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RT’s essential stories of the last seven days include tragedy in Nepal and power politics in the Vatican Britain doubles down against RussiaRussia has already warned the UK of “consequences” for Ukraine’s use of British-made drones to strike Russian civilian infrastructure. These words were clearly lost on British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, who arrived in Kiev on Monday to mark the 35th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Burnham compared the Russia/Ukraine conflict to Britain’s struggle against Nazi Germany in World War II (ironic, after the Zelensky regime just reburied a Nazi collaborator with state honors), and announced that he’d share classified…

Belgian mounted police – Wiki Commons Capital of Belgium and the European Union, home of NATO headquarters, Brussels has a festering drug problem. We have been reporting here on TGP how Belgium has slowly become a narco-state. And Brussels’ top prosecutor is hitting out at the unsustainable situation. Julien Moinil says ‘he demanded more resources’ to battle drug-related issues that have become a scourge in the Belgian capital. He complained today that his demands were ignored. As he addressed a new series of shootings, he ranted: ‘I don’t see a reaction — no concrete help’. This is not a new…

The widely domestically respected King of Norway, King Harald V, has died aged 89 after 35 years at the head of the country’s sometimes eccentric and occasionally scandal-struck Royal family. King Harald V died in a Oslo hospital Friday morning after a short illness. His son succeeded him to the throne and became King Haakon VIII, the fourth Norwegian king in modern history since the country became independent of its union with Sweden in 1905. Norway is a constitutional monarchy where the King is largely a figurehead with ceremonial and legal duties. Like other such European monarchies, while the crown is…

Warsh’s Death March Hiking Trip Welcome back to Friday! The world’s most important mountainside monetary policy conference began today, capping off another week of news focused on bond markets, interest rates, and Fed policy. We wish we could tell you that we were writing this with a fishing pole in hand while we wait for the Teton trout to take our flies. Sadly, we’re out on the coasts—Alex is west, and John is east. That has not stopped us, however, from launching a video edition of Breitbart Business Digest, which you should definitely check out. Let’s go! Warsh Is Talking About…

On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “The Moment,” Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed responded to concerns about his stances on antisemitism by saying that “I do reject the idea that, somehow, criticizing Israel and Israel’s actions and a genocide that was perpetrated by our tax dollars is the same as the idea of rejecting anybody for their faith or their identity.” And “if we want to allow disagreements about public policy relevant to a country 6,000 miles away to stop us from coming together to address the challenges in our own country, I want us to just focus in on…

The former Breitbart editor, once an outspoken Trump supporter, faces removal as MAGA rival Laura Loomer claims credit British conservative commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been detained by US immigration authorities in Louisiana and faces deportation after allegedly overstaying his legal status and failing to appear for an immigration hearing.Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested the 41-year-old former Breitbart editor at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, Louisiana, on August 27, according to the Department of Homeland Security.“Yiannopoulos legally entered the country on May 14, 2019, through New York City,” DHS said, describing him as an “illegal alien” who…

A grand jury on Thursday returned an indictment charging Melissa Farris, 41, of Kentucky with two federal counts related to vandalizing the World War II Memorial. The Justice Department announced the two-count indictment on Friday afternoon. “On August 27, 2026, a grand jury in U.S. District Court returned an indictment charging Farris with one count of Destruction of Veterans’ Memorial and one count of Destruction of Government Property. A court hearing is scheduled for September 3, 2026,” the Justice Department said in a press release. “According to the criminal complaint filed on August 14, U.S. Park Police were called about…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – A Dutch court on Friday convicted a Rwandan man of participation in his home country’s 1994 genocide and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The 66-year-old defendant, whose name was not released, took part in attacks in which homes were looted and torched in two predominantly Tutsi communities and threw a grenade into a crowd of Tutsis sheltering in a soccer stadium, The Hague District Court said in a written statement after his conviction. “The conduct of the defendant establishes a significant lack of respect for human dignity and for human life,” the court said, adding…

The Trump administration is moving to restore the Smithsonian Institution to its original mission of preserving the United States of America’s “precious cultural inheritance,” instead of advancing a “divisive, ideological agenda” with a new letter to the museum system’s Board of Regents. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum sent the letter on Friday, alerting the board that his department is working to execute President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, titled “Restoring Trust in the Smithsonian Institution.” The publicly-funded museum system’s annual budget has been over $1 billion in recent years, with most of it coming from federal appropriations. However, the White House…

Top Polish officials have sent mixed messages about the prospects of hosting foreign nuclear weapons in the country Poland has sent confusing signals regarding the potential deployment of nuclear weaponry on its territory, in what appears to be an attempt to enjoy the fruits of deterrence without hosting foreign munitions.In recent months, a dozen European NATO members, including Poland, have expressed a desire to either host nuclear weapons or take part in nuclear-sharing initiatives to varying degrees. Apart from existing nuclear sharing within the bloc, which involves hosting US munitions, France has proposed an EU-focused scheme to deploy its own…