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An EU watchdog is investigating European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen over a secret group chat involving Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and several other European leaders, according to the Dutch outlet Follow the Money (FTM). The probe follows a complaint by FTM after the European Commission refused to release messages from a private group chat that reportedly included German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel…

Outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has turned the UK into an “authoritarian hellhole,” with more people being jailed and arrested for social media posts than in any other country in the world, former MP George Galloway has told RT. · Starmer announced on Monday that he would step down as prime minister and Labour Party leader by September, citing a widespread internal revolt against his leadership. · Speaking to RT’s Rick Sanchez,…

!Dutch doctors euthanize child under 12 for first time – media · FILE PHOTO. © Getty Images / AgFang · Dutch doctors euthanize child under 12 for first time – media · The measure was introduced in 2024 for young patients with no prospect of recovery · Published 23 Jun, 2026 | Updated 23 Jun, 2026 · A child under the age of 12 has been euthanized in the Netherlands for the first time, Health Minister Sophie Hermans has said, according to…

Vladimir Putin says Ukraine’s mounting battlefield losses, means it’s now aiming low by targeting civilians. Russia's top diplomat takes aim at the West over its foreign-policy priorities highlighting their visible need for global dominance. · Going with the flow - Iranian officials say the Strait of Hormuz is fully back in business. Although the head of Tehran's negotiating team insists the waterway will never return to its pre-war status quo.

'Wherever they have tried to disregard our rights, we will not back down'. Those were the words of the Iranian President as his delegation headed home from the Swiss peace talks which were almost derailed by Donald Trump firing off his latest threats against Tehran. · The US Vice President JD Vance explains with a straight face just why Israel continues its campaign in Southern Lebanon, although it seems Tel-Aviv has in mind something else…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that he will resign from his post and will step down as the leader of the Labour Party. · In an address outside 10 Downing Street on Monday, Starmer said he already informed King Charles III of his decision and asked the Labour Party to lay out a timetable to elect a new leader by September, adding that he will remain in his post until then. Starmer became prime minister in 2024 following the…

In this episode of Moscow Mules, Chay Bowes and his crew watch as the US pretends to be a new Rome while failing to control the barbarian hordes of European warmongers. Also in the episode, our (hopefully) final laughs at two-faced Kier and Zelensky’s crocodile tears. Tune in.

As the push for peace between the US and Iran gets underway in Switzerland, Donald Trump still splashes his threats online, promising to hit Tehran hard, while his vice president says the issue with Lebanon is just messy. It comes after Israeli strikes on the country on Saturday, reportedly left 16 people dead. · But even as negotiations begin, JD Vance seems to think the best way to do diplomacy, is to take a swipe at Tehran. · Russia opens…

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who had negotiated a much-touted rare earth minerals deal with Kiev, was reportedly worried that the “little fker”* Vladimir Zelensky would mess up the signing ceremony in the Oval Office, according to a new book by New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. The infamous confrontation last year took place as the Ukrainian leader sat down with US President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D.…

Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has issued an ultimatum to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, threatening him with military action if Belarus fails to dismantle the air defense radar array along its southern border, just days after a deadly Ukrainian drone strike on a bus carrying a children’s soccer team from the country. Earlier this week, Lukashenko said that those seeking to drag his nation into the conflict “will have to pay dearly for…