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Contents of issue N°147

EDITORIAL

• 4053 Ahmed el-Sharaa in Moscow

AMERICAS

• 4054 While Donald Trump doesn’t want US troops in Gaza, Leon Panetta is calling for them

• 4055 CentCom has been secretly organizing military consultations between Israel and six Arab states for the past three years

• 4056 Donald Trump reinstates Columbus Day

• 4057 A new book on one aspect of the Bidens’ international corruption

• 4058 Washington resumes construction of border wall with Mexico

• 4059 Donald Trump Posthumously Decorates Charlie Kirk

• 4060 Does the current electoral law favor racial minorities?

• 4061 Venezuela secures UN Security Council deliberation

EUROPE

• 4062 Israel Gets Tommy Robinson Back

• 4063 Boris Johnson sabotaged peace in Ukraine for a million pounds

• 4064 The United Kingdom claims to have played a role in the Gaza peace agreement

• 4065 Emmanuel Macron plunges France into a leadership crisis

• 4066 Russophobic hysteria in Estonia

• 4067 Hungary allegedly spied on the European Commission in 2024

• 4068 Ursula von der Leyen extends her support among MEPs

• 4069 Failure of two motions of censure against Ursula von der Leyen

• 4070 EU takes over Rafah border crossing and could supervise police in Gaza

• 4071 The EU’s 19th package of sanctions against Russia is blocked

• 4072 EU releases €10 million for the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine

• 4073 Rudy Giuliani and Rod Blagojevich serving the Bosnian Serbs, Ursula von der Leyen serving the Bosniaks

• 4074 A Tone-deaf conversation between Ursula von der Leyen and Aleksandar Vucic

• 4075 Ukraine Aware Trump Wants Peace

• 4076 Volodymyr Zelensky prepares for Trump peace plan for Ukraine

• 4077 Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

• 4078 Ukraine destroys Russian gas facilities

• 4079 Military aid to Ukraine fell by more than half during summer

AFRICA

• 4080 Mali requires reciprocal security deposits from US travelers

• 4081 Andry Rajoelina flees Madagascar

ASIA

• 4082 Israelis do not celebrate Netanyahu’s role in peace

• 4083 Benjamin Netanyahu claims credit for Donald Trump’s peace plan

• 4084 Israel Katz blocks the trials of Tally Gotliv and “Srulik” Einhorn

• 4085 A memo from Yahya Al-Sinwar confirms that on October 7, Hamas wanted to destroy civilian targets

• 4086 Hamas disarms Gaza gangs

• 4087 Sharm el-Sheikh Summit for Peace in Gaza

• 4088 Tension over humanitarian aid

• 4089 Hamas could organize attacks in Europe

• 4090 Israel makes reconstruction of southern Lebanon impossible

• 4091 Jordan relaunches its water supply project

• 4092 The United States finally repeals sanctions on the Syrian people

• 4093 Syrian-Turkish Conversations

• 4094 Türkiye Takes Advantage of Donald Trump’s Peace Plan

• 4095 Pakistani-Afghan clashes

• 4096 Beijing sanctions the Church of Zion

• 4097 China restricts rare earth exports

INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

• 4098 NATO strengthens its anti-drone defense