Last week, Trump desperately wanted the Nobel Peace Prize. This week, he wants to be 'Murderer-in-Chief'. Go figure! — © Mark Alexander
Friday, October 24, 2025
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Last week, Trump desperately wanted the Nobel Peace Prize. This week, he wants to be 'Murderer-in-Chief'. Go figure! — © Mark Alexander
EXPOSED: Prince Andrew & Sarah Ferguson’s Hidden £15 Million Palace in Abu Dhabi
Oct 24, 2025 | Prince Andrew’s secret life is finally being exposed. After living rent-free for 22 years in a 30-room Windsor mansion, new revelations suggest he has access to a hidden palace in Abu Dhabi — a luxurious residence gifted by the ruling Al Nahyan family. But why won’t he move there? And why is Sarah Ferguson refusing to leave Royal Lodge?
This in-depth royal investigation uncovers the truth behind Prince Andrew’s mysterious Abu Dhabi palace, his long-standing Middle East connections, and the growing pressure from King Charles to force him out of Windsor. We explore what’s really happening inside Royal Lodge, how Andrew secured his £7.5 million lease deal, and why royal insiders believe the Duke and his ex-wife could soon flee to the Middle East or Switzerland to escape mounting legal and financial trouble.
This in-depth royal investigation uncovers the truth behind Prince Andrew’s mysterious Abu Dhabi palace, his long-standing Middle East connections, and the growing pressure from King Charles to force him out of Windsor. We explore what’s really happening inside Royal Lodge, how Andrew secured his £7.5 million lease deal, and why royal insiders believe the Duke and his ex-wife could soon flee to the Middle East or Switzerland to escape mounting legal and financial trouble.
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Spying on the Royals - Part 1 (2018) | Full Documentary
Oct 24, 2025 | December 1936: King Edward VIII telephoned his brother Bertie to tell him that he could no longer be King if it meant losing the woman he loved, Wallis Simpson. His every word was being scrutinized by intelligence officers. This royal romance can now be seen through a unique new perspective: the eyes of those who spied on Edward VIII, and Wallis Simpson, creating a secret dossier unlike any other.
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“He Has to Pack His Bags and Go" - What Can Be Done about Prince Andrew? | BBC Question Time
Oct 24, 2025 | Prince Andrew relinquished his titles due to growing pressure over his links with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and now there is a focus on his lease of Royal Lodge, with Lib Dem leader Ed Davey calling on Westminster to "properly scrutinise" the Crown Estate.
Prince Andrew has consistently denied all allegations made against him.
A BBC Question Time audience member asked: "What can be done about Prince Andrew?"
Prince Andrew has consistently denied all allegations made against him.
A BBC Question Time audience member asked: "What can be done about Prince Andrew?"
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Isn't it true to say that Donald Trump is now a warmonger? — © Mark Alexander
A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Critics are outraged over President Trump’s demolition of the East Wing to make way for his $300 million ballroom. Others say it was time for change.
The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans on official tours, the site of offices for every first lady for nearly a half century and the home of calligraphers who prepared thousands of invitations for White House state dinners, disappeared into a pile of rubble on Thursday. It had stood for 123 years.
Built in 1902 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration as an entryway for guests arriving in carriages, and rebuilt in the 1940s during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, the East Wing met its end under orders from President Trump. He dismissed it this week as “a very small building” that was in the way of his planned 90,000-square-foot, $300 million ballroom.
A New York Times analysis of satellite imagery showed that the demolition included the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the East Colonnade, which connected the East Wing to the White House and included the president’s theater.
The East Wing’s destruction prompted outrage from preservationists and Democrats, and mourning from those who once worked there. » | Elisabeth Bumiller | Reporting from Washington | Thursday, October 23, 2025
More criminal activity! Sheer vandalism. The destruction of the American story. Replacing dignified history with naffness and bling. This could raise laughs in a Reality TV show, but in real life it’s heartbreaking. — © Mark Alexander
The East Wing, the entrance to the White House for millions of Americans on official tours, the site of offices for every first lady for nearly a half century and the home of calligraphers who prepared thousands of invitations for White House state dinners, disappeared into a pile of rubble on Thursday. It had stood for 123 years.
Built in 1902 during the Theodore Roosevelt administration as an entryway for guests arriving in carriages, and rebuilt in the 1940s during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency, the East Wing met its end under orders from President Trump. He dismissed it this week as “a very small building” that was in the way of his planned 90,000-square-foot, $300 million ballroom.
A New York Times analysis of satellite imagery showed that the demolition included the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden and the East Colonnade, which connected the East Wing to the White House and included the president’s theater.
The East Wing’s destruction prompted outrage from preservationists and Democrats, and mourning from those who once worked there. » | Elisabeth Bumiller | Reporting from Washington | Thursday, October 23, 2025
More criminal activity! Sheer vandalism. The destruction of the American story. Replacing dignified history with naffness and bling. This could raise laughs in a Reality TV show, but in real life it’s heartbreaking. — © Mark Alexander
Trump Says He Will Not Seek Authorization for Cartel Strikes
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The president said he would bypass Congress rather than ask for approval for his military campaign against drug traffickers, even as he said it would expand from sea to land.
President Trump said on Thursday that he would bypass Congress rather than seek its approval to carry out military strikes against drug cartels that traffic narcotics to the United States, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land.
“I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Mr. Trump told reporters of his campaign of deadly strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea near Colombia and Venezuela. “I think we are going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We are going to kill them, you know? They are going to be, like, dead.”
He made the remarks during a news conference at the White House to promote the work of agencies that Mr. Trump said were working to “arrest, prosecute and permanently remove” people who were part of an elaborate drug cartel operation inside the United States.
They came as the president has talked about expanding the legally questionable military operation he has undertaken over the past several weeks, in which nine airstrikes at sea have resulted in 37 acknowledged deaths. » | Robert Jimison | Robert Jimison, who covers foreign policy and defense issues in Congress, reported from Washington. | Thursday, October 23, 2025
Elect a criminal to lead you; expect criminal activity to follow. Killing people without proof of wrongdoing, without due process, is a crime. — © Mark Alexander
President Trump said on Thursday that he would bypass Congress rather than seek its approval to carry out military strikes against drug cartels that traffic narcotics to the United States, even as he vowed to expand the operation from attacks at sea to targets on land.
“I don’t think we’re going to necessarily ask for a declaration of war,” Mr. Trump told reporters of his campaign of deadly strikes against vessels in the Caribbean Sea near Colombia and Venezuela. “I think we are going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We are going to kill them, you know? They are going to be, like, dead.”
He made the remarks during a news conference at the White House to promote the work of agencies that Mr. Trump said were working to “arrest, prosecute and permanently remove” people who were part of an elaborate drug cartel operation inside the United States.
They came as the president has talked about expanding the legally questionable military operation he has undertaken over the past several weeks, in which nine airstrikes at sea have resulted in 37 acknowledged deaths. » | Robert Jimison | Robert Jimison, who covers foreign policy and defense issues in Congress, reported from Washington. | Thursday, October 23, 2025
Elect a criminal to lead you; expect criminal activity to follow. Killing people without proof of wrongdoing, without due process, is a crime. — © Mark Alexander
Trump Says He’s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada
THE NEW YORK TIMES: The president said he was motivated by an ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that featured Ronald Reagan criticizing tariffs in a 1987 radio address.
President Trump said late Thursday that he was terminating negotiations with Canada over the high tariffs that he imposed on its steel, auto parts and other major exports, adding new uncertainty to the relationship with America’s second-biggest trading partner.
On Truth Social, the president said he was ending all trade negotiations with Canada because of a video ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that featured former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
“TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A.,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
Mr. Trump claimed that the ad was fake and said that it had been placed “to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court,” which is currently considering a legal challenge to many of Mr. Trump’s tariffs. » | Ana Swanson and Matina Stevis-Gridneff | Reporting from Washington and Toronto | Thursday, October 23, 2025
Generally speaking, tariffs are passé. They are the economic tool of old-fashioned thinkers and of people who do not understand economics. They are not an economic tool useful in generating or furthering prosperity. Further, having a tantrum is not going to make Trump’s tariffs bring about prosperity, neither for Americans nor for the rest of the world. — © Mark Alexander
President Trump said late Thursday that he was terminating negotiations with Canada over the high tariffs that he imposed on its steel, auto parts and other major exports, adding new uncertainty to the relationship with America’s second-biggest trading partner.
On Truth Social, the president said he was ending all trade negotiations with Canada because of a video ad, paid for by the province of Ontario, that featured former President Ronald Reagan speaking negatively about tariffs.
“TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A.,” Mr. Trump wrote. “Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED.”
Mr. Trump claimed that the ad was fake and said that it had been placed “to interfere with the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court,” which is currently considering a legal challenge to many of Mr. Trump’s tariffs. » | Ana Swanson and Matina Stevis-Gridneff | Reporting from Washington and Toronto | Thursday, October 23, 2025
Generally speaking, tariffs are passé. They are the economic tool of old-fashioned thinkers and of people who do not understand economics. They are not an economic tool useful in generating or furthering prosperity. Further, having a tantrum is not going to make Trump’s tariffs bring about prosperity, neither for Americans nor for the rest of the world. — © Mark Alexander
Labour Party Pushed Into Third Place in Wales Special Election
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Plaid Cymru, a center-left nationalist party, defeated the right-wing Reform U.K. and Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour in a race seen as a test of his popularity.
A center-left nationalist candidate defeated the governing Labour Party and Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist Reform U.K. in a Welsh Parliament special election on Thursday that has been closely watched as a potential bellwether of major upheaval in wider elections next year.
Plaid Cymru, a party that supports Welsh independence from Britain, had been vying with Reform U.K. in polls leading up to Thursday’s vote in Caerphilly — for decades a Labour Party stronghold — amid poor approval ratings for both Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government and its main opposition, the center-right Conservatives.
Its candidate, Lindsay Whittle, was elected with 47 percent of the vote. Reform U.K.’s candidate was second on 36 percent, despite a high-profile campaign joined by Mr. Farage, which he had said could be the start of “spectacular” victories for the party in other parts of Wales. Labour’s candidate placed third, with 11 percent.
The election was seen as the latest bruising test for Mr. Starmer’s Labour government, which has had remarkably low approval ratings for a party that won a landslide victory in July 2024, while Reform U.K. has surged in the polls. » | Lizzie Dearden | Reporting from London | Friday, October 24, 2025
As a result of Brexit, Wales would be best served by being an independent country in the European Union. It would bring prosperity to Wales just as it has brought prosperity to the Republic of Ireland. Saying that Wales is too small to be independent might well have been true at one time, but today, with the existence of the EU, it is a nonsense. There are other small, independent countries in the EU. Luxembourg is a great case in point. Luxembourg is very small and very prosperous. Bring true, lasting prosperity to Wales by being an independent country in the EU. Being joined at the hip with England has never brought true, lasting prosperity to Wales. In any case, the Welshman's roots are in Europe. Welsh Celts can be traced back to Austria, to Hallein, apparently. (You can google it.) Is it a coincidence that the very word for salt in Welsh is halen? — © Mark Alexander
A center-left nationalist candidate defeated the governing Labour Party and Nigel Farage’s right-wing populist Reform U.K. in a Welsh Parliament special election on Thursday that has been closely watched as a potential bellwether of major upheaval in wider elections next year.
Plaid Cymru, a party that supports Welsh independence from Britain, had been vying with Reform U.K. in polls leading up to Thursday’s vote in Caerphilly — for decades a Labour Party stronghold — amid poor approval ratings for both Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government and its main opposition, the center-right Conservatives.
Its candidate, Lindsay Whittle, was elected with 47 percent of the vote. Reform U.K.’s candidate was second on 36 percent, despite a high-profile campaign joined by Mr. Farage, which he had said could be the start of “spectacular” victories for the party in other parts of Wales. Labour’s candidate placed third, with 11 percent.
The election was seen as the latest bruising test for Mr. Starmer’s Labour government, which has had remarkably low approval ratings for a party that won a landslide victory in July 2024, while Reform U.K. has surged in the polls. » | Lizzie Dearden | Reporting from London | Friday, October 24, 2025
As a result of Brexit, Wales would be best served by being an independent country in the European Union. It would bring prosperity to Wales just as it has brought prosperity to the Republic of Ireland. Saying that Wales is too small to be independent might well have been true at one time, but today, with the existence of the EU, it is a nonsense. There are other small, independent countries in the EU. Luxembourg is a great case in point. Luxembourg is very small and very prosperous. Bring true, lasting prosperity to Wales by being an independent country in the EU. Being joined at the hip with England has never brought true, lasting prosperity to Wales. In any case, the Welshman's roots are in Europe. Welsh Celts can be traced back to Austria, to Hallein, apparently. (You can google it.) Is it a coincidence that the very word for salt in Welsh is halen? — © Mark Alexander
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Serving the Pope with Your Life — What It's Like to Be a Swiss Guard
Oct 18, 2025 | Dario is 25, Swiss, and has just sworn to protect the Pope — even if it costs him his life.
In this rare behind-the-scenes look, we follow him through Vatican City, past tourists and tradition, and into the inner workings of one of the world's oldest military units.
From colorful uniforms to silent guards, from ancient rituals to modern challenges — this is the story of one man's mission at the center of the Catholic Church.
What’s life really like inside the Vatican? What are the duties of the Pope’s mysterious army? And what drives young men like Dario to take this sacred oath?
Here is a related documentary.
In this rare behind-the-scenes look, we follow him through Vatican City, past tourists and tradition, and into the inner workings of one of the world's oldest military units.
From colorful uniforms to silent guards, from ancient rituals to modern challenges — this is the story of one man's mission at the center of the Catholic Church.
What’s life really like inside the Vatican? What are the duties of the Pope’s mysterious army? And what drives young men like Dario to take this sacred oath?
Here is a related documentary.
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Mitten im Skandal um Prinz Andrew: Papst setzt Zeichen der Versöhnung mit britischer Monarchie
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Das historische Treffen von Papst Leo XIV. und König Charles III. fällt in eine heikle Zeit. Während der Missbrauchsskandal um Prinz Andrew Schlagzeilen macht, sucht der Vatikan die Annäherung.
Während die britische Monarchie mit neuen Enthüllungen im Missbrauchsskandal um Prinz Andrew kämpft, setzt der Vatikan ausgerechnet jetzt auf ein historisches Zeichen der Versöhnung: Papst Leo XIV. und König Charles III. beteten am Donnerstag erstmals seit der Spaltung der Kirche von England vor fast 500 Jahren gemeinsam.
Der britische Monarch und das Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche nahmen in der Sixtinischen Kapelle an einem ökumenischen Gottesdienst teil, der live vom vatikanischen Fernsehsender übertragen wurde. Auch Königin Camilla war anwesend. Lateinische Gesänge wechselten sich mit englischen Gebeten ab; die Musik stammte vom Chor der Sixtinischen Kapelle und zwei königlichen Chören aus Großbritannien.
Der gemeinsame Gottesdienst markiert das erste Gebet eines englischen Monarchen mit einem Papst seit der Abspaltung der Kirche von England von Rom unter König Heinrich VIII. im Jahr 1534. Seitdem hatten britische Könige und Päpste zwar Kontakte gepflegt, gemeinsame liturgische Feiern waren jedoch tabu geblieben. » | Alexander Schmalz | Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2025
Während die britische Monarchie mit neuen Enthüllungen im Missbrauchsskandal um Prinz Andrew kämpft, setzt der Vatikan ausgerechnet jetzt auf ein historisches Zeichen der Versöhnung: Papst Leo XIV. und König Charles III. beteten am Donnerstag erstmals seit der Spaltung der Kirche von England vor fast 500 Jahren gemeinsam.
Der britische Monarch und das Oberhaupt der katholischen Kirche nahmen in der Sixtinischen Kapelle an einem ökumenischen Gottesdienst teil, der live vom vatikanischen Fernsehsender übertragen wurde. Auch Königin Camilla war anwesend. Lateinische Gesänge wechselten sich mit englischen Gebeten ab; die Musik stammte vom Chor der Sixtinischen Kapelle und zwei königlichen Chören aus Großbritannien.
Der gemeinsame Gottesdienst markiert das erste Gebet eines englischen Monarchen mit einem Papst seit der Abspaltung der Kirche von England von Rom unter König Heinrich VIII. im Jahr 1534. Seitdem hatten britische Könige und Päpste zwar Kontakte gepflegt, gemeinsame liturgische Feiern waren jedoch tabu geblieben. » | Alexander Schmalz | Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2025
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This is VANDALISM! — © Mark Alexander
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