Trump demands Ukraine’s minerals and oil in exchange for ceasefire

President Trump has told Ukraine to hand over more of its minerals, oil and gas reserves as part of a revised economic deal that offers Kyiv no security guarantees in return.

In a draft text sent to Ukraine, the United States demanded a greater share of Ukraine’s mineral wealth and compensation of over $100 billion (£77 billion) for previous American support.

The move is a further blow to British and French efforts to secure a “just” peace for Ukraine amid a growing rift between Washington and its European allies.

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The Cover-up of Biden’s Cognitive Decline Was Even Worse Than We Thought

While we’ve all witnessed Joe Biden’s countless gaffes, confused wanderings, and incoherent ramblings over the past three years, what’s been happening behind the scenes is far more disturbing than anyone imagined. A bombshell new book reveals that while the White House was busy assuring Americans that Biden was a “vigorous” leader fully capable of executing his duties, Kamala Harris’s team was secretly planning for his potential departure — or death — as early as January 2023.

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WTF?

THOUSANDS are feared dead after huge earthquake hits Thailand and Myanmar, destroying buildings and sparking fears major DAMS could collapse and lead to catastrophic flooding

h/t Mauser

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Babysitter finds man under bed after child complains of ‘monster’

A babysitter found a man hiding under a child’s bed in Kansas after the child complained about a “monster” being there.

While trying to show the child there was nothing under the bed, the female victim “came face-to-face” with a male suspect, Barton County Sheriff’s Office said. An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one child was knocked over.

h/t DS

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‘They call us extremists. We just want to be prepared for catastrophe’

The Times was given rare access to observe the training of the Virginia Kekoas, a citizen militia that wants to ‘protect its community from the far-left’

It is late afternoon deep in the woods of rural Virginia, and Rustpit is getting annoyed. The former Marine is trying to school his fellow militiamen in cover and concealment on a shooting course built among the trees.

It has been a long day of firearms training and the men are distracted, poking at defective weapons and debating what meat to throw on the fire for dinner later.

To keep them on their toes, Rustpit, a 46-year-old business owner, has set up a tripwire. He watches as it is detonated by his lanky comrade-in-arms Sheepdog, distracting some members who are trying to blow up a container of explosive powder nearby.

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Top US officials’ personal data available online — report

The data of some of US President Donald Trump’s closest advisers was reportedly found online by German news magazine Der Spiegel.

Included in the report were national security adviser Mike Waltz, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The officials’ mobile phone numbers, email addresses and, in some cases, passwords connected to their accounts could be accessed via commercial data-search engines and hacked data widely available online.

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Canada’s pediatricians advised to support affirming gender-questioning six-year-olds

Newly published advice to Canada’s pediatricians continues to charge “full steam ahead” with the gender-affirming model of care in the face of increasing uncertainty about its safety, and suggests that parents who don’t unquestionably affirm their child’s expressed gender risk harming their child, concerned doctors say.

Canada is slipping behind civilized nations.

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Secret CIA files claim Ark of the Covenant has been found

The location of a chest believed to contain the Ten Commandments has long been a mystery, but CIA documents claims the Ark of the Covenant has been found.

According to the Bible, the Ark of the Covenant was built by the Israelites shortly after they fled Egypt around the 13th century BC. Moses then placed the Ten Commandments inside.

The CIA conducted experiments in the 1980s with individuals who claimed they could perceive information about distant objects, events or other people.

h/t Mauser

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