#johnratcliffe #cia #russia - Trump’s Spy Chief In Putin’s Den: What’s Brewing Behind Closed Doors? | Firstpost Live

26 August 2026

A secretive US mission to Moscow is raising fresh questions about Washington’s engagement with the Kremlin. A US Air Force aircraft reportedly carrying CIA chief John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow, with no prior announcement or official confirmation from either side. US media reports say Ratcliffe met Russian officials as efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war remain stalled. Washington also reportedly asked Kyiv to temporarily pause strikes during the visit. The mission comes amid rising US-Iran tensions and Russia’s close ties with Tehran. Watch the full report as Firstpost’s Gursshheen Gahllen brings you the latest. 00:00 - Introduction and Morning Headlines (Canada Tariffs, South Korea-Russia tensions, Meta safety concerns). 01:40 - CIA Chief John Ratcliffe's secret visit to Moscow: Flight tracking and mission details. 03:13 - Strategic significance of the visit regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 04:13 - Contextualising the visit against past high-level US-Russia diplomacy. 05:03 - The Iran connection: "Operation Economic Outcast" and Russia-Iran ties. 06:28 - Conflict in the Strait of Hormuz: Trump's warning to Iran. 07:21 - Iran’s regional response and the Omani-Iranian shipping corridor project. 09:32 - Deep dive into Operation Economic Outcast and financial sanctions. 10:48 - Operation Sindur: General Anil Chauhan on munitions hitting Pakistani sites. 12:20 - Analysis of the May 10th air campaign and India's military calculations. 13:50 - Discussion on lower airspace tactics and the element of surprise. 15:21 - Timeline of the 2025 terror attacks and subsequent military escalation.

Why was CIA in Moscow? Is Ukraine 'slowly losing' war? | Michael Clarke live Q&A

Mystery of US spy chief’s secret visit to Moscow | BBC News

#korea #DonaldTrump #kimJongUn - US strategy 'falling apart': Trump scales down South Korean support in favour of DPRK 'relationship': The Trump Report

17 August 2026

Donald Trump's order to reduce military cooperation with South Korea has left his security strategy in tatters as his 'good relationship' with Kim Jong Un will embolden US adversaries and push away allies warns Prof. Robert Kelly on Frontline.

#music #rihanna - 4 April 2025 - Happy birthday webmaster John Nichols

4 April 2025

It is with great regret at 89 today I must stop publishing but with the current political scene in the world today with 2 "wannabe" dictators #Trump #netanyahu & the dictator #putin and the atrocities (war crimes) happening in both the #ukraine #Israel / #Gaza  and elsewhere in the world this will be my last post.

Just publishing this news is depressing but you can follow news here

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When I was in Korea in 1955 I was in the United Nation forces stationed opposite Gloucester Hill with the British Royal Signals (video of attack 4 years earlier)

Why are they not keeping the peace in Ukraine

I need to return to enjoying my music for which I am told I have a good ear for noticing music picking the Rolling Stones; Eric Clapton´s first records for being famous + many more and Rihanna´s first CD c2007/2008 when I was diagnosed with cancer. About that time a lady from UA dreams Donetsk (UA Dreams) wrote to me and we corresponded for about 18 months before she moved to Germany. I warned her then about the Russians when they invaded Georgia

Too much hot air throughout the world and not enough action

Future of Ukraine discussed at UN Security Council 

 

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Russia must immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday, in The Hague.

 

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Israel kills at least 31 Palestinians waiting for food at US-backed Gaza aid sites 1 June 2025

 #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #IsraelGazaWar #GazaWar #Hamas #IsraelStrikesGaza #IsraelAttacksGaza #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #GazaHunger #GHF #GazaHumanitarianFoundation

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Hope that history rights itself and that there will be love and peace in the world: those breaking it will meet their karma before they bring their tyranny to the peace lovers of this world

Passing out parade at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Summer 1958 John Nichols Dettingen Company

https://archive.org/details/dettingen-company-royal-military-academy-sandhurst-winter-term-1964.

United Nations Forces, comprised of United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Philippines and South Korea troops in the vicinity of the Imjin River fell under direct attack when the Chinese Spring Offensive commenced on 22 April 1951.

The 29th British Independent Infantry Brigade Group, commanded by Brigadier Tom Brody, was under the most severe attack and was eventually surrounded by the enemy. An attempt to reinforce them failed due to harsh terrain and overwhelming enemy power.

The 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Carne, bravely held out for more than three days against more than 30,000 Chinese troops. Of the 700 Gloucesters, only 40 men reached safety, the rest were captured or killed by the Chinese. Lt. Col. Carne was held at a Chinese POW Camp in North Korea till after the armistice agreement was signed. He spent 19 months in solitary confinement, and many of his men died due to harsh treatment at the camp.

The British 29th Brigade's brave stand provided UN Forces enough time to re-group and block the Chinese advance onto Seoul, but not without sacrifice, they suffered 1,091 casualties, including 622 of Glosters. The US lost 1,500 men either killed or missing in action, the South Koreans 8,000 and the other UN forces approximately 1,000 men. Chinese casualties were estimated at 70,000.

 

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#ukraine #russia #ceasefire - Ukraine ceasefire deal brokered by US • FRANCE 24 English

25 March 2025

The United States said on Tuesday it has reached separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to implement a ban on attacks by the two countries on each other's energy facilities. FRANCE 24's Emmanuelle Chaze reports from Kyiv. 

Lavrov: Ukraine is a Nazi project backed by Europe to fight Russia. Moscow will “denazify” Kyiv and build a new world order - with China, India, Iran, and North Korea.

Russia says it’s fighting fascism. But glorifies North Korea. And partners with Iran.

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— Tymofiy Mylovanov (@Mylovanov) March 25, 2025

#Australia #Ukraine #peacekeeping - Ukraine: Australia to consider peacekeeping mission • FRANCE 24 English

8 March 2025

Australia is considering joining the European-led coalition of the willing to support a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine, a statement issued by U.K.

Prime Minister Keir Stamer's office read on March 8. France24 correspondent Gregory Plesse tells us more.

#Australia #Ukraine #peacekeeping

Australians were in Gloucester Valley Korea when I served there and for 6 months I was attached to the Australian Signals Unit in Kure Japan 1955/56 prior to returning to the UK for my Regular Commission Board at Westbury Wiltshire which I passed and gained entry to RMA Sandhurst in September 1956 (Intake 21 Dettingen Company)

Intake 21 Passing out parade in 1958

#Australia - Trump bigger threat to world peace than Putin or Xi Jinping | Dr Emma Shortis on Sky News: The Australia Institute

4 March 2025

More Australians consider US President Donald Trump a greater threat to world peace than Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping. In a poll of 2009 Australians, conducted before the weekend’s disastrous White House event with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, 31% rated Trump the greatest threat to world peace, compared to Russian President Putin (27%) and Chinese President Xi (27%). 15% were unsure. Almost half (49%) said they felt less secure since the election of President Trump. 17% feel more secure. “This is a potentially seismic shift in Australian thinking about America,” said Dr Emma Shortis, Director of the International & Security Affairs Program at The Australia Institute. “One in three Australians now view the leader of our most important security ally as a bigger threat to world peace than the leaders of the world’s two most powerful authoritarian states. “This is not limited to Australia. For example, nearly half of all Danish voters see the United States as a greater threat than North Korea or Iran. “The United States’ traditional allies are looking on with trepidation and sadness. “The collapse of democracy and the rule of law in the United States is in no one’s interests.”

‘As far as I’m concerned, he’s an enemy to the United States’: Rep. Crockett lays into Trump. MNSBC

Trump/Russia: Follow the money (1/3) | Four Corners

#Ukraine #unitednations - United Nations 79th Session Ukraine: President Addresses General Assembly: electron media group inc.

23 February 2025

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine, addresses the general debate of the 79th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 24 - 30 September 2024).

Eleventh Emergency Special Session (U...  

Aggressor Nations in the UN should be expelled and not be permitted to rejoin until those responsible for the aggression are tried and convicted accordingly. They would not be invited to rejoin until there was a 100% unanimous vote to allow them to rejoin

In the future there would be no VETO vote

In Korea I served in the United Nations forces protecting South Korea. There are United Nations in Lebanon. If there is a cease fire why will the not be a United Nations peace force in Ukraine?

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#PeteHegseth #Ukraine #Russia - ‘Catastrophic mistakes’: Hegseth slammed for telling Ukraine to give up territory: MSNBC

12 February 2025

American teacher Marc Fogel, who was detained in Russia for nearly four years, returned to the U.S. yesterday and visited President Trump at the White House.

NBC News chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander reports more on how this came about and former Amb. Michael McFaul, who is a friend of Fogel, joins Ana Cabrera to react to the release and Defense Secretary Hegseth's comments on Russia's war in Ukraine.

#PeteHegseth #Ukraine #Russia

Feb 5, 2025 — Hegseth wrote that he's enforcing an executive order issued by President Trump instructing military academy leaders to eliminate DEI initiatives ...

Dec 18, 2024 — West Point has not yet contacted Pete Hegseth after the school said an employee mistakenly said he had not applied and was not accepted, ...

Why did Hegseth take the matter up with West Point when he did not hear from them?

My experience

In Korea I served as Divisional Communications Offer´s clerk cleared to top secret (1955)

When I first arrived in Korea having been selected for a short service commission; initially applying for this and then training others I did a trade in the Royal Signals - "keyboard and wireless"

My commanding officer noting that I had been put forward for a short service commission suggested that I applied for a Regular Commission a 2 year course at the RMA Sandhurst. I was selected to the initial board at Westbury (Wiltshire England). Not everyone passed this board. I did and entered the later in 1956 (Intake 21 Dettingen Company). It was a 2 year course and not everyone graduated. I did in 1958.

We could not apply for a post at the The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town of Sandhurst, Berkshire, though its ceremonial entrance is in Camberley, Surrey, southwest of London. Wikipedia

But were selected to take and exam to enter it rather than applying for a post in it as appears is the case in respect to West Point.

Photo Gloucester Valley Royal Signals 2 friends at our camp there

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Image (24). Korea 1955 Gloucester Valley - Royal Signals Camp "a couple of friends".

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#world - Watch live: First countries ring in 2025 with celebrations "Happy New Year" may dictators be disposed of and there be peace

31 December 2024

Watch live as the first countries ring in 2025 with New Year's Eve celebrations. Using UK time, here is a brief overview of when countries will ring in the new year. 10am: Pacific islands, including Samoa and Kiribati Island 11am: New Zealand 1pm: Australia 3pm: North Korea, South Korea, Japan 4pm: Taiwan, Hong Kong, China 5pm: Thailand 6.30pm: India 8pm: United Arab Emirates (UAE) 9pm: Russia 10pm: South Africa 11pm: Germany 1 January 3am: Brazil 5am: New York 8am: Los Angeles Live updates: https://trib.al/9WfwieQ

Started streaming 25 minutes ago #SkyNews #NewYearsEve #2025

#Ukraine - Russian Jets Can (could) no Longer FLY OVER Ukraine - New TOP-SECRET Weapon Reveals: Oracle Eyes

From https://www.youtube.com/@OracleEyes41

30 December 2024

How can Ukraine prevent the Russian invasion? This question has been on the agenda for nearly 3 years. Kiev has tried almost everything. Tanks, armored vehicles, air defense systems, weapons, grenades and even fighter jets have arrived from the West. The Ukrainian army used all these resources to try to stop the invasion by Russian forces. These attempts, of course, did not end the war completely, but now Russia is in a position to ask even North Korea for troops. The casualty figures of the Russian army exceeded 700 thousand. Tank losses are over 3,000. Now Ukraine aims to throw the last punch. With the development of technology, Ukrainians are aware that the key to the solution is less costly air defense systems and much newer inventions. The Kiev regime is also looking to push its military spending in this direction. In recent days, there has even been talk that the Ukrainians have designed a system that can destroy Russian missiles and drones at almost zero cost. So what is this system? What trump card are Ukrainian forces planning to bring to the front lines to end this war?

The Trident missile is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) equipped with multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV).

‎Development · ‎Description · ‎Trident II (D5) UGM-133A · ‎Conventional Trident

#SouthKorea: Jeju Air plane skidded off runway, killing at least 47 people | DW News

29 December 2024

A plane crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea, killing at least 47 people, according to South Korean authorities. The Jeju Air flight with 181 people skidded off the runway and slammed into a wall before catching fire. At least two people have been rescued. The flight was flying back from Bangkok in Thailand, and the incident took place while it was landing. According to the emergency office and local media, the landing gear malfunctioned, causing the plane to run off the runway, hit a fence, and catch fire. For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/

#NorthKorea #Russia #Ukraine - North Korean forces suffering 'mass casualties' on Russian frontlines with Ukraine | DW News

28 December 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says several wounded North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine while fighting in Russia have died. He accused Russia of throwing them into battle with quote "minimal protection". Pyongyang has sent an estimated 11,000 troops to support the Russian armed forces. North Koreans are reportedly being deployed in the Kursk region - the Russian territory captured by Ukraine over the summer. US officials say North Korean forces are suffering "mass casualties" there on the front lines, with around a thousand soldiers killed or wounded this past week alone. Here's Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking about the North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine: ''The Russians send them into assaults with minimal protection. Today, there were reports about several soldiers from North Korea. Our soldiers managed to capture them, but they were very seriously wounded and could not be revived. This is one of the manifestations of the madness that dictatorships are capable of. The Korean people should not lose their people in battles in Europe. And this can be influenced by Korea's neighbors, particularly China. If China is sincere in its statements that the war should not expand, appropriate influence on Pyongyang is needed.''

#NorthKorea #Russia #Ukraine _ Jenny Town is a Senior Fellow at the US think tank Stimson Center and the Director of Stimson’s 38 North Program which provides analysis of events in and around North Korea. Edward Howell is a lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford and an expert on Korea.

#finance #investment - China Traders Want More Fiscal Easing, South Korea Politics | Bloomberg The Pulse 12/13/24

13 December 2024

China’s bond rally got a shot in the arm from a key economic meeting, where promises of interest rate cuts helped send the benchmark yield to a fresh record low.

Earlier this week, the Politburo, China’s top decision-making body, pledged “moderately loose” monetary policy in its first policy pivot in nearly 14 years.

On top of easing bets, bonds are also supported by concerns over a potential trade war with the US and a lack of other investment options amid fragile sentiment on stocks and the property market. In politcs, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s approval rating slumped to its lowest level since he took office as he tried to defend his declaration of martial law and push back against efforts to oust him via impeachment. Today's guests: Daniele Antonucci, Quintet Private Bank CIO; Beata Manthey, Citigroup; Jimmy Muchechetere, Investec Wealth & Investment

#finance #investment - South Korea President Yoon Faces Impeachment; France No-Confidence Vote | Bloomberg The Pulse 12/04

4 December 2024

South Korean opposition lawmakers are calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol to be impeached after he plunged the nation into a political crisis by briefly imposing martial law. In an exclusive interview with BTV, BOK Governor Rhee Chang-yong said he expected the impact from the turmoil to be short-lived, and said it wasn't likely to force rate cuts. In Europe, the French government faces a no-confidence vote late afternoon Wednesday. Far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her National Rally party plan to support the movement, which could pass with the backing of a left-wing coalition. President Macron urged French to reject the motion that could topple the government and cause political turmoil.

Today's guests: Claudia Panseri, UBS France CIO; Arthur Delaporte, French Socialist Party Member; Maria Municchi, M&G Fund Manager; Edward Howell, Chatham House Asia-Pacific Program Korea Foundation Fellow

#Seoul - South Korean president declares emergency martial law: CNN

3 December 2024

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address, accusing the country’s main opposition party of sympathizing with North Korea and of anti-state activities.

#CNN #News

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