“It’s good,” the US agency told Ukrainian saboteurs about the plan, according to a source The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) discussed the plan to blow up the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea with Ukrainian saboteurs, German outlet Der Spiegel has reported, citing sources in Kiev. The government in Berlin has attributed the September 2022 explosions that crippled the key energy conduits built to deliver Russian gas to Germany to a small group of Ukrainian operatives. Moscow has repeatedly expressed deep skepticism over the German version of events, arguing that such an operation in NATO-controlled waters could not have been executed without direct government assistance. The Ukrainians told CIA agents about the plot to destroy Nord Stream in spring 2022, the outlet said in an article on Thursday. The conversation took place at a meeting in Kiev shortly after the escalation between Russia and Ukraine, it added. At the time, the Americans “apparently liked the plan,” the...
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The King’s brother has reportedly been taken into custody on his 66th birthday Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew and brother of King Charles, has reportedly been arrested by UK police on suspicion of misconduct in public office. It comes after he was found to be closely associated with convicted pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. On Thursday, British outlets reported that unmarked police cars and plainclothes officers had arrived at the ex-Prince’s residence and taken him into custody. According to reports, authorities suspect Mountbatten-Windsor of sharing sensitive information with Epstein while he was a UK trade envoy. The reported arrest, which comes on Mountbatten-Windsor’s 66th birthday, marks the first time a member of the royal family has been arrested by police in recent history. Thames Valley Police have confirmed that an investigation has been opened and that they have arrested “a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misc...
Naftali Bennett accused the US media figure of talking about Israel without knowing the country Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett denounced US talk show host Tucker Carlson for his brief visit to Israel, calling him “a chickens**t” and “a phony.” Carlson, a conservative commentator who questions Israel’s influence on US foreign policy, traveled to the country to interview Mike Huckabee, the current US ambassador there. Before the interview, he posted a photo on X showing himself and business partner Neil Patel in front of Ben Gurion Airport with the caption “Greetings from Israel.” Bennett, a right-wing politician who led Israel’s government from 2021 to 2022, reacted negatively, taunting Carlson for reportedly not leaving the airport and criticizing Israel without having experienced life there. “Tucker Carlson is a chickenshit,” he said. “Next time he talks about Israel as if he’s some expert, just remember this guy is a phony!” Read more Trump weighing plan to ‘k...
The main reason for the current crisis is the West’s desire to force Tehran into a neocolonial framework With the US and Israel both openly contemplating attacks on Iran, the entire Middle East feels like a powder keg one spark away from catastrophic escalation. As Russia marked Diplomatic Workers’ Day last week, RT spoke to Alexey Dedov, the Russian ambassador in Iran, to get an on-the-ground perspective of how the situation might developed and whether conflict is inevitable. RT: In an interview with RT ahead of Diplomat’s Day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that today there are many “time bombs” present in the Middle East. How has the situation in the region changed over the past year? Which of these “time bombs” do you personally consider the most dangerous, and why? Unfortunately, the destructive policies of the United States, Israel, and a number of Western countries have led to a significant complication of the situation in the Middle East over the past year. It...
Ankara is telling the world that a selective and force-driven approach to the Iranian nuclear issue could ignite a chain reaction In Ankara, the idea of Türkiye one day seeking a nuclear weapons option has never been entirely absent from strategic conversation. Yet in recent days it has acquired a sharper edge, as the region around Türkiye is sliding toward a logic in which raw deterrence begins to look like the only dependable language left. Türkiye’s foreign policy has expanded far beyond the cautious, status-quo posture that once defined it. It has positioned itself as a mediator on Ukraine and Gaza, pursued hard security aims through sustained operations and influence in Syria, Iraq, and Libya, and inserted itself into competitive theaters from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has long framed this activism as a corrective to an international order he portrays as structurally unfair. His slogan that the world is bigger than five – ref...
The Hungarian prime minister has slammed Brussels’ continued backing of Ukraine, suggesting Kiev will not win the conflict EU leaders are wrong to believe that they can exhaust Russia and help Ukraine win the conflict, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. The remarks came in response to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s statement at the Munich Security Conference last week, where he suggested that Brussels exacting “unprecedented losses and costs on Moscow” could weaken it and force it to “agree to peace.” “Who believes that the Russians will run out of steam sooner than Ukraine? It’s a fantasy, an illusion, and irresponsible,” Orban said in a speech on Tuesday, criticizing Brussels’ continued financial and military aid to Kiev. During his Munich address, Merz claimed that the EU has not used its full potential against Moscow, saying that while the bloc’s GDP is “almost ten times higher” than that of Russia, “Europe today is not ten times stronger than Russia.” Read...