An Israeli media report says the regime's Saturday attack on Iran was so weak that it effectively diminished the regime’s deterrence against the Islamic Republic. | In a report on Saturday, the Israeli Channel 12 described the operation as insignificant, saying that it demonstrated Iran’s status as a major power in the region. ● The report further said that the attack has left Israel’s “allies” in the region disappointed. Despite the previous warnings of the officials of the Islamic Republic to the illegal Zionist regime to avoid any adventurous actions, the Tel Aviv regime attacked several military sites in the provinces of Tehran, Khuzestan, and Ilam on Saturday morning in a tension-causing action, Iran Air Defense Force said. ● Saying that the Israeli regime's attack was successfully countered by the country's integrated air defense system, it added that the Zionists' aggressive action caused limited damage to several sites. The Iranian Army said four of its servicemen had been martyred in the attacks.

■ Iran air defenses intercepted most Israeli missiles, stopped aircraft from entering airspace: General Staff (PressTV)
■ UPDATED 12:14 PM EDT -- The Aftermath; Israel Strike on Iran (Hal Turner Show)
✅ What Explains Israel’s Surprisingly Restrained Retaliation Against Iran? (Andrew Korybko)
✅ What Has Israel Achieved In The Last Year? - by Arch Bungle (Moon of Alabama)

Nigeria Refuses to Accept U.S. Dollar for Oil Sales | Nigeria has announced it will no longer accept the United States Dollar as payment for its oil. Nigeria is one of the world's largest exporters of “black gold.” The country's authorities, having looked at the recent experience of other countries, decided to introduce mandatory payments for hydrocarbons in the national currency.

■ Nigeria’s stolen oil is sold and laundered abroad – report (Royal Dutch Shell Plc .com)(Sep 21st, 2013)

The country is outperforming Japan in terms of purchasing power parity, according to the Washington-based organization | The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has ranked Russia as the world’s fourth-largest economy based on purchasing power parity (PPP). PPP compares economic productivity and standards of living between countries by adjusting for differences in the cost of goods and services. In its World Economic Outlook published on Tuesday, the IMF said Russia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024 amounts to 3.55% of global GDP in terms of PPP, outperforming Japan, which has 3.38%. According to the report, Russia ranks fourth in terms of PPP after China (18.8%), the US (15%), and India (7.9%). The latest figures show that the world’s leading economies by PPP now include three BRICS countries – China, India, and Russia – the report authors noted, pointing out that Russia’s upgrade has been driven by Western sanctions.

Footage shows the calm in Iran's capital Tehran after explosions were heard in the city.

The Israeli military command had announced the beginning of an Israeli aggression earlier.

Sources told Al Mayadeen that the circulated videos and images of the strikes are false and… pic.twitter.com/KeiLUsfUct

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) October 26, 2024

Israel has “fully mobilized” its offensive and defensive capabilities | The Israel Defense Forces is conducting “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran, IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari confirmed early Saturday. [...] The scale of the attack was not immediately clear, and there was no information on damage in the Islamic Republic. A Tehran resident told AP that at least seven explosions could be heard in the capital. On October 1, Iran fired nearly 200 ballistic missiles at Israel in response to the killing of the Hamas and Hezbollah leaders as well as an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general. Israel has since threatened to deliver a “deadly, pinpoint accurate, and surprising” retaliation, without specifying any time frame.

■ Iran's air defense 'successfully intercepts, counters' Israeli aggression (PressTV)
■ Iran's air defenses foil multiple Israeli attacks on military bases (Al Mayadeen)
■ Israel Missile Attack on Iran: What’s Known So Far? (Sputnik)
■ IN BRIEF: What is known about Israeli strikes on Iran (TASS)

■ U.S. Deploys at least ** TWELVE ** Air-Refueling Strato-Tankers to Middle East -- Israel-Iran Attack (Hal Turner Show)
■ Israel Bombs Tehran, US Expects Iranian Response (Antiwar.com)
■ Israel sent message to Iran ahead of attack and warned against response (AXIOS)
■ US absolves itself of attack, urges Iran to 'break cycle of violence' (Al Mayadeen)
■ 'Days of Repentance': Israel strikes multiple targets across Iran in retaliatory strikes (Jerusalem Post)
■ Why Did Israel Attack Iran? (New York Times)

■ “Violation of international laws…” Saudi Arabia condemns Israeli strikes on Iran (ANI)
■ Israel at direct war against Iran; Netanyahu closely monitors ‘Ops Iran’ as IDF strikes military bases (ANI)
✅ What Has Israel Achieved In The Last Year? - by Arch Bungle (Moon of Alabama)

The Israeli defense minister said Israel is fighting a war on 'seven fronts' | Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that he told a group of Israeli pilots and air crews that the world will see the Israeli military’s “might” once it launches an attack on Iran. 💬 “In my conversation with them I emphasized – after we attack Iran, everyone will understand your might, the process of preparation and training – any enemy that tries to harm the state of Israel will pay a heavy price,” Gallant wrote on X. He said in the post that Israel was fighting a war on “seven fronts,” referring to Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Iran.

Ten individual analyses, all using different methods, have now confirmed that Covid mRNA “vaccines” have caused alarming numbers of deaths | The analyses were compiled by data expert and MIT scientist Steve Kirsch, the founder of the Vaccine Safety Research Foundation (VSRF). Kirsch warns that the analyses prove that the “vaccines” were actually far more dangerous than the virus they were supposedly meant to tackle. According to the multiple methods complied by Kirsch, the lowest Covid injection death toll is estimated to be above 200,000. However, some of the analyses put this number far higher.

Simplicius | The BRICS 2024 summit kicked off as the big highlight of the week. There are an endless amount of things to be said from a variety of different analytical perspectives, but we’ll just mention a few of the salient points that stick out most for now. | Overall, the key takeaway from the BRICS summit can be the following. Look closely at some of the scenes presented: India and China after having just negotiated a settlement to their border conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan hashing out their disputes, other “ostracized” members of the world community being greeted with open arms, no leering judgmental supremacism, condescending sermonizing and pompous pontificating like so often seen by the West at their global institutions, from the EU to the UN, etc. ■ The BRICS’ strongest achievement is sending a message of acceptance, compromise, openness, civility, and cooperation—the true definition of anti-illiberal qualities, the same the West so adamantly claims it champions. There was a kind of contagious energy that was palpable in the air: an alternate vision for a world led by sovereign grownups, not the small-minded, nervous little elitist compradors and pushy apparatchiks, the likes seen dotting the halls of the West’s equivalent institutions.

■ Les BRICS, ce nouveau Veau d'Or ? (Karine Bechet-Golovko)

Tucker Carlson praised and shared Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s letter urging Catholics to vote for Trump and condemning Kamala Harris as a ‘puppet’ of far-left globalists. Carlson called the letter ‘a remarkably insightful description of what’s at stake in this election.’ | Tucker Carlson has praised Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s “insightful” letter to American Catholics urging them to vote for Donald Trump. “A remarkably insightful description of what’s at stake in this election from Catholic Archbishop Carlo Viganò. Please read this,” Carlson wrote Thursday on X before sharing the complete text of His Excellency’s message.

READ: OPEN LETTER TO AMERICAN CATHOLICS

Another winter to come, sea is ahead, and death is behind | Gaza. pic.twitter.com/jGbYJcLYPu

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) September 15, 2024

Video has emerged from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, showing what appears to be an ELECTION WORKER, opening mailed-in Ballots and, if they're for Trump, TEARING THEM UP. | In the video, a small "Post-it" note can be seen with the name "Yardley Borough." There is also a Yardley Borough which is in Bucks County, PA. Ballots in Pennsylvania are printed to be mailed into their county office. According to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Voting and Election Information website the County office address where these Ballots would have been mailed to - and presumably where this man is located.

Russia’s president and the global organization’s Secretary-General held a meeting behind closed doors where they discussed the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East | President Vladimir Putin has met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who came to Russia for the first time in over two years to attend the BRICS Summit in Kazan. ● Putin spoke with Guterres behind closed doors on Thursday evening, the final day of the summit, which saw dozens of world leaders gather in Kazan to discuss the multipolar world order advocated by the group. ● The Kremlin has yet to unveil the details of their discussion, but according to the UN chief’s office, Putin and Guterres addressed the crises in Ukraine and the Middle East, as well as questions related to global development and the international financial system.

■ Guterres, Putin discuss international financial system — UN secretary-general's office (TASS)

13 strikes targeted Beirut's southern suburbs, causing multiple fatalities, injuries | The Israeli army conducted a series of airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday night and early Friday, resulting in many casualties, including journalists, and the destruction of four buildings. According to Lebanon's National News Agency, three Lebanese journalists were killed early Friday in an Israeli airstrike on their residence in Hasbaya, southern Lebanon. ● In the Marjayoun district, one person was killed and two were injured when a strike hit the village of Debbine around midnight, the agency reported. The airstrikes also targeted Beirut’s southern suburbs leveling four buildings and causing a massive fire that blanketed the area in thick black smoke, it added. Anadolu correspondents reported that around 13 airstrikes targeted Beirut's southern suburbs overnight.

■ “War crime” in Lebanon: Israel kills three journalists in their sleep (Shafaq.com)
■ Journalists Deliberately and Systemically Murdered by Jewish Israel (09/10/24)
■ lsraeli occupation forces attack Palestinian journalists in northern West Bank (09/03/24)(VIDEO)

The prime minister’s popularity has plummeted after nine years at the helm | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing opposition from his own party, state broadcaster CBC News reported on Thursday. Over 20 MPs from the Trudeau-led Liberal Party have penned a letter asking him to step down or face “consequences.”

BRICS member states have approved Bolivia’s admission to the organization as a partner nation, Bolivian President Luis Arce said on Friday. | The Bolivian president added that this step represented the most significant achievement of Bolivian foreign policy, with the results being multidimensional. [...] Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier that BRICS member states had agreed on a list of partner states during the summit in Russia’s Kazan.

■ BRICS Summit Proves There's Alternative to Western-Led Global Order – Bolivian President (Sputnik)

The neocon-backed candidate would trigger an atomic conflict between the US and Russia, the former Democrat has said | Supporters of Kamala Harris in the US presidential election would effectively be voting for a global thermonuclear war, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has argued in his latest campaign video. ● Kennedy, a long-time Democrat who ran against President Joe Biden in the party primaries, endorsed Republican candidate Donald Trump in August. Harris, who was elevated to the nomination after the Democrats pressured Biden to drop out of the race, was recently endorsed by former Republican VP Dick Cheney.

💬 “A vote today for Kamala Harris is a vote for Dick Cheney, who lied to get a war started, in which more than a million people died,” Kennedy said in a video message released on Thursday.

Cheney, he explained, was a leading “neoconservative” during the presidency of George W. Bush (2001-2009), and the “driving force” of the unprovoked US invasion of Iraq in 2003, that claimed the lives of around a million Iraqis and some 4,800 American and allied troops.

Moscow aims to end the impunity of the US and its allies, the Russian president has said | Moscow has had enough of the West’s impunity and hypocrisy and intends to ensure that there is justice in the world again, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin spoke to journalists, including many from Western outlets, at the end of the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia on Thursday.

💬 “Is it just to lie to our faces that NATO will not expand, and then [expand] it?” Putin asked BBC’s Steve Rosenberg, in response to his inquiry. “Is it fair to carry out a coup d’etat, spitting on all principles of law, and funding a coup in Ukraine?” he added, referring to the 2014 Maidan ‘revolution’ backed by Washington. “Is this just? There is no justice here,” Putin said. “We want to change this. And we will.”

The Russian president also dismissed as “nonsense” the claims that Moscow was somehow behind “mayhem” on British streets. Whatever may be happening in the UK is the result of London’s own policies, Putin said.

■ Putin ‘doesn’t remember’ Trump missile threats (RT.com)
■ Everyone wants quick end to Ukraine conflict – Putin (RT.com)

Palestinian child mourns his father killed in the lsraeli air attacks on Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/b0sy7JlFzs

— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 10, 2024

■ At least 16 Palestinians were killed, including children, and 32 wounded in an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp, al-Awda hospital says.
■ Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least one person was killed and five wounded as Israel carried out at least 17 attacks on Beirut’s southern suburbs overnight, levelling six buildings in raids that began without warning.
■ Gaza’s Government Media Office says more than 770 Palestinians have been killed and 1,000 wounded as the Israeli military attack on Jabalia and the siege of northern Gaza enter their 20th day.
■ In Gaza, at least 42,847 people have been killed and 100,544 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.

The Chinese president says Beijing and Moscow should further deepen economic ties while defending the UN-based global system | Beijing and Moscow should further deepen their already strong economic cooperation while defending global stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at talks with counterpart Vladimir Putin at the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday. He also stressed that Sino-Russian ties have been steadily developing in recent years despite the turbulent geopolitical situation. ● BRICS country leaders were joined by those from aspiring member states for the group's 16th annual summit in the capital of Russia’s Tatarstan Republic. Russia holds the rotating chairmanship of the group this year. ● Commenting on relations with Moscow, Xi stated that “despite the chaotic and confused external situation, trade and cooperation in other spheres between the two countries are actively developing,” as evidenced by a number of large-scale joint projects. Chinese TV quoted the president as stressing the importance of further enhancing the bilateral economic partnership as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative, as well as the Eurasian Economic Union.

■ World ‘tired’ of US-led West – RT editor-in-chief (RT.com)
■ Xi advocates high quality development of greater BRICS cooperation (Global Times)
■ The five major goals empower 'Greater BRICS Cooperation' with focused strength (Global Times editorial)

According to the unnamed US and NATO officials and diplomats, Germany and the US top the list of those delaying Kyiv's admission to the bloc | Some NATO countries, including the US and Germany, are hesitant to meet Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's demands for an immediate invitation to join the alliance due to concerns about triggering a direct conflict with Russia, Politico reported, citing four unnamed US and NATO officials and diplomats. ● According to them, Germany and the US top the list of those delaying Kyiv's admission to the bloc. "Countries like Belgium, Slovenia or Spain hide behind the US and Germany. They are reluctant," Politico quoted an unnamed alliance official as saying. Hungary and Slovakia also oppose Ukraine's accession.

■ Inside Nato, fears are growing Putin is about to land a decisive blow in Ukraine (iNews)

Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah continues to repel Israeli aggression on Lebanese soil while hitting the regime’s targets deep inside the occupied territories. | In the latest operations, Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it hit six Israeli Merkava tanks in different locations south of the Arab country, using guided missiles. [...] Barrages of Hezbollah rockets also hit gatherings of Israeli soldiers in Aita Al-Shaab and Khallet Al-Asaker, within the Lebanese borders, and Kiryat Shmona and Manara settlements in occupied Palestine.

■ Israeli losses mount in Gaza as Resistance bombs gatherings, vehicles (Al Mayadeen)
■ Hezbollah kills +70 Israeli soldiers and destroys 28 tanks in Lebanon (Al Mayadeen)

Mark Curtis | Since the 1960s, Labour and Conservative governments have supported or acquiesced in several cases of genocide across Africa, the Middle East and Asia. | Many people in Britain I speak to struggle to understand how their government can acquiesce in, still less support, Israel’s genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. ■ We see the killing, maiming and destruction on a daily or even hourly basis, in real time, knowing our government is complicit. It seems incomprehensible to many. ■ But it’s only hard to understand if one has little knowledge of Britain’s foreign policy in recent decades, or an overly rosy picture of just what Whitehall stands for in the world. ■ And if people do suffer from that historical ignorance, it is not their fault, but the fault of a media system that refuses to tell people the truth about our past as well as our present. ■ The reality is that, tragically, the UK establishment’s complicity in genocide is nothing new. There is a long history to Britain backing forces committing genocide – defined as an attempt to destroy a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group.

NASA filmmaker Simon Holland recently made headlines after claiming that aliens exist and will be revealed next month in an announcement, causing him to also go viral across social media platforms. | According to The Mirror, the filmmaker who previously worked with big outlets including BBC, Nat Geo, and NASA told the British news agency that two groups of astronomers are going to reveal new evidence of civilization that humanity has never heard of before.

Russia’s city of Kazan is hosting the 16th BRICS Summit on October 22-24. Day one of the gathering featured a packed itinerary that included Russian President Vladimir Putin's bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa. | The agenda of the second day of the 16th BRICS Summit – the association’s main event during Russia’s presidency – is expected to be a packed one. ● Russian President Vladimir Putin will continue the marathon of bilateral talks on the second day of the summit in Kazan, according to presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.

■ PUTIN: Multipolar world order, leading role of emerging economies, and Western debt: Key takeaways (RT.com)
■ UN reform, conflicts, sanctions: key provisions of BRICS Kazan Summit Declaration (TASS)
■ UN secretary general arrives in Russia’s Kazan for BRICS Summit (TASS)
■ A new world order in the making: Here’s why this BRICS summit will be special (Egountchi Behanzin)

Palestinians in Gaza would be forced to live in 'humanitarian bubbles' where entry and access to food would be based on biometric identification | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet is expected to approve a plan to establish concentration camps in Gaza, operated by mercenaries from a private security firm run by former US and Israeli intelligence officials and special forces commanders, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on 22 October. The US security firm, GDC, plans to establish “humanitarian bubbles” [inhumane ghettos] in Gaza. The Israeli army will be tasked with “clearing” any such bubble of Hamas fighters and erecting a separation wall around it within 48 hours. Entry to these compounds will be prohibited except for residents who live in the neighborhood and submit to biometric identification. Regarding the plan, US journalist Dan Cohen reports that “the Biden administration has approved the deployment of 1,000 CIA-trained private mercenaries as part of a joint US-Israeli plan to turn Gaza’s apocalyptic rubble scape into a high-tech dystopia.”

🚨🇾🇪 Yemen's Ansarullah announced that they targeted Tel Aviv with a 'Palestine-2' hypersonic missile pic.twitter.com/5BpekPnxwB

— The Saviour (@stairwayto3dom) October 22, 2024

The US president has called for the Republican to be jailed, later clarifying that he meant “politically” | US President Joe Biden has claimed that Republican candidate Donald Trump wants presidential immunity and powers to kill his opposition, and therefore should be locked up, as he spoke to a crowd with the election just half a month away. ● Biden, who stepped aside earlier this year to allow Vice President Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee, made the statement at a campaign office in New Hampshire on Tuesday.

■ Biden on Trump: ‘Politically lock him up’ (Lauren Egan)

US billionaire Bill Gates has quietly donated $50 million to a nonprofit supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s presidential run, The New York Times reported, citing three sources. | While Gates hasn’t publicly endorsed Harris, his sizable donation was made to Future Forward, a "dark money" group backing her campaign. The funds were intended to remain anonymous, the report said.

💬 “Mr. Gates’s donation went specifically to Future Forward’s nonprofit arm, Future Forward USA Action, which as a 501(c)(4) ‘dark money’ organization does not disclose its donors, according to the people briefed. So any contribution by Mr. Gates will never appear on any public filing,” the media clarified.

According to The New York Times, in private conversations this year with friends and others, Gates has expressed concerns about the potential impact of a second Donald Trump presidency on global health and family planning programs, The New York Times cited sources familiar with Gates’s thinking as saying.

🚨Update: US and Israel ready to strike Iran in a massive joint operation that will expand the wars into one major regional war! Instead of slowing down arm shipments to Tel Aviv, the US has massively increased arms shipments!! World War 3 is about to kick off. pic.twitter.com/KX1N8PiRWu

— US Civil Defense News (@CaptCoronado) October 22, 2024

At least four missiles hit the US base in Syria's Koniko gas field. | Arab sources reported a missile attack on the US base in Syria's Koniko gas field in northeastern Syria's Deir ez-Zur province. 6 missiles were fired toward the illegal US base, the reports say. Al Mayadeen reported that at least 4 missiles hit inside the base hosting the US forces. ● Eyewitnesses reported that several explosions were heard from inside the US base following the missile attack. Reports suggest that during this attack, the radar equipment inside the base was destroyed. There were no immediate reports of possible casualties. ● In response to a missile attack on its base in eastern Syria, the US bombed seven villages east of the Euphrates in the suburbs of Deir ez-Zur.