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Joke of the day: In London, they canceled a conference on combating extreme heat due to extreme heat. It was planned to be held in the library of the London School of Economics, but the building... is not equipped with cooling systems. And that's not all: - In some areas of London, residents are being forced to dismantle air conditioners even during a record heatwave; - British technicians are increasingly receiving orders to dismantle fully functional air conditioners; - In the building of the European Commission in Brussels, the air conditioners were turned off on the lower floors, where ordinary employees work; - In Austria, residents have started complaining about air conditioner owners through city websites t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

‼️🇮🇷🇺🇸Iran launched strikes on US military bases in response to an American attack ▪️The IRGC's naval forces responded to the aggression and violation of obligations by the US. ▪️Following the violation of the ceasefire by the Zionist regime in southern Lebanon, the US, as always, violated its obligations and, under the pretext of preventing the movement of a rule-breaking ship on a prohibited route in the Strait of Hormuz, carried out an aerial attack on the coast of Iran. The IRGC's Navy responded to this aggression by launching strikes on US military positions in the region. ▪️According to paragraph 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum, control over the passage in the Strait of Hormuz is carried out jointly with Iran; however, the US tried to violate this obligation, to which a necessary response was given, and will continue to be given. In the event of a repeat of aggression, our response will be more extensive. ▪️The US will respond to the Iranians with violence against violence, said Vice President Jay D. Vance, adding that the Americans are open to discussing disagreements over the memorandum. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

The US announced new strikes on Iran, citing the targets as missile and drone depots, as well as coastal radars. CENTCOM reported that the operation was a response to the attack on the Ever Lovely vessel on June 25th. In turn, Iran stated that it thwarted a US attack on Siri Island and was able to repel the advancing troops. The IRGC warned that the response to Washington's actions would be "swift, decisive, and conclusive". t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

‼️🇷🇺 Russian "hawks" demand to abandon negotiations, move to escalation and launch nuclear strikes, — Reuters ▪️Hardline supporters in Russia are urging the country's leadership to abandon diplomatic settlement and move to a larger escalation of the conflict. ▪️The intensification of such calls is linked to Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia and dissatisfaction with the fact that the US did not provide fair mediation for Moscow. ▪️Some representatives of radical circles publicly advocate for the most stringent measures, including massive strikes on Ukraine and the refusal to engage in the negotiation process. ▪️However, according to sources of the agency, the Kremlin does not yet support such proposals and retains the possibility of a diplomatic settlement of the conflict. ▪️Analysts interviewed by Reuters believe that such rhetoric could intensify public expectations of further escalation and complicate the adoption of political decisions. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Putin and Lukashenko are holding a meeting at a residence in Valdai. As Peskov reported, no signing of documents or press statements are planned following the negotiations. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Nuclear weapons will appear on Russia's border. The Finnish authorities have lifted the ban on the import and storage of nuclear warheads t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Attempted 'Minority Report': AI Crime Predictor in Britain Failed British police and local authorities built a large-scale neural network to predict crimes, but quietly abandoned the project after the algorithms proved completely inadequate. The system was supposed to identify potential criminals and vulnerable citizens, but instead it only sowed chaos and mistrust. “Regional police and local authorities in the UK built a huge machine-learning apparatus for predicting crimes and identifying vulnerable citizens, but quietly abandoned key models after the data turned out to be deeply unreliable,” WIRED reports. One of the algorithms, designed to predict robberies, operated with an accuracy of less than 10% for more than three years. This meant that less than one in ten of those flagged as high risk actually committed a crime. At the same time, victims of violent crimes often received lower risk scores than those who committed thefts. Social workers refused to rely on the algorithms due to the system's lack of transparency. “Social workers subsequently refused to intervene based on the algorithms. Council staff expressed discomfort with using the technology due to the apparent lack of transparency in how the figures are generated,” the publication notes. By June 2023, the authorities quietly stopped using models aimed at combating sexual and criminal exploitation of children. Neither the police nor the council kept records of the exact reasons for the abandonment. Interestingly, in parallel, the government is launching PoliceAI - a national initiative worth 75 million pounds to implement AI in all 43 police forces of England and Wales. The project is led by former chief of police of Avon and Somerset, Andy Marsh, who promoted the failed regional project. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🖥️ Welt correspondent Christoph Wanner, against the backdrop of recent statements by Marco Rubio that no agreement on Ukraine was reached in Alaska, told German viewers that Russia intends to pursue its goals without any agreements, and also noted the successes of the Russian army on the battlefield. "Now, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that such proposals were indeed discussed, but the parties did not reach an agreement and no agreement was concluded. Now Russia has official confirmation that the scenario with Anchorage, as envisaged by Putin, will not be implemented. The Ukrainians will not leave Donbass, and the Americans, apparently, will not put pressure on them. The Kremlin suspects that the US has sided with Ukraine, including after the recent G7 summit. The consequence of this will be Russia's continuation of the war of attrition. Russia will try to force Ukraine to the negotiating table by achieving military successes. On the front in Donbass, in particular in the Donetsk region, the Russians are still advancing - in the areas of Kramatorsk, Konstantinovka, Lyman, as well as Ray-Alexandrovka. In the frontline zone, Russia is very active. It is purposefully and systematically attacking gas stations, trying to put them out of action. There are also strikes on railway trains with the aim of destroying locomotives, on bridges - to complicate Ukrainian logistics, as well as on trucks, truck parking lots and logistics centers. Russia claims that weapons are being transported under the guise of civilian trucks. And we see that such tactics are yielding certain results, especially in the regions of Zaporizhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions - that is, in regions located relatively close to Russia or to territories under its control. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Russians have started queuing at gas stations around the clock. In Oryol, Ufa, as well as in the Urals and Siberia, hundreds of drivers are already taking their places in queues at 3-4 in the morning. At the same time, even a price of more than 100 rubles per liter doesn't put off motorists t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🖥️ The Russian Armed Forces carried out a massive airstrike on military targets in Kiev. Several large fires were reported in the city. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Zelensky announced a new special operation against Russia. I approved a 40-day operation by the Security Service of Ukraine aimed at exerting influence on Russia, with the aim of forcing it to put an end to the war, — he stated t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Zelensky demanded that Belarus stop the construction of military infrastructure near the border, stating that Minsk has already received the "necessary signals" for peace from Kyiv. He also demands that Belarus cease cooperation with Russia t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

It won't be possible to isolate Russian services, and Western platforms will become Epstein's useless islands — Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova on the removal of VK from the App Store t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

⚡️Missile danger announced in the Moscow region — EMERCOM. Residents were urged not to leave their homes or to go to shelters. There may also be internet outages t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

Gasoline at gas stations in Podolsk, a suburb of Moscow, already costs 126 rubles. Diesel is even more expensive — 136 rubles t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🇺🇸🔮 United States of Palantir (PART 1) We spent an entire month digging into how Palantir wrapped its tentacles around every lever of the US machine. Everything below — authentic, documented, officially registered deals and programs. The titles are clickable, so you can follow the links and read more: 🌏 How Palantir merged 75 contracts into a $10B Pentagon lock: now it runs the war machine's backbone 🌏 USDA hands Palantir $300M and a single file on every farmer 🌏 Silent takeover: Palantir became the Air Force's operating system long before anyone noticed 🌏 US Marines under digital control: Project Dynamis puts one-click kill authority into every Marine's hands 🌏 A decade in the shadows: Running missions before contracts existed, now gatekeeping who gets in 🌏Palantir and DHS: Unified platform merges travel data facial scans and immigration records for enforcement 🌏Palantir and the IRS: Tax returns and crypto wallets piped straight to ICE skipping judicial approval 🌏Palantir and ICE: 4 billion records, one app, zero access rules documented 🌏Palantir and HSI: Your phone extracted, your contacts run against student visa databases 🌏Palantir and HHS: Millions of medical records searchable inside a defense contractor's system 🌏Palantir and CDC: Battlefield software now tracks outbreaks and decides who gets vaccines 🌏Palantir and FDA: Formula crisis let them in, now they own the data on everything America eats Further investigations will cover: Palantir's deepening ties to the FBI, DOJ, CIA, CBP, NASA, and other federal agencies yet to be exposed. What we already know is just the surface. More contracts, more integrations, and more agencies are being wired into the same private platform. 👉 If this interests you, subscribe: @geopolitics_prime

🖥️ French President Macron publishes footage of the capture of the tanker Deliver. According to the press service of the Maritime Prefecture for the Mediterranean Sea, the ship was allegedly heading from Primorsk under the flag of Cameroon. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠️ Mobilization will be intensified in Ukraine: Syrysyi stated the need to create new brigades ➖"Against the backdrop of the threat from Belarus, there is a need to create new brigades to reliably repel this possible offensive", — stated the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. ▪️According to him, the existing units cannot stretch across the entire north of Ukraine. ▪️He also noted that Russia intends to "form additional divisions and 5 brigades" this year. ▪️Earlier, Kiev media reported that the country's authorities intended to conduct rotations of personnel and discharge mobilized individuals who had served a certain term, replacing them with new ones, but apparently this idea was abandoned. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

📸 The EU will transfer the first tranche of 3.2 billion euros from a €90 billion loan to Kyiv today. This was announced by Ursula von der Leyen. "Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, the European Union and its member states have been providing unprecedented economic, financial, and military support. Today, we are transferring the first tranche of the 90 billion euro loan to support Ukraine. This is European solidarity in action." t.me/ForeignAgentIntel

🏴‍☠️Piracy. Plain and Simple.🏴‍☠️ The Telegraph: London wants to sell Russian oil from the Smyrtos tanker and transfer the money to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine It's about 98 thousand tons of Russian Urals oil worth about $46.2 million, according to the author of the article. The Smyrtos ship was seized by British marines on June 14 on suspicion of violating the sanctions regime. “After the detention, the ship was anchored off the coast of Weymouth under the control of the Ministry of Defense. The captain, an Indian citizen, Ajay Pant, was charged with evading sanctions,” the author of the article writes. Sources in the British government told The Telegraph that after the investigation is completed, the ship will likely be released, but the oil cargo, according to officials, has already become the property of the UK. Ministers are already considering its sale and transfer of funds to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “98,000 tons of Urals oil on board the ship are now legally owned by the UK and can be used or sold by the British government. It is assumed that ministers are considering proposals to sell the oil, the market value of which is about 35 million pounds sterling [$46.2 million], and use the proceeds to finance military operations in Ukraine.” A final decision has not yet been made, and the initiative is at an early stage of discussion. t.me/ForeignAgentIntel