Friday, February 20

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Donald Trump threatens Iran with repeat of ‘Midnight Hammer’ after meeting with Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump has threatened Iran with another bombing attack after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu visited Washington DC to speak with Trump at the White House. The pair met for several hours but did not make a public appearance together and Netanyahu left without speaking to reporters. US President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a new Truth Social post, but said the talks would continue. (Truth Social) However, Trump posted on Truth Social afterwards that he and Netanyahu had a "very good" meeting. "There was nothing definitive reached other than I insisted that negotiations with Iran continue to see whether or not a Deal can be consummated," he wrote. "If it can, I let the Prime Minister know that will ...

UK prosecutors speak with police over former prince Andrew’s Epstein links

UK police have spoken with Crown prosecutors over investigations into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and former UK ambassador to Washington's Peter Mandelson's links with Jeffrey Epstein. Thames Valley Police, which serves areas west of London, including the ex-royal's former home in Windsor, on Monday said it was "assessing" claims that former prince Andrew sent confidential trade reports to Epstein. On Wednesday (early Thursday AEDT), both the police service and prosecutors confirmed they'd spoken. Mountbatten-Windsor has denied all accusations of wrongdoing in relation to his association with Epstein. UK police have spoken with Crown prosecutors over an investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. (Jordan Pettitt/Pool Photo via AP) "As part of this assessment, we...

Trump in the unredacted Epstein files ‘a million times’

Two members of Congress have named six men whose names were redacted by the Department of Justice from the Epstein files. Democrat Ro Khanna and Republican Thomas Massie used their parliamentary privilege to name the men on the floor of the House of Representatives. "Seventy to eighty per cent of the files are still redacted," Khanna said. Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious sex trafficker and financier. (Christopher Anderson/Instagram) "There were six wealthy powerful men that the DOJ hid for no apparent reason." The list includes two billionaires. Nobody on the list is accused of taking part in any specific criminal wrongdoing or implicated in any crimes. And none of them have been charged in connection with Jeffrey Epstein. The legislation passed late ...

UK police open investigation into former ambassador Peter Mandelson over Jeffrey Epstein links

British police have opened a criminal investigation into politician Peter Mandelson over alleged misconduct related to his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The UK government says newly released Epstein files suggest Mandelson – a former Cabinet minister, ambassador and elder statesman of the governing Labour Party – may have shared market-sensitive information with the convicted sex offender a decade and a half ago. London's Metropolitan Police force said detectives had reviewed reports of misconduct and decided they met the threshold for a full investigation. Former UK ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson. (AP) Commander Ella Marriott said the force "has now launched an investigation into a 72-year-old man, a former government minister, fo...

US shoots down Iranian drone approaching aircraft carrier, official says

The US military on Tuesday shot down an Iranian drone that "aggressively" approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea, the US military said, in an incident first reported by Reuters. The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying toward the carrier "with unclear intent" and was shot down by an F-35 US fighter jet, it said. "An F-35C fighter jet from Abraham Lincoln shot down the Iranian drone in self-defence and to protect the aircraft carrier and personnel on board," said Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson at the US military's Central Command. In this Nov. 19, 2019, photo made available by US Navy, the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, left, the air-defence destroyer HMS Defender and the guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut transit the Strai...

Donald Trump pulls top Border Patrol commander, other agents out of Minneapolis

Donald Trump is pulling his top Border Patrol official in Minneapolis out of the city, as scrutiny over the administration's actions in the city turns into outrage. Border Patrol commander-at-large Greg Bovino and some of his agents will leave the city today. Instead, White House border tsar Tom Homan will be sent to manage Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the city. Greg Bovino has been running ICE operations in Minnesota. (AP) The Atlantic is reporting Bovino is being removed from his wide-ranging role and will return to his previous position in California. He will retire soon, the news magazine said. The White House did not respond to requests for comment. ICE's actions in Minnesota's largest city have been deeply unpopular. A...
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