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Disney’s Marvel film star Sir Ian McKellen is boasting about fantasizing about destroying President Donald Trump’s home at his Mar-a-Lago resort during his scenes in the upcoming superhero blockbuster, Avengers: Doomsday. McKellen will reprise his X-Men role as Magneto, the mutant with the power over metals, in the film set to be released in December. And in comments made in Rome, the 87-year-old actor said that directors Anthony and Joe Russo told him to envision something personal when he was wreaking havoc as Magneto, according to The Guardian. McKellen told his audience that “they got me at one point to…

Germany’s Social Democrats have fallen to a record low support as voters continue to abandon the establishment in favour of outsider parties like the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), which continues to maintain its lead in the polls. This week’s RTL/ntv political support barometer has found that the Social Democrats (SPD), the oldest survivng major political party in Germany, has had its poorest showing since the Forsa Institute began the survey, falling to just 11 per cent support among voters. This is down from 16.4 per cent at the last federal election in 2025. The establishment left-wing party, which remained in government as a…

Maryam Rajavi, president-elect of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), on Monday welcomed the emerging U.S.-Iran understanding aimed at ending hostilities while asserting that peace poses a greater threat to the survival of the Islamic Republic than military confrontation. Rajavi said the NCRI supports efforts to end the conflict and alleviate the suffering of the Iranian people. “The Iranian Resistance, which for nearly five decades has sought freedom and peace, and has, through 133 revelations in the past 35 years, acted as the most important barrier in preventing the ruling theocracy from acquiring the bomb, welcomes any understanding…

President Donald Trump is touting a deal that would end the monthslong war with Iran — and potentially ease some of the political headwinds bearing down on Republicans. GOP lawmakers still have lots of questions. The absence of publicly released text for the “memorandum of understanding” Vice President JD Vance reportedly signed with Iranian officials Sunday left an information vacuum on Capitol Hill, where senators of both parties were left airing concerns about what the deal might entail. Even most Republicans agreed: More information needs to come to Congress soon, and any agreement touching on the future of the Iranian…

The aircraft went down shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base, likely killing all eight crewmembers on board A US Air Force strategic nuclear-capable B-52 Stratofortress bomber has crashed at Edwards Air Force Base in California, the base has said.The crash occurred on Monday shortly before noon, with the aircraft going down shortly after takeoff. The bomber was carrying eight people on a routine test mission, according to a news release from the 412th Test Wing’s Office of Public Affairs.“Initial indications are that the crash was not survivable,” the release said.“Emergency crews immediately responded to the scene and the…

An Iran-linked hacker group called Handala on Friday claimed to have infiltrated the surveillance drones operated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and threatened to use those drones in a terrorist attack on World Cup soccer matches. The SITE Intelligence Group relayed a statement by Handala claiming the group has been monitoring “every image and every suspect” seen by the FBI’s first-person view (FPV) drones “for months.” “Better tighten your World Cup security, we don’t like some of those teams at all. Don’t forget: FPVs are everywhere; you never know when one might end up right in your team’s…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia fired hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine’s biggest cities in an overnight barrage that killed at least 11 people and set fire to a world-renowned religious landmark, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials said Monday. The attacks on the capital of Kyiv, and the second-largest city of Kharkiv, came after Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke separately by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday. The exchange suggests Washington hasn’t given up on its diplomatic efforts to stop the fighting that followed Moscow’s all-out invasion of its neighbor in…

Actor Rainn Wilson — perhaps best known his role as Dwight Schrute on the popular NBC sitcom, The Office — blasted Democrats over their “hypocrisy” regarding Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D)’s Nazi tattoo. “The political right is all up in arms about it [Platner’s tattoo], ‘Oh, he’s a racist, see?’” Wilson told Fox News on Sunday, before surmising, “But they won’t look at their own side when people show racist tendencies or say racist things.” The actor went on to acknowledge that the left also does this. “And it’s the same on the left,” Wilson said. “They’re willing to…

The British government has announced plans to require age verification for access to online platforms The UK’s move to ban social media for under-16s is a ruse to implement digital surveillance of all internet users, X owner Elon Musk has declared, accusing the British government of building a “police state.”British Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced the ban on Monday, promising that the measure would protect “the safety and happiness of our children.”Children under 16 will be barred from “user-to-user” platforms such as X, Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, according to a statement from Starmer’s office. They will also be prohibited from…

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Paris is prepared to deploy its aircraft carrier to the Strait of Hormuz “within two or three days” to ensure the free movement of ships in the wake of a peace deal between the United States and Iran. Speaking ahead of the G7 summit in Évian, France, President Macron doubled down on his commitment to lead an international coalition to ensure that the Strait of Hormuz remains open and ensure the free flow of energy, which has been restricted for months after the Islamist regime in Tehran claimed to have dropped sea…