The English King is weighed down by medals but never fired a shot, apart from at a hapless grouse. Trump marched the ten thousand men to the top of the hill, can't bring them down again. And elbows the Fake Queen...

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Things did not go according to plan. Iran struck back against US bases and Gulf energy infrastructure, blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, and with its government still intact, now insists that any peace deal leave its nuclear program off the table. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump’s approval rating is in freefall and his NATO ‘allies’ have deserted him while struggling to deal with the economic fallout at home.

60 days later: The US-Israeli war on Iran so far

Donald Trump’s misadventure in the Persian Gulf has become a quagmire

During the Allied occupation of Japan after World War II, Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida developed a set of postwar foreign and security policies that came to be known as the Yoshida Doctrine. Masataka Kosaka has defined the doctrine as follows: (1) Japan ensures its national security through an alliance with the United States; (2) Japan maintains a low capacity for self-defense; and (3) Japan spends resources conserved by the first and second policies on economic activities to develop the country as a trading nation.1 

The Yoshida Doctrine as a Myth

BY Yoneyuki Sugita*

The Japanese Journal of American Studies, No. 27 (2016)

The Chinese government has agreed to co-operate with ‌Australian businesses on jet fuel shipments, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says, suggesting China could ‌loosen curbs on exports imposed amid supply disruption from the Iran war.

“We believe this is an ‌important step, but it is the first step,” Wong told reporters in Beijing, adding that the aim of her trip was to press for Chinese co-operation “in particular for the provision of liquid fuels”.

Wong is in China as part of a three-country tour that also includes Japan and South ‌Korea, with ‌Australia seeking to ⁠keep ties with China on a steadier footing while co-ordinating ​with regional powers on energy security.

Australia, which imports most of its fuel, has faced localised shortages since the Middle East conflict that began in February.

Within hours of an armed gunman’s attempt to enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, attended by top administration officials and hundreds of journalists, President Donald Trump did what he does best: use the assassination attempt to defend his ballroom project.

Trump turns the WHCD shooting into a pitch for the White House ballroom

On Tuesday, King Charles III delivered a speech to Congress full of the stuff President Trump opposes. 

During his remarks, Charles mentioned that the Magna Carta—the foundational legal document signed by England’s King John in 1215—was cited multiple times in U.S. law, noting that it brought about limits on executive power.  

RUSSIA buried UK, French, Polish, and Swedish officers ALIVE under the Rubble of the Hotel ‘UKRAINE’

MARGINALLY SAD: RUSSIA BURIED UK, FRENCH, POLISH, AND SWEDISH OFFICERS ALIVE UNDER THE RUBBLE OF THE HOTEL ‘UKRAINE’

Against this backdrop, it is especially worthwhile to pay attention to the Russian attack on an object located in the northwestern part of the city of ‘Sloviansk’. In particular, we are talking about the Hotel ‘Ukraine’. It is authentically known that this hotel was hit by an Iskander ballistic missile. It is noteworthy that 15 minutes later, this hotel was also hit by 3 Geranium kamikaze drones. All this indicates that the Russians were purposefully hunting for someone……

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD_86vrN6E0

The Trump administration is intensifying its pressure on ABC, days after Donald Trump called for the network to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

A UK House of Commons Defence Committee report pointing out the unlikelihood of successful AUKUS delivery has just been published. What’s the scam?

The scam is the Australian Government continuing to insist on spending hundreds of billions on a faltering submarine-building program while cutting billions from the NDIS.

The 65-page report – a year in the making – found that delivering SSN-AUKUS will be a lengthy and complex undertaking requiring a sustained financial commitment from the UK government across several electoral cycles. The report stated, “It is deeply concerning that there are signs that

the investment pipeline that underpins that commitment has already faltered.

Australia’s sovereignty is routinely violated by Israel. Our institutions utterly subject to foreign interference. Andrew Brown presents the devastating case for a royal commission into Zionist influence in Australia.

GUSNOTE: TO TELL THE TRUTH [a theory about it], THE URANIUM TRUMP PROBLEM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IRAN BEING ABLE TO MAKE NUKES... 

On January 16, 2016, the International Atomic Energy Agency verified that Iran has completed the necessary steps under the Iran deal that will ensure Iran's nuclear program is and remains exclusively peaceful.

Before this agreement, Iran's breakout time — or the time it would have taken for Iran to gather enough fissile material to build a weapon — was only two to three months. Today, because of the Iran deal, it would take Iran 12 months or more. And with the unprecedented monitoring and access this deal puts in place, if Iran tries, we will know and sanctions will snap back into place.

Here's how we got to this point. Since October, Iran has:

UK officials have pushed to bar journalists from a meeting between King Charles III and US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, out of concern over potentially embarrassing incidents, The Guardian reported on Tuesday, citing people involved in planning the monarch’s trip to Washington.

According to the newspaper, the White House agreed that any meeting between the two leaders should be held off camera to avoid what it described as “potential humiliation.”Trump and Charles would pose for photographs but would not be filmed “talking about anything substantive.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has boldly signaled his ambition for Ukraine to become the central pillar of European security, using the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster to urge total European unity against Russia.

Speaking alongside Moldova's Maia Sandu, Zelensky outlined a strategy for deeper defense integration and a regional security axis. However, this aggressive pitch has sparked a fierce backlash from Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sharply accused Zelensky of attempting to dominate a new European military formation and criticized his diplomatic approach, claiming Zelensky has been openly rude to sitting US President Donald Trump.

As Kyiv and Moscow clash over the future of Europe's security architecture, the geopolitical stakes continue to rise.

"I am the evidence," was the eyebrow-raising comment made by Donald Trump when he appeared before the Scottish Parliament in 2012.

He was speaking as an "expert" witness on green energy targets, describing how he believed wind turbines were damaging tourism in Scotland. 

Five years before he first became US president, it was one of his earliest interventions on renewable energy - but since then his opposition to them has grown to become government policy in the world's biggest economy.

He was objecting to 11 turbines which were planned - and ultimately constructed - alongside his Aberdeenshire golf course.