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#Japan: Police have now seized a number of improvised firearms from the home of Tetsuya Yamagami (the man who shot and killed former PM Shinzo Abe). The weapons include both a 5 and 9-barreled shotgun, which appear to be electrically fired.
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🇺🇦 #Ukraine: Ukrainian commander Jalal Noori was buried this week after he was killed in combat four months ago. Noori was a refugee from #Afghanistan who was forced to flee in the wake of the Soviet-Afghan War. He called Ukraine his second homeland, living in the country for 35 years and starting a family. Noori first fought in the Ukrainian military in 2014, returning to the frontlines after the beginning of the Russian invasion.
(via @DaudQarizadah)
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🇨🇳 #China: Footage published three days ago showing PLA troops training with a HJ-12 third generation portable anti-tank missile. The system itself is also known online as the "Chinese Javelin".
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Massacres are always bad. We will not be drawn into “but what about” talk, especially not from people who’re safe and have no frontline experience. Do not expect us to engage in political arguments with you. We will present information as it is. If you don’t like that, fuck off.
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🇦🇫 #Afghanistan: Footage has emerged showing what appears to be Taliban security forces patrolling the streets of Kabul on rollerblades.
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Hadis Najafi (20) has sadly been shot dead by #Iran’s regime security forces whilst battling with them in the city of Karaj. Footage of her tying her hair back at riots against the murder of Jina Mahsa Amini by regime “morality police” went viral this week.
RIP 🌹
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#Germany: Over the weekend eight anti-fascists attacked two well known neo-Nazis with batons, pepper spray, and an axe in Erfurt, Germany. As they fled the scene the attackers shouted “they’re fucking Nazis!”
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🇵🇸🇮🇱: Israeli Commander Nimrod Aloni has been captured by Hamas in the ongoing war in the border areas near Gaza. Aloni is a commander of the ‘Depth Corps’, the IDF’s deep operations unit that works in Palestinian territory. He’s also the former commander of their Gaza Division.
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🇧🇩 #Bangladesh: Clashes have erupted after tens of thousands of textile workers have gone on strike. Many of the workers work for major Western brands, and are demanding to have their low wages tripled. At least 300 factories have been shut down as a result of the strikes thus far.
(via @anonymecitoyen)
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#Ukraine: More and more anti-fascists are joining the 'Resistance Committee' in Ukraine, fighting as a coalition of different groups against the Russian invasion.
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#Ukraine: Ukrainian combat engineer Skakun Vitaliy stopped the advance of a Russian tank column in Henichesk by detonating mines on an bridge. Vitaliy realized he couldn’t escape in time, sacrificing his life to destroy the crossing and halt the advance.
(via @EuromaidanPress)
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#Mexico: Heavy clashes between cartel militants and Mexican security forces have broken out in the Sinaloa city of Culiacan after Ovidio Guzmán (the son of the notorious “El Chapo”) was arrested.
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🇪🇸 #Spain: Protest clashes have broken out between police and firefighters in Orense. Firemen have now been on strike in the Galicia region for four months over poor working conditions.
(via @anonymecitoyen)
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#WestPapua: The West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) has released footage showing New Zealander pilot Philip Mehrtens alive in custody of the group. Merhtens was taken hostage after his plane landed in the Nduga region last week.
reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
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#Ukraine: The Ukrainian military has began to release instructional diagrams for territorial defense units on social media as Russian forces enter Ukrainian cities. This set demonstrates how to properly use a Molotov cocktail against Russian vehicles.
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#Russia: A Russian military recruitment office has been attacked by an unknown assailant with Molotov cocktails near Moscow.
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🇺🇸 #US: Doorstep security camera footage shows the Minnesota gunman wearing a high quality latex mask. This footage was captured before he shot two Democratic state politicians dead.
The shooter is still at large, with multiple sources identifying him as ‘Vance Boelter’, a man with links to private military contractor firms.
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🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has told Palestinians in Gaza to “leave the strip”, promising that Gaza will be turned to “rubble” during imminent IDF operations. It’s worth noting that it is very difficult for Palestinians to leave Gaza due to Israeli rules.
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#Afghanistan: Rumors spread in Kabul today that the Turkish government was flying volunteers to #Turkey to help with earthquake relief efforts. The rumors led to massive crowds of Afghans rushing the airport in an attempt to flee the country.
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🇦🇲🇦🇿 #NagornoKarabakh - #Artsakh: Azerbaijani soldiers have now posted videos showing themselves shooting into the homes of Armenians in Artsakh. This comes amidst numerous reports of executions and other crimes against humanity in Artsakh over the past 48h.
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#Myanmar: More 3D printed guns (JStark's FGC-9 to be precise) have been reportedly captured by the military in Myanmar. Anti-junta rebels in the country have been making FGC-9s to fight the military dictatorship.
(via @NaviGoBoom)
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#Ukraine: Syrian-Ukrainian business man Tarek al-Jassem has announced the formation of a platoon of defense forces in Odessa. Jassem states that his experience with displacement due to #Russia in #Syria led him to choose to resist the invasion in Ukraine.
(via @DeirEzzore)
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🇮🇪 #Ireland: Riots have broken out in Dublin's North Inner City after three young children, a man, and a woman were stabbed by a knife-wielding assailant in the Parnell Square area earlier today. The attack took place as children were lining up to go into a creche for an after-school club. A five-year-old girl received emergency medical treatment at the scene of the attack while a woman in her 30s also sustained serious injuries.
The attacker is currently in police custody with reports that the man is an Algerian national.
Riot police have been deployed to quell the unrest in the area. Tensions around immigration in that part of the city have been high since spate of protests erupted last year over the housing of migrants in a disused office building.
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#Ukraine: Photos showing the aftermath of the Russian bombing of the Chuhuiv apartment complex. The number of civilian casualties from the bombings are currently unknown.
(via @AlexanderLouri4)
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🇦🇲 #Armenia - 🇦🇿 #Azerbaijan: The Azerbaijani government has demanded that Armenia cede control of eight villages they claim have been “occupied” by Armenia. The villages are located in Armenia’s Tavush and Ararat Provinces, with Azerbaijan claiming they were granted control of them during prior peace agreements.
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#France: Parisians enjoying a glass of wine as fires burn nearby during protest clashes tonight.
🎥: @ledecaledu25
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#Corsica: The National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) has published a new press release. In an address delivered during the video, they reaffirmed their desire to gain full autonomy from #France, and claimed responsibility for 45 bombings carried out in October of 2023. The group also expressed their support for #Palestine amidst the ongoing Israeli invasion of Gaza.
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🇵🇸🇮🇱 #Palestine - #Israel: Militants of Hàmas and Palestinian Islamic J!had have launched an unprecedented operation on Israel. They fired 5000 rockets into Israel and around 100 gunmen crossed the border from Gaza this morning to begin a brutal massacre.
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🇬🇧 #UK: A PhD student at Birmingham University has been found guilty of 3D printing a kamikaze drone for use in an ISIS attack. The man, named Mohamad al-Bared, had been sending weekly updates on the drone’s progress to ISIS members.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: A group of Israeli settlers have reportedly began indiscriminately shooting Palestinian residents of Nablus’s Qusra village. Casualties have been reported amongst village residents, with many in serious condition.
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🇷🇸 #Serbia: Protesters have attempted to storm Belgrade’s city assembly. They’re out on the streets due to evidence that recent local and parliamentary elections were rigged in favor of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS). International organisations have also said officially that the elections were not free and fair. Protesters are calling for new elections.
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🇲🇲 #Myanmar: The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) has captured the strategically vital town of Mogok from the junta. Mogok is a large center of production for Myanmar’s mineral industry, and overlooks the city of Mandalay (Myanmar’s second largest city).
(via @thomasvlinge)
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🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel - 🇪🇬 #Egypt: The Israeli military has bombed the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, causing the crossing to shut down. The Rafah crossing is a crucial corridor for humanitarian aid, acting as Gaza’s only gateway to the outside world.
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🇺🇸 #US: Video footage showing a rioter in Los Angeles who reportedly started firing at LAPD Riot Units.
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🇦🇲🇦🇿 #NagornoKarabakh - #Artsakh: Azerbaijani forces have now shared videos showing soldiers looting the homes of Armenians displaced by Azeri attacks on Artsakh.
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#Myanmar: Anti-junta guerrillas in Myanmar building JStark’s FGC-9 3D-printed gun. The FGC-9 has been seen in the hands of rebels in Myanmar a number of times now, and have been used in combat against government troops.
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#Russia: The anarchist group Glaz Okta has reportedly firebombed a Russian army recruiting station in the Bashkortostan Republic. The group appears to have also engaged in sabotage against railway lines supplying Russian troops in Ukraine.
(via @potempkinbrain)
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🇹🇭 #Thailand - 🇰🇭 #Cambodia: Armed clashes broke out between Thailand and Cambodia along a disputed area of their border earlier this morning, with both sides accusing each other of firing the first shots after weeks of tensions.
In a press release, the Thai military spokesperson stated that Cambodian troops had opened fire near the Ta Moan Thom temple, with a Cambodian drone surveilling the area before the contingent moved in with heavy weapons.
Just two days ago, tensions flared up again after three Thai soldiers were wounded (with one losing a foot) due to a mine supposedly planted by the Cambodian military.
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#Ukraine: The Russian military has bombed populated civilian apartments in Chuhuiv (near Kharkiv). Casualties are currently unknown.
(via @AlexanderLouri4)
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🇺🇸 #UnitedStates: In 1999, the US Marine Corps tested skateboards as a possible tool for Marines in urban combat environments. The boards were used during the Marine’s “Urban Warrior” exercise, with troops using the boards to maneuver buildings and check for tripwires.
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🇮🇪 #NorthernIreland: Clashes broke out yesterday in the Creggan neighborhood of Derry after PSNI entered the area to carry out three raids. Youth in the neighborhood reportedly threw petrol bombs, bricks, and other objects at police in an attempt to push them out of the area. Police found a firearm as well as pipe bombs and ammunition during the raids.
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🇮🇪 #NorthernIreland: Clashes broke out between police and local youth in Derry this week after police entered the Creggan area. The police arrived after a “suspicious device” was discovered, which turned out to be a hoax.
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🇵🇸 Professor Refaat al-Areer, who we spoke with last month for podcast episode 200 from Gaza, has sadly been killed by an Israeli airstrike today. His brother, sister, and her four children were also killed in the bombing.
RIP🌹
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🇫🇷 #France: Overnight there’s been a series of co-ordinated sabotage actions against national rail cable sites. This has left major high-speed trains out of service on the day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Paris. No one has claimed responsibility yet.
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🇹🇷 #Turkey: Clashes have erupted outside the #UnitedStates military’s İncirlik Air Base after a large protest convoy arrived at the base. The convoy was formed in protest against #Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza, drawing participants from cities throughout Turkey.
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🇩🇪 #Germany: Activists from Palestine Action have broken into the Elbit Systems weapons factory in Ulm, dismantling tools which are used to manufacture weapon systems that are then sent to the Israeli army.
The Ulm factory, is owned by Israel's biggest weapons producer, manufactures both conventional and unmanned weaponry (drones) and designs software used for target acquisition (radar systems, thermal imagery etc).
Previously, in August, activists tried to block the entrance of the factory, setting up a protest camp.
(via @ryad.aref on IG)
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#Iran: Videos of women burning their hijabs have began to circulate as protests against the killing of Jina Amini spread across the country. Jina was a 22-year old Kurdish woman brutally killed by morality police for showing too much of her hair.
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🇲🇲 #Myanmar: Anti-junta militia fighters in Sagaing province have released footage of a recent ambush against a junta convoy. The fighters claim to have killed 20 soldiers as a result, and captured 49. The soldiers were reportedly being driven to a basic training camp from a regional headquarters.
(via @tbim6 on IG)
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#Iran - #Kurdistan: Protester hitting a security force member with a flying kick during protests against the killing of Jina Amini by morality police.
(via @kadriyeetopac)
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#Russia: Anti-war protests have broken out in many cities across Russia, with this footage showing a protest in Moscow.
(via @ThomasVLinge)
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🇫🇮 #Finland: A Finnish man has been caught running a 3D-printed gun factory in order to sell the weapons on the black market. The man was manufacturing FGC-9’s and selling them for €1,800 each. He had allegedly manufactured at least eight guns, and had sold six at the time of his arrest.
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🇲🇲 #Myanmar: On the ninth day of widespread offensives by anti-junta militias (dubbed Operation 1027), allied militias have claimed control of 133 junta positions. This video shows weapons seized from an outpost in northern Shan State by the MNDAA, one of the groups participating in the operation.
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🇧🇪 #Belgium: Members of the Turkish neo-fascist “Grey Wolves” attacked Kurds in Heusden Zolder yesterday, carrying out a manhunt and assaulting anyone they found. The violence reportedly began after the group attacked a Kurdish family returning from Newroz celebrations. Kurds in the area responded to the attacks, clashing with the mob in response.
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#France: Riots have once again erupted in Paris after President Emmanuel Macron stated that he will be forcing controversial pension reforms to be put in place. The reform would raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64, a decision many French citizens strongly oppose.
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#France: Protesters stormed the Paris headquarters of luxury corporation LVMH today. The protesters called for the wealthy to contribute more to state-funded pensions, in light of extremely unpopular proposed pension reforms.
reuters.com/world/europe/fre…
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#Ukraine: Ukrainian soldier puts on “Fortunate Son” on his speaker before filming himself firing a C90-CR-AM rocket towards a Russian position.
(via @TpyxaNews)
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🇲🇲 #Myanmar: Junta soldier and TikTok influencer Wai Yan Moe Thet has been captured by PDF forces in the Chin State town of Tedim. Wai has grown quite famous on TikTok for his videos praising Myanmar’s junta and mocking the rebellion. He commonly posted memes insulting PDF fighters. Now he’s been captured by those same fighters.
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🇲🇲 #Myanmar: Fighters belonging to the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MDNAA) filmed in combat against government troops recently.
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#Turkey: Sinan Ates, former president of the neo-fascist Grey Wolves (often described as a paramilitary wing of Turkey’s ultranationalist MHP party) has been assassinated in Ankara. Ates was ambushed by 2 men on motorcycles, who shot him as well as his friend Selman Bozkurt.
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YPJ commander Heval Del Soz, who lost her leg during 2016 operations against the AQ-linked al-Nusra Front. Despite this, she has continued her role as a leader.
📸: Gabriel Chaim
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Hi @TwitterSupport. My main account @Jake_Hanrahan has been suspended due to a joke me and a lad were having about fighting each other after school. We even said about fighting by the swings in a playground—clearly a joke. Please review this ASAP. I need the account for my work.
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🇺🇸 #US: New videos are starting to circulate that appear to show the suspected shooter on the roof of the Losee Center at Utah Valley University just moments before Charlie Kirk was shot. From other angles, supposedly the same person can be seen running across the roof right after the shooting.
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🇬🇧 #UK: Rioters in Middlesbrough set up a checkpoint in the town today, checking the colour of the drivers skin before letting them pass. Rioters have also been filmed in the town attacking homes and cars at random as far-right riots continue across the UK.
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#Ukraine: Russian helicopters assaulting the Gostomel Airport in Kyiv under fire from what appears to be Ukrainian MANPADS.
(via @KyleJGlen)
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#Iran: Footage showing a family sheltering a group of protesters from security forces in their home during protests against the killing of Jina Amini. Security forces attempted to break into the building, but faced resistance from the home’s residents.
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#France: Protests with over a million participants have broken out across France today after the government announced plans to raise the age of retirement from 62 to 64. The protests coincide with a general strike by a massive number of workers.
apnews.com/article/france-re…
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🇧🇩 #Bangladesh: Border troops were deployed this week in Bangladesh in an attempt to suppress a large-scale strike by garment workers. Despite offers to increase wages, protests have continued as the offer was deemed too small.
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🇵🇸 #Palestine - 🇮🇱 #Israel: Hamas has released new footage showing extremely close combat in the Gaza strip, with fighters attacking IDF tanks with grenades and RPGs.
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🇦🇷 #Argentina: Clashes have erupted between protesters and police in Buenos Aires today during protests against “anarcho-capitalist” President Javier Milei’s new economic plan. Police have reportedly fired beanbag rounds from shotguns as well as tear gas at protesters during the clashes.
(via @thebrakenet)
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🇰🇭 #Cambodia: A mine-detecting rat named Ronin has set a new world record for being the first rodent to detect over 100 land mines and other unexploded munitions. Ronin’s performance far surpassed the previous record set by another rat named Magawa, who was awarded a gold medal of heroism for finding 71 mines. Cambodia has long struggled with unexploded munitions in the wake of the country’s 20-year civil war, with an estimated four to six million munitions remaining.
(via BBC)
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🇦🇲🇦🇿 #NagornoKarabakh - #Artsakh: Azerbaijani soldiers have now posted videos showing themselves shooting into the homes of Armenians in Artsakh.
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