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Poland Wants to Invoke NATO's Article 4
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Polish government spokesperson Adam Szlapka has confirmed that Article 4 has been activated and NATO's decision-making body will meet to assess the threat and Poland's evidence.
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Quote:The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results from an exam known as the nation's report card.
Why It Matters
The National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP)—which is administered by the National Center for Education Statistics with the U.S. Department of Education—is considered one of the best gauges of the academic progress of U.S. schools.
The assessments were the first for 12th graders in reading and math and eighth graders in science since the COVID-19 pandemic upended education for children, and reflect learning declines that started well before the pandemic.
The results comes as children are increasingly spending time on smartphones and social media, which experts have warned are contributing to a decline in academic performance.
What To Know
The average score in reading for 12th graders was the lowest since the NAEP first administered the reading assessment in 1992. It was three points lower than in 2019 and 10 points lower than in 1992.
Thirty-two percent of 12th graders scored below the NAEP Basic level in 2024, meaning they could not locate and identify details in a text to help understand its meaning.
The average score for 12th graders in math in 2024 was the lowest since 2005, when the math assessment framework changed significantly. Almost half (45 percent) of 12th graders scored below the NAEP Basic level.
The average score for eighth-grade students in science fell for the first time since the current assessment began in 2009, according to the results. Thirty-eight percent of eighth-graders scored below the NAEP Basic level In 2024, which was five points higher than in 2019 but not significantly different from 2009.
What People Are Saying
Matthew Soldner, the acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said in a statement: "These results are sobering. The drop in overall scores coincides with significant declines in achievement among out lowest-performing students, continuing a downward trend that began even before the COVID-19 pandemic. Among our nation's high school seniors, we're now seeing a larger percentage of students scoring below the NAEP Basic achievement level in mathematics and reading than in any previous assessment."
Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement: "Today's NAEP results confirm a devastating trend: American students are testing at historic lows across all of K-12. At a critical juncture when students are about to graduate and enter the workforce, military, or higher education, nearly half of America's high school seniors are testing at below basic levels in math and reading. Despite spending billions annually on numerous K-12 programs, the achievement gap is widening, and more high school seniors are performing below the basic benchmark in math and reading than ever before.
She added: "The lesson is clear. Success isn't about how much money we spend, but who controls the money and where that money is invested. That's why President Trump and I are committed to returning control of education to the states so they can innovate and meet each school and students' unique needs. If America is going to remain globally competitive, students must be able to read proficiently, think critically, and graduate equipped to solve complex problems. We owe it to them to do better."
Quote:The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday paused a lower court order requiring the Trump administration to quickly move to spend billions of dollars in foreign aid that the president has sought to block.
The justices issued an administrative stay, a temporary measure that allows them more time to review the administration's request to withhold about $4 billion in aid authorized by Congress before the September 30 deadline.
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The Trump administration has sought to pull back foreign aid spending since day one of President Donald Trump's second term, when he signed an executive order pausing funds. This raised concerns from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle in Congress, who had already approved the spending.
What To Know
The one-page order from Chief Justice John Roberts stayed a September 3 ruling from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, in which Judge Amir Ali had barred the administration from withholding funds.
In its emergency filing to the Supreme Court on Monday, the Trump administration said the ban "irreparably harms the Executive Branch," and that the funds should remain frozen while Congress considers Trump's proposals.
Trump had told House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, in a letter on August 28 that he would not spend $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid, inclusive of $900 million in contributions to the United Nations, effectively cutting the budget without going through the legislative branch.
He used what's known as a pocket rescission—a process allowing a president to submit a request to Congress toward the end of a current budget year to reallocate the approved funds. The late notice means Congress cannot act on the request in the required 45-day window, and the money goes unspent.
The order by Roberts marks the third Supreme Court win this week for Trump, including allowing ICE to stop people solely based on their race, language, job or location.
Roberts also issued an order that permitted the president remove a member of the Federal Trade Commission.
Quote:A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump's attempt to oust Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, allowing her to continue serving as she contests her recent dismissal, according to the court ruling reviewed by Newsweek.
Trump announced on August 25 that he was firing Cook, "in light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter," adding that he no longer had "confidence in your integrity."
In response, Cook filed a lawsuit calling her termination "unprecedented and illegal," and stating the allegations of mortgage fraud that underpinned the president's action were "unsubstantiated." She sought an immediate injunction against her firing and for reinstatement to the Fed's Board of Governors.
"The Federal Reserve Act provides that the President may only remove a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 'for cause,'" the court said in its ruling.
"The Court finds that Cook has made a strong showing that her purported removal was done in violation of the Federal Reserve Act's 'for cause' provision," the court added.
Trump's bid to fire Cook comes as he ramps up pressure on the Fed to lower interest rates. The president has repeatedly criticized Jerome Powell, chair of the central bank, for not cutting the Fed's short-term interest rate more aggressively and has even threatened to fire him.
Quote:RFK wants to make baby milk healthy again.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new MAHA Commission report suggests the government support mothers — including with a more robust supply of donor breastmilk for those who can’t lactate themselves, and regulating infant formula more heavily.
The report, published Tuesday, states that the USDA and HHS will “work to increase breastfeeding rates,” either through the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) — or other policies that greater assist breastfeeding moms.
The two agencies will also “work with other Federal partners to develop policies to promote and ensure a safe supply of donor human milk,” the report states.
Only about 30% of US women exclusively breastfed for the first six months of the baby’s life, while about 50% did for the first three months, according to the the most recently-released CDC findings from 2022.
For those opting out of breastfeeding, the MAHA commission noted it is taking actions to further regulate infant formula to ensure it has proper nutrients and no ingredients that can be dangerous to infants.
“FDA will modernize nutrient requirements for formula, increase testing for heavy metals and other contaminants to help ensure access to high-quality and healthy infant formula sold in the United States, and encourage companies to develop new infant formulas,” the report states.
Kennedy has been looking to make formula more nutritious — and less dangerous — for months as a part of his MAHA agenda.
The HHS head launched an investigation into how best to expand options for nutritious infant formula back in March, with Kennedy saying “The FDA will use all resources and authorities at its disposal to make sure infant formula products are safe and wholesome for the families and children who rely on them.”
“Helping each family and child get off to the right start from birth is critical to our pursuit to Make America Healthy Again.”
Quote:President Trump took the streets of Washington, DC Tuesday and dined out with members of his Cabinet as he touted the “spectacular” outcome of his crime crackdown in the nation’s capital.
Trump’s outing to Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab – an upscale establishment about a block away from the White House – marks the first time the president has gone out to dinner in the district since the start of his second term.
“We’re standing right in the middle of DC, which, as you know, over the last year was a very unsafe place, over the last 20 years it was very unsafe, and now it’s got virtually no crime,” Trump told reporters outside the restaurant.
“I wouldn’t have done this three months ago, four months ago, I certainly wouldn’t have done it a year ago,” the president continued. “This was one of the most unsafe cities in the country. Now, it’s as safe as there is in the country.”
Trump, accompanied by Vice President JD Vance, War Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, urged everybody in the district to “go out” and enjoy the city amid the drop in crime.
“The restaurants now are booming. People are going out to dinner where they didn’t go out for years,” the president claimed, thanking the National Guard and DC Mayor Muriel Bowser for working with his team on the safety initiative.
“The outcome is really spectacular,” Trump said. “We have a capital that’s very, very safe.”
The president was greeted outside the restaurant by loud cheers from across the street and a smattering of boos.
Several anti-Trump protesters heckled the president inside the restaurant as he walked to his table.
“Free DC! Free Palestine! Trump is the Hitler of our time!” several women chanted as they unfurled small Palestinian flags.
But the commander in chief appeared unbothered by the disturbance.
Quote:A 13-year-old Washington boy allegedly “obsessed” with past school shooters was arrested after police found a stockpile of guns, boxes of ammunition, and chilling writings suggesting he was plotting his own killing spree.
The teen suspect, who has not been identified, was taken into custody after police raided his Tacoma home at 1 a.m. upon receiving numerous tips that he had “school shooter ideations,” made lethal threats, and bragged about his access to firearms, according to the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office.
Police seized 23 guns — some reportedly homemade with a 3D-printer — along with loaded magazines scrawled with “school shooter” writings and menacing clothing tied to a mass shooting incident.
“It appeared the suspect had everything ready to go to commit a mass shooting type of incident,” Deputy Carly Cappetto said in a video posted Monday on Facebook.
“It is unknown who or what the intended target was going to be but it is clear it was only a matter of time before a tragic incident occurred.”
Shocking footage released by the sheriff’s office showed long guns and black AR-15s laid out on tables, with about eight handguns scattered on the floor and six large tan boxes of ammo.
Most of the firearms were found mounted on the walls throughout the teen’s home, while handguns were left unsecured, Cappetto said.
Authorities also found a “go bag” in the alleged would-be-killer’s bedroom, packed with multiple boxes of ammo and AR-style magazines, some marked with scribbles referencing mass shootings, including the Columbine High School massacre, according to court documents obtained by multiple outlets.
Other evidence collected suggested the troubled boy — who hasn’t been enrolled in school since 2021 — idolized past school shooters, imitating their behaviors through photos and inscriptions scattered throughout his room.
Quote:President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced Princeton University student Elizabeth Tsurkov has been released by Hezbollah, an Islamist militant organization.
Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli dual citizen who identifies as Jewish, was “just released” by Kata’ib Hezbollah, and is now safe inside the American Embassy in Iraq, the president wrote in a Truth Social post.
She was abducted at a café in Baghdad’s Karrada district in 2023 while conducting academic research for her dissertation, and was allegedly tortured over the span of months.
Her sister is an American citizen.
“I will always fight for JUSTICE, and never give up,” Trump wrote in the post. “HAMAS, RELEASE THE HOSTAGES, NOW!”
Quote:The sicko accused of brutally stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on a train in North Carolina last month has been hit with a federal criminal charge, the Justice Department and FBI announced Tuesday.
Decarlos Brown Jr, 34, is now facing one federal count of committing an act causing death on a mass transportation system. That comes in addition to the first-degree murder in state court he is facing for allegedly killing Zarutska in the stabbing that was caught on camera.
“Iryna Zarutska was a young woman living the American dream — her horrific murder is a direct result of failed soft-on-crime policies that put criminals before innocent people,” US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday.
“I have directed my attorneys to federally prosecute DeCarlos Brown Jr., a repeat violent offender with a history of violent crime, for murder. We will seek the maximum penalty for this unforgivable crime, and he will never again see the light of day as a free man.”
FBI Director Kash Patel ripped the savage stabbing as “a disgraceful act that should never happen in America."
“The FBI jumped to assist in this investigation immediately to ensure justice is served, and the perpetrator is never released from jail to kill again,” he added in a statement.
Disturbing surveillance footage showed Zarutska looking up in horror as she was stabbed from behind repeatedly with what prosecutors said was a pocket knife during her ride on the Lynx Blue Line train on Aug. 22.
Police later described the attack as “seemingly unprovoked.”
She had taken refuge in the US back in 2022 after Russian invaders unleashed a bloody war on her home country.
At the time of her death, Zarutska was employed at local pizzeria, Zepeddie’s Pizza, and can be seen wearing her work attire on the security camera footage during the horrific stabbing.
Brown, a 34-year-old homeless man, had been arrested at least 14 times in North Carolina since 2007 for various offenses ranging from assault to robbery to illegal firearms possession, records reviewed by The Post show.
Quote:A putrid, dismembered body has been found dumped in a Tesla reportedly registered to popular New York-born singer D4vd — several days after it was abandoned and taken to a Los Angeles tow yard.
Police made the grim discovery at the impound lot in Hollywood on Monday afternoon after workers reported a foul odor coming from the electric vehicle.
The 2023 Tesla is registered to David Anthony Burke, the 20-year-old Queens-born “Romantic Homicide” artist known as D4vd, ABC7 reported.
The artist’s representatives assured that Burke is “cooperating with authorities,” even though “he is still out on tour,” according to a statement obtained by NBC News Los Angeles.
The identity of the victim wasn’t immediately known.
Authorities told the outlet that it could take some time since the bagged remains weren’t intact on top of the body’s advanced decomposition from days locked in the Tesla’s front trunk, baking in the SoCal sun.
The car, which bears Texas license plates, had been towed to the lot after being reported abandoned in the Hollywood Hills roughly five days ago, according to investigators.
In that time, D4vd has been sharing routine posts with his 2 million followers on Instagram.
He is currently in the middle of a world tour and had a show in Minneapolis scheduled on Tuesday night, with a Los Angeles stop slated for later this month.
Quote:Passengers who weren’t buckled aboard a Delta Air Lines flight to Europe were violently thrown into the ceiling and back down to the floor in July when the plane encountered severe turbulence in a thunderstorm over Wyoming, according to a new report on the incident.
The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that passengers endured 2.5 minutes of turbulence that caught the pilots by surprise on July 30 even though they had already altered their route to try to avoid the storms.
The seat belt sign was off so passengers, flight attendants and drink carts were thrown around the plane.
The flight took off from Salt Lake City and was bound for Amsterdam, but it diverted to Minneapolis, where 24 people were evaluated by paramedics and 18 were taken to hospitals.
Two crew members sustained serious injuries and five sustained minor injuries.
The preliminary report said during the turbulence the passengers felt a gravitational force up to 1.75 times their body weight.
“That’s a lot of force. That’s like a muscle man grabbing you by the shoulders and with all of his strength trying to pull you up,” said aviation safety consultant Jeff Guzzetti, who used to investigate crashes for the NTSB and FAA.
“If you’re standing and you experience those types of forces, you’re going to be thrown upward into the ceiling and then back down again onto the floor with a lot of force.”
Guzzetti said that enduring turbulence that lasted that long would seem like “an eternity” for the passengers feeling those forces.
The NTSB also said the plane’s wing dipped down as much as 40 degrees at one point, and Guzzetti said that would have alarmed passengers.
That fits with what passengers described afterward.
“They hit the ceiling, and then they fell to the ground,” Leann Clement-Nash told ABC News.
“And the carts also hit the ceiling and fell to the ground and people were injured. It happened several times, so it was really scary.”
The report said that the pilot had turned off the seatbelt sign and flight attendants had begun drink service shortly before the plane encountered the turbulence.
The pilots likely believed they were in the clear after asking air traffic controllers to route them around the storms.
UKRAINE WAR
Quote:Russia brushed off U.S. President Donald Trump's latest comments about further sanctions over the war in Ukraine, saying they have "no effect whatsoever" and are "absolutely useless."
Trump told reporters on Sunday, September 7, that he was ready to move to the next phase of sanctions against Russia. He had threatened secondary tariffs on major Russian trading partners and other sanctions if Moscow did not make peace with Ukraine soon.
Since then, the war has continued, and over the weekend Moscow launched its largest aerial attack to date. A Ukrainian government building for cabinet ministers was hit for the first time during the attack.
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian President Vladimir Putin, blamed Kyiv and its European allies for keeping more sanctions at the forefront of the agenda for Washington.
"Overall, one thing can probably be said: This unprecedented number of sanctions that have been imposed on our country over the past—well, it's already almost four years, now four years—have had no effect whatsoever," Peskov told Russian Alexander Yunashev.
"They have proven absolutely useless in terms of putting pressure on Russia," Peksov said, originally in Russian, in a video posted to the Yunashev LIVE channel on Telegram on Monday morning.
Quote:A group which is involved in investigating Moscow's war crimes in Ukraine has told Newsweek a plan by Russia to withdraw from a European treaty on torture was "profoundly disturbing."
Vladimir Putin submitted a draft bill to Russia's parliament (State Duma) denouncing the European Convention on the Prevention of Torture (CPT Convention), which obliges members to prevent torture in territories under their jurisdiction, U.S.-funded Radio Liberty reported.
Last month, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a resolution proposing the withdrawal, which had awaited Putin's submission to the Duma and raised concerns about what it would mean for the thousands of Ukrainian prisoners being held by Russia.
Jeremy Pizzi, legal adviser at Global Rights Compliance, which is helping Kyiv compile evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, told Newsweek on Monday that the move was Moscow's latest effort to prevent all access to prisoners by independent observers.
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Pizzi said the move to exit the European treaty raised concerns that Moscow could be seeking to conceal further serious misconduct from the world.
According to Ukrainian outlet Ukrainska Pravda, Kyiv says Moscow holds at least 2,500 Ukrainian prisoners of war and those released have described appalling conditions in which they were held and the torture that they endured.
What To Know
Russia signed the CPT Convention in 1996, and it came into force in the country two years later. The treaty aims to prevent mistreatment and gave the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture the legal authority to inspect Russian detention facilities.
But Russia's prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin, signed a decree proposed by the Cabinet on August 25 to withdraw from the convention, and Putin has now submitted this to the Duma, which is likely to rubber stamp it.
Andrey Lugovoi, deputy chairman of the State Duma's security committee, said Moscow's withdrawal from the convention would be a formality, as Russia had already withdrawn from the Council of Europe.
An explanatory note to the bill said that Russia has had no representative in the European Committee of the Council of Europe since 2023, with the country blocked from the body following its aggression in Ukraine.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on August 26 that the withdrawal would be in line with Russian measures likely aimed at worsening abuses of Ukrainian prisoners in Russia and occupied Ukraine.
This included a decree by Putin on July 23 authorizing the creation of autonomous Federal Security Service (FSB) pre-trial detention facilities.
Pizzi said the withdrawal was Russia's latest effort to prevent all access to detainees by independent international observers, although despite this, the use of torture by Russian officials towards Ukrainian civilians and prisoners of war is extremely well documented.
It was also another indicator of Russia's use of torture as state policy and was a "disgraceful attempt to normalize abhorrent behavior that is emphatically prohibited under international law," Pizzi added.
What a surprise.
Quote:Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 20 people were killed in a "brutally savage" Russian airstrike on Yarova in Donetsk at a place where pensions were being handed out.
"Directly on people. Ordinary civilians. At the very moment when pensions were being disbursed," Zelensky said in a statement shared on social media along with a graphic video showing the aftermath of the strike, with bodies scattered around a charred vehicle.
"According to preliminary information, more than 20 people were killed. There are no words... My condolences to all the families and loved ones of the victims."
Newsweek has contacted the Russian foreign ministry's press service for comment via email.
The latest strike adds pressure on President Donald Trump to make good on his threats of tougher action against Russia if it fails to agree to a peace deal with Ukraine soon. Trump has for months sought to broker an end to the Russian invasion.
Zelensky Demands Global Response to Russia
Zelensky said that Russian strikes "must not be left without an appropriate response from the world.
"The Russians continue destroying lives while avoiding new strong sanctions and new strong blows."
He continued: "The world must not remain silent. The world must not remain idle. A response is needed from the United States. A response is needed from Europe. A response is needed from the G20. Strong actions are needed to make Russia stop bringing death."
Trump Moves on More Russia Sanctions
Trump indicated that he was moving towards additional sanctions targeting Russia and its major trading partners—including punitive secondary tariffs—because Moscow was intensifying its war in Ukraine instead of making peace.
He has already imposed an additional 25 percent tariff on Indian goods as a result of its buying Russian oil.
The U.S. leader has also urged Kyiv's European allies to take greater action against Russia and its key partners, including China. He told the European states still purchasing Russian oil to stop.
Quote:Poland's military said it shot down intruding Russian drones after the NATO member and allies scrambled aircraft early on Wednesday in response to what it called an "unprecedented" violation of its airspace as Russian forces attacked in nearby western Ukraine.
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What To Know
The operational command of the Polish armed forces said in a post on X that "defensive procedures were immediately initiated" after Polish airspace was repeatedly violated "by drone-type objects" as Russian forces attacked in western Ukraine.
"As a result of today's attack by the Russian Federation on Ukrainian territory, an unprecedented violation of Polish airspace by drones occurred. This is an act of aggression that poses a real threat to the safety of our citizens," the Polish command said.
"Polish and allied assets monitored several objects by radar, and considering those that might pose a threat, the Operational Commander of the Polish Armed Forces decided to neutralize them," it said, adding: "Some of the drones that intruded into our airspace were shot down. Searches and location of the possible crash sites of these objects are ongoing."
The Polish military was monitoring the situation and "Polish and allied forces and assets remain on full alert."
Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said he had informed the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte about the Polish action.
Warsaw's Chopin Airport warned passengers on its website that flight operations were on hold due to closure of the airspace over part of the country "due to government and military security measures."
"The airport remains open, but there are currently no flight operations," it said.
Most of Ukraine, including western regions of Volyn and Lviv that border Poland, were under air raid alerts for several hours early Wednesday—according to Ukraine's air force—which earlier reported that Russian drones had entered Poland's airspace, threatening the city of Zamosc, Reuters reported.
Ukrainian media also reported that several Russian drones had crossed into Poland's air space.
What People Are Saying
Democratic Senator Dick Durbin of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on X: "Repeated violations of NATO airspace by Russian drones are fair warning that Vladimir Putin is testing our resolve to protect Poland and the Baltic nations. After the carnage Putin continues to visit on Ukraine, these incursions cannot be ignored."
Polish Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, referring to Trump's calls for NATO countries to spend 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense, to Newsweek last week: "President Trump was right that Europeans had disarmed themselves for too long…If we do this, then by the end of this decade, Russia will be in no position to threaten us."
Quote:Ukraine is at risk of falling short of air defense weapons after US military aid slowed down in the summer — just as Moscow’s deadly attacks escalate with a record number of airstrikes, according to a new report.
Kyiv has been struggling to intercept the hundreds of drones and missiles fired by Moscow on a daily basis, with western analysts warning that if Russia maintains the rate of its latest attacks, then Kyiv’s defenses may crumble.
“It’s a question of time for when munitions run out,” one source familiar with the US deliveries to Ukraine told the Financial Times.
Irregular and small supplies have been reportedly sent to Ukraine since June following a directive from the Pentagon arguing that providing defense weapons for Kyiv could deplete America’s own stockpile.
The Pentagon first paused and then slowed the shipment of Pac-3 interceptors meant for the Patriot air defense systems active in Ukraine, senior US and Ukrainian officials told the FT.
The US also stalled on shipments of Stinger man-portable air defense systems, precision-guided artillery shells, more than 100 Hellfire and Aim missiles, and F-16 fighter jets — all weapons critical to Ukraine’s defenses.
The White House confirmed the halt in July, saying the decision was made to “put America’s interests first.”
The shortage led Kyiv’s forces to expend a significant amount of their ammunition to defend against Russia’s escalating barrages on energy and civilian infrastructure throughout the summer, Ukrainian officials told the FT.
A White House official slammed reports that it is depriving Ukraine of air defense munitions as false, telling The Post that the Department of War is working to support Ukraine’s needs.
The official added that European allies must not only step up to provide more aid to Ukraine, but they must also increase economic pressures on Russia to end the war.
Quote:Ukraine is ready to freeze the frontlines with Russia — if European and American allies can help provide tough security guarantees, US Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Monday.
“Ukraine has proven and demonstrated that they’re willing to make a deal. They’re willing to freeze the front line if they get security guarantees,” Whitaker told Fox Business‘ Liz Claman.
“I think there’s a framework for a deal, and now we just need to make sure it happens.”
That could be a game-changer in President Trump’s peace efforts, proving Kyiv’s commitment to ending the brutal conflict that now sees more than 7,000 Ukrainian and Russian deaths per week.
Kyiv officials did not immediately comment on Whitaker’s assertions Tuesday, but Ukrainian and US sources have told The Post that Zelensky may be open to formally acknowledging Russian control — not ownership — of some occupied regions in eastern Ukraine as part of a negotiated settlement.
But it will take more than just Ukraine’s willingness to make peace, the Whitaker said.
Moscow remains the biggest impediment to ending the war, rebuking Trump’s calls for a cease-fire and a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“This death and destruction we’re seeing needs to end, and really continuing to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin to end this war, because both sides are going to have to agree,” Whitaker said, calling for Europe to join in on Trump-proposed sanctions on Russian oil.
Whitaker explained that “the Russian economy is struggling” as its revenue “coming in every month [is] diminishing” — meaning sanctions targeting Moscow’s energy sales can exploit “some near-term cracks that are starting to appear in the Russian economy” and push Putin to the negotiation table.
“The money that’s paying for this war is coming from the sale of Russian oil to countries including India, China and Brazil,” he said.
“And I think applying those additional sanctions and those additional tariffs to continue to increase the cost of doing business for Vladimir Putin reduces revenue.”
Quote:President Trump on Tuesday asked the European Union to impose up to 100% tariffs on China and India for the rogue nations’ purchases of Russian oil to try to crank the economic pressure on the Kremlin, a well-placed source said.
Should Europe choose to levy the up-to-100% tariffs the president requested, Washington may be willing to issue the same on India and China, US officials told The Post.
Beijing and New Delhi are the two most prolific buyers of Russian oil — the main source of revenue that Moscow uses to fund its horrific war on Ukraine.
In July, China paid Moscow more than $7.2 billion for Russian fossil fuels, while India spent roughly $3.6 billion for its imports, according to a report by the Helsinki-based Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
Trump has been urging his European partners to sanction nations that purchase Russian oil — and stop buying Russian energy products themselves — in phone calls with officials over the past two weeks.
The US doesn’t directly purchase Russian oil.
It has placed 50% tariffs on India for its Russian oil purchases but so far has held off on slapping punishments on China.
The White House has also asked European nations to join in on potential secondary sanctions that would target all nations that buy oil from Russia.
The news came as Trump on Tuesday afternoon announced on Truth Social that he would be speaking with his “very good friend, [Indian] Prime Minister Modi, in the coming weeks.
Quote:Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country would formally request the invocation of NATO's Article 4 in response to the violation of his country's airspace by 19 Russian drones, some of which were shot down.
NATO's Article 4 states: "The Parties will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the Parties is threatened."
Tusk's comments follow Poland's response to a Russian bombardment of Ukraine in which drones launched by Moscow breached the NATO member's airspace.
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Unlike Article 5's collective defense element, NATO's Article 4 does not trigger military action, but initiates a formal alliance discussion when one member considers its territorial integrity or security is threatened.
Poland's call for Article 4 shows Warsaw's concern at the breach of its airspace which has sparked alarm among Kyiv's allies over whether Moscow was deliberately testing NATO's resolve.
What To Know
Poland said it downed Russian drones in its airspace during a mass aerial attack on Ukraine early Wednesday and that aircraft were deployed in response, including from the Netherlands.
Col. Martin L. O'Donnell, spokesperson for the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe said that this was the first time NATO aircraft had engaged potential threats in allied airspace.
He said that German Patriots in Poland were placed on alert and that an Italian airborne early warning aircraft and an aerial refueler from NATO's Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) fleet were also launched.
Tusk said Warsaw had requested the activation of Article 4 of NATO's treaty which allows member states to request consultations with allies over security threats without triggering a military response.
The article acts as an early warning system and does not mean there is direct pressure on members to act militarily but does allow a meeting in which security concerns and how to combat them are discussed.
Since NATO was founded in 1949, Article 4 has been invoked only a handful of times—most recently by Eastern European members Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Slovakia, after Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
By contrast, Article 5 stipulates an attack on one ally is considered as an attack against all allies. It sets in motion the possibility of collective self-defense although it does not automatically result in military action, rather commits members to "assist the party or parties so attacked."
Lieutenant Commander Artur Bilski, a former NATO officer, told Polish outlet Radio ZET that Russia's breach of airspace Wednesday meant that "we absolutely should apply Article 4. of the North Atlantic Treaty."
"So far, we have had incidents, but here we have a large scale and deliberate action," he said, according to a translation.
During these consultations, a decision could be made to apply NATO's Article 5 for a collective response but that decision must be made unanimously and right now, it was far too early to talk about such a scenario, he added.
Quote:The Kremlin said it did not want to comment on Poland's accusation that Russian drones violated the NATO ally's airspace, leading to several of the devices being shot down.
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, instead deferred questions about it to the Russian Ministry of Defense, state-run news agency TASS reported.
The defense ministry said in a statement there had been no planned strikes on Polish territory. Russia's envoy to Poland said that there was no evidence that the drones were Russian and that Warsaw's accusations were "groundless."
Why It Matters
Russia has conducted repeated drone and missile bombardments of Ukrainian infrastructure, including a major attack last night. But on this occasion, Poland says 19 drones flew over its territory of which four were shot down. NATO stated that it was the first time its aircraft had engaged potential threats in allied airspace.
This has raised fears of a confrontation between Russia and a NATO member, and an escalation of the war that Kyiv's allies had warned about.
The alliance activated Article 4 of NATO's treaty in which members will discuss the security concerns involved although it does not obligate any military action. Russia's statements appear to be trying to show that the incursion was not intentional amid speculation that Moscow was seeking to test the alliance's resolve.
What To Know
Poland confirmed on Wednesday its defenses had downed Russian drones in its airspace during a mass Russian aerial attack on Ukraine.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Warsaw formally requested the consultations under Article 4, in which members hold discussions if they believe their security is threatened, without triggering an automatic military response.
On the Mayak radio station on Wednesday, Peskov was asked about Tusk's accusation that Russian drones had breached Poland's air space and his invocation of NATO's Article 4, which calls for alliance members to convene.
Peskov replied that he did not want to comment because it was within the competence of the defense ministry.
The Russian defense ministry issued a statement on Telegram which said that Moscow conducted large-scale strikes on Ukraine's military sites in the Ivano-Frankivsk, Khmelnytskyi, and Zhytomyr regions, as well as in the cities of Vinnytsia and Lviv and that all targets had been hit.
It said that no targets on Polish territory were planned and that the maximum range of the Russian drones which allegedly crossed the border with Poland did not exceed 700 kilometers (450 miles.)
Russia always claims its drone and missile strikes target military sites but Ukraine says these frequently hit civilian infrastructure.
Answering a follow-up question about European and NATO accusations that Moscow had staged a provocation, Peskov said that these blocs accuse Russia of provocations "every day, usually without even trying to present any arguments for them."
What People Are Saying
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said regarding Poland's accusations of drones entering the NATO country: "We don't want to comment, it is not within our competence, and is the prerogative of the defense ministry of the Russian Federation."
Russian Ministry of Defense in a statement: "No targets on the territory of Poland were planned...nevertheless, we are ready to hold consultations on this matter with Poland's Ministry of Defense."
Russia's charge d'affaires in Warsaw, Andrei Ordash, according to Russian media: Russia "is absolutely not interested in any escalation with Poland."
What Happens Next
Polish government spokesperson Adam Szlapka has confirmed that Article 4 has been activated and NATO's decision-making body will meet to assess the threat and Poland's evidence.
EUROPE
Quote:France’s government was toppled in a vote of no confidence on Monday, forcing President Emmanuel Macron to search for his fourth prime minister in 12 months — and throwing the EU’s second largest economy into chaos.
Premier François Bayrou was ousted overwhelmingly in a 364-194 vote against him, losing an apparent gamble that lawmakers would back his push for France to slash public spending to repay its debts.
The 74-year-old centrist was instead voted out, ending his short-lived minority government after being appointed by Macron in December.
France, which has the European Union’s most powerful military and only nuclear arsenal, has now been thrust into uncertainty and the risk of prolonged legislative deadlock amid internal budget difficulties and international woes in Ukraine and the Middle East.
Although Macron had two weeks to prepare for the collapse after Bayrou announced last month that he’d seek a confidence vote, a clear front-runner has yet to emerge.
Bayrou is the latest prime minister to leave office prematurely since September 2024, when former premier Gabriel Attal resigned after failing to win a majority.
Attal’s successor, Michel Barnier, was ousted by parliament just three months later.
Bayrou admitted Monday in his last speech as prime minister that his gamble to tackle France’s debt crisis by standing by his unpopular economic plan did not pay off.
At the end of the first quarter of 2025, France’s public debt stood at $3.93 trillion, or about 114% of gross domestic product. (The US debt to GDP ratio is about 119%.)
Quote:French President Emmanuel Macron named loyalist Sebastien Lecornu, a one-time conservative protege who rallied behind his 2017 presidential run, as prime minister on Tuesday, defying expectations he might tack towards the left.
The choice of Lecornu, 39, indicates Macron’s determination to press on with a minority government that stands firmly behind his pro-business economic reform agenda, under which taxes on business and the wealthy have been cut and the retirement age raised.
Macron was forced to appoint a fifth prime minister in less than two years after parliament ousted Francois Bayrou nine months into the role over his plans for taming the country’s ballooning debt.
In handing the job to Lecornu, Macron risks alienating the centre-left Socialist Party and leaves the president and his government depending on Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally for support in parliament.
Lecornu’s immediate priority will be to forge consensus on a budget for 2026, a task that proved the undoing of Bayrou who had pushed for aggressive spending cuts to rein in a deficit standing at nearly double the EU ceiling of 3% of GDP.
BUDGET IN FOCUS
The political upheaval this week lays bare deepening turmoil in France that is weakening the euro zone’s second-biggest economy as it sinks deeper into a debt quagmire.
Lecornu’s nomination is not without peril for Macron. He risks appearing tone-deaf at a time of simmering popular discontent and with polls showing voters want change. Nationwide “Block Everything” protests threaten widespread disruption on Wednesday.
Lecornu most recently served as Macron’s defence minister, overseeing an increase in defence spending and helping shape European thinking on security guarantees for Ukraine in the event a peace deal with Russia is brokered.
Lecornu entered politics canvassing for former President Nicolas Sarkozy when he was 16. He became mayor of a small town in Normandy when he turned 18 and then former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s youngest government adviser at the age of 22.
It's not a good sign to watch your health minister fall down like a log, right?
Quote:Shocking footage captured the moment Sweden’s newly appointed Health Minister suddenly collapsed on the ground in the middle of a press conference.
Elisabet Lann joined the nation’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and other officials at the media briefing on Tuesday, the same day she was appointed to her new role following the sudden resignation of her predecessor.
Footage, which has gone viral on social media, shows Lann standing alongside the officials before she suddenly tumbled over a transparent lectern and fell to he ground, hitting her head.
Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch rushed to her side, quickly rolling Lann over on the ground.
Other politicians and journalists quickly stepped in to help, surrounding Lann as she appeared unconscious on the floor.
Lann later left the room but returned shortly after, explaining her blood sugar had dropped.
“This was not exactly a normal Tuesday, and this is what can happen when you have a blood sugar drop,” she said.
It is not clear if she sustained any injuries in the fall.
A DN reporter said: “It looked really bad. She fell right in front of me.”
The press conference was cancelled following the incident.
Lann, who previously served as a city councilor in Gothenburg, had been appointed Health Minister following the resignation of Acko Ankarberg Johansson on Monday.
MIDDLE EAST
Quote:Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday of an "enemy" effort to trap the country in a dangerous "no war, no peace" deadlock, just weeks after a 12-day war with Israel—backed by the United States—left more than 1,000 dead in Iran and fears of renewed conflict unresolved.
Khamenei delivered the remarks in Tehran during a meeting with President Masoud Pezeshkian and his cabinet, stressing that such a prolonged state of limbo carried dangers equal to direct confrontation. His comments reflected Tehran's ongoing anxiety about another outbreak of war despite a fragile ceasefire in place since late June.
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Khamenei's remarks come as Iran grapples with multiple, overlapping crises on both military and diplomatic fronts. The June war with Israel not only killed several of Iran's top commanders, but also targeted its nuclear facilities, highlighting the country's vulnerability.
Beyond the battlefield, Iran faces mounting diplomatic and economic pressures. Nuclear negotiations with world powers remain stalled, leaving sanctions relief out of reach. The so-called E3—Britain, France, and Germany—continue to press Tehran through the U.N. Security Council, with disputes over enrichment and sanctions unresolved, keeping the country in a state of prolonged uncertainty.
What to Know
Khamenei used Sunday's address to sharpen his warnings about Israel, the U.S., and the risks of regional escalation. Framing the Gaza conflict as part of a broader assault on Muslims, he denounced Israeli "crimes" and accused Washington of enabling them.
"Although these crimes are carried out with the support of a power like the United States but the way to confront this situation is not closed," he declared.
He urged Islamic countries to intensify Israel's isolation by cutting all political and economic ties. According to Khamenei, the region must use its leverage to deepen Tel Aviv's vulnerability, portraying Israel as "the most hated government in the world."
Israel's June Offensive
On June 13, Israel, with U.S. support, launched a surprise military campaign targeting Iran's nuclear and military facilities. According to Tehran, the strikes killed 1,062 people, including 276 civilians, and eliminated much of Iran's top military command. Iran retaliated with missile strikes that killed 31 civilians and one off-duty soldier in Israel.
Ceasefire Under Pressure
A U.S.-brokered ceasefire on June 24 ended 12 days of intense conflict but did not resolve underlying tensions. Last month, Ali Larijani, Iran's newly appointed top security official, warned that Tehran must remain fully prepared for renewed fighting, reinforcing the sense that another clash is likely.
Quote:Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency signed an agreement Tuesday in Cairo to pave the way for renewed cooperation, including steps toward relaunching inspections of Iranian nuclear facilities months after relations collapsed during a war with Israel.
The announcement followed a meeting among Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.
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Relations between Iran and the IAEA have been fraught since early July, when Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a law suspending all cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog. The legislation came in the wake of Israel's 12-day air war with Iran in June, during which Israeli and U.S. strikes targeted key nuclear sites. The IAEA board declared on June 12 — just before Israel's strikes — that Iran had breached its non-proliferation obligations.
Since then, the only facility inspected has been the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, operated with Russian technical assistance. Inspectors were permitted to observe a fuel replacement process there over two days beginning Aug. 27, but access to Iran's wider program remained blocked.
What To Know
The IAEA has repeatedly warned that inspectors have been unable to verify Iran's growing stockpile of highly enriched uranium, calling the situation "a matter of serious concern." A confidential report circulated to member states said Iran held 972 pounds of uranium enriched up to 60% as of June 13.
If that material were enriched further to 90%, the threshold for weapons-grade uranium, it could be enough to produce 10 nuclear bombs, according to IAEA calculations. However, building an actual weapon would require additional technology, such as a detonation device.
Araghchi said Tuesday's deal addresses both Iran's security concerns and its expectations of cooperation with the IAEA. Speaking after the signing, Grossi said the agreement was primarily technical in nature but underscored the urgent need for inspectors to regain access inside Iran.
Egypt played a central role in brokering the deal. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said the agreement was the result of "intensive" diplomatic efforts, while President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi emphasized that the IAEA has a critical role in supporting nuclear non-proliferation. He also highlighted the Non-Proliferation Treaty's guarantee of the right of member states to the peaceful use of atomic energy.
The timing of the deal is sensitive. On Aug. 28, France, Germany and the United Kingdom began the process of reimposing sanctions on Iran, arguing that Tehran has failed to comply with its obligations under the 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers. That agreement was designed to block Iran from developing nuclear weapons, though Iran insists its program is peaceful.
The so-called "snapback" process — written into the 2015 deal to be veto-proof at the U.N. — is set to take effect in about a month. Unless an agreement is reached, sanctions will automatically resume at the end of the 30-day period.
European governments have left the door open to an extension of the deadline if Iran resumes direct talks with the United States, restores full access for IAEA inspectors, and accounts for the more than 400 kilograms of highly enriched uranium the agency says it has stockpiled.
Under its agreement with the IAEA, Iran is obliged to issue a "special report" on the location and condition of its nuclear materials following significant events such as armed attacks or natural disasters, a senior diplomat told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations.
Quote:A Houthi drone breached Israel’s air defenses on Sunday and slammed into an airport, blowing out a window and wounding two people, the Israeli military said.
The drone hit the Ramon Airport in southern Israel, sending shrapnel flying at a 63-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman and leaving them with minor injuries.
Footage of the aftermath showed black smoke billowing from the airport near the resort city of Eilat, causing major delays and diverting flights from the air hub.
“Takeoffs and landings at Ramon have been halted. The airport authority is working to restore operations as soon as possible,” the Israeli Airport Authority said in an initial statement.
The airport later resumed full operations of arrivals and departures “following the completion of all safety and security checks, compliance with international civil aviation standards, and receipt of final approval from the Air Force,” the agency said.
The attack stands as a major escalation in the Houthi-Israeli conflict after the Jewish state killed Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi last month, with the Iran-backed terror group vowing to escalate its attacks.
Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree said the Yemen-based rebel group fired eight drones at Israel, with the bomb-laden drones specifically targeting the Jewish state’s airports.
Saree said that as long as the war in Gaza continues, Israel’s airports “are unsafe and will be continuously targeted.
Quote:Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in the outskirts of Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people in one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the city in years.
Footage from a dashboard camera shows the moment people flee in terror from the bus stop as shots rang out, with the aftermath revealing several bullet holes through the vehicle’s windscreen.
“Suddenly I hear the shots starting… I felt like I was running for an eternity,” Ester Lugasi, who was injured in the attack, told Israeli TV from a hospital. “I thought I was going to die.
The two gunmen, who have yet to be publicly named, arrived at Ramot Junction by car and opened fire at people waiting at the bus stop, Israeli police said.
The terrorists then went on to board the bus to continue the bloody rampage before they were killed by police at the scene.
The victims were described as a 50-year-old man, a woman in her fifties and three men in their thirties. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar later confirmed that a sixth person had died from the shooting.
Israeli ambulance services said 11 people were also injured in the onslaught, including six people who were listed in serious condition.
Saar said that the gunmen were Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank.
The shooting was met with praise from Hamas and the Islamic Jihad terrorist groups, who touted the gunmen as “resistance fighters.”
Quote:Israel ominously vowed to destroy Gaza City in a “mighty hurricane” of strikes Monday, calling it a “final warning to the murderers and rapists of Hamas.”
“A mighty hurricane will hit the skies of Gaza City today, and the roofs of the terror towers will shake,” Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote on X.
“This is a final warning to the murderers and rapists of Hamas in Gaza and in the luxury hotels abroad: Release the hostages and lay down your weapons — or Gaza will be destroyed, and you will be annihilated.”
“The IDF [Israel Defense Forces] is continuing with its plans — and we are preparing to expand the maneuver to defeat Gaza,” he added.
The threat came after President Trump fired off his own “last warning” to the militant group on Sunday — urging it to accept his terms for a cease-fire.
“The Israelis have accepted my Terms. It is time for Hamas to accept as well,” Trump said on Truth Social.
“I have warned Hamas about the consequences of not accepting. This is my last warning, there will not be another one!”
He didn’t elaborate on what those terms were.
It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered troops last month to capture Gaza City in a bid to wipe out the last remnants of the terror group if it doesn’t release all remaining hostages.
Quote:Palestinians living in the ruins of Gaza City were bombarded with Israeli leaflets on Tuesday ordering them out, after Israel said it was about to obliterate the area in an assault to wipe out Hamas.
Residents of the city, home to a million Palestinians before the war, have been expecting an onslaught for weeks, since the Israeli government devised a plan to deal Hamas a fatal blow in what it says are the militant group’s last strongholds.
“I say to the residents of Gaza, take this opportunity and listen to me carefully: you have been warned — get out of there!” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
The Israeli military airdropped leaflets with evacuation orders onto residents standing amid the rubble of Gaza City, where it has bombed residential towers to the ground in the past few days.
The evacuation orders caused panic and confusion among residents of the strip’s largest urban centre, who say there is no safe place to go to escape bombardment and a humanitarian crisis. Some said they would have no choice but to leave for the south, but many said they would stay and there were no immediate signs of a mass exodus.
“Despite the bombardment in the past week, I have resisted leaving, but now I will go to be with my daughter,” Um Mohammad, a 55-year-old mother of six, said by text message.
The health authorities in Gaza announced they would evacuate Gaza City’s two main operational hospitals, Al Shifa and Al Ahli, adding that doctors would not leave patients unattended.
Most Gazans have already been displaced several times since the war started in October 2023 when Hamas-led militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Quote:Israel launched an attack aimed at assassinating Hamas leaders in Qatar Tuesday morning — just as they met for cease-fire talks in Doha — triggering a diplomatic headache for the Trump administration.
Several blasts were heard erupting in the capital, with plumes of black smoke seen billowing in the sky.
It was not immediately clear if any of the terror group’s leaders were killed in the strike. Hamas claimed that five people were dead, but that Israel failed “to assassinate our brothers in the negotiating delegation.”
“However, eliminating Hamas, who has profited off the misery of those living in Gaza, is a worthy goal.”
Leavitt said the president “feels very badly” about the strike and spoke to both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Thani following the attack.
Trump also promised Al Thani he would make sure that such an attack would never happen again, Leavitt added.
One US official claimed that Trump had tried to reach Israeli officials once he learned about the plan, but the attack had already been launched before they could connect, Axios reported.
Qatar’s foreign ministry said Doha had not been made warned of the attack ahead of time.
Axios reported that Trump ordered his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to tell Qatar about the Israeli warplanes — but the message didn’t reach the Gulf monarchy of 3.1 million people until after the explosions hit.
The attack was primarily targeted at killing Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas’ top Gaza official and lead negotiator, a senior Israeli official told local media outlets.
Al-Hayya’s son, Himam, was among those who were killed in the strike, Hamas said in a statement.
A Qatari security officer who was guarding the offices where Hamas officials gathered was also killed in the blast, Doha said.
“Today’s action against the top terrorist chieftains of Hamas was a wholly independent Israeli operation,” Netanyahu said following the attack.
“Israel initiated it, Israel conducted it, and Israel takes full responsibility,” he added.
Netanyahu’s office said that the decision to conduct the strike was made after Hamas claimed responsibility for Monday’s terrorist attack in Jerusalem, where two Palestinians from the West Bank opened fire on a bus stop, killing six people.
AFRICA
Quote:The fire on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza-bound flotilla was likely started by one of the activists onboard, according to authorities in Tunisia — who said there was “no basis in truth” that it was struck by a drone.
Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said there were no drones detected when Thunberg’s Global Sumud Flotilla [GSF] claimed it was hit by one Monday, starting a fire as it was off the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said.
The ministry maintained that the group’s claim that a drone attack started the fire had “no basis in truth” — and that it was likely started onboard, possibly from an activist’s cigarette.
National Guard spokesman Houcem Eddine Jebabli slao told Agence France-Presse that “no drones have been detected” and that preliminary findings indicate “a fire broke out in the life jackets on board.”
Thunberg was on one of the 20 boats that departed for the Gaza Strip from Barcelona on Aug. 31 in a flotilla Israeli officials have previously described as a publicity-seeking “selfie yacht” cruise.
The GSF posted dramatic footage it laimed to show something falling on the ship from above. None of the six passengers and crew aboard the ship were injured, GSF confirmed.
Israel did not immediately comment.
I don't see why Israel would need to send anything to that location. There's no conflict between Israel and Tunisia at all, and Greta is just a crazy activist. She could hardly become a target in the near or far future.
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