Lithuania and Estonia are set to increase their defensespending to five percent of GDP, becoming the first NATO members to commit to such levels. Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys and Estonia’s Prime Minister Kristan Michal made the announcements, highlighting their countries’ focus on bolstering defense capabilities amid regional security concerns.
The decision aligns with U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s calls for NATO allies to boost military expenditure as the U.S. shifts its defense focus toward China and the Asia-Pacific region. Lithuania’s plan includes allocating between five and six percent of GDP to defense from 2026 to 2030. Budrys described the U.S. pressure as “good and constructive” amid rising regional threats.
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By surpassing Poland, which spends over four percent of its GDP on defense, Lithuania and Estonia will lead NATO in defense spending percentages. The move coincides with increased NATO patrols in the Baltic Sea following incidents like the suspected sabotage of undersea cables.
Speaking before the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, last week, Trump urged NATO countries to ramp up their defense spending and reduce their reliance on the U.S. to provide regional security. “I’m also going to ask all NATO nations to increase defense spending to five percent of GDP, which is what it should have been years ago,” Trump said, adding: “It was only at two percent, and most nations didn’t pay until I came along; I insisted that they pay, and they did—because the United States was really paying the difference at that time, and it was unfair to the United States.”
Despite Lithuania and Estonia’s public commitments, skepticism persists regarding whether they will really achieve their ambitious spending goals. Lithuania plans to fund the defense increase through government borrowing, while Estonia intends to make public sector cuts to meet its targets.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Anti-ICE protestors are being accused of helping an illegal immigrant escape from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: ICE agents, anti-ICE protestors, and an illegal immigrant with British citizenship.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The escape occurred on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This is getting out of control,” one ICE official said.
🎯IMPACT: Federal immigration officials have faced increasingly violent attacks in the wake of June’s violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. Anti-ICE activists continue to maintain a significant presence near the Los Angeles detention facility, with the aim of disrupting its operation.
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An illegal immigrant escaped from a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Los Angeles, California, on Tuesday with the assistance of far-left anti-ICE protestors. The migrant, who has British citizenship, was being transferred to the ICE facility when his escape was enabled by the anti-ICE activists, who subsequently absconded with the detainee in a waiting van.
Federal immigration agents have launched a manhunt to locate and recapture the illegal, who is said to have a criminal record. “This is getting out of control,” one ICE official said, describing the dangerous environment created by the far-left activists who have dominated the immediate area around the Los Angeles detention facility since June’s anti-ICE riots.
Over the last month, federal immigration officials have faced increasingly violent attacks in the wake of the June riots. The National Pulse reported last week that Elpidio Reyna, accused of hurling concrete blocks at law enforcement during immigration enforcement actions in Paramount, California, on June 7, was apprehended at the U.S. southern border. Meanwhile, earlier this month, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents captured Benjamin Song, a suspect accused of shooting at ICE officers during a riot at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. The ambush resulted in a local police officer being shot in the neck.
The Democratic Party has been intensifying its rhetoric against law enforcement involved in deportations, in particular, since President Donald J. Trump’s reelection, with 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz going so far as to describe ICE agents as the “Gestapo.” A number of Democratic lawmakers and candidates have been arrested for attempting to interfere with federal immigration enforcement actions, with Congresswoman LaMonica McIver (D-NJ) being indicted on charges of forcibly impeding federal officers.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Virginia councilman was doused with gasoline and set on fire outside his workplace on Wednesday.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Councilman Lee Vogler, 38, and suspect Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes, 29.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Wednesday morning in Danville, Virginia, outside the offices of Showcase Magazine on Main Street.
💬KEY QUOTE: “This type of senseless act of violence has to stop. Lee is a brother to me. He is one of the kindest, most genuine people I know.” – Showcase Magazine co-owner Andrew Brooks
🎯IMPACT: Vogler was airlifted to a burn center and is reportedly awake and speaking; the suspect was arrested shortly after the attack.
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A local Virginia official, Councilman Lee Vogler, was set on fire outside his workplace in a shocking attack on Wednesday. The incident occurred outside the offices of Showcase Magazine on Main Street in Danville.
According to the Danville Police Department, 29-year-old Shotsie Michael Buck Hayes entered the building with a large bucket of gasoline, poured it on Vogler, and set him on fire as he tried to flee. Witnesses reported seeing Vogler run outside while on fire.
“An individual forced his way into our office carrying a five-gallon bucket of gasoline and poured it on Lee,” said Andrew Brooks, who co-owns Showcase Magazine with Vogler, in a Facebook video, continuing: “Lee attempted to flee, ran to the front of the building—the individual followed him and set him on fire.”
Brooks added, “This type of senseless act of violence has to stop. Lee is a brother to me. He is one of the kindest, most genuine people I know.”
Vogler, a four-term Republican councilman who has served Danville for over 12 years, was treated at the scene before being airlifted to a burn center. Brooks confirmed that Vogler was “awake, speaking, and en route to the center in Lynchburg” and that he was able to identify his attacker.
Police apprehended Hayes, who fled the scene in a vehicle, shortly after the attack. Authorities confirmed that the incident was not politically motivated but rather stemmed from a personal matter between the two men.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Cherry Vann has been appointed as the new Archbishop of Wales, becoming the first married lesbian woman to hold the position.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Cherry Vann, Andrew John, the Church in Wales, and the Anglican Communion.
📍WHEN & WHERE: Vann’s appointment follows Andrew John’s retirement last month, after serving three-and-a-half years as Archbishop.
💬KEY QUOTE: “The first thing I shall need to do is to ensure that the issues which have been raised in the last six months are properly addressed and that I work to bring healing and reconciliation, and to build a really good level of trust across the Church and the communities the Church serves.” – Cherry Vann
🎯IMPACT: Vann’s appointment follows a critical safeguarding review, and underlines official Anglicanism’s increasing estrangement from traditional Christianity.
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The Anglican Church of Wales has named married lesbian priestess Cherry Vann the 15th Archbishop of Wales, becoming the first woman to hold the position. Originally from Leicester, England, Vann has served as the Bishop of Monmouth for five years and succeeds Andrew John, who retired last month after three and a half years in the role.
John’s departure followed the publication of a safeguarding review at Bangor Cathedral, which highlighted issues such as “a culture in which sexual boundaries seemed blurred” and “promiscuity was acceptable.” The report also noted inappropriate language, rude jokes, and innuendos within the choir, which left some members feeling unsafe or humiliated.
Vann was ordained as a deacon in 1989 and was among the first women to be ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1994. She later served as Archdeacon of Rochdale in the Diocese of Manchester for 11 years before her appointment as Bishop of Monmouth.
In a statement, Vann acknowledged the challenges ahead, saying: “The first thing I shall need to do is to ensure that the issues which have been raised in the last six months are properly addressed and that I work to bring healing and reconciliation, and to build a really good level of trust across the Church and the communities the Church serves.”
Other Protestant European churches are also appointing homosexual women bishops, such as in Sweden, where lesbian Eva Brunne became the Lutheran Bishop of Stockholm in 2009. Brunne was the first ever openly lesbian bishop of a mainline denomination in the world.
Anglican churches are struggling to attract regular parishioners in the United Kingdom, with far more young people in England attending Roman Catholic Mass. If current projections hold, there will soon be more practicing Roman Catholics than Anglicans in England for the first time since the Protestant Reformation.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, a justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, for using judicial authority to target dissent, stifle opposition, and censor speech.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Alexandre de Moraes, U.S. Treasury, and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The sanctions were announced recently by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and apply under U.S. jurisdiction.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Alexandre de Moraes has taken it upon himself to be judge and jury in an unlawful witch hunt against U.S. and Brazilian citizens and companies.” – Scott Bessent
🎯IMPACT: Americans and U.S. entities are now barred from engaging with de Moraes, with legal consequences for violations of the sanctions.
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The U.S. Treasury has imposed sanctions on Alexandre de Moraes, a justice of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, for exploiting his judicial authority to target dissent, stifle political opposition, and censor speech. The announcement, made by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), highlights behavior that U.S. officials say violates fundamental rights and extends beyond Brazil’s borders.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated, “Alexandre de Moraes has taken it upon himself to be judge and jury in an unlawful witch hunt against US and Brazilian citizens and companies.” He further noted that de Moraes is responsible for “an oppressive campaign of censorship, arbitrary detentions that violate human rights, and politicized prosecutions—including against former President Jair Bolsonaro.”
The sanctions fall under Executive Order 13818, which expands the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act to target foreign individuals involved in serious rights abuses or corruption. De Moraes has been formally identified as engaging in conduct threatening democracy and U.S. interests. Earlier this month, the State Department revoked visas held by de Moraes and his immediate family, citing their connection to unlawful censorship efforts directed even at American citizens.
De Moraes, appointed to Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court in 2017, has become a key figure in the nation’s crackdown on dissent. His influence over investigations has enabled him to order arrests, freeze assets, and direct law enforcement against critics of him or the government. Targets include journalists, political opponents, media organizations, U.S.-based tech platforms, and social media users, including Americans. In one case, he ordered a journalist’s detention for over a year without formal charges, seemingly as retaliation.
OFAC accuses de Moraes of using judicial power for politically motivated repression. His actions reportedly include banning individuals from social platforms, freezing assets, canceling passports, and authorizing raids. Under the sanctions, any property or financial assets linked to de Moraes within U.S. jurisdiction are now frozen, and U.S. individuals and entities are prohibited from engaging with him. Violations of these sanctions could lead to severe legal penalties.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: The population of England and Wales increased by over 700,000 in the year to June 2024, the second largest rise in more than 75 years—primarily driven by mass migration.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: The Office for National Statistics (ONS), Labour and Conservative Party politicians, and Reform Party leader Nigel Farage.
📍WHEN & WHERE: England and Wales, in the 12 months to June 2024.
💬KEY QUOTE: “It puts impossible pressures on public services and further divides our communities.” – Nigel Farage
🎯IMPACT: The rise in population, driven by mass migration, has increased pressure on housing, public services, and social cohesion.
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The population of England and Wales grew by 706,881 in the year to June 2024, bringing the total to 61.8 million, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). This marks the second-largest annual increase since 1949, with mass migration accounting for the vast majority of the rise.
Net migration for the period stood at 690,147, a decrease from 833,696 the previous year. The decline is attributed to fewer foreign nationals from outside the European Union (EU) arriving on work and study visas, combined with an increase in students leaving at the end of their courses. Changes in migration rules under the previous government, including restrictions on foreign students bringing family members and banning overseas care workers from bringing dependents, contributed to the reduction.
Natural population change, with 596,012 births and 566,030 deaths, added a modest 29,982 to the total. The ONS noted that only four regions, London, south-east England, the West Midlands, and eastern England, saw population growth from natural change, while others experienced a decline due to lower fertility rates and an aging population.
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, described the figures as “disastrous” for public services and community cohesion.
The ONS also highlighted a long-term decline in fertility rates, with women in England and Wales having an average of 1.44 children between 2022 and 2023, the lowest on record.
Previous ONS reports have claimed that the British population could grow as much as five million in the next decade, almost entirely due to mass migration.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: Former Vice President Kamala Harris (D) announced she will not run for California governor in the upcoming election.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Kamala Harris, her husband Doug Emhoff, and the Democratic Party.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Harris made the announcement on Wednesday afternoon in a public statement. She and her husband are residing in California.
💬KEY QUOTE: “After deep reflection, I’ve decided that I will not run for Governor in this election.” – Kamala Harris
🎯IMPACT: Harris’s decision opens the possibility of a future presidential run in 2028 and leaves the Democratic Party speculating about her next political move.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris (D) announced Wednesday that she will not run for California governor in the upcoming November election. In her statement, Harris—who was defeated in a landslide by President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 presidential race—reflected on her career and her decision to step back from seeking elected office for the time being.
“In recent months, I have given serious thought to asking the people of California for the privilege to serve as their governor,” Harris said. “I love this state, its people, and its promise. It is my home. But after deep reflection, I’ve decided that I will not run for governor in this election.”
Harris, who served as a prosecutor, California Attorney General, U.S. Senator, and Vice President, said that her leadership would not be in elected office for now. She added, “We must recognize that our politics, our government, and our institutions have too often failed the American people, culminating in this moment of crisis.”
Harris’s decision comes after her disastrous 2024 presidential run, which followed former President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race. The Democratic Party has been closely watching her next moves, with earlier reports suggesting she was weighing a gubernatorial bid, a third presidential run, or stepping back from elected politics entirely.
Harris and her controversial husband, Doug Emhoff, have returned to California, where Emhoff has resumed private law practice and teaches at the University of Southern California.
❓WHAT HAPPENED: A Cincinnati City Council member is drawing backlash for claiming on social media that a group of white people who were attacked by numerous black assailants in the city last weekend “begged for that beatdown!”
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Cincinnati City Council president pro tem Victoria Parks (D), mayoral candidate Cory Bowman, Cincinnati Police, and the Department of Justice (DOJ).
📍WHEN & WHERE: Parks’s Facebook post was revealed by Bowman on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.
💬KEY QUOTE: “They begged for that beatdown!” — Cincinnati City Council president pro tem Victoria Parks
🎯IMPACT: The comments highlight the apparent reluctance of local Democrats to acknowledge incidents in which white victims are targeted by ethnic minority criminals.
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Cincinnati City Council president pro tem, Victoria Parks (D), has further inflamed racial tensions in Ohio’s third-largest city after declaring on social media that a group of white people who were attacked by numerous black assailants last weekend “begged for that beatdown!” Parks, a black woman elected to the city council in January 2022, made the remark in a post on Facebook, insinuating that additional evidence suggests one of the white male victims instigated a fight. Regardless, several other individuals—who appeared to intervene to stop the conflict—were also brutally attacked.
“They begged for that beatdown!” Parks wrote in the Facebook post, adding: “I am grateful for the whole story.” Several Facebook users responded, noting that a white female victim who intervened to stop the attack and was knocked to the ground unconscious “didn’t ask for this.” Parks’s post was brought to light by Cory Bowman, the half-brother of Vice President J.D. Vance and a candidate for Cincinnati mayor in November.
Following the weekend attack, which occurred as crowds mingled in downtown Cincinnati following the conclusion of a Reds baseball game and the Cincinnati Music Festival at Paycor Stadium, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced it is monitoring local law enforcement’s handling of the attacks, which may amount to federal hate crimes.
Videos of the incident have circulated widely on social media, showing a white man being shoved to the ground and beaten by multiple black attackers, and a white woman receiving a severe concussion. Other white people can be seen being attacked in the background.
The videos depict many in the crowd, including women, joining in the attacks, with one man being stomped on and beaten for nearly a minute. A woman is also shown being punched in the face and knocked unconscious after her head hits the pavement.
At least three individuals have so far been arrested for their involvement in the attacks.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: Reports suggest that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s office approved of comments linking Reform Party leader Nigel Farage to notorious pedophile Jimmy Savile due to his opposition to the censorship-enabling Online Safety Act.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Nigel Farage, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, British Science Secretary Peter Kyle.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: Science Secretary Kyle made the initial comments on July 29.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Make no mistake about it, if people like Jimmy Savile were alive today, he would be perpetrating his crimes online, and Nigel Farage is saying that he is on their side, not the side of children.” – Peter Kyle
🎯IMPACT: The reports reveal the desperation of the Labour government, which is becoming increasingly unpopular, to smear Farage—whose party is eight points ahead of Labour—and defend its censorship apparatus.
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The office of the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, reportedly approved comments made by Science Secretary Peter Kyle linking Reform Party leader Nigel Farage to child predators over Farage’s opposition to the Online Safety Act. Multiple government sources report that Kyle consulted No. 10 Downing Street, the Prime Minister’s official residence, before an appearance on Sky News on July 29, where he sparked controversy by claiming Mr Farage was “on the side” of pedophiles and extreme pornographers.
“Make no mistake about it, if people like Jimmy Savile were alive today, he would be perpetrating his crimes online, and Nigel Farage is saying that he is on their side, not the side of children,” Kyle said in reference to Farage’s pledge to repeal the Online Safety Act, which contains some child protection provisions but has a broader purpose as a tool of mass censorship, already being used to suppress even content showing parliamentary debates on Muslim grooming gangs.
X (formerly Twitter) users in Britain have seen their posts censored for including footage of anti-mass migration protests—content that has nothing to do with the exploitation of children.
Jimmy Savile, a former BBC radio and television personality, was one of the United Kingdom’s most prolific and notorious pedophiles, with it being widely accepted that his abuse was an open secret ignored by the national broadcaster, National Health Service (NHS) hospitals where he abused patients under the guise of performing charity work, and other establishment institutions.
Attempting to link Farage to Savile could backfire on Prime Minister Starmer, however, as he was Director of Public Prosecutions when the Crown Prosecution Service decided not to charge him.
On Wednesday, Starmer’s Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander, echoed Kyle’s smears in another Sky News interview, saying, “Nigel Farage is, in effect, saying that he is [on pedophiles’] side, because he’s saying he’s wanting to repeal the Online Safety Act. In effect, what Nigel Farage is saying is that he’s totally happy for there to be a free-for-all on the Internet.”
“That’s not the position of the Labour Government. It’s not the position of me. It’s not the position of Keir Starmer or Peter Kyle, and that is the point that the Technology Secretary was rightly making yesterday,” she stressed.
Farage has called for an apology, branding the remarks “disgusting” and accusing Mr Kyle of becoming the “Minister for Political Slander.”
Notably, Reform is currently polling eight points ahead of Labour and has launched a summer campaign on crime that challenges Starmer’s record on law and order.
Labour is clearly rattled by its collapse in support alongside Reform’s rise, and has begun targeting Farage personally, with campaign materials featuring messages such as “Don’t gamble on Farage.”
❓WHAT HAPPENED: U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate, appointed by Ronald Reagan, issued a temporary restraining order blocking Mississippi’s anti-DEI law last week. However, lawyers with the Mississippi Attorney General’s office have subsequently raised questions regarding the validity of the ruling, which is riddled with errors and fabricated case citations.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Judge Henry Wingate, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch.
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📍WHEN & WHERE: The initial restraining order was issued on July 20, 2025, with a corrected order issued just days later.
💬KEY QUOTE: “Our attorneys have never seen anything like this.” — Mississippi Attorney General’s office
🎯IMPACT: The error-filled ruling is raising concerns about the use of artificial intelligence tools by attorneys and judges, and calls into question the validity of Judge Wingate’s restraining order.
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A federal judge in Mississippi, who blocked the state’s law barring diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs from public schools and universities, is facing allegations that he used artificial intelligence (AI) to write the temporary restraining order. The National Pulse reported last week that U.S. District Court Judge Henry Wingate, who is black, issued a temporary restraining order blocking Mississippi’s anti-DEI law. However, lawyers with the Mississippi Attorney General’s office have subsequently raised questions regarding the validity of the ruling, which is riddled with errors and fabricated case citations.
The Mississippi Attorney General’s office asked Judge Wingate to clarify his ruling after it was discovered that it contained quotes from state laws that do not exist, fabricated case citations for rulings that have never happened, and even listed plaintiffs not party to the lawsuit. The request for clarification resulted in Judge Wingate quietly replacing the order on the public docket with a revised version. Notably, the erroneous order is no longer available to the public.
“Our attorneys have never seen anything like this,” a spokesman for the Mississippi Attorney General’s office said. Other attorneys who reviewed the original order believe that artificial intelligence may have been used, which would explain the fabrication of case precedent and state law.
A similar situation arose in March 2024 when disgraced anti-Trump attorney Michael Cohen was exposed for having used AI to write court filings that cited fake cases and fabricated precedent-setting rulings. While Cohen faced possible legal sanctions for his actions, he was ultimately only chastised by Judge Jesse Furman, who called Cohen’s actions “embarrassing and certainly negligent.” Judge Furman explained at the time that he believed Cohen’s excuse that he did not fully understand how artificial intelligence language models function and that the fake case citations were not in “bad faith.”
Concerningly, even Judge Wingate’s corrected order appears to have significant citation errors. The order cites a 1974 ruling attributed to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. However, the case, Cousins v. School Board of City of Norfolk, does not appear to exist. In fact, Judge Wingate—or the artificial intelligence—seems to confuse a historic incident involving 15-year-old Louis Cousins Sr. and high school desegregation in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1959, and Cousins et al. v. The School Board of Orange County et al., which was a 2022 free speech challenge to Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law. Where the 1974 date for the fake Cousins case comes from is unclear.
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❓WHAT HAPPENED: More than 500 migrants attempted to cross the English Channel from France to the United Kingdom in small boats, leading to chaotic scenes at sea and a large-scale rescue response.
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👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: Britain’s Border Force, French border patrol vessels, and boat migrants.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The English Channel, with incidents reported throughout the past week, culminating in a significant surge today.
💬KEY QUOTE: “It’s clear yet again, Border Force just can’t cope with the numbers attempting to cross today. They’ve had to call on very significant resources from the lifeboat service.” — a senior maritime security source
🎯IMPACT: If these crossings are successful, the total number of illegal migrants crossing this year will surpass 25,000, presenting a significant challenge to UK authorities.
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British Border Force vessels were reportedly overwhelmed on July 30 by the sheer number of migrant boats attempting to cross the English Channel from France. Multiple lifeboats from Dover, Ramsgate, Walmer, and Dungeness were called to assist Border Force vessels. This follows President Donald J. Trump’s warning on a trip to Scotland that Europe must “get [its] act together” on illegal immigration or be irrevocably transformed.
French border patrol vessels and lifeboats were observed escorting several migrant dinghies towards Britain—instead of towing them back—despite changeable weather conditions in the Channel over the past week, with choppy waters that have caused drowning in the past.
A senior maritime security source described the current situation as “complete chaos.” Reports indicate that approximately 1,000 migrants have made the illegal journey over the past seven days, with today marking a significant spike due to improved weather conditions overnight.
The total number of illegal crossings this year is now approaching over 25,000, despite Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer recently assuring President Trump that the British authorities were making progress against smuggling gangs.
Starmer had promised to “smash the gangs” when entering office in mid-2024, but the number of illegal entries has only increased. Many migrants end up in taxpayer-funded hotels once they arrive, which has also been a significant source of controversy in recent weeks. In Epping, protests erupted following the arrest of an illegal immigrant from Africa accused of multiple sexual assaults of children. The man had been in Britain for less than a month before his arrest.
“Europe is a much different place than it was just five years ago, 10 years ago,” President Trump said of the “horrible invasion” across the continent on Monday. “They’ve got to get their act together. If they don’t, you’re not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it.”
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