Under pressure from Western allies, Germany says won't bar Poland from sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine

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Under mounting pressure from its Western allies, Germany, which had so far refused to send tanks to Ukraine, now says it would not stand in the way of Poland if it wanted to give Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock made the remark on Sunday after being asked what would happen if Poland went ahead with sending German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine without German approval. Germany's refusal to supply Ukraine with the tanks boils down to its position that German tanks should only be supplied to Ukraine if its other Western allies, particularly the United States, agreed to provide tanks of their own. Speaking at the Paris summit, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said he expected a decision on the provision of tanks to Ukraine soon. Last Saturday, the UK government said it was set to supply Ukraine with a fresh package of lethal military equipment, including heavy battle tanks.
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Russian defense minister: Ukraine conflict rapidly deteriorating, trending towards 'uncontrolled escalation'

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has warned that the situation in Ukraine is rapidly deteriorating and spiraling into "uncontrolled escalation,” as the conflict in the former Soviet republic drags on for the eighth month. During the call, the Russian minister said Moscow has concerns Ukraine could use a "dirty bomb" in the conflict, without providing any evidence to support his warning that that Ukraine might use such a weapon. "They discussed the situation in Ukraine, which is rapidly deteriorating," Shoigu was quoted as saying in a readout of the phone call published by the Russian Defense Ministry, adding, "It is trending towards further uncontrolled escalation." Russia: Ukraine depot destroyed with 100,000 tonnes of aviation fuelMoreover, the Russian Defense Ministry said its forces destroyed a depot in central Ukraine that was storing over 100,000 tonnes of aviation fuel. Russian forces also repelled attacks in Luhansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine.

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Who killed Jeremy Corbyn’s social justice project?

They say that Jeremy Corbyn, the former leader of the UKs Labour Party, interfered to slow down the progress of antisemitism cases. In fact, the evidence shows that levels of antisemitism in the Labour Party were lower than in society in general. However, the Corbyn-led party took over and extended the witch hunt by internalizing Zionist talking points on what antisemitism was. Zionist talking pointsBy acting as if the Zionist talking points were evidence-based, key elements of the office of the Leader of the Opposition (known as LOTO), and those around it, came to believe that they were genuine. As a result, they appointed staff who also believed in the false Zionist talking points.

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At least 46 dead as earthquake shakes Indonesia's Java island

A shallow 5.6-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 46 people and injured hundreds when it damaged buildings and triggered landslides on Indonesia's main island of Java, officials say. The majority of deaths were counted in one hospital, he said earlier, with most of the victims killed in the ruins of collapsed buildings. He said the town's Sayang hospital had no power after the quake, leaving doctors unable to operate on victims. Shops, a hospital and an Islamic boarding school in the town were severely damaged, according to Indonesian media. A 6.2-magnitude quake that shook Sulawesi island in January 2021 killed more than 100 people and left thousands homeless.

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Israeli forces gun down Palestinian man, critically injure teen in West Bank attacks

Israeli forces have fatally shot a Palestinian man and critically injured a teenager during separate attacks across the occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian Information Center, he was shot at the 109 checkpoint near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya. Wafa also reported that after shooting the teenager, Israeli forces arrested his father and brother about two hours after the incident in Sheikh Jarrah. It added that Israeli forces raided the teenager’s family home in the town of Anata, northeast of al-Quds, and arrested his father, Rajab, and his brother. Palestinians want the West Bank as part of a future independent state with East al-Quds as its capital.

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Great unsaid in US election: Love for ‘forever war’ is what cost Democrats

It’s true that the sitting party’s president almost always loses Congressional seats in the midterm election, but what really cost the Democrats was their commitment to the American Dream of “forever war”. Just as the economic sanctions on Russia have rebounded so awfully against the West, so did the Democrats’ war drive rebound in their own sanctioning at the ballot box this week. Those are Democratic Party mouthpieces and not Republican ones, which can have very different ideas on Ukraine. Democrats are more committed to war this time, but it’s absurd to believe that even if Republicans don’t totally back this war that they won’t back future American wars. 2022 has shown that the US cannot handle its forever wars like it used to - not militarily, not politically, and obviously not economically.

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Some criminal regimes have made a toy of human rights, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman has denounced the fatal shooting of a young Palestinian man by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, saying human rights have turned into a plaything in the hands of some criminal governments. The man then appears to strike the Israeli soldier, before the trooper pulls out a handgun and shoots him several times at point-blank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said Mefleh died of his critical wounds. Moreover, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned the heinous crime committed by an Israeli soldier against 22-year-old Palestinian youth Ammar Mefleh. According to the United Nations, the number of Palestinians killed by Israel in the occupied West Bank this year is the highest in 16 years.

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Iran warns enemies: Any attack will be met with firm response at origin

The General Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces has warned enemies, especially the US and Israel, against making any mistake in dealing with the Islamic Republic, saying any attack against the country will be responded firmly at its origin. The unrest was orchestrated by two of the presidential candidates who had lost the election and claimed that the results had been rigged. The statement further pointed to the recent wave riots in Iran and emphasized that the enemies’ main strategy was to wage a media and cognitive war in order to influence the Iranian youths. Amini died on September 16 in the hospital three days after she collapsed at a police station. An investigation attributed her death to her medical condition, dismissing allegations that she had been beaten by police forces.

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Martyr Soleimani manifests ideology, wave of resistance that help people fight imperialism: Journalist

Marwa Osman, journalist and political analyst from Beirut, commended the top Iranian military commander for his indefatigable resistance against terrorism and US imperialism and colonialism. Martyr Soleimani played a very important role in supporting and strengthening the resistance in the West Asian region, especially in Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and later in Iraq. “What General Soleimani did has affected not only the people of his region but it transcended across the borders, it went even across Asia all over the world from Havana to Moscow to elsewhere. General Soleimani played an important role in the defeat of the Daesh terrorist group in Iraq and Syria and foiled its plots, orchestrated in the West, to destabilize the region. On January 8, 2020, the IRGC targeted the US-run Ain al-Asad base in Iraq’s western province of Anbar with a wave of missile attacks in retaliation for the assassination of General Soleimani.

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