Rus Storm Chasov Yar, MicroDistrict Falling, Ukr Cities Empty; Ukr Truckers Protest; US Fears Rus China Military Ties
Topic 1205

Kallas, break Russia into small states. Elensky wants 120 F16s. Putin to visit N Korea. Georgia veto
Topic 1333

China & Russia, better than alliance
The Duran: Episode 1910

The Duran: Episode 961
France's Marine Le Pen Acquitted in Case Over Violating Hate Speech Laws
https://sputniknews.com/europe/202105041082797685-frances-marine-le-pen-acquitted-in-case-over-violating-hate-speech-laws/

Middle East Eye brief updates.

Israel renewed air strikes and artillery shelling on the al-Qasaib neighbourhood of Gaza’s Jabalia refugee camp. The bombing continues after Israeli army ground forces reentered the area earlier this week. MSF reported that at least 34 people have been admitted to al-Awda hospital following the strikes. The hospital, one of the last functioning in the Gaza Strip, is without drinking water, the group said. “Staff and patients are sheltering inside amid the fighting,” the group said, noting that the hospital is surrounded by Israeli forces. Other updates from Sunday include:

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan briefed Netanyahu and other senior officials on his visit to Saudi Arabia.
If fuel and aid do not begin to enter Gaza soon, “the famine we’ve warned about will no longer be looming, it will be present,” the UN’s humanitarian aid chief warned on Twitter.
Dozens of settlers set fire to cars and tyres in the occupied West Bank village of ...

Recommend this view of the Raisi helicopter crash by B. of Moon of Alabama.

He believes it was an accident, but notes that (these are my words), in a way, it's also the result of decades of US sanctions, given that the helicopter was an old US model that never had manufacturer-level servicing.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2024/05/president-and-fm-of-iran-killed-in-apparent-helicopter-accident.html#comments