Trump Peppered With Questions About Russia Amid Heavy Bipartisan Criticism

Kathryn WilkensOct 12th, 2026, 6:02 pm

President Donald Trump faced a barrage of questions about Russia outside the White House on Monday, as his administration comes under mounting bipartisan scrutiny over its dealings with Moscow.

On Friday, the president announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to help ease U.S. diesel shortages as the ongoing war in Iran continues to drive up fuel prices for Americans. By Sunday, a bipartisan group of senators with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee had condemned the deal as running “directly counter” to the law.

Also on Sunday, Trump claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to an “energy ceasefire,” an announcement that appeared to catch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky off guard. Yet, Putin subsequently launched an attack on a power plant in eastern Ukraine.

That strike prompted the first question the president fielded on his relations with Russia Monday.

“I’m not sure about that,” Trump said when asked for his reaction. “We’ll take a look, but all I know is that Zelensky and Putin have to get together and end that ridiculous war.”

The next question was on the president’s claimed ceasefire — “Both sides say they have not agreed to that,” noted a reporter.

“Well, they agreed,” Trump insisted. “You know why? Because I said, ‘You agree.’ That’s why.”

Then came another question about Russia’s apparent violation.

“Well, I’d have to look at it,” the president reiterated. “There’s been violations on both sides.”

Another reporter continued, “Zelensky says he supports your energy ceasefire, but Putin doesn’t. What’s your message to Putin?”

“I think they both support it,” Trump responded. “I think they want to make a deal, but they don’t know how. We’re gonna get ’em to make a deal.”

“We haven’t heard anything from Putin, sir,” that same reporter noted.

“Well, we’re gonna see what happens,” the president promised.

“Putin wants to make a deal more than Zelensky,” Trump even said when hit with yet another question on the subject.

https://www.mediaite.com/politics/trump/trump-peppered-with-questions-about-russia-amid-heavy-bipartisan-criticism

Mike Rogers Accuses El-Sayed of ‘Lying’ About Family’s Muslim Brotherhood Connection, Citing His Sister

Alex Griffing

Oct 12th, 2026, 6:04 pm

Mike Rogers, the GOP nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, quickly turned his opponent’s Sunday appearance on Meet the Press into a campaign ad, accusing Abdul El-Sayed of “Lying” about his family’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt.

“Can you set the record straight about whether you or your family have any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood?” moderator Kristen Welker asked El-Sayed.

El-Sayed replied, “No, but let’s talk about this.”

“No, you don’t have any ties?” Welker clarified, as El-Sayed, “No.”

“And your family doesn’t?” Welker added, to which El-Sayed again said, “No.”

Rogers posted a response on social writing, “This morning, Abdul El-Sayed was asked about his family’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. And he denied it — an outright lie. The truth is, Abdul and his family have surrounded themselves with some of the most heinous organizations and anti-American actors in history. He is too extreme to get anywhere near the US Senate.”

Right-leaning pundits were quick to point to past comments from El-Sayed’s half-sister.

Eman Abdelhadi, a professor at the University of Chicago with a history of controversial statements, posted on social media in 2012 and 2013 that her family was connected to the group.

The Washington Free Beacon found the posts and reported over the weekend:

“My family has long been MB,” Abedlhadi wrote on June 24, 2012, days after Egypt elected Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi as president. “I have had family jailed for being a part of it,” she wrote on July 3, 2013.

“Praying for all my family that supports the #MB in Egypt. Lie low, stay safe” she said.

Roger’s campaign quickly jumped on the apparent discrepancy and released a scathing new campaign ad, attacking El-Sayed’s family.

The ad begins and ends with clips from the Welker interview, with other news media clips cut in between.

“El-Sayed’s birth mother reportedly worked for a designated terror group that provided financial support to Osama bin Laden, the Taliban, and also Hamas,” says a local news anchor in the ad.

“His father-in-law sits on the board of an organization that is linked to the Muslim Brotherhood,” says another newscaster.

“The Muslim Brotherhood celebrated his win in the primary,” says a host who appears to be a podcaster.

“He said El-Sayed took money linked directly to terrorist groups, and El-Sayed couldn’t deny the claim,” adds Fox News’s Greg Gutfeld in a clip.

“His sister-in-law was on a terrorist watch list, and his sister publicly praised the October 7 terrorist attack,” another clip adds.

The ad ends with news reports of El-Sayed’s past claim that he has Egyptian citizenship.

El-Sayed has previously been accused of lying about being a dual U.S.-Egyptian citizen and for claiming he’s a physician, although he does not currently have a medical license – although he is a doctor.

“I carry dual citizenship, and I grew up spending most of my summers in another country where I understood what it meant not to have the right to self-govern,” El-Sayed told a Detroit GlobeMed conference in 2016.El-Sayed’s campaign spokeswoman Roxie Richner responded to reporting on the past statement, calling it an error and making clear “Abdul is not a dual citizen by any verifiable metric and never has been.”

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/mike-rogers-accuses-el-sayed-of-lying-about-familys-muslim-brotherhood-connect-citing-his-sister/

Press Gaggle: Donald Trump Speaks to Reporters Before Marine One Departure- October 12, 2026

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https://youtu.be/MCgwyp9XRD4?si=Ca1XxTxvIoEMvt7H

Barbara Boyd Explores the Ramifications of the Trump-Putin Energy Deal

October 12, 2026 | Sundance |

It is challenging to put the geopolitical perspective into an easily digestible format because the construct of western finance is the only reference point available for most Americans. We do not have solid references for what exists outside the western monetary constructs that have existed for generations. However, Barbara Boyd tries to expand our cognitive bubble to explore the potential ramifications of a Trump-Putin energy agreement.

I do not personally think President Trump engages these dynamics from a reference of London or the U.K. Instead, he simply seems to recognize the institutional financial constructs are no longer working to the benefit of American interests, and those constructs happen to be from the British Commonwealth financial system and the bank of financial settlements.

Promethean Action’s Barbara Boyd opens with President Trump’s Sunday announcement of an energy ceasefire in the war between Russia and Ukraine, and what led up to it: his remarks to the press that it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president, and Friday’s agreement for Russia to supply diesel to the United States and the world, with a Treasury license authorizing Russian diesel through April 2027.

She argues that Trump and Putin have exposed the game being played by the City of London: Ukraine’s drone strikes on Russia’s refineries, which the Washington Post examined, keep fuel prices high ahead of the November 3 midterms, while the Financial Times reports the administration threatened to cut off weapons and intelligence if the attacks continued, and members of Congress move against the deal.

After President Zelensky’s interview on ABC’s This Week blaming high prices on the war in the Middle East, the episode turns to the energy wars: Russia’s ban on fuel exports, U.S. diesel above $6 a gallon, no major new U.S. refinery since 1977, and Europe’s emergency diesel stocks, held mainly by Germany and France, until Trump’s export threat brought a G7 release of 100 million barrels of oil and diesel.

Her presentation closes with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Operation Economic Outcast against Iran’s regime, the petrodollar system and London’s commodity markets since the 1971 collapse of Bretton Woods, President Putin’s case for long-term contracts between producing and consuming nations, the Conservative Treehouse’s argument that the world’s biggest economy is aligning against the financial schemes of London while retaining the dollar, and Secretary Bessent’s chart on prices under Biden and Trump.

Did Trump and Putin Just Kill London’s Oil Game?

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https://youtu.be/pdtBy-8HMq8?si=EMDnSZwo4VVIB-oK

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President Trump is Making Chopper Pressers Great Again – Video

October 12, 2026 | Sundance |

Chopper Pressers have always been the best pressers, but when there are headline events swirling that capture great attention, chopper pressers are always awesome. I really appreciate them for how Trump cuts through the nonsense.

President Trump gives brief remarks about a variety of headline grabbing events. The first two minutes are captivating in the rapid-fire honesty. Seriously, in just the first two non-pretending minutes Trump hits on Ilhan Omar, Zelenskyy and Putin, Kimberly Guilfoile, the issues with Ukraine and Russia energy ceasefire.

Ilhan Omar is a terrible complainer and sketchy, but I have nothing to do with that. Not sure who is targeting Ukraine energy infrastructure, “we’ll have to take a look at that.” Looking at possibly having to fire the Ambassador to Greece for being a sketchy grifter. Ukraine and Russia “agree to the energy ceasefire because I’m saying they agree.” WATCH:

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https://www.youtu.be/vcMmnJsdFEA

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Flashback: Ilhan Omar’s Sister Incorporated Her $20 Million USAID-Linked Consulting Firm to EXACT ADDRESS as “Feeding Our Future” Somali Scammer’s Address

by Jim Hoft Oct. 12, 2026 6:40 pm1/2

Earlier Monday morning, federal agents raided the Washington, DC-area residence of far-left Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork.

Fox News Digital reported exclusively that the pre-dawn raid is part of an ongoing criminal fraud investigation into the Somali-born congresswoman’s immigration paperwork, documents filled out by her late father when she was a child.

According to her website, Ilhan Omar arrived in the United States in March 1995, when she was 12 years old. She came with her family as a Somali refugee after spending approximately four years in a refugee camp in Kenya. She became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2000, at age 17.

Multiple agents wearing HSI jackets were observed outside the residence around 6 a.m.

A DOJ spokesperson stated:

“Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation.”

A Democrat judge signed the order to allow the raid of the toxic Minnesota representative.

This evening, Insider Wire reminded readers that Ilhan’s sister is tied to Minnesota’s biggest government fraud scandal.

What a family!

The Gateway Pundit reported on Ilhan’s sister’s ties to the state’s massive government fraud scandal back in July.

The stunning connection emerged between Rep. Ilhan Omar’s family and the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud scandal that robbed American taxpayers of hundreds of millions of dollars intended to feed needy children.

Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor, registered her consulting company at a Minnesota residence connected through business records to several major figures in the Feeding Our Future operation, according to an investigation by The Daily Wire.

Noor founded Grit Partners Consulting, a health and leadership consultancy focused largely on projects in Africa.

Noor’s website claims that she has “secured more than $20 million in funding for health initiatives” and consulted on projects backed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USAID, GAVI, and the World Bank.

The website does not say that Grit Partners itself received $20 million from USAID. Rather, Noor claims to have secured more than $20 million for health initiatives while consulting on projects supported by multiple agencies and organizations, including USAID. Noor’s website

But it is the address used to incorporate her company that is now raising serious questions.

According to The Daily Wire’s investigation, Grit Partners was registered at a home on Hyacinth Way in Lakeville, Minnesota.

That address reportedly belongs to Mashah Ahmed Ali and his wife, Ister Ahmed Afraa, also known as Ismahan Afraah.

Trending: BREAKING: Federal Agents RAID Far-Left Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington, DC Home in Pre-Dawn Operation

Afraa’s business history intersects with multiple individuals and entities tied to the Feeding Our Future scandal.

The Daily Wire reported that Afraa established Sunrise Business Center with Hanna Marekegn, who pleaded guilty to participating in the Feeding Our Future fraud operation.

Marekegn admitted to helping steal millions of dollars while falsely claiming to provide meals to thousands of children. She also admitted that accusations of racism were used to pressure state bureaucrats when they questioned the operation’s obviously suspicious numbers.

Afraa also incorporated Sunshine Care Center MN, according to the report. State health records reportedly listed Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock as the contact person for Sunshine Care Center.

Bock was sentenced in May to 500 months — more than 41 years — in federal prison for leading the massive scheme.

According to the Justice Department, Feeding Our Future fraudulently obtained and distributed more than $240 million through over 250 meal sites.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/flashback-ilhan-omars-sister-incorporated-her-20-million/

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The same Hyacinth Way residence was also used as the registered address for Diversity Childcare Center LLC, with Afraa listed as its manager in Minnesota state records. The Daily Wire reported that state records likewise identified Bock as a contact for that operation.

Another figure connected to Afraa is Sahra Mohamed Nur — not to be confused with Ilhan Omar’s sister, Sahra Noor.

Nur was sentenced to 51 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $5 million in restitution after pleading guilty to wire fraud and money laundering.

Nur operated S & S Catering, which claimed to have served more than eight million meals through the federal food program. The Justice Department said the company received more than $16 million in Feeding Our Future reimbursements based on fraudulent claims.

Afraa reportedly operated a company from Nur’s home, while the two women were associated with similarly named property companies.

This is quite the web.

Then The Daily Wire contacted Mashah Ahmed Ali, he claimed he had never heard of the businesses registered at his home or the companies associated with his wife.

“There must be some sort of scam going on, I have no idea,”he told the outlet.

Ali reportedly refused to provide contact information for his wife. Afraa and Noor did not respond to The Daily Wire’s requests for comment.

To be clear, the shared address and business associations do not by themselves prove that Sahra Noor or Grit Partners participated in the Feeding Our Future fraud. Neither Noor nor Grit Partners has been publicly charged in that case.

But the newly uncovered connections demand an explanation — especially as Ilhan Omar continues to stonewall Minnesota lawmakers seeking records about her own dealings with individuals involved in the scandal.

As The Gateway Pundit previously reported, Omar’s name appeared repeatedly in court exhibits from Bock’s criminal case, including an email chain titled “Ilhan’s Office.”

Another email reportedly carried the subject line “help with USDA food program,” while investigators recovered a text-message exchange between Omar and Bock during a search of Bock’s home.

Omar also promoted the federal food program at Safari Restaurant, one of the scheme’s major fraudulent meal sites, and her campaign received contributions from multiple Feeding Our Future defendants.

Minnesota’s House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Committee invited Omar to testify and requested her communications with Bock, Safari Restaurant personnel, her former staffer Guhaad Hashi Said, and numerous other Feeding Our Future defendants.

Omar failed to appear and did not provide the requested records by the committee’s May 5 deadline.

Minnesota Democrats then blocked the committee’s attempt to subpoena her. The motion received five Republican votes but failed to reach the six votes required for approval. The Minnesota House’s official account confirms that the subpoena attempt failed after all three Democrats present opposed it.

Omar has denied having any knowledge of the fraudulent scheme.

“Any claim that I had knowledge of this scheme is flat-out false,” Omar said in May.

She defended the bipartisan MEALS Act, which she introduced during the pandemic, and said she was grateful that Bock and others were being held accountable.

But Omar’s denial does not answer the committee’s questions, and it certainly does not explain why her sister’s company was incorporated at a residence connected through public records to several central figures in the largest fraud scandal in Minnesota history.

The American people deserve answers.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/10/flashback-ilhan-omars-sister-incorporated-her-20-million/

“Judges Do Not Authorize Home Raids Lightly!” — Mike Davis Discusses Why Federal Judge Signed Off on Search Warrant for Ilhan Omar’s Home Amid Immigration Fraud Investigation(VIDEO)

by Jim Hᴏft Oct. 12, 2026 6:20

Federal agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) executed a judicially authorized search warrant early Monday morning at the Washington, DC-area home of radical Minnesota Democrat and Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation into her immigration paperwork.

The pre-dawn operation, first reported exclusively by Fox News Digital, began around 6 a.m. Agents in HSI jackets were observed outside the residence, and footage showed them carrying boxes of evidence from the home over the course of several hours.

A Department of Justice spokesperson confirmed: “Today in the Washington, D.C., area, Homeland Security Investigations executed a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the Department of Justice. This enforcement action is part of an ongoing federal investigation.”

The DOJ later specified the probe is criminal in nature. Sources told Fox the investigation focuses on fraud related to immigration documents filled out by Omar’s late father when she was a child.

According to Article III Project founder and former Senate Judiciary Committee counsel Mike Davis, citing DC U.S. District Court’s public website, Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh was the magistrate on criminal duty from October 3 through October 16, 2026, the period covering the raid. He therefore would have signed the search warrant for Omar’s home.

Judge Sharbaugh was appointed as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in October 2024, near the end of the Biden administration, and was selected by the Democrat-controlled DC federal court.

He previously twice clerked for Obama-appointed Judge Robert L. Wilkin, first on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia and then on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. He was sworn in by Chief Judge James E. Boasberg.

In Steve Bannon’s War Room, Mike Davis explained the gravity of the warrant. “What a search warrant of a home means is that an Article III judge has determined that there’s probable cause that evidence of a crime will be found in that home,” Davis said.

“You have a federal judge in DC signing off on this search warrant at Ilhan Omar’s home. It was an investigation by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice. … There’s at least a federal judge [who] at least thinks it’s more likely than not that there’s evidence of a federal crime inside that home. … Judges do not do home raids lightly.”

Davis noted the significance of the venue: the D.C. District Court has long been stacked with Obama- and Biden-appointed judges who have been among the most aggressive in anti-Trump rulings. Obtaining a home-search warrant there is no small feat.

He added that the case appears tied to potential immigration fraud surrounding how Omar arrived in the country and became a naturalized citizen (she arrived as a refugee in 1995 at age 12 and naturalized in 2000 at 17). Successful proof of fraud could lead to criminal charges or a denaturalization process, subject to the statute of limitations.

Davis also flagged longstanding issues with Omar’s financial disclosures, one year reporting assets in the tens of millions, the next corrected to far lower figures (in some analyses approaching negative net worth) with little clear explanation, and the persistent allegations that she married her brother, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, in a 2009 scheme to facilitate his immigration status.

“These are all allegations. Nothing has been proved,” Davis cautioned. “This is simply the first step when you do a home raid like this.”

WATCH:

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https://x.com/Bannons_WarRoom/status/2109651317602009392

EU running ‘dirty smear campaign’ to undermine Rosatom – Russian intel

Ursula von der Leyen hopes to force the nuclear giant out of Hungary, according to the SVR

Published 12 Oct, 2026 18:20 | Updated 12 Oct, 2026 19:25

The European Commission is orchestrating a “dirty smear campaign” against Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom in an effort to force it out of Hungary, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has asserted.

The campaign targets Rosatom’s construction of the Paks II nuclear power plant, which is intended to expand Hungary’s existing Soviet-built nuclear facility, the agency said in a statement on Monday.

“[European Commission President] Ursula von der Leyen has directly set before her administration a task to force Peter Magyar’s government to refuse from cooperation with Russia in the sphere of peaceful atom,” according to the SVR.

Magyar’s Tisza party decisively defeated Viktor Orban’s Euroskeptic Fidesz in April, signaling a shift toward closer ties with Brussels. However, despite describing Hungary’s reliance on Russian energy as a “security risk,” the new government has sought an exemption from US sanctions targeting buyers of Russian oil.

The SVR accused Brussels of using Politico Europe as the “mouthpiece” of its campaign, singling out journalist Ben Makuch as its chief instigator. The outlet has published several reports on Rosatom in recent months, alleging labor abuses, negligence and construction delays.

“Eurobureaucrats have openly acknowledged the inability of European manufacturers to compete fairly with Rosatom in the nuclear energy market,”the SVR said, warning that any alternative contractor would make Paks II less efficient and less secure.

The agency further alleged that von der Leyen expects to personally benefit from replacing Rosatom with a Western company, accusing her of a history of lobbying for major corporations and facilitating questionable multibillion-euro contracts.

It cited her handling of the EU’s Covid-19 vaccine procurement deal with Pfizer, which has faced years of scrutiny and remains under investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.

The SVR also accused what it called the “globalist clique” running the EU of disregarding Hungary’s national interests, warning that Budapest could be pressured into abandoning a reliable source of electricity capable of ensuring its energy security for decades.

Hungary has long relied on Russian nuclear fuel and technical support for its four Soviet-built reactors at Paks, which generate around 40% of the country’s electricity.The two additional reactors planned under Paks II are expected to significantly increase nuclear power generation and reduce the country’s dependence on imported energy.

https://rt-english.com/russia/647097-eu-smear-campaign-rosatom-hungary-svr/

Russia unveils new AI training hub for combat drones

The new service gives developers access to a database of FPV battlefield footage, the military has announced

Published 12 Oct, 2026 12:21

The Russian Defense Ministry has revealed a new service providing drone developers with combat footage from FPV, multirotor, and fixed-wing drones to train military AI systems. The ministry said the platform will help the armed forces adapt to evolving AI-related challenges.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said in September that Russia will continue to actively integrate digital technologies and AI-based solutions into its weapons development programs. However, he warned of the risks of using AI in the military, noting that cases in which the technology makes decisions autonomously have been recorded.

The new service is protected by certified information-security systems, including modern encryption and authentication tools, the Defense Ministry said on Monday. The platform also uses a standardized classification system for machine-learning data, allowing developers to organize and process information in a common format.

Developers upload the results of their work to the platform, where the data is checked for completeness and to ensure it follows the standardized format. The Defense Ministry uses the data to build and train its own AI models.

More than 40 organizations involved in AI model training have joined the project, Deputy Defense Minister Dmitry Shcherbinin said. Some are already integrating their trained models into combat drone systems, he added.

In July, the ministry announced the development of a data repository for training neural networks. Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said it will allow drone manufacturers to train neural networks for their aircraft and process data directly onboard. He acknowledged the technical complexity of the work but said solutions are already being developed. Belousov also ordered upgrades to a hardware and software system used to assess the performance of drone crews more accurately.

The Defense Ministry has also been integrating AI into drones, air defense systems, and military command and control. Russia established a separate branch of the military dedicated to unmanned systems in November 2025. Deputy Chief Sergey Ishtuganov said the branch’s training units were working closely with drone manufacturers.

Earlier this year, Belousov said Russian drones use AI for image recognition, target acquisition, and navigation. He said neural networks need continuous training, prompting the creation of data centers across the country. He also identified air defense as another area for AI development, with a project to upgrade these systems due to be completed by the end of the year in cooperation with commercial companies.

Last year, Belousov announced trials of SVOD, a system that uses AI to analyze intelligence and recommend courses of action to commanders as part of a broader digital transformation of the military. In July, Konstantin Nechaev, the commander of Russia’s Center Group of Forces, said the system enabled automated fire strikes and had been in use for nearly a year.

https://rt-english.com/russia/647073-russia-ai-training-hub-drones/

Reform pledges to suspend UK's asylum system for up to five years

Ewan Somerville - Political reporter; Henry Moore

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Reform UK has announced plans to effectively close down the UK's asylum system for a full parliamentary term if elected.

The party said all new asylum applications would be rejected and existing applications voided, with all claimants marked for deportation. It said no grants of humanitarian protection or refugee status would be made, while legal refugee routes and resettlement schemes would end.

Reform said it would also scrap the asylum tribunal system and deport 90,000 people currently with appeal cases, with home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf saying "Britain is full".

Labour called the proposals a "clear sign of desperation and weakness" and the Refugee Council branded them "unworkable".

Reform said its existing plans to make migrants who have entered the UK illegally, overstayed a visa or originated from a safe country ineligible for asylum would effectively prevent any current asylum claimant "from ever having their case heard".

The party said it would therefore "suspend the asylum system entirely for a full parliamentary term".

A parliamentary term usually lasts five years unless an early UK general election is called.

Under further proposals, Reform said it would pull the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and disapply the 1951 Refugee Convention to prevent legal challenges to its plans.

The party said it would ban British visas for countries such as Pakistan, Somalia, Eritrea, Syria, Afghanistan and Sudan if they refuse to allow deportation flights to land in their country.

For countries without a significant legal foreign national presence in the UK, the party said it would consider asset freezes and potential tariffs on goods and services for non-compliance.

Announcing the plans in a speech in Hythe, Kent on Monday, party leader Nigel Farage said the UK is "now living in a national security emergency".

"We want to get back to being a normal country, a country that puts national security at the top of the agenda, a country that does everything it can to protect its citizens."

He claimed the plans were "going to save us a fortune" but declined to say how many civil servants would be required to process the deportations, other than that Home Office staff currently overseeing asylum claims would be reprioritised.

In a speech, Yusuf said he would "have to embark on the biggest mass deportation programme this country has ever seen" if made home secretary but "we will not be returning people to harm".

"We've got to prioritise the British people," Yusuf said, pointing to Britons facing long waits for emergency care and people in their 30s and 40s having to live at home because of rent prices.

He claimed the millions of unauthorised immigrants deported under former US President Barack Obama's administration showed there was "precedent" for the party's plans.

Reform also said it would create a specialised agency focusing on the detention and deportation of those in the UK illegally, with 24,000 to 28,000 detention spaces needed - but is unclear how this would provide enough capacity.

Previous pledges from Reform include a review of all asylum claims from the last five years and returning all small boat arrivals.

In response to the latest announcement, Jon Featonby, chief policy analyst at the Refugee Council, said "closing our asylum system would cause chaos".

"Desperate people would still arrive on our shores, but instead of entering an orderly system, they would be driven underground and vulnerable to exploitation and abuse," he told the BBC.

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All the main political parties should focus on speeding up asylum decisions "so that instead of languishing in accommodation paid for by the taxpayer, those found to be refugees can move into proper housing, start work or training, and begin contributing to their communities, while those with no right to stay can be helped to return with dignity," he added.

Bridget Phillipson said Farage was "casting around for more and more extreme policies" as he deals with questions about finances and rival party Restore Britain.

The Labour chair said her party is showing "we can control immigration and get numbers down with serious action, not by abandoning the asylum system altogether", adding the "right approach" is "not giving up or caving to the most extreme voices, but ensuring that the rules we have are properly enforced".

In March, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said any asylum seeker given refugee status will now only be offered temporary protection, reviewed every 30 months.

In September, she also reopened a scheme to resettle refugees in the UK, saying she hoped that offering "safe and legal" routes would deter small boat crossings.

Reform has questioned if safe routes for Afghans and Palestinians to the UK should stay, but said it would keep a temporary settlement scheme for Ukrainians fleeing the war against Russia, as well as EU settled status with benefit cuts.

Conservative shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the proposals "largely copy" his party's policies, arguing: "Only the Conservatives have a serious and credible plan to fix our borders."

The Tories previously said they would task officials with removing 750,000 illegal immigrants within five years, under Trump-style deportation plans.

Lib Dems home affairs spokesperson Max Wilkinson said the "UK can only restore order, control and fairness by joining the EU migration and asylum pact", which increases the number of irregular migrants returned to their home countries and spreads responsibility for asylum seekers across the EU.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/reform-suspend-asylum-system-parliamentary-212255164.html

Poland deploys 24,000 police after deadly school attacks

A wave of stabbings and online threats has prompted a nationwide security crackdown, with nearly 80,000 school inspections carried out

Published 12 Oct, 2026 14:32 | Updated 12 Oct, 2026 15:35

Poland has deployed more than 20,000 police officers nationwide following a series of school stabbings and online threats, launching a sweeping security crackdown that has resulted in dozens of arrests.

The emergency measures follow three stabbing attacks in four days that left one person dead and more than a dozen injured. Threats of further violence circulating online have fueled widespread alarm, prompting some schools to suspend classes and parents to keep their children at home.

Police announced on Monday that officers conducted nearly 80,000 inspections of educational institutions, detained 135 people, and identified 311 suspected criminal offenses.

“Police operations are still underway throughout Poland to ensure the safety of children, young people, and all employees of educational institutions,” the national police headquarters said, adding that officers are monitoring online threats around the clock.

Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski ordered the nationwide operation on Sunday, stepping up patrols inside and around schools. He confirmed that 24,000 officers have been mobilized.

“There will be no tolerance for any attacks on Polish children, nor for the descent of public life into anarchy,” Kierwinski told state broadcaster TVP Info.

Police have also detained teenagers suspected of planning attacks or posting violent threats online.

In one case, investigators discovered that a boy had recreated his school in the online game Roblox and simulated attacks on fellow students. Police said they found a firearm, ammunition, and knives in his possession.

The security operation follows three stabbing incidents in less than a week.

On Wednesday, a 19-year-old attacked students, teachers, and passersby at a vocational school in Ostroleka, north of Warsaw, injuring nine people before being arrested.

The following day, a 15-year-old former pupil wearing a helmet-mounted camera fatally stabbed a school caretaker and wounded two teachers in Leszczydol-Nowiny, northeast of the capital.

On Saturday, three people were injured in another stabbing at a further education college in Warsaw. A woman was detained in connection with the attack.

The violence was followed by a surge in social media threats of a ‘Bloody Friday’ campaign targeting schools, further fueling public fears.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned of a growing “fascination with violence” among young people, describing it as a disturbing trend both in Poland and worldwide.

The authorities, however, said investigators found no evidence that the attacks were coordinated, warning that misinformation and unverified threats circulating online contributed to public panic.

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