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Israeli Artillery Shells Southern Lebanese Villages

Al-Manar | October 7, 2026

Israeli enemy forces target multiple towns across southern Lebanon, with machine-gun sweeps reported near Kafr Shuba.

Al-Manar correspondent reported artillery shelling this morning targeting the southern Lebanese villages of Kafr Tibnit, Al-Nabatieh Al-Fawqa, and the outskirts of Arnoun.

Earlier this morning, enemy artillery shelled the towns of Al-Mansouri and Hadatha.

The enemy also conducted a sweep using machine-gun fire from the hostile Ruwaisat al-Alam position toward the town of Kafr Shuba.

Flavio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead in Brazil alarms Palestine supporters

By Eman Abusidu | MEMO | October 7, 2026

… At this stage, there is no clear evidence that a change of government would directly affect the legal or civil rights of Palestinians or Brazilians of Palestinian origin.

The concern is more about the wider political atmosphere, and whether a government that is more closely aligned with Washington and Israel could make the environment less comfortable for Palestine solidarity groups, as well as for Arab and Muslim communities.

Bosco points out that Brazil’s Arab community is large and that Arab countries are important trading partners for Brazil, factors that could limit how far any government would be willing to shift foreign policy. Still, he worries that closer alignment with Trump could give more space to anti-Muslim rhetoric and political currents inside the country.

He also points to the Tri-Border Area between Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, home to a sizeable Arab-origin business community. The region has repeatedly come under international scrutiny over security allegations, and Bosco fears that a more hardline political climate could bring renewed pressure and suspicion towards traders and local Arab communities there.

In his assessment, a stronger pro-Israel orientation in Brasilia could intensify political and security pressure on some merchants and organisations in the region. He also argues that groups advocating closer ties with Israel are gaining influence in Brazilian conservative politics.

Bosco goes further, expressing concern that figures strongly aligned with Israel could gain positions in a future Bolsonaro administration and that this could create a more difficult political environment for anti-Zionist activists. … Full article

Guterres in Islamabad: Genocide, cowardice, and the cage of Imran Khan

By Junaid S. Ahmad | MEMO | October 7, 2026

There are careers that end in triumph, careers that end in scandal, and careers that achieve the rarer distinction of staging their own final indictment. António Guterres has found his in Islamabad.

After nearly a decade as Secretary-General of the United Nations, he arrives in Pakistan in the twilight of his tenure and performs the ritual that has come to define him: smile warmly, praise generously, deplore abstractly, and avoid saying anything that might seriously inconvenience the powerful men standing beside him. His record is littered with eloquent concern, grave warnings and solemn appeals. What it has lacked, again and again, is the one quality that gives moral language meaning: courage when courage carries a cost.

In Islamabad, the performance is almost indecent. Guterres praises Pakistan as a source of “solidarity and solutions,” commends the “resilience” of its people, and assures them that the United Nations stands with them. Meanwhile, former prime minister Imran Khan remains imprisoned after the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention declared his detention arbitrary.

UN experts have raised concerns about his treatment, prolonged isolation and conditions of confinement; the UN Committee Against Torture has separately highlighted broader allegations of politically motivated detention, torture, intimidation and repression.

Guterres does not need opposition politicians or troublesome journalists to brief him. He could simply read his own institution’s reports. But that would ruin the choreography. … continue

False flags won’t save aggressors, Iran FM spokesman says

Press TV – October 7, 2026

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says the United States and the Israeli regime have a history of manufacturing false-flag incidents only to clean up their messes around the world.

In a Wednesday post on his X account, the Iranian official said such scenarios would not save them from the quagmire of the aggression against Iran.

Baghaei said telling lies about Iran and accusing it of having a role in security incidents would fail to justify the US-Israeli aggression against the Islamic Republic.

“In a world where the American and international public is weary of an unlawful war of aggression against Iran, and where the aggressors have no honest way to justify a war of choice, even a raft made of lies can look like salvation to those who are drowning,” he said in the post. … continue

Johnson, Marandi say Yemen holds upper hand over Saudi Arabia

Al Mayadeen | October 7, 2026

Former CIA analyst Larry Johnson and Professor Mohammad Marandi said that Yemen holds the upper hand in its war with Saudi Arabia, and that neither Turkey nor Pakistan is likely to change that by sending forces to the kingdom’s aid.

Speaking on Al Mayadeen’s The Grand Standoff: Iran and the World on Tuesday, both guests also noted that Tehran is working on the assumption that the US will restart its war on Iran, while Johnson argued that Washington has less capacity to carry one out than its rhetoric suggests. … continue

Saudi forces made no progress in al-Jawf amid Yemeni operations: Saree

Al Mayadeen | October 7, 2026

The Yemeni Armed Forces have thwarted an attempt by Saudi-backed forces to advance toward their positions in the eastern al-Jawf Governorate, spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced on Wednesday.

In a statement, Saree said the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted Saudi forces with a number of ballistic missiles and drones, stressing that the attacking forces made no progress. … Full article

The Makkah Pact Enters Into Force: The End of American Dominance or Its New Form?

By Salman Rafi Sheikh – New Eastern Outlook – October 7, 2026

On October 5, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan activated the Makkah Pact, taking their new alliance to war for the first time, and potentially revealing the future of American power in the Middle East: Washington provides the security umbrella while regional partners increasingly do the fighting. […]

Yet therein lies a paradox for Washington. The same burden-sharing that reduces America’s military responsibilities could eventually reduce its leverage. More capable allies are not necessarily more dependent allies.  … Read full article

Turkey Sending Air Defenses to Saudi Arabia Amid War With Ansar Allah

By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | October 7, 2026

Turkey is sending air defenses, drone operators, and other military and technical support to Saudi Arabia.

Two officials told Reuters on Wednesday that Turkey had made the decision to begin sending arms to Saudi Arabia. A US official who was briefed on the matter said that Turkey will limit its aid to technical support and military equipment, suggesting no Turkish troops, other than drone operators, would deploy to the kingdom.

The official explained that the limited deployment was due to the agreement having been signed but not yet ratified by the Turkish parliament. … Full article

US has lost or damaged 81 aircraft in Iran war, CRS says

Al Mayadeen | October 7, 2026

The United States has lost or sustained damage to at least 81 fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, including drones, during its war on Iran since February 28, according to a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) assessment.

The report, updated October 5, draws on US Defense Department and US Central Command statements, Pentagon inspector general findings, and media reports. It cautions that the tally could change because some information remains classified, combat operations are ongoing, and the attribution of individual incidents can be disputed. Some damaged aircraft have also reportedly returned to service.

The losses span a wide range of US military aviation platforms, highlighting the demands placed on American airpower during the war. […]

The aircraft figures offer another measure of the material cost of the US military war on Iran. While the CRS does not present the 81-aircraft figure as a definitive final tally, the range of platforms affected points to sustained pressure on US aviation assets across combat, surveillance, refueling, and rescue missions.

For Congress, the report frames the issue beyond individual aircraft losses: lawmakers may have to assess whether the conflict is exposing weaknesses in US force availability, replacement capacity, and operational planning while imposing additional costs on an already expensive military campaign. – Full article

US Senator Murphy says Pentagon denied him entry to US base in Qatar

Al Mayadeen | October 6, 2026

Democratic US Senator Chris Murphy said Tuesday that the Pentagon had denied him access to a US military base in Qatar and refused to arrange a briefing on the US-Israeli war on Iran during his regional tour.

Speaking to journalists in Riyadh, Murphy accused the department of deliberately obstructing congressional scrutiny of the war and concealing its consequences from the American public.

“This trip confirmed for me that there is an active, unprecedented, unconstitutional effort underway to hide the costs of this war and the implications of this war from Congress and the American people,” he said, as quoted by Reuters. … continue

NATO’s top generals gather in Kiev

RT | October 7, 2026

The NATO Military Committee, the bloc’s highest military authority, has gathered in Kiev despite Ukraine not being a member.

The visit comes just a day after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Ukraine’s NATO membership “is not on the table as we speak,” noting that accession would require unanimous backing.

Kiev’s potential NATO membership has been one of the central issues of the Ukraine conflict. Moscow has long opposed the US-led military bloc’s eastward expansion and has made Ukrainian neutrality a key condition of any settlement, arguing that NATO’s presence there would pose a direct threat to Russian national security. … continue

EU’s continuing expansion – greater threat to Russia

By Uriel Araujo | October 7, 2026

The European Commission has now declared enlargement a “geopolitical imperative” – with important implications.

The bloc has just presented a package of reforms designed to prepare the Union for new members – with Ukraine and Moldova at the center of the effort, alongside Albania and Montenegro.

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen stated that “Europe’s future depends on the choices we make today,” framing expansion as essential to making the bloc “more resilient” and better able to shape its own destiny.

Candidate countries are already advancing: Ukraine and Moldova opened their first negotiating cluster in June 2026, and in July, opened Cluster 6 on external relations, foreign policy, security and, importantly, defense. In the words of Vessela Cherneva: “Currently, EU membership is the only way to integrate Ukraine’s and Europe’s security systems.”

The Commission plans “indicative roadmaps” for these four frontrunners (Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro, and Albania) in its 2026 Enlargement Package, provided reform momentum continues. Gradual integration into strategic sectors such as energy, transport, digital networks and defense is explicitly on the table

This is no longer presented as a purely technical or economic process. Again, Brussels itself now describes enlargement as a “geopolitical” tool linked to European safety, prosperity and security. One may recall that earlier enlargement rounds were often framed in terms of shared values and market access. … continue

Child killed in Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Belgorod Region – officials

RT | October 7, 2026

A child has been killed and four other civilians wounded in a Ukrainian strike on Russia’s Belgorod Region, regional authorities said on Wednesday.

An 11-year-old girl was killed when the village of Printsevka, located some 30 km from the Ukrainian border, came under missile fire, according to the Belgorod Region Operational Headquarters. Another 11-year-old girl suffered a chest injury, while two women, aged 72 and 47, and a 60-year-old man were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.

Two private homes and a car were also damaged in the strike, officials said. Belgorod Region, which borders Ukraine, has been subjected to frequent Ukrainian drone and artillery attacks. Governor Aleksandr Shuvaev said earlier on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces had attacked the region 114 times over the previous 24 hours, leaving seven civilians injured. … Full article

Ukrainian MP put on ‘kill list’ over call for peace with Russia

RT | October 6, 2026

Ukrainian lawmaker Alexey Goncharenko has been expelled from the European Solidarity parliamentary group and added to the notorious Mirotvorets website, which publishes personal information on people it considers “enemies” of the country.

The MP came under fire after publicly calling for peace with Russia and arguing that Kiev is losing the conflict. He suggested that Ukraine should consider concessions to secure a lasting settlement, including abandoning its NATO ambitions, easing sanctions on Russia, strengthening the status of the Russian language, and potentially ceding territory. … Full article

Banker who exposed Lutnick’s ties to Epstein warned of ‘retaliation’ and ‘personal consequences’ before suicide

AOL | October 5, 2026

Simon Andriesz reflected on the impact of his speaking out in his final post on X.

“The personal consequences of whistleblowing, and the retaliation I say followed, have been devastating for my family and me,” Andriesz wrote.

The British former banker said he planned to reveal more about his claims involving Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Jeffrey Epstein and the financial firms Cantor Fitzgerald and BGC.

Andriesz, 57, was later reported to have died by suicide, according to reporting cited by The Banker. … Full article

UK Police Arrest 15-Year-Old Over Posts Mocking Politician

By Cam Wakefield | Reclaim The Net | October 6, 2026

… four officers, from the West Midlands force, were dispatched to the home of a 15-year-old, to arrest him. And this was no dawn raid to take in some dangerous terrorist suspect – it was a 15-year-old boy who had been making fun of a local councillor’s attire.

And the police seized his phone and laptop.

The whole thing started when the teenager, a Reform UK party activist, posted on Facebook about Conservative councillor Simon Bennett’s conduct and dress at council meetings in Wolverhampton.

Bennett reported the teenager to the police, saying that the posts were “quite personal about my appearance.”

One of the posts compared Bennett’s appearance to that of a “rent boy.” … Full article

Israel expands “incitement” charge to target Palestinian education and memory

Palestinian Information Center – October 6, 2026

RAMALLAH – The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has warned that Israel is expanding its use of the charge of “incitement” into a tool for controlling education, expression and collective memory in Palestinian institutions.

The warning followed the recent arrest of a school principal in al-Eizariya and the demolition of a martyrs’ memorial at Birzeit University on Monday. The PPS said both incidents reflect a wider policy targeting spaces where Palestinian awareness is shaped and where the memory of prisoners, martyrs and national symbols is preserved and passed to new generations.

According to the society, prosecutions under the label of “incitement” are no longer limited to social media posts or personal statements. They now extend to educational content and symbols inside institutions, placing schools and universities under direct threat of surveillance and punishment. … continue

How Israel seeks to reshape Arab classrooms

By Freddie Ponton | 21st Century Wire | October 6, 2026

“Muslims will not relinquish Jerusalem.” The sentence appeared in a Saudi schoolbook’s Arabic language exercise, then disappeared from later editions. An Israeli organisation monitoring the books described the removal as deleting a “politically charged reference.” In Jordan, the same organisation recorded another disappearance. Maps bearing the name “Palestine” were replaced with versions leaving the territory unnamed.

These classroom changes open a larger story about who shapes what Arab children learn about their region. A new Arabic Post investigation follows three decades of scrutiny across 17 Arab countries, tracing how assessments of schoolbooks reach Western governments, parliaments and donors with the power to demand changes. … continue

UEFA probes Israeli player for allegedly spitting at Ireland coach

MEMO | October 6, 2026

UEFA opened an investigation Tuesday after an Israeli player was accused of spitting at a member of Ireland’s coaching staff during their Nations League match in Serbia, according to media reports.

Ireland’s head of athletic performance, Damien Doyle, alleged that an Israeli player spat at him as the teams left the pitch at halftime of Sunday’s 1-1 draw at TSC Arena in Backa Topola, according to The Irish Times.

The match was an Ireland home fixture but was moved to a neutral venue in Serbia and played behind closed doors after the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) cited “operational challenges” surrounding the fixture. […]

As they had in the first meeting, Irish players wore black armbands, bowed their heads during Israel’s national anthem and did not shake hands with their opponents before Sunday’s match. – Full article

Ben-Gvir Oversees Jerusalem Demolition, Displacing 70 Palestinians

IMEMC | October 6, 2026

On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces demolished a five-story Palestinian residential building in At-Tur, east of occupied Jerusalem, under the supervision of Israel’s far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, displacing approximately 70 Palestinians, most of them women and children.

Israeli soldiers and police invaded the town with military vehicles and bulldozers, surrounded the building, and forcibly removed the families before the demolition began.

The building, owned by Jerusalemite Mustafa Abu Sbeitan, contained ten apartments across five floors.

Silwanic reported that the forces prevented residents from removing furniture and other belongings from their apartments and assaulted several Palestinians during the forced evacuation.

Israel’s National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, arrived at the site with reinforced police units and oversaw the demolition, the Jerusalem Governorate and local media reported. Video footage from the scene showed Ben-Gvir riding in a demolition vehicle at the site. … Full article

Three Palestinians injured in settler attack in southern Nablus

Palestinian Information Center – October 6, 2026

NABLUS – Extremist Jewish settlers shot and injured a young Palestinian and savagely assaulted three others in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

The Red Crescent in Nablus said its paramedics treated a 23-year-old man who was shot in the foot by settlers in Aqraba. He was transferred to a hospital for medical assistance.

Three other Palestinians were also severely beaten, including an Agence France-Presse (AFP) photojournalist Jaafar Shtayyeh.

92 Palestinian prisoners killed in Israeli prisons in three years, nearly half held without charge or trial

Palestinian Information Center – October 6, 2026

GAZA – Palestinian prisoners’ organizations have documented the deaths of 92 identified Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli prisons and detention camps over the past three years, while Israel continues to forcibly disappear detainees from the Gaza Strip, marking one of the deadliest periods in the history of the Palestinian captive movement.

In a documentation report issued Tuesday to mark three years since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, the organizations said the 92 identified prisoners who died during this period account for approximately 28 percent of all documented Palestinian prisoner deaths since 1967, which now totals 329.

More than 100 Palestinian prisoners have died over the past three years, but the identities of only 92 have been announced. The fate of dozens of Gaza detainees remains unknown due to their continued enforced disappearance, while Israel continues to withhold the bodies of 100 Palestinian prisoners who died in custody.

More than 26,000 arrests in West Bank

The report documented more than 26,000 arrests across the occupied West Bank and occupied Jerusalem since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war.

The figure does not include thousands of Palestinians detained in Gaza, where the organizations have been unable to fully document arrests because of continuing Israeli military operations, information restrictions and the blackout surrounding the conditions and whereabouts of detainees.

Israel’s mass arrest campaigns have targeted Palestinians from across society, including women, children, older people, the sick, journalists and human rights workers. … Full article

Israeli Attacks Kill Two Palestinians in Gaza

IMEMC | October 6, 2026

Israeli forces continued attacks across the devastated Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing two Palestinians and wounding others in airstrikes and gunfire, while another Palestinian succumbed to wounds sustained in an Israeli attack the previous day.

In Gaza City, an Israeli drone strike killed Mo’tasem Salah and wounded another Palestinian near the Gaza Municipality Park on Omar al-Mukhtar Street, according to local sources.

A separate Israeli airstrike on Aydiya Street in Gaza City killed another Palestinian whose identity was not immediately reported.

Furthermore, Ibrahim Mohammad Allam died from wounds sustained Monday when Israeli aircraft struck the Tayba Towers west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources also reported that Fathi Hamada Fathi Breika, a resident of Khan Younis, died in Egypt from wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli strike during the war on Gaza.

In addition, Israeli forces shot and wounded a Palestinian in the al-Karama neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City.

Another Palestinian was wounded when Israeli gunfire struck tents sheltering displaced families in the Bir 19 area, south of the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis.

Israeli helicopters opened fire east of Khan Younis and west of Rafah, while heavy gunfire continued near the displaced families’ tents in the Bir 19 area.

Israeli warplanes also carried out a series of airstrikes on eastern areas of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

In northern Gaza, Israeli tanks fired heavily toward several areas, while Israeli artillery and military vehicles targeted the eastern part of the Jabalia refugee camp. Israeli forces also carried out two demolitions in eastern Gaza City. … Full article

By Netanyahu’s Own Math, Gaza Is 3,900 September 11ths

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | October 5, 2026

Benjamin Netanyahu likes to translate Israel’s grief into American. At the United Nations last month, he took the dead of October 7 and multiplied them by the ratio of America’s population to Israel’s. The 1,200 Israelis killed that day, he said, were “equal to 40,000 innocent Americans slaughtered in less than 24 hours. That’s 16 times 9/11.”

Per-capita comparisons are a perfectly legitimate tool. A small country feels a massacre more than a large one, and Americans should understand what October 7 meant to Israelis. But a method is only honest if you’re willing to apply it to everyone. So let’s apply Netanyahu’s method to the people his army has been killing for three years.

Gaza had about 2.2 million people before the war. The United States has about 341 million, roughly 155 times as many. Take a conservative figure of 75,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, slightly above the Gaza Health Ministry’s latest count of more than 73,000. Multiply it by Netanyahu’s own logic, and you get about 11.6 million Americans.

Eleven point six million. That is roughly the population of Ohio. It is more than ten times the number of Americans killed in every war the United States has ever fought, from the Revolution to Afghanistan. It is about 15 times America’s deaths in the Civil War, the bloodiest conflict in the nation’s history.

Measured in the unit Netanyahu chose, it is about 3,900 September 11ths.

Run the numbers in Israel’s own terms and the result is the same. Seventy-five thousand dead in a population of 2.2 million is the equivalent of about 340,000 Israelis. Netanyahu built a speech, a war and a foreign policy on 1,200. Imagine what he would say about 340,000. […]

The point of a per-capita comparison is to help outsiders grasp the scale of a loss. Netanyahu wants Americans to imagine 40,000 of their countrymen murdered in a day, and to understand everything Israel has done since as the natural response. Very well. Ask Americans to imagine 11.6 million of their countrymen dead, in a territory sealed off from escape, and to call it self-defense.

No American president would describe 11.6 million American dead as a proportionate response to anything. No American would accept that the dead deserved it because some of them were armed. And no one who has run the numbers can accept the premise of Netanyahu’s arithmetic, which is that Israeli lives scale up and Palestinian lives do not.

The method is Netanyahu’s. So is the answer it produces: by his own measure, the catastrophe in Gaza is about 290 times larger than the one he asks the world to remember. – Full article

Six members of same family killed in Saudi airstrike on house in Yemen’s Hajjah

Press TV – October 6, 2026

Six members of the same family have been killed in a Saudi airstrike targeting a home in Yemen’s northwestern province of Hajjah, as Riyadh expands its aerial bombardment against multiple regions across Yemen.

The al-Masirah television channel, citing local sources, reported that six bodies were recovered on Tuesday from beneath the rubble of a residential building destroyed in the attack in Umm al-Dahi village of the Harad district. The sources identified the victims as a couple and their four young children, aged between 3 and 8 years old. They were survived by a 6-year-old girl who sustained serious injuries in the aerial assault.

Hajjah province has been repeatedly targeted because of its strategic position along northern Yemen’s communication routes.

Spokesperson of the Yemeni Ministry of Public Health and Population, Dr. Anis al-Asbahi, said three civilians, including a child, were also injured when Saudi fighter aircraft bombed Sala district in the southwestern province of Ta’izz.

Meanwhile, the Yemeni Armed Forces have dealt a heavy blow to Saudi-backed mercenary forces in the eastern countryside of the northern Al-Jawf province.

The Yemeni army soldiers struck the positions of the Saudi-sponsored militants, killing dozens of them in the process and setting a number of military vehicles ablaze.

Elsewhere in the central province of Ma’rib, several Saudi-backed mercenary forces were killed and wounded when Yemeni military units targeted their temporary camps in the Raghwan district.

The military units also carried out mop-up operations in the strategic southwestern province of Ta’izz, purging the remaining districts of Saudi-sponsored gunmen. … Full article

In August Hanning Treason Case – All Signs Point To Tel Aviv

By Justin K.P. | The Dissident | October 6, 2026

In a major international espionage story, August Hanning, the former German intelligence chief, who was the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005, has been charged with “obtaining classified information from a former employee of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and using it in connection with his private consultancy work.”

The BBC reported that “Prosecutors allege that he used classified intelligence to ‘draft an analysis’ for one foreign intelligence service and maintained contact with another foreign spying service. Investigators have not disclosed which foreign powers were involved.”

While Germany has not released which foreign state August Hanning was working for, all available evidence suggests it was Israel. … continue

Paris bans pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Oct. 7 over ‘risks of public disorder’

MEMO | October 6, 2026

Paris police chief Patrice Faure on Tuesday banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration planned for Wednesday, the third anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023 attacks in Israel, over “risks of public disorder,” Anadolu reports.

“At the request of Interior Minister Laurent Nunez, I issued an order banning a demonstration ‘against the genocide in Gaza and for respect for the ceasefire’ in Paris on Wednesday,” Faure said on US social media platform X.

He noted that such a demonstration could pose “significant risks of public disorder,” citing a “high terrorist threat” and antisemitic acts that “remain at historically high levels” across France.

“In light of this, and in view of all the risks identified, it is my responsibility to ensure everyone’s safety. I have therefore decided to ban this demonstration,” Faure added.

France cleared dozens of military sales to Israel between May and September: Report

The Cradle | October 6, 2026

France greenlit 35 military sales to Israel between May and September 2026, according to a joint investigation by the Palestinian Youth Movement and the French collective Urgence Palestine, with all shipments bound for subsidiaries of lead Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems.

The report states that suppliers based in five French regions manufactured the equipment, which includes cooling units used in tanks and missile launchers, visors fitted to the helmets of helicopter and fighter jet pilots, surveillance systems, and assorted electronics.

French arms firm Thales built and shipped control panels used to fire weapons remotely, a technology that rights groups and Gaza-based journalists have repeatedly reported Israel using to shoot civilians in their tents and on the streets, children among them. … continue

France projects nuclear power as Macron pushes arsenal expansion

 Al Mayadeen| October 6, 2026

French President Emmanuel Macron touted France’s nuclear strength on Tuesday following the launch of an upgraded ballistic missile, as Paris seeks to expand its nuclear arsenal and deepen military coordination with European allies amid tensions with Russia.

“Today we are stronger. The message has been sent loud and clear for wherever it must be received,” Macron said in a video posted on X showing him watching the launch, according to Reuters.

His remarks accompanied the firing of an M51.3 missile from the submarine Le Vigilant off Brittany. The missile carried no nuclear warhead.

France’s Defense Ministry described the operation as a certification test following the submarine’s extensive maintenance overhaul. While its announcement did not mention Russia, Macron presented the launch as a broader demonstration of French military power. … continue

Lithuania Takes First Step Toward Lifting Nuclear Weapons Ban

By Kyle Anzalone | The Libertarian Institute | October 6, 2026

The Lithuanian parliament took the first step toward removing the country’s constitutional prohibition on weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, and foreign military bases. The US currently stations nuclear weapons in several NATO states.

On Tuesday, the Lithuanian Seimas voted 106-18, with six abstentions, to repeal the constitutional provision prohibiting weapons of mass destruction and foreign military bases. A second and final vote is expected on January 12.

Russia responded sharply to the vote.

“If the military infrastructure of what is, in effect, ​NATO’s leading country (the US) is moving closer to our borders, then, of course, this cannot be perceived ⁠as anything other than a ⁠step towards escalating tensions.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.  “The same applies ​to the deployment of nuclear weapons on the territory of ​a neighbouring state. Neither of these developments will contribute ‌to stability and predictability on the European continent; on the contrary, they will, much to our regret, mark yet another significant escalation of tensions.” … Full article

What changes with Lula or Flávio?

By Lucas Leiroz | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 6, 2026

Brazil’s presidential elections are approaching. And with them come controversies, debates, and different perspectives on what this event means for Brazil, for the BRICS, and for the future of the multipolar world.

In a recent article, respected Brazilian political analyst Valdir Bezerra argued that the 2026 elections represent a turning point in Brazilian history, potentially determining Brazil’s role in the world. According to Bezerra, the election pits, on the one hand, the “autonomist” tradition, represented by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, against, on the other hand, the “Westernist” one, represented by Flávio Bolsonaro.

With all due respect to Bezerra’s work, as one of the most highly regarded analysts in the Russian-Brazilian political debate, I would like to present a critical view of his position here. My intention is not to “refute” Bezerra’s argument, but merely to explain why I do not consider this opposition between autonomism and Westernism a valid premise for analyzing the current electoral dispute. Furthermore, I would also like to explain why I do not consider the 2026 election a decisive moment in determining Brazil’s international role. … continue

Britain leads Western media’s demise through ‘fear porn’ narrative

By Martin Jay | Strategic Culture Foundation | October 6, 2026

Ian Proud’s arrest by secret police at a London airport marks a new low in how far the deep state can go to control a false narrative. But it also shows a new level of fear. … continue

Ukrainian drones kill two in Moscow Region – officials

RT | October 6, 2026

Two civilians have been killed and nine injured after Ukraine launched 650 drones toward Moscow and the surrounding region overnight, local officials have said.

Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in the early hours of Tuesday that most of the UAVs were destroyed at “distant lines,” while 134 were intercepted on the approaches to Moscow itself.

In Moscow Region, air defenses neutralized 185 drones, Governor Andrey Vorobyov reported. A 20-year-old man was killed in the settlement of Radumlya, northwest of Moscow, while rescuers found a 71-year-old man dead beneath the rubble of a destroyed private home in Barybino, south of the capital, with a woman in the same building receiving injuries.

A man in Pokrovskoye, west of Moscow, was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, while two residents of the Istra area, also west of the capital, were taken to hospital. Three people in Lyakhovo, south of Moscow, received medical care but declined hospitalization, Vorobyov added.

Vorobyov said a total of 47 private homes were damaged across the region. In Lobanovo, south of the capital, windows and balcony glazing were blown out in four apartments, while a nearby boiler house was also damaged. Three cars were hit, and a small fire at a warehouse in Litvinovo, northwest of Moscow, was extinguished, according to the governor.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a total of 868 Ukrainian drones were intercepted across the country overnight.

On Tuesday, Rodion Miroshnik, the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry mission tracking alleged Ukrainian war crimes, told TASS that 29 civilians, including two children, were killed and 206 injured in Ukrainian attacks on Russian regions over the past week alone. He added that 98% were victims of drone strikes. … Full article

New Mexico Found a Way to Fine Platforms for Speech It Didn’t Delete

Lying about user data is one thing. Leaving up speech a state doesn’t like is supposed to be protected.

By Ken Macon | Reclaim The Net | October 5, 2026

A civil jury has found Meta liable for violating New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act, and now the judge is being asked to order the company to pay between $35 billion and $40 billion. […]

… it’s hard to see how fining a company for not removing “hate speech” and “misinformation” fast enough can be in line with the First Amendment. In fact, this looks like a way for state attorneys general to put pressure on social platforms to remove more speech – and the fact that the penalty is calculated by multiplying the number of violations by the number of people in a state means that this gives them a powerful lever to keep using.

As for the verdict, it’s clear that a huge portion of it is for lying about privacy, and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. But about a quarter of the violations are over “hate speech” and “misinformation” – and this is what the state is demanding Meta pay for as well.

In other words, a state is fining a platform for not removing speech fast enough – and this is a dangerous precedent. – Full article

What Is Atherosclerosis?

An Essay on Healed Injury, Layered Clots, and the Repair That Medicine Refuses to See

Lies are Unbekoming | October 5, 2026

… If plaque is built from clots at sites of lining damage, what damages the lining?

The arterial lining is not a passive sheet of tiles. It is covered on the blood side by a layer called the glycocalyx, a fine mesh of sugars and proteins that keeps blood cells and clotting factors from touching the endothelial cells beneath.²⁸ The glycocalyx is where damage begins. Strip it away and the endothelial cells are exposed. Damage the endothelial cells and the tissue beneath is exposed, triggering clot formation.

The known insults are specific and well-documented.

Blood sugar spikes… Read full article

New York Teen Forced Out of School Again After 3 More Doctors Argue Vaccines Would Harm Her

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 5, 2026

Seventeen-year-old Sarah Doe is back in court seeking emergency federal court intervention so she can stay in school after three more doctors said the teen shouldn’t get the last two vaccines the state requires for school attendance.

The three medical opinions add to the seven the school district has received over the last two years. In each case, doctors argued that Sarah qualifies for a medical exemption. They said forcing Sarah to get the vaccines would put her already precarious health at increased risk.

In an emergency motion filed late last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Sarah and her mother Jane Doe asked for a temporary restraining order allowing the high school senior to attend school pending the district’s review of a new medical exemption request relating to a third hepatitis B (Hep B) shot and the meningococcal vaccine.

Children’s Health Defense is funding Sarah’s case.

The emergency motion followed a Sept. 23 ruling by U.S. District Judge Gary Brown. Brown declined to extend Sarah’s previous medical exemption, for the 2024-2025 school year, to the current school year. The district expelled Sarah from school the next day, Sept. 24. … continue

Georgia’s Largest Healthcare System Will Fire Employees Who Refuse Flu Vaccine

By Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 5, 2026

Employees of Georgia’s largest healthcare system have until Nov. 1 to get the flu vaccine or an approved exemption, or they will be suspended without pay. If suspended employees don’t submit proof of vaccination by 4 p.m. Nov. 15, they will be fired.

According to the Emory Healthcare website, the vaccine mandate applies to all employees, including contractors and remote workers. … continue

Moderna Plan to Test mRNA COVID and Flu Vaccines on 410,000 Elderly a ‘Catastrophe in the Making,’ Critic Says

By Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | The Defender | October 2, 2026

The large-scale trial seeks to enroll 410,000 healthy Danish adults age 65 and older. The study will compare Moderna’s combination mRNA COVID-19 and flu shot with two separate shots: Moderna’s Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine and its high-dose flu vaccine.

Scientists and physicians critical of mRNA vaccines warned the trial could expose a third of the Danish population to serious vaccine injuries. … Read article

Israeli army demolishes home housing two Palestinian families near Hebron

MEMO | October 5, 2026

The Israeli army demolished a home housing two Palestinian families near Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday, leaving both families homeless, Anadolu reports.

Heavy machinery tore down the building in Khallet al-Deirat as Israeli soldiers stood nearby and Palestinians watched.

Homeowner Faris Mohammed said Israeli forces arrived in the morning and began demolishing the property on the grounds that it lacked a building permit. He said the 130-square-meter home consisted of two sections occupied by two families.

“They demolished in 25 minutes the house we spent years building,” Mohammed said. … video

One Palestinian killed, 5 injured in Israeli army, occupier attacks in West Bank

MEMO | October 5, 2026

A Palestinian was killed and five others injured Monday in Israeli army and occupier attacks in the occupied West Bank provinces of Hebron and Jenin, according to Palestinian officials and medical sources, Anadolu reports.

Israeli forces opened fire on a vehicle carrying three Palestinians near Bani Naim, east of Hebron, killing one and injuring the other two.

The Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs identified the man killed as Hossam Alaa al-Din Abdul Jabbar Walad Ali, 38, and said Israeli forces withheld his body.

The Israeli army claimed that the three Palestinians had attempted to carry out a car-ramming attack against soldiers in the Bani Naim area.

In a separate attack, three Palestinians were injured when Israeli occupiers assaulted them while they were harvesting olives near Yabad, southwest of Jenin.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its crews treated three people injured in an attack by Israeli occupiers in the Imriha area and transferred them to hospital.

Local sources told Anadolu that one Palestinian suffered a broken leg, another sustained an injury to his left hand, and an elderly man was beaten and sprayed with pepper spray. … Full article

Israeli army tightens Gaza blockade with ‘wide trench, earthen embankment’: Report

MEMO | October 5, 2026

The Israeli army is tightening its blockade of the Gaza Strip by constructing a wide trench and an earthen embankment while continuing targeted killings of Hamas members, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said Monday.

“Israeli forces are completing an anti-vehicle barrier consisting of a wide trench and an earthen embankment, while drilling into the ground at regular intervals,” the daily said.

It claimed that the measures were intended to ensure that no tunnel crossing into Israel had been overlooked.

The barrier is being constructed on the eastern side of the yellow line, which divides the Gaza Strip between an area controlled by the Israeli army and another where Palestinians are allowed to move freely.

Alongside maintaining control of the territory, operational activity is focused on uninterrupted assassination of Hamas members, the paper said.

It said the measures come two and a half years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel was “one step away from victory.”

Despite the Israeli army’s extensive military presence in the Gaza Strip, “the basic reality remains unchanged: Hamas still governs the territory,” the newspaper said.

Israeli forces currently control around 64% of the Gaza Strip, with two divisions deployed across roughly 30 military positions, according to the report. … Full article

Palestinian killed, others wounded in Israeli attacks in Gaza

Palestinian Information Center – October 5, 2026

GAZA – A Palestinian civilian was martyred and several others were injured in fresh Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Monday.

According to media sources, an Israeli drone strike killed a citizen and wounded a woman and her two kids in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza.

Another drone strike wounded a number of citizens near the al-Maslakh area, southwest of Khan Yunis.

Two other citizens were wounded, one seriously, in a drone strike near al-Tayba Towers in the west of Khan Yunis.

Israeli forces also injured two women in Gaza City in separate attacks. One woman suffered a bullet wound to the head when an Israeli gunboat fired on the northwestern as-Sudaniya area, while another was wounded by drone gunfire in the eastern neighborhood of az-Zeitoun.

In another incident, a citizen was injured in an airstrike in Gaza City’s eastern al-Tuffah neighborhood.

Additionally, widespread military activity, including shooting incidents, artillery shelling, drone overflights, and demolitions, was reported in other areas of Gaza today.

Enemy Warplanes, Artillery Target Multiple Towns in Southern Lebanon

Al-Manar | October 5, 2026

Israeli warplanes carried out a series of airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Sunday, while artillery units shelled several towns and machine-gun fire was directed at another border area, according to Al-Manar correspondent.

Our correspondent reported that enemy warplanes conducted airstrikes on Kafr Tibnit and Wadi al-Hujair.

Israeli enemy forces also carried out artillery shelling targeting Wadi al-Salouqi, Al-Mansouri, Haddatha, Haris, and Nabatieh al-Fawqa.

Additionally, machine-gun fire was directed towards Kafr Shuba.

IOF kill Syrian citizen in southern Syria amid incursions

Al Mayadeen | October 5, 2026

A Syrian citizen was killed by Israeli forces’ gunfire after approaching an Israeli military site in the so-called “security zone” in southern Syria, according to claims by the Israeli army.

The incident comes amid continued Israeli attacks and repeated incursions into Syrian territory, particularly in areas adjacent to the occupied Syrian Golan, where Israeli forces carry out ground incursions and establish temporary military points and sites, alongside military movements, artillery shelling and scattered targeting.

These movements have imposed a new military reality on the ground, amid fears of continued expansion inside Syrian territory and violations of its sovereignty, with no indications that these incursions will stop.

The Syrian Foreign Ministry warned on October 4 that the continued aggressive conduct of the Israeli occupation, along with its attacks and field incursions into Syrian territory, represents a “direct threat to regional security and stability.” … Full article

Mecca Defense Alliance agrees to ‘immediately’ implement collective defense commitments

MEMO | October 5, 2026

Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan agreed Monday to “immediately” implement collective defense commitments and take measures to ensure the “rapid deployment” of agreed military forces and capabilities to Saudi Arabia, according to a joint statement, Anadolu reports.

The decision came during an emergency meeting of the Mecca Alliance’s Strategic Political and Defense Committee in the Saudi capital Riyadh to address security developments and threats facing the kingdom.

“The Committee decided to move immediately to the practical implementation of the collective defense commitments,” said the joint statement of the three member states sitting on the committee.

It also agreed “to take the necessary measures to provide the agreed military forces and capabilities and ensure their rapid deployment in the Kingdom.”

The deployment will proceed in line with “the approved arrangements and the national legislation of the Parties, thereby enhancing readiness, military integration, and the collective capacity to confront and counter threats,” it added. … Full article

Saudi Airstrikes on Yemen kill student, woman, wound others

Al Mayadeen | October 5, 2026

A Saudi airstrike on the Bait al-Haidah area of Sawwan in Sanaa governorate killed one student and injured two others, Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in Yemen reported.

The Health Ministry in Sanaa announced that a woman was killed in a Saudi airstrike on a farm in Bait al-Shatbi in the Sanhan district of Sanaa governorate, according to the ministry.

Al Mayadeen’s correspondent said Saudi Arabia carried out airstrikes on the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, and launched raids on the Sahar, al-Safra, Kitaf, al-Buqa, and al-Salem districts and south of the city of Saada in northern Yemen. Airstrikes were also carried out on Saada governorate in northern Yemen, the correspondent said.

On the previous day, Saudi forces conducted a series of airstrikes on al-Jawf governorate in northeastern Yemen, accompanied by artillery and rocket shelling that targeted border areas in Saada governorate.

Saudi Arabia continues its campaign in Yemen, targeting civilian objects in the Sanaa, Saada, Taiz, Hajjah, and Marib governorates, resulting in deaths and injuries among civilians, according to the reports. In response, Yemeni armed forces continue to retaliate against the Saudi campaign, targeting vital facilities in Saudi territory and Saudi military gatherings inside Yemen, the correspondent said.

Yemeni Armed Forces expel Saudi forces from Taiz

A military source cited by the Yemeni News Agency (Saba) said Saudi-backed forces were expelled from Al-Mawaset District in Taiz Governorate earlier on Monday, with Yemeni Armed Forces reaching the residence of Rashad Al-Alimi, head of the Presidential Leadership Council.

In the same context, a military source told Saba that Saudi media reports of “advances” toward the Dhubab area were unfounded and represented an attempt to conceal their repeated failures and defeats, according to the agency.

The developments come amid intensifying confrontations across Yemen’s battlefronts, with the situation in Taiz subsequently developing in favor of the Yemeni Armed Forces, the source said.

Yemen’s Health Ministry in Sanaa said on Sunday 4 that two people were killed and two others wounded in a Saudi drone strike on the al-Ahyuq road junction in the al-Wazi’iyah district of western Taiz. … Full article

The Five-Year Fuel Crisis: Why the World Economy Is Paying for a War It Thinks Is Ending

By Larry C. Johnson | SONAR21 | October 4, 2026 

Once again Karl W. Miller has put numbers to a problem that most of the commentariat still treats as a temporary price spike.

His latest forward outlook, “The Five-Year Global Energy Crisis,” dated October 3, makes an argument that should alarm every finance ministry from Berlin to Jakarta.

The war’s damage to Gulf energy infrastructure is not a disruption that ends when the shooting stops. It is a reconstruction problem measured in years and trillions of dollars, and while it is solved, the world will be short of the fuels that run its economy. … continue

Trump’s Big Bluff on Iran

By John J. Mearsheimer | October 4, 2026

The Trump administration and its supporters – including the Wall Street Journal editorial page – are working overtime these days to spin the news around the Iran war to make it appear that the US is winning and Tehran had better submit to Washington’s demands before it is wrecked, maybe even “annihilated.” Indeed, Trump is preparing the option of bringing the military hammer down on Iran after the midterm elections if Tehran has not surrendered by then.

In effect, Trump and his supporters are waging a “maximum pressure campaign” against Iran in the mainstream media.

This campaign is sure to fail. If anything, it reflects the Trump administration’s desperation. The president started a war the United States was bound to lose, and there is little he can do now to change that basic fact. … continue

NATO Presence in Afghanistan Unacceptable — Lavrov

Sputnik – October 5, 2026

Russia considers the deployment of NATO military infrastructure in Afghanistan and neighboring countries unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

“I would once again like to emphasize the categorical unacceptability of deploying NATO military infrastructure on the territory of Afghanistan or neighboring states, under any pretext whatsoever,” Lavrov said at a meeting of the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan.

Russia will continue regular supplies of humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, with the next batch set to be delivered in one to two months, Sergey Lavrov said.

“Russia, for its part, will continue to carry out regular humanitarian supplies. The next batch of these supplies should arrive in Afghanistan in the next one to two months,” Lavrov said.

The Taliban-led Afghan government is effectively governing the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

“The national government led by the Taliban movement has secured control over the country’s territory and, it must be acknowledged, is governing it quite successfully,” Lavrov said at a meeting of the Moscow format of consultations on Afghanistan.

Ukraine’s EU neighbors reject new plea from Kiev – Politico

RT | October 5, 2026

Poland and Romania have refused to help Kiev move millions of tons of grain – which got stuck in Ukraine following Vladimir Zelensky’s war on exports – into the EU, Politico reports, citing officials in Warsaw and Bucharest. Zelensky’s 40-day campaign resulted in Russia implementing a de facto blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, with the wider consequences of the strikes estimated at 1.5% of the country’s collapsing GDP.

Last week, Ukrainian Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotsky appealed to the EU for a €1.1 billion ($1.23 billion) allocation to improve transit capacity, which would help free large quantities of grain – Ukraine’s key source of income – trapped in the country.

The request came after Zelensky’s 40-day PR ‘pressure campaign’ on Russia, which involved long-range strikes on oil refineries and civilian infrastructure. The effort backfired, as Russia ramped up strikes on Ukraine’s military-related logistics, including the key hub of Odessa, accounting for an overwhelming majority of Kiev’s agricultural exports.

Speaking to Politico, Vysotsky described the situation as “very, very critical,” after his ministry reported the export of 2.4 million tons of agricultural products in September, just 46% of what Kiev considers the required volume. … continue

Ukraine Shells Thermal Power Plant Crucial to Zaporozhye Facility’s Safety – Rosatom CEO

Sputnik – 05.10.2026

MOSCOW – Ukrainian forces have spent the past two weeks striking the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant, whose operation is essential to the safety of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Station, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said Monday.

“Over the past two weeks, the Ukrainian armed forces have been systematically shelling the territory of the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant (TPP)— the second energy facility in Energodar. The plant is not a nuclear facility, so it is of no interest to the international community. Yet, the safety of the nuclear power plant directly depends on the operational status of the equipment located on the premises of the Zaporozhye Thermal Power Plant. We are talking about the electrical equipment located on the premises of the Zaporozhye TPP, which redirects electricity from the Ferrosplavnaya high‑voltage lines to the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant,” Likhachev told reporters.

Energodar is also under fire, the CEO said, adding that about 70 facilities that make up the municipal, social, and commercial infrastructure of the city have been destroyed because of artillery shelling and drone attacks, and about 50 more have been damaged.

“It was not calm at the Zaporozhye plant itself at night. Two facilities were attacked at once: the laboratory building, located 200 meters [656 feet] from units 4 and 5, and the building for processing radioactive waste,” Likhachev said.

In both cases, the roof was damaged, but this does not pose a threat to nuclear safety, the CEO added.

“On Sunday, our comrade was killed again. A van carrying food for the NPP staff was attacked by a drone. The driver, a station employee, was killed,” Likhachev said. … Full article

Swiss scammed out of millions by Ukraine-linked call centers – media

RT | October 5, 2026

Swiss police are investigating a sprawling fraud operation with suspected links to Ukrainian scam call centers, an industry said to be worth billions to corrupt officials in Kiev, Neue Zurcher Zeitung (NZZ) has reported, citing law enforcement officials.

According to a report on Sunday, NEDIK, the police network coordinating Switzerland’s fight against digital crime, recently recorded an increase in fraud offenses suspected of having links to Ukraine. The network declined to provide nationwide figures “for tactical reasons,” but noted that at least four fraudulent call centers in Ukraine have been identified in international investigations involving Swiss authorities, with Swiss and German citizens among their main victims. … continue

Germany facing potential ‘violent conflict’ with Russia – spy chief

BND chief Martin Jaeger’s claim comes as his agency pushes for more funding and expanded powers

RT | October 5, 2026

Martin Jaeger arrives to speak in the annual open hearing of Germany’s three intelligence services at the Bundestag in Berlin, Germany, October 5, 2026 © Getty Images ; Sean Gallup

Germany could become “embroiled in a violent conflict with Russia,” the country’s foreign intelligence chief has warned, claiming that a mysterious drone incident at Leipzig airport is an example of the “real and imminent” threat posed by Moscow.

Speaking to lawmakers at a parliamentary hearing on Monday, Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) head Martin Jaeger declared that “the confrontation we are facing with Russia has taken on a new, more dangerous dimension.”

“Germany is in danger ​of becoming embroiled in a violent conflict with Russia – the attempted attack in Leipzig ⁠is just one example,” he continued, referring to the discovery of an explosive-laden drone next to a Ukrainian transport plane at the city’s airport in August. … continue

British Transport Police Facial Recognition Trial Scanned 926,912 People With Zero Arrests

By Cam Wakefield | Reclaim The Net | October 3, 2026

So what does it take for a police force to stop using a “trial” deployment of live facial recognition (LFR) technology? Apparently, scanning the faces of more than half a million people and catching nobody is not it.

In fact, it gets you an extension of four months and an expanded area to “hunt” in.

The British Transport Police (BTP) has now revealed that its initial six-month LFR deployment at London railway stations produced one alert – that was false.

The trial cost £320,786 ($425k) to carry out. That was just the cost of equipment hire and police officers’ time, and the figure comes from a freedom of information document obtained by Liberty Investigates.

It ran from February to July across 18 deployments, which the BTP’s own register says resulted in 537,697 people having their faces scanned. … continue

House Bill Would Ban Federal Use of Flock ALPR Data

By Ken Macon | Reclaim The Net | October 3, 2026

A new US bill, Ban Flock Act, has been introduced, with the aim of stopping the federal government from using automated license plate readers (ALPRs).

“Flock is eviscerating the very notion of privacy by installing tens of thousands of cameras in communities across America without their consent,” said Senator Bernie Sanders, who is planning a Senate version.

“Going to the doctor? Flock knows. Dropping your kid off at school? Flock is tracking you. Flock is always watching,” he continued. … continue

Ultra Bad El Nino to kill 450,000, it’s the “worst in 1,000 years” (or at least since satellites began)

By Jo Nova | September 30, 2026

This El Nino is absolutely definitely the worst – apart from all the other ones we don’t know about, which is most of them.

Satellites only started in 1979, and prehistoric records of atmospheric pressure are thin on the ground. For some reason Pacific Islanders weren’t paddling out in canoes recording the sea surface temperature every day, and they certainly weren’t doing it across 5,500 kilometers, which is the area we watch today.

Yet here we are, facing headlines for months about ‘the worst ever’ El Nino, which is going to kill 450,000 people, and it’s all our fault because one study of a bunch of corals at the Galapagos found an uptick in the last 40 years.

What we really need is to find all those satellite records from the Reformation…

The Cole et al study found the holy grail of climate grants — an El Nino signal that could be construed as ‘intensified’ in the last forty years, which means they can loosely associate it with man-made CO2 emissions.

In the immortal words of the lead researcher, it must be CO2 because we couldn’t think of anything else. It’s Argument from Ignorance all the way down until it gets eaten by the turtle. […]

The awful truth is that we have patchy, tiny pieces of proxy snapshots from a handful of locations in a vast ocean. Then we use that to second guess a whole millennia across the largest ocean on Earth. Then we feed it to journalists who don’t know how to ask a hard question. … Full article

Wrong, TIME, One Nor’easter Isn’t Proof of Climate Change

By Anthony Watts | ClimateRealism | September 30, 2026

In their article How Does Climate Change Impact Nor’easters? TIME magazine claims that a nor’easter which struck the northeastern United States in mid-September illustrates how climate change is making powerful storms more intense. That’s false. There is no evidence that the recent nor’easter was at all unusual or represents a long-term climate change induced shift in the occurrence or strength of such storms. TIME’s claims go well beyond what the evidence can establish about an individual storm and lacks support in data and meteorological records.

“While September nor’easters aren’t unheard of, they are uncommon,” states TIME. “And as the climate warms, research suggests that the strongest storms are also going to become more intense.” TIME then uses speculative sleight of hand to link the recent storm to increasing number of billion-dollar disasters.

The historical record and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show substantial natural variability in extratropical storms and low confidence in observed trends in their intensity, making TIME’s attempt to turn a single weather event into a climate-change story scientifically unjustified.

The basic problem with TIME’s article is right there in its premise. A nor’easter is a weather event. Climate is the statistical behavior of weather measured over decades.

As Climate at a Glance has explained, individual hurricanes, floods, droughts, heat waves, cold snaps, and storms are weather. Long-term changes in their frequency or intensity can potentially constitute evidence of climate change, but one storm cannot establish such a trend. … Full article

The 12 Recommended Ages That Were Lowered to Make More Patients

An Essay on Committee Votes That Moved First Screening from Age 50 to 18 Months

Lies are Unbekoming | October 4, 2026

This essay tracks twelve committee decisions between 2011 and 2024 that lowered the recommended starting age for a screening test, a vaccination, or a drug intervention. It stands as a companion to the earlier essay on diagnostic thresholds, which examined how the numerical cutoffs that define disease have been quietly reset. That piece looked at where the line is drawn. This one looks at when it is drawn, meaning the age in a life at which the measurement first takes place. The two operations do the same work on different axes. A lowered threshold and a lowered starting age each enlarge the pool of official candidates for intervention. The committees produce candidates by signature, and the result is market-making in its purest form: an ever-growing share of the population becomes officially eligible for the product, and the product has nowhere else to go for its growth. The chair of each committee, the date of each vote, and the wording of each guideline can be traced back to a publicly available document. … continue

Can a Spice Rival a Drug? 10 Head-to-Head Trials Put It to the Test.

By Sayer Ji | October 4, 2026

For nearly two decades, GreenMedInfo has done one thing most health publishers never bother with: we go into the National Library of Medicine and pull out the studies where researchers put a natural substance directly against a drug — same condition, same patients, same scoring — and then publish what they found.

Those studies exist. There are thousands of them. They just don’t get press releases, because nobody holds a patent on honey.

Below are ten of the most striking. Every one is a human trial. Every one is indexed in our database. And every one links to the long-form article where you can read the methodology, the numbers and the citations for yourself. … continue

PTI supporters march toward Islamabad demanding Imran Khan’s release

Al Mayadeen | October 5, 2026

Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan and his Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have launched a march toward Islamabad, with participants demanding Khan’s release from prison, Pakistani media reported on Sunday.

The demonstration, originally scheduled for September 27, was postponed to October 4. PTI supporters began the march despite warnings from the federal government that it would prevent violent gatherings in the capital, according to Dawn.

The march began in Lakki Marwat, with participants heading toward Islamabad as authorities tightened security ahead of the protest.

Pakistani authorities have deployed tens of thousands of police officers in Islamabad as the government prepares for the arrival of protesters.

The heightened security measures come amid government warnings against violence during the demonstration. Authorities have pledged to prevent gatherings that could lead to unrest in the capital. … Full article