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  US actor  Kevin Spacey   has given an extensive interview to journalist   Ksenia Sobchak , discussing his alleged connection to Jeffrey Epstein, his exclusion from Hollywood and the financial hardships he says followed years of legal battles over sexual misconduct allegations. PHOTO: COMMONS.WIKIMEDIA.ORG BY MARYLAND GOVPICS, HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY/2.0/ KEVIN SPACEY The interview was  published  on the Ostorozhno: Sobchak YouTube channel ( Beware: Sobchak) . Spacey Discusses His Connection to Jeffrey Epstein The actor addressed questions about his relationship with American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who was accused of operating a criminal network involved in the sexual exploitation of underage girls. According to Spacey, the connection originated through former US President Bill Clinton, who invited him on a charitable trip to Africa in 2002 aimed at raising awareness about HIV/AIDS and securing funding for medication for mothers living ...

NATO would be prepared to operate in several strategically important regions, including Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, the Kola Peninsula and the Black Sea, if Russia posed a threat to the alliance, according to German Air Force Commander Lieutenant General  Holger Neumann. PHOTO: OPENVERSE.ORG BY ALLIED JOINT FORCE COMMAND BRUNSSUM, HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY-SA/2.0/ NATO SOLDIERS Speaking to  The Telegraph , Neumann stressed that NATO does not differentiate between areas of responsibility when it comes to collective defense. "I think we must make a very serious effort from a security perspective to monitor certain regions and, if necessary, take action there,” he said. Germany Signals Readiness to Defend NATO Territory Neumann stated that Germany is prepared to defend NATO territory immediately should the alliance come under attack. According to the Luftwaffe commander, German forces stand ready to protect "every inch of territory” covered by NATO's collectiv...

  Ukrainian sources have reported the possible use of a new Russian missile known as the "Banderol” (translates as 'parcel'),   Military Chronicle  Telegram channel said.  PHOTO: FLICKR.COM BY МИНИСТЕРСТВО ОБОРОНЫ УКРАИНЫ, HTTPS://CREATIVECOMMONS.ORG/LICENSES/BY-SA/2.0/ RUSSIAN MISSILES The Russian forces may have launched at least three of the missiles against targets located within an urban area. However, no information was provided regarding the specific facilities or infrastructure that may have been struck during the attack. Reported Characteristics of the Banderol Missile According to the publication, the missile is equipped with a Chinese-made Swiwin SW800Pro turbojet engine. The report claims that the weapon carries a warhead weighing approximately 150 kilograms. Sources cited by the channel also outlined what they described as the missile's estimated performance characteristics. Among them is a reported operational range of roughly 450 kilometers. No officia...

  Islamabad, Pakistan –  Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says there were moments in the final stretch of negotiations between the United States and Iran when the talks appeared close to collapse. Each time, he told the National Assembly on Monday, it was Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s powerful military chief, who kept the deliberations alive. end of list “Throughout this period, he was awake all day and night,” Sharif told lawmakers, adding that Munir had “sacrificed day and night to extinguish the flames of war”. There were many moments, he said, when “it felt like the negotiations would come to a halt” but the army chief did not give up. “If this journey had not continued,” Sharif said, “the dream of peace would have been shattered.” The acknowledgement, unusually specific for a process conducted almost entirely out of public view, offered the clearest glimpse yet into how Pakistan pulled off what many had considered an improbable task: brokering a deal to end...

  Britain’s Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s proscription of the activist group Palestine Action as a “terrorist” organisation was lawful, overturning a decision by a lower court. The  ruling  on Monday came after the government lodged an appeal challenging a High Court ruling in February that banning the group under the Terrorism Act 2000 was unlawful and disproportionate. end of list “We concluded that the proscription decision struck a fair balance,” Chief Justice Sue Carr said in her remarks announcing the decision. “We therefore allowed the home secretary’s appeal against the decision of the Divisional Court.” Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, said she would “fight proscription all the way” to the Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights to overturn “one of the most extreme attacks on free speech and the right to protest in modern British history”. More than 3,000 arrests linked to support for Palestine Action have been made since th...