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Emergency declared in Russian city of Dzerzhinsk after explosions at TNT plant


RT
Sat, 01 Jun 2019 12:50 UTC
Explosion
© Elena Sorokina via REUTERS
Officials in the central Russian city of Dzerzhinsk have declared an emergency after a series of blasts rocked an explosives factory. At least 38 people have been injured, four seriously, and two remain missing.

The explosions at a TNT production plant have sent massive plumes of smoke over the city. A first explosion soon triggered two other blasts at the same facility at 11:45am Moscow time on Saturday, before spreading to another building nearby.

More than 300 people and 50 technical units were involved in the response to the blast, according to the emergency ministry chief for the Nizhny Novgorod region. A criminal inquiry has been launched into the explosions, on suspicion of a breach of industrial safety rules.
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'Failure of the century': Iran mocks Trump's Mid East peace plan during Quds Day march


RT
Sat, 01 Jun 2019 09:49 UTC
Iran protesters burn Israel flag
© AFP
Iran marked its Quds Day celebrations with a sharp condemnation of US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan. People filled the streets across Iran to voice opposition to the deal.

"Without a doubt, the Deal of the Century will turn into Failure of the Century, and will not yield results," Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told media in Iran's capital Friday, referring to a peace plan Washington hopes to unveil this summer.

Rouhani joined thousands of citizens in Tehran for a national tradition observed each year on the final Friday of Ramadan. Since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Iranians have marked the day with an event in honor of al-Quds - the Arabic name for the city of Jerusalem - and the broader Palestinian cause. The event is celebrated in much of the Muslim world.
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EU election results show people are 'fed up with fake democracy'


RT
Mon, 27 May 2019 17:08 UTC
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© Reuters / Pascal Rossignol
Anti-establishment forces had major gains in the EU elections because voters are tired of parties refusing to challenge Brussels, analysts told RT, saying the results also show that migration is still a top issue.

Euroskeptic parties made considerable gains in the European Parliament elections, leaving the bloc's establishment parties badly battered and searching for answers. Ultimately, analysts told RT, it illustrates how Europeans have run out of patience for politics as usual.

In the past, whenever the EU found itself in trouble, Brussels would always remedy the crisis by calling for more European integration, Dr. Werner Patzelt, a political science professor at the Technical University of Dresden, noted. And until now, Brussels always got its way.

"This time it was different," Patzelt told RT.

Comment: For more, check out SOTT's analysis: European Parliament Elections 2019: Big Wins For Nationalist Parties in The UK, France, And Italy And check out SOTT radio's:

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Mont Blanc climbs restricted after fatal accident, will 'crowded' Everest be next?


RT
Fri, 31 May 2019 19:55 UTC
Mt. climbers
© Reuters / Toby Melville
Climbers looking to scale the highest mountain peak of the Alps may have to put their plans on hold. After a fatal accident on the slopes of Mont Blanc, French authorities have placed new restrictions on a popular climbing route.

A 25-year-old Slovak national fell to his death Friday near a point on Mont Blanc known as 'Eagle's Nest'. First responders were unable to reach the man in time.

The young man's lethal plunge, and 15 similar cases last year, prompted local French authorities to require that climbers book lodging at one of a handful of refuge sites on the mountain, a rule that will be enforced for the remainder of the climbing season.

Those who violate the rule could face two years in prison and a penalty of up to 300,000 euro ($335,000).

Comment: See also: Mount Everest is covered in tons of trash and dead bodies - Nepal initiates new clean-up program

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Russian air crews would be allowed to handcuff unruly passengers under new law


RT
Fri, 31 May 2019 13:45 UTC
Airline attendants
© Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov
A new law envisioning cabin crews using devices to restrain unruly or drunk passengers has passed the first reading in the Russian Lower House of Parliament.

The proposed amendments to the Air Code would authorize the pilot in command to take measures of enforcement against passengers who "pose a threat to the health and security of other passengers and refuse to obey the orders" using restraint devices.

A list of onboard devices that could be used against unruly passengers is currently being discussed in parliament. While the cosponsors of the bill agreed that plastic handcuffs for hands and ankles would be effective, Tasers were ruled out as they could be used against crew members. MP Alexander Starovoitov, the cosponsor of the legislation pointed out that today it's mostly passengers who help the crew to subdue brawlers by using what is at hand, such as scarves or towels.

Comment: See also: Man wreaks havoc aboard Russian plane, brawls with passengers & dies

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Several explosions kill six, injure 12 in Kirkuk, Iraq


Sputnik
Fri, 31 May 2019 04:14 UTC
Explosions kill 6 in Kirkuk, Iraq
© AP/Hadi Mizban
Six people were killed and 12 more injured on Thursday by several explosions in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, local media reported.

According to the Rudaw broadcaster, improvised explosive devises planted in several vehicles detonated across the city.

The blasts left several Iraqi security officers injured, the Sky News Arabia broadcaster reported.

The situation in Iraq has been highly unstable for several years due to activities of the Daesh* terror group, which seized huge terrorists in the country in 2014. Despite the fact that the occupied areas were retaken by the Iraqi government troops, the jihadists are staging regular attacks on the country's troops and civilians.
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'Baaaaaaaaa bye & good riddance': Philippines sends thousands of tons of trash back to Canada


RT
Fri, 31 May 2019 11:48 UTC
Cargo containers containing tonnes of garbage
© Reuters
Philippine customs officials inspect cargo containers containing tonnes of garbage shipped by Canada at Manila port, Philippines
The Philippines started returning dozens of shipping containers full of garbage to Canada on Friday. The move could possibly end a six-year dispute between the two countries.

Sixty-nine containers holding some 2,500 tons of household waste (including plastic bottles, bags, newspapers and diapers) were loaded overnight onto a vessel at the port of Subic, northwest of Manila. The containers left on Friday for a month-long journey to the Canadian city of Vancouver.

"Baaaaaaaaa bye, as we say it... The garbage is gone, good riddance," Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin wrote on Twitter, posting images of the leaving vessel.

Three years ago a Philippines court declared the import of 2,400 tons of Canadian waste illegal. It had been mislabeled as plastics for recycling. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte then ordered that the waste be shipped back, threatening to dump it in front of Canada's embassy in Manila, or personally sail with the waste and leave it in Canadian waters. "Let's fight Canada. I will declare war against them," he said.
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Desperation: Finland considers putting 'electronic fetters' on migrants whose asylum has been rejected


Sputnik
Fri, 31 May 2019 09:46 UTC
Migrants Finland
© AFP 2019 / PANU POHJOLA / LEHTIKUVA
Earlier this year, a scientific report estimated the number of so-called “paperless migrants” who have decided to stay in Finland without a legal residence permit or despite being rejected, as 8,000, up from the previous 4,000.
At present, the number of illegal migrants defying Finnish rejections to their asylum application and even deportation rulings is estimated to hover at several thousand.

Finland may put electronic footwear on immigrants who have had their asylum applications rejected, the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat reported.

If passed, the law will generally apply to immigrants, but especially to those who have received negative decisions on their asylum applications. The idea of electronic footwear, in Scandinavia known as "electronic fetters", is to serve as an alternative to putting all illegal immigrants in physical custody, an option reserved for individuals deemed dangerous to the public. The Aliens Act lists several conditions for detention, including risk of escape, suspicion of crime or a threat to national security. With footwear in place, the authorities will still be able to keep track of them.

The question of whether the "fetters" requirement would also apply to children and minors, remains unresolved.

Comment: Finland has been overwhelmed by the influx of migrants and has had its share of violent crime; the populace is fed up and 'vigilante groups' have formed:

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More than 1,000 migrants detained in ONE DAY illegally crossing US border


Sputnik
Fri, 31 May 2019 16:00 UTC
migrants scale border wall mexico
© Associated Press/ Moises Castillo
Honduran migrants help each other to cross over the U.S. border wall to San Diego, California, from Tijuana, Mexico, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018
A caravan-sized group of more than 1,000 people was taken into federal custody in western Texas Wednesday after illegally crossing from Mexico into the United States, marking the largest single group Border Patrol has ever taken into custody at once.

Agents encountered 1,036 people, primarily from Central America, near El Paso, Texas, early Wednesday morning, a senior Border Patrol official told the Washington Examiner. The group included 63 children travelling without a parent or guardian. Another 39 people were single adults, and the remaining 934 claimed to be travelling with a family member.

Comment: It's these types of events that have driven efforts by private citizens to take control of the situation:

Private fundraising: Vet raises $5M in 3 days on GoFundMe for border wall

Private sector proposal: US company offers to build 234 miles of border wall for $1.4 billion

Proof of concept by the company who made the proposal:

New Mexico sees construction of first privately-funded section of border wall - Trump-approved

Frontline personnel are totally behind it:

Border Patrol Agent: The best way to end to the humanitarian crisis on our southern border is Trump's wall

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Terror attack: Six explosions rip through Iraq's oil city of Kirkuk

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Thu, 30 May 2019 15:52 UTC
explosion Kirkuk oil city
© Kurdistan 24/Social Media
The aftermath of an explosion in Kirkuk province.
A series of explosions have rocked the oil-rich northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, which lies 150 miles north of Baghdad in a disputed region which Iraqi Kurdistan leaders have jostled with the national government for control over.

On Thursday evening half a dozen or more explosions ripped across a central avenue, leaving at least five people dead and a dozen or more wounded, according to unconfirmed early conflicting reports. Some reports have cited as many as six or more among the dead what may have numbered eight total explosions.

Dramatic footage captured the moment of one of the bombs being detonated on a busy street during the heart of the evening in an area known as a popular commercial hub filled with cafes and malls.
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