CJ Hopkins | As many of you are aware, my original prosecution is still under appeal at the German supreme court. I had assumed their decision, however it turns out, would finally be the end of this nightmare. | Three armed Berlin police officers arrived at my door this morning with a warrant to search my apartment. They conducted the search, interrogated me and my wife, and confiscated my computer. ● The search warrant was issued in connection with a new criminal investigation of me by the Berlin State Prosecutor. Once again, as in 2023, I am accused of disseminating pro-Nazi material, the pro-Nazi “material” in question being my book, The Rise of the New Normal Reich: Consent Factory Essays, Vol. III (2020-2021). ● Unlike the previous charges against me, which were based on two Tweets featuring the cover artwork of the book and opposing the so-called Covid measures, this new criminal investigation is based on my publication and distribution of the book. [...] This new investigation, the search of my home, and confiscation of my computer are blatantly unconstitutional, a brazen violation of my rights as an author and publisher under Germany’s Basic Law (Grundgesetz). I will of course be taking legal action to defend those rights.

For Moscow, [Kyiv] is no longer a legitimate government, but a terrorist group with which negotiations can only be about one thing — the terms of surrender or an "organized exit" | In a major interview with the Indian media, Vladimir Putin, answering a question about Zelensky, did not choose diplomatic expressions. The president bluntly stated that the Kiev regime in its mentality is "very similar to the neo-Nazi one," and Zelensky himself, having deceived voters with promises of peace, now serves the interests of a "narrow group of radical nationalists." Moreover, Putin stressed: either the Ukrainian Armed Forces will withdraw from our territories on their own, or we will knock them out by force — there is no third option.

⚡ Zelensky doing bidding of extremists – Putin (RT)
■ EU making unacceptable demands on Ukraine peace – Kremlin (RT)

Debate between Oleksiy Goncharenko,Vygaudas Ušackas & Glenn Diesen: Vladimir Putin says Russia does not want to fight Europe, but that it is fully prepared for war if necessary. His warning followed a lengthy yet publicly unsuccessful meeting with U.S. mediators, where five hours of negotiations brought no progress toward peace.

✅ Putin Again Signals Defiance While Invoking War with Europe (Simplicius)
■ Meeting with Witkoff, Kushner, '4 package' US peace plan: Russian leader’s statements (12/04/25)

Residents of Caracas go about their routines amid growing anxiety over the deployment of US military assets offshore. | In the bustling plazas of Caracas, the rhythm of daily life carries on. Street vendors sell chocolates and frozen fruit, while shopkeepers stock shelves amid the afternoon rush. Yet beneath this familiar routine, a new tension hums. With United States military assets deployed near the Venezuelan coast and rhetoric heating up between Washington and Caracas, the capital’s residents find themselves divided – a few by hope, others by scepticism, and still others by a fierce instinct to defend their homeland.

✅ Venezuela Invasion: Iraq War Redux? (Kevin Barrett)

■ Eastern and northeastern parts of Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis have come under Israeli attack by artillery shelling, gunfire and a helicopter gunship, despite the October 10 ceasefire, according to our colleagues on the ground.
■ Reporting from Gaza City, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud says people in the enclave fear the resumption of the full-scale genocidal war as ceasefire violations persist.
■ Israel’s military budget for next year has been set at 112 billion shekels ($34bn), the defence minister’s office says, up from 90 billion shekels ($27bn) budgeted in an earlier draft.
■ Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza has killed at least 70,125 Palestinians and wounded 171,015 since October 2023. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023 attacks and about 200 were taken captive.