Iran: escalation to ceasefire, ‘Daddy Trump', Bezos's Wedding Carnival.
So-called 'silent assassins', the B2 Spirit Bombers flew 18 hours from Missouri into Iranian airspace, to fire 14 of the world's most powerful bombs at the main enrichment site at Fordow and on Natanz. The overall attack involved 125 fighter jets, several strategic feints, and submarine fire too. Not a shot was fired in response. Complete and utter obliteration claimed President Trump. Iran hit back later at the US, with ballistic missiles targeting the American base at Qatar, though it telegraphed in advance. 24 hours later a ceasefire was agreed between Iran and Israel. Holding so far, after a questionable start, and Presidential outrage.
It's been a week that's seen another high profile message leak on the Signal App. This time a private thank you note, a 'Dear Donald' sent by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, that said, 'Congratulations for your decisive actions in Iran, doing what no-one else dared and flying into another big success at The Hague, it was not easy, but we've got them all signed onto five per cent. Europe is going to pay in a BIG (capital letters) way, and it will be your win.'
The leaker: President Trump of course, who published it on Truth Social ahead of the NATO summit. No harm done, said Rutte, the so-called Trump whisperer, who later went on to allude to him as Daddy.
It's been a week that's seen thousands of Kenyans protesting against police brutality and government corruption in cities across the country. Security forces barricaded President William Rutto's office, as police fired water canon, tear gas, and reportedly live fire too, as they clashed with demonstrators in Nairobi. At least 16 people were killed. The protests marked a year since a grassroots movement first took to the streets of the capital, against the President's planned tax law, which spread nationwide after the deaths and disappearances of some of the demonstrators.
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