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News 7/30/26 News Anon 3.0 31-07-26 04:08:41 No.2881275

Aoun’s Ankara visit seeks clarity in Lebanon-Turkey relationship
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is set to visit Ankara on Thursday for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a one-day trip aimed at clarifying an established but increasingly ambiguous relationship between the two countries. Aoun will travel with a small delegation of presidential advisers, without any ministers, and no bilateral treaties are expected to be signed during the visit.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/aouns-ankara-visit-seeks-clarity-lebanon-turkey-relationship

Israel releases two Syrian men after more than a year in detention
The two men were identified by the Syrian news outlet Enab Baladi as Hossam Al-Safadi, from the town of Beit Jin in western Rif Dimashq province, and Marwan Al-Karyan, from Suwaysah in Quneitra province. Their release follows several others in recent days. According to Enab Baladi, five Syrian detainees have been freed over the past week, with one released on Tuesday and two more on 23 July.
https://www.newarab.com/news/two-syrians-freed-after-more-year-israeli-detention

Hamas reaches Gaza disarmament agreement with Board of Peace
Al Jazeera has received a copy of Thursday’s agreement, which stipulates that the precise disarmament roadmap must be prepared within 14 days, with possible extensions subject to the approval of an international verification body, and the agreement of all parties. “These negotiations were difficult and hard, and we tried to reach the best possible formula that was achievable,” Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas’s negotiating delegation, told Al Jazeera.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/30/trump-says-board-of-peace-reaches-agreement-on-disarmament-of-hamas-in-gaza
https://archive.ph/UWfEd

El Burhan visits newly captured North Kordofan towns
Military analyst Brig Gen Walid Ezzeldin told Radio Dabanga that the recent advances are significant because they strengthen the SAF’s control of the Export Road, one of Sudan’s most important military and logistical corridors.
https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/el-burhan-visits-newly-captured-north-kordofan-towns

Migration crisis hits Spain as thousands enter from Morocco
Sánchez took to X on Thursday to announce he was working with Moroccan authorities to restore normality as soon as possible and promised an immediate response. The chaos at the border comes just weeks after a Spanish Supreme Court decision preventing arrivals by sea from being directly deported.
https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-migration-crisis-ceuta-morocco-border-crossings/
https://archive.ph/prV4r

Arrests made as protesters invite support for Palestine Action outside court
An estimated 200 protesters prepared to read a statement inviting support for the proscribed group as a review hearing began for the prosecution of 1,579 people under section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000, for holding signs in support of Palestine Action during mass silent vigils in Parliament Square last year.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/arrests-made-protesters-invite-support-palestine-action-outside-court

Race to extinguish blazes across Europe as fire weather breaks records
Inflamed by carbon pollution, the hot, dry and windy weather across the EU from the start of the year until the end of July has been 43% more severe than the average for the same period over the last two decades, data from the European Forest Fire Information Service (Effis) shows.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/30/fire-weather-eu-wildfires-data

Indian federal police file charges against 13 over exam paper leaks
India's Central Bureau of Investigation ‌has filed charges against 13 people in connection with leaked question papers for the national medical college entrance test, days after youth-led protests over the scandal forced the education minister to quit.
https://www.reuters.com/world/india/indian-federal-police-file-charges-against-13-over-exam-paper-leaks-2026-07-30/

Coal mine blast in Pakistan kills at least 32 miners and traps 10 others
The bodies of seven people were recovered hours after the blast, and emergency responders later found 25 more bodies, officials and a provincial disaster management agency said in a statement. It said the search and rescue operation was continuing, with rescue teams working to locate and recover the remaining trapped miners.
https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-coal-mine-explosion-workers-trapped-southwest-a9d928fe51cafcef92dd40cb1606eb50

Milei signs decree allowing Argentina to bar or expel foreigners over 'hate speech'
The government did not specify particular incidents in the decree, but the references appear to relate to an alleged wave of anti-Argentina abuse that intensified during the recent FIFA World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, particularly on social media. Congress must approve the validity of the measure, which remains in force while the legislative process is under way, though experts warned it could open the door to arbitrary enforcement.
https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/milei-signs-decree-allowing-argentina-to-bar-or-expel-foreigners-over-hate-speech.phtml
https://archive.ph/aAf15

U.S. Consulate in Brazil Recruits Far-right Influencers to Attack Lula da Silva
Among those invited by the U.S. diplomatic mission is María Fernanda Schmidt, from the far-right channel Brasil Paralelo, who confirmed her participation alongside other actors from the Bolsono’s ecosystem, including Leandro Narloch, Rafael Ferri, and Penélope Nova. According to journalist Leandro Demori, the U.S. Consulate continues to extend invitations to content creators dedicated to spreading hate speech, disinformation, and targeting the institutional framework of the Brazilian government. The gatherings, held in small groups, serve as coordination hubs for a digital warfare strategy aimed at undermining Lula’s re-election campaign.
https://www.telesurenglish.net/u-s-recruit-far-right-influencers-brazil/

Peru's newly inaugurated President Fujimori vows military-led crackdown on crime
A group of leftist lawmakers left the room in protest at Fujimori's inauguration, which marks Peru's ninth presidency in a decade. Latin American leaders, including Argentina's Javier Milei, Chile's Jose Antonio Kast, Bolivia's Rodrigo Paz, Ecuador's Daniel Noboa and Uruguay's Yamandu Orsi, attended the ceremony.
https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260728-peru-s-fujimori-vows-military-led-crackdown-on-crime-after-taking-office
https://archive.ph/KIqAh

News Anon 3.0 31-07-26 04:31:05 No.2881285

U.S. investigating whether Iran was behind cyberattack on Minnesota water systems
Malicious cyber activity affected technology at more than 30 community water systems across Minnesota this week, forcing some utilities to switch to manual operations as state and federal authorities dig into who is behind the attack, CBS News has learned.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-investigating-iran-cyberattack-minnesota-water-systems/

US cites ‘unauthorized travel’ to end DACA status for a mother of 3 deported to Mexico
A Texas mother deported to Mexico despite having legal permission to stay in the U.S. after arriving as a child has filed a lawsuit against the federal government after it notified her it would be terminating her permission because of “unauthorized travel” stemming from her deportation.
https://apnews.com/article/daca-immigration-texas-uscis-09071c1707e6e1d385ca503c9c75bc6f

Data Centers Divide Democrats in Michigan Primary
This growing opposition has forced Michigan’s elected officials to reconsider the wisdom of the state’s 2024 decision to hand out tax breaks to data center constructors. Abdul El-Sayed, an epidemiologist and former Wayne County public health official running in the August 4 Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, told Barn Raiser that the corporations building data centers aren’t straightforward about their development plans.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/data-centers-michigan-democrats-primary-el-sayed-stevens

Seattle police chief resigns under pressure from mayor over response to festival shooting
Mayor Katie Wilson’s announcement followed hours of speculation about whether Police Chief Shon Barnes would step down, as some of his supporters said he had rebuffed Wilson’s request to resign. Wilson said she was appointing Deputy Chief Andre Sayles, a law enforcement veteran with more than two decades of experience, as interim chief. Barnes told The Seattle Times earlier Thursday that whether he remained as chief was “up to the mayor.” He said he was off for the day and spending time with family.
https://apnews.com/article/seattle-festival-shooting-police-chief-space-needle-9cda1dbb5e4d825363fcdf8695e9be8d

OP/ED News Anon 3.0 31-07-26 04:56:19 No.2881296

The Right vs. the Right: Conservative “Liberals” in the Age of Trump
Before the last presidential election, Adolph Reed Jr. argued that “electoral politics has captured too much of the political imagination of the American left—or, at least, of those occupying the cultural space that a left would if there were one in this country.” Reed lamented the culturally dominant “sensibility that approaches politics as largely performative, a theater for the expression of righteousness, or bearing witness for justice and against injustice.” As many radicals long predicted, this approach to politics has handed the whole of the national political conversation to the right, and this development will plague American society long after Trump is a memory. We’ve reached a point where Bill Kristol can be a featured speaker at a “liberal” conference. It’s hard, in this context, to know which way is up, yet we can see clearly that all ways now point rightward. Kristol is far from alone; this cottage industry includes a who’s who of bloody-handed, Bush-era conservatives who now pretend to care about the rule of law, when their whole careers were spent writing thin apologies for the many constitutional violations of the post-9/11 years. We would not be in this moment with MAGA lawlessness and authoritarianism were it not for the people behind The Bulwark, the Lincoln Project, and the various other groups and outlets that have emerged on the right since Trump.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/07/30/the-right-vs-the-right-conservative-liberals-in-the-age-of-trump/

Power beneath the surface: Mining, politics and the Marcos dev’t agenda
For Indigenous peoples in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, there is no justice in Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s ‘just’ energy transition. Growing up in the fertile rice fields of the province, Bugkalot-Ilongot resident Zesirie Enggo chose to till the same land that had sustained generations of their community. On sunny days before, she recalled, a single hectare of their rice field could yield up to 100 sacks of palay. Yet, as several mining corporations — FCF Minerals Corporation, Oceana Gold Philippines Inc. and now North Luzon Mineral Resources Corporation (NLMRC) — take interest in the richness of their mountains and soil, their lives, livelihood and means of subsistence absorb the blow. A hundred sacks quickly turned into 55 to 57 sacks, which she said would cost about P27,000 (US$437.27) every harvest, depending on the market price of rice. When the rains come, the harvest dwindles further, sometimes leaving their families with only enough rice for their own table and none to sell. This decline in production, Enggo said, stemmed from the loss of irrigation as water from their rivers fell into a dry spell due to mining activities. Without a steady water supply, once-productive rice fields became increasingly difficult to cultivate, shrinking harvests and threatening the farming livelihood of Indigenous communities in Nueva Vizcaya. As it became harder to earn, Enggo said other residents chose to test their fate overseas or in lowland Manila. “The development they [mining corporations] promised — roads, infrastructure, job opportunities — were not fulfilled,” Enggo said. “Agriculture is our primary source of livelihood, and now we are once again being disrupted by a third mining corporation… We hope there will be no more mining projects and that these mining companies will leave, because I know that mining is not the only way a community can achieve progress,” she added.
https://www.bulatlat.com/2026/07/26/power-beneath-the-surface-mining-politics-and-the-marcos-devt-agenda/

Erik Houdini: Pokémon Go was used to train drones that kill innocent men, women, and children for profit.
Basically, every child born after 1990 has interacted with Pokemon in some capacity. Millennial kids played the original Red and Blue, Generation Z played on the Nintendo DS/3DS, Gen Alpha played on the Switch, and everyone played Pokémon Go. Even if it was only for a few months when it was trendy and popular, it was something that got a lot of people outside, connecting with each other, showing up at different places, and sparking conversations with strangers. It was a cool and interesting moment in our cultural malaise. Basically, every child born after 1990 has interacted with Pokemon in some capacity. Millennial kids played the original Red and Blue, Generation Z played on the Nintendo DS/3DS, Gen Alpha played on the Switch, and everyone played Pokémon Go. Even if it was only for a few months when it was trendy and popular, it was something that got a lot of people outside, connecting with each other, showing up at different places, and sparking conversations with strangers. It was a cool and interesting moment in our cultural malaise.
https://houdinimagazine.com/articles/2026-07-30-crushing-reality-pokemon-go-genocide

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