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Drone spotted near Ronneby Airport in Sweden one flight has been diverted.

More drones spotted tonight over Norway. This is becoming a bad trend.

Norwegian police have found and arrested 8 Chinese nationals in connection with flying a drone today near Svolvær.

Russian intelligence services prepared a series of terrorist attacks in Poland. This included drone components and TNT.

Two people have died and at least three are in serious condition, following a ramming and stabbing attack this morning against the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in North Manchester, England. The attack occurred Thursday during a prayer service to mark Yom Kippur, with the suspect believed to have been killed within minutes by armed police, though his condition has not yet been confirmed due to the possibility of explosive devices on his person, according to Greater Manchester Police.

Three suspected members of Hamas were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of plotting attacks against Israeli and Jewish institutions in Germany, according to the Associated Press. Federal prosecutor said the three suspects, two of which are German citizens, have been involved in procuring firearms since earlier this summer, including an AK-47 and hundreds of rounds of 7.62×39mm, which they would use in attacks on Israeli diplomatic sites and Synagogues in Germany.

Overnight many drones were spotted above German airspace grounding a significant amount of planes.

Munich Airport shut down after several unknown drones appeared over it.

It is important to note that the drones being used in these flights over NATO countries are large fixed wing aircraft of a none civilian character. These are being flown by paid operatives likely who smuggle them in and are being activated to fly them.

ALERTCalifornia cameras maintained by UC San Diego captured the initial explosion tonight at the Chevron El Segundo Oil Refinery right outside Los Angeles, which resulted in a large fire at the refinery, though authorities state that the fire is currently contained to only one section of El Segundo.

German authorises have now confirmed the drones circling in Munich were military grade drones.

Drones spotted over Lithuania.

🚨 BREAKING: Stephen Miller declares "this is domestic TERRORISM and seditious INSURRECTION" after an attack was carried out by ramming federal agents and boxing them in with 10 cars in the Chicago areas, with at least one of the attackers armed with a semi-auto. Luckily, agents deployed defensive shots and repelled the all-out assault. Folks, we already crossed the rubicon. It's only getting worse.

Oslo airport was closed for a couple hours last night due to drone threat.

Estonia has sentenced one of its own servicemen to a 5 year prison sentence due to him collaborating with Russian intelligence services.

The Czech Military in recent days and weeks has detected drones near military facilities.

At least nineteen people are missing, with many, if not all, feared dead, following a massive explosion this morning which leveled a munitions plant operated by Accurate Energetic Systems (AES) near Bucksnort, Tennessee.

This is: The Big Apple — just one day after Hamas executed an American hostage in captivity. This went on for two years across America. Today, they’re completely quiet — without a single utterance. It was all a scam, a charade — orchestrated and paid for. Yet it doesn’t change the fact that we’ve got a domestic terrorist crisis in America. And guess what — Zohran Mamdani will be the next domestic terrorist as New York’s mayor.

"This is a serious threat to Europe" Estonia is concerned about the increase in the issuance of Schengen visas to Russians "The undemocratic regime of the Russian Federation poses a direct danger to the Schengen area and the entire EU", emphasized Estonian Minister of the Interior Igor Taro during a meeting of the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, reports ERR. "We must not allow participants in the war against Ukraine or persons supporting the Russian regime to enter the countries of the European Union. It is necessary to act jointly so that all member states have a unified position on this issue", Taro stressed. The minister also called for the introduction of stricter restrictions on the issuance of Schengen visas and residence permits to Russian citizens to prevent the free movement of persons who may be involved in the Kremlin's hybrid actions. Earlier, the EU announced restrictions on the movement of Russian "diplomats" working in the capitals of the European Union – they are now required to notify local authorities about their trips before crossing the borders of the host country.

Sir Ken McCallum, the Director General of the Security Service (MI5), stated today that he is frustrated with last month’s failure by prosecutors to place several Brits on trial who had been accused of spying for China, insisting that he would “never back off” from confronting threats from Beijing, which he said posed a national security threat “every day” to the United Kingdom. Sir McCallum added that MI5 had disrupted a plot by Chinese Intelligence Services just in the past week, though it is understood not to have involved Parliament, while the number of individuals under investigation over all state-based threats is up 35% in 2025.

British intelligence service Mi5 has reported a 35 percent increase in apprehending foreign intelligence agents from China, Russian and Iran in recent times.

French authorities have arrested 4 Russians who were planning to assassinate a prominent Ukrainian media host who exposes Russian intelligence torturing stories.

↩️ The Center previously reported on large-scale russian information attacks on the USA using AI and a global network of disinformation sites.

Russian hackers attacked 8 different British bases leaking the names of MOD personnel to the dark web.

The Dutch General Intelligence and Security Service (AIVD) and the Military Intelligence and Security Service (MIVD) have made the decision to “scale back” intelligence sharing with the United States, due to ongoing concerns about reliability and political shifts, fearing that sensitive information could reach China or Russia.

Polish Intelligence Services have arrested 8 individuals who were carrying out reconnaissance of critical infrastructure on behalf of Russian and Belarusian intelligence services.

The Romanian Secret Service (SRI) announced they have stopped a mass sabotage attempt orchestrated by Russia on Romanian territory. Two foreign individuals, working for Russia, had placed incendiary devices in parcels that were to be sent via a courier and detonated remotely.

Hungary's Százhalombatta oil refinery, one of the largest in Eastern Europe.

Romanian authorities have stopped a bomb threat plot orchestrated by Russian security services 2 Russian agents have been arrested.

Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda has announced that Russian military aircraft briefly violated Lithuania’s Airspace tonight, with fighter jets from NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission being scrambled to respond to the threat directed at Lithuania by Russia.