Activists from Greenpeace confronted French President Emmanuel Macron to protest the country's imports of enriched uranium from Russia for its power plants.
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Activists from Greenpeace confronted French President Emmanuel Macron to protest the country's imports of enriched uranium from Russia for its power plants.
We must unite for European defence.
We need defragmentation, consolidation, and scale.
And we need to have more experience of success in developing pan-European defence projects.
#DefenceReadiness 🇪🇺
@europarl.europa.eu debate ⬇️
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Oekraïne krijgt 35 PAC-3 raketten voor het Patriot afweersysteem van diverse landen, waaronder Duitsland en Nederland. Voorraad voor 1 week?
Nog een schip geraakt nabij de Straat van Hormuz. Ditmaal een bulkcarrier op zo’n 50 zeemijl te noordwesten van Dubai.
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Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/37qj...
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In aflevering #3 van de onze podcast kijken @remcobreuker.bsky.social en ik naar de cruciale rol die China en Noord-Korea spelen in de Oekraïne-oorlog.
🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Rusland zou de oorlog niet zou kunnen voortzetten zonder China
🇰🇵 🇺🇦 En Noord-Korea neemt zelfs direct deel aan de oorlog
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🇺🇦The Ukrainian Defense Ministry released the following report:
“Over more than 1,460 days, Patriot air defense systems have fired about 600 missiles against Russia in Ukraine, and approximately 800 missiles against Iran in just 3 days.”
“We are ready to help those who help us,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, revealing that Kyiv is sending a team to the Gulf region to help allies counter Iranian drones, praising Ukraine’s extensive battlefield experience in drone warfare.
The members of Iran’s women’s football team who did not claim asylum in Australia arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 11, 2026 © AFP
"Iranian women footballers claiming asylum in Australia evacuated from their safe house on Wednesday after one team member changed her mind and revealed their location to the Iranian embassy, Canberra said."
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What if the war with Iran triggers consequences no one is prepared for? Thinking through the worst case is where planning begins. warontherocks.com/20...
" #Europe ’s plan to keep #Ukraine afloat"
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A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”
This is from 1975.
BREAKING Vessel hit by projectile off UAE coast, says UK maritime agency.
The same agency earlier reported an unknown projectile hit another cargo ship in the strategic Strait of Hormuz abutting Iran, causing a fire and forcing the crew to evacuate
A Russian "Z-blogger" commented on yesterday's missile strike on Kremniy El plant in Russia's Bryansk:
"The enemy, contrary to our efforts to demilitarize Ukraine, by contrast, has the ability to fire missiles deeper into Russian territory, hitting targets of choice, changing directions."
'Iran maakt melding van meer dan 1300 omgekomen burgers' nieuws.nl/buitenland/i...
New article - Iran's explosive uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) which are hitting tankers in the Persian Gulf -> www.hisutton.com/IRGC-USV.html
BREAKING Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is "safe and sound" despite reports of an injury during the war with Israel and the United States, the son of the Iranian president said on Wednesday
Trump dag 415: 150 Amerikaanse gewonden sinds begin aanval Iran, schepen Straat van Hormuz toch niet begeleid, VS gebruikte voor $5,6 miljard aan munitie in eerste twee dagen Iranoorlog, ‘DOGE-medewerker stal gegevens honderden miljoenen Amerikanen’: reportersonline.nl/trump-dag-41...
La frégate néerlandaise HNLMS Evertsen rejoint le Charles de Gaulle pour une mission défensive en Méditerranée orientale
❗️ [ 🇫🇷 FRANCE | 🌍 MOYEN-ORIENT ]
🔸 Les frégates néerlandaise HNLMS Evertsen, italienne Federico Martinengo et espagnole Cristóbal Colón ont été autorisées à rejoindre le groupe aéronaval du porte‑avions français Charles de Gaulle dans le contexte de la crise au Moyen‑Orient.
Strait of Hormuz, 2026-03-10 (14:16 UTC)
AIS-data (+/-1h) overlayed to SAR satellite data and faintly, normal paths.
Almost wholly void. A handful ships, moving or drifting.
AIS-data, pointless for now.
Data: marinetraffic, Sentinel 1. Code: @pa.nton.cx
Trump team's swaggering rhetoric on Iran war fuels backlash.
Official accounts circulate videos blending real combat footage with imagery from Hollywood films and video games. It marks a departure from the more restrained language traditionally used by US leaders during wartime
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Strait of Hormuz, 2026-03-10 (14:16 UTC)
AIS data vs SAR imagery
#OOTT #Iran #Tankers
A large part of the reason why the US Navy has been able to get away with underinvesting in MCM is... NATO.
The sharing of capabilities meant that the US could leave MCM to European allies, who became rather good at it.
This didn't take into account the US fighting a dumbass war, w/o NATO.
UPDATE | American forces across the Middle East continue to endure air raid sirens and explosions as Operation Epic Fury has stretched into its second week.
Here's what's happening at U.S. bases in the region amid the ongoing campaign against Iran.
From Stars and Stripes' Lara Korte:
NEW: CENTCOM reported that US forces destroyed 16 Iranian minelayers near the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian mining efforts are part of a broader effort to disrupt maritime traffic in the Strait & Gulf to impose a cost. (1/5)
Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 10, 2026: isw.pub/IranUpdate03...
Operation Epic Escort: Pentagon Weighs Options on Strait of Hormuz Transits — USNI News
news.usni.org/2026/03/10/o...
Hasty redeployment of US missiles from South Korea to Middle East leaves Seoul rattled
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