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Trump Pardon Buries FBI’s Secret Work for Putin’s Oligarchs
The former FBI agent’s pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump
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Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
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Pro-Trump AI Giants Pushed Greenland Expansion Weeks Before Trump’s Bid to Seize the Island
Trump-supporting AI firms have complained that electricity shortages and environmental regulations are hampering the industry in the United States
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Tommy Robinson and the London News Website Linked to a Putin-Backed Propaganda Network
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon was appointed as an ambassador to an unregistered charity connected to a Russian ‘black PR’ operation
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‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Are its tools now targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration?
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Weaponizing Words: How the Trump Administration Used Language to Distort the Truth in Minnesota
Government and media organisations used the power of words to shift moral responsibility for the ICE killings, argues linguist Dan Clayton
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Trump’s Violent Assault on Minnesota Is an Operation in ‘Reflexive Control’
The President is using Soviet-style redirection to wage an information war across America, argues Grant Stern
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Trump’s Greenland Delusion Runs Aground in Davos
For all his attempted bullying, taunts and threats, Trump’s delusional Davos speech revealed a man who is far weaker than he appears, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Mark Carney’s Speech Showed America and Britain the Sort of Global Leadership They Have Now Abandoned
The Canadian Prime Minister’s powerful response to the growing threat from Donald Trump has put other world leaders to shame, argues Simon Nixon
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It’s Time for an Apology From the Trump Apologists
The politicians and commentators who mocked those warning about the threat posed by the US President as being “hysterical” need to face up to their own role in the calamity now unfolding, argues Adam Bienkov
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How Kherson Became a Live Testing Ground for Drone Defence Against Russia’s ‘Human Safari’ of Ukrainians
Zarina Zabrisky reports from a bomb-shelter in Kherson on the cutting edge technology being used to protect Ukraine from Russia’s onslaught
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The EU’s ‘Farage Clause’ Shows the Damage Reform Is Already Doing to the UK
As well as making us poorer each year, Farage’s Brexit is also making us more vulnerable to those who wish to do us harm, argues Chris Grey
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Inside the Silicon Valley Plot to Annex Venezuela for Oil That America Can’t Afford
Donald Trump’s decapitation of the Venezuelan Government opens the door to his Big Tech oligarch supporters’ dreams of creating an anti-democratic ‘Network State’ in the country, reports Nafeez Ahmed
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Trump and Musk Welcome Russian Propaganda After Sanctioning European Disinformation Experts
If there’s any question that the US is now more aligned with Russia rather than Europe, recent State Department decisions have removed all doubt
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Trump’s ‘Donroe Doctrine’ Is an Existential Threat to NATO and Europe
The US President’s plans to capture Greenland pose a grave threat to Europe’s future that its leaders can no longer afford to ignore, argues Simon Nixon
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Why Is the Government Really Refusing to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit?
Keir Starmer’s decision to exclude Russian interference in the 2016 EU referendum from his inquiry into foreign interference in our elections should ring alarm bells, argues Sergei Cristo
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What Putin Really Wants From Trump’s Ukraine ‘Negotiations’
For the Russian leader, Trump’s proposed ‘peace deal’ is merely a way to continue his war by other means, writes Denis Mikhailov
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‘The Trump Administration Must Abandon Its Delusions About Destroying the EU’
The European Union is far stronger and more united than those inside the Trumpian echo chamber have fooled themselves into believing, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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Keir Starmer’s Government Is Funding ‘Violence and Death’ on the French Border, Say Human Rights Groups
Billions of pounds is being spent on anti-migrant measures which campaigners warn are contributing to dozens of deaths of vulnerable people seeking to come to the UK
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The UK’s Shrinking Army Is Conducting Secretive Deployments in 51 Countries
The MoD sent 612 reservists abroad last year to 51 countries – including states with no declared UK mission
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Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence
If you think the Gill conviction is bad, linking the Reform UK Party leader’s closest aide to the Kremlin, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle
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Trump Envoy Has Financial Ties With Former Adviser to Putin’s ‘Money Man’ Now Leading Kremlin Peace Talks
Steve Witkoff’s real-estate empire is bankrolled by a former adviser to Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a key architect of Moscow’s Ukraine negotiations
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Cherie Blair Is Working for a Russian Oligarch Who Is Now Suing British and Luxemburg Governments in Corporate Court
EXCLUSIVE: Putin ally Mikhail Fridman is using a controversial corporate court mechanism to challenge UK and Luxemburg sanctions
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Caroline Lucas Calls for Landmark UK-Europe Energy and Climate Alliance
A new campaign shows how Britain partnering with Europe on clean energy could cut bills and protect the planet
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Nathan Gill Sentenced: What He Was Really Doing for the Kremlin
Reform UK’s former leader in Wales was in the centre of Putin’s preparations to attack Ukraine, argues Sergei Cristo
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Nathan Gill, Voloshyn and the Kremlin’s European Network
The sentencing of Reform UK’s former leader in Wales to ten and a half years in prison should open the door to a broader investigation into the pro-Kremlin network that infiltrated European politics, reports Peter Jukes
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Gaza ‘Humanitarian’ Hub to Function More as US Military Command Centre, Leaked Papers Suggest
The leaked documents suggest Trump’s plans for a ‘humanitarian relief’ centre for Gaza more closely resemble those for a US Army-run command post
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‘The UK’s Suspension of Intelligence Sharing Over Trump’s Caribbean Boat Strikes Risks a Transatlantic Rift’
Keir Starmer’s Government risked being implicated if the President’s attacks were found to break international law, reports Alexandra Hall Hall
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Russia’s ‘Phase Zero’ Is Here and War With NATO Is Now Inevitable, Experts Warn
The same psychological warfare tactics Moscow used to prepare the ground for its invasion of Ukraine are now being used against the rest of Europe, writes Zarina Zabrisky
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‘Geert Wilders’ Far-Right Retreat Leaves a Very Dutch Political Mess’
The advance of centrist parties in the Dutch elections will not be enough to produce a new stable governing coalition, argues Chris Keulemans
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Russia is Using Drones and Deportations to Empty Southern Ukraine, UN Confirms
Putin’s “human safari” attacks on Ukranian civilians, first reported by Byline Times, are a war crime designed to depopulate the country, a UN investigation has found
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Is Russia Losing the Great Game in Central Asia?
Iain Overton travelled to Tashkent, where cranes rise over Soviet relics and Chinese cars fill the streets, to see how Uzbekistan has become the lodestar of Central Asia’s quiet pivot away from Moscow
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‘How to Convert the Success of the No Kings Protests Into a Nationwide Anti-Trump Uprising’
The scale of protests against the President show he can still be beaten, but only if his opponents start offering a coherent alternative, argues Alexandra Hall Hall
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UK Government’s ‘Failure to Investigate Foreign Interference’ Challenged in Europe’s Highest Court
The group of former MPs warn that UK elections are “still at risk” over the Government’s failure to investigate “credible evidence” of Russian interference
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Two Major Ukrainian Cities Lose Power Overnight as Russian Infrastructure Attacks Grow More Effective
Putin’s attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure are accelerating as winter approaches, reports George Llewelyn from Kyiv
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Inside Epstein’s Russian Tech Web: How Oligarch Cash and Three Women Connected Moscow to Silicon Valley
Leaked records obtained by Byline Times reveal how Kremlin-linked investors used Epstein’s network to channel oligarch money into Silicon Valley
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What Nathan Did Next: A Kremlin-Backed Forum on How to Subvert Western Democracy
The former Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill was due to give a talk on cryptocurrencies at a Kremlin-backed convention in Moscow when he was arrested
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Pro-Trump Tech Billionaires Are Poised to Cash In on Gaza’s ‘Peace’ Deal
The same digital technologies that helped the Israeli military target Gazans are now being embedded in its peacetime infrastructure, with Trump-supporting billionaires poised to benefit
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Keir Starmer’s ‘Brexit Is Bad, Let’s Make It a Bit Worse’ Strategy
The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It’s time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage’s damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bienkov
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‘The Stolen Children Scandal in Syria Exposes a Deeper Problem in SOS Care’
Investigations revealed how children disappeared by Bashar al-Assad’s regime were transported to facilities run by a global charity
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‘Stunned?’ Farage’s Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny
Insiders have told Byline Times it is ‘inconceivable’ the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide’s pro Russian statements
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How Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Could Quickly Crumble
The President’s America-first, Palestine-last plan for Gaza risks collapsing under its own contradictions, argues Rana Sabbagh
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Kyiv Blackout As Putin Escalates His Attacks on the Ukrainian Grid
As temperatures drop, so too are Russian bombs on Ukrainian infrastructure, reports George Llewelyn from Kyiv
