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In an interview with BBC, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot stated that Western allies should not impose “red lines” in their support for Ukraine, emphasizing France’s commitment to providing military aid as long as necessary. Barrot confirmed that Ukraine could use French long-range missiles to target Russian territory, provided it is in self-defense. However, he refrained from confirming whether French weapons have already been used in such operations. “The principle has been set… our messages to President Zelenskyy have been well received,” Barrot remarked. Earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron indicated France’s readiness to allow its missiles to be deployed in Russia. The French minister underscored that there should be no limitations on the assistance…

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released a long-classified memorandum shedding light on the targeted killings of Vladimir Putin’s political adversaries, following nearly eight years of persistent public records efforts. Prominent critics of the Kremlin, and Putin in particular, seem to have a terrible habit of dropping dead under very suspicious circumstances. Some fall out of windows, bludgeon themselves to death, are poisoned or are said to have committed suicide in ways that defy logic. Anonymous US intelligence officials have long said they suspected that some of the mysterious deaths over the years were…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday took steps to secure the release of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas in Gaza, offering a $5 million reward per captive to any Palestinian who helps to secure their freedom. Netanyahu made the announcement during a trip to the Netzarim Corridor in Gaza, which splits Northern Gaza and Gaza City from the rest of the Strip, where brutal fighting has occurred for more than a year as Israel looks to eradicate Hamas.  “To those who want to leave this entanglement I say: Whoever…

The coronation of King Charles in May 2023 cost taxpayers at least £72m, official figures have revealed. The cost of policing the ceremony was £21.7m, with a further £50.3m in costs racked up by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. About 20 million people in Britain watched Charles crowned at Westminster Abbey on TV, substantially fewer than the 29 million Britons who had watched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022. The coronation ceremony was attended by dignitaries from around the world, and a star-studded concert took place…

An Iranian woman will not face charges after she stripped to her underwear in an apparent anti-hijab protest at a university in Tehran, Iranian authorities say. Earlier in November, video went viral on social media capturing the moment the woman, named by BBC Persian as Ahoo Daryaei, undressed on a university campus before being forcibly detained. A spokesperson for the Iranian judiciary said the woman had been treated in hospital and returned to her family. Her detention drew international condemnation, with Amnesty International among those calling for her immediate and unconditional…

A British Airways pilot has been sacked after reports he snorted cocaine off a topless woman before trying to fly a passenger plane back to London. Married pilot Mike Beaton boasted about his antics to a stewardess who raised the alarm,according to The Sun newspaper. The father of one from Devon had been due to fly from Johannesburg, South Africa to London. He was instead flown to Heathrow as a passenger the next day where he tested positive for drug use, the paper reported. In a statement to Sky News,…

An offshore trust controlling Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich’s vast art collection was amended to make his ex-wife, art collector Dasha Zhukova, its majority beneficiary weeks before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a new investigation by The Guardian found. Over nearly a decade, Abramovich and Zhukova, who separated in 2016 and divorced in 2017, acquired what experts told The Guardian could be one of the world’s most significant collections of modern art — more than 350 pieces, including by Russian, European and American masters, valued at almost $1 billion in 2018. The…

Brazil’s Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Indigenous rights in a landmark case that weighed the constitutionality of establishing a time limit for making claims to ancestral territory. Nine of the court’s 11 justices voted to strike down what is called the “marco temporal” or “time frame” argument, a legal policy supported by businesses and farmers seeking to use Indigenous land. The “marco temporal” would have forced Indigenous groups to prove they were on the land in question in 1988, when Brazil’s current constitution was ratified, in order to…

Advertisement Advertisement China suffered a capital outflow of $49 billion last month, the largest since 2015, as the sputtering economy pushes investors toward the exits. Of that amount, $29 billion fled securities investments, according to State Administration of Foreign Exchange data compiled by Bloomberg. Foreign investors dumped a record-high $12 billion in mainland-listed stocks last month while also offloading Chinese bonds. August also saw a $16.8 billion deficit in direct investment, the deepest since 2016.  Declines in the capital account were also made more severe by the tourism season, with…

Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said Wednesday that if Iran acquired a nuclear weapon, his country would seek to do the same. “If they get one, we have to get one,” the crown prince said in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, adding that it would be necessary “for security reasons, and for balancing power in the Middle East, but we don’t want to see that.” Crown Prince Mohammed warned of the dangers of nuclear weapons and said, “We are concerned of any country getting a nuclear…