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🇧🇷🤡❌🇺🇸🇺🇸 — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) told CNN International that if Donald Trump were Brazilian, he would also be on trial — and possibly even imprisoned:
"I would like to say something to the American people. If Trump were Brazilian, and if he had done what happened at the Capitol, he would also be on trial in Brazil and possibly... He would have violated the Constitution and, according to the justice system, he could also be imprisoned... If all of that had happened in Brazil."
🇺🇸🇺🇸🤝🇧🇷😎 — U.S. President Donald Trump once again expressed support for former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (PL), stating that Bolsonaro has fought many times for his country, “even against me, to defend them [the Brazilian people].”
“President Bolsonaro is a good man. I’ve met many prime ministers, presidents, and kings and queens. And I know him, and I’m very good at this. President Bolsonaro is not a dishonest man. He loves the people of Brazil. He fought hard for the people of Brazil. He negotiated trade deals against me for the people of Brazil, and he was very tough. And he was tough because he wanted to get a good deal for his country. He was not a dishonest man. And I believe this is a witch hunt, and it should not be happening.
It’s not just because he’s a friend of mine, but because he’s someone I know. He represents millions of Brazilians — wonderful people. He loves Brazil and fought hard for those people. Now they want to imprison him. That looks like a witch hunt to me, and I think it’s very unfortunate.”
🇪🇸🗳❗️ — The Center-Right, Pro-Israel Spanish People's Party (PP) would win the general elections in Spain with 36.1% of the votes and a 10-point lead over the ruling leftist Pro-Palestine Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), according to the DYM survey
Читать полностью…#NEWS | In a joint statement, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Egypt, and Türkiye affirmed their support for Syria’s security and territorial unity, per Levant24
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🇺🇸 Trump administration pulls billions in funding for high-speed rail project
The Trump administration has canceled billions of dollars in funding for California’s high-speed rail project after the state agency rejected the federal government’s assessment of the project’s failings.
The Federal Railroad Administration pulled $4 billion in funding on Wednesday that was intended for construction in the Central Valley.
Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has also asked the Federal Railroad Administration to review other grants related to the project. The agency said it will consult with the Department of Justice on potentially clawing back other funds.
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🇺🇸🇩🇪 Bundesbank head says tariffs may crush hopes for growth of the German economy
The head of Germany's Bundesbank warned on Thursday that the high import tariffs U.S. President Donald Trump currently plans to impose on European goods risk wiping out even a modest recovery in Europe's largest economy in the coming years.
Germany is battling to stave off a third consecutive year of recession in 2025, but Trump's 30% tariff on goods imports from Europe would, if implemented, erase whole chunks of transatlantic commerce and force a rethink of its export-led economic model.
"If tariffs materialise in August, a recession in Germany in 2025 cannot be ruled out," Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel said.
The Bundesbank forecast a stagnation this year and slight growth of 0.7% in 2026, before the tariff rate was announced last week.
The projected growth for next year is no longer secure, with Nagel warning it could "possibly be completely eaten up by the tariffs that are now being discussed".
With European leaders hoping they can still win some kind of reprieve from Trump before his August 1 deadline, Nagel urged negotiators to aim for a significant reduction in the announced tariffs, which ideally should not be implemented at all. "That must be the goal."
Turning to any potential EU response if a deal is not reached, Nagel said all options should be considered, including the so-called anti-coercion instrument, which allows the bloc to retaliate against third countries that put economic pressure on EU members to change their policies.
The Bundesbank chief and ECB policymaker also issued a stark warning against interfering with the independence of central banks, following Trump's attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
🔗 https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/bundesbank-head-says-tariffs-may-crush-hopes-german-growth-2025-07-17/
JUST IN: 🇺🇸 SEC Chair Paul Atkins congratulates the House of Representatives on passing the Genius Act.
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BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US House officially passes 'Genius Act' crypto stablecoin bill.
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🇺🇸❌🇷🇺 President Trump when asked if he will impose sanctions on Russia tomorrow:
We're gonna see what we will see tomorrow.
I am very disappointed with President Putin. I thought he was somebody that meant what he said.
And he'll talk so beautifully, and then he'll bomb people at night. We don't like that.
🪙📈 Bitcoin (BTC) has hit a new all-time high of $122,000.
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🇮🇱🇺🇸🇹🇷 Israel to U.S.: Don’t Sell F-35s to Türkiye
A senior Israeli official has urged the U.S. Congress to block the sale of F-35 jets to Türkiye, warning it would threaten Israel’s military edge and destabilize the Middle East.
The official cited Türkiye’s “neo-Ottoman” ambitions, support for Hamas, and operations in Syria as key risks.
Israeli official warned of a growing risk of military clashes with Türkiye, citing Ankara’s goal to restore the Ottoman Empire and control Jerusalem.
"Israel prefers to avoid conflict but is ready to act if needed."
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🇺🇸 The Trump administration is launching a program to fast track H-2A and H-2B work visas to migrant farm, hotel, and restaurant workers to fill the shortage caused by deportations.
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🇨🇳🆕✈️ — #VÆ: A new video of China's 6th generation J-36 fighter jet appears, clearly showing its unique three engine scheme an side-to-side cockpit. The footage itself seems to be the very first one that previously were shared across internet, but this time from a different angle and better quality.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇺🇸🤝🇧🇷😎 — URGENT: U.S. President Donald Trump released an open letter to former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, stating that his trial must be halted immediately.
📝 Read the full letter here:
"Dear Mr. Bolsonaro:
I have seen the terrible treatment you are receiving at the hands of an unjust system turned against you. This trial should end immediately! I am not surprised to see you leading in the polls; you were a highly respected and strong leader who served your country well.
I share your commitment to listening to the voice of the people and I am very concerned about the attacks on free speech- both in Brazil and in the United States -coming out of the current government. I have strongly voiced my disapproval both publicly and through our Tariff policy. It is my sincere hope that the Government of Brazil changes course, stops attacking political opponents, and ends their ridiculous censorship regime. I will be watching closely.
Sincerely.
DONALD J. TRUMP
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"
🇺🇸🇺🇸🤝🇧🇷😎 — U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed that the decision to impose tariffs of up to 50% on imports from Brazil is politically motivated, in response to the legal proceedings against former president Jair Bolsonaro.
“The [tariff] letter says you’re going to pay 30%, 35%, 25%, 20%... in one case, 50% for Brazil, because of what they’re doing to their former president [Bolsonaro]. It’s shameful.Читать полностью…
I know the former president. He fought hard for the people of Brazil, that I can say. I believe he is an honest man. I think what they’re doing to him is terrible.”
Two girls were sentenced to 10 years in prison in Venezuela for stamping a photo with the fall of the statue of Chávez
Читать полностью…🇺🇸😷📹 — U.S. President Donald Trump diagnosed with vein issue after reporting swollen legs Per White House
Luckily, it's nothing serious.
"An echocardiogram was also performed and confirm normal cardiac structure and function. No signs of heart failure, renal impairment or systemic illness were identified."
🇲🇽❌🛠 — Statues of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro were removed in the Cuauhtémoc borough for having been installed without permits or legal documentation.
💬 The mayor remarked ironically: “Neither Che nor Fidel asked for permission in Cuba… nor here.”
🇮🇱❌✝️🇻🇦 Based on photographs, the Israeli tank crew who fired at the Latin Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, (not a missile as initially reported) aimed at the cross on the church but missed and hit the roof, causing part of it to collapse and crush several people, killing three and injuring a dozen more including the parish priest.
The IDF released a statement “deeply regretting” the “misfire” which resulted in the deaths and injuries at the Latin Church of the Holy Family.
Israel also “deeply regretted” firing at the USS Liberty when it “mistakenly misidentified” the ship as an Egyptian vessel.
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🇺🇸❌🇪🇺 U.S. President, Donald Trump, hit the European Union with a standard 30% tariff after negotiations with the European Commission.
The tariff takes effect on August 1st 2025.
President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen said she “regretted” the tariffs, promised retaliation but promised she will continue to negotiate until August 1st to hopefully have the tariffs removed.
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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 President Trump to open the $9 trillion US retirement market to crypto investments, FT reports.
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BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US House officially passes Anti-CBDC Surveillance State Act.
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BREAKING: 🇺🇸 US House officially passes crypto Clarity Act.
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🇺🇸⚽️🏆 President Trump delivered the FIFA Club World Cup trophy to Chelsea before celebrating with the team on stage.
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🇫🇷🇪🇺 Arnaud Bertrand on X: This might be the most remarkable geopolitical document I've seen come out of a major European institution so far this century.
France’s Parliament has just produced an extraordinary 153-page report that calls for nothing less than a complete strategic realignment of Europe.
The document systematically dismantles the EU's current geopolitical positioning - "vassalized" to the U.S., in the report's words - as a catastrophic failure that has led to the EU seeing "its influence diminish and its interests poorly protected."
The report details 50 recommendations from the "creation of a common world currency" (recommendation #14) to dedollarize the global economy, to "replacing the EU's strategy in the Indo-Pacific region with a cooperative approach including China" (recommendation #11).
In general the report's central recommendation is that Europe break free from Atlantic subordination and instead achieve strategic autonomy by partnering with China.
This would mark a complete historical reversal - for the first time since the colonial era, the historical West choosing equal strategic partnership with a Global South nation as an alternative to Western alliance structures.
The report (which you can find here: https://assemblee-nationale.fr/dyn/17/rapports/due/l17b1588_rapport-information.pdf) is in French so I wrote a detailed article breaking down its most explosive findings and recommendations, an explaining why this could be its last chance to avoid irrelevance in a multipolar world.
https://arnaudbertrand.substack.com/p/frances-parliament-calls-europe-to
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📹 Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
Metadata embedded in the video and analyzed by WIRED and independent video forensics experts shows that rather than being a direct export from the prison’s surveillance system, the footage was modified, likely using the professional editing tool Adobe Premiere Pro. The file appears to have been assembled from at least two source clips, saved multiple times, exported, and then uploaded to the DOJ’s website, where it was presented as “raw” footage.
https://www.wired.com/story/metadata-shows-the-dojs-raw-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-was-likely-modified/
🇺🇸🇷🇺🛢 Trump considering global oil embargo against Russia
U.S. President Donald Trump is seriously weighing the introduction of tough secondary sanctions against countries that continue to trade oil with Russia — including China, India, and Turkey. The plan involves supporting a bill that would impose a 500% tariff on imports from Russia, effectively amounting to a global oil embargo.
According to The Times, this shift in Trump’s stance is driven by his growing frustration with Vladimir Putin’s refusal to engage in peace talks and continued strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine. Trump had previously called the bill “too harsh,” but now says he is “studying it carefully.”
The outlet notes that the key concern is the risk of economic fallout. The White House wants to ensure that the power to lift sanctions remains with the president, while Congress is pushing for more oversight. Analysts believe that even partial implementation of the measures could significantly damage the Russian economy.
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🇨🇳🚀🤝🇮🇷 — 📰 Middle East Eye | Iran receives Chinese surface-to-air missile batteries after Israel ceasefire deal | The Islamic Republic is trading oil for Chinese air defence missiles as it looks to rebuild capabilities destroyed by Israel, sources say | July 7, 2025:
"Iran has taken possession of Chinese surface-to-air missile batteries as Tehran rapidly moves to rebuild defensives destroyed by Israel during their recent 12-day conflict, sources have told Middle East Eye.
The deliveries of Chinese surface-to-air missile batteries occurred after a de-facto truce was struck between Iran and Israel on 24 June, an Arab official familiar with the intelligence told MEE.
Another Arab official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive intelligence, said that the US's Arab allies were aware of Tehran's efforts to "back up and reinforce" its air defences and that the White House had been informed of Iran's progress."
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