ICE is funded through 2029, the Pentagon budget is at record highs – and plenty of Democrats voted for both. So what does winning Congress actually change?

With an ad spend set to hit $11.6 billion and record dark money pouring into the 2026 midterms, BreakThrough News editor-in-chief Ben Becker joins Zoe Alexandra and Rania Khalek to break down what’s really at stake on November 3. He lays out how billionaires and untraceable super PACs are buying the election, the threat of Trump deploying ICE at the polls, and why a likely Democratic majority is unlikely to claw back DHS funding or end Trump’s war on Iran – recalling how Democrats failed to pass comprehensive immigration reform or universal childcare the last time they held power.

And with self-proclaimed socialists like Zohran Mamdani saying Gaza’s a genocide while capitulating to pro-Israel pressure, Becker warns of the Democratic Party’s history of co-opting mass movements – while arguing the pattern reveals real radicalization across US society. And he makes the case for what comes next, pointing to mobilizations now in the streets of France and Spain, and January’s general strike in Minneapolis.

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[Speaker 1:] With record amounts of dark money pouring into the midterms, and ICE sitting on tens of millions of voter records—records that documents show it tried to share with Peter Thiel’s Palantir—Washington is bracing for an ugly fight over who controls Congress. But for the millions of Americans living in fear of ICE raids, struggling to make rent, or trying to afford fruits and vegetables, how much are their daily lives impacted by the outcome of these midterms? Now that I’m back in the States, I see just how much the price of everything has gone up.

Democrats are running on stopping Trump, but this is also a party that helped push the military budget toward record highs. ICE is already funded through 2029, thanks to a $75 billion windfall Congress handed it last year. So what could—or would—a Democratic majority actually change?

To break it all down, we’re joined by our very own Ben Becker, editor-in-chief of Breakthrough News. Ben, it’s great to have you back on the show.

[Speaker 2:] Thanks for having me. Happy to be back.

[Speaker 1:] These midterms, as I mentioned, are set to break election-spending records. It’s actually insane how much money is pouring in. You’ve got super PACs, the tech and finance industries, and dark-money donors funneling so much cash into ads and races to basically control the outcome like never before.

At the same time, as I mentioned, ICE has been combing through tens of millions of voter records in the name of hunting noncitizen voters, as they call them. With all that in mind, what kind of election is this shaping up to be? Do you think the bigger threat is that money is buying the outcome, or that the state apparatus is being set up to police the vote? Perhaps those two things aren’t mutually exclusive. Either way, none of this sounds very democratic.

[Speaker 2:] It’s sort of like asking, “Would you prefer to die by being hit by a bus, or through long-term cancer?” I think there really are two different things there: the long-term erosion of an already fairly restricted democracy. We shouldn’t pretend that the United States had a shining democratic tradition, given the history of Jim Crow and slavery, the disenfranchisement of millions of undocumented workers, and the largest prison population in the world. All these things were already existing.

Then, after Citizens United, came the infusion of billions of dollars in dark money. The crypto industry, the AI industry, AIPAC, or whoever can give money to nonprofits, which then give money to a super PAC with some shady name that was just started. Literally billions of dollars are going into campaign ads, and nobody knows who’s behind the money. The organizations are basically untraceable.

According to some estimates, around $10 billion will be spent just on these midterm elections, with about 20 billionaires—just 20 individuals—making up one-eighth of all that spending. That’s over a billion dollars. Eighteen of the 20 are Republicans, and two are Democrats. They’re pouring enormous sums of money into going after candidates they don’t like. We’ve seen huge amounts of money spent in some of these key races. That’s obviously a huge threat to any kind of equality or democracy. Some have called it “the best democracy money can buy.” We might want to revise that to “the worst democracy money can buy.”

Then you have Trump’s very particular, immediate threats—which would be like being hit by the bus, so to speak: seizing the ballots, potentially taking control of the count, and deploying ICE agents at ballot stations to scare off people from immigrant communities. There are people in his corner calling for him to declare a state of emergency or invoke the Insurrection Act, or who knows what. I think there’s a whole variety of new threats on top of this long-term erosion, or takeover of the whole electoral system by the billionaire class.

[Speaker 1:] Another element of this month leading up to the midterm elections is that a lot of people have spoken about the very real possibility that Democrats might take back either the House and the Senate, or just one of the two. Let’s say Democrats do manage to win one of these two bodies, or win the majority. ICE’s $75 billion budget is locked in through 2029. The House just passed a record defense bill, and Trump is asking for $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon next year. Suffice it to say, plenty of Democrats voted for these budgets.

If Democrats take the House, does any of that change? Are they able to claw back ICE funding, cut the military budget and the war in Iran, or end the genocide in Gaza? Can they stop health care prices from skyrocketing, and address all these issues that everyday voters in the United States are raising? How do you see it playing out, given the way the Democratic Party has behaved in the past when it has taken back power?

[Speaker 2:] Can they do those things? They could do a lot of them, actually, or at least make life very difficult for the Trump administration and its agencies. They could wage a very persistent struggle to defund ICE. They could create a major obstacle to that enormous war budget, the largest in human history. They could do a lot of things.

The better question is: What will they do? I think both questions are important. We shouldn’t rule out the possibility that they can do these things, because that’s part of holding politicians accountable. If you’ve already internalized that they’ll do nothing in support of the people, that kind of lets them off the hook when they do nothing for the people. I think it’s important to point out concretely how they can do certain things, pass certain bills, and use certain authorities.

But will they? I don’t think any of those things are fundamentally going to be stopped or reversed by the Democratic Party. The party is built on a coalition that includes progressive politicians, people who come from the labor movement, and people who are more tied to working-class demands. But it’s also a coalition with huge sections of corporate America. It’s deeply integrated into the same national security state and military-industrial complex. It takes huge amounts of money from those same industries that give to the Trump administration.

This coalition doesn’t have a cohesive program in defense of the working class, the immigrant community, or anyone in particular that it can hold politicians accountable to. Even having a majority doesn’t really mean that much when you think about it.

If we were having this conversation six years ago, right before Joe Biden came into office, remember, he came in with the House, a very narrow majority in the Senate, and the White House. What was the Build Back Better plan? A lot of the reforms Biden promised, if they had actually gone through, would mean we wouldn’t be dealing with many of the issues we’re dealing with today. For instance, there was universal child care, free community college, paid maternity leave, and comprehensive immigration reform—one of the things the Biden administration promised. There was also voting-rights legislation that would have made it harder for Trump to carry out many of the attacks he’s currently making on voting rights by strengthening federal protections for voting rights.

None of those things came to pass. You can say, “Oh, it was the Republicans,” but it was also Joe Manchin, the Democrat from West Virginia, and Kyrsten Sinema, the Democrat from Arizona, along with a whole assortment of other Democrats who realized they had strategic leverage they could use to block the bills. It’s not like the progressive section of the Democratic Party went to war with those more conservative sections. They blocked all the bills, then cashed out. They all got jobs in the private sector and made tens of millions of dollars, including Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema.

They’re gone now, but we have John Fetterman and other Democrats. I think it’s an illusion to think that having a numerical majority is somehow going to deliver a lot of those things.

And if we’re just being honest, a lot of the political climate against immigration and immigrants was contributed to by the Democrats. The Democrats have also taken huge amounts of money from big tech, so I don’t think we can expect them to stand up to the AI and crypto industries. They’re obviously tied into the military, as we’ve said before. In a way, their biggest frustration with Trump’s Xi meeting was that Trump was too friendly to China.

I think people are going to go to the polls because they hate the Trump administration, for good reason, and the Democrats are going to be the main beneficiaries of that mass opposition to Trump, whose poll numbers are so low right now. But that doesn’t necessarily mean anything will fundamentally change with an incoming majority in the House or Senate.

Back when Joe Biden was running for president in 2020, what was it? He said, “Nothing will fundamentally change.” That’s what he was saying to a group of corporate donors.

[Speaker 1:] Promise. He delivered on that promise.

[Speaker 2:] He did. Yes, he did.

[Speaker 1:] There are some major differences this time around. Suddenly, you’ve got winning Democratic candidates calling themselves socialists, talking about affordability and billionaires, and even saying the word “genocide” about Gaza. The issue of Palestine has come to define so many races across the country. These are things that would have gotten you run out of the party a few years ago. It still stands to be seen, because the party is trying to run some of those people out. But the base of the party clearly wants a lot of this, right?

How do you interpret this shift? Do you see it as a very real shift when people in this party use this language, or is the Democratic Party doing what it’s always done—absorbing energy from the left, in this case from the Palestine movement, to get out the vote, with the real risk that they’ll shelve it once they’re in power?

[Speaker 2:] I think both things are true, and you’re right to note the historical precedent. Dr. King was actually the most hated man in America for a lot of his life, career, and activism. You wouldn’t know it because, once he was dead and the civil-rights reforms were passed, the Democrats in particular—but ultimately both parties—would quote him and co-opt him and the civil-rights movement they had totally opposed.

The same was true with the labor movement and with movements throughout U.S. history. One element of successfully shifting mass consciousness is that elements of the elite then co-opt your message, soften it, dilute it, water it down, and try to gut it of its radical content. In a way, it’s definitely a measure of success. Something is really taking place at the level of the base of society.

I also think you’re right to say that the Democrats don’t intend to deliver on that mass sentiment, nor are they structurally able to. Support for Israel is infused at every level of the U.S. ruling class, from the national security state to big tech companies, financial institutions, and higher education institutions. It’s not just a matter of what someone says on the House or Senate floor, or even this or that bill that’s passed. The same is true of the wars abroad. There’s a tendency toward war that grows regardless of what Congress is doing. For many decades, Congress has done nothing to stop the war machine, and the president has seemingly limitless authority to wage undeclared wars.

I think you’re right to say there’s a level of co-optation, but I think there’s a positive spin on it, too. Being pro-Palestine, as you said, made you somehow unelectable 10 years ago. That was the mainstream wisdom. But if you look at the polls now, there’s been a total reversal. Only 10 or 15 years ago, a majority of the country was absolutely in support of the state of Israel. Now, among Democratic voters, support for Israel is under 20%. Two out of every three Democrats say they have a more favorable opinion of the Palestinian cause.

The same goes for socialism. What’s interesting about the polling around socialism is that, I think, 32 million or so young people have a favorable opinion of it. But you’re also starting to see changes among independents and people who are a little bit older. The favorable rating of capitalism is going down dramatically, including among independents, who are considered the swing voters. A lot of this traditional political thinking—that words like “Palestine” and “socialism” made you toxic—is no longer true. People are losing confidence and trust in the U.S. capitalist system, and they’re no longer going to be turned off by these scare words and scare tactics from the past.

I think the danger of co-optation is real, and obviously socialism also can’t be achieved at the ballot box under a system totally dominated by big business, Wall Street, and the big banks. On the other hand, we should emphasize that there’s a growing radicalization, or politicization, of people across society, of all ages, who are starting to think about new ideas. There’s a positive reading of that.

[Speaker 1:] No, definitely. I think that’s reflected in the interview we did earlier with Danielle Wono about what we’re seeing take place across France as well.

Ben, for people who are watching who are angry, broke, or scared, what’s really at stake on November 3 in these primaries? What should they be doing beyond voting, whichever party comes out on top after November 3? As you said, socialism isn’t voted in at the ballot box, and both of these parties receive significant funds from the capitalist ruling class. What really comes next, and what’s at stake on November 3?

[Speaker 2:] To underscore the point, whether or not you have this or that person in Congress, all the main decisions in your life—who sets the rent, the cost of groceries, the job opportunities that are available, who’s going to introduce artificial intelligence—are basically in the hands of a few corporations. That’s what I meant when I said it can’t be introduced at the ballot box: all these fundamental economic decisions are made privately. There are people taking votes on them, but it ain’t you. It’s boards of directors making those decisions. In that sense, if you really want to change the economic reality, you have to change the economic system. You can’t just change it by voting on November 3.

I think what’s happening in France and Spain is extremely important right now. You’re seeing young people who are upset about the erosion of social services and public schools and the rising cost of rent taking to the streets. They’ve inspired people from all walks of life to take to the streets. It’s really become a kind of rebellion against the political status quo.

We’ve seen that here in Minnesota. In January, we had a general strike for the first time in decades. It was that mass movement in the streets that really pushed back against ICE and the Trump administration. It led to the firing of Bovino and Kristi Noem. It didn’t make ICE disappear, but it did lead ICE to change its tactics.

There’s obviously this latent power of the people in the streets that’s starting to become manifest in Western Europe, and that has been seen in the United States. I think the question is whether these elections open the door for more people to exercise their free-speech and assembly rights, organize, and exercise their rights in the workplace, including withholding their labor. How are these elections won? People might say, “Look, Trump has taken a devastating blow because he probably will lose, and the Republicans will lose.” Does this make people feel more emboldened to organize? It wasn’t the Democrats who really did anything these last two years to restrain the Trump administration.

If you’re looking for them to do something they’ve never done before, that’s a form of insanity: expecting the same result from the Democratic Party. But there is a tradition of mass action pushing back against the far right. Ultimately, what happens in the election isn’t the main thing. Even in France, what if the far right wins the elections? That’s a distinct possibility while young people are in the streets.

Both things can be true at once: there’s growing polarization, and we just have to accept that reality and try to learn from it. I don’t think it’s going to stop, regardless of the outcome on November 3.

[Speaker 1:] Ben Becker, editor-in-chief of Breakthrough News, I really appreciate your analysis. Of course, we’ll be coming back to you as we get closer to the midterms, because this will continue to develop. The horse race always—I really appreciate what you’re saying—becomes the central story. The drama and the various personalities distract from the broader systemic problems we have. Thank you so much. I really appreciate your analysis.

[Speaker 2:] Thanks.

Several aircraft from Russia’s Rossiya Special Flight Detachment, which transports the country’s leaders and senior officials, circled over Moscow on the evening of October 9 because of the threat of a Ukrainian drone attack.

Five of the detachment’s aircraft were unable to land immediately. At least three were returning from Turkmenistan, where Russian President Vladimir Putin had attended a Commonwealth of Independent States summit, several Russian news outlets and Telegram channels reported (1, 2, 3). All three were Il-96s, the type used to transport the president, Agentstvo reported.

According to Flightradar24, two Il-96s with registration numbers RA-96020 and RA-96022 circled over Moscow and the surrounding region. They departed Turkmenbashi Airport at 2 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. and landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport at 6:06 p.m. and 6:21 p.m., respectively.

A third Il-96, with registration number RA-96025, departed Turkmenbashi at 3:52 p.m. and flew over Moscow even though it was scheduled to land at Vnukovo. It was eventually diverted to St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport and later departed for Moscow.

Restrictions were imposed at all Moscow airports around 3:40 p.m. and fully lifted by 6:40 p.m. According to estimates from Ostorozhno, Novosti, more than 200 flights were delayed and more than 100 canceled amid the restrictions.

It is unclear which aircraft Putin was aboard. At 1:52 p.m., TASS reported that the president had ended his visit to Turkmenistan and boarded one of the Rossiya detachment’s aircraft, which was preparing to depart Turkmenbashi. Agentstvo suggested that Putin may have been aboard RA-96025. He had flown to Turkmenistan on that aircraft on October 8.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had threatened to “close the skies” over Russia in early September. Putin called the statement “a signal of intent to commit state terrorism.” In response to Ukraine’s threats, Russia’s Transport Ministry said the country’s aviation services would prevent “significant disruptions” to civil aviation.

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Par Eric V.

126 632 candidats sans aucune proposition le 11 juillet. Le même jour, 83 000 places vides dans 6 000 formations. Le ministre appelle « immense démagogie » l’idée d’en finir.

Le 11 juillet, au soir de la phase principale, 126 632 candidats n’avaient reçu aucune proposition. Plus d’un sur six. Le même jour, 83 000 places restaient vacantes dans quelque 6 000 formations. Relisez les deux chiffres ensemble. Une file d’attente et des invendus, au même guichet, à la même heure.

Depuis près de deux semaines, les lycées sont bloqués : plus de 500 établissements perturbés le 2 octobre, 735 selon le ministre lui-même. Les lycéens réclament des professeurs, des murs qui tiennent et, pour certains, la suppression de la plateforme Parcoursup. Mercredi, sur BFM, le ministre de l’Enseignement supérieur, Philippe Baptiste, leur a répondu avec une confondante clairvoyance : une « immense démagogie », et ceux qui la proposent « prennent vraiment les lycéens pour des truffes ». Son collègue de l’Éducation nationale avait, lui, ouvert une plateforme de concertation. Pour trois semaines.

Une file et des invendus

Quiconque a connu une économie administrée reconnaît le tableau.

Parcoursup, ce sont 21 000 formations passées dans le même entonnoir, 83 % d’usagers qui le disent « stressant », des classements produits par des algorithmes locaux dont le Conseil d’État a jugé que le code n’avait pas à être communiqué, et un recours devant le tribunal qui peut mettre jusqu’à un an à aboutir. Un an : la rentrée est passée, la suivante approche.

Le reste se paie. L’enseignement supérieur privé est passé de 490 000 à 790 000 étudiants en dix ans.

La présomption fatale

Pour fixer le bon nombre de places dans une seule licence, il faudrait savoir à l’avance cinq choses. Combien de bacheliers la demanderont. Avec quel niveau. Ce que chacun aurait fait d’autre. Combien d’enseignants seront là en septembre. Et ce que le marché du travail absorbera dans trois ans. Aucun rectorat ne détient cela. Ce n’est pas affaire de compétence ni de moyens : l’information n’existe nulle part en un seul endroit. Elle est éparpillée entre les candidats, les familles, les professeurs, les employeurs — et elle n’apparaît que lorsqu’ils agissent.

Hayek a donné un nom à l’erreur qui consiste à l’oublier : la présomption fatale. La présomption, c’est de croire qu’on peut organiser depuis un bureau ce que personne, depuis ce bureau, n’est en mesure de savoir. Elle est fatale parce qu’elle ne se corrige pas : le bureau qui se trompe ne reçoit aucun signal lui disant de combien.

D’où les deux chiffres du 11 juillet. Un guichet central ne se trompe pas dans un sens ou dans l’autre. Il se trompe dans les deux à la fois, le même jour : 126 632 candidats sans proposition, 83 000 places vides.

Éducation et présomption fatale de Hayek : de quoi s’agit-il ?

La présomption fatale de Hayek expliquée simplement : croire qu’un plan d’ensemble fait mieux que les décisions de chacun. L’idée, les mots, les objections.

La pénurie est décidée avant l’algorithme

Le ministre a un argument, et il est sérieux. Avant Parcoursup, il y avait APB et sa loterie : 189 mentions de licence départagées par tirage au sort en 2015, 78 en 2016. Avant APB, la queue à l’aube devant les secrétariats. Et un lycéen d’Aurillac voit aujourd’hui, depuis sa chambre, les mêmes formations qu’un lycéen du Quartier latin. Tout cela est vrai. Le catalogue est un progrès ; qu’on le garde.

Seulement, la loterie, la file et l’algorithme sont trois manières de distribuer une pénurie qu’aucun des trois n’a créée. Elle est écrite ailleurs : à l’article L. 612-3 du code de l’éducation, qui fait arrêter chaque année les capacités d’accueil par « l’autorité académique ». Le nombre de places d’une licence n’est fixé ni par l’université seule, ni par ceux qui veulent y entrer. Il l’est par un rectorat. L’algorithme arrive après, et on lui en veut de faire ce pour quoi on l’a construit.

Voilà pourquoi la suppression que l’on réclame à gauche ne supprime rien. La proposition de loi des Insoumis rend au bachelier le droit de s’inscrire où il veut, puis confie au recteur le soin de trancher quand il y a trop de monde, selon le domicile et la situation de famille. On demande donc au recteur de décider ce que l’algorithme décidait, avec l’information dont il disposait : aucune. Les syndicats étudiants y ajoutent 250 000 places et dix milliards que le budget n’a pas. Le guichet change de bureau.

Ce que finir veut dire

Obtenir la fin de Parcoursup, c’est obtenir trois choses, et aucune ne coûte dix milliards.

Que chaque établissement fixe lui-même combien d’étudiants il accueille, et en réponde : il est le seul à savoir de combien de salles, de professeurs et d’encadrement il dispose. Que chaque candidat postule directement, à qui il veut, autant de fois qu’il veut. Que chaque refus porte un motif et un nom, celui d’une personne qu’on peut appeler, et non celui d’une « commission d’examen des vœux ». L’État garde le catalogue et publie, formation par formation, ce que deviennent ceux qui y entrent.

Cela s’appelle une sélection, et le mot fâche. Mais elle existe déjà : elle est seulement anonyme, tardive et sans appel utile. Une sélection qu’on n’ose pas signer, on la confie à une machine.

C’est ici que nous entrons dans la pièce, nous autres parents. Ce guichet, nous l’avons voulu. Il nous épargne le refus prononcé par quelqu’un, il passe tous les enfants dans la même machine, et nous appelons cela l’égalité. Puis nous payons un coach en février et une école privée en juillet.

Dernier mot

Je ne sais pas si les blocus tiendront jusqu’à la Toussaint. Je sais ce qu’il faut demander à ceux qui veulent l’Élysée en avril : non pas s’ils gardent la plateforme, mais qui, sous leur mandat, décidera du nombre de places et signera les refus.

Le ministre a raison sur un point. On prend les lycéens pour des truffes. Depuis 2018.

Gli Stati Uniti hanno bombardato l’Iran durante i negoziati, e il Pentagono ha già pronti i piani per una nuova campagna dopo il 3 novembre. Intanto a scegliere i bersagli sono sempre più spesso sistemi di intelligenza artificiale sviluppati dai giganti della tecnologia: Palantir, Microsoft, Amazon, Google. E l’Italia? Il ministro Crosetto conferma 500 militari in Arabia Saudita, un nostro Eurofighter colpito a Ta’if e l’esercitazione nucleare Nato Steadfast Noon nei nostri cieli. “Non siamo in guerra”, dice. Ma allora che cos’è? Petrolio sopra i 100 dollari, gas alle stelle, Hormuz al minimo dei transiti. Ucraina: strage di civili a Kramatorsk e nuovo tavolo a Miami. Cisgiordania: i coloni aggrediscono i raccoglitori di olive. Gaza: due milioni di persone verso il quarto inverno senza riparo. Ne parliamo con: Tiziana Alterio: giornalista indipendente e scrittrice, già Rai e Mediaset, reporter in Africa, Asia, Sud America e Paesi arabi. Padroni nell’ombra (2025) · Putin. L’uomo di ghiaccio che sfida l’Occidente (2022) Gianmarco Pisa: operatore e formatore di pace dell’IPRI-CCP, con i Corpi Civili di Pace in Kosovo; ricercatore RESeT e IRES Campania, membro della Rete italiana Pace e Disarmo. Più eterno del bronzo (Multimage) · Paesaggi kosovari 1998-2018 Conduce Jeff Hoffman SOSTIENI CASA DEL SOLE TV Casa del Sole TV è un progetto di giornalismo indipendente, autofinanziato, senza editori né partiti. IBAN: IT63P0326822300052392596590 Intestato a: La Casa del Sole Edizioni Causale: Donazione Casa del Sole TV ABBONAMENTO YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@CasadelSoleT… Analista Multipolare: €5/mese Inviato della Verità: €15/mese Architetto del Futuro: €25/mese I LIBRI DI MARGHERITA FURLAN «BRICS Scacco Matto», disponibile in italiano, inglese e russo SEGUI CASA DEL SOLE TV YouTube: @CasadelSoleTVChannel #Levante #CasaDelSoleTV #IntelligenzaArtificiale #AI #Iran #Israele #USA #Palantir #BigTech #Gaza #Cisgiordania #Ucraina #Crosetto #ArabiaSaudita #CrisiEnergetica #Hormuz #Geopolitica #Pace #InformazioneIndipendente #TizianaAlterio #GianmarcoPisa #Padroninellombra

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Par Renaud Jacobs

Un CRS de trois mètres de haut. Un maire en costume gris qui écarte les bras devant lui : « Laissez ces jeunes tranquille. » Un lycéen à capuche qui saute un mur sous le nez d'un policier : « Trop facile ! » Puis un carton, « Au même moment dans Paris », et quatre hommes en costume sombre dans un salon doré. L'un d'eux ressemble trait pour trait au président de la République. Il lâche : « Débrouillez-vous. »

C'est une vidéo de deux minutes dix-huit, publiée sur X par le compte @LesRorschach, dessinée dans le style des mangas japonais. Elle se termine sur un dernier carton : « Prochain épisode : Les spores de la mort. »

Les images des manifestations qui touchent la France ont été adaptées en manga et font des millions de vues sur les réseaux.
Attendez de voir la suite...😨

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— The Rorschach's Chronicles (@LesRorschach) October 8, 2026

D'où vient la scène

Le maire en costume gris, c'est Bally Bagayoko, maire LFI de Saint-Denis, et le dessin animé reprend une scène réelle. Le mardi 6 octobre, dans le cortège lycéen parisien, il s'est placé entre les manifestants et les forces de l'ordre en criant : « Arrêtez ! Reculez ! Arrêtez de pousser ! » En deux jours, une douzaine de rédactions étrangères ont diffusé les images : la BBC, y compris dans sa version en chinois, CNN, Al Jazeera, El Mundo, La Stampa, G1 au Brésil, Al-Arabiya.

Une semaine plus tôt, le même élu était au centre d'une autre histoire. Le 29 septembre, il avait déclaré sur BFM que « la violence, à un moment donné, peut être légitime », en ajoutant qu'il valait mieux l'éviter quand c'était possible. Le lendemain, le préfet de police annonçait avoir saisi le procureur de Bobigny pour « provocation à commettre un délit ».

Ma lecture est simple. Le camp de l'ordre a voulu que l'histoire soit celle d'une phrase, et il l'a portée devant un juge. Le reste du monde a retenu une image. Et quelques jours plus tard, cette image était devenue un feuilleton.

Première observation : ce dessin animé n'a presque rien coûté

Cette vidéo porte toutes les marques d'une production par intelligence artificielle générative, c'est-à-dire par un logiciel qui fabrique des images à partir d'une simple description écrite. Le style est parfaitement homogène d'un plan à l'autre, les décors parisiens sont génériques, et un sous-titre laisse passer une coquille qu'aucun studio n'aurait gardée : « Pefect Plano », pour perfect plan. Je ne peux pas le prouver, et je le signale comme tel. Mais tout l'indique.

Il y a cinq ans, deux minutes d'animation de cette qualité demandaient une équipe et des semaines. Aujourd'hui, elles demandent un abonnement et une soirée. C'est le point technique que les communicants n'ont pas encore intégré : l'image n'est plus seulement captée par des téléphones dans la rue. Elle est fabriquée, à la demande, par n'importe qui.

Deuxième observation : la fiction écrit la suite que personne n'a écrite

Regardez ce que raconte le dessin animé, au-delà de la scène du 6 octobre. Il invente des héros : une petite bande de lycéens en sweat à capuche et en salopette. Il invente des méchants : « L'État », quatre hommes dans un palais, dont l'un dit « nous donnent du fil à retordre » et l'autre « débrouillez-vous ». Et il relie les blocages à la suite du calendrier : « Le 17 octobre arrive bientôt. Et les gilets jaunes aussi. » Une dernière scène montre des hommes en gilet jaune : « C'est bientôt l'heure. Soyez prêts les amis. »

Aucun syndicat lycéen, aucun parti n'a écrit ce récit dans un texte officiel. C'est une fiction qui le propose, sous forme d'épisodes, avec un prochain épisode annoncé. Pour un adolescent qui la regarde entre deux cours, c'est peut-être la seule version des événements qu'il retiendra.

Troisième observation : en face, des documents

Le camp de l'ordre, lui, s'est battu avec des textes. Un signalement au procureur. Un communiqué de préfecture. Ils peuvent être solides en droit. Ils sont invisibles pour qui ne lit pas les communiqués de préfecture, c'est-à-dire pour presque tous les lycéens et pour le monde entier.

L'objection est sérieuse, et je la prends. Ce dessin animé est une fiction : il ne prouve rien, il caricature, et la scène réelle elle-même, quinze secondes de vidéo, ne montre pas ce qui s'est passé avant. C'est un point de méthode que je fais vérifier à ceux à qui j'apprends à lire une source : une image prouve ce qu'elle cadre, rien de plus. Seulement, avoir raison sur le contexte ne sert à rien quand le contexte ne circule pas. Et les outils qui ont produit ce feuilleton sont à la disposition de tout le monde, y compris de ceux qui voudraient raconter l'autre version. Personne ne l'a fait.

Le 30 septembre, une lettre au procureur de Bobigny. Le 6 octobre, quinze secondes de vidéo, reprises dans le monde entier. Quelques jours plus tard, deux minutes dix-huit de dessin animé, et un carton : « Prochain épisode ».

Vingt ans après sa finale perdue contre Sarkozy, l'ex-ministre de l'Ecologie s'est présentée à la primaire socialiste. Mais ce n’était pas la bousculade pour la soutenir.

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After 321 days at sea, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier (CVN-72) returned to San Diego, with its island superstructure showing rows of silhouettes of ships, drones, and other targets reportedly destroyed during Operation Epic Fury.

The USS Lincoln arrived at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego on October 8, concluding a long deployment that included extended operations in the Middle East.

Before the USS Abraham Lincoln arrived in San Diego, the US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth presented the carrier crew with the Presidential Unit Citation, the military’s highest unit-level award for valor.

Calling the mission “historic,” Hegseth noted that the carrier conducted “3,693 combat flights, sinking 64 Iranian warships, launching 450 Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles, and shooting down 77 one-way aerial attack drones.”

Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao lauded the carrier crew in a post on X, saying, “Congratulations to @CNV_72 and all of CSG-3 on this well-earned Presidential Unit Citation for their extreme heroism over the last 10 months in defense of our homeland.”

The citation says the defense included 40 days in combat and an “ironclad maritime blockade against Iran in support of Operation Epic Fury.”

During Hegseth’s recent visit to the carrier before it arrived home, he said, “I’m the only thing standing between you and home,” and that his intention was, “Once they pull up to the dock, we’re getting out of the way.”

The Pentagon released an image of Pete Hegseth standing on the deck of the carrier and examining the superstructure, which was stenciled with a list of targets the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) destroyed during a 321-day deployment.

Subsequently, Hegseth published another image showing the full extent of the markings, with “Operation Epic Fury” written above rows of ship and drone silhouettes (seen below).

The carrier’s arrival with these markings aligns with the US Navy’s long-standing practice of recording unit or group combat results after major operations.

Observers counted approximately 174 markings on the island superstructure. These traditional victory symbols are attributed to Carrier Strike Group 3’s collective actions, including carrier air-wing sorties, destroyer operations, Tomahawk launches, and air-defense engagements.

What Targets Did The Lincoln CSG Neutralize?

The visible markings include silhouettes representing 23 anti-ship missiles, 34 surface ships, 122 unmanned aerial vehicles, 10 submarines, and what appears to be a large bomb marked “1403.”

The aircraft carrier features 34 kill marks of surface ships neutralized in the sixth month of the conflict in the region. Although official information is scarce, these targets could include warships, corvettes, and even unmanned surface vessels used by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) publicly confirmed the destruction of several ships. Some high-profile targets include the Shahid Bagheri carrier, the IRIS Makran forward base ship, the Jamaran-class corvettes, and all four Shahid Soleimani-class catamaran missile corvettes.

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The US Navy also neutralized multiple Bayandor-class corvettes and other frigates, several fast-attack craft and missile boats, at least 16 mine-laying vessels, and multiple auxiliaries and support vessels.

It is hard to say which of these vessels the Lincoln carrier group neutralized, but reports say the group operated in the Arabian Sea and, at times, closer to the Gulf of Oman during the early phase of Operation Epic Fury.

The group could have struck these targets with Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from escort Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, such as the USS Spruance, USS Michael Murphy, and USS Frank E. Petersen, or with F-35C Lightning IIs and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets from the carrier’s air wing.

The aircraft carrier features about 100+ triangular silhouettes that resemble the Shahed-136 one-way attack drones that were extensively deployed by the IRGC in its strikes on US military assets. However, they could also potentially reference other similar kamikaze drones, given Tehran’s massive inventory of these low-cost assets.

The escort ships—the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers doubling as critical air-defense assets alongside the aircraft carrier-could have downed these drones. These state-of-the-art warships are equipped with the Aegis Combat System to detect, track, and engage drones at medium to long range with Standard Missiles such as the SM-2 or SM-6, and the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM). 

The carrier itself has self-defense systems such as the RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) and the Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS). Furthermore, F-35s and Super Hornets operating from the carrier may have shot down some of these incoming drones.

Notably, the island carries 23 missile silhouettes. Hegseth credited the strike group with destroying 21 anti-ship cruise missiles. The citation does not say whether those were stopped by escort ships, by F-35s and Super Hornets, or by the carrier’s own Rolling Airframe Missiles and Phalanx guns.

USS Abraham Lincoln also prominently features 10 submarines, which is unsurprising given that US CENTCOM focused on decimating Iran’s Russian-built Kilo-class and other submarines during the conflict.

For example, a Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet that flew from the USS Abraham Lincoln on combat missions in the Iran war was spotted with submarine kill markings earlier. Jeff Rojas photographed the aircraft, which belongs to VFA-41, a Navy fighter squadron known as the “Black Aces,” on October 1.

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How the aircraft destroyed an Iranian submarine is unclear, but Rojas said, “I assume that it was dry-docked and they dropped a laser-guided bomb.” 

The US missiles damaged many Iranian submarines, including some produced indigenously, that were docked in ports during early bombardment, but neither the Navy nor CENTCOM has publicly claimed that Navy fighter jets were involved.c

Instead, the US military earlier said it used air-launched AGM-114 Hellfire laser-guided missiles, probably fired from MQ-9 Reaper drones, and ground-launched Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missiles against submarines in particular.

However, the CSG may have taken out at least some of these submarine targets with Tomahawk missiles.

Most details, including specific individual ship sinkings by Lincoln CSG platforms or the exact methods used, rely on official claims and open-source analysis rather than independent battle-damage assessments available in the public domain.

Interestingly, the number of targets the War Secretary cited in his address differs significantly from the number of kill markings visible on the flattop. Neither the United States Navy nor the Department of War (DoW) has clarified why the flattop bears only 34 surface ship kill marks, even though Hegseth counted 64 in his address, or why the carrier lists 106 drones while Hegseth’s estimate was far more conservative at just 77.

Although these markings are often symbolic or selective rather than a strict, audited one-to-one accounting of every engagement, a reason for the discrepancy is awaited.

A Mission Marred With Chaos

The carrier’s prolonged deployment garnered national attention after Stars and Stripes, the news outlet affiliated with the US Armed Forces, reported on deteriorating conditions aboard the carrier, a major mental health crisis, and worsening living conditions in August 2026.

“Interviews with active-duty sailors and family members, along with dozens of public social media comments and posts by crew members, describe sailors struggling with exhaustion and declining morale, including reports of suicidal thoughts and at least one instance where a crew member was prevented from jumping overboard,” the report underlined.

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After this explosive disclosure caused a stir and exposed the Pentagon, War Secretary Pete Hegseth, Acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao, and CENTCOM leadership dismissed much of the coverage as misrepresented or dishonest, while acknowledging challenges of extended deployments. Nonetheless, the report and the public reaction paved the way for the carrier’s return and a stopover in Thailand last month, giving the crew much-needed respite

The Secretary of War also pushed back against the allegations of the Navy being stretched thin and a crisis about the carrier, including reports of eight sailors who attempted suicide. “Lincoln into some sort of a symbol, a symbol of dysfunction or a symbol of low morale or a symbol of a failed mission,” Hegseth said, adding, “what makes the US military and the US. Navy and all these sailors different is that you adapt and that you’re resilient and you overcome — you finish the mission nonetheless.”

That said, aircraft carriers have been instrumental in the Iran War, which has dragged on for months despite periods of lull and negotiations. Two carriers—the USS George Washington and USS George H.W. Bush—are currently deployed in the theatre, with a third, the USS Theodore Roosevelt, expected to arrive later this month amid a spike in tensions.

• Contact the author at sakshi.tiwari13 (at) outlook.com
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Washington ha messo alle corde diversi governi alleati, esercitando pressioni senza precedenti per far ritirare il loro supporto a una conferenza organizzata da una ONG europea finanziata dall'UE. Il motivo dello strappo? L'organizzazione, EU DisinfoLab, aveva osato classificare gli Stati Uniti come potenziale fonte di disinformazione straniera. 

L'evento, la conferenza #Disinfo2026 in programma a Vilnius, in Lituania, aveva infatti etichettato gli USA come attore FIMI (Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference). Un termine che, nel gergo di Bruxelles, è solitamente riservato ai rivali geopolitici come Russia e Cina per descrivere le loro presunte attività malevole online. 

La reazione USA è stata fulminea. Secondo quanto riportato da Politico, che ha citato fonti del Dipartimento di Stato e cablogrammi riservati inviati alle ambasciate USA, i funzionari americani hanno fatto capire chiaramente che «etichettare gli Stati Uniti come una minaccia FIMI mina gli obiettivi condivisi e dovrebbe allarmare tutti i coinvolti».  Il risultato? Una vera e propria ritirata con la coda tra le gambe. Ancora prima che la conferenza aprisse i battenti, i loghi del Servizio europeo per l'azione esterna (SEAE) e dei ministeri degli Esteri di Canada e Lituania erano magicamente scomparsi da tutto il materiale promozionale. A salvare la faccia, solo il Ministero degli Esteri francese e l'amministrazione comunale di Vilnius. Secondo Rapporteur (ex Euractiv), la campagna di pressione è stata innescata dallo scrittore americano Michael Shellenberger, che si era dimesso dal ruolo di relatore proprio dopo aver scoperto l'etichetta FIMI affibbiata al suo Paese.

Per capire la reazione sproporzionata di Washington, bisogna guardare alla storia di EU DisinfoLab, una ONG con sede in Belgio che funge da info-gatekeeper (guardiano dell'informazione) per l'UE, spesso utilizzata per emarginare e diffamare i dissidenti che si oppongono alla linea politica di Bruxelles.

La carriera dell'organizzazione è decollata nel 2018, nel modo più classico per i "cacciatori di fake news" allineati: trasformando i critici online del presidente francese Emmanuel Macron in "filo-russi". Durante lo scandalo che vide coinvolto Alexandre Benalla, la guardia del corpo di Macron filmata mentre picchiava dei manifestanti indossando equipaggiamento della polizia, EU DisinfoLab denunciò una massiccia operazione russa. I loro "ricercatori" scovarono presunti "bot russi" e account "filo-russi" che alimentavano l'indignazione pubblica. Peccato che, tra gli account analizzati, ci fossero anche quelli di politici dell'opposizione francese come Jean-Luc Mélenchon e Marine Le Pen, suscitando forti dubbi sulla loro metodologia. Tutta questa industria dei "presunti esperti" di disinformazione è nata sulle ceneri della bolla del Russiagate. La campagna orchestrata dall'ex presidente Barack Obama e da Hillary Clinton per legare Donald Trump alla Russia ha creato un mercato florido. I critici, tuttavia, accusano da tempo queste organizzazioni di fungere da proxy per una censura di Stato che le autorità non possono imporre direttamente.

La patina di rispettabilità di EU DisinfoLab, inoltre, si è sgretolata più di una volta. Nel 2022, l'Autorità belga per la protezione dei dati (APD), in collaborazione con la francese CNIL, ha multato l'ONG e il suo ricercatore capo, Nicolas Vanderbiest, per aver elaborato illegalmente dati personali, rivelando opinioni politiche ed esponendo gli utenti a potenziali discriminazioni attraverso il profilamento politico. Nonostante questo, le dichiarazioni finanziarie mostrano che la Commissione Europea ha erogato all'ONG almeno 1,4 milioni di euro di sovvenzioni nel corso degli anni, spingendo l'eurodeputata del Rassemblement National Virginie Joron a chiederne il taglio dei fondi.

Chi sono, dunque, i censori dell'Occidente? Il consiglio di amministrazione di EU DisinfoLab riflette i legami strettissimi tra l'industria occidentale della "contro-disinformazione" e le operazioni di infowarfare governative.

Tra i membri del consiglio spicca Emma Le Mesurier, vedova ed ex collega di James Le Mesurier, l'ex ufficiale dell'esercito britannico che ha contribuito a fondare i Caschi Bianchi in Siria, il gruppo finanziato dall'Occidente che ha supportato le forze jihadiste nel tentativo di rovesciare il presidente Bashar al-Assad. 

Un altro membro è Andy Pryce, veterano della diplomazia britannica che ha lanciato e diretto il programma del Foreign Office destinato a contrastare le comunicazioni strategiche russe. Il suo nome era inoltre apparso nel "cluster britannico" dell'Integrity Initiative, un progetto di manipolazione mediatica finanziato dal Regno Unito, smascherato nel 2018 dopo la fuga di documenti interni. A completare il quadro, l'ex membro del consiglio Camille Francois, che ha lavorato a un'indagine sull'"interferenza russa" nelle elezioni USA del 2016 per conto della Commissione Intelligence del Senato.

La morale è semplice: nel mondo della "contro-disinformazione" europea, la manipolazione dell'informazione è un'arma potente e pericolosa. Ma a quanto pare, viene considerata tale solo quando a utilizzarla è il "nemico".

France and Germany have rejected reports that their Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) project has collapsed, asserting their joint program to develop a next-generation battle tank remains on track.

On Thursday, France’s armed forces chief Fabien Mandon told parliament that Germany had decided to leave the battle tank program.

On Friday, French Defense Minister Catherine Vautrin said the MGCS project was still on course, speaking during German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s visit to the country.

“We would like to tell you, together with my colleague Minister Boris Pistorius, that MGCS remains a current and active project,” Vautrin said alongside the German defense minister in Le Haillan outside the southwestern French city of Bordeaux.

Pistorius said that he “fully” agreed.

“The MGCS project is not finished. It has not been abandoned. Nobody has stopped it. On the contrary, it is a flagship project of Franco-German cooperation.”

On Thursday, Mandon told French lawmakers the two armies had spent several years “to define what a future battle tank should be”. “The outcome is not good,” Mandon told lawmakers.

“We had hoped to build a future tank in cooperation with the Germans, but unfortunately we have to acknowledge that the Germans have decided to leave the project.”

Later on Thursday, he issued a statement softening his remarks, saying: “Although delayed, the program is continuing and remains highly relevant.”

Main Ground Combat System (MGCS)

Launched jointly by France and Germany in 2017, the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) aims to develop a next-generation battle tank to replace France’s Leclerc and Germany’s Leopard 2 tanks.

It is a “system of systems” project that includes a main battle tank and a network of other combat systems, such as artificial intelligence (AI) for decision-making, advanced sensors, robotics, and onboard unmanned aerial vehicles.

Earlier this June, Rheinmetall’s CEO warned that France may pull out of the MGCS project. “There is always a risk, but nothing has been decided yet,” Armin Papperger told Welt am Sonntag, adding that Paris is planning to drastically cut funding for the project.

A German government spokesperson later questioned the MGCS project, saying it was doubtful a joint tank would be built and that the project would likely focus on “platform-independent” technologies.

Meanwhile, Jean-Paul Alary, CEO of KNDS, the Franco-German company developing the tank, had said at the Eurosatory show in France that, although he could not comment on the MGCS’s current state because it is a political matter, it would be “very bad news” for Europe if the project failed.

The MGCS has remained embroiled in crises and beset by delays, much like the now-abandoned FCAS. Disagreements over the tank’s design, technology, and industrial responsibilities have plagued the MGCS for years.

In short, Berlin wants a stronger, better-armed tank for a potential battle with Russia, while Paris prefers a lighter tank for worldwide deployment. Political and budgetary tensions also persist over which country’s industry should lead.

The project was initially intended to be led by the Franco-German joint venture KNDS, comprising Germany’s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and France’s Nexter. However, Germany allegedly leveraged its considerable political support to push for Rheinmetall’s involvement. Tensions have since grown between the KNDS and Rheinmetall over leadership of program “pillars,” production shares, and contracts.

From a French perspective, Rheinmetall’s involvement has altered the project’s delicate power dynamics, creating discontent and increasing frustration.

Moreover, the project has reportedly been starved of funding. As Rheinmetall CEO Papperger recently noted, the shareholding companies have received only €25 million ($29 million) since the project’s inception.

Meanwhile, France has grown uneasy with Germany’s increasing assertiveness and its emergence as Europe’s preeminent economic and, increasingly, military player, as veteran journalist Prakash Nanda of EurAsian Times noted.

“They are constantly fighting against the mismatched temperaments of their leaders, their orthogonal domestic politics, and the irreconcilably diverging strategic cultures at the heart of their deep states,” Carnegie Europe’s Strategic Europe wrote in a blog last month.

A core divergence lies in strategic outlook: France consistently advocates for greater European strategic autonomy, while Germany remains more committed to robust transatlantic ties with the United States. Meanwhile, economic and trade policies add another layer of friction, with the two powers often diverging on EU-level decisions regarding fiscal rules, industrial strategy, and market access.

France and Germany have struggled to rein in their powerful defense companies, leaving three major European projects — the Eurodrone, the FCAS fighter program, and the MGCS tank program — in serious difficulty. The FCAS has already collapsed, while the other two now risk failure.

• Contact the author (s) at editor (at) eurasiantimes.com
• With AFP Inputs
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Une pancarte passe deux fois derrière un présentateur. Personne ne donne d'ordre. Deux jours plus tard, toutes les équipes de la rédaction nationale de France 2 sont priées de surveiller les mots insultants. Mes chers libertariens de l'Absurdistan, voilà comment on tient une antenne publique sans jamais rien ordonner.

Reprenons. Mardi 6 octobre, 13 Heures de France 2. Derrière Julian Bugier défilent les images de la manifestation lycéenne. Une pancarte vise Brigitte Macron et joue, grossièrement, sur le fait qu'elle fut la professeure de son mari. Je ne la recopie pas. Vous n'y perdez rien, et ce n'est pas le sujet.

Le sujet, c'est la suite. Mercredi, pas d'excuses à l'antenne. Et selon Le Parisien, le président n'a pas aimé, et il l'a fait savoir à la direction de France Télévisions.

Qui parle ? Un proche. L'Élysée n'a rien déclaré. Emmanuel Macron n'a rien déclaré. Le proche, lui, résume : « Évidemment que ça ne lui a pas fait plaisir. » Évidemment.

Une consigne sans auteur

Regardez maintenant la maison se mettre en ordre toute seule.

Le médiateur de France Télévisions trouve l'image fugace, mais juge qu'elle n'aurait pas dû se retrouver à l'écran. Le directeur de la rédaction nationale, Julien Duperray, plaide sa bonne foi : « Nous ne sommes pas responsables de ce qui est écrit sur des pancartes de manifestants. » C'est exact. Puis il concède que l'usage de l'image aurait dû être maîtrisé. Et la direction rappelle à toutes les équipes de veiller aux mots potentiellement insultants.

Amis libertariens, comptons. Un agacement rapporté par un anonyme. Un médiateur contrit. Une note de vigilance pour toute une rédaction. Aucun ordre, nulle part. Amai : la consigne existe, et elle n'a pas d'auteur.

C'est la forme la plus élégante du pouvoir. Il n'interdit rien. Il laisse savoir qu'il n'a pas aimé, et le reste s'organise dans les couloirs.

Le plus subventionné des journaux

Le plus savoureux est ailleurs. Le journal qui raconte l'affaire est celui qui reçoit le plus d'argent public en France.

En 2024, 527 titres se sont partagé 175,2 millions d'euros d'aides directes. Premier du classement par titre : Aujourd'hui en France, l'édition nationale du Parisien, avec 12,24 millions. Premier par groupe : Les Échos-Le Parisien, avec 17,97 millions.

Ce journal-là ne dénonce rien, notez bien. Il raconte. Il rapporte qu'un chef d'État s'est plaint d'une chaîne publique à cause d'une pancarte. Pour le titre le mieux nourri du pays, c'est déjà mordre la main qui donne la gamelle.

Compagnons d'Absurdistan, faites le tableau. D'un côté, une chaîne financée par l'État qui s'excuse d'une pancarte qu'elle n'a pas écrite. De l'autre, le journal le plus subventionné de France, qui publie ce que l'entourage présidentiel aurait préféré garder dans les couloirs.

Mardi, une pancarte. Mercredi, pas d'excuses. Jeudi, une note à toutes les équipes. Ordres donnés : zéro.

La Cour des comptes européenne refuse, pour la septième année consécutive, de certifier les dépenses du budget de l’Union. Taux d’erreur : 3,8 %, au-dessus du seuil de 2 %. Près de 7 milliards d’euros ont été engagés irrégulièrement sur 176,3 milliards d’euros de dépenses.

Le 8 octobre 2026, le rapport annuel sur l’exercice 2025 est publié. Il ne qualifie pas ces faits de fraude. Il établit que le contrôle reste défaillant, année après année, sans correction à la hauteur.

Sept années d’erreurs, sans amélioration notable

Dans son rapport annuel sur l’exercice 2025, la Cour des comptes européenne estime le taux d’erreur à 3,8 %, contre 3,6 % en 2024. Ce niveau dépasse largement le seuil de signification de 2 % retenu par les auditeurs pour apprécier la régularité des dépenses. Sur 176,3 milliards d’euros de dépenses budgétaires, près de 7 milliards sont ainsi concernés par des irrégularités.

Annemie Turtelboom, membre belge de la Cour, résume cette stagnation : « c'est vrai qu'on constate chaque année que le taux d'erreur est assez élevé et que ça ne diminue pas ». Les irrégularités atteignent 6,6 % pour la cohésion et 3,9 % pour les ressources naturelles et l’environnement, deux domaines qui représentent ensemble environ les deux tiers du budget européen.

La Cour précise toutefois que son taux d’erreur n’est « pas un indicateur de fraude, d’inefficience ou de gaspillage ». Il mesure des manquements aux règles de dépense, sans établir à lui seul une fraude ou une mauvaise utilisation économique des fonds. Les auditeurs ont également examiné 750 opérations et 37 paiements du plan de relance aux États membres, dont neuf n’étaient pas conformes aux règles.

Des marchés publics aux justificatifs introuvables

Les marchés publics et les subventions représentent 26 % des cas d’irrégularité, contre 16 % l’année précédente. L’absence de pièces justificatives constitue la deuxième cause, avec 19 % des cas, contre 9 % auparavant. Autrement dit, une part importante des anomalies tient à l’incapacité de produire les documents nécessaires pour établir la régularité des dépenses.

La Cour précise que son taux d’erreur n’est « pas un indicateur de fraude, d’inefficience ou de gaspillage ». Les 17 cas de fraude présumée transmis aux autorités sont un chiffre distinct. Annemie Turtelboom, membre belge de la Cour, le reconnaît : « c’est vrai qu’on constate chaque année que le taux d’erreur est assez élevé et que ça ne diminue pas ».

L’encours constaté de la dette de l’Union atteint 738,9 milliards d’euros. La projection d’un montant proche de 1 000 milliards pour 2027 ne relève pas d’un encours observé. À Bruxelles, les irrégularités dans l’attribution et l’usage des fonds sont devenues une routine comptable. Les élites européennes demandent toujours plus de ressources, mais refusent de rendre des comptes certifiables. Pour la France, rester dans ce cadre signifie financer un budget que les auditeurs eux-mêmes ne valident pas. Le Frexit devient une condition de ce contrôle.

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• The battle for data centres is now two-way, with Ukrainians attacking Russia’s ‘Google’.
• Maps of the day — Sloviansk direction; Velyka Novosilka direction; Dobropillia direction.
• Videos of the day — a scene from the Second World War: a MiG-29 shoots down a drone with its cannon; soldiers clear a network of Russian bunkers; Himars destroys an artillery radar; what the R-280 road to Crimea looks like.

Montenegro detained Mikhail Zvinchuk, the founder of the Rybar Telegram channel, who occupies one of the leading positions in the ecosystem of Russian media supporting the war. His wife and several associates were arrested alongside him. Colleagues in Moscow issued a statement saying they had been planning to film a report on one of the local monasteries, but the authorities of the Nato member state suspected them of conducting a hybrid operation.

At the top of Russian propaganda are the traditional state media, under the Kremlin’s complete control. They have almost no informational value, as they merely repeat the regime’s propaganda.

Below them, however, is a complex structure of Telegram channels that provide more varied reporting, including critical coverage. However, criticism is permitted only of mistakes in the conduct of the war, not of the war itself.

These channels, too, spread propaganda and keep Russian society in a state of war, but they also provide information that helps in analysing the course of the fighting. Rybar is among the largest and most influential of them.

In this case, it is not the work of an individual author but a media outlet with an editorial team and extensive content for 1.5m readers, so Zvinchuk’s arrest does not mean the end of publishing under this brand.

Yet through him, we can follow the fascinating story of a man who came from Russia’s defence ministry to spread its propaganda in the years that followed.

Paradoxically, however, he has recently been one of the few sources in Russia to report regularly on the Russian army’s failures at the front. And the preceding 48 hours were particularly rich in such assessments.

We will therefore gradually describe events in three different directions where, according to Rybar, the Russians are either retreating or at risk of doing so. Coincidentally, these are currently the most important directions of military operations.

We will compare all of its information with independent or Ukrainian sources.

Forget Sloviansk: its capture is currently unrealistic. “The situation is worsening; Sloviansk is being postponed,” Rybar wrote in the first sentence of its latest analysis of the Sloviansk direction. It explained why at length.

According to it, Ukrainian units in the area are increasing the pressure and exploiting their successes near Lyman, which lies north of Sloviansk. The Russian army has suffered a serious defeat here in recent months, losing a large salient from which it had hoped to bypass the Sloviansk-Kramatorsk agglomeration from the north.

Rybar listed the ensuing complications: according to it, Ukrainians have concentrated fresh drone units around the village of Dibrova; the Russians had to withdraw from the village of Piskunivka and are now trying to save Kryva Luka. Ukrainians are also pressing into the village of Ozerne.

Ukrainian formations are increasing their activity, exploiting successes in the Lyman area, where fresh forces of drone operators have been concentrated around Dibrova.

Russian troops were pushed out of what remained of the village of Piskunivka and are now defending the approaches to Kryva Luka. The enemy is trying to break through there both from the west and across the river from Ozerne.

Moreover, heavy fighting is under way west of the village of Kalynyky, while fighting for Rai-Oleksandrivka is “fierce”, “although it was under the Russian army’s full control only recently”.

Nor is this the end of Rybar’s bad news. An “equally difficult situation” persists on the western bank of the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas Canal, where Russian soldiers are “for now” holding positions in the villages of Malynivka, Tykhonivka, and Yurkivka.

Taken together, all of this means that the prospect of an “attack on the agglomeration has receded considerably”.

“Without control of the forests below Lyman, the offensive is doomed, if not to failure, then to high losses from attacks on its flank,” Rybar added.

Its map fully matches the verbal description. The red arrows running from east to west along the entire stretch have been replaced by blue, Ukrainian arrows pointing from west to east.

Paradoxically, the local Telegram channel Mikolaivka-Sloviansk Online provides a far less optimistic picture.

While Rybar no longer even mentions Mykolaivka, which directly borders Sloviansk, according to this source — which has repeatedly provided highly accurate and widely cited information — Russians are still managing to infiltrate it. On Wednesday, it wrote that “the Russian army is applying pressure from the direction of Rai-Oleksandrivka”, while the village itself is in the grey zone.

The explanation may be simple. Most of the names refer to villages the Russians never fully captured, although they claimed they had — including Rybar itself. This is why its map looks as though a small counteroffensive were under way east of Sloviansk. In reality, it mainly makes its previous misleading claims more realistic.

Far more accurate is the map by the Finnish Black Bird Group. Rai-Oleksandrivka is in the middle of the image — no credible analysts have ever considered it occupied by the Russians. Further north are Ozerne and Kryva Luka. Ozerne is particularly interesting.

According to Rybar, the Russians are trying to prevent the Ukrainian army from entering the village; independent analysts show it partly in the grey zone and partly under Ukrainian control. Rybar therefore correctly sees Russian problems, but at this point this is more its usual cartographic “retreat” from unrealistic positions.

Ukrainian pressure continues towards Velyka Novosilka, with fighting already under way near Komar on the eastern bank of the Mokri Yaly river. This is not entirely new either, but several Russian sources are writing about fighting in this direction with new urgency and, from the Russian perspective, scepticism.

“The situation remains extremely tense. There is mounting evidence that the enemy is seeking to advance around the village of Komar,” Rybar wrote.

This is an important village. When the Russians captured Velyka Novosilka last year after taking Vuhledar, Komar was a significant obstacle to their advance into Dnipropetrovsk oblast.

Fierce fighting took place over the village at the time, and the Ukrainian army lost it in June 2025. The front then moved another 15 to 20 km deeper into Ukrainian territory, but it is now moving back after months of slow advances.

Here, too, Rybar’s map appears more dramatic than the situation actually is. It depicts territory being liberated since February. However, it claims that the situation is worsening and the outlook is negative.

But the information about movements near Komar is genuinely fresh. Other sources agree on it almost metre for metre.

The Russian mapping project Slivochny Kapriz showed the exact location at the northern end of Komar, across the Mokri Yaly river, where Russian drones struck a Ukrainian video.

The Ukrainian Telegram account Petrenko also geolocated the incident at the same location.

Alexander Radov, another pro-war Russian, claimed that testimony from Ukrainian prisoners in this direction indicated that the Ukrainian command’s objectives were Bahatyr, 12 km east of Komar, and Velyka Novosilka itself, 13 km to the south.

This claim cannot be verified, but if it were true, Ukrainian objectives in this sector would be becoming ambitious. (Both Bahatyr and Velyka Novosilka are in the lower-right section of Rybar’s map at the beginning of this section.)

Russians are infiltrating Dobropillia, but a Ukrainian counteroffensive is pressing against their flank from the north. The fact that Russians are already operating in the town has been objectively confirmed by both sides. However, an earlier Russian claim that it had been encircled is false.

Rybar’s map again reflects what was written. In the town itself and its surroundings, red arrows show Russian attacks, while northeast of it, Ukrainian counterattacks are shown against the flank.

The Ukrainian channel Petrenko again serves as a source from the other side. Its map of Dobropillia has three circles, each marking a location where drones spotted Russian soldiers.

A Ukrainian soldier writing under the name Bakhmut Demon also confirmed Russian infiltrations into the town. However, he said they were being eliminated and that Russian losses would rise from November. He probably meant the period when the leaves fall and the terrain begins to turn muddy. Both will make the attackers’ advance more difficult.

Bakhmut Demon also warned that vigilance needed to be increased, as Russians are changing into civilian clothes and trying to infiltrate between Ukrainian positions in them.

Soldiers on the Zaporizhzhia direction described the same practice to us during a recent trip to Ukraine. There, too, they said that men in civilian clothing are sent ahead of infiltration groups in order to deceive drone operators.

Finally, another map by Black Bird Group. It, too, confirms the Russian advance towards Dobropillia, but does not show Ukrainian attacks in the north. The explanation is the same as in the previous cases: Rybar had drawn Russian positions much further forward than they actually were.

The battle for data centres is now two-way, with Ukrainians attacking Russia’s ‘Google’. Yandex is a technology giant that underpins the Russian internet. Its search engine, for example, is used by two-thirds of Russians. But its services are far broader. Among other things, it provides cloud storage to its clients.

The company provides its services through five main data centres. On Thursday, drones attacked the first of them. They struck the facility in Sasovo, in Ryazan oblast.

“This data centre is one of the key and largest data centres in Yandex’s Russian infrastructure. It contains tens of thousands of servers, and the company’s cloud services and computing capacity for machine learning operate on its equipment,” the Russian Telegram channel Military Informant explained the significance of the target.

As a result of the attack, outages in various internet-connected services were reported throughout the day.

The exile website Meduza listed several affected media outlets whose websites either could not be loaded at times or loaded slowly: RBC, Vedomosti, RIA Novosti, Kommersant, Vesti, Interfax, and Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

On Friday, another Yandex data centre was attacked, this time in Kaluga. The company acknowledged damage to equipment and announced that “some Yandex services may experience outages”.

Videos of the day

The events in the following video are almost identical to those witnessed by people in south-east England in 1944. Nazi Germany had then begun using V-1 flying bombs, and the most effective weapon against them was fighter aircraft, which shot down hundreds of these “wonder weapons” just above the sea while flying at the limit of their maximum speed.

Ukrainian pilots are now using the same tactic because of a shortage of air-to-air missiles. In this case, a MiG-29 shot down a Russian Geran-4 jet drone with fire from its 30mm cannon.

The MiG-29 is 17.4 metres long. The distance between it and the drone when firing began was around eight times its length — just under 150 metres. The risks to the pilot are obvious: the cloud of debris endangers the aircraft itself.

Spectacular destruction of a Shahed drone with the autocannon of a MiG-29. pic.twitter.com/CMUOpUKjLr

— WarTranslated (@wartranslated) October 7, 2026

Once a common sight, now more of a rarity. A Himars multiple-launch rocket system destroyed a Russian artillery radar.

💥A rare sight these days: a HIMARS strike, apparently using a GMLRS rocket, destroys a Russian Irbis counter-battery radar after it was detected and tracked by reconnaissance drones of Ukraine’s 43rd Artillery Brigade.

The Irbis is a relatively new Russian multifunctional radar… pic.twitter.com/sYl3jRcD5i

— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) October 8, 2026

The war has moved underground to an even greater extent than was previously customary. Soldiers at the front are building interconnected underground bunkers. A video by the 5th Assault Brigade shows the clearing of what were probably abandoned Russian positions.

Soldiers throw explosives into the openings. The footage then allows viewers to see, from plumes of smoke and dust pouring from underground, how many entrances the bunker had and how they were arranged.

🇺🇦2nd Assault Battalion of the 5th Assault Brigade clearing a collapsed bunker system, #Huliaipole sector
at south eastern front pic.twitter.com/OoVU6x7PIH

— C4H10FO2P ☠️ (@markito0171) October 9, 2026

The R-280 road to Crimea remains a deadly trap for Russian logistics.

Days after days, the same videos are coming from southern occupied Ukraine.

Large truck convoys, protected by many truck-mounted air-defense, ride at full speed on key roads.

Full of goods, fuel or military hardware, they are constantly attacked by Ukrainian drones. pic.twitter.com/tSDMe8VRwd

— Clément Molin (@clement_molin) October 7, 2026

Germany’s Interior Ministry has ordered consulates to withhold citizenship certificates under a postwar restitution law after investigators found that dozens of applicants, most of them Chinese nationals, allegedly posed as descendants of people persecuted by the Nazis.

The Federal Office of Administration and the Interior Ministry instructed German missions abroad last week not to hand over naturalization documents “until further notice” and to postpone ceremonies, according to emails reported by Der Spiegel and confirmed in subsequent accounts. A ministry spokesperson said the procedures for so-called restitution naturalizations are under review “to further secure the procedure against corresponding criminal activities.”

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The pause follows a Der Spiegel investigation published in early September that detailed an alleged scheme exploiting Article 116, Paragraph 2 of the Basic Law. That provision states that former German nationals whose citizenship was revoked between Jan. 30, 1933, and May 8, 1945, “for political, racial or religious reasons, and their descendants, shall be renaturalized on application.”

Prosecutors in Düsseldorf and the Federal Criminal Police Office are investigating 32 suspects on suspicion of document forgery and violations of the nationality law, authorities have confirmed. At least 28 of those under investigation are Chinese nationals, according to the Düsseldorf prosecutor’s office. German citizenship had already been granted in roughly half the cases. The suspects are said to live in Cyprus, Israel, Britain, and the United States.

Investigators allege the applicants submitted forged or notarized copies of documents and invented genealogical links to real Jewish families who fled or were stripped of citizenship under Nazi rule. In one example cited by Der Spiegel and other outlets, applicants claimed descent from Karl Siegfried Süßkind and Gertraud Süßkind, a couple who left Germany for British Palestine.

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The Chinese applicants, including one identified as Liu H. who obtained citizenship in 2024 under the name Derrick Wong, were not actual descendants. Another person, identified as Tian C. and living in London, is accused of using the same fabricated lineage.

Some of those under investigation were already sought internationally on suspicion of serious crimes, including kidnapping and murder, Der Spiegel reported. Prosecutors have said they could not confirm details of foreign cases because they fall outside the German inquiry. The scheme was reportedly advertised on a Chinese social-media platform for more than half a million euros.

An Interior Ministry spokesperson, responding after the initial Spiegel report, said the ministry regretted the “identity thefts” in which “applicants misused biographies of those affected by National Socialism.” The spokesperson added that once sufficient information is available, the Federal Office of Administration will “immediately initiate withdrawal proceedings” in cases of fraudulently obtained citizenship. Unlawful naturalizations can generally be revoked within 10 years.

Fears over mass immigration fraud in Germany as major investigation finds fake language certificates for sale on TikTok

The Cologne-based office received 14,148 applications for restitution citizenship in 2025, Der Spiegel reported. Officials have noted that the special procedure differs from ordinary naturalization: staff often help applicants assemble proof rather than requiring them to produce every original document, a practice rooted in the law’s reparative purpose. Legitimate descendants may now face delays while certificates already prepared are held and files are rechecked.

The Interior Ministry, led by Alexander Dobrindt of the Christian Social Union, has described the suspension as a temporary measure to protect the integrity of the process, not a repeal of the constitutional right.

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A Slovak member of the European Parliament said Wednesday that street violence, sexual attacks and Islamist agitation seen in parts of Western Europe have not occurred in Poland or Slovakia because those countries rejected the same migration policies as countries like France, Germany, and Belgium.

Milan Mazurek of the Europe of Sovereign Nations group spoke during a debate on Islamist entryism and Muslim Brotherhood networks. “Why we don’t have it in Slovakia? Why we don’t have it in Poland? What is the difference? We did not follow your insane migration policies,” he said.

SEND THEM BACK! https://t.co/GJGk9VeyWd

— Milan Mazurek (@MilanMazurek) October 8, 2026

As non-stop videos of riots in France in Belgium flood social media — including burning schools, teachers doused in gasoline, and police officers beaten unconscious — the contrast between countries like Poland and Slovakia with Western Europe has never been more clear.

BREAKING: Schools are burning across France as violent student blockades grow. The mayhem shows no sign of slowing down despite 625 arrests. Oct. 1 Nelson-Mandela high school in Nantes burned, façade and hall destroyed. The school is expected to be closed for several days. A fire at the Talensac private high school destroyed the entrance and doors. Fires reported outside the Berthollet, Baudelaire and Sommeiller high schools; firefighters said they were working to stop the flames from reaching the buildings. At the Lumière High School in Lyon, the facade was damaged by a fire. Police are investigating the case as arson. At Haubourdin, near Lille, heavy damage was reported, and municipal buildings were ransacked; Beaupré High School will remain closed due to ongoing student blockades. Sept. 30 A flaming car was rammed into Émile-Zola high school n Wattrelos. The school has been closed and a police investigation has been launched. At the Paul-Éluard high school in the multicultural Paris suburb Saint-Denis, the gate was set on fire. The Paris region president said gate replacement, security and cleaning would cost €100,000. The total damage across regional high schools is now nearing €1 million, including roughly ten gates out of service. At the Gustave-Eiffel high school, bin fires spread to the facades of two houses opposite the school. Firework mortars were reportedly fired at the school building. In the Bordeaux area, clashes and fires were reported at Montesquieu, Les Iris and Élie-Faure, as well as Gustave-Eiffel. Ten arrests were reported for arson, damage and projectiles. A firefighter was injured near Montaigne the day before. Sept. 29 At Jean-Mermoz high school in Montpellier, fires destroyed the caretaker’s lodge at a side entrance. Students were evacuated. Mass arrests As of Sept. 30, 356 high schools were disrupted, 625 people arrested, and 83 police officers and gendarmes injured, according to Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. Follow: @RMXnews

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 1, 2026

Mazurek opened by addressing what he called progressive liberals, telling them: “Send them back! That’s for you, progressive liberals, because it was you who destroyed Western Europe.”

He said Western European cities “are in flames” and “controlled by violent criminals, rapists, murderers, and radical Islamists like Muslim Brotherhood.”

Certainly, the riots in France have shown a state increasingly losing control to a multicultural student body, many who reject not only France, but also the French people.

BREAKING: Migrant student youths have set fire to multiple buses and even fire trucks in the French city of Marseille as chaos spreads. The Marseille transport authority, RTM, said several of its buses "were targeted near high schools in the north and east of Marseille," that "drivers had to leave their vehicles in a hurry and one of them was assaulted." The regional Marseille government said an "unacceptable line" had been crossed at Victor Hugo High School, where "the principal, the deputy principal, the general secretary and the team leader were assaulted and doused with gasoline," according to the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, cited by BFMTV. France is descending into chaos as student blockades grip the country. Over 650 arrests have been made. Follow: @RMXnews

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 1, 2026

Mazurek referred to video from France of “young people of migration descent calling for killing of police in the name of Allah.”

He warned that the same open borders approach was being forced on Central and Eastern Europe “into acceptance of the same people that destroyed the West. The same people who are raping women and children in the streets of Western European cities.” He concluded, “We need to defeat you and start with mass deportations from Europe.”

A White female supervisor at Baudelaire High School is beaten by a mob of multicultural students during a blockade in Seynod. The woman is completely surrounded when a Black male punches her in the face multiple times. Follow: @RMXnews https://t.co/GGrDgjV4YL

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 2, 2026

Muslim population estimates place France at roughly 8 percent to 10 percent and Germany at 6 percent to 7 percent, with Sweden higher. Poland’s share is estimated at 0.1 percent to 0.2 percent, and Slovakia’s at about 0.1%, according to census figures and researcher estimates.

Overall foreign-born people accounted for 2.6 percent of Poland’s resident population and 4 percent of Slovakia’s. Those were among the lowest shares in the EU; the bloc average for people born outside their country of residence is far higher, and several Western European countries exceed 20 percent. Many of these foreign populations in Slovakia and Poland are also not from the Third World, but instead from neighboring Ukraine and other Eastern European nations.

BREAKING: Another major school arson attack at Blaise Pascal High School in the French city of Rouen. The entire entrance is currently in flames. School staff can only stand and watch it burn. Follow: @RMXnews https://t.co/CZ8h1aDO3U

— Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) October 1, 2026

Police-recorded sexual violence rates in 2023 stood at about 192 incidents per 100,000 inhabitants in Sweden, 131 in France and 63 in Germany, according to Statista.

Poland and Slovakia rank at the bottom of European figures. Rape counts compiled through the European Institute for Gender Equality run roughly 500 to 600 cases a year in Poland, or about 1.3 per 100,000 people, and about 100 cases in Slovakia, or about 1.8 per 100,000.

Meanwhile, Sweden recorded nearly 9,000 rape cases in the same period, France more than 40,000 and Germany more than 13,000.

Sweden’s National Council for Crime Prevention has found foreign-born suspects several times more likely to be registered for rape and lethal violence after controls for age and sex, with higher ratios for some Middle Eastern, North African and sub-Saharan African origin groups. French Interior Ministry data for 2023 show foreign nationals, particularly from African countries, overrepresented among suspects in sexual violence and attacks on officials. German police statistics show elevated non-citizen shares among suspects in violent and sexual offenses.

France burns: Migration-background students rampage across the country, teachers doused in gasoline, schools set on fire, and hundreds of arrests reported

Furthermore, large riots with arson and attacks on police in high-immigration districts, including France’s ongoing 2026 school unrest that led to thousands of arrests, have no equivalent scale in Polish or Slovak cities.

Islamist attacks and fatalities since the mid-2010s have been concentrated in France, with smaller totals in Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. Poland and Slovakia have recorded no serious Islamic terror attacks. Notably, both Eastern European countries feature safe and secure Christmas markets, unlike Germany.

Germany’s famed Christmas markets face surging costs as security is beefed up due to ongoing terror risks

The European Parliament adopted a related resolution the following day by a vote of 381-167 calling for scrutiny of Muslim Brotherhood-linked networks and limits on certain EU funding.

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