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#SWEDISH #CRIMINAL #NETWORK RECRUITS #TEENAGERS ON BEHALF OF #IRAN: On August 2, the #BBC published a major #investigation into the Swedish criminal group #Foxtrot. Since 2023, Foxtrot has systematically carried out operations on behalf of Iran’s #government across #europe
#SWEDISH #CRIMINAL #NETWORK RECRUITS #TEENAGERS ON BEHALF OF #IRAN: On August 2, the #BBC published a major #investigation into the Swedish criminal group #Foxtrot. Since 2023, Foxtrot has systematically carried out operations on behalf of Iran’s #government across #europe
#US General warns #Pentagon he lacks sufficient forces to protect #Israel
A shortage of #Navy destroyers, used to defend against #Iran ballistic missile attacks, will force the head of US European Command to prioritize the US homeland instead, officials said.
#idiocracy #kakistocracy #MilitaryReadiness #Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/08/01/general-warns-pentagon-he-lacks-sufficient-forces-protect-israel/
The top #US General in #Europe privately warned the #Pentagon this week that he lacks sufficient naval forces to continue protecting #Israel from incoming ballistic missiles, ofcls said, illustrating how the ongoing #Iran #war has imposed constraints on the #military.
Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, head of US EUCOM, sent written notification to senior Pentagon ofcls saying that without another Navy destroyer he will be forced to choose defense of the US “homeland” over that of Israel, said the ofcls….
For many months we heard Trump say about Ukraine, "I just want to stop the killing".
Now Putin is hitting Ukraine with ballistic missiles every night, while Trump is literally holding back the very patriot missiles which could stop the killing.
Washington has fallen. And the sooner Europe stops hoping for American support, the sooner Europe can fully commit to defeating Russia.
This is not Ukraine's war. This is the war which will define the future for all Europeans.
@randahl #VladTheInvader #Putin is *very* pleased with his puppet #POTUS in the #WhiteHouse. Inside the #Kremlin #DonaldTheDeplorable #Trump is referred to as #AgentKrasnov.
#Resist #TrumpRussiaCollusion to #SaveAmerica - and #Europe.
#ExxonMobil on Friday reported that its second quarter profits doubled to $14.53 billion, boosted by record #diesel production. The #oil giant, based in Spring, Texas, brought in $116.02 billion in revenue, up 42%.
#Chevron, based in Houston, nearly quadrupled its profits to $12.07 billion & revenue jumped 56% to $70.06 billion.
#BigOil #WarProfiteering #FossilFuels #ClimateChange #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Trump #economy #inflation #affordability #CostOfLiving #oil #energy #EnergyCrisis
Six of #Europe’s largest #oil companies posted combined first-quarter profits of $22 billion, more than 40% higher than last year.
“There are constituencies around the world who are having a very good crisis, & the oil producers are one of them,” said Patrick Galey, #FossilFuels lead at Global Witness, a nonprofit organization that investigates environmental issues.
#BigOil #WarProfiteering #ClimateChange #TrumpsWar #IranWar #US #Iran #Trump #economy #inflation #CostOfLiving #EnergyCrisis
The #BorderCrisis boiled over Thursday & Friday with security forces clashing with immigrants on the Moroccan side of the border.
#Spain PM Pedro Sánchez condemned the breach on Friday speaking in Ceuta, describing the events as “a violation of Spain’s territorial integrity.”
Sánchez cast blame on #HumanSmugglers, saying they “deceive so many young people, & ultimately lead many of them to their deaths—whether in the ocean or, as in this case, at Spain’s border in the autonomous city of Ceuta.”
#Ceuta officials now report 34 people have died. Earlier, Spanish authorities had said 19 bodies were found in the water.
Around 25,000 have turned & gone back to #Morocco voluntarily the #Spain Interior Ministry said.
#immigration #BorderCrisis #Europe #Africa #law #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ceuta-border-crisis-live-more-than-49000-migrants-cross-into-spanish-enclave-2026-07-31/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement
You think it was all about Trump this year? Just wait.
#Europe nations have agreed to #boycott the #WorldCup over FIFA’s plans to sell stakes in the tournament to #PrivateInvestors.
The decision to boycott any competition run by #FIFA was taken at a virtual meeting of the 55 national associations which are members of #UEFA, the European #football confederation, on Thursday, according to sources with knowledge of the meeting.
#soccer
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7476012/2026/07/30/fifa-world-cup-boycott-sale-uefa/?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.llaS.4hklEG-Abdax&source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&smid=url-share-ta
Russian strikes across #Ukraine, from east to west, killed at least 7 & wounded dozens, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk & western Lviv regions.
The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that #Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis.
#geopolitics #Europe #Putin #democracy #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-missile-attack-63ab11e0ebe6a9aefdb547fe442bef3f
In Lviv, the number of people injured in a Russian missile attack rose to 30 as a rescue operation continued, said Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv regional military administration.
The city was struck at about 4∶45AM, with the worst damage to 2 #residential buildings, Lviv Mayor Andrii Sadovyi said. >20 residential buildings were damaged, along with a school & two kindergartens, he said, adding that #children were among those injured, including one who was hospitalized.
In Kyiv, Russian forces struck the capital with ballistic missiles, killing a 31-year-old man & wounding 2 others, the National Police press service said. #Residential buildings, a market, a garage cooperative, storage facilities & vehicles were damaged in the city, police said.
In the Kyiv region, 5 people were wounded in the Brovary district, including a minor & 2 women, acting regional administration head Ruslan Oliinyk said on FB.
Russian strikes across #Ukraine, from east to west, killed at least 7 & wounded dozens, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk & western Lviv regions.
The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that #Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis.
#geopolitics #Europe #Putin #democracy #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-missile-attack-63ab11e0ebe6a9aefdb547fe442bef3f
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian forces carried out a mass attack that killed 6 people & wounded 10 & damaged or destroyed #civilian #infrastructure, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration.
#Children were among the dead, he said on Telegram — a 6-year-old girl & boys aged 11 & 17 in the Kryvyi Rih area.
#geopolitics #Europe #Ukraine #Russia #Putin #WarCrimes #democracy #StandWithUkraine
Russian strikes across #Ukraine, from east to west, killed at least 7 & wounded dozens, with the heaviest casualties reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk & western Lviv regions.
The attacks were the latest in a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian cities that #Russia has intensified over the summer, now occurring on a nearly weekly basis.
#geopolitics #Europe #Putin #democracy #StandWithUkraine
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-zelenskyy-missile-attack-63ab11e0ebe6a9aefdb547fe442bef3f
#Europe’s Summer of Reckoning Is ‘Just the Beginning’
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest #wildfires & highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond & “it will get worse,” one #climate expert said.
#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/world/europe/summer-heat-wave-fires-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
#Europe is not alone, of course. #Heatwaves gripped #Australia & #Japan this year. #Floods devastated #Kenya & #Angola. A snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern #UnitedStates. Developing countries in the Southern Hemisphere are still more vulnerable than wealthy Europe to the effects of a changing climate.
Yet no other continent has warmed as rapidly as #Europe, at nearly twice the global average since the mid-1990s. That has forced Europeans to confront, more starkly than others, the harsh realities of a changed climate, particularly in the summer, when their once-mild days have given way to furnacelike heat.
“ #Europe is ground zero when it comes to impacts” from #ClimateChange, said Johan Rockström, a Swedish scientist who is the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany.
“2026 is just the beginning,” Professor Rockström added. “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse to the point where, I’m afraid, we’ll be passing the limits of adaptation.”
#Europe is not alone, of course. #Heatwaves gripped #Australia & #Japan this year. #Floods devastated #Kenya & #Angola. A snowstorm paralyzed the Eastern #UnitedStates. Developing countries in the Southern Hemisphere are still more vulnerable than wealthy Europe to the effects of a changing climate.
Ravenous #wildfires. Searing #heatwaves. Freakish #storms. The summer of 2026 has already shattered meteorological records in several European countries. On a continent that has weathered centuries of upheaval — ruinous wars, deadly pandemics — it is the weather itself that now has #Europe feeling close to a breaking point.
“ #Europe is ground zero when it comes to impacts” from #ClimateChange, said Johan Rockström, a Swedish scientist who is the director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany.
“2026 is just the beginning,” Professor Rockström added. “It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse to the point where, I’m afraid, we’ll be passing the limits of adaptation.”
Firefighters have been struggling to contain the #wildfires before another #heatwave descends on the region today, with temperatures soaring to 104°F (40°C). Last month was the hottest June on record in Western #Europe, & #climate experts say the continent can expect even higher temperatures in the future. The heat dries vegetation, making it more susceptible to fire. (It also exhausts firefighters.)
Ravenous #wildfires. Searing #heatwaves. Freakish #storms. The summer of 2026 has already shattered meteorological records in several European countries. On a continent that has weathered centuries of upheaval — ruinous wars, deadly pandemics — it is the weather itself that now has #Europe feeling close to a breaking point.
The #wildfires threatening central #Spain & southwestern #France over the past 2 weeks may be small by American standards. In #Europe, though, they are tremendous. Some are the largest in their countries’ modern histories, raging in places not accustomed to fires of this scale: on the outskirts of Madrid, for instance, or near the ancient vineyards of Bordeaux.
Firefighters have been struggling to contain the #wildfires before another #heatwave descends on the region today, with temperatures soaring to 104°F (40°C). Last month was the hottest June on record in Western #Europe, & #climate experts say the continent can expect even higher temperatures in the future. The heat dries vegetation, making it more susceptible to fire. (It also exhausts firefighters.)
#Europe’s Summer of Reckoning Is ‘Just the Beginning’
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest #wildfires & highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond & “it will get worse,” one #climate expert said.
#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/world/europe/summer-heat-wave-fires-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
The #wildfires threatening central #Spain & southwestern #France over the past 2 weeks may be small by American standards. In #Europe, though, they are tremendous. Some are the largest in their countries’ modern histories, raging in places not accustomed to fires of this scale: on the outskirts of Madrid, for instance, or near the ancient vineyards of Bordeaux.
#Europe’s Summer of Reckoning Is ‘Just the Beginning’
The continent is experiencing some of its biggest #wildfires & highest temperatures ever. Residents are fleeing, leaders are struggling to respond & “it will get worse,” one #climate expert said.
#ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/world/europe/summer-heat-wave-fires-climate-change.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
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