The Divided State of Europe

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Country descends into ANARCHY as hundreds of thousands riot and launch brutal attacks on cops

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across Greece to mark the second anniversary of a horror train collision that claimed the lives of 57 people. Protests were planned in more than 300 cities and towns in Greece and abroad, with fury levied at the government for its perceived inaction over the tragedy, in which a passenger train filled with students collided with a freight train in central Greece.

A huge peaceful contingent made up of thousands of Greeks marched towards the parliament building in a moment of rare alignment across the political spectrum for Greeks incensed by the crash, deemed a symbol of institutional failure. Children and adults alike walked solemnly in remembrance of the victims. Demonstrations were overshadowed by a small minority of rioters, who clashed with police in the capital. Greeks marching today said the rioters were 'not accepted' by the majority.

Riot police fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades into crowds in Athens as some protestors smashed paving stones and hurled Molotov cocktails into open areas. More than 5,000 officers are being deployed to the capital to manage potential unrest. The ambulance service said five people were taken to hospital, including a photographer hit in the head by one of the grenades.

Protests and a general strike were led by relatives of the 57 victims, who also urged focus on remembrance rather than politics. Large processions moved respectfully through Athens and Thessaloniki in what one called 'the most important day in our recent history by far'. Critics of the government say that politicians must be held accountable for the failures that led up to the crash in Tempe. So far only rail officials have been charged with any crimes.

'The full truth must come to light, and those responsible, no matter how high their position, must be held accountable,' said Yannis Panagopoulos, president of the General Confederation of Greek Workers, the country's largest labor union, which has backed Friday's strike. Transport employees added pressure on the conservative Mitsotakis government with a 24-hour train strike, a nationwide air traffic control strike, a ferry strike and a taxi strike.


Hundreds of thousands take to the streets and battle with police firing stun grenades and

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Silence in Brussels after Poland says implementing migration pact 'not possible'

Brussels remained conspicuously silent after Poland doubled down on its refusal to implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum, which was once described as a "historical" legislative achievement to allow member states to manage the arrival of asylum seekers in collaboration with each other.

The scene played out in plain view on Wednesday evening, after a meeting of home affairs ministers chaired by the Polish presidency of the European Council.

Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's Minister of Interior, was asked point blank if his country would comply with the Migration Pact, which consists of five separate but interlinked laws that were painstakingly negotiated in the previous mandate.

Siemoniak, speaking next to Magnus Brunner, European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, said implementing the legislative overhaul "was not possible," citing the previous arguments voiced by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

In early February, Tusk told Ursula von der Leyen, the pact's main proponent, that Poland was in a "particular position" due to the migration flows instrumentalised by Belarus at the Eastern border and the mass arrival of Ukrainians who fled Russia's war.

"Poland will not accept any burdens related to the relocation mechanism. This is not an ideological debate," Tusk said, referring to "huge" migratory pressure.

"If somebody says that Poland is expected to shoulder an additional burden, irrespective of who says that, my response is Poland will not accept an additional burden. Full stop."

The Pact's central pillar is a novel mechanism of "mandatory solidarity" that will give governments three different options: relocate a certain number of asylum seekers, pay a financial contribution or provide operational support, such as personnel and equipment. The relocations need to reach 30,000 per year, and the financial contributions €600 million.

From the start till the end of the negotiations, Poland, together with Hungary, firmly opposed the solidarity mechanism, claiming it would force them to take in migrants against their will. That claim, however, is incorrect given the pact provides two additional options. It also offers partial or total exemptions for countries deemed to be under migratory pressure.

On Wednesday, Siemoniak said that Poland's position was "quite clear" and that "nothing has changed" since Tusk's remarks in February. "We have presented the reasons why the implementation of the pact is not possible," he said, speaking Polish. "In particular, as Prime Minister Tusk has mentioned, when it comes to Poland's security." Siemoniak noted his country remained open to other initiatives related to speeding up deportations or combatting instrumentalised migration, but not the aforementioned pact.

Standing by his side, Brunner did not push back.

Asked by Euronews if the Commission, which is tasked with ensuring the correct application of EU law, would launch legal action against Poland over its refusal, Brunner avoided the question and instead praised the country's actions.

"Poland is very active in its presidency on these topics when it comes to returns, when it comes to other topics (like) weaponisation," Brunner said. "I think Poland is such an important partner on that (front) and is doing a very active job as the presidency. And the rest has been said."

During his confirmation hearing in November, Brunner had committed to launching legal action against countries that rebuffed the legislation. On Wednesday, however, he did not voice such commitment.

The Pact is legally binding for all 27 member states and is expected to enter into force in 2026. Before then, the Commission has asked member states to submit national implementation plans, indicating their preparedness to apply the comprehensive set of rules and the extra resources they need to make the Pact a reality on the ground.

As of today, Poland has not submitted its plan.
 

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Canadian professor of military history, living in UK, who's expert on urban warfare puts forward analysis backed up by statistics and similarities with other recent wars that UK is heading for civil war.

All signs are here, as there are already, paractically an army of 50,000 people on a terror watch list in UK.


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JD Vance launches another attack on European values - warning the West risks 'civilisational suicide' caused by open borders and censorship

US Vice President JD Vance has launched another attack on Europe, claiming that the continent is engaging in 'civilisational suicide' caused by open borders and censorship. Speaking on Fox News, the VP said he fears for the future of the West due to seeing many countries in Europe as 'unable or unwilling' to 'control their borders'. He said on the network's Ingraham Angle show: 'They are unable or unwilling – too many countries – to control their borders.

'You see them starting to limit the free speech of their own citizens even as those citizens are protesting against things like the border invasion that got [US President] Donald Trump and a number of European leaders elected. I want Europe to thrive. I want them to be an important ally. Part of that is going to be Europe respecting its own people, respecting its own sovereignty, and America can't do that job for them.'

During this, he also credited Christian civilisation, which led to the founding of the United States, to Europe.

'The cultural bonds, the religious bonds – these things are going to last beyond political disagreements,' Mr Vance said.

He then picked on Germany, saying 'where you have another few million immigrants come in from countries that are totally culturally incompatible with Germany, then it doesn't matter what I think about Europe.

'Germany will have killed itself, and I hope they don't do that because I love Germany, and I want Germany to thrive.'

It comes after a number of rants Mr Vance launched on European countries, including the UK, during last month's Munich security conference when he mentioned a legal case in which a former serviceman was convicted of breaching the safe zone around a British abortion centre.

In a wider attack on what he suggested is a shift away from democratic values across Europe, Mr Vance claimed the 'basic liberties of religious Britons, in particular' are under threat. Donald Trump praised this attack, calling it 'brilliant'.

These comments later sparked an emergency EU summit after Mr Vance also said that European leaders would not be part of any Ukraine peace talks.

Mr Vance later defended his remarks in the Oval Office in front of Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, saying: 'Look, I said what I said, which is that we do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the UK, and also some of our European allies, but we also know that there have been infringements on free speech that actually affect not just the British.'


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Villagers in town with more asylum seekers than residents have been SILENCED by fears of being branded racist

It's Britain's biggest and most controversial camp for asylum seekers whose 800 mostly male migrants will soon outnumber the residents of the village it abuts. But while the Wethersfield centre has been criticised by everyone from refugee charities to anti immigration politicians like Priti Patel , the one group who have been conspicuously silent have been those residents themselves. And MailOnline has found that the likely reason for the curious hesitancy of locals to discuss their plight is the fear of being condemned in a 'woke backlash' by outsiders as intolerant or - worse - even racists.

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Prince Harry's visa file to be made public after bombshell ruling by judge amid claims he lied about drug use

Prince Harry’s visa files must be made public by Tuesday at the latest, a judge has ruled.

Judge Carl Nichols set the deadline to release the files which will give the clearest indication yet as to whether the Duke of Sussex lied on his immigration paperwork.

The judge, who sits in Washington, approved the redactions suggested by the Department of Homeland Security and said they were ‘appropriate’.

While it is not clear what material will be released, it could include forms which indicate whether Harry said ‘no’ when asked if he was a drug user.

Lawyers for DHS have previously said that three items will be released with redactions but a fourth must remain private.

The right-wing Heritage Foundation sued the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last year after the agency, which oversees immigration in America, refused a Freedom of Information request for Harry’s files.

Heritage claims that Harry may have lied on the forms under the section which asks if he had been a drug user.

In both his memoir, Spare, and his Netflix TV series Harry talked about using cannabis, cocaine and magic mushrooms.

In his order, Judge Nichols, who was appointed by Donald Trump, said: ‘The government has provided the court with its proposed redactions to the documents…those redactions appearing appropriate, the government is ORDERED to lodge on the docket the redacted versions of those documents no later than March 18, 2025’.

The case has caused embarrassment and consternation for Harry and raised questions about whether he could be deported if he was found to have lied.


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Despairing Labour insiders are all telling me the same thing about Keir Starmer

Have Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves gone mad? What do the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the United Kingdom think they're doing? Genuinely, do they have any understanding of the economic and political catastrophe that is about to befall them, their government and the nation?

It's now just more than two months since Reeves stood at a podium in a factory in Oxfordshire and tore up her entire economic strategy. Until that moment her priorities had been clear. Filling the 'black hole' left to her by the Tories. Investing in the vital public services she claimed had been neglected during 14 years of Conservative misrule. And raising the tax revenue to pay for it not from hard-pressed British workers but from business.

Then came her conversion on the road to Eynsham. Speaking from a lectern emblazoned with the words 'Kickstart Economic Growth', she declared: 'Economic growth is the number one mission of this government.' On her watch, Britain would be reborn, through 'the vibrancy of our high streets. And the thriving businesses that create wealth, jobs and new opportunities for us, for our children, and grandchildren.'

On Friday morning we got to see precisely how vibrant those high streets and businesses actually are. According to figures released by the Office of National Statistics, in January the UK economy contracted by 0.1 per cent.

This news was greeted with surprise in some quarters. Though it's not entirely clear why. Because, as a result of the policies the Government are pursuing, economic regression is now as certain as the setting of the sun and the rising of the moon. Starmer and Reeves are attempting to kickstart growth at the same time they are imposing £40billion of tax rises on British business, introducing a new Workers' Right Bill and pushing ahead with a drive to reduce UK emissions to net zero.

Of itself this represents economic illiteracy on a par with anything attempted during the fiscal psychosis of the 44 days of the Truss administration. But that's not where the insanity ends. Last week it emerged ministers have been told that as a result of the decisions taken in No 10 and No 11 Downing Street, they now have to be prepared to implement brutal spending cuts.

At least £6 billion is earmarked to be axed from the welfare budget. But other non-protected departments are said to have been ordered to find savings of up to 11 per cent. Something which led one Cabinet minister to observe to me: 'What is the purpose of this government? What are we here for? What is the Labour Party actually for any more?'

It's an entirely legitimate question. There have been Chancellors and Prime Ministers (normally Conservative), who have cut taxes to stimulate growth. There have also been Chancellors and Prime Ministers (normally Labour) who have raised taxes to protect and invest in public services. But Starmer and Reeves must be the first politicians in living memory to actively pursue a fiscal agenda of simultaneously raising taxes, stifling growth, suffocating business and slashing public services.

There were occasions in the 1970s when the Government found itself backed into an economic coffin-corner. But that was primarily a reaction to global oil shocks and currency instability. What we're currently seeing is a deliberate policy that seems driven not so much as a reaction to events, or even some proto-Marxism, but a basic lack of understanding of how economics actually works.

Here is a passage taken from that venerable tome Economics For Dummies: 'Increasing government purchases of goods and services or decreasing taxes can stimulate the economy.' Our new government is doing precisely the opposite. While literally claiming growth is their priority.


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Swiss politician was fined for buying pink water pistols online

Prosecutors ordered him to pay a fine totaling 6,500 francs ($7,390) for a violation of weapons law, arguing that it applied even though the pistols were imitations “because they could be confused for real firearms due to their appearance” — despite the pink color.

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Dejan Corovic

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In the '90s manufacturers attempted to make brightly colored handguns and police organizations objected immediately and stopped that for the exact reason stated. Makes sense to me. Unfortunately there are now all sorts of DIY applications like CeraKote that will accomplish the same thing.

I thought a red plastic tip is necessary for toys although it's debatable of what use that really is. My nephew was into Airsoft toys for a while and some of those things look completely authentic, you could throw one in a rack of real weapons and you couldn't tell without really looking. Exactly what an adrenaline fueled police officer isn't doing. It seems a bit nuts to ban weapons and then colors, details etc and still allow identical replicas, but that's how common sense in gun laws works.

I don't know what the actual statistic is on shootings related to all this but think it must be very low, I haven't heard or read of such a thing very often if at all. No doubt there are some examples.
 

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Hollywood actress Justine Bateman tears into Harry and Meghan saying public are sick of their 'Victims Olympics'

Family Ties and Desperate Housewives star Justine Bateman has accused Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of turning being victims into an Olympic sport.

The actress sister of Hollywood star Jason Bateman has said that the Duchess of Sussex's Netflix show hasn't flown because people do not want to ‘watch someone playact at something they didn’t earn’.

Justine, who called them 'ambulance chasers' and 'disaster tourists' for turning up at the LA wildfires in January, says the public are tired of Harry and Meghan and their ‘Victims Olympics’.

For her RACE TRACK Substack, Ms Bateman has even created the couple their own gold medal.

'The problem with Meghan Markle (and her husband, Harry) is that every opportunity they have explored or exploited over the past few years has been due to their very aggressive Victim Olympics campaign', she said.

She went on: 'The difference between doing that two years ago and doing it now is immense. It's 2025, and no one wants to see victims anymore. No one wants to watch someone playact at something they didn't earn'.

Justine said that she doesn't believe 'anyone wishes her ill' and that she has every right to have a cookery show or 'start a podcast or two'.

But she added that the public also have the right not to 'go along with another's "narrative" anymore'.

In January Ms Bateman called Meghan and Harry 'disaster tourists' and 'repulsive' after they popped up as volunteers during the LA wildfires.

The royal couple were on TV news coverage speaking with victims and other helpers alongside political leaders.

They held a pseudo-royal visit at an evacuation centre and Ms Bateman wrote online: 'Meghan Markle and Harry are no better than ambulance chasers.

'What a repulsive "photo op" they achieved. They are "touring the damage"? Are they politicians now?

'They don't live here; they are tourists. Disaster Tourists.'

Video captured by Fox 11 Los Angeles showed Harry and Meghan in Pasadena on Friday, mingling with volunteers and the city's mayor, Victor Gordo.

Ms Bateman's criticism of the couple and Meghan's show is another blow to the couple and their 2025 relaunch.

Netflix won’t be renewing the Sussexes’ $100million contract, multiple sources have claimed.

But one expert believes they may make one-off shows with them going forwards just in case they get divorced.

Journalist and screenwriter Marina Hyde has said other streamers may also fight to work with the couple 'to keep a vague hand in’ if one day Meghan and Harry split up.

‘The reality is that a lot of people are hanging around in case there's a divorce', she said.

Marina added: ‘I would have married him [Harry]. Got the two kids, got divorced, then ran back to Hollywood to be Julia Roberts for my 40s, but she's not followed that plan’.

It came after yet another Netflix star has laid into Meghan Markle's new show, claiming it is a gigantic 'f*** you' to the Royal Family.

Whitney Cumming, who has two hit stand-up programmes available on the streaming service, has said that With Love, Meghan is about trolling King Charles and Prince Harry's other close relatives.

The focus on making tea and jam as well as her outfits and hair are all a 'burn' aimed directly at the British royals, she claims.

'I don't think she cares if you like the show. This has nothing to do with making a good show. It is just her subtly roasting the Royal Family. This isn't made for us. This is made for like 30 people in that castle. That's all she's doing', she said in a video.

Ms Cumming is the third Netflix star to take aim at Meghan after fellow comedian Christina Pazsitzky said the show - and the Duchess - came across as 'highly inauthentic', 'fake' and 'phony'.

Stand-up Katherine Ryan, previously a supporter of Meghan, accused her of 'cosying up to celebrities and acting humble', adding: 'She is very Hollywood - even for me - and I don't like that in people'.

Whitney Cumming claims With Love, Meghan is packed with direct 'burns' aimed at Harry's family, comparing the Duchess of Sussex to a scorned woman posting on social media just so an ex-boyfriend would notice.

'It's just a big f*** you to the prom court over there across the pond', she said in a Twitter post. She added: 'She's just trolling them'.

It came after Katherine Ryan became the latest Netflix star to criticise the Duchess of Sussex - saying it feels like she has lied and puts on an act of 'oh, I'm just so humble' in her new TV show.


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Meghan Markle accused of 'faking' social media post

Meghan Markle has been accused of faking her St Patrick's Day waffles after royal fans noticed something weird about them. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, posted Instagram videos that showed her using a waffle maker to create a Shamrock green holiday-themed breakfast to celebrate Ireland's patron saint with her family. She filmed herself whisking up a lurid mixture, before pouring it into a steaming hot black cast-iron waffle maker, declaring that the Sussexes' 'love a theme!'

But eagle-eyed social media users immediately claimed there was something suspicious about her Irish-inspired waffles. They claimed that the treats that she showed off on her Instagram looked completely different from the pattern on the waffle maker she was using. Her iron, which appears to be a $50 Cuisinart Waring Pro WMK200 Belgian Waffle Maker, has deep ridges so each waffle can be split into quarters. But royal fans spotted that her waffles, filmed being plated up for Archie and Lilibet with kiwi, blueberry and whipped cream to make it look like a face, had no ridges and were flat.

However, one supporter suggested she could have made different ones for adults and children using different irons. It came as royal fans became convinced that Meghan used a waffle iron gifted by the late Queen to Archie to make the St Patrick's Day-themed dish for Harry and the children.

'She did not make that mess in that waffle maker. Anyone noticed something missing? The waffle maker has four sections. None of that slop she made has any sections.'


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Meghan Markle has been accused of faking her St. Patrick's Day waffles after fans noticed something suspicious about them


^ Meghan Markle has been accused of faking her St. Patrick's Day waffles after fans noticed something suspicious about them.

She posted videos as she made the green waffles using her waffle maker


^ She posted videos as she made the green waffles using her waffle maker.

The last snap was a picture of the breakfast she made herself and Prince Harry, which looked different again

^ The last snap was a picture of the breakfast she made herself and Prince Harry, which looked different again.
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Many people on X slammed the Duchess for her 'phoney' waffles
 

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Meghan Markle mercilessly mocked by Jimmy Fallon over absurd 'cooking' tip as her Netflix show becomes national laughing stock

Jimmy Fallon has become the latest celebrity to mock Meghan Markle as he made a joke about her making her own pretzel bags on her Netflix show. During NBC's The Tonight Show on Monday, Fallon's sidekick Steve Higgins asked the 50-year-old chat show host a series of questions in a 'Trivia Night' segment.

One of the queries put to Fallon by Higgins was: 'Ready, you're going to get this. What is the number one question that mystifies scientists? Number one question.' Fallon then suggested: 'Is there life on another planet?' But Higgins said: 'Ooh, no. Why does Meghan Markle make her own pretzel bags? They don't know why.'

As the audience erupted in laughter, Fallon chuckled and replied: 'That's interesting. She takes it from one bag and puts it in another bag, and that confuses people.' They were referring to a moment in 'With Love, Meghan', which began streaming on March 4, where the Duchess of Sussex transfers pre-packaged pretzels into another bag with a personalized label on to show visiting guests that she is thinking of them.

In the scene, Meghan tears open a pre-packaged bag of supermarket pretzels, transferring them into her own plastic bag, and securing it with a neat string bow. 'This, we're just going to put into a different bag,' she says, with fans spotting the recognizable Trader Joe packaging of the peanut butter flavored snacks.

After pouring the snacks into her own bag, the Duchess labels the bag as containing peanuts - but acknowledges she already knows her friend does not have an allergy. 'I know that Daniel (Martin) loves peanut butter but I'm going to label this anyway, you always want to be conscious if someone has a nut allergy,' she says. 'I'm packing this all up so I can take it home and prep the guest room.'

Meghan was twice due to appear on The Tonight Show in 2022, with her first appearance in September that year axed after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Then, NBC claimed Meghan would be appearing in December 2022 – before royal reporter Omid Scobie denied this, and the channel later admitted it had made a mistake with its announcement.


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Meghan Markle accused of 'faking' social media post

Meghan Markle has been accused of faking her St Patrick's Day waffles after royal fans noticed something weird about them. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, posted Instagram videos that showed her using a waffle maker to create a Shamrock green holiday-themed breakfast to celebrate Ireland's patron saint with her family. She filmed herself whisking up a lurid mixture, before pouring it into a steaming hot black cast-iron waffle maker, declaring that the Sussexes' 'love a theme!'

But eagle-eyed social media users immediately claimed there was something suspicious about her Irish-inspired waffles. They claimed that the treats that she showed off on her Instagram looked completely different from the pattern on the waffle maker she was using. Her iron, which appears to be a $50 Cuisinart Waring Pro WMK200 Belgian Waffle Maker, has deep ridges so each waffle can be split into quarters. But royal fans spotted that her waffles, filmed being plated up for Archie and Lilibet with kiwi, blueberry and whipped cream to make it look like a face, had no ridges and were flat.

However, one supporter suggested she could have made different ones for adults and children using different irons. It came as royal fans became convinced that Meghan used a waffle iron gifted by the late Queen to Archie to make the St Patrick's Day-themed dish for Harry and the children.

'She did not make that mess in that waffle maker. Anyone noticed something missing? The waffle maker has four sections. None of that slop she made has any sections.'


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Meghan Markle has been accused of faking her St. Patrick's Day waffles after fans noticed something suspicious about them's Day waffles after fans noticed something suspicious about them


^ Meghan Markle has been accused of faking her St. Patrick's Day waffles after fans noticed something suspicious about them.

She posted videos as she made the green waffles using her waffle maker


^ She posted videos as she made the green waffles using her waffle maker.

The last snap was a picture of the breakfast she made herself and Prince Harry, which looked different again

^ The last snap was a picture of the breakfast she made herself and Prince Harry, which looked different again.
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Many people on X slammed the Duchess for her 'phoney' waffles'phoney' waffles

Judging by colour I would say that only space aliens would eat something tasty like that.
 

nivek

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Conor McGregor announces he will run for PRESIDENT in Ireland after meeting with Donald Trump - as he poses in front of a private jet wearing a 'Make Ireland Great Again' hat

Conor McGregor has announced his bid to become Ireland's President just days after a controversial trip to the White House. The MMA fighter, who was found to have raped a woman in a civil case in November in Dublin, announced his bid with an Instagram post which sees him standing in front of a private jet and wearing a Make Ireland Great Again cap. The annoucement comes just days after McGregor spoke of an 'illegal immigration racket ravaging our country' at the White House.

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Counter terrorism police probe Heathrow fire amid claims of Russian sabotage: Substation blaze fits the pattern of Putin's disruption attacks in Europe, and exposes 'vulnerability' in UK infrastructure, say experts

Counter terrorism police are now investigating an electrical substation fire that has shut London Heathrow Airport for the whole of today amid claims it could be a Russian sabotage attack linked to Vladimir Putin 's campaign of disruption. More than 1,300 flights to and from the UK's busiest airport will be impacted today due to its closure following a fire at the nearby North Hyde electrical substation. Thousands of homes were left without power with more than 100 people evacuated after a transformer at the substation caught fire as a huge explosion was heard. Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the invasion of Ukraine three years ago. They allege that the disruption campaign is an extension of President Putin's war, intended to sow division in European societies and undermine support for Ukraine - although the Kremlin has denied carrying out sabotage efforts against the West.

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All the clues that Putin is behind the Heathrow fire: Intelligence expert NEIL BARNETT says we should treat the blaze as sabotage - and Britain is already at war with Russia

The shooting may not have started yet, but let me tell you: Britain is already at war with Russia. When I saw the horrific images this morning of black smoke billowing from a critical energy substation linked to Heathrow Airport, I was immediately suspicious. It may be too early to come to any hard conclusions. But make no mistake: Heathrow is one of our enemies' juiciest targets. At least 1,351 flights have been cancelled today and the knock-on effect to the British economy is likely run into the billions - to say nothing of the stress to ordinary passengers and the loss to Britain's international prestige.

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All the clues that Putin is behind the Heathrow fire: Intelligence expert NEIL BARNETT

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All the clues that Putin is behind the Heathrow fire: Intelligence expert NEIL BARNETT says we should treat the blaze as sabotage - and Britain is already at war with Russia

The shooting may not have started yet, but let me tell you: Britain is already at war with Russia. When I saw the horrific images this morning of black smoke billowing from a critical energy substation linked to Heathrow Airport, I was immediately suspicious. It may be too early to come to any hard conclusions. But make no mistake: Heathrow is one of our enemies' juiciest targets. At least 1,351 flights have been cancelled today and the knock-on effect to the British economy is likely run into the billions - to say nothing of the stress to ordinary passengers and the loss to Britain's international prestige.

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All the clues that Putin is behind the Heathrow fire: Intelligence expert NEIL BARNETT

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It may well have been sabotaged by Russia, I do not know. However, I expect that now whenever anything goes wrong with Britain's creaking infrastructure Russian sabotage will be blamed by the warmongers, regardless of whether it is the case or not.
 
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