grown dissatisfied with what it described as the minister’s “independent political game”and his ties to circles close to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO).

Ukraine’s Defense Ministry has repeatedly faced procurement scandals under Zelensky. Previous ministers Aleksey Reznikov and Rustem Umerov were both removed after their tenures became embroiled in allegations related to military supplies and Western-funded weapons contracts.

https://www.rt.com/news/643682-ukraine-defense-minister-dismissal/

No wonder Zelensky keeps on begging the US for more arms and money! Fedorov should leave the country before Kiev has an accident on his life!