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07.10.2024 - 12:27 [ Middle East Monitor ]

Israel issues new evacuation orders for 26 towns in southern Lebanon

The Israeli army ordered civilians in 26 border towns in southern Lebanon on Sunday to evacuate immediately amid air and ground attacks on the country, Anadolu Agency reports.

Military spokesman Avichay Adraee asked the Lebanese residents to leave their homes and move north of the Awali River.

02.10.2024 - 22:32 [ Middle East Eye ]

Israel censors reporting on military sites hit by Iran, obscuring extent of damage

Several missiles were also located near the Dead Sea, near where Israeli nuclear facilities are located. It wasn‘t clear whether they were intercepted by Israel or the US, according to the report.

One missile hit in the vicinity of a school in the town of Gedera, with photos of the aftermath showing a massive crater in the ground and major structural damage to the nearby buildings.

28.09.2024 - 16:09 [ APnews.com ]

Dramatic footage shows strike and explosions in Beirut

Video shows the moment Israeli strikes hit Choueifat, an area on the outskirts of Beirut, in the early hours of Saturday.
Published 2:41 AM GMT+2, September 28, 2024

28.09.2024 - 15:31 [ Al Jazeera ]

‘Not justifiable attacking densely populated areas – but world does nothing’

Commenting on the Israeli claims of killing Nasrallah, military and security analyst Elijah Magnier has told Al Jazeera that the focus should be “on the several buildings that all disappeared under the ground, with all their inhabitants,” as a result of the Israeli air attack on Friday.

“It’s absolutely considered a war crime and a crime against humanity – and it’s not in any way considered a collateral damage,” he told Al Jazeera.

“The percentage of the people who are killed in such a populated and dense area – it’s not justifiable,” Magnier said.

10.09.2024 - 14:44 [ Love Music / Youtube ]

Roderick Kiesewetter (CDU) fordert Angriff auf Moskau – Maximale Eskalation

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In einem Interview mit der Deutschen Welle fordert CDU-Kriegsexperte Roderick Kiesewetter: „Der Krieg muss nach Russland getragen werden. Russische Militäreinrichtungen und Hauptquartiere müssen zerstört werden. Wir müssen alles tun, dass die Ukraine in die Lage versetzt wird, nicht nur Ölraffinerien in Russland zu zerstören, sondern Ministerien, Kommandoposten, Gefechtsstände.“
Das ganze Interview kann man hier finden:

10.09.2024 - 14:25 [ Tass.com ]

FACTBOX: Drone attack on Moscow and other Russian regions

MOSCOW, September 10. /TASS/. At least 14 drones were shot down by air defense forces during an attempt to attack Moscow and the Moscow Region. A 46-year-old woman died in Ramenskoye, while earlier information about the death of a 9-year-old child was not confirmed. Several people were injured.

The effects of the fall of UAV fragments in the area of Zhukovsky airport are being eliminated.

10.09.2024 - 14:15 [ Reuters ]

Ukraine strikes Moscow in biggest drone attack to date

Moscow and Kyiv have both sought to buy and develop new drones, deploy them in innovative ways, and seek new ways to destroy them – from using shotguns to advanced electronic jamming systems.
Both sides have turned cheap commercial drones into deadly weapons while ramping up their own production and assembly to attack targets including tanks and energy infrastructure such as refineries and airfields.

04.05.2024 - 08:12 [ Middle East Eye ]

Egyptian militia leader Organi unveils plans for ‘Sisi City’ at Israel border

Prior to merging it with the newly declared union, Organi led the Union of Sinai Tribes (UST), a pro-government paramilitary group set up in 2015 to support the Egyptian army in its battles against a local offshoot of the Islamic State (IS). The UST’s mission in Sinai has been unclear since the IS-affiliate group known as the Sinai Province was officially defeated in 2022.

The bloody, 10-year campaign in the Sinai has almost completely razed Rafah and uprooted thousands of members of the indigenous Bedouin population, leaving most towns and villages pulverised.

18.04.2024 - 18:02 [ Kyiv Independent ]

Germany launches new Ukraine air defense initiative, appeals to EU and NATO allies

Berlin has already appealed to EU and NATO partners as well as other unspecified countries, as Russia‘s intensifying aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities continue to highlight the growing shortage of sufficient air defense systems.

A Russian missile attack on the city of Chernihiv on the morning of April 17 killed at least 17 people.

„This would not have happened if Ukraine had received enough air defense equipment and if the world‘s determination to counter Russian terror was also sufficient,“ President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.

18.04.2024 - 17:55 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Bundesregierung startet Initiative für mehr Flugabwehr

Die Bundesregierung startet eine neue Initiative, um der Ukraine weiteres Gerät zur Flugabwehr bereitzustellen. Dazu hätten sich Außenministerin Annalena Baerbock und Verteidigungsminister Boris Pistorius an Partner gewandt, teilten Sprecher beider Ministerien mit. Die Adressaten seien Partner bei NATO und Europäischer Union sowie auch Drittstaaten, sagt ein Sprecher des Auswärtigen Amts, ohne dabei konkreter werden zu wollen.

01.02.2024 - 21:30 [ ANSWER Coalition / Twitter ]

BREAKING: Months of organizing result in a victorious vote for a ceasefire in Chicago! Chicago is the largest U.S. city to vote in favor of a ceasefire resolution

21.01.2024 - 06:34 [ Mohamed Salah / Twitter ]

The Israeli occupation forces blow up an entire residential block in Abasan area, east of Khan Younis.

18.01.2024 - 00:44 [ Radio Utopie ]

DER MOBILE TELEVISOR (III): “Boden durchdringender Radar” aus Luftraum und Orbit

(17. Februar 2013)

Die optische Auflösung von Bildern mobiler “Televisoren” (durch Materialien sehender visueller Erfassungsapparaturen) hängt grundsätzlich von der Wellenlänge / Frequenz ab und nimmt mit zunehmender Wellenlänge (d.h.: abnehmender Frequenz) ab.

Für potentiell flächendeckende Durchleuchtung von Metropolen mit ihren tausenden Gebäuden und Kellerräumen bietet sich – wenn auch nicht mit gleicher optischer Auflösung wie bei unmittelbarer Nähe des Zielobjekts und Verwendung von hochfrequenter elektromagnetischer Strahlung – der Einsatz von etwas niedriger frequenten Millimeterwellen aus der Luft an, etwa durch Drohnen. Bereits im September 2008 hatte das U.S.-Militär, nach jahrelanger und in Zeiten des “Antiterrorismus” massiv finanziell geförderter Forschung, an die Presse dringen lassen, man setze in Kriegsgebieten Drohnen mit Überwachungstechnologien ein, die “das Verfolgen von menschlichen Zielen erlauben, selbst wenn sie in Gebäuden oder auf andere Art versteckt sind”.

30.05.2023 - 09:06 [ Interfax.com.ua ]

One person killed, 13 injured in Kyiv, region in attack by Russian strike drones – National Police

„The air raid siren in Kyiv region lasted for more than three hours today. The enemy attacked the area with shaheds. The police of Kyiv region are documenting the consequences of an enemy attack on the region. In one of the residential complexes, as a result of the attack, people received shrapnel wounds, head injuries and bruises,“ Nebytov said on the Telegram channel.

30.05.2023 - 09:05 [ RT.com ]

Moscow attacked by drones – mayor

The mayor, citing data from the city medical services, said that no residents of the buildings hit by the aircraft were seriously hurt. He added that two people requested medical assistance at the scene, but no one had to be taken to the hospital.

29.10.2022 - 03:18 [ Ynetnews.com ]

Halutz rescued, for now

(06.01.2007)

There is no other way to find logic or sense in the grotesque mountain of insignificant details, trivial conclusions, simplistic lessons, and bombastic nonsense that fills the working papers, investigation summaries, media reports, and officer discussions.

Some of those „conclusions and lessons“ looked and sounded like a cruel parody produced by an uninhibited satirist: „The elimination of the Katyusha rocket threat was not defined as an objective,“ „the activity was not defined as war,“ „the objectives were not defined using clear military language…“

29.10.2022 - 03:09 [ MondoWeiss.net ]

Which crowded cities can you fire into?

(25.07.2014)

Over a decade ago, Yonatan Shapira, then an Israeli air force pilot, bravely confronted his top commander, Lt. General Dan Halutz, over what were euphemistically called “targeted assassinations.” Israeli warplanes regularly fired missiles at Hamas leaders in Gaza, also killing innocent civilians, some of them children.

Shapira asked General Halutz, What if a Hamas leader were located in Tel Aviv? Would you order our pilots to fire there, risking Israeli bystanders? Halutz said no.

So you value Israelis over Palestinians, Yonatan responded. Get someone else to fly your aircraft.

12.10.2022 - 13:12 [ RT.com ]

Ukraine hat erstes deutsches Luftabwehrsystem Iris-T erhalten

Die Ukraine hat das erste von vier zugesagten Iris-T-Luftabwehrsystemen von Deutschland erhalten, wie der Spiegel berichtet. Damit besitzt die Ukraine nun eines der modernsten deutschen Flugabwehrsysteme, über die noch nicht einmal die Bundeswehr verfügt.

12.10.2022 - 12:11 [ CNN ]

Zelensky asks G7 for ‘air shield’ as rockets rain down on Ukraine

As deadly Russian airstrikes continued into a second day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday asked the Group of 7 nations to help his country establish an “air shield” against aerial attacks.

Zelensky’s plea comes amid one of the fiercest bombing campaigns that Russia has waged against Ukraine since invading in late February. At least 19 people have been killed and more than 100 wounded across the country, as far away as the western city of Lviv, hundreds of miles from the war’s main theaters in eastern and southern Ukraine.

12.10.2022 - 12:03 [ CNN ]

October 11, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

US President Joe Biden said in an exclusive CNN interview he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “rational actor” who badly miscalculated his ability to invade Ukraine. He also said he doesn‘t believe Putin would use a nuclear weapon.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who addressed a meeting of the G7 on Tuesday, urged the leaders to intensify efforts to create an „air shield“ for Ukraine and to stiffen Russian sanctions.
Russia launched missile strikes on several regions of Ukraine on Tuesday, the second day of heavy bombardment aimed at the nation‘s infrastructure.
At least 19 people were killed and more than 100 injured Monday in the Russian attacks, the heaviest seen in Kyiv and other cities since February.

11.10.2022 - 06:37 [ CNN ]

Biden promises Ukraine ‘advanced air defense systems’ after Russian missile strikes

The White House did not specify which air defense systems Biden discussed with Zelensky, but the United States previously committed to providing Ukraine with National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems. NASAMS would be capable of engaging Russian cruise missiles.

11.10.2022 - 06:33 [ Bloomberg Quicktake / Nitter ]

Putin threatened more strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure after Russian missiles hit cities across Ukraine EU leaders said the strikes, which Putin said were retaliation for an attack on a bridge link to Crimea, amounted to “war crimes”

11.10.2022 - 06:29 [ Reuters / Nitter ]

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Massive explosions shook the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and other cities after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Ukraine of a terrorist attack on a bridge linking Russia and Crimea

11.10.2022 - 04:51 [ Guardian News / Youtube ]

Dashcam video shows moment of missile strike in Dnipro, Ukraine

Oct 10, 2022 Dashcam footage from the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro shows the moment a Russian missile descended upon a residential area and the large explosion that followed.

11.10.2022 - 03:24 [ BBC News ]

BBC reporter ducks as explosions rock Ukraine‘s capital Kyiv – BBC News

Oct 10, 2022 A BBC journalist in Kyiv, Hugo Bachega, was delivering a news report when several explosions happened in the centre of Ukraine‘s capital city.

Just over an hour later, after heading to shelter with his camera crew, the BBC re-established contact with Hugo.

Explosions have been reported in other cities across the country, including Lviv, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia, in what appears to be the most widespread set of Russian attacks since the early weeks of the war.

19.10.2021 - 06:26 [ Haaretz ]

Not Without a Warrant

The bill adds another justification for searching without a warrant – if, in the police’s view, there are reasonable suspicions that evidence will be found there that will prove a serious crime has been committed, and there are also grounds for fearing that this evidence will be destroyed by the time a search warrant is obtained. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation did insist that in any such situation, the police officer entertaining this suspicion will need approval from a senior officer. But in practice, the police can always claim that a reasonable suspicion existed, even it if turns out the officer in question was wrong.

18.09.2021 - 16:38 [ Copenhagen Post - phpost.dk ]

Copenhagen ranked fourth on world’s best cities list

From Underdog up to the top

In the previous Time Out Magazine ranking from 2019, Copenhagen didn’t even crack the top 48.

06.07.2021 - 09:58 [ Welt.de ]

Sicherheitstechnik: USA machen Jagd auf verräterische Emotionen

(12.August 2007)

Zentraler Bestandteil des PHI-Projektes „Feindlicher Vorsatz“ ist ein Roboter – er soll als vollautomatischer Grenzübergangshelfer Blutdruck, Puls, Perspirationsrate, Bewegungen und Gesichtsausdruck eines jeden Reisenden erfassen. Was verräterisch ist, wird gemeldet.

Die Idee ist nicht neu: Schon heute wird in den Staaten das Gesicht der Flugreisenden gescannt. Im Rahmen von Spot, den Screening Passengers through Observation Techniques, beobachtet speziell geschultes Sicherheitspersonal seit 2003 die Mimik einreisender Passagiere, um auffällige Personen auszumachen.

08.04.2021 - 08:09 [ ORF ]

Oppositionskandidat gewann bei Wahl in Seoul

Auf den Kandidaten der Oppositionspartei Macht des Volkes (PPP), Oh Se-hoon, entfielen bei der Wahl in der Hauptstadt gestern 57,5 Prozent der abgegebenen Stimmen, wie die staatliche Wahlkommission heute mitteilte.

10.03.2021 - 08:01 [ WDR / Twitter ]

Bei der Bremer Pleitebank #Greensill haben auch andere NRW-Kommunen Steuergeld angelegt, das wahrscheinlich weg ist. Aber warum haben die Städte das gemacht? Und wie viel Zockerei war im Spiel?

10.03.2021 - 07:55 [ WDR / Twitter ]

Die Insolvenz der #Greensill-Bank trifft die Stadt Monheim doppelt hart: Die Chancen, die investierten 38 Millionen Euro zurückzubekommen, stehen schlecht. Zudem ist Strafanzeige gegen die Stadtspitze gestellt worden

26.01.2021 - 10:51 [ iamexpat.nl ]

Anti-coronavirus protests and riots across the Netherlands

The national curfew came into effect at 9pm on January 23. The first night saw the police issue over 3.600 95-euro fines for violations of the curfew. 25 people were arrested. However, the police did note that, of the people who were stopped and checked during curfew hours, 80 percent carried the necessary government forms.

On Monday, the Dutch Security Council – made up of the 25 mayors who chair security regions – will meet in Utrecht in order to discuss how the curfew will be enforced over the coming weeks.

26.01.2021 - 10:42 [ DutchNews.nl ]

Rutte calls anti-curfew violence ‘unacceptable’ but rules out calling in army

The prime minister expressed his support for police, municipal mayors and journalists who were targeted while reporting on the weekend’s violence. He said police had responded ‘adequately’ to the situation and dismissed the idea of calling in the army to enforce the curfew. We’re not taking these measures for fun,’ Rutte said. ‘We’re doing it because we’re fighting the virus and right now it’s the virus that’s taking away our freedom, and it’s because of the virus that we’re taking these rotten measures.’

26.01.2021 - 10:39 [ DutchNews.nl ]

Riot police called out across the Netherlands as trouble flares for third night

Police in Noord-Holland province said they had arrested five people who had called online for riots in Purmerend, Hoorn and Alkmaar. In Amsterdam, there were at least nine arrests after trouble erupted in the east of the city. In Gouda, the mayor also evoked his emergency powers after several cars were set on fire. There were also arrests in Geelen, in Limburg, including several minors, police said.