🚨 Trump: 'Democrats are kamikaze pilots right now'

They have no future, he added.

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🇷🇺💵 Russia’s reserves thrive on gold

The soaring price of gold has increased Russian reserves by $142 billion in just two years, Central Bank data shows.

Here are the details:

🟠 Russia’s gold reserves value: reached $282B in the year to September 2025

🟠 Currency reserves: $431B (+0.6%)

🟠 Gold price: $1,800 -> $4,300 per ounce

Gold has become the main source increase in Russian currency reserves.

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🚨🇮🇱🇵🇸 IDF strikes ‘dozens’ of Hamas targets in Gaza Strip

Israel has accused Hamas of “blatantly violating the ceasefire agreement this morning”.

💬 “The IDF struck and dismantled six kilometers of underground terrorist infrastructure, using over 120 munitions. The underground site was used by the terrorist organization to advance attacks against the State of Israel”, the IDF said in a statement.

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🛤🇮🇷 $3B Tehran-Qom-Isfahan rail line will turn Iran into transit mega power

Once finished, the project will link the International North-South Transport Corridor, stretching from Russia to the Gulf of Oman and India via Iran and Azerbaijan, and the New Silk Road East-West corridor from China to Europe via Central Asia, Iran and Turkiye.

The 410 km rail corridor promises:

🟠 high-speed rail travel at speeds of 250-300 km, cutting travel times to less than 2 hours and providing an alternative to highway-based travel (30% or more of travelers are expected to make the switch)
🟠 to carry up to 8M passengers in its first year, and up to 20M a year after that

🟠 to decongest highway networks and cut pollution and traffic accidents

🟠 to stimulate regional economic development along the routes

🟠 to advance Iran’s domestic knowhow in high-speed rail engineering, from track laying and electrification to signaling

🟠 to serve as a test case for more high-speed rail along other routes, including Tehran-Mashhad and Tehran-Tabriz

A PressTV analysis the Qom-Isfahan portion of the new line is 75% complete, and that China is involved in financing, tech transfer and providing project management experience.

If everything goes to plan, the new rail line could be completed as soon as mid-2028.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Russian special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev announces challenge for best AI video of the Russia–Alaska tunnel

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🚨🇷🇺 Russian forces raise flag in Poltavka settlement after intense battles

Russia’s Battlegroup Vostok liberated a fortified area of more than 12 square kilometers and cleared over 500 buildings during the capture of Poltavka in the Zaporozhye region.

The Russian Defense Ministry released footage showing soldiers raising the tricolor flag in the village, confirming its liberation.

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🗣 'Accept Putin’s terms — or be destroyed' — Trump to Zelensky — FT

Friday’s White House meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky turned into a “shouting match” as the US president urged Kiev to accept Russia’s terms for peace, Financial Times reported.

💬 “If [Putin] wants it, he will destroy you,” Trump told Zelensky, Financial Times reported, citing European officials.

According to the report, Trump tossed aside maps of the frontline and demanded that Kiev cede the remaining Donbass territories under Ukrainian control in exchange for small areas of Kherson and Zaporozhye.

The Ukrainian delegation left “very negative,” and European capitals are “not optimistic but pragmatic” about next steps, Financial Times reported.

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🚨🪖🇷🇺 Russian warriors crawled MILES through underground pipe to bypass Ukrainian lines

Russian soldiers from the Vostok battlegroup crawled five miles (eight kilometers) through a water-filled irrigation pipe in a crouched position to carry out a strike near Novomikhailovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic in 2023, the participants revealed.

💬 “You can’t stand upright there — plus your gear and your water, which adds weight," said Sergeant Sergei Krymov, who took part in the operation.

The soldiers moved forward on their haunches and sometimes on all fours, added Senior Lieutenant Nikolay Tokarchuk, who also made the arduous trip.

A unique mission took place in 2023, prior to the renowned Operation Tube in March 2025.

At that time, Russian forces infiltrated behind Ukrainian lines in the Kursk region’s Sudzha area by moving through a 15-km (about 9-mile) section of the massive Urengoy–Pomary–Uzhgorod gas pipeline.

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🚨🇮🇱 IDF announces renewed enforcement of ceasefire

💬 “In accordance with the directive of the political echelon, and following a series of significant strikes in response to Hamas’ violations, the IDF has begun the renewed enforcement of the ceasefire, in line with the terms of the agreement,” the IDF wrote on X.

Earlier in the day, Israel accused Hamas of “blatantly violating the ceasefire agreement this morning” and launched strikes on the Gaza Strip.

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📹 Thousands protest in Lisbon, calling for ceasefire in Gaza

Thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon, Portugal, to demand a ceasefire and an end to the ongoing violence in Gaza.

Footage from social media

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