[CW child abuse] Huw Edwards: Former BBC presenter given suspended sentence

completely unrelated:

Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25

https://www.google.com/theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/18/five-just-stop-oil-supporters-jailed-over-protest-that-blocked-m25

A large long range attack has been carried out against Russia with what appears to be jet powered Ukrainian drones, against the Russian Toropets Military Base/weapons storage system. This led to a runaway explosion of all the ammunition and military equipment stored there, the explosion was so powerful that it registered 2.8 on the Richter scale, and the resulting fires and smoke were visible from satellites in space. Video of the explosion. It seems as if the "state of the art" military base was not state of the art at all in it's blast protection systems, and corruption likely played a role in the base not being up to standard. The General that was in charge of the project, ex Deputy Minister of Defense General Dmitry Bulgakov, was arrested on corruption charges this year in July. He was reported to have embezzled over 400 million rubles during the execution of state contracts. So it looks like he just took the money and ran, instead of building a proper weapons and ammunition storage facility.

Dmitry Bulgakov will also be checked for involvement in actions related to the embezzlement of 400 million rubles in the execution of state contracts of Voentorg. On August 1, the head of the JSC "Voentorg" and the beneficiary of the controlled organisations were detained in the case of embezzlement of a particularly large amount of money during the conclusion of state contracts. It was Bulgakov who was in charge of the logistics of the Russian Armed Forces during the period when these embezzlements were committed.

Bulgakov on the Toropets military base in 2018:

According to the deputy defence minister, the implementation of the arsenal construction programme will make it possible to shelter ammunition in concrete and fast-erecting storage facilities of new construction. It will also help eliminate overloading at the existing storage facilities.

Bulgakov added that it will be possible to minimise the possibility of terrorist attacks on the territory of the arsenal and improve the environmental situation in the storage area.

Brazil receives support from American company and fires order to take down X.

On Wednesday night (18), Anatel (the National Telecommunications Agency) sent notices to 20,000 operators and internet providers again ordering them to block X, after the social network started operating again in Brazil.

Brazil had the support of the American company Cloudflare, used by Elon Musk to circumvent the order of Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who ordered the app to be blocked. Informed by Anatel of what had happened, Cloudflare “isolated” the traffic used by X so that it could be blocked without affecting other institutions and companies using the same network. If it weren't for this, the blockade would also bring down access to the websites of the Supreme Court itself, private banks and others.

was the new yemeni missile a "real" hypersonic or a more standard type with 'hypersonic' strike velocity?---probably marring the terms here but i know there's an important distinction between them people in here have been making that news and hype often conflate.

but it'd be interesting if the real iranian/russian technology was actually in yemen now

Does anyone know the regional consequences of a potential open war declaration by iran, would iran suddenly be at war with all the comprador arab governments in the region as well as israel and the us, by that i mean those countries actually fielding troops not just acting as us staging bases

Hold up. Let RT cook

US accuses Russia’s RT of efforts to ‘destabilize’ Argentine government

The State Department imposed sanctions on the state-funded network for alleged covert intelligence activities

The United States government imposed sanctions on Russian media network RT after accusing the state-funded outlet of carrying out covert intelligence activities around the world to advance Kremlin interests. Among the countries allegedly targeted is Argentina: according to the Biden administration, RT is attempting to “destabilize” President Javier Milei’s government.

“The Russian Government is also engaged in operations meant to destabilize the government of Argentina and escalate tensions between Argentina and its neighbors,” said a release by the State Department on Friday. However, it did not provide any concrete examples of how these alleged destabilization efforts were being conducted.

Of course they didn't provide any concrete examples. OF COURSE.

Milei has been vocal about his support for Ukraine. In June, he participated in the Global Summit for Peace and offered the country “full support” in its war against Russia. He has also expressed disdain for Vladimir Putin’s government: before becoming president, Milei had said he would not be partnering in business with “any communist countries,” including Russia. His government also declined entering the trading bloc BRICS Russia is a part of, an effort that had been spearheaded by the prior administration.

Famous communist, Putin.

In its briefing, the State Department said that RT was no longer just a media outlet, calling it “an entity with cyber capabilities.” It accused it of a series of “malign activities,” such as “engaging in information operations, covert influence, and military procurement in Europe, Africa, and North and South America.” This includes interfering in foreign elections and launching a crowdfunding campaign to procure weapons for Russia’s war against Ukraine.

So like CNN, BBC and etc etc.

According to the statement, these RT-managed influence and intelligence operations began in the Spring of 2023 by direct orders of the Kremlin. It also said RT head Margarita Simonyan and RT Deputy Editor-in-Chief Anton Anisimov have direct knowledge of this enterprise. The State Department explained that the U.S. government was “actively engaged in a diplomatic effort” to inform other governments about these “destabilizing actions abroad”, and encouraged them to “take action” against them.

The United Kingdom and Canada also made similar claims about RT’s alleged covert activities on Friday.

Last week, the U.S. also filed money-laundering charges against two employees of RT for allegedly using shell companies and fake personas to hire a Tennessee company in order to produce online content aimed at influencing the 2024 U.S. presidential election, purportedly in favor of Republican candidate Donald Trump. It also announced actions targeting RT, including Simonyan.

ok still don't care lmao

This is a new chapter in the U.S. and Russia’s strained relationship. Joe Biden’s administration has issued several sanctions against Russian individuals and companies since the war against Ukraine began in 2022. On Saturday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said in her opening remarks at the BRICS media summit in Moscow that RT journalists are being “subjected to a real terrorist and information attack” from the U.S. based on “monstrous and baseless” accusations. She warned member countries that the same could happen to them.

RT, our people yearn for destabilization of the milei regime so we can take back power.

New MoA post. Among things that have already been discussed here, they argue that the Israeli story of the explosives being discovered seems unlikely - why would any Hezbollah operatives not immediately inform their commanders, and how would Israel know of the discovery? Rather, the attack may have been a choice by Netanyahu to silence critics who claim he is not doing enough against Hezbollah.

Isolated illegal miners surrender and abandon Yanomami Indigenous Land in Brazil.

With access difficult, the miners run out of food and give up their criminal activity. The suspects were arrested and taken to Boa Vista (State of Roraima). They were arrested by the Brazilian Federal Police (Brazil's FBI).

The motivation, according to the men's testimony, was the lack of food and the risk to their lives, given that the operations have prevented the transit of supplies and materials to the criminal camps set up inside the Indigenous Territory. The actions of the criminals will be greatly hampered in the coming days once the destruction of airstrips identified inside the TIY begins.

Also during the week of September 8-14, 14 campsites, 8 Starlink or Via Sat antennas, 38 motors, a handmade firearm and 12 generators were destroyed. There was also the destruction of 1,350 liters of diesel and the seizure of a Starlink antenna, seven guns and three rounds of ammunition. From March 2024 to September 14, 2024, the government carried out 1,773 actions to combat mining and provide logistical support.

Newest info from hungary (tho its anonymous sources of one of the biggest lib journo so take it with a grain of salt) is that the original order was made by a bulgarian company who arranged manufacturing and transport of the pagers from Taiwan to Lebanon and the hungarian company was only used as cover.

Brandenburg (the state surrounding Berlin, but w/o Berlin) voted. Somehow the SPD ("socdem" i.e. neolib) gained seats and is slightly ahead of the far-right AfD. Greens and Left look to be below 5% and out. BSW (Wagenknecht; new socdem nationalist/bigot (aka socdem) splitters from The Left) get 13%. CDU (conservatives) at 12%.

By current estimates, it's just enough for an SPD-BSW coalition, and not enough for SPD-CDU or AfD-CDU. This likely means we can all observe how the BSW is going to behave in coalition talks and government and that will be interesting/disappointing.

So, what do we think folks, is this a prelude to a wider Israeli operation in Lebanon or is the shock and awe the operation itself? I fail to see how this lets any of the tens of thousands of Israelis return to their "homes" in the north near the border, nor what this does to cripple Hezbollah's continued attacks on Israeli infrastructure in the north. Is this the opening salvo of the long predicated Special Military Operation in Lebanon? A cheap tactic for Netanyahu and co to chalk up a win? Something else? This is an incredibly impressive operation, but you only get to try this trick once. Not sure why now.

West Bank: Zionist Soldiers Kills 3 Civilians in a Inhuman Incursion - Telesur English

Venezuela Seizes New Shipment of U.S. Military Equipment - Telesur

african_stream getting a shoutout from that white devil Blinken:
https://xcancel.com/DavidHundeyin/status/1835477682580029683

If I were Iran I would simply launch everything I have right now in this very second at every military base in the entity

Even though I am rather doomer myself, pager attack seems to be of rather limited damage as there is almost no interruption to hezbollah attacks on israhell. But I hoped Nasrallah admit some failure on his part. I don't expect them to announce what is their solutions since that info will be abused by zionazis. We don't know scale of affect of Iran missile strike on isfake and probably never will but even that managed to stop the bombing in gaza for one day. I hope they start enforcing discipline better. Some officers really need to be held accountable as isn'treal was able to easily track shipment and send fake ones unnoticed and there was not even inspection on arrived materials

Iran Reaffirms their Support to Nicolas Maduro and the Venezuelan Revolution - Telesur English

Kursk salient is now looking to be fucked...