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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Gaza: Israeli far-right minister calls for nightly killings. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has reportedly called for Israeli forces to “kill 30 or 40” Palestinians in Gaza every night — going beyond those considered immediate threats. In a podcast discussion, Ben-Gvir also called for Palestinians to permanently leave Gaza and backed further Israeli settlement of the territory, saying he views “all of Gaza as ours.” He further pledged to push for the execution of Palestinian prisoners convicted in Israeli military courts. Ben-Gvir does not directly command Israel’s military, but he sits on the security cabinet that helps shape Israel’s war and security policy. His remarks come as Israel faces growing international criticism over its conduct in Gaza. The rhetoric is becoming increasingly explicit: More killings. More displacement. More territorial control. Source: Al Jazeera #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #MiddleEast

🇺🇸🇮🇷 Washington could be considering a nuclear option against Iran. Former US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claims US officials have discussed using nuclear weapons against Iran and are considering lowering the threshold for their use. She provided no names or evidence, and the White House has not confirmed the allegation. But the warning comes as the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to escalate. Greene says such a move could trigger a “nuclear holocaust” and turn the conflict into a much wider war. Washington and Israel have continued demanding “zero enrichment” from Tehran, while Iran insists its nuclear program is peaceful and that enrichment is a sovereign right. Iran has also warned that renewed attacks could push its nuclear program toward weapons-grade enrichment — while saying no decision has been made to build a bomb. The most dangerous question is no longer how far the war can escalate. It is whether Washington is willing to cross the nuclear threshold. Source: RT #Iran #USA

🌐 What the Three RIC Musketeers Are Really Up To Relish the ambiguity. And the deliberate opaqueness. Hop on a new adventure: let’s look at RIC (Russia-Iran-China), the new Primakov triangle, as I have defined them, in a more playful way. These thre... Read more→ Follow @ThinkBRICS

🇮🇷🎯 IRAN OFFERS $30,000 BOUNTY FOR US SOLDIERS – The Empire's War Has Come Home "Anyone who kills or captures an invading American military personnel will receive $30,000." – Army Chief Amir Hatami 🔴 What Iran announced: 💰 $30,000 reward for killing or capturing US soldiers – doubled to $60,000 if carried out by a woman. 📢 The plan follows "the large number of requests" from Iranians wanting to participate in defending their country. ⚔️ No US ground forces are known to be deployed in Iran – except a rescue mission for a downed pilot in April. #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #Resistance #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇺🇸✈️ KUSHNER HEADS TO ISRAEL – Trump’s Son‑in‑Law Takes the Lead on Gaza Jared Kushner is expected in Israel next week to discuss the next stage of the Gaza settlement – meeting Netanyahu, Hamas representatives, and Egyptian mediators. 🗣️ Kushner plans to discuss with Netanyahu the implementation of the next stage of the Gaza settlement. 🇪🇬 He held meetings in Egypt's El Alamein – with mediators in the indirect Israel‑Hamas talks, Hamas leaders, and the Gaza Board of Peace high representative. 🇪🇬 Egyptian President el‑Sisi called on all parties to honour the October 2025 ceasefire agreement signed in Sharm el‑Sheikh. #Gaza 🇵🇸 #Israel 🇮🇱 #US 🇺🇸 #Kushner #Ceasefire #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇩🇪📉 MERZ'S COALITION CRASHES TO 5-YEAR LOW – AfD Leads by 8 Points as Germany's Establishment Crumbles Support for Germany's ruling CDU/CSU bloc has fallen to 20% – its weakest INSA result since October 2021. The AfD leads at 28%, and only 16% of Germans are satisfied with Merz's performance. 📊 CDU/CSU: 20% – lowest in nearly five years. 📈 AfD: 28% – unchanged from the previous week, but a huge jump from the 20.8% it secured in the February 2025 federal election. 😡 78% dissatisfied with Merz's performance; 80% disapprove of the federal government's work. 🏛️ Together, the governing parties (CDU/CSU + SPD) received 32% – only 4 points more than the AfD alone. #Germany 🇩🇪 #AfD #Merz #Politics #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #Polling #CrumblingEstablishment

🇮🇳🇨🇳 ARUNACHAL PRADESH – THE BORDER DISPUTE THAT COULD RESHAPE BRICS FROM WITHIN Two of the world's largest economies. Two BRICS members. One mountain range neither side will give up. Fresh reports of a Chinese incursion near Pukar La have reignited Asia's most strategically loaded border dispute. 🗺️ The core disagreement: India treats the 1914 McMahon Line as a settled boundary. ⚔️ 1962 still defines everything — China captured Tawang and pushed deep into NEFA. India responded by turning a remote frontier into a full state, with roads, settlements and a permanent military presence 🏗️ Today's war is infrastructure — roads, airstrips, border villages, surveillance systems and — crucially — place names. 🤝 Just two years ago they were stabilising ties after Galwan 2020, with a patrolling agreement in Depsang and Demchok. The relationship is fragile. 📖 Read the full analysis: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/why-arunachal-remains-the-hardest #India #China #ArunachalPradesh #BRICS #GlobalSouth

🇮🇱🤖 ISRAEL'S SECRET AI PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN – How Tel Aviv Is Trying to Manipulate ChatGPT on Gaza 💻 As US public support for Israel plummets, Tel Aviv is spending millions to shape how AI models answer questions about Gaza – and the Global South should be paying attention. 💰 $100,000 campaign – aimed at influencing how ChatGPT and other LLMs answer questions about Gaza and the Israel-Hamas war. 🏛️ The Hanover Institute for Public Policy – a website publishing anonymous reports on anti-Semitism and geopolitics – is at the centre of the effort. 📄 The project was set up through French PR firm Havas Media and its subcontractor Piro Inc, on behalf of the Israel Government Advertising Agency. 🧠 Technical markers link the website to Res, a Seattle-based AI startup that helps clients get recommended by AI models. #Israel 🇮🇱 #AI #Propaganda #Gaza #MediaManipulation #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇺🇸🇰🇵 TRUMP SLAMS US-SOUTH KOREA MILITARY EXERCISES – But Still Wants Seoul to Join Iran Denuclearization? The US president just called joint military exercises with South Korea "totally inappropriate and hostile" to North Korea – while simultaneously asking Seoul to join the denuclearization of Iran. They said no. · 🎯 "I am not happy" – the US has long agreed to participate in joint exercises with South Korea. · 💰 "Costly, with much paid by the US" – standard Trump complaint about allied burden‑sharing. · 🛡️ "Inappropriate and hostile" – to a North Korea that has been "unthreatening and respectful" during his presidency. · 🚫 Instructed Hegseth to "substantially reduce" the exercises. · 🇮🇷 "Somewhat unrelated" – Trump asked South Korea if they would join the denuclearization of Iran. They said no. #Trump #NorthKorea 🇰🇵 #SouthKorea 🇰🇷 #Iran 🇮🇷 #Denuclearization #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #AllianceCrack

🇺🇸🇷🇺 US TO COPY RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSE TECH – Iran War Exposes $3 Billion Vulnerability The US lost over $3 billion in air defense radars during the Iran war. Now Washington is looking to Russia's S-300 and S-400 architecture – a system it once dismissed. · 📉 More than $3 billion in US air defense radars destroyed during the first week of the Iran war – including two AN/TPY‑2 X‑band mobile radar systems from THAAD, each valued at over $1 billion. · 🎯 Iran's IRGC struck the radars with precision – dealing a major blow to US situational awareness. · 🛡️ The US is now considering networked mobile radars – modeled on Russia's S‑300 and S‑400 architecture – to replace its traditional self‑contained battery model. #US 🇺🇸 #Russia 🇷🇺 #Iran 🇮🇷 #AirDefense #S400 #THAAD #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #MilitaryTech #WarFrontWitness

🇺🇸🇮🇷 SECRET BACKCHANNEL EXPOSED: US Used Kurdish Leader to Reach IRGC – But Iran Said No to Talks 🔐 In a stunning revelation, Axios reports that the Trump administration secretly used Iraqi Kurdish leader Nechirvan Barzani to open a backchannel to Iran's Revolutionary Guard – but Tehran declined further talks over security concerns. · 📞 Tulsi Gabbard (Former Director of National Intelligence) called Barzani around May 10, asking him to reach IRGC commander General Ahmad Vahidi. · 🇮🇶 Barzani, who speaks Farsi and has ties to both Tehran and Washington, agreed. · 📱 On May 14, an IRGC official arrived in Erbil with an encrypted phone for a secure call. · 🗣️ Vahidi confirmed he fully supported the Iranian negotiators and preferred a diplomatic solution. · 🚫 The US proposed secret talks in Erbil – Iran declined over security concerns. · 🔄 Barzani has recently offered to help restart negotiations. #US 🇺🇸 #Iran 🇮🇷 #IRGC #Kurds 🇰🇼 #Backchannel #Geopolitics #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

ICE is reportedly preparing to spend up to $20 million on ‘shock gloves’ designed to help officers subdue resisting illegal immigrants without using firearms. The G.L.O.V.E. is made by Kentucky-based Compliant Technologies and delivers an electric shock at close range. ‘70% of officers killed with firearms are shot within 10 feet. The G.L.O.V.E. gives officers a non-lethal option at exactly that distance, bringing resisting subjects into compliance in seconds, without lasting harm to anyone involved,’ the company says. Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX

🇨🇳🇱🇾 Africa is quietly moving closer to the yuan. Libya’s banks are preparing to join China’s CIPS payment network — Beijing’s alternative to the Western-dominated SWIFT system. That means direct yuan-based interbank payments, faster cross-border transfers and potentially less dependence on the US dollar. And Libya may not be an isolated case. Across Africa, financial institutions are deepening links with China’s payment infrastructure. The bigger story isn’t just trade. It’s financial architecture. If more African banks connect to CIPS, Beijing gains a wider channel for yuan internationalization while African economies gain another route for cross-border payments. The dollar isn’t disappearing. But the world is building alternatives. Source: South China Morning Post #China #Africa #Yuan #BRICS

🇧🇷 Lula is fighting to win Brazil’s workers back. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is launching his final reelection campaign from São Bernardo do Campo the industrial city where his political journey began with the workers’ movement. But Brazil’s workforce has changed dramatically. Factory floors and unions once formed the backbone of Lula’s Workers’ Party. Today, millions of younger Brazilians work through digital platforms such as Uber and iFood, with many preferring flexibility over traditional employment. The numbers show the shift: Formal employment fell from 46.7% of workers in 2010 to 38.2% in 2025. Meanwhile, Brazil’s platform workforce reached around 2.1 million growing 170% between 2015 and 2025. Lula now faces a political challenge: Can the Workers’ Party win over a new generation that works outside the traditional labor system? Source: Reuters #Brazil #Lula #Politics #Economy

RCEP and CPTPP: towards “cooperative mega-regionalism”? Amid the crisis of multilateral institutions such as the WTO, the role of mega-regionalism in the world economy is rising markedly, driven in particular by the expansion of blocs such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). These two blocs have occasionally been portrayed as being on a collision course, with RCEP being depicted as China-driven and the CPTPP as an alternative, countervailing bloc in the Pac...  Read more »

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Hebron under Israeli raid as Palestinian shops are forced to close. Israeli forces raided the occupied West Bank city of Hebron on Saturday, forcing Palestinian shopkeepers to shut their businesses and restricting movement through the Old City, according to Middle East Monitor. Local reports say the area was sealed off to facilitate the entry of Israeli settlers, while journalists were reportedly prevented from filming and ordered to leave. Palestinian officials say Israeli military and settler attacks across the occupied West Bank have sharply increased since the Gaza war began in October 2023. According to Palestinian figures cited by Middle East Monitor, more than 1,183 Palestinians have been killed, around 13,000 injured and nearly 25,000 arrested. Palestinians warn that the continuing raids and settlement activity are creating facts on the ground that could pave the way for annexation of the West Bank. Source: Middle East Monitor #Palestine #Hebron #WestBank #Gaza

Europe, concerned that Trump could negotiate a Russia-Ukraine settlement without it, is working to secure a seat at the table. France, Germany and Britain are developing a joint position, while the EU, Poland, Italy and Nordic countries are expected to be involved. European officials fear Washington and Moscow could strike a deal over their heads, despite Russia showing little interest in serious negotiations. Source: NYT

Chinese startup Photon Matrix is testing its mosquito-zapping laser system outdoors in Xinjiang, taking the tech beyond controlled lab trials. The portable devices use radar or LiDAR to detect low-flying insects before firing a laser to take them out, with the company saying the system is designed to operate safely around people and pets. Supporters see obvious appeal: fewer bites and potentially lower risk from mosquito-borne diseases like dengue. But critics are raising questions about cost, long-term effectiveness and whether widespread use could affect birds, bats and other animals that feed on mosquitoes Post via Diamond Viral Feed Check out their pages: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/diamond.viral.feed/ Threads: https://www.threads.com/@diamond.viral.feed X: https://x.com/DiamondFeedX

🇷🇺🇰🇵 Russia and North Korea are deepening a partnership built on shared history and strategic trust. Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un have reaffirmed their close ties as North Korea marked the 81st anniversary of its liberation from Japanese colonial rule. Putin said the relationship was forged through the shared struggle of Soviet soldiers and expressed confidence that cooperation would continue across “all the sectors.” Kim, in response, highlighted the two countries’ “common struggle for justice” and their long-standing traditions of friendship. Moscow and Pyongyang have expanded military and political cooperation, while a Russian ship arrived at Wonsan for a goodwill visit marking the anniversary. At the same time, South Korea is calling for dialogue with Pyongyang. But North Korea has rejected Seoul’s overtures, accusing US-South Korean military exercises of being provocations. The message from Moscow and Pyongyang is clear: Their partnership is not fading. It is deepening. Source: Reuters

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