Laurent Guyénot | In just a couple of days, an impressive amount of information has been brought to light pointing to Israel’s strong motive to take out Charlie Kirk ASAP. I will here compile that information, as I found it on X and other Internet outlets. [...] In any case, Charlie Kirk was slowing turning, and he had been turning faster in the last few months. He had been the most pro-Israel MAGA influencer, together with Ben Shapiro, drawing millions of young people behind him. But his followers and others had been noticing that he was starting to ask embarrassing questions for Israel, about October 7th, about the “ethnic cleansing” in Gaza (he used the term, and “not lightly”), about the Epstein files, and about Israeli censorship in the media. [...] My tentative conclusion is simply based on a rational assessment of Israel’s interest in removing Kirk as soon as possible, and having Shapiro take up his “blood-stained mic”. How high were the stakes is well expressed in this 19-minute breakdown by Propaganda & Co.

Economist Jeffrey Sachs has accused the United States and its European allies of provoking and prolonging the Ukraine war, claiming it began with a U.S.-backed coup against former President Viktor Yanukovych in 2014. In a fiery statement, Sachs said Washington pursued NATO expansion against Russia’s red lines, while Germany and France failed to uphold the 2015 Minsk peace deal. He alleged that early peace talks in 2022 were blocked by the West and warned that over a million Ukrainians have been killed or wounded since. Sachs urged an immediate settlement based on Ukrainian neutrality, accusing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and French President Emmanuel Macron of being “warmongers” pushing Europe toward “madness.”

Ignoring international law would lead to “the beginning of total chaos,” the French president has said | French President Emmanuel Macron has pushed back against the idea of seizing frozen Russian assets, warning that doing so could backfire on the West and undermine global stability. ● In an interview with CBS’s Face the Nation aired on Sunday, Macron was asked about what the West was planning to do with the $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets which were frozen after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022.

💬 We are all very much attached to being compliant with international rules. You cannot seize these assets from the central bank, even in such a situation,” the French leader said, describing it as “a matter of credibility.” “When some countries start to disrespect international laws… this is the beginning of a total chaos. So we will respect international law. We are predictable, and we will not do all impossible things with these frozen assets,” he added, recalling that Kiev’s Western backers are already using proceeds from the frozen assets to prop up Ukraine.

■ France's Macron Admits That Seizing Frozen Russian Assets Would Break International Law (Sputnik)
■ EU unveils plan to leverage €170bn of frozen Russian money – FT (RT)