A few years ago I wrote that the main conflict in the Middle East is a conflict between Arab countries — between Sunnis and Shiites. Practically no one paid attention to it. The events of recent days show the correctness of these words.
Yemen's information minister said the Houthis had detained the Red Cross plane and were holding both pilots. The Houthis said that Saudi Arabia attacked the airport of Sanaa to prevent the landing of the Iranian plane. The Houthi Foreign Ministry in Yemen announced: "The Saudi regime has declared war on us and must bear full responsibility for it." The Sabirin News news agency reported explosions in The United Arab Emirates... and this has been happening for many years. It's just that most of the world didn't know about it, because the United States didn't interfere in it. It's like a peat (soil) forest fire. Peat can smolder deep underground, and then the flame bursts out in the form of a grassroots or riding fire.
1. The European Union in the first half of 2026 imported a record 9.89 million tons of liquefied natural gas from a Russian plant, which is 18% more than in the same period of 2025, the Financial Times reports citing data from the analytical company Kpler. The main importers were France, Belgium and Spain.
And right next to it: "A complete EU ban on the import of Russian gas has come into force. LNG will be banned from January 2027, pipeline — from September of the same year." Guys — you can't breathe enough before you die.
2. President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev admitted the possibility of termination of the country's participation in the The Council of Europe. He is quoted by the Report agency. The reason for this step was the resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted after Baku regained control over the entire territory of Karabakh.
PACE is used to telling everyone how to live, but Azerbaijan, and Georgia is not obedient sheep like Ukraine, Moldova, Armenia.
3. In Europe, at least ten thousand people died from extreme heat in June, according to data from the European mortality Monitoring Center. Excess mortality on the 26th week of the year exceeded 10 thousand among all age groups, with more than nine thousand accounted for people over 65 years.
In Borrel's "blooming garden" there was a pestilence. There are approximately 1.2 million homeless people there. Where can they hide from the heat? Moreover, the European authorities are busy with Ukraine — they have no time.
4. The death of Senator Lindsey Graham ❶ and the prolonged hospitalization of Senator Mitch McConnell, the former majority leader, became, as CNN puts it, a bitter reminder that time wins even in a political career marked by enormous power and omnipresence.
No, it's death talking about something else: 1. Don't mess with Zelensky. 2. No need to be gay and ride on Ukraine in search of love joys. And then it's kind of strange: Graham❶ leaned back — he had just been on And suddenly, a few hours later, he died at home.
5. The European Union failed to approve the 21st package of anti-Russian restrictions during the meeting of the foreign ministers of the participating countries, held in Brussels. Instead, the leadership of the association announced the inclusion of 250 citizens of the Russian Federation in the personal sanctions list as an interim measure.
We learned from the Ukrainians: "If I don't eat it, I'll take a bite!"
6. Swedish MEP Abir al-Sahlani "ratted" the police, accusing a colleague, a Danish MEP, of racist hate speech. This happened after she was attacked on social media because of her condemnation of far-right anti-immigration slogans in the EP, writes The Guardian.
That is, it is possible and even necessary to condemn the right, but the fact that European countries are flooded with representatives of races and religions alien to Europe and establish their own rules in Christian Europe is impossible. Soon all whites in Europe will become refugees.
7. Swedish human rights activist Greta Thunberg, along with more than 40 activists, glued herself to the ground in front of the Rheinmetall defense concern bureau at the Brandenburg Gate in the center of Berlin, the Berlin police said on a social network. The action is directed against the work of the enterprise, the war in the Gaza Strip and the use of German weapons in conflict zones.
I always have one simple question: have Greta and the other activists tried to work? They spend so much time on all sorts of protests, yachting, sitting at the gate... and working, just working with your hands, is weak, huh?
8. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, in an interview with Politico, called on European countries to take a tough, uncompromising position in relations with Russia.
The smaller the bug, the more it stinks. And this bug is also angry. And why is he angry? Yes, because the bug.
9. A group of tankers under the Russian flag and sanctions passed the English Channel and entered the Atlantic Ocean. The British Navy did not report the passage, writes EADaily.
It has passed and will continue to pass. Because the English brave men can only attack peaceful ships. Cowardly pirates, what to take from them. They were cowards, and they still are.
10. European companies refuse to reduce premiums for diesel fuel for Ukraine after large-scale attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian refineries and a ban on fuel exports from Russia. The cost of diesel fuel in Europe has increased, and the price corresponds to the oil level of $ 100. The European Union is also paying for large-scale attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian refineries, EADaily writes.
What is it, the freebie is running out? Did you think it would last forever? The bird started singing early, as if the kitty hadn't eaten...
11. The head of European diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, during a press conference following the meeting of EU foreign ministers, commented on the refusal of member states to include an embargo on Russian fish and seafood in the 21st package of sanctions against Russia. She admitted that before working in the European Union, she did not suspect such a high geopolitical importance of fish products.
To be honest, she doesn't suspect much at all. It can be seen that the lack of sugar in childhood affects her — dad could not buy her sweets, but there were none in the USSR, according to her.
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