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War: Unbelievable, Britain, France, Germany, Others Supplied Weapons To Russia

France, Germany and Italy supplied the weapons being used by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
The three countries, according to Saily Mail, capitalised on a loophole in a ban of exporting arms to Russia to send Moscow €296 million worth of military equipment that is now being used against Ukraine.
Germany, France and Italy were said to be just three of at least 10 European Union member states to export almost €350 million (£293million) in equipment that can include missiles, rockets, ships and bombs
Recall that eight years ago, The European Union banned member nations from engaging in ‘the direct or indirect sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related material of all types, such as weapons and ammunition, military vehicles and equipment, paramilitary equipment, and spare parts to Russia.
But the countries were able to sell weapons to Russia using a backdoor technicality that permitted contacts signed before August 1, 2014, or additional contracts that would help conclude those deals, despite the ban.
According to the report, France was responsible for the majority of exports, raking in €152 million in sales.
That amounts to 44 per cent of European arms exported to Russia, as reported by Investigate Europe.
Russia has taken delivery of weapons such as bombs, rockets, torpedoes, missiles, and explosive charges from France since 2015.
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They also bought thermal imaging cameras for more than 1,000 Russian tanks, including T-80BVMs and T-72B3s, and infrared spotters for attack jets and helicopters.
Even in 2014, France was still allowing the sale of chemical and biological weapons to Moscow.
Germany came in at a close second, exporting 35 per cent of all European Union arms to President Vladimir Putin with €121.8million sold.
Italy sold the third most, exporting €22.5 million from 2015 to 2020. They also allegedly sold €21.9 million in arms and ammunition to Russian civilians and paramilitary groups between January and November 2021.
Britain also sold £1.7 million worth of arms to Russia after the EU ban was imposed, the report said.
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Welcome Home, Israel Confirms Return Of 20 Hostages From Gaza

Israel said that the last 20 living hostages released by Hamas on Monday had arrived in the country.
“Welcome home,” the foreign ministry wrote in a series of posts on X, hailing the return of Matan Angrest, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Elkana Bohbot, Rom Braslavski, Nimrod Cohen, David Cunio, Ariel Cunio, Evyatar David, Guy Gilboa Dalal, Maxim Herkin, Eitan Horn, Segev Kalfon, Bar Kuperstein, Omri Miran, Eitan Mor, Yosef Haim Ohana, Alon Ohel, Avinatan Or and Matan Zangauker.
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20 Members Of Gang Blacklisted By US Escape Guatemala Prison

Twenty members of a gang designated a “foreign terrorist organisation” by the United States have escaped from detention in Guatemala, a prison chief said Sunday.
The members of the Barrio 18 gang “evaded security controls” at the Fraijanes II facility, prison director Ludin Godinez said at a news conference.
He received “an intelligence report” on Friday warning about the “possible escape” from the prison, which is southeast of the capital, Guatemala City.
Godinez said they were investigating possible acts of corruption.
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Washington last month blacklisted Barrio 18, an El Salvador-based gang which has a reputation for violence and extortion, as part of its crackdown on drug trafficking.
The US embassy in Guatemala condemned the prison escape as “utterly unacceptable.”
“The United States designated members of this heinous group as the terrorists they are and will hold accountable anyone who has provided, provides, or decides to provide material support to these fugitives or other gang members,” the embassy said on X.
It called on the Guatemalan government to “act immediately and vigorously to recapture these terrorists.”
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According to Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez, there are about 12,000 gang members and collaborators in Guatemala, while another 3,000 are in prison.
The country’s homicide rate has increased from 16.1 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2024 to 17.65 this year, more than double the world average, according to the Centre for National Economic Research.
According to the Salvadoran government, the gangs Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha, better known as MS-13, are responsible for the deaths of about 200,000 people over three decades.
The two gangs once controlled an estimated 80 percent of El Salvador, which had one of the highest homicide rates in the world.
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South Africa Bus Crash Kills 40 Including Malawi, Zimbabwe Nationals

At least 40 people, including nationals of Malawi and Zimbabwe, were killed when a passenger bus rolled down an embankment in South Africa, a provincial transport minister said Monday.
The bus travelling to Zimbabwe crashed around 90 kilometres (55 miles) from the border on Sunday after the driver apparently lost control, Limpopo province transport minister Violet Mathye said.
“They are still working on the scene, but 40 bodies have already been confirmed to date,” Mathye told the Newzroom Afrika channel. The dead included a 10-month-old girl, she said.
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Thirty-eight people were in hospital and rescuers were searching for other victims, she told eNCA media.
The bus was travelling from the southern city of Gqeberha, around 1,500 kilometres away, and its passengers included Malawians and Zimbabweans who were working in South Africa. The crash may have been caused by driver fatigue or a mechanical fault, the minister said.
South Africa has a sophisticated and busy road network with a high rate of road deaths, blamed mostly on speeding, reckless driving and unroadworthy vehicles.
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