Thomas Fazi | Tbilisi has been ensnared by Nato hypocrisy | Food. Churches. Chacha. This is what Georgia has long been known for. But now this ancient country, flanked by the mountains and the sea in the heart of the Caucasus, is the battleground in a new Not-So-Cold War. Due to its strategic location — it shares a large border with Russia to the north — the country has found itself caught up in the geopolitical power play between the West and Russia. And just like the Euromaidan revolt in Ukraine a decade ago, Georgia’s domestic politics have been framed in Nato circles as an existential fight. On one side sits the Georgian Dream, the allegedly pro-Russian ruling party, in power since 2012. On the other sits the opposition, avowedly pro-Western and pro-EU. ■ Little wonder, then, that last week’s parliamentary elections have turned into a global event. As predicted by the polls, Georgian Dream won by a wide margin, securing over 53% of the vote. The four major opposition coalitions together managed less than 40%. There is no reason to believe that the vote was fixed: despite raising some concerns about pressure on voters, biased media coverage and an environment of political polarisation, independent observers found no evidence of electoral fraud, let alone of Russian interference.

Nikolay Patrushev said as he met with senior commanders of the Russian Navy and the Black Sea Fleet, and stressed how important it was "to determine not only the promising tactical-technical characteristics of warships and their weapons but also to ensure the balance of forces that make up the combat power of the fleet and means of supporting them" | Pushing Russia away from the Black Sea has always been a key goal of the collective West, Nikolay Patrushev, head of the Maritime Board, said during a working trip to Crimea.

💬 "Historical facts show that driving Russia away from the Black Sea was viewed as a key task pursued in the policies of Anglo-Saxons. Today, too, the collective West led by the United States has plans to establish its own long-term presence in the Black Sea area to the detriment of the legitimate interests of our country."

An earlier poll conducted by Research Co. revealed that Harris was ahead of Trump in swing state Pennsylvania by one percentage point | Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is ahead of Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump by four percentage points in the latest survey conducted by PBS, NPR and the Marist Poll. ■ According to the poll, Harris has the support of 51% of respondents to Trump’s 47%. The survey of 1,297 respondents conducted on October 31-November 2 indicated that Harris’ popularity rating has gone up two percentage points since early October. ■ An earlier poll conducted by Research Co. revealed that Harris was ahead of Trump in swing state Pennsylvania by one percentage point. Among those polled, 49% supported the Democratic candidate and 48% - her opponent.

■ All You Need to Know About the Presidential Election (Sputnik)
■ 2020 US presidential election sees highest voter turnout since 1900 (Anadolu)
■ Americans brace for polls amid unrest fears (Al Mayadeen)
■ US election results will bring peace or third world war — Serbian leader (TASS)
✅ Post-Election Truths: The Things That Won’t Change (No Matter Who Wins) (John W. And Nisha Whitehead)
✅ Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: "Neither is qualified. Both deserve to lose." (Moon of Alabama)

Onlookers shout ‘Shame on you!’ as Prof Haim Bresheeth taken away by Met Police under Terrorism Act after anti-genocide speech | As Skwawkbox has reported, Professor Haim Bresheeth – an Israeli Jew – was arrested on Friday and is still under investigation, after being accused of hate speech under the Terrorism Act 2000 for a speech (video) to an anti-genocide demonstration outside the residence of far-right extremist ambassador Tzipi Hotovely. ■ Now Skwawkbox can exclusively reveal the arrest itself – part of a campaign of repression and intimidation of pro-Palestinian voices by the Starmer government – and the horror of onlookers, who compared it to the martial law imposed by Israel during the 1990s. ■ Professor Bresheeth, who is in his seventies, was released the following morning without charge but remains under investigation, according to the Metropolitan Police. Skwawkbox is trying to obtain footage of the arrest of a second man, which witnesses described as done with violence.

136-point recovery plan includes direct payments to those affected, reconstruction of industrial areas and infrastructure | Spain's Valencia region requested €31.4 billion ($34 billion) in emergency aid from the central government Monday following devastating floods that killed 217 people. ■ The comprehensive aid request to Madrid includes additional housing support of up to €15,000 per household, €7 billion for industrial reconstruction, €2.6 billion for immediate reconstruction of public infrastructure and €2.2 billion for flood prevention infrastructure, according to information shared by the regional government. ■ Valencia’s president, Carlos Mazon, unveiled a 136-point recovery plan at an extraordinary Cabinet meeting, alongside an immediate regional aid package worth €250 million. The plan includes direct payments of €6,000 to residents whose homes were damaged, with disbursements expected this week. Local municipalities will receive minimum grants of €200,000 for urgent expenses, while the regional government has secured tax payment deferrals for affected residents. ■ The floods and Storm Dana damaged more than 20,000 hectares of agricultural land and destroyed over 100,000 vehicles across 50 municipalities. Some 30% of homes were reportedly damaged along with numerous hospitals, industrial sites and shopping centers.

■ Una semana de horror (CS) + Mazón reclama al Gobierno 31.402 millones en ayudas para los afectados por la DANA
■ DANA, zona cero (V): "Todo lo que estaba a menos de dos metros de altura está destruido" (RTVE)
■ The shattered lives of Paiporta at the epicenter of Spain's floods (11/03/24)

An Israeli reservist has ended his life after being called up for active duty, the regime’s broadcaster reports. | The Israeli Public Broadcasting Authority aired the report on Monday, without naming the trooper in question. The report came less than a week after Israeli paper Ha’aretz reported the suicide of a reservist, which it named as Asaf, who had taken his own life earlier after turning up for a call-up. According to the daily, Asaf’s death followed hundreds of appeals sent by her mother over three years for attention to his situation from the Israeli military, Knesset (the Israeli parliament), and the regime’s cabinet.

■ Israel’s military struggling with shortage of troops (PressTV)
■ Israeli Military to Issue Extra 7,000 Draft Orders for Ultra-Orthodox Community (Sputnik)

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq conduct several operations against the Israeli occupation before the break of dawn on Tuesday reaffirming their commitment to supporting Palestine and Lebanon as the genocide and aggression continue. | The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has announced, in three distinct operations, that it has launched a drone strike against vital targets at Haifa port. ■ According to the video footage of the drone strike launches, one target was the Haifa Oil Refinery, another was the Tamar gas field, while the third target was not named and was only referenced as a vital target. ■ These operations continue to be conducted in support of Palestine and Lebanon as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq vows continuous operations against vital Israeli occupation targets across all of occupied Palestine.

The US is preparing Europe to enter into a direct military conflict with Russia in case of Kyiv fails, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday. | Top diplomat added that conflict with Russia would be a "suicidal adventure" for Europe. 💬 "As a fallback option in case the regime of Zelensky fails, they [the US authorities] are preparing continental Europe to embark on a suicidal adventure and enter into a direct armed conflict with Russia," Lavrov said at the International Symposium "Creating the Future." Moscow is hosting the international symposium from November 4-6. This year, the event is attended representatives from 87 countries, including speakers, delegates, artists, diplomats, and journalists.

■ ‘Anglo-Saxons’ preparing Western Europe for direct clash with Russia – Lavrov (RT.com)
■ Lavrov speaks at ‘Creating the Future’ International Symposium (vk.com) (VIDEO) + (Rumble)
■ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will take part in the International Symposium “Creating the Future” (EL.ru)

The commander of the Iranian Navy has hailed the force’s comprehensive surveillance over the American warships that sail across regional waters.

💬 “The United States aircraft carrier as well as 16-strong destroyers and frigates that are present in the region are being constantly surveilled by our reconnaissance drones,” Rear Admiral Shahram Irani said on Monday. “We are over their heads,” he added, referring to the warships in question. [...] “This is a very important fact that we enjoy the capability to surveil the enemy even at sea,” Irani said, noting that this matter had turned into “a cause for concern for the Americans.” [...] “The Navy escorts oil and commercial cargoes from Venezuela’s coastline to the Americas, Europe, and Africa, confronting whatever violation that could take place against our ships,” Irani noted.

The Iranian surveillance aircraft were visible even to the naked eye, the commander said, describing the visibility as a means of the Islamic Republic’s “saying to the Americans that this region is not your place and we maintain all of your movements under observation.”

The Israeli regime has banned the operations of UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, terminating the body’s decades-long crucial relief practices across the Palestinian territories and putting millions of lives at risk. | In a statement on Monday, the regime’s foreign ministry said, "On the instruction of Foreign Minister Israel Katz,” it had notified the UN of the “cancellation of the agreement” between the regime and the agency. ● Katz, meanwhile, repeated the allegations, which the regime had first leveled against the body in January that its employees had been involved in an October 2023 retaliatory operation staged by the Gaza Strip’s resistance movements against the occupied Palestinian territories, during which hundreds of Zionists were taken captive. ● He alleged that the organization’s staff had “participated” in the operation and that many of the body’s employees are "Hamas operatives,” referring to one of the Gaza-based resistance groups that staged the retaliation.

■ UN chief says UNRWA 'indispensable', irreplaceable after Israeli ban (10/29/24)
■ Israeli Forces Take Over UNRWA Headquarters in Jerusalem (10/13/24)

At least 62 soldiers killed and hundreds injured since the start of October, but some suspect real figure is being concealed by military censorship | Israel has recorded its worst month for military deaths this year amid continuing fierce fighting in southern Lebanon and northern Gaza. ■ At least 62 soldiers have been killed since the start of October, according to official figures, making this the deadliest month for the Israeli military since last December when 110 soldiers were killed at the height of its war against Hamas in Gaza. ■ It also marks a steep increase in recorded fatalities compared with recent months. Just nine deaths were recorded by the Israeli military in September, and 63 in total between June and August. ■ At least 35 Israeli soldiers have been killed in southern Lebanon or on the Lebanese border since Israel invaded its northern neighbour at the start of the month in an escalation of its war against Hezbollah. The Lebanese militant group has said it has killed more than 90 Israeli soldiers, although these figures are unverified. ■ At least 19 soldiers have also died this month in continuing fighting with Hamas in Gaza, where Israel is accused of carrying out a campaign of ethnic cleansing and extermination against Palestinians trapped in the north of the enclave.

■ “Mentally damaged” Israeli soldiers refusing orders to return to combat (Natural News)

In its latest assessment published on Nov. 1, the Health Ministry reported that Israeli military operations in Lebanon had caused 178 deaths and 292 injuries in the health sector. | Lebanon's health sector is at the heart of fierce Israeli air assaults, with the south of the country and the southern suburbs of Beirut hardest hit, reports CNN in a lengthy analysis. In the first month of the all-out air offensive in Lebanon, which began on Sept. 23, Israeli strikes damaged 34 hospitals, killed 111 emergency medical technicians and hit 107 ambulances, according to data compiled by the Lebanese Health Ministry. ● CNN examined more than 240 air strikes in Lebanon and found that at least 24 hospitals were within the 500-meter danger zone — used by the Israeli army as a parameter for evacuation zones — of the bombs. Israel dropped munitions at a so-called “lethal” distance — 340 meters — from at least 19 hospitals, showed the analysis, which covered the first month of the war.

Moldova’s Maia Sandu received 55.03% of the votes on Sunday | Moldova’s incumbent pro-EU president, Maia Sandu, declared victory in Sunday’s runoff election after an official tally gave her a 10-point lead over former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo. ■ With over 98% of ballots counted, Sandu had received 55.03% of the votes, while Stoianoglo had 44.97%, news channel TVR reported in the early hours of Monday, citing the Central Electoral Commission. ■ Although early results indicated a slim lead for Stoianoglo, Sandu overtook him at around midnight, and the gap gradually widened as more votes were counted overnight.

Some of Japan’s most prominent medical experts are raising the alarm over concerns that deaths are continuing to climb among the vaccinated population, long after people received their Covid “vaccine.” | Official data from the Japanese government shows that excess deaths skyrocketed after the Covid mRNA injections were rolled out in early 2021. However, rather than slowing down after the government’s countermeasures were lifted following the pandemic, deaths have continued to climb. Alarmingly, mortality rates are increasing in vaccinated people even as vaccine uptake in the country has reduced significantly. The warning was issued by a team of Japanese researchers investigating mortality rate changes during and after the pandemic in Japan.

Top government officials in Slovakia are moving to ban “dangerous” Covid mRNA shots from the country after an explosive investigation determined that the pandemic was a “fabricated operation” and the “vaccines” were a resulting “act of bioterrorism.” | The findings were revealed in a Slovak government commission report on the nation’s investigations into the Covid pandemic. The investigation was led by Commissioner Peter Kotlár. In releasing his report, Kotlár held a press conference to call for the immediate ban of the Covid mRNA injections and called on governments around the world to do the same. Due to the severity of the findings detailed in the report, Kotlár has called for an emergency “session of the government” to immediately ban the “vaccines” and to cut the nation’s ties with the globalist World Health Organization (WHO).

⚡ How the US gov’t built a shadow structure that enabled COVID vax ‘bioterrorism’ (11/02/24)

Bill Gates is in huge trouble.

“The vaccines were NOT developed by Moderna-Pfizer…but by NIH. The patents are owned by NIH. They were made by military contractors. Pfizer and Moderna were paid as if they came from Pharma. They were a Military Project…”

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— “Sudden And Unexpected” (@toobaffled) October 6, 2024

Iran has officially declared a NOTAM (notice to air missions) from November 4 at 2:30 am until November 6 at 6:30 pm. Air travel restrictions confirmed. It appears the hyper-sonics are ready to hit Israel. | The longer Iran lets those missiles remain out in the open, the longer they are vulnerable to pre-emptive attack by Israel and the U.S. So Logic dictates that the launches would begin right at the NOTAM time, which is 2:30 AM in Iran, and 7:00 PM (Tomorrow, Sunday) on the US East Coast...Word on Intel Circuits is claiming that Iran has already pre-positioned one-thousand, five-hundred (1,500) missiles for launch, but later, more recent Intel is now saying the total number of missiles distributed from storage is about four-thousand (~4,000.). Israel has said "If Iran attacks, they will get double in return." It is not known if Israel has such ballistic missile resources; generally the Israelis rely on aircraft to attack other countries. ■ But the US has sent ENORMOUS military resources into the region, and it is not hard to imagine immediate US involvement, even though Congress has not declared war. Iran has also made very clear that if the US participates in attacking Iran, ALL US BASES in the Middle East will come under Iranian missile attack.

■ Iran’s Leader: US and Israel will face a “Devastating Response” (The Khaama Press)
■ Outrage over Israeli warship passing through the Suez Canal (Al Jazeera) (VIDEO)

Western leaders do not fully appreciate Russia’s readiness to deploy nuclear weapons to protect itself, Dmitry Medvedev told RT | Washington and its allies mistakenly believe that Russia will never cross the line of using nuclear weapons, former President Dmitry Medvedev stated in an exclusive interview with RT on Saturday. ■ Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, suggested that current Western leaders are not as forward-thinking as their predecessors and fail to take into account Russia’s willingness to defend its existence using all means at its disposal.

💬 ”They have made a miscalculation, since they are not of the brightest kind… For some reason they think that Russians will never cross a certain line. They are wrong. If it comes down to the existence of our state, as the president of our country has repeatedly said… we will simply have no choice.” [...] "The political class is degenerating, technocrats are coming in and they cannot understand how politics function. This is a disaster.”

He stressed that any person who serves as president of a nuclear-armed state takes on the obligation to defend their country “to the last man,” and suggested that current Western leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “lack the acumen and subtlety of mind” of their predecessors.

■ There would be no military op if not for the West’s lack of wisdom – Dmitry Medvedev (RT.com) (VIDEO)
■ Professor Lays Waste To "Ukraine Narrative" - This war solely of U.S. making (11/02/24) (VIDEO)

The Israeli occupation continues its war against Lebanon, intensifying airstrikes along the southern and Beqaa regions. | Israeli occupation forces continue their attacks on Beirut's Southern Suburb, Beqaa, and South Lebanon, resulting in the martyrdom of one person and injuries to dozens. The Lebanese Ministry of Health announced that one person has been martyred and 15 others injured in an Israeli strike on the Gallery Semaan area just outside the Southern Suburb of Beirut. In Beqaa, two Israeli airstrikes targeted the northern entrance of the town of Mashghara in western Beqaa, resulting in two martyrs, while the search is underway for missing persons, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent.

■ US B-52 jets arrive in the Middle East; Israeli strike on Akkar isolates village: Day 394 of the war (L'Orient Today)
■ Strikes on central Israel injure 11 as Iran’s leader promises punishing response for last week’s attack (Globe & Mail)

Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon’s northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. | In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in a barrage of Israeli aerial attacks that began Thursday, hospital officials said. The latest violence aggression comes against the backdrop of a renewed diplomatic push by United States President Joe Biden’s administration, days before the presidential election, to reach temporary cease-fire deals.

■ Month-old infant among the dozens killed in Israeli strikes on Nuseirat (Al Jazeera)
■ LIVE: Israel killed over 50 children in 48 hours in Gaza’s Jabalia – UN (Al Jazeera)

The pictures of the smiling toddlers on the wall somehow survived. Most everything else in the daycare — the cradles, the highchairs, the toys — was ruined when a crushing wall of water swept through Paiporta, turning the Valencia municipality of 30,000 into the likely epicenter of Spain's deadliest natural disaster in living memory. | Authorities say at least 62 people died in Paiporta, of the 211 confirmed deaths from flash floods in Spain on Tuesday and Wednesday. The majority of those deaths happened in the eastern region of Valencia, and local media have labeled Paiporta the “ground zero” of the floods. ■ Four days have passed since the tsunami-like floods swept through the southern outskirts of Valencia city, covering many communities with sticky, thick mud. The clean-up task ahead remains gargantuan, and the hunt for bodies continues. ■ Many streets in Paiporta remain impassable to all vehicles but bulldozers, stacked as they are with piles of sodden furniture and household items and countless wrecked cars. ■ Every foot is caked with mud. Some people wield poles to steady their steps as if walking these streets is a hike through a marsh.

⚡ Aemet establece aviso rojo en el litoral sur de Valencia por lluvias de 90 l/m2 en 1 hora (RTVE)
■ Gritos de "asesinos" y lanzamiento de barro a la comitiva real, Sánchez y Mazón en su visita a Paiporta (RTVE)
■ 'Get out,' Spain's king told by protesters flinging mud at him after devastating flooding (CBC)
■ Spain orders largest peacetime military deployment over flood crisis (Al Mayadeen)
■ Death toll from Spanish floods climbs to 205 as shock turns to anger and frustration (Castanet)
■ Death toll from Spain floods passes 200 as rescue teams search for missing (11/02/24)

‘Congress and U.S. Presidents legalized and funded the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution… through a massive domestic bioterrorism program relabeled as a public health program… on behalf of the World Health Organization and its financial backers,' writes legal researcher Katherine Watt. | With exceptional detail and comprehensiveness, a paralegal researcher and journalist from Pennsylvania has documented the extensive “pseudo-legal” structures put in place over decades which allowed the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to execute its “COVID-19 vaccine” bioterrorism attack upon its own citizens, killing and maiming many thousands with complete impunity. [...] Former pharmaceutical executive and researcher Sasha Latypova, who has been a source of several important bombshell reports over the last year, has more recently relied on Watt’s documentation and strongly encouraged “everyone to subscribe to her and read her work. It’s an encyclopedia of law references, meticulously researched going back years describing how the [pseudo-legal] structure [for the government’s bioterrorism program] was put in place and what it entails.”

💬 [Katherine Watt:] “The basic goal of the architects, which has been achieved,” Watt writes, “was to set up legal conditions in which all governing power in the United States could be automatically transferred from the citizens and the three Constitutional branches into the two hands of the Health and Human Services Secretary, effective at the moment the HHS Secretary himself declared a public health emergency, legally transforming free citizens into enslaved subjects.” “That happened on Jan. 31, 2020, in effect as of Jan. 27, 2020 through the present day.”

“In other words: Congress and US Presidents legalized and funded the overthrow of the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. government and the American people, through a massive domestic bioterrorism program relabeled as a public health program, conducted by the HHS Secretary and Secretary of Defense on behalf of the World Health Organization and its financial backers.”

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Two Israeli attacks on residential buildings in northern Gaza have killed 84 Palestinians, including more than 50 children, Gaza’s Government Media Office has said. 💬 “The Israeli occupation army commits two brutal massacres by bombing residential buildings belonging to the Shalayel and Ghandour families in northern Gaza Strip, resulting in more than 170 civilians being affected, with 84 martyrs including over 50 children, and dozens missing and injured,” (the Government Media Office said on Friday.) ● (It said 84 people were “massacred” as no civil defense crews, medical services or other relief services were available in the area amid an Israeli siege and continuing bombardment.) ● “These crimes come as the occupation army targets civilian families in residential buildings populated by civilians and displaced individuals, consisting of several stories." ● "This coincides with the absence of civil defense teams, medical services, or relief teams, as they have been targeted and rendered non-operational by the ‘Israeli’ occupation for almost a month. These crimes also coincide with the collapse of the health system in northern Gaza, with hospitals destroyed and out of service.”

■ Israel’s Genocide Day 391: Israel kills 200 Palestinians in Gaza in a single day (Mondoweiss)

Professor Sachs KNOWS the people involved and speaks what he saw with his own eyes. | We have all been intentionally LIED to by the people who caused this conflict, and who keep it going. We may face a nuclear war because of what we've done, and WE...are in the wrong. WE caused this. (Link to video)

■ Ukraine did negotiate at the beginning of the invasion. It reached the outline of a peace deal with Russia (Aaron Maté)
■ As Russia Advances, U.S. Fears Ukraine Has Entered a Grim Phase (NYT)
■ The US is almost done playing with Ukraine (Andrey Sushentsov)
■ Kamala Harris Told Ukraine's Zelensky to "Prepare for a government in Exile; and Plan for Guerilla War" (H. Turner)

Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder added that these forces will begin to arrive in the Middle East in coming months | US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered to deploy additional forces to the Middle East, including destroyers, fighter jets and long-range strike bombers, Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said. Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7, 2023, when militants from the Gaza-based Palestinian radical group Hamas staged a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip. Hamas described its attack as a response to the aggressive actions of Israeli authorities against the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City. In response, Israel has declared a state of war readiness.

■ US Ordered Deployment of Missile Defense Destroyers, Strike Bombers to Mideast (Sputnik)

A Lebanese security source has revealed the US ambassador is calling on her allies to 'do their part' to destroy Hezbollah | A high-ranking Lebanese security source revealed to Al-Akhbar newspaper that the US Ambassador to Lebanon, Lisa Johnson, is continuing her agenda to prepare Lebanon for a “post-Hezbollah era” by mobilizing “internal” forces against the Islamic resistance movement while it fights the Israeli Army. In discussions with Lebanese politicians, Johnson reportedly said, “Israel cannot achieve everything through war; it’s time for you to do your part and launch an internal uprising under the banner of ‘Enough.’” The ambassador added,

💬 “The Lebanese people must show their desire to rise up and get rid of Hezbollah and return to the context that emerged after the assassination of Rafik Hariri, especially since the regional, international, and field circumstances are in your favor.”

In a letter addressed to BBC Director-General Tim Davie, more than 100 BBC employees called on the corporation to "recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality" in its coverage of Israeli actions in Gaza. | More than 100 BBC employees have accused the British broadcaster of exhibiting a clear bias toward "Israel" while covering the entity's ongoing year-long war against Palestinians in Gaza. ● In a letter addressed to BBC Director-General Tim Davie and signed by over 230 members of the media industry, including 101 anonymous BBC staff, the signatories urged the broadcaster to "recommit to fairness, accuracy, and impartiality" in its reporting on Israeli actions in Gaza. ● The letter criticized the BBC for not meeting its editorial standards, citing a lack of "consistently fair and accurate evidence-based journalism" in its coverage of the situation, as reported by The Independent, which obtained the letter.

A tribunal ruling has found that the student's remarks match views expressed by human rights organizations, concluding that the UK Home Office's allegations were not adequate. | Palestinian student Dana Abu Qamar has won a human rights appeal, revoking the UK Home Office's decision to strip her of her visa for speaking about Gaza and its resistance. ● The Guardian reported that the Home Office claimed that Dana's presence was "not conducive to public good" but subsequently failed to prove it after her visa was revoked in December 2023. ● Dana first caught the attention of authorities during a protest organized at the University of Manchester, where she also leads the Friends of Palestine Society. While speaking to Sky News, Dana explored Gaza's historical resistance against the Israeli "oppressive regime", as well as the 16-year-long blockade the occupation has imposed, calling the Strip's Resistance "a once in a lifetime experience."

Spain’s worst natural disaster in decades leaves many communities without power, water and aid. | Rescuers in Spain are battling to reach areas still cut off due to heavy rains as the death toll from catastrophic floods rose to 205 in Europe’s worst weather disaster in five decades. ● In Valencia, the eastern region that bore the brunt of the devastation this week, hundreds of soldiers were deployed to hunt for the missing and help survivors of the storm, which triggered a new weather alert in Huelva in southwestern Spain. ● Officials said the death toll is likely to keep rising. It is already Spain’s worst flood-related disaster in modern history and the deadliest to hit Europe since the 1970s.

■ Flood deaths hit 205 as Spain reels from worst modern day disaster (PressTV)
■ In photos: At least 95 people killed in flash flooding disaster in Spain as country declares three days of mourning