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[Regnum] Using speed camera footage, the alleged suspects in the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion were identified. This was reported on September 10 by the British newspaper The Telegraph.
"The saboteurs... hired an unsuspecting taxi driver to take them to Germany. The taxi driver was accidentally caught on camera while driving too fast. Investigators tracked him down and obtained detailed descriptions of his passengers," the article explained.
The cameras recorded the faces of the alleged bombers. It is noted that law enforcement officers compared the photos with the taxi driver's testimony, data from mobile phones and were able to identify the suspects.
On August 21, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported that Italian police had detained a Ukrainian suspected of involvement in the explosion of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in the Rimini area. According to investigators, the detainee was on board the rented yacht Andromeda and coordinated the work of divers who planted explosives on the seabed near the pipelines. In turn, the German newspaper Die Welt wrote that the crew members of the yacht Andromeda, allegedly involved in the explosion of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, acted on the instructions of Valeriy Zaluzhny, who allegedly held the post of commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the time.
In Russia, it has been repeatedly stated that the operation could have been carried out by the special services of large Western countries, and that Ukraine is not capable of organizing it. In particular, the Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev called the allegations of Ukraine's involvement in the sabotage of gas pipelines absurd, noting that the Kiev regime does not have the necessary equipment and specialists.
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[Regnum] The Bali authorities have declared a state of emergency for one week due to heavy rainfall on the island. This was reported on September 11 by the Russian Embassy in Indonesia.
“In order to quickly eliminate the consequences of heavy rains on September 9-10 this year, the National Disaster Management Agency and the Bali Provincial Government declared a state of emergency for a period of one week,” the embassy said in a statement on its Telegram channel.
Diplomats called on Russian citizens not to travel outside their place of residence, to plan routes in advance taking into account possible restrictions and to exercise maximum caution.
Earlier, Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency said at least nine people had died and two were missing in the floods in Bali. Several hundred people had been evacuated. The hardest-hit areas included the provincial capital of Bali, Denpasar, and the counties of Jembrana, Gianyar, Klungkung, Badung and Tabanan.
The Russian Embassy noted that in some areas of the island, water levels rose to 1.5 m, private homes were flooded, and power lines were damaged. At the same time, tourist areas of Bali were not affected by the flooding, and there was no information about local authorities banning visits to such areas.
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[Regnum] New magnetic storms may hit Earth in the near future. This was reported on September 11 by the press service of the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the Space Research Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IKI RAS).
“A fairly significant change in the geomagnetic environment, including the formation of new magnetic storms of the second and third levels on a five-point scale, is tentatively expected this weekend, starting on September 13–14, due to the appearance on the visible side of the Sun of an unusually large equatorial coronal hole located in the plane of rotation of the planets,” says a message published on the Telegram channel of the IKI RAS.
It is noted that September demonstrates unusually high geomagnetic activity. According to their data, three planetary-scale magnetic storms have already been registered in the first 10 days of the month - on September 2, 6 and 10.
On September 10, the Solar Astronomy Laboratory of the IKI RAS reported that on the night of September 10, a sudden magnetic storm of medium strength occurred on Earth, which was not predicted in forecasts and arose without external influences from the Sun. Scientists suggested that the cause of the phenomenon was a large substorm - a spontaneous imbalance in the tail of the magnetosphere, which released the planet's energy, which was confirmed by the observed polar lights.
Emotions are running high — sometimes things just happen. It was a learning experience for all involved..
[NBCWashington] The U.S. Naval Academy was locked down after a threat Thursday evening.
A midshipman was shot at the U.S. Naval Academy in Maryland Thursday evening as law enforcement responded to reports of threats made to the military school, a source told NBC News.
There is no active shooter, the source said.
The midshipman was sheltering in place on the Annapolis campus when they mistook a member of law enforcement as a threat and hit them with a training weapon, said the source, who was on campus at the time of the lockdown. Police responded by shooting the midshipman.
The midshipman was taken to a hospital and is expected to recover, the source said. Video from Chopper4 shows one person on a gurney being placed on a Maryland State Police helicopter.
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Expelled Mid had adopted the uniform as an identity, expressed his dissatisfaction with gunfire. Will be back in uniform soon. Hope he looks good in orange. Just reminiscing about plebe life. Shelter in place would have been like a vacation for me.
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[DUBAIEYE1038] Ras Al Khaimah has taken a bold step into the future of mobility with the successful trial flight of an electric flying vehicle.
His Highness Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, Supreme Council Member and Ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, witnessed the demonstration, conducted by China's XPENG AEROHT, at Al Jazirah Aviation Club.
Sheikh Saud said the trial reflects Ras Al Khaimah's commitment to adopting cutting-edge technologies that enhance quality of life and support a resilient, future-ready economy.
He also also oversaw the signing of an MoU between RAK Transport Authority and XPENG AEROHT, aimed at developing and deploying flying vehicle technologies for tourism, leisure and emergency services in the emirate.
[BBC] A sheriff has ordered that a self-styled "African tribe" should be removed from privately-owned land in the Scottish Borders.
The three members of the self-proclaimed Kingdom of Kubala have been camping in woodland near Jedburgh for several weeks.
They said they were reclaiming land that was stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago - but the local council said they were breaking the law.
The eviction order, which takes effect immediately, was issued by Sheriff Peter Paterson after the group ignored a previous instruction to leave their encampment by 17:00 on Monday.
[GEO.TV] Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ...firebrands are noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments... ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury.
The sentence could see the 70-year-old far-right leader spend the rest of his days in jail.
Judges voted 4-1 to convict Bolsonaro of plotting to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following his October 2022 election defeat by the left-winger.
He can appeal the verdict.
Washington was quick to respond to the conviction of the man dubbed "the Trump of the tropics."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration... said the United States "will respond accordingly" to what he called a politically motivated "witch hunt."
Trump, who had levied steep tariffs on Brazil as punishment over Bolsonaro's prosecution, labelled the verdict "very surprising."
"That's very much like they tried to do with me, but they didn't get away with it at all," he told news hounds, calling Bolsonaro "a good man."
While the Supreme Court had already garnered the simple majority of three votes needed for his conviction at the fourth vote, it only became final after the last of the five judges issued his decision.
"An armed criminal organization was formed by the defendants, who must be convicted based on the factual circumstances I consider proven," said the fifth judge, Cristiano Zanin, Lula's former lawyer.
Bolsonaro's seven co-accused, including former ministers and military chiefs, were also convicted.
Bolsonaro, a former army captain, who served a single term from 2019 to 2022, claims he is the victim of political persecution.
Quietly, in the background, they’re taking care of the nation’s business.
[OffThePress] Fed up with Democrats slow-walking the process of confirming President Donald Trump’s civilian nominees, Republicans will permanently change Senate voting rules as soon as Thursday.
Lawmakers can implement this so-called “nuclear option” by a simple majority vote. Democrats used it in 2013 to limit debate time and more easily invoke cloture on all nominees except U.S. Supreme Court appointees, while Republicans extended that to include SCOTUS nominees in 2017.
The pending GOP proposal – a near replica of a failed Democrat-sponsored proposal in 2023 – would allow all subcabinet nominees to be confirmed in groups, something senators often do anyway.
“Senate Republicans are putting back in place the very practice that Democrats had endorsed until today,” Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso, R-Wyo., told lawmakers Wednesday. “We are ending the [Senate Minority Leader Chuck] Schumer confirmation shutdown, and we are getting the Senate back to work on behalf of the American people.”
[GEO.TV] Nasa has begun barring Chinese nationals with valid visas from joining its programmes, underscoring the intensifying space race between the rival powers.
The policy shift was first reported by Bloomberg News and confirmed by the US government agency.
"Nasa has taken internal action pertaining to Chinese nationals, including restricting physical and cybersecurity access to our facilities, materials, and network to ensure the security of our work," Nasa press secretary Bethany Stevens told AFP Wednesday.
According to Bloomberg, Chinese nationals had previously been allowed to work as contractors or students contributing to research, although not as staff.
But on September 5 several individuals told the outlet they were suddenly locked out of IT systems and barred from in-person meetings. They spoke on condition of anonymity.
The move comes amid escalating anti-China rhetoric under President Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... 's administration. The United States and China are competing to send crews to the Moon.
The US Artemis programme, a follow-up to the Apollo landings from 1969-1972, is targeting a 2027 landing but has suffered cost overruns and delays.
China, by contrast, aims to land its "taikonauts" by 2030 under its programme, and has recently been more successful at meeting deadlines.
"We're in a second space race right now," Nasa's acting administrator Sean Duffy told news hounds Wednesday, speaking at a news conference related to discoveries made with a US rover on Mars.
"The Chinese want to get back to the Moon before us. That's not going to happen. America has led in space in the past, and we are going to continue to lead in space in the future."
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...The diminutive 13-year-old Republican U.S. Senator from Florida, Secretary of State in the second Trump administration...
...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried....
