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Merkel pushing for EU common asylum system to clean up the mess caused by her open invitation to millions of migrants

Chris Tomlinson
Breitbart News
Thu, 22 Mar 2018 16:11 UTC
Angela Merkel
© Unknown
German Chancellor Angela Merkel laid out a six-point plan this week to prevent a future migrant crisis, including a common asylum system across all European Union (EU) member-states.

The German leader, who recently formed a new coalition months after last September's election, released her six-point plan to stop another migrant crisis after many held her responsible for creating the first one in 2015.

The first point involves support for the EU-Turkey migrant deal, which saw the political bloc give billions to Turkey and a promise of visa liberalisation for Turkish citizens, in exchange for keeping migrants from crossing the Aegean Sea to Greece.

Comment: The Truth Perspective: Weapons of Mass Migration: Interview with Michael Springmann on Europe's Migrant Crisis

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Pirates

'Just trust us!' May shares Skripal 'proof' with Merkel and Macron, group agree coordinated 'response' to Russia


RT
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 16:50 UTC
Merkel Macron
© REUTERS/ Francois Lenoir
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that she would discuss new anti-Russia measures with France before taking any actions.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May has provided the EU leaders with certain evidence of Russia's involvement in the attempted murder of ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the UK, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.

"Theresa May presented us with certain evidence," Merkel said, responding to a journalist's question about the evidence the British prime minister had shared with EU leaders, which would point to "the Russian trail" in this case.

Comment: One supposes they still have yet to share this evidence with Russia or the official bodies. This is a coordinated attack against Russia because every other dastardly attempt at sanctions and smears has failed. Regardless of which corrupt leaders go along with this charade, it still doesn't make it true: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Light Sabers

Marine Le Pen: EU waging Cold War against Russia


TASS
Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:53 UTC
Marine Le Pen
© EPA-EFE/IAN LANGSDON
The European Union has unleashed a real Cold War against Russia, the leader of France's National Front party, Marine Le Pen, said on the France Info radio station in an interview on Friday. In particular, she mentioned the latest actions by London and the European Union over the Skripal case.

"I believe that the current events may have far more significant implications. It's a strategy of building a wall separating Russia and the European Union. I know from my own experience of work in the European Parliament that the European Union is conducting a real Cold War against Russia," Le Pen said.
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Stock Down

China warns Trump's trade war will have detrimental effects on US consumers and financial markets


RT
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 13:36 UTC
made in china
© Damien Meyer / AFP
American consumers will be the biggest losers if a full-fledged US-China trade war breaks out, Beijing has warned, after President Donald Trump signed a memorandum to impose new tariffs targeting over $50bn of Chinese imports.

"The US' persistence in advancing the Section 301 investigation and publishing the so-called findings to pick a trade war will undoubtedly undermine the interests of American consumers, enterprises and the financial market directly," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said, a day after the US President ordered the US Trade Representative (USTR) to levy tariffs on at least $50 billion of Chinese imports. The move is designed to cut the US trade deficit and prevent alleged misappropriation of US intellectual property.

Trump's Thursday announcement of the new duties was accompanied by the 215-page USTR's Section 301 of the 1974 Trade Act investigation report into China's technology strategy, which, among other things, accuses Beijing of engaging in cyber espionage, intellectual property theft and pursuing aggressive investments and acquisitions in the US. "We have a tremendous intellectual property theft situation going on," Trump said.
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Attention

The Russian military warns major war in Syria imminent

Arkady Savitsky
Strategic Culture Foundation
Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:23 UTC
Syrian protester
On March 17, the Russian General Staff warned about an imminent attack on Syria. The statement did not elaborate. Of course, some information is classified but an independent and impartial analysis of publicly available information leads one to the same conclusion. Let's look at the facts.

There are warships deployed by US Navy in the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Persian Gulf. They are ready to launch roughly 400 long-range Tomahawks against a target in the Middle East on any given day. Sea-launched cruise missiles were used to strike Syria in April. Anything that is at all related to the military operations on the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean is hush-hush information, but it's an open secret that the strategic bombers based there can launch at least a hundred cruise missiles and then use other high-precision munitions in a follow-up attack. On average, one bomber carries 20 AGM-86 ALCMs. Five bombers are believed to be normally stationed on this island that is off-limits to inquisitive outsiders. This means that at least 500 cruise missiles can be fired on short notice.

On March 17, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared that Great Britain, France, and some additional countries besides the US had special forces operating in Syria that were engaging the Syrian Army directly. But it's not just commandos.
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Caesar

Putin thanks his voters for 'greatest support in modern Russian history'


RT
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:37 UTC
Vladimir Putin
© Sputnik/ Grigori Sysoev
President Vladimir Putin has thanked all Russians for re-electing him, promising deep and stable positive changes in everyone's lives, and asking political opposition to abstain from populism in their criticism of authorities.

In an address that was broadcast soon after the Central Election Commission announced the official results of the March 18 presidential poll, Vladimir Putin said that over 76 percent of voters had backed him for a new term, which was the largest-ever support for a presidential candidate in modern Russian history.

Putin recalled his previous addresses to voters, which he had made immediately after elections. He said they had been right and timely but added that, given such a tremendous level of support, he considered his previous expressions of gratitude insufficient.

Comment: While the West continues to claim the elections were 'tainted' by fraud, the country's Central Election Commission now declares the final results as fully valid:
Russia's Central Election Commission has announced the final results of the country's presidential election, after declaring the vote valid.

According to protocol signed by the commission members on Friday, Vladimir Putin has claimed 76.69 percent of the vote, winning his third non-consecutive term as Russian president. Putin's candidacy was supported by 56.43 million voters.
Further reading: 'Evil' Putin wins 'fraud-tainted' vote: MSM slanders Russian election

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Bad Guys

Exposed: Court docs show Boris Johnson lied when claiming nerve gas was in 'no doubt' Novichok


RT
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:37 UTC
Boris Johnson
© Gustavo Valiente / Global Look Press
Boris Johnson has insisted that British chemical lab Porton Down told him the nerve agent used to attack the Skripals was definitely Novichok. However, court documents suggest there is no such certainty.

In an interview with Deutsche Welle on Thursday, the UK foreign secretary claimed that a Porton Down scientist was "absolutely categorical" in confirming to him that the source of the nerve agent, identified by the UK as A-234 - also known as Novichok - was Russian. Johnson said: "Let me be clear with you... the people from Porton Down, the laboratory... they were absolutely categorical and I asked the guy myself, I said, 'Are you sure?' And he said there's no doubt."


Comment: Craig Murray goes further in his examination of the court documents. He writes:
This constitutes irrefutable evidence that the government have been straight out lying - to Parliament, to the EU, to NATO, to the United Nations, and above all to the people - about their degree of certainty of the origin of the attack. It might well be an attack originating in Russia, but there are indeed other possibilities and investigation is needed. As the government has sought to whip up jingoistic hysteria in advance of forthcoming local elections, the scale of the lie has daily increased.


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Bad Guys

'Major provocation': Beijing outraged after US destroyer sails near disputed islands


RT
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:37 UTC
US destroyer NAVY South China Sea
© David Flewellyn/US Navy / ReutersGuided-missile destroyer USS Mustin transits in formation with Japanese JS Kirisame vessel during bilateral training in South China Sea in 2015.
The passage of a US Navy destroyer near the Chinese-claimed islands in the South China Sea was a major political and military provocation against Beijing, the Chinese Defense Ministry has warned.

The USS Mustin came within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef in the Spratly Islands archipelago, known as Nansha Islands in China, Reuters reported Friday, citing unnamed officials.

The Chinese Defense Ministry was quick to confirm the report, coming up with a fiery rebuff of Washington's behavior in the region. The Chinese Navy vessels Huangshan and Zhenjiang "took immediate action... to warn off and dispel" the US warship, Ren Guoqiang, the ministry's spokesman, said in a statement.

Comment: The Asia Times reports more on the timing of this provocation:
"It was America's first such operation since January and came a day after US President Donald Trump announced it would levy US$60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports - triggering immediate retaliation from Beijing," said a report in the South China Morning Post. [...]

US President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an order directing his trade representative to impose US$60 billion in tariffs on a range of Chinese products. Along with the tariffs, new investment restrictions will be erected and actions will be taken against China through the World Trade Organization, the president said. But the exact details of how and when Trump's tariffs will be imposed remain unclear.


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Gold Coins

Venezuela's oil-backed cryptocurrency will be convertible to yuan, rubles, liras and euros


RT
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:58 UTC
Euro
© Pavel Lisitsyn / Sputnik
The so-called 'petro' digital currency, which was successfully launched by Venezuela last month, will be traded for several global currencies, including the Russian ruble.

"Starting March 23, all legal and physical entities will be able to purchase the petro directly... within the next 15 days for convertible currencies: yuan, rubles, Turkish liras and euro," said Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

He described these are the most important currencies for "the economic future of the planet."

Maduro said state companies that are exporting goods, such as the country's energy giant PDVSA, can already trade for petro. "PDVSA and those enterprises that trade for foreign currency are authorized from now on to receive 'el petro' for their export deliveries," he said, adding that they will be able to supply products for the Venezuelan cryptocurrency "to all countries and enterprises in the world."
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Radar

China slams US decision to sail warship through disputed South China Sea


Sputnik
Sat, 24 Mar 2018 09:11 UTC
USS Mustin
© U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Pat MorrisseyUSS Mustin (November 15, 2017, off the coast of Japan)
Beijing condemned a US Navy freedom of navigation operation on Friday that sent a Arleigh-Burke class guided missile destroyer near disputed islets in the South China Sea.

China's Defense Ministry stated March 23 that the United States harmed China's sovereignty and jeopardized its security by conducting the operation earlier that day. The ministry accused the US of having conducted a "serious military provocation."

Specifically, the USS Mustin, whose motto is "Always Be Bold," cruised within 12 nautical miles of Mischief Reef in the Spratly archipelago, US officials told Reuters. The atoll was once a fisherman's shelter yet has evolved into a full on military base with the help of China's artificial island construction activities.

Comment: Beijing insists that the repeated dispatch of US warships to the South China Sea is "undermining regional peace and stability" and hurting bilateral relations.
China has lodged a protest with the United States after an American destroyer USS Mustin sailed near disputed islands in the South China Sea.

Beijing demands an end to US "provocations actions which violate the sovereignty of the People's Republic and pose a serious threat to its security, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said in Beijing.

Briefing reporters on Friday, ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying called on Washington to respect regional countries' efforts aimed at securing peace and stability in the South China Sea.
See also: US-China trade war: Trump imposes $60bn in tariffs, China vows to fight to the end, US says 'buy more American gas' to avoid more

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