Pyongyang’s streets were lined with portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, footage released by North Korea's state-run television KRT showed on June 19, as the leader arrived for his first trip to the North Korean capital in 24 years.
North Korean and Russian flags were seen hanging side-by-side as the facade of the unfinished and vacant 101-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel was seen brightly lit with a giant message reading "Welcome Putin".
Putin's Russian-made Aurus limousine carrying him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un passed through the decorated streets during the start of a visit likely to reshape decades of Russia-North Korea relations at a time when both countries face international isolation.
Wednesday's agenda includes one-on-one discussions between the two leaders, as well as a gala concert, state reception, honour guards, document signings and a statement to the media, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov as saying.
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,israel hezbollah war,naim qassem,israel hezbollah,hezbollah,israel,hezbollah attack on israel,israel vs hezbollah,hezbollah israel,israel hezbollah attacks,israel hezbollah clashes,hezbollah israel war,israel hezbollah conflict,hezbollah attacks israel,hezbollah vs israel,israel hezbollah war live,israel vs hezbollah war,israel lebanon war,hezbollah attack israel,israel news,netanyahu,israel vs hezbollah war live,israel hamas war,naim kassem,crux,oowv6MP9UtE,UC3prwMn9aU2z5Y158ZdGyyA, Politics,Society, channel_UC3prwMn9aU2z5Y158ZdGyyA, video_oowv6MP9UtE,On November 29, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas's armed wing, claimed responsibility for a shooting near Ariel in the West Bank. The attack targeted a bus carrying Israeli soldiers and settlers, leaving eight people injured, including three seriously. The assailant, 46-year-old Samir Muhammad Ahmad Hussein, ambushed the bus, shattering its windshield with over a dozen bullet holes. Israeli forces neutralised the assailant near the Ariel settlement. Hamas described the attack as a heroic operation.
In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 40 Palestinians, including casualties in the Nuseirat refugee camp and Beit Lahiya. Medics recovered 19 bodies from northern Nuseirat and more fatalities were reported across Gaza. Israeli military operations disrupted rescue efforts as tanks entered and withdrew from northern Nuseirat.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem declared a "great victory" in Lebanon following a ceasefire. He emphasised coordination with the Lebanese army to enhance defensive capabilities. Separately, the Israeli army reported targeting a Hezbollah rocket launcher in southern Lebanon, citing ceasefire violations.
In Israel, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi hinted at resignation after October 7 attack investigations, pledging accountability and personal decisions once the probe concludes.
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,rabbi zvi kogan,rabbi zvi kogan murder,rabbi zvi kogan murder news,chabad rabbi missing case uae,chabad rabbi,who is rabbi kogan,rabbi murder latest update,israeli rabbi murdered,rabbi murder news,chabad of palm beach gardens,chabad lubavitch organization,rabbi found dead uae,chabad,chabad lubavitch,rabbi funeral uae,rabbi killed in uae,israeli rabbi news,israeli-moldovan rabbi,rabbi,who is rabbi,rabbi shmuley,cnn news,israel gaza,gaza,palestine,hamas,ZLY8m-j9zUc,UC3prwMn9aU2z5Y158ZdGyyA, Politics,Society, channel_UC3prwMn9aU2z5Y158ZdGyyA, video_ZLY8m-j9zUc,The United Arab Emirates said Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi, an attack that’s raised concerns for the burgeoning Israeli community in the country.
The statement from the country’s Interior Ministry offered no motive for the slaying of Zvi Kogan, though an Israeli Foreign Ministry official later told The Associated Press that he simply had been “killed because of who he was.”
Kogan, 28, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing on Thursday, ran a kosher grocery store in the city of Dubai, where Israelis have flocked for commerce and tourism since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in the 2020 Abraham Accords.
The agreement has held through more than a year of soaring regional tensions unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack into southern Israel. But Israel’s devastating retaliatory offensive in Gaza and its invasion of Lebanon, after months of fighting with the Hezbollah militant group, has stoked anger among Emiratis, Arab nationals and others living in the UAE.
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,,ly03utM7lyQ,UC3prwMn9aU2z5Y158ZdGyyA, Politics,Society, channel_UC3prwMn9aU2z5Y158ZdGyyA, video_ly03utM7lyQ,Iranian lawmaker Mahmoud Nabavian called for a shift in nuclear policy to strengthen deterrence against enemies, state media reported. During an open session of the parliament, the Tehran representative said the enemies of Iran need to realise that the nation’s security is “our red line.” Several other senior officials have said Iran should reconsider its stance on nuclear weapons, after coming under direct attack from Israel twice this year. Kamal Kharrazi, an aide to Iran’s supreme leader, recently warned that Tehran may review its nuclear doctrine if it is exposed to an “existential threat.” Building and stockpiling nuclear bombs is “wrong and using it is haram [religiously forbidden]”, Khamenei said in 2019.
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00:00 – INRODUCTION
2:10 - IRAN HOPES FOR NUCLEAR TALKS WITHOUT POLITICAL PRESSURE
4:35 - HOUTHIS WARN GERMAN SHIPS OVER RED SEA, ISRAELI PORTS
5:50 - BIDEN ASKS G20 LEADERS TO PRESSURE HAMAS
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,1,Marine Le Pen, the longtime leader of France's far-right National Rally (RN), emphasizes on June 30 the need for voters to give her party an absolute majority in the upcoming second round of parliamentary elections. She says this majority is crucial for Jordan Bardella, the party's chief, to be appointed prime minister by President Emmanuel Macron.
Le Pen's appeal comes after the RN leads in the first round of snap polls, highlighting the importance of the decisive second round. Bardella, 28, supports this view, expressing his desire to become the "prime minister of all French" if his party wins the majority. He acknowledges the clear mandate from the French electorate and commits to being a prime minister who respects the constitution while maintaining an uncompromising stance in a "cohabitation" with President Macron.
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,1,Israeli PM Netanyahu warned visiting former US generals that Iran aims to topple Middle Eastern regimes like Jordan and Saudi Arabia. According to Netanyahu, the first step to stopping Iran from doing so is by defeating Hamas. PM Netanyahu’s remarks came during a meeting with the delegation sent by the Jewish Institute for National Security of America. Netanyahu said that the ongoing “seven-front” conflict was being managed by Iran, which sought to conquer its regional neighbor.
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00:00 - INTRODUCTION
03:15 - ESCALATING TENSIONS BETWEEN IRAN AND ISRAEL
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,,fw4L6m6oVZs,UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA, Business,Politics,Society, channel_UCzWwWbbKHg4aodl0S35R6XA, video_fw4L6m6oVZs,Hoover Institution senior fellow Elizabeth Economy and Rhodium Group Co-founder Daniel Rosen discuss the shift in Chinese economic policy under Xi Jinping, particularly his decision to move away from heavy investment in the property sector and focus on the "three new industries"—battery technology, electric vehicles (EVs), energy storage, and AI-driven advanced manufacturing.
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,1,Galen Druke spoke with voters in Simi Valley, California, ahead of the second Republican debate there.
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,1,The story of how Dublin and Ireland has transformed from one of Europe's poorest countries to one of its wealthiest--an improbable rise in just 30 years.
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Welcome to Dublin 0:00
Geography of Dublin 0:36
Vikings settle Ireland 0:53
English take control 1:04
Irish Rebellion 1:30
Partition of Ireland 2:19
Troubles 2:36
Good Friday Agreement 3:10
Economic Boom 3:27
Brexit bonus 4:12
Tax Haven 4:22
US Corporations 5:01
High living standards 5:22
Wind energy potential 6:10
Guinness 6:54
Loses 1/2 population 7:05
31.5 Million Irish Americans 7:22
Immigrants in Ireland 7:37
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The capital of the only native English-speaking country in the European Union is considered one of the most liveable and richest places in the world, but this success is a very recent phenomenon. For a millennium this rocky island was occupied by Vikings, then the English. Independence only came a century ago, and peace less than 25 years ago after the end of a decades-long low-level war with its neighbor to the north.
This is Dublin, Ireland.
On a bay where the River Liffey flows into the sea lies Ireland’s prime city, with a metropolitan population of 1.26 million, four times as large as Cork, the country’s second-largest metro area, 215 kilometers to the southwest.
In 841 seafaring Vikings established a fortified base that grew into a substantial port and commercial center. In 1169 the Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland and for the next 750 years English Kings and Queens controlled the island. Dublin Castle, first founded in 1204, was the nerve center of the crown’s power here.
Under the Protestant English the Catholic Irish were oppressed. Their land rights and ability to self-govern were stripped away. Influenced by the American and French Revolutions, Ireland’s push for independence began in earnest in the spring of 1798 when rebel leader Wolfe Tone led peasants against the highly trained redcoats in a prolonged campaign of battles throughout the island. Although it was ultimately snuffed out, for the next 125 years it inspired a series of agitations and uprisings against the British that extracted more and more rights for the Irish. A group of Irish rebels declared Independence in 1916, withstood six years of violent struggle with the empire by riding a growing wave of nationalist support, and ultimately won the right to self-government.
But the island’s 6 northernmost counties with a Protestant majority chose to remain in the United Kingdom as a separate country called Northern Ireland. This was unacceptable to the Catholic majority in the South who wanted the entire island to be a unified free Republic. So a force calling themselves the Irish Republican Army launched a guerilla campaign of armed resistance against the British and the North focused on its capital, Belfast. This period, known as The Troubles, lasted for three decades, with violence spilling south into parts of the Republic and even across the sea in England.
Finally, everyone had had enough, and peace was achieved with the Good Friday agreement.
Between 1995 and 2000 growth averaged an astounding 9.4%, and stayed strong at 5.9% per year until 2008. This dramatic rise meant Irish incomes surged past every other European Country except tiny Luxembourg
But the biggest key to Dublin’s turnaround may be its ridiculously low headline corporate tax rate that stood - as of 2023 - at 12.5%, compared to 29.9% in Germany, 25.8% in France and the Netherlands, and 25% in Spain and Turkey.
But for lawmakers in Dublin, transforming into one of the world's largest tax havens was a brilliant move at the end of The Troubles, with U.S.–controlled multinationals now making up twenty-five of the top 50 businesses in Ireland, including the EU headquarters of giants Pfizer, Microsoft, Google, and Apple.
For example, every Irish has access to low-cost public healthcare, and leaders from every major political party are united in undertaking an ambitious transition to a universal system - Sláintecare.
wind power, which now makes up 36% of Ireland’s electricity generation, the second-highest ratio in Europe. A new electricity interconnector with France is coming online in 2026
,1,The UK Ministry of Defense recently announced the successful testing of their Dragonfire laser-directed energy weapon system, and it has since been touted by media outlets as everything from the answer to missile defense to a replacement for missiles themselves. But as cool as this system genuinely is, none of that is true.
Let's talk about what Dragonfire really is, and why it's important even if it doesn't live up to the science fiction hype.
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,1,Pyongyang’s streets were lined with portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, footage released by North Korea's state-run television KRT showed on June 19, as the leader arrived for his first trip to the North Korean capital in 24 years.
North Korean and Russian flags were seen hanging side-by-side as the facade of the unfinished and vacant 101-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel was seen brightly lit with a giant message reading "Welcome Putin".
Putin's Russian-made Aurus limousine carrying him and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un passed through the decorated streets during the start of a visit likely to reshape decades of Russia-North Korea relations at a time when both countries face international isolation.
Wednesday's agenda includes one-on-one discussions between the two leaders, as well as a gala concert, state reception, honour guards, document signings and a statement to the media, Russia's Interfax news agency quoted Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov as saying.
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