Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down with host Tucker Carlson for an interview, giving Western audiences a rare look into how the Russian government sees events unfolding around the globe. When the interview was announced, Carlson drew swift condemnation from many Western political leaders and media personalities for the simple act of journalism. Several current and former European political leaders even threatened to place sanctions on the U.S. journalist for speaking with the Russian President.
Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down with host Tucker Carlson for an interview, giving Western audiences a rare look into how the Russian government sees events unfolding around the globe. When the interview was announced, Carlson drew swift condemnation from many Western political leaders and media personalities for the simple act of journalism. Several current and former European political leaders even threatened to place sanctions on the U.S. journalist for speaking with the Russian President.
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Mohammad Eslami, Vice President of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), announced Monday that construction of a fourth nuclear reactor has commenced in Isfahan. The foundation’s concrete is being poured, and upon completion, the reactor will be used to test fuel and nuclear material and manufacture industrial radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, according to state media.
The new ten-megawatt reactor is an addition to three existing research reactors at the Isfahan nuclear site and a 3,000-megawatt nuclear power plant in Bushehr — its sole operational nuclear power plant — where a second reactor based on Russian designs has been under construction since 2019.
Eslami also announced last Thursday that an entirely new nuclear power complex is being built in the city of Sirik. It is predicted to be more robust than the current Bushehr reactor, with a capacity of around 5,000 megawatts. “We must reach the production capacity of 20,000 megawatts of nuclear power in the country by the year 2041,” Eslami said during a visit to the region, suggesting Iran has every intention of continuing to increase its nuclear capabilities despite international criticism.
Iran has consistently maintained that the purpose of its uranium enrichment program is confined to peaceful civilian ends. However, some observers believe the Islamic Republic’s ultimate goal is the creation of nuclear weapons, pointing to the large reserves of enriched uranium the country has amassed. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported in November that Iran now possesses enough 60 percent enriched uranium to construct three nuclear bombs should they make the small step of further refining it to 90 percent.
Iran is currently the central antagonist in a proxy war against the U.S. and Israel, supporting the Houthis in Yemen and several anti-American and anti-Israeli militias and groups in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon.
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Mohammad Eslami, Vice President of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), announced Monday that construction of a fourth nuclear reactor has commenced in Isfahan. The foundation’s concrete is being poured, and upon completion, the reactor will be used to test fuel and nuclear material and manufacture industrial radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, according to state media.
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Attempts to form a populist-right government in the Netherlands helmed by Geert Wilders have failed despite Wilders making massive concessions to potential coalition partners.
Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV) claimed victory in the country’s November parliamentary elections, campaigning on a populist platform that included cutting immigration and de-Islamification efforts. He was in talks with Pieter Omtzigt, leader of the New Social Contract party, Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, who helms the People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD), and Caroline van der Plas, leader of the Farmer Citizen Movement (BBB). Were a coalition agreement to be reached, it would have given the partners a comfortable majority in the lower house of the Dutch parliament.
In January, Wilders made significant concessions to his potential governing partners, withdrawing draft legislation that included bans on mosques, Islamic schools, and the Quran.
The talks came to a premature end after Omtzigt withdrew from the process, a move that shocked Wilders, Yeşilgöz-Zegerius, and van der Plas. “Incredibly disappointing. The Netherlands wants this Cabinet and now Pieter Omtzigt is throwing in the towel while we were still in discussions until today. I don’t understand it at all,” Wilders wrote on X (formerly Twitter) Tuesday night before telling reporters Wednesday that he was “shocked and surprised” by Omtzigt’s move.
However, Omtzigt has not entirely ruled out involvement in the next government, saying that his party “continues to work constructively but carefully to form a government that effectively tackles the country’s urgent problems. This can be done, for example, by providing constructive support to a minority Cabinet or a broad extra-parliamentary Cabinet.”
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Attempts to form a populist-right government in the Netherlands helmed by Geert Wilders have failed despite Wilders making massive concessions to potential coalition partners.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a critical partner for European Union (EU) elites. She has reportedly turned her back on the populist-nationalist philosophy that got her elected and is working to temper other European leaders’ conservative instincts. Meloni campaigned as an anti-EU nationalist but has governed as a pro-EU moderate.
When Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban vowed to block a new round of EU funding for Ukraine late last month, Meloni stepped in and got the Hungarian leader to back down. The two leaders met for drinks just before the European Union summit, where it was believed Orban would attempt to derail the EU’s Ukraine fund. The Hungarian told Meloni he felt other European leaders singled him out over his embrace of political populism and Hungarian nationalism. Meloni played a sympathetic ear to Orban, telling him she had experienced similar ostracism.
Meloni, however, encouraged Orban to work within the EU — insisting the European political right could achieve its goals within the group rather than without. This strategy led to decades of disappointment for the United Kingdom, which voted to leave the European Union after achieving no reforms over 20+ years. Orban dropped his opposition to the Ukraine funding plan at the start of the summit on February 1st.
The European political elite increasingly sees Meloni as someone who can help diffuse and head off potential political conflicts with the continent’s increasingly nationalist political right. Over the past year, she’s backed EU-supported electric car subsidies and dropped her support for curbing legal immigration to Europe. Meloni has also established herself as one of Europe’s most hawkish leaders in support of Ukraine.
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has emerged as a critical partner for European Union (EU) elites. She has reportedly turned her back on the populist-nationalist philosophy that got her elected and is working to temper other European leaders' conservative instincts. Meloni campaigned as an anti-EU nationalist but has governed as a pro-EU moderate.
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European Union (EU) politicians are threatening to sanction U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson for interviewing Vladimir Putin, despite European journalists often interviewing the Russian leader and his officials.
Guy Verhofstadt, a senior Member of the European Parliament (MEP), President of the European Movement, and former Prime Minister of Belgium, denounced Carlson as “Putin’s mouthpiece” and “an enemy of everything the U.S. stands for.”
He told Newsweek the conservative journalist could be subjected to a travel ban, explaining: “As Putin is a war criminal and the EU sanctions all who assist him in that effort, it seems logical that the External Action Service examine his case as well.”
“Carlson wants to give a platform to someone accused of crimes of genocide — this is wrong,” concurred Urmas Paet MEP, a former Estonian foreign minister.
“If Putin has something to say he needs to say it in front of the [International Criminal Court]. At the same time Carlson is not being a real journalist since he has clearly expressed his sympathy for the Russian regime and Putin and has constantly disparaged Ukraine, the victim of Russian aggression,” Paet alleged.
None of the European politicians had seen the content of Carlson’s interview with Putin, as it has yet to air.
Carlson insists that, as a journalist, it is his job to secure interviews with significant figures shaping world events if he can. He also says his team asked Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky for an interview but has not received a response.
The real journalists in Russia are in jail or had to flee !
Carlson is Putin’s mouthpiece and an enemy of everything the US stands for — no more, no less.https://t.co/Nu58d6mnXD
European Union (EU) politicians are threatening to sanction U.S. journalist Tucker Carlson for interviewing Vladimir Putin, despite European journalists often interviewing the Russian leader and his officials.
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has revealed he traveled to Moscow, Russia, to interview the country’s president, Vladimir Putin. He also emphasized that the same interview request was extended to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but he has yet to receive a response.
Carlson has repeatedly criticized both Republicans and the Biden government for continuing to fund the Ukrainian war effort, perpetuating the conflict, which has seen an estimated 500,000 people killed since Russia launched its invasion in 2022. The lack of knowledge among Americans regarding the ongoing human cost of the war was a key factor in his decision to move forward with the interview with Putin.
“Here’s why we’re doing it. First, because it’s our job. We’re in journalism. Our duty is to inform people,” Carlson said, announcing the interview on his Tucker Carlson Network. He continued: “Two years into a war that’s reshaping the entire world, most Americans are not informed. They have no real idea what’s happening in this region, here in Russia or 600 miles away in Ukraine. But they should know. They’re paying for much of it in ways they might not fully yet perceive.”
“The war in Ukraine is a human disaster. It’s left hundreds of thousands of people dead. An entire generation of young Ukrainians,” he added before explaining that the war has also reshaped military and trade alliances and disrupted large parts of the global economy.
Other American populist leaders have joined Carlson’s call for an end to U.S. involvement in the war. Late last year, Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) said Ukraine would likely need to cede some territory to Russia to bring the war to an end. The Ohio Republican argued Ukrainian’s demands that the 1991 borders with Russia be restored — backed by the Biden government — were unrealistic.
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has revealed he traveled to Moscow, Russia, to interview the country's president, Vladimir Putin. He also emphasized that the same interview request was extended to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but he has yet to receive a response.
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President Joe Biden claims he recently spoke to “Mitterand from Germany, I mean France” at a G7 summit, referring to President François Mitterrand of France — who left office in 1995 and has been dead for 28 years.
Denouncing Donald Trump and January 6th “insurrectionists” during a speech in Nevada, the 81-year-old Democrat said of Trump: “January 6th insurrectionists, you know what he calls them? Patriots!”
“Right, right, right after I was elected, I went to what they call a G7 meeting, all the NATO leaders,” Biden explained — although the G7 does not include every NATO member, and does include Japan, which is outside NATO.
“I sat down and I said, ‘America is back,’ and Mitterand from Germany, I mean France, looked at me, and said, said, ‘You know, why, how long you back for?'”
He added that the Chancellor of Germany — Angela Merkel at the time, though he did not attempt to name her — demanded: “What would you say, Mr. President, if you picked up the paper tomorrow in The London Times and The London Times said a thousand people break through the House of Commons… to stop the election of the Prime Minister?”
The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, whom the British monarch invites to form a government, is not “elected” in the House of Commons, and The London Times is not a real newspaper.
It is not the first time Biden has confused the long-dead Mitterrand with the current President of France, Emmanuel Macron, with the Democrat telling a similar version of the story and making the same mistake in 2022.
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WATCH: Joe Biden says he recently met with “Mitterand from Germany.”
Mitterand was the FRENCH President between 1981 and 1995.
President Joe Biden claims he recently spoke to "Mitterand from Germany, I mean France" at a G7 summit, referring to President François Mitterrand of France — who left office in 1995 and has been dead for 28 years.
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Even if Biden’s story about “Mitterand” – Emmanuel Macron, presumably – is true, what an indictment of America’s international standing under his presidency
Even if Biden’s story about “Mitterand” – Emmanuel Macron, presumably – is true, what an indictment of America’s international standing under his presidency show more
Poland’s new government, a coalition of globalist parties led by former European Union (EU) chief Donald Tusk, is withdrawing several legal challenges to EU climate policies.
The previous, national populist Law and Justice (PiS) party government had been contesting EU policies, including a ban on new petrol cars from 2035 and the imposition of national carbon emissions targets at the European Court of Justice. Prime Minister Tusk, however, is now withdrawing the cases and moving to undermine the coal industry — still a key source of energy and employment in the former Soviet satellite.
“For Tusk’s people, the most important thing is… everyone in the EU likes them and pats them on the back,” commented Paweł Jabłoński, a lawmaker for Law and Justice.
“Will we pay more for petrol, electricity and heat? Whatever, whatever. Everyone in the EU loves Donald and that’s what counts,” he added.
Hundreds of Polish miners have protested against the EU's green policies outside the European Commission's offices in Warsaw.
They say proposed new limits on methane emissions – of which Poland is the EU's largest emitter – will force coal mines to close pic.twitter.com/Y5EqxMTcR3
— Notes from Poland 🇵🇱 (@notesfrompoland) March 24, 2023
Poland is facing a constitutional crisis under the new regime, which has disregarded the rulings of Supreme Court and Constitutional Tribunal judges appointed by Law and Justice, which governed from 2015 to late 2023.
The President, Law and Justice ally Andrzej Duda, has sent Tusk’s budget to be reviewed by the constitutional court, due to the fact it was passed by a legislature that excluded two Law and Justice lawmakers who were expelled after being imprisoned. This was done despite the pair being issued with presidential pardons, which Tusk-allied judges deemed illegitimate, though other judges ruled they were sound.
In Poland, the President is the head of state, while the Prime Minister, chosen from among the legislature rather than elected directly, is the head of government. Duda retains certain powers to veto and review legislation, however.
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Poland's new government, a coalition of globalist parties led by former European Union (EU) chief Donald Tusk, is withdrawing several legal challenges to EU climate policies.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly told General Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), that he is being fired after months of friction between the two.
A senior Ukrainian official says Zaluzhny was told on Monday that his removal will be finalized with a presidential decree in the coming days. Sources say he clashed with Zelensky over mobilization at their meeting, with the general insisting the military needs an additional 500,000 conscripts, which the president does not believe he can afford to arm or even pay.
Zaluzhny embarrassed Zelensky in 2023 by publicly admitting that a Ukrainian counter-offensive using troops armed and trained by the West would achieve no “deep and meaningful breakthrough.” He also admitted the war had become a “stalemate” – which Zelensky denies.
Zaluzhny, who has resisted pressure to continue expansive offensive operations without more men and materiel, enjoys strong personal popularity, with an approval rating of 88 percent. Removing him could damage Zelensky, whose own approval rating has crashed from 84 percent at the end of 2022 to just 62 percent.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has reportedly told General Valery Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), that he is being fired after months of friction between the two.
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New data indicates that over half of the buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its military response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack. Detailed drone footage provides a grim view of the destruction, with the city of Khan Younis bearing the brunt of the impact.
The analysis, conducted by researchers at City University of New York and Oregon State University, used satellite data to reveal the extent of damage across the Gaza Strip. It found that between 50 percent and 61 percent of buildings — approximately 144,000 to 175,000 — are now severely damaged or destroyed. Khan Younis, in particular, has seen 38,000 of its buildings, or more than 46 percent of its infrastructure, damaged.
The destruction has caused significant displacement, with nearly 1.7 million people, over 80 percent of Gaza’s population, fleeing their homes. Almost half of these individuals have taken refuge in the far southern end of the Gaza Strip, as recommended by Israel. These areas show evidence of extensive damage to farmland, and with the destruction of historically busy commercial centers and universities, tent cities have emerged to house the homeless population.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) defends the extent of the destruction, stating it is targeting Hamas fighters and “terror infrastructure,” yet structures reportedly under IDF control, such as Israa University in northern Gaza, have endured significant damage. Furthermore, the damages extend to Gaza’s agricultural production sector, previously a primary food source for the region. The damage is such that aid agencies are now warning that half of Gaza’s inhabitants are facing the threat of starvation. Numerous historic landmarks, like the al-Omari Mosque from the 7th century, have also been severely damaged.
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New data indicates that over half of the buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed since Israel launched its military response to the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack. Detailed drone footage provides a grim view of the destruction, with the city of Khan Younis bearing the brunt of the impact.
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