Com 50 anos de carreira, um dos mais importantes fotógrafos humanistas do Brasil, João Roberto Ripper, inaugurou nesta segunda-feira (15) a exposição gratuita Humanidades, com 20 fotos ligadas aos direitos humanos. A mostra em sua homenagem marca a abertura da Galeria a Céu Aberto, localizada no gramado lateral da Biblioteca de Manguinhos, no campus da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz).
As fotografias perpassam diversos momentos da carreira de Ripper, com foco nas populações mais vulneráveis. Aos 76 anos, Ripper diz que a nova galeria abre espaço para a discussão de humanidades e dos direitos humanos.
“Abre espaço também para que outros fotógrafos usem esse espaço. É importante criar espaços onde esses trabalhos possam se multiplicar. A Fiocruz vai disponibilizar esse material para as organizações de direitos humanos”, disse Ripper.
O fotógrafo e curador da exposição, Dante Gastaldoni, explica que escolheu 20 fotos que tentam ser um mergulho na obra de Ripper, mas com o recorte do bem-querer.
"‘É uma fotografia fruto da relação de afeto entre fotógrafo e fotografados. A gente se apegou ao afeto que transborda da obra do Ripper. É uma ode ao amor, ao afeto, à solidariedade expressa em fotografias”, afirmou Dante.
O pesquisador em saúde pública, professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Informação e Comunicação em Saúde do Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica (Icict/Fiocruz) e um dos coordenadores da nova galeria, Rodrigo Murtinho, conta que teve a ideia do novo espaço em 2018, em uma viagem a Montevidéu, no Uruguai. No país vizinho, ele viu uma exposição de fotos sobre refugiados em uma galeria de céu aberto no Parque Rodó.
“Não tinha ninguém melhor do que o próprio Ripper para inaugurar essa galeria. São mais de 50 anos dedicados aos direitos humanos de forma ampla. Aqui, na Fiocruz a gente trabalha com o conceito ampliado de saúde, que é sinônimo de cidadania e que dialoga direto com os direitos humanos”, disse Murtinho.
Esses e outros registros fazem parte do Acervo João Roberto Ripper, no Fiocruz Imagens. Integrando as iniciativas de Acesso Aberto da Fiocruz, o projeto foi desenvolvido para a conservação e divulgação do trabalho do fotodocumentarista e reúne mais de 180 mil fotogramas em película de Ripper que estão sendo digitalizados e catalogados.
Com 50 anos de carreira, um dos mais importantes fotógrafos humanistas do Brasil, João Roberto Ripper, inaugurou nesta segunda-feira (15) a exposição gratuita Humanidades, com 20 fotos ligadas aos direitos humanos. A mostra em sua homenagem marca a abertura da Galeria a Céu Aberto, localizada no gramado lateral da Biblioteca de Manguinhos, no campus da Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz).
As fotografias perpassam diversos momentos da carreira de Ripper, com foco nas populações mais vulneráveis. Aos 76 anos, Ripper diz que a nova galeria abre espaço para a discussão de humanidades e dos direitos humanos.
“Abre espaço também para que outros fotógrafos usem esse espaço. É importante criar espaços onde esses trabalhos possam se multiplicar. A Fiocruz vai disponibilizar esse material para as organizações de direitos humanos”, disse Ripper.
O fotógrafo e curador da exposição, Dante Gastaldoni, explica que escolheu 20 fotos que tentam ser um mergulho na obra de Ripper, mas com o recorte do bem-querer.
"‘É uma fotografia fruto da relação de afeto entre fotógrafo e fotografados. A gente se apegou ao afeto que transborda da obra do Ripper. É uma ode ao amor, ao afeto, à solidariedade expressa em fotografias”, afirmou Dante.
O pesquisador em saúde pública, professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Informação e Comunicação em Saúde do Instituto de Comunicação e Informação Científica e Tecnológica (Icict/Fiocruz) e um dos coordenadores da nova galeria, Rodrigo Murtinho, conta que teve a ideia do novo espaço em 2018, em uma viagem a Montevidéu, no Uruguai. No país vizinho, ele viu uma exposição de fotos sobre refugiados em uma galeria de céu aberto no Parque Rodó.
“Não tinha ninguém melhor do que o próprio Ripper para inaugurar essa galeria. São mais de 50 anos dedicados aos direitos humanos de forma ampla. Aqui, na Fiocruz a gente trabalha com o conceito ampliado de saúde, que é sinônimo de cidadania e que dialoga direto com os direitos humanos”, disse Murtinho.
Esses e outros registros fazem parte do Acervo João Roberto Ripper, no Fiocruz Imagens. Integrando as iniciativas de Acesso Aberto da Fiocruz, o projeto foi desenvolvido para a conservação e divulgação do trabalho do fotodocumentarista e reúne mais de 180 mil fotogramas em película de Ripper que estão sendo digitalizados e catalogados.
El panorama internacional se fragmenta en imágenes que retratan las múltiples realidades del mundo contemporáneo. En Washington, las fotografías capturan una Casa Blanca inédita, transformada en el epicentro del entretenimiento deportivo tras una recepción organizada por Donald Trump. Las imágenes muestran a la élite política siguiendo las grandes estrellas de las peleas de la UFC, en un ambiente festivo y de gran expectación.
50 imágenes, 50 historias. La exposición de EL PAÍS que celebra el medio siglo de vida del periódico ha arrancado su recorrido itinerante en el Aeropuerto Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas. Momentos está comisariada por Marisa Flórez (León, 1948), fotógrafa y exeditora gráfica del periódico, y su propuesta evoca el papel fundamental del fotoperiodismo a través de 50 instantáneas trascendentales desde que nació EL PAÍS, el 4 de mayo de 1976. Del 2 al 30 de junio, la exposición estará en el aeropuerto madrileño, en la zona sur de la Sala 10 (recogida de equipajes) de la Terminal 4. Después continuará por otras ciudades como Vigo, Gijón o Bilbao.
Uno, un vecchio boss da tempo ormai in libertà. L’altro, ergastolano ma considerato un detenuto modello tanto da usufruire di diversi permessi premio grazie ai quali tornava a Palermo. Ma la loro vita, sostiene la Dda di Palermo, non era per nulla cambiata e stavano riorganizzando le famiglie dell’Acquasanta e dell’Arenella, due delle più importanti del mandamento di Resuttana. Così oggi Stefano Fidanzati e Raffaele Galatolo sono stati arrestati dalla Guardia di Finanza insieme ad altre undici persone in un’operazione antimafia che vede indagate 45 persone.
Fidanzati era tornato in libertà da tempo ma, secondo l’accusa, sarebbe ancora a capo della famiglia mafiosa dell’Arenella. Il boss ergastolano Raffaele Galatolo, in carcere a Napoli e considerato un detenuto modello tanto da usufruire di diversi permessi, riorganizzava la famiglia dell’Acquasanta: aveva ottenuto la possibilità di uscire dal carcere e lavorare in un’associazione di volontariato. Agli arrestati – 8 in carcere e cinque ai domiciliari – vengono contestati a vario titolo i reati di associazione mafiosa, bancarotta fraudolenta, favoreggiamento personale, riciclaggio, trasferimento fraudolento di valori, esercizio abusivo di attività di scommesse.
Le investigazioni hanno consentito di acquisire elementi utili a delineare gli assetti interni delle due famiglie. In particolare, è emerso come, anche grazie al supporto di una stabile rete di sodali e alla forza di intimidazione derivante dall’appartenenza all’associazione mafiosa, i capi famiglia avrebbero esercitato la propria influenza sui rispettivi territori di riferimento, mantenendo la capacità di orientare le attività illecite, dirimere controversie interne o con soggetti appartenenti ad altri mandamenti, nonché condizionare l’operatività economica e commerciale. Con riferimento alla famiglia mafiosa dell’Arenella, l’attività d’indagine ha permesso di ricostruire le modalità di imposizione mafiosa sul territorio da parte del capofamiglia, il quale, anche attraverso interazioni con altri esponenti di vertice di Cosa nostra, avrebbe esercitato la propria influenza anche rilevando società, fittiziamente intestate, a incensurati al fine di reimpiegare i capitali illeciti.
Gli attentati incendiari che da mesi colpiscono Palermo, gli imprenditori sotto pressione e gli arresti eseguiti nelle ultime ore raccontano una realtà che non va assolutamente sottovalutata. Siamo di fronte a una pressione mafiosa di particolare virulenza che tenta di riaffermare controllo del territorio, capacità intimidatoria e dominio economico.
Le autorità locali dimostrano di essere all’altezza della situazione. Magistratura, Prefettura ed inquirenti stanno svolgendo il proprio compito con professionalità, determinazione e spirito di servizio. Quando arrivano gli arresti, vengono sequestrati patrimoni e individuati gli autori di attentati ed estorsioni, il merito è di quelli che lavorano sul territorio, con organici e risorse mai proporzionati alla complessità delle sfide che devono affrontare.
Ed è proprio qui che nasce una domanda che la politica nazionale dovrebbe avere il coraggio di affrontare. Da tempo i segnali erano evidenti. La pressione criminale cresceva, gli episodi intimidatori si moltiplicavano, gli imprenditori lanciavano allarmi sempre più preoccupati e, in attesa dei tempi necessari allo sviluppo delle indagini, avevano bisogno di vedere una risposta straordinaria di controllo del territorio. Non stiamo parlando di un’emergenza improvvisa esplosa nel giro di pochi giorni ma di una situazione che avrebbe dovuto indurre, da mesi, una riflessione strategica sul tipo di risposta da costruire in via immediata a sostegno delle istituzioni locali.
Se una città viene considerata così problematica da richiedere ripetute visite del Ministro dell’Interno e la convocazione di comitati da lui presieduti ai massimi livelli istituzionali, significa che il problema ha assunto una dimensione che supera la gestione ordinaria. E se è davvero così, la domanda diventa inevitabile: dov’è la strategia straordinaria dello Stato? Altrimenti si crea il paradosso che, da una parte, si comunica che lo Stato è presente e, dall’altra, si lascia che siano quasi esclusivamente le strutture territoriali a sostenere il peso della risposta.
Il Sindaco di Palermo lo ha detto con parole che meritano attenzione: la solidarietà non basta, serve una risposta straordinaria dello Stato. E da tempo chiede che il centro sostenga le autorità locali. E con lui lo chiedono a gran voce tutti gli organismi, enti e cittadini. Ciò che si è visto finora è soprattutto una continua narrazione della sicurezza in cui emergono ringraziamenti, celebrazioni e rassicurazioni. Quasi nessun rinforzo reale. Nessun rafforzamento visibile delle strutture investigative. Nessuna strategia capace di sostenere concretamente chi combatte ogni giorno questa battaglia.
Del resto, è esattamente questo che dovrebbe fare uno Stato moderno quando ritiene che un territorio stia affrontando una sfida straordinaria. Negli ultimi anni, invece, si moltiplicano le zone rosse, anche a Palermo, si annunciano controlli, si diffondono statistiche e si realizza una narrazione permanente della sicurezza non accompagnata dalle risorse necessarie a trasformarla in risultati.
L’esito finale è quello che emerge anche in altre città italiane. A Milano, ad esempio, si scopre che dodici zone rosse dovrebbero essere controllate da appena sedici agenti di polizia locale, poco più di uno per area, al punto che la stessa stampa parla apertamente di “controlli farsa”. È la fotografia perfetta della differenza tra annunciare e realizzare.
È lo stesso rischio di Palermo e di altre realtà del Paese. Penso a Foggia e al Gargano, dove negli anni successivi al grande intervento di sistema avviato nel 2017 lo Stato dimostrò quanto potesse essere efficace una strategia che mise insieme investigatori, controllo del territorio, Procure, Prefettura e forze di polizia in un’unica azione coordinata. Oggi, progressivamente, quell’intervento di sistema si è ridotto e si stanno riaffacciando fenomeni criminali che sembravano appartenere al passato perché quella strategia non appare più sostenuta con la stessa determinazione di allora. Altri tempi, altri ministri e capi della Polizia.
Per questo Palermo non riguarda soltanto Palermo. Riguarda l’idea stessa di sicurezza che vogliamo costruire. Sarebbe davvero bello se al termine dell’ennesimo Comitato per l’Ordine e la Sicurezza Pubblica annunciato a Palermo e presieduto dal Ministro dell’Interno non leggessimo il solito comunicato fatto di ringraziamenti, rassicurazioni sulla presenza dello Stato e di telecamere, ma l’illustrazione di una strategia operativa e organizzativa straordinaria, immediata e concreta, capace di sostenere il lavoro dei magistrati e di tutte le istituzioni locali che ogni giorno combattono questa battaglia, sindaco compreso.
Perché la mafia non teme le dichiarazioni, le statistiche o le conferenze stampa. Teme gli uomini, le indagini, il controllo del territorio e la continuità dell’azione dello Stato.
Os eleitores suíços rejeitaram este domingo, em referendo, uma iniciativa da direita radical para limitar a população a 10 milhões até 2050, com projeções nacionais a indicarem vitória do “não”, segundo a radiotelevisão estatal SRF. A proposta, promovida pela União Democrática do Centro (UDC), previa a introdução de restrições à imigração caso a população ultrapassasse determinados limiares antes de 2050. Entre as medidas estavam limitações ao asilo, ao reagrupamento familiar e às autorizações de residência, podendo ainda pôr em causa o acordo de livre circulação de pessoas entre a Suíça e a União Europeia. O Governo suíço, bem como sindicatos
En Bucarest y Sofía, las banderas arcoíris y los gestos de orgullo desafían al prejuicio con destellos de color, buscando esperanza en un mundo que, en otros rincones, se quiebra de dolor. Esa misma búsqueda de luz se apaga de golpe en el sur de la Franja de Gaza, donde el llanto desgarrador de un joven palestino sobre el cuerpo de un niño encarna el horror de una guerra implacable. El sufrimiento se extiende hacia las fronteras del Chad, en el éxodo de hombres que empujan carros hacia Sudán, y en el brote silencioso del Ébola que azota al Congo.
Os quatro jovens, condenados por crimes de violação, pornografia de menores e ofensa à integridade física, pagam ainda uma indemnização de 50 mil euros à vítima. O tribunal de Loures condenou esta sexta-feira os quatros influencers acusados de violar uma menor em 2025 e de filmar os atos sexuais a penas de prisão efetiva entre sete e oito anos, adiantou a comarca. Segundo o comunicado da juíza presidente do Tribunal da Comarca de Lisboa Norte (Loures), Leonardo Saraiva foi condenado por dois crimes de violação agravados e 27 crimes de pornografia de menores numa pena única de sete anos e
A senior Central Intelligence Agency operations official appeared before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, chaired by Senator Rand Paul.
Pressed by Chairman Paul, who had already denounced the CIA’s cover-ups of the lab-built SARS-CoV-2 several months ago, he declared that Dr. Anthony Fauci intentionally helped cover up evidence showing that COVID-19 emerged from a Chinese lab collaborating with US-funded scientists, some of whom were involved in gain-of-function and coronavirus research months before the pandemic.
“Dr. Fauci’s role in the cover-up was intentional,” said James E. Erdman III, a senior operations officer for the CIA. Erdman testified during a hearing organized by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
Erdman, who served on the federal Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG) between March 2025 and April 2026, leading the investigation into the origins of COVID-19, said that this position allowed him to learn of evidence demonstrating that Fauci, the CIA, and other elements of the US intelligence community had actively covered up evidence of a COVID-19 laboratory leak.
This information has been public knowledge in the United States for years.
Because in America, there is no State Secrecy tacitly imposed by the European Union, the various Italian governments, and their complicit media, which, like Fact-Checkers, have banned Gospa News and anyone seriously investigating a pandemic engineered by Fauci and funded by Bill Gates & Co. from social media.
But Erdman III’s deposition brings together in a disgusting mosaic all the pieces already revealed in our series of Wuhan-Gates investigations. We briefly summarize them for those in a hurry, and refer everyone else to the full article (with automatic translation into Italian) on Gospa News International.
Erdman confirms that Fauci’s study on the natural origin of SARS-CoV-2 and the Covid pandemic (The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2) is a completely fabricated narrative. We add: to force the Indian biologists who first discovered the HIV sequences in the virus to withdraw their research.
The CIA secretly spied on everyone within the agency investigating the man-made SARS, so it also unleashed its Fact-Checker partners to do the same against journalists like us.
Erdman highlights the central role of Professor Baric (a microbiologist at the University of Carolina working to develop a “recipe” for a laboratory-grown Covid based on Moderna Vaccine Research) and his close collaborator, the famous bat-woman scientist Shi-Zhengli director of the Center for Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The CIA whistleblower revealed that several biological scientists led the Event 201 exercise funded by Bill Gates a few months before the pandemic.
Edrman was among the first federal agents to mention lawyer Avril Haines, a biological weapons expert, formerly Joseph Biden’s briefcase in Congress, deputy CIA director, and then Deputy National Security Advisor during the Obama-Biden administration (2013-2016). She was a prophet of a respiratory epidemic in 2018 and was later appointed by President Biden to head the US Intelligence Community (ODNI office), where she attempted to cover up any trace of laboratory evidence of SARS-CoV-2, leading to a split in the federal agencies she oversaw.
“Several of the BSEG scientists helped Dr. Fauci rewrite definitions of gain-of-function in 2015 to lift a funding pause on dangerous research,” Erdman testified. He said BSEG members “often receive considerable funding from NIAID [the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases] and public health agencies.”
Scientists participating in BSEG included Ralph Baric, Ph.D., who worked with Wuhan Institute of Virology researcher Shi Zhengli, Ph.D., on gain-of-function experiments, Erdman said. Daszak was later “sent to China with the WHO [World Health Organization] to investigate the origins of COVID.”
Bill Gates’ Exercise with the Intelligence Officer That Covered Up the Lab-Based SARS-CoV-2
Erdman said that some BSEG scientists also played a key role in Event 201, a simulation of a global coronavirus outbreak that took place in October 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gates Foundation and World Economic Forum were also involved in the planning of Event 201.
“This was a coronavirus pandemic tabletop exercise curiously similar to the events that played out during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was attended by Dr. Fauci and individuals with IC ties like former [Director of National Intelligence] Avril Haynes,” Erdman said.
A Wall Street Journal investigation last year revealed that in 2021, Haynes opted to brief then-President Joe Biden only on evidence supporting the zoonotic theory.
Fauci’s Indictment for Perjury to Congress
Today’s hearing came two days after the expiration of a deadline to indict Fauci on charges of perjury for allegedly lying to Congress in 2021. Fauci told Congress at the time that NIH and NIAID had never funded gain-of-function research.
Hawley said many of his constituents “want to see the perpetrators held to account,” people like Fauci. He urged Congress to “start tightening the funding strings” of federal agencies that are not cooperating with the investigation into the origins of COVID-19.
The Alleged RAID on Gabbard’s Intelligence Office, Ready to Reveal the Secrets of US Biolabs
According to Fox News journalist Jesse Watters, the sensational allegations emerged Wednesday during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing.
Watters claims that Fauci’s whistleblower, James Eardman III, stated in court today that the documents were being prepared for release when the CIA intervened and seized them.
“The CIA has 24 hours to return the documents to Tulsi Gabbard’s office, or I will file a motion to issue a subpoena. “These documents were requested by Congress,” Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna declared on her X account.
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio – founder and director of Gospa News
CIA Whistleblower: Fauci Led Multi-Agency Cover-Up of COVID Lab Leak Evidence
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by MichaelNevradakis, Ph.D. – originally published on The Defender – Children’s Health Defense association website
A CIA whistleblower today told the U.S. Senate that Dr. Anthony Fauci intentionally helped cover up evidence showing that COVID-19 emerged from a Chinese laboratory that worked with U.S.-funded scientists — some of whom were involved with gain-of-function research and coronaviruses months before the pandemic.
“Dr. Fauci’s role in the cover-up was intentional,” said James E. Erdman III, a senior operations officer for the CIA. Erdman testified during a hearing organized by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs, chaired by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).
Erdman, who worked for the federal Director’s Initiatives Group (DIG) between March 2025 and April 2026, leading its investigation into COVID-19’s origins, said this position exposed him to evidence that Fauci, the CIA and other elements of the U.S. intelligence community actively covered up evidence of a COVID-19 lab leak.
He said a “small circle” of scientists was involved in the cover-up and helped promote the theory that the SARS-CoV-2 virus had a zoonotic — or natural — origin. Fauci then referred investigators from various U.S. intelligence agencies leading an interagency probe into the virus’s origins to the same scientists, Erdman said.
Erdman said the scientists were linked to gain-of-function research, which increases the virulence or transmissibility of viruses and is used in vaccine development.
Erdman said the cover-up continues today and that CIA whistleblowers have faced retaliation from the agency. When asked if there is still resistance within the CIA to comply with legislation to declassify all COVID-19 origins documents, Erdman responded, “Yes.”
Erdman told lawmakers that public health policy “would have been very different had the American public been made aware that a virus from a lab in China was going to serve as the foundation for an Emergency Use Authorization mRNA product being mandated by the former administration.”
Paul called the COVID-19 pandemic “one of the most consequential events of our lifetime.” The senator said that “to this day, the American people have never received a full accounting of where it [the virus] came from, what our government knew and why they had to fight their own government to find out.”
Mary Holland, CEO of Children’s Health Defense, said today’s hearing “broke the COVID-19 spell that has ensnared Congress for over six years.” “Finally, it seems that Congress might start the reckoning that is so desperately needed to account for the deaths and destruction of the COVID-19 years,”Holland said.
The CIA did not clear Erdman to testify. No Senate Democrats attended or participated in today’s hearing — an absence Holland called “inexcusable.” Later today, Fox News reported that the CIA was “not happy” with today’s hearing.
‘From the outset of the pandemic, Dr. Fauci shaped the conclusions’
However, the list of experts “coincidentally” mirrored the list of co-authors of a key 2020 Nature Medicine paper, “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2.” Fauci and other public health officials and media figures later used the paper to refute the lab-leak theory and discredit its proponents as “conspiracy theorists.”
“There is a narrative that was being generated” by Fauci, Erdman said.
Last year, the Trump administration launched an investigation to determine whether Fauci and others influenced the paper’s conclusions in exchange for funding.
Erdman testified that in August 2021, Fauci’s intervention helped lead the CIA to adopt a neutral stance on the origin of COVID-19, rather than supporting the lab-leak theory. He said:
Erdman said that while he has not found “smoking gun” documentation of Fauci or other officials openly discussing a cover-up, he said there was a “pervasive undercurrent” indicating this in much of the documentation he’s seen.
“From the outset of the pandemic, Dr. Fauci shaped the conclusions,” Paul said. “Dozens of times, he referred to the idea that the pandemic originating in the lab was a conspiracy.”
According to Erdman, Fauci’s views haven’t changed. “He believes it’s natural origin. He still does,” Erdman said.
CIA ‘illegally’ spied on COVID whistleblowers
Erdman testified that CIA officials who spoke out about the possibility of a cover-up have faced repercussions from the agency, ranging from surveillance to retaliation.
“Following the CIA’s COVID relook that culminated in 2023, the CIA retaliated against analysts supporting the lab-leak hypothesis,” Erdman said. “CIA managers retaliated against them for their refusal to agree with management’s middle-of-the-night anonymous rewrite of the analysis, which changed the assessment to a non-call judgment.”
According to Erdman, the CIA began illegally monitoring “the computer and phone usage” of DIG personnel, including “their investigations and contact with whistleblowers.”
“These were Americans being spied upon illegally while executing duties directed by the president and under the authority of the director of national intelligence,” Erdman said. At least one CIA contractor was fired as a result, “one day after meeting with the DIG.”
Erdman said the legislative and executive branches will remain misinformed if “this type of behavior is not addressed.”
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), who last month led a hearing presenting evidence that the FDA knew of a better method to detect COVID-19 vaccine safety signals — including sudden deaths following vaccination — but concealed it, said he sent multiple agencies “very legitimate oversight requests,” which were mostly ignored.
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said that after Congress unanimously passed a bill he sponsored in 2023 requiring the U.S. government to release documentation on COVID-19’s origins, the government “deliberately” withheld most documents.
Rather than providing thousands of pages of documents as requested, Congress received five pages, which were partially redacted. “If that isn’t a cover-up, I don’t know what is,” Hawley said.
Oversight of gain-of-function research ‘must have teeth’
“Several of the BSEG scientists helped Dr. Fauci rewrite definitions of gain-of-function in 2015 to lift a funding pause on dangerous research,” Erdman testified. He said BSEG members “often receive considerable funding from NIAID [the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases] and public health agencies.”
The CIA-Intelligence Officer to Gates Event 201 Exercise
Erdman said that some BSEG scientists also played a key role in Event 201, a simulation of a global coronavirus outbreak that took place in October 2019, shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic. The Gates Foundation and World Economic Forum were also involved in the planning of Event 201.
“This was a coronavirus pandemic tabletop exercise curiously similar to the events that played out during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was attended by Dr. Fauci and individuals with IC ties like former [Director of National Intelligence] Avril Haynes,” Erdman said.
Erdman said that as early as May 2020, federal agencies like the U.S. Department of Energy were circulating internal documents suggesting that “all the conditions were present for a lab leak.”
Erdman expressed support for President Donald Trump’s executive order, issued last year, which paused funding for gain-of-function research for 120 days, a period during which a new federal policy on such research was to be developed. The administration has not yet announced a new policy.
“We need a comprehensive review of government-funded life science research and a move back to pre-9/11 definitions of gain-of-function and WMD [weapons of mass destruction] research,” Erdman said. “Oversight must have teeth.”
Will we see ‘perp walks’ of Fauci, other COVID-era figures?
Today’s hearing came two days after the expiration of a deadline to indict Fauci on charges of perjury for allegedly lying to Congress in 2021. Fauci told Congress at the time that NIH and NIAID had never funded gain-of-function research.
Paul didn’t address the expiration of the statute of limitations during today’s hearing, but he did suggest that the evidence Erdman presented bolsters the case for the passage of the Risky Research Review Act, legislation he proposed last year.
Hawley said many of his constituents “want to see the perp walks” of figures such as Fauci. He called on Congress “to start pulling purse strings” of federal agencies that are uncooperative with the investigation into COVID-19’s origins.
“It is well past time for us to have [another] Church Committee,” Johnson said, referring to a 1975 U.S. Senate committee that investigated CIA wrongdoing.
Laura Bates (Oxford, 39 años) ha investigado durante años el mundo de la machosfera, ese oscuro reducto de las redes, cada vez con más tentáculos, donde habitan hombres resentidos —los llamados incel o célibes involuntarios— que sueñan con violar o asesinar a las mujeres que los rechazan; donde supuestos gurús enseñan cómo tratarlas con mano dura o donde, desde hace unos años, circulan deepfakes, vídeos pornográficos realizados con inteligencia artificial, en los que niñas y mujeres que no han dado su consentimiento son sometidas, a partir de fotos suyas, a abusos y violaciones virtuales, pero con consecuencias e impacto psicológico reales y devastadores. Bates fundó en 2012 Everyday Sexism Project, una web que ha atendido las denuncias, anónimas o no, de más de 200.000 mujeres que han encontrado en ese repositorio la ayuda para expresar sus miedos, su rabia o su frustración, y que han informado a gobiernos e instituciones de realidades que no necesariamente acaban en un juzgado o con los culpables castigados. En 2023 le dio forma a estas ideas en su aclamado libro Los hombres que odian a las mujeres (Capitán Swing).
No ano passado, registaram-se 538 suicídios entre estudantes do ensino primário, secundário e universitário, o número mais elevado desde que os dados começaram a ser recolhidos em 1980. O Governo japonês aprovou esta terça-feira um plano de ação para tentar reduzir os números recorde de suicídio infantil registados no país, incluindo medidas de conciliação familiar e uso de inteligência artificial (IA) para identificar riscos. “O suicídio infantil e juvenil é um problema grave que deve ser levado muito a sério”, declarou a primeira-ministra japonesa, Sanae Takaichi, citada pela agência local Kyodo. A dirigente presidiu a reunião do Conselho para a
Mentre negli Usa sono citati in tribunale i giganti di Big Tech per i danni ai più giovani, la ministra della famiglia Eugenia Roccella rivendica i risultati del governo sulla tutela dei minorionline. Ma le leggi italiane sono (quasi) lettera morta perché inesistenti i controlli sull’età. Oggi i bambini possono accedere ai siti di pornografia, con un dispositivo e una connessione internet, malgrado il decreto Caivano del 2023 ponga il divieto d’ingresso ai minorenni. E sin dalla tenera età si può usare liberamente l’intelligenza artificiale, sebbene ci sia l’obbligo del consenso dei genitori, grazie alla legge n.132 del 25 settembre 2025. C’è un eccezione: dal 5 giugno ChatGPT inaugura funzioni di verifica dell’età disattivando alcune impostazioni per gli adolescenti. Ma il movente potrebbe essere la causa civile mossa dallo Stato della Florida, più che le leggi italiane in vigore da tempo: il consenso dei genitori infatti non è previsto sulla pagina del sito che informa sui controlli. Del resto, il divieto di accesso ai social da parte dei minori è rimasto congelato a lungo per volontà di palazzo Chigi.
Roccella, il 4 giugno in Parlamento per il question time, ha esultato: “L’Italia è stata tra i primi Paesi a porsi il problema della tutela dei minori in ambiente digitale”. Sì, ma con risultati quantomeno discutibili. “Siamo il primo Paese europeo – ha ricordato la ministra – che si è dotato di una disciplina specifica per impedire ai minori di accedere a siti pornografici attraverso sistemi di verifica dell’età”. Peccato che i controlli siano ancora in alto mare e lo abbia ammesso anche Roccella: “Una recente sentenza del Tar del Lazio, nel marzo 2026 pur confermando la validità dell’impianto elaborato dall’Agcom, è intervenuta con ulteriori e complesse richieste procedurali che dovranno essere espletate prima di rendere la verifica dell’età pienamente efficace”. La ministra omette due dettagli, sul decreto Caivano. Il primo: le “complesse richieste procedurali” sono le notifiche ai Paesi e alla Commissione che ospitano le sedi legali delle piattaforme hard, in omaggio alla direttiva europea “e-commerce”. Dunque, probabilmente, bastava avvisare Cipro e Bruxelles per obbligare Pornhub ad escludere i minori dai video pornografici, disinnescando ricorsi al Tar. Roccella, al question time, non ha neppure spiegato il mancato appello al Consiglio di Stato da parte dell’Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Agcom) di fronte alla bocciatura del tribunale amministrativo. In questo modo, l’obbligo della verifica dell’età per le piattaforme pornografiche potrebbe restare in vigore, nell’attesa del pronunciamento definitivo. Invece, ad oggi, Onlyfan ha rispettato il divieto e quasi nessun altro. Con un paradosso: i giganti stranieri con sede in Europa proseguono indisturbati senza controlli sull’età, mentre i piccoli siti italiani sono stati oscurati. Dunque porno sì, ma solo d’importazione.
“La situazione italiana è folcloristica, perseveriamo ad approvare leggi sulla tutela dei minori online che non vengono rispettate”, dice Nicola Bernardi a ilfattoquotidiano.it. Il presidente di Federprivacy ricorda il Gdpr europeo approvato nel 2018: “Stabilisce il limite dei 16 anni per l’accesso autonomo alle piattaforme tecnologiche, prima serve il consenso dei genitori”. Da otto anni tuttavia i vincoli di Bruxelles sono ignorati dai colossi. L’Europa ha lasciato facoltà ai Paesi di abbassare la soglia fino ai 13 anni. L’Italia ha fissato l’asticella a 14, con il decreto legislativo n. 101 del 2018, modificando il codice della privacy risalente al 2003. Dunque la legge per tutelare i minori online c’è già. Eppure ne vengono sfornate altre, parimenti destinate a cadere nel vuoto. “Non è una vittoria ma pura propaganda politica, dovremmo far rispettare le leggi già esistenti senza tirarne fuori altre dal cilindro”, ammonisce il presidente di Federprivacy. “Mi chiedo se ci sia la volontà politica di rafforzare la tutela dei minori, oppure se si strizza l’occhio alle multinazionali tecnologiche”. All’origine dei “divieti fantasma” c’è la mancanza di un sistema collaudato per la verifica dell’età, sino ad oggi un vero rebus, tra rischi per la privacy e di sicurezza. Anche se Bernardi e diversi addetti ai lavori coltivano un dubbio: “Come è possibile che i giganti tecnologici, l’avanguardia globale dell’innovazione con più miliardi in cassa degli Stati, non abbiano strumenti per verificare l’età degli utenti?”.
In attesa di un sistema a prova di riservatezza, senza rischi di furto dell’identità, di fatto ogni divieto per i minori sembra un’illusione. Come l’obbligo di accedere ai servizi dell’intelligenza artificiale solo con il consenso dei genitori, fino a 14 anni. Lo stabilisce la legge n. 132 del 25 settembre 2025, nata da un ddl governativo. Ma fino ad ora inapplicata, perché i chatbot sono a disposizione senza vincoli di età, su una miriade di piattaforme e servizi digitali.
Da allora, un cambiamento c’è: il 5 giugno ChatGPT ha avviato nuove procedure per la verifica dell’età. Leggiamo sul sito: “Per aiutare gli adolescenti ad avere un’esperienza adeguata alla loro età, utilizziamo segnali per prevedere se un account possa appartenere a una persona sotto i 18 anni”. Quali segnali? “Ad esempio, argomenti generali di cui parli o i momenti della giornata in cui utilizzi ChatGPT”. Se il sospetto è che l’utente sia minorenne, “alcuni argomenti vengono trattati con maggiore attenzione per ridurre i contenuti sensibili, come la violenza esplicita o scene cruente; sfide virali che potrebbero indurre comportamenti rischiosi o dannosi; giochi che parlano di sesso, amore o violenza, contenuti che spingono a seguire ideali di bellezza impossibili, diete poco sane o a criticare il proprio corpo”. Giova ricordare come OpenIa sia sotto processo penale e civile, contro lo Stato dello Florida negli Usa.
Na fronteira entre a Índia e o Bangladeche, dois gigantes desaguam no oceano: o Ganges e o Brahmaputra. À medida que os seus braços se ramificam, estes rios formam o maior delta do mundo, que se estende por vários milhares de quilómetros quadrados. Durante muito tempo em conflito, grandes felinos e habitantes tentam resistir ao afluxo de turistas, aos ciclones e à subida das águas. Os Sundarbans indianos, onde os braços dos deltas do Ganges e do Brahmaputra se entrelaçam. Cerca de 10 000 (…)
Pela primeira vez, em maio de 2026, o exército maliano lançou bombas de fragmentação, proibidas pelo direito internacional, no norte do país. Apesar da intensificação das «operações antiterroristas», os jihadistas e os seus aliados tuaregues estão a aumentar o seu domínio territorial. A Argélia, indispensável para qualquer solução política, pretende recuperar a sua influência na região. Há catorze anos que o Mali é alvo de ataques jihadistas mortíferos e desestabilizadores. Os Acordos de (…)
Desde a invasão russa, milhões de ucranianos refugiaram-se na Polónia. Mas as relações entre os dois países têm o seu lado sombrio. Os conflitos que os dilaceram durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial obrigaram as autoridades soviéticas e polacas a proceder a uma gigantesca troca de populações, concretizando de facto o sonho de homogeneidade étnica dos nacionalistas que tinham combatido. Apesar de solidárias face à agressão russa à Ucrânia, Kiev e Varsóvia não resolveram os conflitos de memória (…)
A exposição de fotografia “Um Olhar sobre o Algarve”, da autoria do fotógrafo albufeirense António de Sá Fragoso, vai estar patente de 5 a 29 de Junho, na Galeria de Arte Pintor Samora Barros, em Albufeira.
Integrada na programação cultural promovida pela Câmara Municipal de Albufeira, a exposição reúne fotografias que retratam a riqueza arquitetónica, paisagística e ambiental do Algarve, com especial destaque para Albufeira e para os cenários que se estendem entre o litoral e o barrocal.
Natural de Albufeira, onde nasceu em 1977 e continua a residir, António de Sá Fragoso desenvolveu desde cedo o gosto pela fotografia. Embora tenha seguido carreira na Marinha de Guerra Portuguesa, foi em 2021 que retomou esta paixão, dedicando-se de forma mais intensa à arte fotográfica.
A exposição poderá ser visitada de segunda-feira a sábado, entre as 09h30 e as 12h30 e das 13h30 às 17h30, encontrando-se encerrada aos domingos e feriados.
Lavoce in mezz’ora è il format di divulgazione di lavoce.info che propone conversazioni con economiste ed economisti per approfondire i principali temi del dibattito economico e sociale. In questa puntata affrontiamo la reale situazione dell’economia italiana con Guido Ascari.
A Ukrainian drone raidlast was a “deliberate “double-tap” that included two more waves of drones targeting civilians”
Originally published by RT (former Russia Today, banned in UK and EU)
Gospa News posts and videos have been added in the aftermath by virtue of the yies with covered topics
A Ukrainian drone raidlast week devastated a college dormitory in Starobelsk, in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic, killing 21 students – most of them young women – and injuring dozens others.
«The attack was a deliberate “double-tap” that included two more waves of drones targeting civilians and first responders who raced to the scene, according to Russian officials. Russia branded the raid a “terrorist attack” and a blatant war crime. Horrific footage from the scene backed up the accusations».
However, speaking at an emergency UN Security Council session, Ukrainian envoy to the UN Andrey Melnik dismissed Moscow’s account, denigrating a “so-called incident” in Starobelsk as “a fake story” and accusing Russia of spreading “yet another propaganda narrative.”
Press conference before the College in Starobelsk in the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR)
«Kiev’s General Staff separately claimed its forces had targeted a command post of the elite Rubicon drone unit – an allegation for which reporters who visited the scene found no supporting evidence. Here is what Ukraine and the West do not want you to know about the Starobelsk tragedy» RT added.
RT senior correspondent Murad Gazdiev was among the first journalists to reach the site, reporting from the scene throughout the two-day search-and-rescue operation.
The most horrific thing when he arrived was “children still screaming under the rubble.”According to Gazdiev, blood-stained blankets were visible in the hallway where first responders pulled out the dead, and the ground was littered with students’ belongings and books.
Dasha and Anya tried to flee during the strike but were killed by the second drone barrage.
Among those trapped was 19-year-old Dasha Serdyuk. In her final moments of life, she filmed herself and sent a short video to her friend Nastya in St. Petersburg, pleading for help. Dasha had reportedly dreamed of becoming a kindergarten teacher and had only one year of studies left.
An eyewitness described watching a girl sprint from the building mid-attack, telling local media that she managed to leave the dorm but was killed by the blast wave outside.
Another victim, identified by the Mash outlet only as Anya, also tried to flee during the strike but was killed by the second drone barrage. An unnamed relative interviewed by the channel said that her body was so severely burned that family members could identify her only by her necklace and earrings. Anya is said to have been due to be married in the summer and is survived by her mother, grandmother, and 10-year-old sister.
Olga Vasilenko, a mother of Anastasia, an 18-year-old student at the college also killed in the strike, recalled, as cited by several Russian media: “She called me in the evening, saying: ‘Mom, we’re being bombed’. And then she stopped answering my calls”.
Russia’s human rights commissioner, Yana Lantratova, published photos of all 21 victims – some just 18 years old – offering condolences.“It’s impossible to imagine the pain of a parent who has lost the dearest thing in life – their child,” she said.
There have been no videos from the scene suggesting even the slightest sign of military-related activity. “There wasn’t even a hint of military personnel here. It was a targeted attack on children,” Roman Antonov, a local firefighter, told RT in the aftermath of the strike.
Churches in Starobelsk have held numerous services for the dead and prayers for the wounded.
A video shared by Mash made before the strike shows students doing what students do – dancing, laughing, and having fun, with some seen washing floors in the dormitory.
In the days that have followed, residents, relatives of the dead, survivors, and college staff brought flowers and stuffed animals to the ruins. Churches in Starobelsk have held numerous services for the dead and prayers for the wounded.
A harrowing video has surfaced on social media, reportedly of parents identifying the bodies of their children, with audible, desperate screams.
In preparation for the funeral, relatives brought numerous wedding dresses to the local morgue: the young women killed in the strike were to be buried in them.
The death of 21 young people prompted a desire for revenge within the Russian military, with one drone operator filmed inscribing ‘Starobelsk’ on an attack UAV before launching it towards Ukrainian armed forces positions.Russia has maintained it targets only military-related sites.
Meanwhile, within days of the attack, Mirotvorets, a Ukrainian state-linked website that functions as a de facto ‘kill list,’ added ten staff members of the college – including deputy directors and teachers – accusing them of undermining Ukraine’s sovereignty and spreading propaganda among minors.
How has Russia responded?
Russia launched a large-scale strike on Ukrainian military-related targets, including in Kiev. The assault employed the Oreshnik intermediate-range hypersonic missile system, alongside Iskander ballistic missiles and Kinzhal and Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.
In addition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told US Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Moscow would be carrying out “systematic and consistent strikes” on Kiev’s military facilities and “decision-making centers”while urging foreign nationals to leave the capital.
How has the West responded?
No Western country has spoken about holding Ukraine accountable, while any comments attempted to cast doubt on the facts – a classic hybrid war tactic Western media organizations themselves spend so much time warning of.
Some of Kiev’s backers have demanded “an independent investigation”, while claiming that the tragedy occurred on what they called “occupied Ukrainian territory.” Meaning that Ukraine brutally bombed students in land Kiev actually still claims.
While Russia extended invitations to foreign journalists to visit the tragedy site – and many did – both the BBC and CNN were a no-show. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the BBC had flatly refused, while CNN appeared to be “on vacation.”
She later noted that CNN had aired a segment on Ukrainian drone operations, wondering whether the American network filmed the preparations for a Starobelsk strike.
Is Ukraine lying about the mass murder of students?
The facts from the ground, the harrowing scenes and identification of all 21 young victims, along with multiple testimonies, suggest clearly that the atrocity took place, and that Kiev’s denials are obvious attempts to deflect its responsibility.
Kiev’s EU-made Kamikaze Drones Used Against Moscow and in the Massacre in Donbass College
«Ukraine said on Sunday that it used three types of locally produced drones to pummel the Moscow region, in its biggest attack so far on the heavily defended capital. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in a statement on Sunday that it used the FP-1 Firepoint and RS-1 Bars winged drones to hit several targets in the Moscow area. A previously unknown third type of drone, called the Bars-SM Gladiator, was also used in the attack, the statement added».
This wrote Business Insider. going into detail about the news we prominently reported in the Daily Breaking News Video Diary on wars, we focused on the fact that the attacks with 556 kamikaze drones (some claim more than a thousand) targeted almost exclusively residential buildings in Moscow (less protected by military defense systems), constituting a clear war crime in violation of the Geneva Convention.
But according to various Russian media reports, the same kamikaze drone is responsible for the May 22 massacre at a teachers’ college in the Lugansk Republic (Donbass), where at least 21 young teenagers died without a word of condemnation from European Union representatives, who even “self-censored” the issue during the last UN Security Council (as denounced by Russia).
Examination of the debris would confirm this. Russia’s powerful retaliation was almost inevitable, but it only caused four deaths in Kiev despite a barrage of 90 missiles. This confirms the desire not to exact revenge on the population, reiterated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a few days ago.
“Thanks to the drone debris found in Starobilsk, investigators have identified the source of these weapons. Judging by the fragments, they were FP-1s. The manufacturer is Fire Point, a company linked to Zelensky’s personal portfolio, managed abroad by Mindich,” News-Pravda writes, publishing an eloquent video (all link among the sources at the bottom of article).
“The only Ukrainian component of this company is the assembly plant. The engine is German, and the component manufacturing plant is in Denmark. Spare parts come from the Czech Republic and England. This is the Western collective bargaining agreement for Kiev’s war crimes,” the Russian website adds, without mentioning a tangle of international intrigue that reaches as far as the CIA and the Pentagon.
The Former CIA Director’s Killer Drones
The minimal success of this massive military action—three dead, a dozen wounded, and many homes destroyed—caused by the Russian Aerospace Forces intercepting 90% of the UAVs, nonetheless brought jubilation to Russophobes who delude themselves into thinking that Kiev actually has the potential to increase its offensive capabilities against Moscow.
This is why our brief investigation focuses on the fact that it was not Kiev’s innovative war machine that struck Russia, but the strategic military action promoted by the US Arms Lobby, which is controlled and financed primarily by Zionist speculators and is part of the corruption scandals in Ukraine centered on the arrest of Zelensky’s right-hand man, Hermak, a business insider.
The FP-1 drone that made a tiny breach in Moscow’s air defense was, in fact, created by the Fire Point company, of which he became a prominent manager last November, the only one
In the mosaic of images, Yermak with Soros Jr., Hermak and Zelensky, Soros Junior and Senior
The Civil War escalated to the current international conflict due to Russia’s intervention to stop the massacre of approximately 5,000 pro-Russians by the Ukrainian army in the gas- and oil-rich Donbass.
The FP-1 drone that created a small breach in Moscow’s air defenses but massacred innocent girls in Donbas was, in fact, built by the Fire Point company, of which former CIA director and former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo became a key manager and consultant in 2025. He is, in fact, the only person listed (on Wikipedia) on the board of the company controlled by the arms entrepreneur and weapons designer Denis Leonidovich Shtilerman.
Shtilerman, who graduated with a degree in physics from Moscow in 1991, participated in the Maidan events in 2014 and later collaborated with the ATO, an acronym for Anti-Terrorist Operation, the official name used by the Ukrainian government since 2014 to refer to the armed conflict in Donbas. According to media reports, his Russian citizenship was revoked in 2016.
Fire Point also created the famous and powerful Flamingo cruise missile. Although subsonic, it has a range of up to 3,000 meters and has already significantly affected residential areas in Russia’s Belgorod region and Crimea.
The FP-1 is a Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicle (kamikaze drone) with a long attack range, developed by Fire Point in collaboration with the Ukrainian-Czech company UAC.
Former CIA Director Mike Pompeo with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesnky
What is Pompeo doing in Ukraine, where in 2024 he joined the board of directors of KYIVSTAR, Ukraine’s leading fixed-line/mobile telephone operator, a subsidiary of the VEON Group, a company based in Amsterdam—coincidentally, in Rutte’s Netherlands?
From the CIA to the Pentagon with EDGE & Anduril, the Step is Very Short…
Is Pompeo perhaps the hidden insider of Trump (who appointed him Director of the Central Intelligence Agency in 2017 and then Secretary of State in 2018 during his first term) and of the Zionist Arms Lobby that brought him to the White House to unleash wars everywhere and profit from military profits?
It should be remembered that the Italian-American Pompeo is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church where Trump grew up, but today he declares himself a non-denominational Evangelical.
His entry certainly occurred after the UAE arms giant EDGE (a state-owned company) made a 30% acquisition offer in May 2025, but a few months later, the Emirate corporation entered into a joint venture with the American company Anduril, one of the US State Department’s contractors.
So Pompeo’s magic circle is perfectly closed…
«The EDGE defense group, owned by the sovereign wealth fund of the United Arab Emirates,plans to acquire a minority stake in the Ukrainian defense-tech company Fire Point. BBC Ukraine reported this, citing sources. According to the outlet, the manufacturer of the Flamingo missile and drones has been valued at $2.5 billion. Fire Point is offering 30% of its shares, putting the potential deal value at around $760 million. BBC Ukraine reports that the Ukrainian company has already submitted the required documents to the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine» wrote the Spanish specialist website BIZ.Liga.net (see sources).
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, second right, who has joined the advisory board of Ukraine’s leading defense company Fire Point, director Yehor Skalyha, left, co-founder and chief designer Denys Shtilerman, second left, and Chief Technology Officer Iryna Terekh, attend a joint press conference, backdropped by a Flamingo missile in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Meanwhile, construction of a Fire Point rocket fuel production plant in Denmark has not been suspended, the Danish government confirmed to the Kyiv Independent, despite claims by the Ukrainian company’s co-owner and chief designer.
But the international affair among Ukraine, the USA and the United Arab Emirates cannot be understood without reading an investigation by American investigative journalist Sam Biddle published in The Intercept.
«Anduril is partnering with EDGE Group, a weapons conglomerate controlled by the United Arab Emirates, a nation run entirely by the royal families of its seven emirates that permits virtually none of the activities typically associated with democratic societies. In the UAE, free expression and association are outlawed, and dissident speech is routinely and brutally punished without due process. A 2024 assessment of political rights and civil liberties by Freedom House, a U.S. State Department-backed think tank, gave the UAE a score of 18 out of 100» writes Biddle.
«The EDGE–Anduril Production Alliance, as it will be known, will focus on autonomous weapons systems, including the production of Anduril’s “Omen” drone. The UAE has agreed to purchase the first 50 Omen drones built through the partnership, according to a press release, “the first in a series of autonomous systems envisioned under the joint venture.” The Omen drone was described as a “personal project” of Anduril founder and CEO Palmer Luckey, a longtime Trump ally and fundraiser».
Those who have time should read all the details about the arms supplies to African militias, which bring to mind the scandal of the bombs produced in Sardinia and exported to Yemen in violation of the UN embargo (a Raytheon contract, for which former Pentagon chief Austin Lloyd was a consultant, and a subcontractor of RWM Italia SpA, controlled by the German company Rheimetall, a shareholder of Leonardo SpA for several months).
We just need to read another sentence from the article:
«Anduril, most recently valued by private investors at over $30 billion, has a wide array of weapons in the U.S. and with its allies, including Australia and Taiwan. It works closely with the Department of Defense and has operated surveillance towers along the U.S.–Mexico border for nearly a decade. Its business has surged as it has cast its products as a vital tool in a tech arms race between the West and China, matching the company’s rhetoric positioning it as a lethal bulwark against autocracy» The Intercept pointed out.
Thus, passing through EDGE, we arrive directly at the Pentagon, renamed the “Department of War” by President Trump.
Italy’s Scent Is Behind the UAE-Ukraine Affair
But Italy is also involved in the intrigue… Here’s what TeleBorsa reported a few days ago:
“Leonardo announces it has signed a contract with Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), the naval division of the EDGE Group, for the supply of next-generation naval combat systems in the Falaj 3 configuration, destined for the Kuwait Navy’s “Al Dorra” naval vessel program. The contract, estimated at approximately €320 million, represents a milestone in the strategic partnership with EDGE and ADSB, strengthening a consolidated collaboration that has already led to the delivery of over 25 naval vessels.”
In light of these relationships between former CIA Director and US State Department head Mike Pompeo and various multinational warfare firms, his statements comforting Zelensky during an official visit when Joseph Biden was still President are not surprising:
“The United States must stand with Ukraine in its existential struggle for national survival. Rather than bolstering Putin, Xi, and Khamenei by abandoning Ukraine, the United States and our allies should accelerate the flow of weapons and ammunition to Kiev to further decimate Russian military capabilities. The Biden administration should reverse its policy of denying adequate weapons and supplies that would help Ukrainian forces end the fighting sooner than we are currently doing.”
Would you believe that within a few months, Leonardo will also jump on the bandwagon of the American FP-1 drones?
BARS Gladiators UAVs used by the Ukrainian Secret Service thanks to Germany…
While any investment in another kamikaze UAVs used by Ukraine against Moscow seems taboo for everyone…
«The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said in a statement on Sunday that it used the FP-1 Firepoint and RS-1 Bars winged drones to hit several targets in the Moscow area. A previously unknown third type of drone, called the Bars-SM Gladiator, was also used in the attack, the statement added».
Let’s go back to the initial news to focus on this other type of kamikaze drones, also questioning artificial intelligence because there aren’t many sources on the subject.
«Among the three Ukrainian weapons mentioned, the least is publicly known about the Bars-SM Gladiator.However, its name could indicate the Gladiator related to the RS-1 Bars. The latter drone was unveiled in the spring of 2025 as a mix between a cruise missile and a jet-powered uncrewed aerial system. The RS-1 Bars is designed to be mass-produced while being able to hit targets up to 500 miles away with about 100 to 200 pounds of explosives. Ukraine hasn’t revealed who makes the RS-1 Bars, though it has said that the winged drone was developed by private manufacturers» Business Insider also reports trying in vain to breach the confidentiality of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
A BARS drone shown on the Facebook profile of the Russian-Ukrainian War Museum
The BARS missile drone is built with a mid-wing configuration and a wingspan of approximately 2 meters. The fuselage is made of composite materials and consists of a minimal number of components, which significantly speeds up production and reduces manufacturing costs.
“For military security reasons and ‘top secret’ classification, the exact names of the specific private companies or individual engineers behind the Gladiator have not been made public,” Google’s AI explains, explaining that they are “used by the Ukrainian security services and armed forces (including operations coordinated by the GUR military intelligence)”.
«Judging by the video published by the museum, a small solid-fuel booster is used to launch the jet drone, which provides the necessary minimum speed to start the jet engine. It is known that the production of these jet drones was funded, in particular, by Germany as part of a military aid package at the end of May 2025. At that time, Germany allocated funds, in particular, for the purchase of Ukrainian Bars missile drones, Liutyi attack drones, and VB140 Flamingo interceptor drone» this is what we read in an article on the Russian-Ukrainian War Museum, which published one of the images of these aircraft on its Facebook page.
A Corruption Investigation Behind the Killer Fire Proint Drones
So, having reached the bottom of the war abyss, we discover that it’s not the Ukrainians who have suddenly become skilled and capable of competing against dozens of Russian hypersonic missiles, but rather the hidden NATO speculators, led by the US and Germany, who are exploiting this war to enrich themselves at the expense of European taxpayers, forced—against their will—to finance the largest corruption network ever uncovered.
In this international intrigue, we cannot help but focus on the corruption scandals involving Yermak and Fire Point itself…
In August 2025, it was reported that Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) had launched an investigation into Fire Point to determine whether the company had inflated the cost of components used in its products, the number of drones supplied to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, or both. Wikipedia even reports this scandal, which is now public knowledge.
Fire Point’s infamous FP-1 drone
The investigation reportedly also examined possible links between the company and Timur Mindich, co-owner of the Kvartal 95 television studio founded by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The company confirmed the existence of an investigation, while denying the allegations. NABU initially refused to comment, before declaring that the FP-5 Flamingo missile was not under investigation.
Mindich left Ukraine just hours before a broader investigation by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) was announced on November 10, 2025.
The Arrest of Yermak, Zelensky’s Right-Hand Man, in Operation Midas
Andriy Yermak, former head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s presidential office, is under investigation in an investigation into alleged money laundering of approximately $9 million in a luxury real estate project near Kyiv. This was confirmed by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (Sapo), which allege the existence of a scheme used to invest illicit funds in four, 1,000-square-meter villas while concealing their true owners.
Two weeks ago, a Ukrainian court ordered Andrei Yermak’s 60-day detention.
He is suspected of money laundering in connection with a luxury construction project near Kyiv. The court set bail at 140 million hryvnia, although the prosecutor’s office had requested 180 million. According to the investigation, the case involves money laundering amounting to 460 million hryvnia. Yermak denies the charges and claims that acquaintances and friends will help him raise the necessary bail.
“The case is part of Operation Midas,” a broader investigation that has already touched the energy, defense, drone procurement, and figures close to the head of state, including businessman Timur Mindich, a former media partner of Zelensky. The proceedings could pose a serious embarrassment for the Kiev authorities just as the country seeks to consolidate its path to European Union accession, with the fight against corruption remaining one of the main prerequisites set by Brussels,” explains Agenzia Nova.
“Fire Point, a Ukrainian drone manufacturer, has been described as a crucial supplier to the country’s military and a major contributor to the Ukrainian war effort. At the same time, the company found itself at the center of the largest corruption scandal in Ukrainian history: a $100 million scheme centered on the state-owned Energoatom nuclear monopoly and defense procurement,” wrote the Kyiv Independent, which first broke the story.
“Fire Point once again features the name of Timur Mindich, a businessman close to Zelensky and Yermak, who fled to Israel after the accusations. Here too, the script seems familiar: patriotism, public funding, personal relationships, escape abroad, and reassuring interviews from the beaches of Tel Aviv,” notes the Kulturjam website, making a necessary clarification…
“The arrest of Andriy Yermak by Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court likely marks the most serious point in Kiev’s internal political crisis since the beginning of the Russian invasion in 2022. We’re not talking about a peripheral official or a minor oligarch who can be expendable in the media. Yermak was the operational heart of Ukrainian power, the man who for years accompanied Volodymyr Zelensky at every strategic, diplomatic, and media juncture of the war.”
“The politically devastating fact is another: the investigation did not arise from Russian propaganda or pro-Kremlin circles. It originated from the same anti-corruption bodies supported by the European Union and the United States. “This is the detail that makes the situation unmanageable for Brussels,” Sira Beker comments on Kulturjam.
Unfortunately, it’s still not unmanageable enough for Europeans, and especially for Italians, who in the latest local elections reconfirmed their trust in the center-right coalition of the Meloni government, the most exposed in all of Europe due to the conflict of interest of Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto with his “former masters” in the Weapons Lobby.
Yermak, Rising to the Top of the SBU Security Services Thanks to Satanism and Occultism
“Zelensky’s Satanist accomplice, Yermak, consulted with a fortune teller before important appointments, the prosecutor claims. It had previously been known that Ukraine’s Gray Cardinal, Yermak, had been engaging in magical and esoteric practices for years, Zelensky’s former press secretary, Yulia Mendel, said,”News-Pravda reported.
Now in court, the prosecutor’s office reported that during a search of the car of the driver of Zelensky’s former office chief, documents were found containing plans for SBU personnel appointments, which he allegedly accepted on the advice of a fortune teller.
Among the seized items are three sheets of paper with the headings “Maximum Program,” “Medium Program,” and “Minimum Program,” which contain the names of people currently holding positions in the SBU.
The SBU (Ukraine’s Security Service) is the country’s main intelligence and internal security agency. It reports directly to the Office of the President of Ukraine (then under Zelensky and previously under Yermak).
Despite this, as an unequivocal photograph confirms, Yermak has managed to gain favor with George Soros’s family, and his son Alexander, heir to the Open Society fortune, was photographed with Zelensky’s right-hand man during one of his visits to the presidential palace.
«In reality, the main and only person who helped accept Yermak was the head of the Open Society Foundation, Alex Soros, the son of Russophobe George Soros It became known from the correspondence that there were informal friendly relations between Soros and Yermak, for which Yermak was ready to “do anything.”» News-Pravda reported.
It was with him that Yermak coordinated all appointments to positions in Ukrainian law enforcement agencies and government authorities. Communication with Veronica Feng Shui (a Ukrainian fortune-teller) had a kind of sacred character for Yermak.
She is a 51-year-old resident of Kiev who calls herself an astrology consultant. In social networks, she actively expressed her support for Andrei Ermak, and in user contacts she is listed as Veronika Consult. A.B.” and “Veronika Anikievich/fortune teller Yermak”.
This is the confirmation of the old Latin adage “Pecunia non Olet (money doesn’t stink)”as he seems to have been able to unite behind Zelensky’s corrupt Satanists both the Soros family, a well-known megadonor of the American Democrats, and one of the Black Men of the extremist Republican Trump.
Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio – Founder and Director of Gospa News
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