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Monday, November 24, 2025
Plan de paix américain pour l’Ukraine : que contient la contre-proposition européenne ?
LE FIGARO : Reuters a dévoilé un plan européen, porté par l’Allemagne, la France et le Royaume-Uni pour mettre fin à la guerre en Ukraine.
Deux plans, mais peu de différences. L’Allemagne, la France et le Royaume-Uni ont rendu publique leur version d’un plan de paix, dévoilé par Reuters dimanche. Il se fonde sur celui de Donald Trump, annoncé la semaine dernière. Le président américain avait fait savoir ce week-end que «ce n’est pas [s]on offre finale», mais qu’il aimerait «parvenir à la paix. Cela aurait dû se produire il y a longtemps». La version européenne comprend elle aussi vingt-huit points. Pour l’heure, le plan américain comporte plusieurs demandes inacceptables pour l’Ukraine.
Les puissances européennes rejettent d’abord la proposition américaine de limiter la taille de l’armée ukrainienne à 600.000 soldats et veulent l’augmenter à 800.000, soit sa taille actuelle, selon plusieurs experts. Une modification importante, puisque les deux plans insistent pour ne pas stationner de troupes de l’Otan sur le territoire ukrainien. En sus, Vladimir Poutine avait demandé la «démilitarisation de l’Ukraine», jusqu’à présent rejetée - au moins officiellement - par Kiev. » | Par Amaury Coutansais-Pervinquière | lundi 24 novembre 2025
Deux plans, mais peu de différences. L’Allemagne, la France et le Royaume-Uni ont rendu publique leur version d’un plan de paix, dévoilé par Reuters dimanche. Il se fonde sur celui de Donald Trump, annoncé la semaine dernière. Le président américain avait fait savoir ce week-end que «ce n’est pas [s]on offre finale», mais qu’il aimerait «parvenir à la paix. Cela aurait dû se produire il y a longtemps». La version européenne comprend elle aussi vingt-huit points. Pour l’heure, le plan américain comporte plusieurs demandes inacceptables pour l’Ukraine.
Les puissances européennes rejettent d’abord la proposition américaine de limiter la taille de l’armée ukrainienne à 600.000 soldats et veulent l’augmenter à 800.000, soit sa taille actuelle, selon plusieurs experts. Une modification importante, puisque les deux plans insistent pour ne pas stationner de troupes de l’Otan sur le territoire ukrainien. En sus, Vladimir Poutine avait demandé la «démilitarisation de l’Ukraine», jusqu’à présent rejetée - au moins officiellement - par Kiev. » | Par Amaury Coutansais-Pervinquière | lundi 24 novembre 2025
David Cameron Reveals Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Calls for Targeted Screening
THE GUARDIAN: Former prime minister says he wants to join ranks of those pressing for more checks on men who may have disease
David Cameron has disclosed he was treated for prostate cancer and has called for a targeted screening programme.
The former prime minister said he had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, which looks for proteins associated with the form of the disease. The result was high and he subsequently had a biopsy that revealed the cancer. » | Nadeem Badshah | Sunday, November 23, 2025
David Cameron has disclosed he was treated for prostate cancer and has called for a targeted screening programme.
The former prime minister said he had a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, which looks for proteins associated with the form of the disease. The result was high and he subsequently had a biopsy that revealed the cancer. » | Nadeem Badshah | Sunday, November 23, 2025
Trump Is a Traitor - We Stand with Ukraine
Nov 24, 2025 | Donald Trump is trying to sell out Ukraine to appease Vladimir Putin. Trump is an American traitor who has been backed by dark Russian money for 40 years.
The question is, why has the US media, political, and military class turned a blind eye to the obvious? In this episode, Meidas Canada digs into Donald's unsavoury ties to Russia.
The question is, why has the US media, political, and military class turned a blind eye to the obvious? In this episode, Meidas Canada digs into Donald's unsavoury ties to Russia.
1969: Stalin's Daughter on Defecting from the Soviet Union | Classic Interviews | BBC Archive
Nov 21, 2025 | This programme contains discussion of suicide.
Robin Day talks to Svetlana Allileyua, the daughter of the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Josef Stalin.
Sveltana caused a political sensation when, in 1967, she defected to the United States during a trip to India to scatter the ashes of her Indian lover.
She discusses the reasons for her defection, her life in the Soviet Union, her relationship with her father - whom she refers to as "a moral and spiritual monster" - and the two books that she has published: Twenty Letters to a Friend - memoirs written in 1962 while Svetlana was still in the Soviet Union - and Only One Year - written after her defection.
This interview, from Day Time: Svetlana Stalin was originally broadcast over two evenings. Part One was originally broadcast on BBC One, 5 October, 1969. Part Two was originally broadcast on BBC One, 12 October, 1969.
Robin Day talks to Svetlana Allileyua, the daughter of the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Josef Stalin.
Sveltana caused a political sensation when, in 1967, she defected to the United States during a trip to India to scatter the ashes of her Indian lover.
She discusses the reasons for her defection, her life in the Soviet Union, her relationship with her father - whom she refers to as "a moral and spiritual monster" - and the two books that she has published: Twenty Letters to a Friend - memoirs written in 1962 while Svetlana was still in the Soviet Union - and Only One Year - written after her defection.
This interview, from Day Time: Svetlana Stalin was originally broadcast over two evenings. Part One was originally broadcast on BBC One, 5 October, 1969. Part Two was originally broadcast on BBC One, 12 October, 1969.
The "King of Kink": Former Prince Andrew’s Darkest Secrets Exposed | 60 Minutes Australia
Europe Can Topple Putin All On Its Own | Lt Gen. Ben Hodges
Nov 24, 2025 | "The collective economies, wealth, industry, technology, and populations of Europe dwarfs Russia."
Europe should "stop whining" about the US-Russia deal and instead take ownership of the terms in favour of Ukraine, says former commanding general of the US Army in Europe, Ben Hodges.
Europe should "stop whining" about the US-Russia deal and instead take ownership of the terms in favour of Ukraine, says former commanding general of the US Army in Europe, Ben Hodges.
Aaron Parnas: Trump Declares Himself King as Issues Major Threats to Lawmakers Who Oppose Him
Trains supprimés, vols annulés... : la Belgique se prépare à trois jours de grève nationale
LE FIGARO : Plusieurs Eurostar reliant Bruxelles à Paris ont été annulés. Mardi, les services publics comme les écoles, crèches, administrations et hôpitaux rejoindront le mouvement, avant une grève interprofessionnelle prévue mercredi.
Trains supprimés, vols annulés, crèches fermées: la Belgique se prépare lundi à trois jours de grève contre les réformes envisagées par le gouvernement De Wever pour redresser les finances publiques, comparées à un «démantèlement social» par les syndicats.
Le mouvement est organisé en trois temps. Les transports publics et les chemins de fer lancent le bal lundi. L'exploitant des chemins de fer belges, la SNCB, prévoit la circulation d'un train sur deux, voire un train sur trois selon les lignes. Plusieurs Eurostar reliant Bruxelles à Paris ont également été annulés. Ils doivent ensuite être rejoints mardi par les services publics: les écoles, crèches, administrations, hôpitaux... Avant une grève interprofessionnelle prévue mercredi. L'étendue précise des perturbations est encore incertaine. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 24 novembre 2025
Trains supprimés, vols annulés, crèches fermées: la Belgique se prépare lundi à trois jours de grève contre les réformes envisagées par le gouvernement De Wever pour redresser les finances publiques, comparées à un «démantèlement social» par les syndicats.
Le mouvement est organisé en trois temps. Les transports publics et les chemins de fer lancent le bal lundi. L'exploitant des chemins de fer belges, la SNCB, prévoit la circulation d'un train sur deux, voire un train sur trois selon les lignes. Plusieurs Eurostar reliant Bruxelles à Paris ont également été annulés. Ils doivent ensuite être rejoints mardi par les services publics: les écoles, crèches, administrations, hôpitaux... Avant une grève interprofessionnelle prévue mercredi. L'étendue précise des perturbations est encore incertaine. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | lundi 24 novembre 2025
Frank Schaeffer: “Is Peter Thiel God?”
Nov 24, 2025 | Psychopathy at Scale: Tech Bros, Eugenics, and the Future They’re Forcing on Us
Hi, my name is Frank Schaeffer. I am an author, a filmmaker, and an artist. I’ve invited you into my studio today to talk about something that’s serious enough that I’m not just going to extemporaneously hold forth, but I’m going to be doing some reading. So, bear with me when I look away at my laptop screens to quote some things you need to hear. A little while ago, I released a short seven-minute video, “Where Did All the Pro-Lifers Go?”
And what I talked about there was the problem of the fact that through JD Vance, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the others, we are turning our country over to a future of genetic engineered babies. That will take the idea that human beings are created in God’s image and replace it with the idea that human beings should be recreated in Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and JD Vance’s image.
Hi, my name is Frank Schaeffer. I am an author, a filmmaker, and an artist. I’ve invited you into my studio today to talk about something that’s serious enough that I’m not just going to extemporaneously hold forth, but I’m going to be doing some reading. So, bear with me when I look away at my laptop screens to quote some things you need to hear. A little while ago, I released a short seven-minute video, “Where Did All the Pro-Lifers Go?”
And what I talked about there was the problem of the fact that through JD Vance, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the others, we are turning our country over to a future of genetic engineered babies. That will take the idea that human beings are created in God’s image and replace it with the idea that human beings should be recreated in Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and JD Vance’s image.
The Warning with Steve Schmidt: One and the Same
Sunday, November 23, 2025
Inside the Mind of Mohammed bin Salman: Karen Elliott House on Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi & Our Future
Nov 14, 2025 | Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Karen Elliott House joins Frank Schaeffer to talk about her remarkable new book, "The Man Who Would Be King: Mohammed bin Salman and the Transformation of Saudi Arabia."
Across four decades of reporting on the Middle East and Saudi Arabia, Karen has developed rare access to the kingdom’s inner world — including seven in-depth meetings with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), often late at night inside the palace.
Across four decades of reporting on the Middle East and Saudi Arabia, Karen has developed rare access to the kingdom’s inner world — including seven in-depth meetings with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), often late at night inside the palace.
Trump’s Peace Plan Endangers the Transatlantic Alliance | Robert Fox
Nov 23, 2025 | “Perhaps one of the biggest crises in the history of the alliance.”
The US peace plan for Ukraine proves Trump is an “unreliable ally”, and NATO is worried, says Evening Standard defence editor Robert Fox.
The US peace plan for Ukraine proves Trump is an “unreliable ally”, and NATO is worried, says Evening Standard defence editor Robert Fox.
Reform 'the Most Terrible Political Development of Modern Times' | Lord Heseltine
Nov 21, 2025 | "[Farage] is a phony. If you can’t see that then you really have no idea of the political realities."
Farage is an expert at "raising the temperature" and aiming that anger towards immigrants, says Conservative peer, Lord Heseltine.
Farage is an expert at "raising the temperature" and aiming that anger towards immigrants, says Conservative peer, Lord Heseltine.
Geneva Hosts Ukraine Talks as Trump Pushes Peace Plan | BBC News
Fresh talks on the future of the war in Ukraine are under way - with delegations from the US, Ukraine, and its European allies holding discussions in Geneva.
Andriy Yermak, a Ukrainian official, says the mood is constructive. And a US official tells the BBC there’s optimism - and momentum, as he put it. But what’s on the table is a 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine that reflects Russia’s key demands. Everything from Ukraine abandoning hard-defended land, to a ban on joining NATO. And US President Donald Trump has given Kyiv until Thursday to sign up.
Met with dismay in Ukraine, the deal’s controversial even in the US - where Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to confirm that this is in fact a US proposal, and not one written by the Kremlin.
Rubio is here today, as are officials from the European Union and UK anxious to ensure that if this is a starting point for a lasting peace deal - a big if - then Ukraine’s voice, and those of all its allies, must be heard.
Marco Rubio is playing a very strange role here, isn’t he? In fact, his roles keep changing, it seems. One of his roles is as warmonger, stoking the fires and tensions of the US with Venezuela, yet here in Europe, he is trying to play the peacemaker, trying to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine! If Volodymyr Zelenskyy is wise, he will reject this Kremlin-pleasing and Kremlin-inspired offer. Ukraine needs a better peace deal than this pathetic excuse for one. — © Mark Alexander
My thoughts on this so-called peace proposal are here.
Andriy Yermak, a Ukrainian official, says the mood is constructive. And a US official tells the BBC there’s optimism - and momentum, as he put it. But what’s on the table is a 28-point peace proposal for Ukraine that reflects Russia’s key demands. Everything from Ukraine abandoning hard-defended land, to a ban on joining NATO. And US President Donald Trump has given Kyiv until Thursday to sign up.
Met with dismay in Ukraine, the deal’s controversial even in the US - where Secretary of State Marco Rubio had to confirm that this is in fact a US proposal, and not one written by the Kremlin.
Rubio is here today, as are officials from the European Union and UK anxious to ensure that if this is a starting point for a lasting peace deal - a big if - then Ukraine’s voice, and those of all its allies, must be heard.
Marco Rubio is playing a very strange role here, isn’t he? In fact, his roles keep changing, it seems. One of his roles is as warmonger, stoking the fires and tensions of the US with Venezuela, yet here in Europe, he is trying to play the peacemaker, trying to negotiate a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine! If Volodymyr Zelenskyy is wise, he will reject this Kremlin-pleasing and Kremlin-inspired offer. Ukraine needs a better peace deal than this pathetic excuse for one. — © Mark Alexander
My thoughts on this so-called peace proposal are here.
Breaking: Trump Freaks Out as Top Allies Exposed as Foreign Actors
Smoking - Anatomy of an Addiction Industry | DW Documentary | Reupload
Dec 13, 2024 | Smoking has an image problem, because everyone knows it can kill you. That’s why tobacco multinationals are increasingly focused on e-cigarettes, enticing consumers with bright colors and fruity flavors. The target group: young people.
The World Health Organization says smoking results in the death of eight million people every year. That’s one reason why you’ll now often hear tobacco companies promoting the switch to e-cigarettes, with claims that these are less harmful to our health.
It’s first and foremost young people who believe the industry’s promises, thereby taking the first step on the road to addiction. After all, nicotine is an addictive substance. And although it may taste better than tobacco, puffing on a vape is still going to get you hooked in precisely the same way as smoking a regular cigarette.
The film investigates the cynicism of an industry that not only accepts this, but also deliberately aims for it.
Big Nicotine - Anatomy of an Addiction Industry /TEMPS PRESENT / Laurent Burkhalter & Philippe Mach / 2024 / RTS Radio television Suisse
There is no doubt about it: smoking can kill. But so do many other things! When it comes to consumption, sugar is a case in point. How many people a year does sugar kill? Precise figures are unavailable, but Google has the following to say...
"While there is no single figure for the total number of deaths from all sugar consumption, studies show that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths annually from related conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Recent research estimates that SSBs are linked to over 330,000 deaths per year globally. Sugar consumption is a significant factor in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, which are leading causes of death worldwide.
This figure is an estimate of preventable deaths, suggesting how many fewer people would die if sugary drinks were not consumed at all, and it is based on links to specific diseases:
• 133,000 deaths from diabetes
• 45,000 deaths from cardiovascular (heart) disease
• 6,450 deaths from cancers
More recent research from January 2025 has suggested even higher figures, linking sugary drinks to over 330,000 deaths a year from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease." — [Source: Google.]
Fact is this: If we gave up everything that could and does kill us, there'd be little left to consume and enjoy! We simply cannot get out of this life alive. — © Mark Alexander
The World Health Organization says smoking results in the death of eight million people every year. That’s one reason why you’ll now often hear tobacco companies promoting the switch to e-cigarettes, with claims that these are less harmful to our health.
It’s first and foremost young people who believe the industry’s promises, thereby taking the first step on the road to addiction. After all, nicotine is an addictive substance. And although it may taste better than tobacco, puffing on a vape is still going to get you hooked in precisely the same way as smoking a regular cigarette.
The film investigates the cynicism of an industry that not only accepts this, but also deliberately aims for it.
Big Nicotine - Anatomy of an Addiction Industry /TEMPS PRESENT / Laurent Burkhalter & Philippe Mach / 2024 / RTS Radio television Suisse
There is no doubt about it: smoking can kill. But so do many other things! When it comes to consumption, sugar is a case in point. How many people a year does sugar kill? Precise figures are unavailable, but Google has the following to say...
"While there is no single figure for the total number of deaths from all sugar consumption, studies show that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are linked to hundreds of thousands of deaths annually from related conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Recent research estimates that SSBs are linked to over 330,000 deaths per year globally. Sugar consumption is a significant factor in cardiovascular diseases and diabetes, which are leading causes of death worldwide.
This figure is an estimate of preventable deaths, suggesting how many fewer people would die if sugary drinks were not consumed at all, and it is based on links to specific diseases:
• 133,000 deaths from diabetes
• 45,000 deaths from cardiovascular (heart) disease
• 6,450 deaths from cancers
More recent research from January 2025 has suggested even higher figures, linking sugary drinks to over 330,000 deaths a year from type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease." — [Source: Google.]
Fact is this: If we gave up everything that could and does kill us, there'd be little left to consume and enjoy! We simply cannot get out of this life alive. — © Mark Alexander
Treffen mit Mamdani: Trump findet es „in Ordnung“, ein „Faschist“ zu sein
BERLINER ZEITUNG: Der US-Präsident traf am Freitag auf den zukünftigen New Yorker Bürgermeister. Beide fanden zuletzt harte Worte für einander. Doch der US-Präsident schlägt jetzt einen anderen Ton an.
Der zukünftige Bürgermeister von New York, Zohran Mamdani, hat am Freitag den US-Präsidenten Donald Trump im Weißen Haus besucht. Für besondere Aufmerksamkeit sorgte dabei eine Nachfrage einer Reporterin an den Demokraten. „Behaupten Sie, dass Sie Präsident Trump für einen Faschisten halten?“, hakte eine Journalistin nach.
Mamdani bezeichnete Trump während seiner Siegesrede am 4. November nicht explizit als „Faschist“, er sprach allerdings von „Trumps Faschismus“, den er ablehne. Als Mamdani auf die Nachfrage der Reporterin zu einer Erklärung ansetzte, fiel ihm Trump ins Wort. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Sonntag, 23. November 2025
Der zukünftige Bürgermeister von New York, Zohran Mamdani, hat am Freitag den US-Präsidenten Donald Trump im Weißen Haus besucht. Für besondere Aufmerksamkeit sorgte dabei eine Nachfrage einer Reporterin an den Demokraten. „Behaupten Sie, dass Sie Präsident Trump für einen Faschisten halten?“, hakte eine Journalistin nach.
Mamdani bezeichnete Trump während seiner Siegesrede am 4. November nicht explizit als „Faschist“, er sprach allerdings von „Trumps Faschismus“, den er ablehne. Als Mamdani auf die Nachfrage der Reporterin zu einer Erklärung ansetzte, fiel ihm Trump ins Wort. » | Eva Maria Braungart | Sonntag, 23. November 2025
IHIP News: Kristi Noem's ICE Agents Are Out of Control. Detainee Found DEAD by Hanging.
Strong language alert! (But the message is absolutely spot on.)
What Trump and his cronies are doing to America is truly criminal. The man should have been locked up years ago. And Brits were STUPID ENOUGH to vote for Brexit to leave our friends in Europe to suck on Trump’s titty and align this country with Trump’s fascist regime! How awful! How disgusting! — © Mark Alexander
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