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Discussion will center on 'permanent peace' at Trump-Kim meeting


RT
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 01:11 UTC
Candlelight vigil South Korea
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Candlelight vigil in front of the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea, June 9, 2018.
North Korean state media has confirmed that the leaders of North Korea and the US will focus on ensuring permanent peace and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula in Singapore. Pyongyang says it hopes for a "new" start with the US.

The expected key points on the agenda of the much-anticipated meeting between Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump were unveiled by KCNA, North Korea's state news agency, on Monday.

As it was widely expected, the two leaders will discuss the issue of denuclearization, a concept that is feared to become the main stumbling block on the way to a diplomatic breakthrough. The report came the closest so far to an official confirmation that a permanent peace deal may be in the works, with KCNA saying that "the issue of building a permanent and durable peace-keeping mechanism" on the peninsula will be one of the main priorities during the talks.
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UK: Ex-justice minister requests fresh torture inquiry into 'disgraceful involvement' in rendition


RT
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 10:51 UTC
Abdel Hakim Belhaj
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Terrorist leader Abdel Hakim Belhaj
The former justice secretary responsible for abandoning a probe into British complicity in US rendition and the torture of terrorism suspects has said he regrets the decision, and reiterated demands for a fresh investigation.

Speaking to The Times, Ken Clarke said: "I have for some time regretted bringing to a close the Gibson inquiry, particularly since we seem to be no closer to getting to the truth of these matters." Announced by the Cameron government in 2010, the inquiry came to a close in January 2012 after ministers cited concerns about legal prejudice.

Clarke, who now chairs the all-party parliamentary group on extraordinary rendition, told the paper that upon shutting down Gibson, he "made clear that the government fully intended to hold a judge-led inquiry into these issues once all related police investigations had been concluded."

The comments come one month after Libyan national Abdul Hakim Belhaj reached an out-of-court settlement with the government over the kidnapping of him and his then-pregnant wife Fatima Boudchar in Thailand in 2004.

Comment: More to this story of a terrorism leader and the controversial apology and subsequent payoff from Britain:

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Italian deputy PM Salvini closes Italian ports to migrant ship


Westmonster
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 18:51 UTC
Matteo Salvini
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Matteo Salvini serves as Deputy Prime Minister of Italy and as Minister of the Interior since June 2018.
New Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini has shut off Italian ports to a migrant ship with more than 600 people on board, as he follows through on his promise to get tough when it comes to illegal immigration.

Salvini set out his position on Facebook, saying: "Malta takes in nobody. France pushes people back at the border, Spain defends its frontier with weapons. From today, Italy will also start to say no to human trafficking, no to the business of illegal immigration."

Comment: The globalists' tactic of undermining sovereign nations by flooding them with outsiders in the name of "humanitarianism" is starting to backfire, as those nations are taking back control of their borders.

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Revealing interview - Putin answers several rapid-fire personal questions.

Patrick Fleming
Russia Insider
Sat, 09 Jun 2018 18:34 UTC
putin tv interview
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The media should heed his last answer

One gets the feeling that this segment didn't go quite as planned, but it was interesting nonetheless. The journalists were looking for short answers of maybe a few words, or a sentence.

This being Russia, things tend to get a little more complicated.

Listen to the last question and his answer to it. It doesn't sound rehearsed.

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Italian PM to NATO chief: 'Difficult if not impossible to solve crises without Russia'


RT
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:29 UTC
United Nations
© Shannon Stapleton / Reuters
Moscow is essential to resolving deadlocks in ongoing international crises, Italy's new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte insists. He called for Western countries to seek dialogue with Russia instead of turning a cold shoulder.

"Without the involvement of Russia it's difficult, if not impossible" to find "the only realistic and long-lasting" solutions to world crises, Conte said during a press conference with the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. He endorsed NATO's so-called 'double-track approach' to Moscow - mixing defense posturing and maintaining dialogue.

Noting that Russia plays "an essential role" in world affairs, the Italian Prime Minister called on the bloc's members to engage in "more effective" talks with Moscow in order to avoid misunderstandings and "dangerous escalation".
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Israel launches 'surprise' military exercise in Golan Heights - Israeli warplanes and drones circle Syrian-Lebanese border, Syrian army on high alert


Sputnik
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:07 UTC
Israeli soldiers
© REUTERS / Ronen Zvulun
Israeli soldiers are seen in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israel, May 10, 2018
Israeli forces launched unexpected large-scale military drills in the Golan Heights, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said.

"A short while ago, a large-scale surprise military exercise began in the Golan Heights area... In addition, as part of the exercise the system to call up reservists was activated," the IDF said in a statement as quoted by the Times of Israel newspaper.

The Israeli army added that the drills were "planned in advance as part of the 2018 training schedule" and were not linked to the current situation in the area.

Comment: The Israeli Air Force has resumed their overflights into Lebanese airspace this week, as their warplanes were spotted flying along Lebanon's eastern border with Syria.
According to a military report, both Israeli reconnaissance drones and fighter jets were spotted along the Lebanese-Syrian border, with most of their flights taking place over the Sheba'a Farms, Beqa'a Valley, Mount Hermon (Jabal Al-Sheikh), and occupied Golan Heights.

In response to these Israeli overflights, the Syrian Air Defense has been put on high alert near their western border with Lebanon and the occupied Golan Heights region.

A Syrian military source in Damascus told Al-Masdar News last week that the Israeli Air Force has been heavily monitoring the area around the Qalamoun Mountains and Al-Qusayr; they both have a large Hezbollah presence.
See also: False Flag Alert: Free Syrian Army, US prepping chemical provocation in Deir ez-Zor - Russian MoD

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Assad tells UK media that Douma 'chemical attack' was a British PR stunt


Sputnik
Sun, 10 Jun 2018 16:53 UTC
Bachar el-Assad
The US, the UK and France launched airstrikes against Syria in April after accusing Damascus of a chemical attack in the city of Douma. The Syrian and Russian governments have charged the US and UK-funded White Helmet group with staging a false-flag chemical attack in the city to prompt Western military intervention.

Speaking to The Mail on Sunday, President Assad accused the three Western powers of using the White Helmets group to give them a pretext to attack Syria.

"The UK publically supported the White Helmets that are a branch of al-Qaeda, al-Nusra, in different areas of Syria. They [Britain] spent a lot of money, and we consider the White Helmets to be a PR stunt by the UK. So yes, definitely, it was staged by these three countries together, and the UK is involved," Assad said.

Noting that the US-British-French tripartite didn't provide the public with evidence that an attack actually took place at Douma, Assad said that this wasn't the point. "The crux of the issue is that they need to undermine the Syrian government, as they needed to change and topple the Syrian government at the beginning of the events of the war in Syria. They keep failing, they keep telling lies, and they continue to play a war of attrition against our government," the president said.


Comment: Assad is right. He usually is.

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White House trade advisor: 'There's a special place in hell' for Trudeau for backstabbing Trump


RT
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:52 UTC
Hell painting
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Hell painting in Saint-Nicolas de VŽroce church
It's open season on Justin Trudeau in the Trump administration, with the White House trade council chief launching an attack on the Canadian PM, saying there is a "special place in hell" for anyone who double-crosses his boss.

Director of the White House National Trade Council Peter Navarro preached against the Canadian Prime Minister during an interview with Fox News Sunday when asked whether US President Donald Trump's very personal attack on Trudeau was warranted, given that Canada is the second biggest trading partner of the US.

Navarro, who was introduced as the "architect" behind Trump's plan to slap Canada, Mexico and the EU with tariffs on steel and aluminum, did not hold back his fury, turning the heat up even higher.

"There's a special place in hell for any foreign leader that engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door," Navarro said, echoing the words of Trump's chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow.

Comment: Does Trudeau actually have any idea of what he's talking about? See also: Trudeau's 2018 Budget: Virtue Signalling with Other People's Money

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False Flag Alert: Free Syrian Army, US prepping chemical provocation in Deir ez-Zor - Russian MoD


Sputnik
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 14:35 UTC
chemical weapon laboratory
© Sputnik / Nour Molhem
'Rebel' chemical weapons laboratory in Douma
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said Monday that militants of the Free Syrian Army had already brought canisters with chlorine to a settlement in Deir ez-Zor to stage another "chemical attack against civilians."

"According to the information received via three independent channels in Syria, the command of the so-called Free Syrian Army with assistance from the servicemen of US special operations forces is preparing a serious provocation with the use of toxic substance in Deir ez-Zor province," Konashenkov said.

The ministry noted that the video of the use of chemical substances would become grounds for US coalition's attacks on institutions of the Syrian government.

Comment: Last time the jihadists tried this trick the world didn't believe them much. Still, FUKUS had to launch a few largely ineffective missiles. Are the terrorists and their US black-ops friends hoping for a stronger response this time?

Don't miss Eva Bartlett's reports from Douma, the site of the previous false-flag attack: Also, surprise!

Russian MoD spokesman: Daesh continues resistance in Syria only in US-controlled areas

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Gulf States agree to give $2.5 Billion in aid to Jordan amid economic crisis


Sputnik
Mon, 11 Jun 2018 11:17 UTC
Jordan Austerity Protest
© REUTERS / Muhammad Hamed
Responding to mass anti-austerity protests held in Jordan, a number of Gulf States have offered the kingdom $2.5 billion to help it overcome an economic crisis.

Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have announced their decision to allocate a $2.5 billion aid package to Jordan, including a deposit into its central bank, World Bank guarantees, annual support for the kingdom's budget over five years and financing of development projects.

The announcement of the economic package came shortly after Saudi King Salman urged a Sunday meeting in Mecca, gathering Jordan's King Abdullah II, Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed.

Comment: See also:

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