Hamas says it accepts Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza It is not clear what specific conditions Hamas has agreed to.

Just in today: Hamas says it accepts Egyptian-Qatari proposal for a hostage-ceasefire deal in Gaza

www.axios.com/2024/05/06/h...

#Palestine #Israel #geopolitics #fz_currentAffairs

Iran's state news agency says Guards have seized MSC Aries vessel 'linked to Israel' Iran's state news agency IRNA said on Saturday that its Revolutionary Guards had seized the MSC Aries vessel it said was "linked to Israel" and it was being transferred to Iran's territorial waters.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard boarded & seized MSC Aries, an Israeli-affiliated shipping vessel, near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.

Only the gov't of Israel have straight-up called this an "act of piracy" in violation of int'l law.

www.reuters.com/world/middle...

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The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code.

The mistery of 'Jia Tan', the mastermind behind the XZ Utils backdoor supply-chain attack [WIRED News, April 2024]

www.wired.com/story/jia-ta...

#security #OpenSource #StateLevelActor #CyberWarfare #fz_currentAffairs

Yes, just info, there was a bombing/terrorist attack in Moscow, Russia today, with at least 40 persons reportedly killed and at least 100 injured.

#fz_currentAffairs #Russia #Ukraine #Syria

"Putin's Russia: A Country at War with Itself"
📹 youtu.be/7rnFtnDa_Oo

Published by VICE News Mar. 10th, '24, after more than 12 months of investigation & recording from within Moscow, St. Petersburg, and other places within Russia proper.

#Russia #Ukraine #fz_currentAffairs #fz_webVideos

'If anything happens, it's not suicide' - Boeing whistleblower's prediction to family before death:

📺 youtu.be/sA44FFi95PA

ABC News 4 South Carolina, Mar. 15th, 2024

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Here's Rory Stewart and Alastair Campbell having a 54-minute podcast conversation with a guy who has thought about & field-researched & been involved in trying to bring a Two-State Solution for over a quarter of a century:

📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=vttN...

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If you've got it into your head, into your set of beliefs, that Alexey Navalny is a "nationalist" and "imperialist", "just like Putin", then I invite you humbly to watch this video starting from 12 minutes 30 seconds:

📹 youtu.be/n02DhUQJo90&...

#Russia #Ukraine #Putin #Navalny #fz_currentAffairs

. @vladvexler.bsky.social : "Why Putin Killed Navalny": www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gNM...

Yes, official word from both Russian activists and from Putin's Kremlin: Alexey Navalny has died today in an Arctic prison.

Deeper details, though, will vary…

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Nations at COP28 agree to transition away from fossil fuels, but loopholes remain The COP28 climate conference closed with more than 200 nations agreeing they should transition away from the fossil fuels that are warming the planet. They also pledged to triple the amount of renewab...

Was COP-28 a "complete defeat" of climate activist interests? Why does it seem to me that it's not¹..?

www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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¹ Not a complete defeat, feels like to me, though there certainly were some concessions...

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Let's talk about shifting tones in the current Middle East military crisis and a professor of International Relations....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KElo...
#fz_currentAffairs #fz_webVideos #BeauTFC #Israel #Gaza #Iran #Hamas

Hamas attacks, Israel responds: Ethical and Political Dimensions:

Part 1: (55 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBcR...

Part 2: (28 minutes)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65ZQ...

#PoliticalPhilosophy #PhilosophyOfPolitics #Geopolitics #Ethics #fz_currentAffairs #fz_webVideos