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Sheikh Usta

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Political analyst. The Pulse (geopolitical weekly podcast) Masters in International Relations (in-prog) @kingscollegelon RT != endorsement.

Toronto, Ontario Katılım Mayıs 2021
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War Radar
War Radar@War_Radar2·
JUST IN: 🇨🇳🇵🇭 China warns Philippines it may lose access to emergency energy relief if Manila continues joint military drills with the U.S. near Taiwan. The warning comes amid rising Indo Pacific tensions and growing military cooperation between Washington and Manila. Source: Bloomberg reports
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Sprinter Press Agency@SprinterPress·
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius declared that Germany should have the strongest army in Europe, and outlined a key goal on this path: Our main goal is to have at least 460,000 military personnel ready for deployment, including active troops and reserves. We will recruit more personnel than there are available vacancies.
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Ryan Rozbiani
Ryan Rozbiani@RyanRozbiani·
🇮🇷🇺🇸 America's Most Advanced Spy Plane Is Heading to Israel Roughly 30 intelligence analysts are on board, processing data and transmitting it DIRECTLY to forces on the ground in real time. This is not passive surveillance. They are getting ready to ATTACK Iran, after they find the Enriched Uranium.
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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran's IRGC Issues HEAVY Warning Statement: The IRGC is ready to create achievements and surprises greater than the enemy's understanding and calculation on the battlefield 🔹 The IRGC is at the peak of readiness and determination to continue the fight against enemies, prepared for decisive, definite, and immediate confrontation with any threat and any repeated aggression by the enemies, and in the new probable military battle will inflict crushing and unimaginable blows on the remaining assets of the enemies in the region. 🔹 The field remains open and ready to strike vital points and symbols of enemy deterrence, and the Revolutionary Guards, in synergy and cooperation with other armed forces and brave defenders of the homeland, will not allow the revival of the enemy's strategic brain and heart for any show of strength. 🔹 Iran victorious and the defeated and humiliated enemy in the recent imposed war is today the dominant belief of public opinion worldwide and the shared narrative of many global media. 🔹 Today, with the collapse of the hollow military power of the US and the Zionist regime on the verge of entering a new regional order in West Asia, without the presence of foreign and arrogant powers, especially the US, and creating a stable and secure environment; by the grace of God and under the guidance of the Supreme Leader and Commander-in-Chief Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei (may his shadow be extended), the achievements of these victories for the region and the Islamic world will increase more than ever.

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cbcwatcher
cbcwatcher@cbcwatcher·
Janice Charette, Canada's lead negotiator, is certainly sounding a different tone than Carney on the US "A hugely important thing, but important to keep in mind at the same time that we do actually have the very best trade deal of any of the major U.S. trading partners" @CdnChamberofCom
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Prime Minister Mark Carney told Canadian Sunday Canada's economic ties to the United States "have become a weakness." On Tuesday, his chief trade negotiator, Janice Charette, said that in CUSMA talks Canada has "to maintain our best relationship with our best client."

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Clash Report
Clash Report@clashreport·
China's Foreign Ministry on Taiwan: There is but one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory. No one can stop the eventual reunification of China. Reunification is presented as a matter of inevitability, not possibility. Separatist attempts aimed at Taiwan independence are futile and doomed to fail.
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Patricia Marins
Patricia Marins@pati_marins64·
These are the numbers that those who follow me saw me mention weeks ago. This CNN figure refers to the total stockpile, so it includes interceptors that are already loaded in launchers back in the United States and will not be leaving there. Therefore, the actual number of interceptors available in the Middle East is much lower. According to CNN, these are the estimates of percentages of U.S. munitions expended in Iran war: 50% THAAD interceptors 50% Patriot interceptors 45% Precision Strike Missiles 30% Tomahawk missiles 20% Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missiles 20% Standard Missiles (SM-3 and SM-6) edition.cnn.com/2026/04/21/pol…
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Scott Robertson
Scott Robertson@sarobertsonca·
Dominic LeBlanc on Mexico-US starting formal CUSMA talks: "We're going to get to that stage when we're comfortable that the outline of a deal that's in Canada's interest is attainable. We're not going to sit at a negotiating table to get lists and lists of things, concessions that Canada is supposed to make."
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New Direction AFRICA
New Direction AFRICA@Its_ereko·
🚨🇰🇿🇷🇺 BREAKING: Russia just cut the pipeline. Kazakh oil transit to Germany through the Druzhba pipeline stops May 1. The northern branch. The one that feeds the PCK refinery in Schwedt. Germany thought it escaped Russian energy dependence. It just traded one master for another. Now Moscow is pulling the plug. The empire is learning. Sanctions do not isolate Russia. They isolate Europe. Broadcast this everywhere. The cold is coming. And Germany is not ready.
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Clash Report
Clash Report@clashreport·
NATO's Rutte in Türkiye: The average age here at ASELSAN is just 28… that’s really amazing. This company makes me feel very old. This company is attracting the best people in Türkiye. But we need all companies to do the same.
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Li Zexin 李泽欣
Li Zexin 李泽欣@XH_Lee23·
🇨🇳👨🏻‍🚀🇵🇰Two Pakistani astronauts, Muhammad Zeeshan Ali and Khurram Daud, are selected to train in China. After the training and assessments, one will travel to China's space station, becoming the first foreign astronaut to enter China Space Station.
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Aleksey The Great 🇷🇺🎖
🚨Spanish Foreign Minister: ▪️Italy and Germany are preventing the suspension of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel. ▪️When it comes to Ukraine, Germany acts as a moral guardian, but when it comes to Palestine, it plays the three monkeys. Germany is a hypocritical and pathetic state.
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Furkan Gözükara
Furkan Gözükara@FurkanGozukara·
Expert analyst Tim Anderson confirms a massive fracture between Washington and Tel Aviv. Because the Pentagon lacks the capacity to destroy Iran or control Hormuz, Trump is forced into a humiliating retreat. The Zionist regime is furious over this undeniable defeat.
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Sputnik
Sputnik@SputnikInt·
🚨🇮🇷 Iran may have weapons it hasn't shown the world yet, says Russian expert Iran may have “weapons which have not been precisely identified” to this point, says military expert Yuri Lyamin, commenting on the Iranian parliament speaker’s announcement that Iran has “new cards” it can play if war resumes These could include: 🔸 long-range ballistic and cruise missiles 🔸 new kamikaze drones 🔸 new anti-ship weapons (missiles, torpedoes, mines) Iran is also making other preparations, in case talks fail: 🔸 speedily rebuilding damaged infrastructure 🔸 restocking essentials, from food and medicine to fuel 🔸 clearing damage and demining roads and tunnel entrances near underground missile bases 🔸 accelerating military production, especially at underground factories the US can’t touch
Sputnik@SputnikInt

🚨🇮🇷 Iran warns of 'new cards on the battlefield' "We do not accept negotiations under the shadow of threat and over the past 2 weeks we have prepared to reveal new cards on the battlefield," Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared.

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Arnaud Bertrand
Arnaud Bertrand@RnaudBertrand·
The more interesting part of Von Der Leyen's quote isn't so much Türkiye's new inclusion on the ever-growing list of what the EU considers "malign influence" but it's the "completing the European continent" bit. Concretely what she meant by this, and we know it from the fact her spokesperson literally said that's what she meant (turkiyetoday.com/region/eu-says…), is a reference to the absorption of the Western Balkans (Serbia, Bosnia, Albania, etc.) into the EU. But note the causality link that she's making between getting these countries in the EU and "freedom from influence". This implies that, basically, she has a zombie-movie logic to the EU: either you are in the interior, or outside it being contaminated - and, eventually, becoming a contaminant yourself. Türkiye, in this framing, is now a zombie: not only contaminated but a contaminant, which makes it all the more urgent, in her logic, to hurry the still-uncontaminated inside before they turn as well. To call this a toxic view of the world would be the understatement of the century. I wrote an article back in January (open.substack.com/pub/arnaudbert…) saying that one of the biggest "grey rhinos" (i.e. a problem that everyone can see is coming but that no-one does anything about) out there is Europe's search for a new ideology, given that liberal hegemonism is dead and Europe now has very little sense of purpose. The point I made was that this isn't something you should take lightly: Europe has amply demonstrated in its history that it has an unparalleled capacity for ideological extremism. Steered in the right direction this gave us beautiful cathedrals and the Enlightenment, but steered in the wrong one it gave us BOTH world wars and multiple genocides. Which means you need to be extremely wary of which way the replacement ideology goes: either constructive (oriented toward building and flourishing) or mobilizational (oriented against an Other). The fact we now have the EU's top official articulating a worldview built around ideological purity and absorption of peripheral states to prevent contamination isn't a reassuring sign...
Clash Report@clashreport

EU's von der Leyen: We must succeed in completing the European continent so that it is not influenced by Russia, Türkiye, or China.

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Mario Nawfal
Mario Nawfal@MarioNawfal·
🇹🇷🇬🇧 Turkey just secured 44 Eurofighter jets from the UK in a $10.7B power move. A full mockup lands at Istanbul's SAHA 2026 expo in May. Why does this matter? It shows that U.S. sanctions don't always stop allies from leveling up. Turkey is now becoming a dominant air power despite being "canceled" by the F-35 program in 2019. Source: Clash Report
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Afshin Rattansi
Afshin Rattansi@afshinrattansi·
China’s🇨🇳 Xi Jinping: "Marxism has provided a strong theoretical weapon for the Chinese revolution, construction and reform, enabling China, an ancient country in the east, to create an unprecedented development miracle in the history of mankind." The miracle: -800 million people brought out of poverty in 4 decades -Extreme poverty eliminated in China -Lifted 98.99 million rural citizens out of poverty since 2013 -Expanded the Belt and Road Initiative to over 150 countries -Has built a larger high speed rail network than the rest of the world put together, expanding it from 10,000KM to over 50,000KM -Installed renewable energy capacity in China is roughly 4× larger than that of the United States today -Made China the world’s largest industrial economy, with manufacturing output now exceeding the US & EU combined -Presided over the largest housing and urbanisation programme in history, moving hundreds of millions into modern cities with infrastructure, utilities, and services. In 2013 730 million lived in cities, in 2025, 954 million lived in cities. An increase of 224 million. -By 2030, China is projected to account for over 40% of the world’s middle class -Average disposable income has increased more than 25x since 1980 (real terms) -China’s middle class already drives the majority of domestic consumption, shifting growth away from exports -China now contributes more to global consumption growth than the US and Europe combined -Steel production: China produces approximately 55% of global steel -Shipbuilding: China accounts for over 50% of global shipbuilding output -China produces more cement than the rest of the world combined ⚡️The renewable energy dominance: -China controls 80%+ of the global solar manufacturing market across the entire supply chain (wafers, cells, panels) -It produces approximately 98% of solar wafers, 92% of solar cells, and 85% of solar panels globally -In 2025 alone, China exported 200+ GW of solar cells, with exports surging over 73% year-on-year -Solar cells & wafers now make up 40%+ of China’s solar exports -China drove over 50% of global solar expansion in 2025 -Chinese battery giant CATL alone holds approximately 42% of the global EV battery market
Going Underground@GUnderground_TV

More success from the US’ desperate attempts to strangle China’s🇨🇳 economy: China’s exports in the 21st Century’s most important industries: solar, batteries and EVs, soared by 70% year-on-year. China proves its economy is too big to be strangled. Via @ember_energy

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Furkan Gözükara
Furkan Gözükara@FurkanGozukara·
Press TV confirms a major diplomatic move. Iran officially demands Israel submit its entire covert nuclear program to international monitoring. The Zionist regime secretly hoards over 100 nuclear warheads while the West remains fully complicit. The hypocrisy is staggering.
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Tyler Popp
Tyler Popp@ThatTylerPopp·
How is this allowed? A country that is under investigation for genocide, and we have police wearing badges like these on their uniform? A country that stands for oppression is openly supported and displayed on police uniforms in Canada?
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Ryan Rozbiani
Ryan Rozbiani@RyanRozbiani·
🇮🇷🇬🇧 Iran Seizes U.K. Container Ship in the Strait of Hormuz The UK Maritime Trade Operations agency reported an IRGC vessel fired on a tanker 15 nautical miles northeast of Oman with after it ignoring Iran's Armed Forces Warnings. They have now seized the ship. Iran said the Hormuz is CLOSED until the U.S. removes their blockade. 2 locks on the Hormuz, the global economy takes the hits. *Boat images are for reference only
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I Cant Stop Laughing 😂 🇮🇷🇮🇳 Indian Tanker Pays Crypto Bribe to Fake IRGC, Gets Shot at by Real IRGC An Indian man posing as an IRGC Navy official contacted the SANMAR HERALD's captain and offered safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz for a fee in USDT. The captain wired the crypto. The scammer vanished. The most expensive lesson in maritime history: the IRGC does not accept Tether, and they definitely do not send DMs.

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Defence Index
Defence Index@Defence_Index·
⭕🇺🇸🇹🇷 US Senator Rick Scott on Turkey: “Good luck getting F-35, F-16, and other American made defense platforms. I told President Erdoğan in 2018, and I am saying it again: you will NOT get the F-35.”
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