Notorious leftist Rosie O’Donnell, who recently left the country due to Trump being elected president, is coming after Oprah for attending the lavish wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
The comedian stated her complaints as part of an Instagram post. “The Bezos’ wedding. It turned my stomach seeing all these billionaires gathering in the gross excess of it all. The show of it,” O’Donnell wrote in an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DLhtUlDMJ-O/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram post</a> caption on Monday.
“Is Oprah friends with Jeff Bezos? Really? How is that possible? He treats his employees with disdain. By any metric he is not a nice man. And his fake fem bot wife who looks like that… Why would he choose her after the salt of the earth Mackenzie [Scott]? Sold his soul is what it looks like from here. The devil is smiling at all his conquests.”
Her comments were made after widespread backlash to the over-the-top nuptials in Venice, Italy, over the weekend. Besides just Oprah and her best friend Gayle King, the guest list included plenty of A-list celebrities such as the whole Kardashian clan, Orlando Bloom, Tom Brady, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tommy Hilfiger, Usher, Sydney Sweeney, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, Bill Gates, and others.
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Actress Charlize Theron also made public comments about the wedding during an event over the weekend. “I think we might be the only people who did not get an invite to the Bezos wedding,” Theron quipped while on stage, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/charlize-theron-slams-everyone-who-went-to-jeff-bezos-wedding-they-suck-and-were-cool?author=Amanda+Harding&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Charlize+Theron+Slams+Everyone+Who+Went+To+Jeff+Bezos%E2%80%99+Wedding%3A+%E2%80%98They+Suck+And+We%E2%80%99re+Cool%E2%80%99">reported</a>. “But that’s okay, because they suck and we’re cool.”
According to <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/28/europe/jeff-bezos-wedding-protest-venice-latam-intl">CNN</a>, hundreds of protesters gathered in Venice to protest the wedding of the billionaire Amazon CEO.
“Bezos goes hand-in-hand with Trump, who’s fueling more money in war,” one protester reportedly yelled. “We are for peace.”
“[Bezos] has such a lot of power, and now he’s abusing this city as a place to show off. So, he’s not welcome here,” another person echoed.

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As Israelis have tried to return to normalcy after weeks of sirens forcing them into shelters in the middle of the night, on Tuesday night in Israel, sirens again went off as the Houthis in Yemen, proxies for the despotic regime in Iran, fired another missile at Israel that was intercepted, despite the ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Iran on the morning of June 24.
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🔴 Sirens in Jerusalem and throughout Israel due to a missile fired by the Houthis, Iran’s proxy in Yemen.
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🚨Sirens sounding across several areas in Israel due to projectile fire from Yemen🚨 <a href="https://t.co/hvGexBHeMd">pic.twitter.com/hvGexBHeMd</a>
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The last Iran-backed Houthi missile appears to have been an exoatmospheric interception. <a href="https://t.co/Jnv3knhgSQ">https://t.co/Jnv3knhgSQ</a> <a href="https://t.co/PZ1tbGries">pic.twitter.com/PZ1tbGries</a>
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On Saturday, the Houthis <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/houthis-claim-responsibility-for-morning-missile-attack-on-south/">fired</a> a ballistic missile at southern Israel; it was intercepted. The terrorist group has been firing missiles at Israel for the last two months. On Sunday morning, the Houthis launched a missile targeting Israel’s largest airport, where hundreds of people waited to board planes out of the country. The Houthi missile hit just 75 meters from Terminal 3 at Ben Gurion Airport.
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The massive crater created by the Houthi ballistic missile impact this morning near Ben Gurion International Airport in Central Israel. The missile impacted next to an access road outside the airport, with the crater measured to be 25 meters across and several meters deep,… <a href="https://t.co/VhmLvWNkmJ">pic.twitter.com/VhmLvWNkmJ</a>
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The missile was the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/04/world/middleeast/houthi-missile-tel-aviv-israel.html">fourth missile attack on Israel in 48 hours</a> from the Houthis; the other three were intercepted.
On October 19, 2023, 12 days after the Hamas massacre of more than 1200 Israelis, the Houthis fired a barrage of rockets and drones into Israeli territory. A combination of Saudi air defences and the USS Carney intercepted all of the missiles.
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In July 2024, the Houthis hit an apartment building near the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv with a drone attack, which killed one person and injured 10 others.
According to the Defense Intelligence Agency, Iran has supplied the Houthis with weapons and weapon components.
“Critical components of various missiles were seized and, upon further analysis, found to share near-identical features with Iranian missile systems. Between 2015 and 2024, the United States and its partners have interdicted at least 20 Iranian smuggling vessels, seizing ballistic, cruise, and surface-to-air missile components, antitank guided missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other illicit weapons destined for the Houthis,” the DIA <a href="https://ye.usembassy.gov/dia-report-showcases-iranian-origin-of-houthi-weapons-interdicted-at-sea/">reported</a>, adding, “DIA has released the report to enhance public understanding of Iran’s malign activities and to provide insights into Department of Defense and national security issues. The report advances U.S. intelligence efforts to display the clear connections between Iranian weapons and the weapons used in Houthi attacks.”

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Stephen Ireland, who has repeatedly attacked J.K. Rowling online for her pro-woman and anti-trans stances, was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Monday for raping a 12-year-old boy.
Ireland co-founded the pro-LGBT UK-based group Surrey Pride in 2018, and since then, has used his position to lash out at the “Harry Potter” author, labeling her a TERF (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist) for advocating that women must be protected from biological men taking over their spaces.
“How to ruin a legacy… Become a TERF!” he <a href="https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2025/06/30/pride-founder-who-repeatedly-attacked-jk-rowling-online-gets-30-years-for-rape-n3804344">wrote</a> in a 2020 X post shared by J.K. Rowling on Monday. “Very disappointing JK!”
Another post from 2020 read, “The sorting hat has decided… @JK_Rowling ‘House of TERF.’”
Ireland, 41, raped the child at a flat in Addlestone, a town about 18 miles from London, after messaging him on Grindr, a dating app for gay men. The victim told police they had sex in the flat, smoked methamphetamine, and watched pornography, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2kkrxdpndo">according</a> to the BBC.
The child initially lied to Ireland about his age, saying he was 17 before later claiming he was 13.
“OK &#8211; we just have to keep it a secret,” Ireland said when the child told him this, and later asked if he would do it again with his flatmate, David Sutton, who was a Surrey Pride volunteer.
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Ireland and Sutton were both found guilty of a string of sexual crimes against children, including voyeurism, arranging commission of a child sex offense, and &#8220;possession and distribution of prohibited images of children.&#8221;
On Monday, Judge Patricia Lees said that Ireland “took advantage” of the 12-year-old boy.
“Far from finding that repugnant, you found that exciting, and sought to do it again,” she said. 
Ireland was sentenced to 24 years for the rape, as well as a further 6 years on &#8220;extended license,&#8221; often part of an extended sentence for offenders deemed a significant risk to the public. Sutton was sentenced to four-and-a-half years for making inappropriate images of children and the possession of an extreme pornographic image.
After enduring much online abuse from Ireland, Rowling weighed in on the sentencing in an X post.
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Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape. <a href="https://t.co/0HHctRocB4">pic.twitter.com/0HHctRocB4</a>
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1939783256620298492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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“Stephen Ireland, who targeted me with endless abuse on here because I oppose the chemical castration of children and the removal of protected spaces for women and girls, has just been sentenced to 30 years in jail for child rape,” she wrote.

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An author who once worked as a double agent so he could spy within the terrorist group Al Qaeda — where he gave vital information to Western intelligence and prevented mass attacks —weighed in on the Middle East, pointing out that Arabs in Gulf states should feel closer to Israel than the Palestinians, while offering other powerful insights.
Aimen Dean, the author of  <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nine-Lives-Wests-inside-al-Qaeda-ebook/dp/B07BHMZHYT/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1529173204&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=inside+alqaeda&amp;asc_campaign=&amp;asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fnews%2Fmideast%2Fhe-spied-al-qaeda-inside-until-he-had-run-his-n883681&amp;asc_source=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2F_desktop">&#8220;Nine Lives: My Time as the West&#8217;s Top Spy Inside al Qaeda&#8221;</a> and the host of the podcast “Conflicted,” once was a member of Al Qaeda but became a mole inside the organization when he started working for British intelligence in 1999. He was born in Saudi Arabia.
“Let me make something absolutely clear. I am not a Zionist — not in any way, shape, or form. I am an Arab,” he wrote on X. “My roots are in Bahrain, I was born in Saudi Arabia, and I live in the UAE. My family spans generations across all three countries. On top of that, I am also a British citizen — a nationality I hold with honor, especially given my years working alongside UK security forces. It was a privilege, and an eye-opening chapter of my life. So no, I don’t carry any Zionist affiliation.”
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“But let me now ask the question I rarely hear answered honestly: Why should I support groups like Hamas, the PFLP, or other Palestinian factions that have long embraced terrorism — even when their targets have been us, the Gulf Arabs?” he asked rhetorically. “Let’s look at reality: Israel has never fired a single bullet at any GCC country — not at Saudi Arabia, not at Bahrain, not at Kuwait, not at the UAE, not even at Qatar or Oman. Not even a BB gun.”
“Meanwhile, Palestinian terrorist groups have assassinated our diplomats, hijacked our planes, bombed our embassies, and worked hand-in-hand with our enemies — even as we offered them political, financial, and moral support for decades,” he wrote. “And now? Hamas and its allies have fully aligned with the Ayatollahs of Iran, our true existential enemy &#8211; the same regime that has plotted coups in Bahrain, that has flooded the region with missiles and militias, and that has openly declared its intent to topple our governments and destroy our societies. Let’s remember — it wasn’t Israel that launched thousands of drones and ballistic missiles on Saudi Arabia and the UAE. It was Iran. Through the Houthis. With Hezbollah operatives. With Hamas blessings. And with Iranian weapons.”
“So why should I betray my own people, my own security, my own dignity &#8211; to support a group that would see us fall, just to serve Tehran’s ambitions? No, I am not a Zionist. But the Zionists are NOT my enemy. My enemies are in Tehran, in Beirut, in Sana’a, and &#8211; yes &#8211; among those Palestinian factions who turned against the very hands that once fed them. This is not about being trendy or emotional. This is about loyalty, logic, and survival. In the thread below, I’ve listed decades’ worth of attacks Palestinian terrorists have carried out against the Gulf nations &#8211; despite all we gave them. Read it. And maybe then you’ll understand why many of us have stopped pretending,” he concluded.
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I am not a Zionist &#8211; not in any way, shape, or form. I am an Arab. My roots are in Bahrain, I was born in Saudi Arabia, and I live in the UAE. My family spans generations across all three countries. On top of that, I am also a British…
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He then listed the Palestinian terror attacks against Gulf states:
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📜 Chronological List of Palestinian Terror Attacks Against GCC Interests •1973 – Mohammed al-Fayez (Kuwaiti diplomat): Assassinated in Paris by the Abu Nidal Organization (ANO). •1973 – Kuwait Airways Flight 404: Hijacked by Black September operatives; forced to fly to…
&mdash; Aimen Dean (@AimenDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/AimenDean/status/1939278792972718172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dean also blasted the Hamas massacre in October 2023, writing, “If Gaza was truly a prison, why didn’t Hamas break out through Egypt? Why always toward Israel? Because Egypt would shoot — not negotiate. &#8230; It’s always easier to guilt-trip the Gulf Countries.  So no — we will not join your death cult. We will not die for the cause while Ramallah dances and Cairo locks the gate. And to all the comfortable, self-righteous voices screaming ‘solidarity’: shut the f*** up and go die in Gaza yourselves if you care that much. Don’t lecture us from safety. Don’t demand sacrifice from others while you live off hashtags.  If the people of Ramallah aren’t bothered &#8211; if their own fellow Palestinians can dance on the same day others die &#8211; why the hell should we?”
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Some were outraged when I stated earlier that we, as Gulf Arabs, no longer wish to destroy our nations and futures for a cause that, for 70 years, has brought us nothing but terrorism, accusations, betrayal, and alliances with our enemies. The… <a href="https://t.co/62joFI9kYJ">pic.twitter.com/62joFI9kYJ</a>
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Dean also exploded the myth propped by antisemites that Israel had expansionist ambitions:
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🟥 The Myth of Greater Israel vs. the Reality of the Expanding Ayatollah’s Empire
Let’s put an end to one of the laziest, loudest lies circulating in certain circles &#8211; particularly among those with low information and even lower IQ. Every time I criticize the Iranian regime and… <a href="https://t.co/NaR1jU9Y7T">pic.twitter.com/NaR1jU9Y7T</a>
&mdash; Aimen Dean (@AimenDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/AimenDean/status/1939578280597676313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Dean also thanked President Donald Trump for not glad-handing the theocratic, despotic Iranian regime:
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Finally, a Middle East deal that doesn’t come with pallets of cash and a thank-you note.” 🇺🇸💸 <a href="https://t.co/xptZXUhPkC">pic.twitter.com/xptZXUhPkC</a>
&mdash; Aimen Dean (@AimenDean) <a href="https://twitter.com/AimenDean/status/1939634434061279440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Israel Defense Forces announced on Saturday that Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa — one of the Hamas terrorists who helped to plan the October 7 massacre and train those who carried it out — had been &#8220;eliminated.&#8221;
&#8220;ELIMINATED: eliminated Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa — one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing. Issa led Hamas’ force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre,&#8221; read the X post announcing the news. &#8220;As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial &amp; naval attacks against Israelis. The IDF &amp; ISA will continue to locate and eliminate all terrorists involved in the October 7 massacre.&#8221;
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🔴 ELIMINATED: eliminated Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa—one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing.
Issa led Hamas’ force build-up, training, and planned the October 7 massacre. As Head of Combat Support, he advanced aerial &amp; naval attacks against Israelis.
The IDF &amp; ISA will… <a href="https://t.co/pzf7DgQc19">pic.twitter.com/pzf7DgQc19</a>
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The post included a photo of Issa and several key details about who he was and what he did for the terrorist organization that was based in Gaza.
According to the post, he &#8220;was a key source of knowledge and one of the last remaining senior Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip,&#8221; and he had &#8220;played a significant role in the planning and execution of the October 7th massacre.&#8221;
The IDF also noted that Issa &#8220;was one of the founders of the Hamas military wing&#8221; and had been instrumental in building up the forces in Gaza, where he also &#8220;served as the Head of the Training Headquarters&#8221; and was working to help rebuild operational capabilities that had been compromised by the ongoing war.
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A longer statement from the IDF read, in part, &#8220;Yesterday (Friday), in a joint activity, the IDF and ISA struck and eliminated the terrorist Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa in the area of Sabra in Gaza City. Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa was a senior figure in Hamas’ military wing and was considered one of the founders of the terrorist organization. His current role was Head of Combat Support Headquarters in Hamas’ military wing.&#8221;
&#8220;Throughout the war, and over the past few days, Issa served as Head of the Combat Support Headquarters, and advanced aerial and naval terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians and IDF troops operating in the Gaza Strip,&#8221; the statement continued.
&#8220;The IDF and ISA will continue to operate to locate and eliminate all terrorists from the different terrorist organizations who took part in the brutal October 7th massacre,&#8221; the IDF concluded.

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President Donald Trump once again came to the defense of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, chastising the courts in Israel for proceeding with the case against him and comparing it to the cases against the president during the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.
Trump took to his Truth Social platform to <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114763460580044614">address the issue</a>, saying that if the case proceeded, it could &#8220;interfere&#8221; with ongoing negotiations — both between Israel and Iran and between Israel and the terror group Hamas.
&#8220;It is terrible what they are doing in Israel to Bibi Netanyahu,&#8221; Trump began. &#8220;He is a War Hero, and a Prime Minister who did a fabulous job working with the United States to bring Great Success in getting rid of the dangerous Nuclear threat in Iran.&#8221;
&#8220;Importantly, he is right now in the process of negotiating a Deal with Hamas, which will include getting the Hostages back,&#8221; Trump continued. &#8220;How is it possible that the Prime Minister of Israel can be forced to sit in a Courtroom all day long, over NOTHING (Cigars, Bugs Bunny Doll, etc).&#8221;
Trump then made a direct comparison to the cases against him, which he&#8217;s repeatedly said were politically motivated, and argued that the case against Netanyahu was no different.
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&#8220;It is a POLITICAL WITCH HUNT, very similar to the Witch Hunt that I was forced to endure. This travesty of &#8216;Justice&#8217; will interfere with both Iran and Hamas negotiations. In other words, it is INSANITY doing what the out-of-control prosecutors are doing to Bibi Netanyahu,&#8221; he said, arguing that the prosecution also directly impacted the United States. &#8220;The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to stand for this. We just had a Great Victory with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu at the helm — And this greatly tarnishes our Victory. LET BIBI GO, HE’S GOT A BIG JOB TO DO!&#8221;

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Two people were killed and at least 14 wounded when a Russian drone smashed into a residential high-rise in Ukraine&#8217;s Black Sea city of Odesa, authorities said on Saturday.
Three children were among the wounded in the overnight attack, with one in critical condition, said regional Governor Oleh Kiper.
Footage posted by the State Emergency Service showed firefighters battling a blaze and rushing residents down a dark stairwell in the 21-storey building.
Russia has stepped up drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities in recent weeks as diplomatic efforts to end the nearly three-and-a-half-year-old war have stalled.
<div id="attachment_940751" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-940751" class="size-full wp-image-940751" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-scaled.jpeg" alt="Residents walk in front of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 28, 2025." width="2560" height="1707" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-864x576.jpeg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-1800x1200.jpeg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R027_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-1200x800.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" />REUTERS/Nina Liashonok</div>
This is only the latest use of more advanced war tech. Several weeks ago, Russia launched a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/russia-launches-massive-drone-attack-on-ukraine-as-war-intensifies?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Russia+Launches+Massive+Drone+Attack+On+Ukraine+As+War+Intensifies">massive attack</a>, firing nearly 500 drones and 20 missiles into Ukraine in response to Ukraine’s major drone offensive on Russian airfields earlier this month.
According to Ukraine, slightly more than half of the drones were intercepted, as were almost all of the missiles.
“Russia is escalating the war and has no intention of stopping it. Any escalation can only be stopped by force,” said Andriy Yermak, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
<div id="attachment_940753" style="width: 2570px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-940753" class="size-full wp-image-940753" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-scaled.jpeg" alt="A resident walks inside his apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine June 28, 2025." width="2560" height="1707" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-300x200.jpeg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-864x576.jpeg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-768x512.jpeg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-1800x1200.jpeg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/06/2025-06-28T074002Z_1_LYNXMPEL5R028_RTROPTP_4_UKRAINE-CRISIS-ATTACK-ODESA-1200x800.jpeg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px" />REUTERS/Nina Liashonok</div>
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These attacks come as President Donald Trump continues his attempt to broker peace between the warring nations. The president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-tells-russian-leader-to-stop-using-the-n-word-after-nuclear-threats">scolded</a> Russian Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev on June 23 after Medvedev discussed other nations supplying Iran with “nuclear warheads.”
“Did I hear Former President Medvedev, from Russia, casually throwing around the ‘N word’ (Nuclear!), and saying that he and other Countries would supply Nuclear Warheads to Iran? Did he really say that or, is it just a figment of my imagination?” Trump said on Truth Social.
“If he did say that, and, if confirmed, please let me know, IMMEDIATELY. The ‘N word’ should not be treated so casually,&#8221; Trump added.
(Reporting by Dan Peleschuk; Editing by William Mallard)

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Iran’s despotic theocratic government is trumpeting that they have arrested over 700 people and executed six accused of belonging to an “Israeli spy network” since Israel’s June 13 attack.
“Reports show men in prison jumpsuits confessing that they were recruited as Israeli spies, along with weapons they were supposedly planning to use. Analysts say the confessions are probably coerced, and an analysis of the images by the FRANCE 24 Observers team found no evidence of any Israeli-made weapons among the supposed seizures,” <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250627-iran-arrests-seized-weapons-mossad-connection-israel">France 24</a> reported, adding that Iranian state media revealed at least six men accused of spying for Israel have been executed since the Israeli attack on June 13: Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei, Rasoul Ahmad Mohammad, Madjid Mossayebi, Esmaeil Fekri, and Mohammad Amin Shayesteh.
“In two instances where state media have presented images of these confiscated weapons, the photographs appear to be either fake or staged,” France 24 noted.
“So far, we have seen reports of the arrest of hundreds of people over alleged accusations of espionage, of cooperation with Israel,” Hussein Baoumi, the deputy regional director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International, told CNN on Thursday. “We have also seen the execution of at least six men since the 16th of June on similar accusations. To be absolutely clear, these are people that were — had trials that would run into about 10 minutes in front of revolutionary courts that lack any resemblance of fair trials and where the use of forced confessions is quite worried (sic).”
“What we are seeing really is a continuing of what the Iranian government and authorities have been doing for months, but also for decades and years,” he continued. “I mean, what we have been seeing is that this is a government that has been using arrests and executions to crack down on any sort of opposition. We have seen how the government have used arrests and executions against protesters in recent years. &#8230; This needs to be put in its own context, right, which is that this is a government that has lived under massive impunity for decades. Iranian officials feel empowered to do so because they do not expect any sort of retribution or any sort of being held accountable for their crimes.”
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On Thursday, the Iranian exiled women&#8217;s organization Association Femme Azadi <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-859226">reported</a>, “Reports confirm the arrest of rabbis and religious leaders in Tehran and Shiraz, accused, without evidence, of ties to Israel.”

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In Wake Of Israel-U.S. Attacks, Iran’s Regime Starts Executions, Mass Arrests

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The Irish government, which has openly displayed its hatred for Israel in recent years, took another step targeting the Jewish state, becoming the first country in Europe to introduce legislation forbidding imports from the Biblical areas of Judea and Samaria.
Irish Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister and former Prime Minister Simon Harris introduced a bill titled the General Scheme of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill. It was passed by the Irish government and now must be approved by the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny, the Jerusalem Post <a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-859160">reported</a>.
“The situation in Palestine remains a matter of deep public concern,” Harris declared. “I have made it consistently clear that this Government will use all levers at its disposal to address the horrifying situation on the ground and to contribute to long-term efforts to achieve a sustainable peace on the basis of the two-state solution.”
“Ireland is speaking up and speaking out against the genocidal activity in Gaza,” Harris told reporters, urging other countries to echo Ireland’s actions as he said, “every country must pull every lever at its disposal.”
Former Justice and Equality Minister and Defense Minister Alan Shatter ripped Harris on X, writing, “Only Simon Harris and our current government could be so foolish as to create the acronym PIGS to reference a new law that targets &amp; boycotts Jewish-produced goods. &#8230; The gov has now proudly published its own farcical version of the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB), the first time since the defeat of Nazi Germany that any European gov has promoted a law to specifically boycott Jewish produced goods &amp; criminalise those who import them.”
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“Only Simon Harris &amp; our current gov cld be so foolish as to create the acronym PIGS to reference a new law that targets &amp; boycotts Jewish produced goods.” Explainer. The gov has now proudly published its own farcical version of the Occupied Territories Bill (OTB), the first… <a href="https://t.co/dMw7T4tlZX">https://t.co/dMw7T4tlZX</a>
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Last December, Gideon Sa’ar, Israel’s Foreign Minister, announced Israel would <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/15/europe/israel-ireland-embassy-closure-intl/index.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20actions%20and%20antisemitic%20rhetoric,to%20a%20foreign%20ministry%20statement.">close its embassy</a> in Ireland, citing Ireland’s “extreme anti-Israel policies.”
<p style="font-weight: 400;" data-uri="cms.cnn.com/_components/paragraph/instances/cm4ppvf7j00083b6mmqmkbdyw@published" data-editable="text" data-component-name="paragraph" data-article-gutter="true" data-analytics-observe="off">“The actions and antisemitic rhetoric used by Ireland against Israel are rooted in the delegitimization and demonization of the Jewish state, along with double standards. Ireland has crossed every red line in its relations with Israel,” Sa’ar said. “Israel will invest its resources in advancing bilateral relations with countries worldwide according to priorities that also take into account the attitudes and actions of these states toward Israel.”
Ireland’s Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Simon Harris reacted, “This is a deeply regrettable decision from the Netanyahu government. I utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-International law.”
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This is a deeply regrettable decision from the Netanyahu government. I utterly reject the assertion that Ireland is anti-Israel. Ireland is pro-peace, pro-human rights and pro-International law. <a href="https://t.co/rDga5GpT3u">https://t.co/rDga5GpT3u</a>
&mdash; Simon Harris TD (@SimonHarrisTD) <a href="https://twitter.com/SimonHarrisTD/status/1868287660860530973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 15, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Despite Harris’ protestations that Ireland’s government is not anti-Israel, the evidence suggests otherwise.
In February 2024, then-Taoiseach Leo Varadkar <a href="https://www.breakingnews.ie/israel-hamas/leo-varadkar-says-israel-has-become-blinded-by-rage-1588287.html">denounced</a> a possible Israeli operation into the Hamas stronghold in Rafah, saying it would be a “gross violation of international law on top of all the other violations of international law which Israel is responsible for.” He continued by ripping Israel for not bowing to the wishes of outsiders, saying, “It’s very, very clear to me though, that Israel is not listening to any country in the world, I don’t even think they’re listening to the Americans anymore. They have become blinded by rage.”
In May 2024, only days after Harris declared, “I abhor the actions of the Netanyahu government regarding what is happening in the Middle East,” Ireland officially <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/05/28/spain-norway-ireland-officially-recognize-palestinian-state-denmarks-parliament-rejects-proposal/">recognized</a> a “Palestinian state.” Harris stated, “The government recognizes Palestine as a sovereign and independent state and agreed to establish full diplomatic relations between Dublin and Ramallah. We had wanted to recognize Palestine at the end of a peace process. However, we have made this move alongside Spain and Norway to keep the miracle of peace alive.”
On November 7, the Irish parliament <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/11/07/irish-parliament-passes-motion-accusing-israel-genocide-gaza-dublins-hostility-jewish-state-mounts/">passed</a> a non-binding motion attacking Israel, stating, “genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza.”
Ireland <a href="https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/12/11/738927/Ireland-formally-joins-South-African-genocide-case-Israel-ICJ">joined</a> South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Looking into the past, in 1996, Ireland finally permitted an Israeli embassy in its country; it was the <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/14/1233395830/ireland-pro-palestinian">last country</a> in the European Union to open an Israeli embassy in its own country.
As far back as 1945, within days of Adolf Hitler’s suicide on April 30, 1945, Ireland’s Taoiseach Éamon de Valera <a href="https://historyireland.com/de-valera-hitler-the-visit-of-condolence-may-1945/">called on</a> Eduard Hempel, the Nazi minister to Ireland, to &#8220;express his condolences.&#8221; He <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-761886">said</a>, “I certainly was not going to add to his [Hempel’s] humiliation in the hour of defeat.”

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North Korea announced Wednesday that it would open a new beach resort on July 1, part of Kim Jong Un’s effort to revive the country’s suffering economy with tourism.
The Korean Central News Agency <a href="https://kcnawatch.org/newstream/1750935738-331924234/tourist-attraction-on-east-coast%E2%80%93new-scenic-beauty-of-socialist-cultural-efflorescence-inaugural-ceremony-of-wonsan-kalma-coastal-tourist-area-held-with-splendour/">claims</a> the resort spans four kilometers of coastline in the city of Wosan, and can accommodate 20,000 people. Amenities include “sea-bathing service facilities and various sports, amusement, commercial and public catering facilities.”
“Kim Jong Un, the great artist of creation and construction and the dear father … is ushering in a new era of prosperity and development,&#8221; KCNA said.
The state-run news service reports Kim Jong Un took an active role in the construction of the resort, stating that it was “what he most wanted to do for the people,” and that it was “a prelude to a new era of our country’s tourism.” He reportedly expressed his desire that the resort be “without an equal in the world.”
Attendees of the inaugural ceremony included top North Korean officials, as well as the Russian ambassador Alexander Matsegora and his staff, BBC <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0w59r54w9o">reported</a>.
It’s unlikely that the resort will actually live up to Pyongyang’s description. The state media consistently praises Kim’s new pet building projects in the highest terms, when in reality, they lack basic functions or are unable to perform basic operations.
In April, Kim announced the completion of a 10,000-unit apartment complex in Pyongyang, calling it a “beautiful and modern urban quarter” heralding “a new era of prosperity.” However, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/19/style/north-korea-hwasong-pyongyang-housing-intl-hnk/index.html">noted</a> during a visit that the elevators were inoperable due to electricity shortages.
In 2014, a new Pyongyang apartment building <a href="https://nypost.com/2014/05/17/kim-jong-un-sat-up-all-night-after-serious-construction-accident/">collapsed</a> due to structural defects.
In May, Kim’s new 5,000-ton naval destroyer, which was supposed to be “North Korea’s most ambitious naval modernization effort in decades,” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/22/asia/north-korea-destroyer-accident-intl-hnk-ml">capsized</a> during its launch.
It is unclear whether the resort will be open to Westerners. North Korea shut down its borders in 2020, reopening them to Russians in 2023 and Westerners in February 2025 for a short period before closing them again in March.
Currently, the United States prohibits citizens from travelling to North Korea due to the lack of diplomatic relations and “the continuing serious risk of arrest, long-term detention, and the threat of wrongful detention of U.S. nationals.”
This tragically played out in 2016 when Otto Warmbier, a student at Virginia University, travelled to North Korea for a Christmas break trip. North Korea alleges he stole a propaganda poster, and sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor. Though U.S. diplomats tried to get him released, he was returned brain-dead a year and a half into his sentence.
The resort is “unlikely to be a major draw for most Western tourists,” <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0w59r54w9o">says</a> Rowan Beard, co-founder of exotic tour company Young Pioneer Tours.
&#8220;Key sites like Pyongyang, the DMZ, and other brutalist or communist landmarks will continue to be the main highlights for international visitors once broader tourism resumes.&#8221;

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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on Thursday proclaimed victory over the United States.
“My congratulations on our dear Iran’s victory over the US regime,” Khamenei posted. “The US regime entered the war directly because it felt that if it didn’t, the Zionist regime would be completely destroyed. It entered the war in an effort to save that regime but achieved nothing.”
Khamenei entered into a ceasefire with Israel brokered by Trump after 12 days of conflict and the Iranian regime suffering blows to its nuclear program and military infrastructure.
In another tweet, Khamenei claimed that “the Islamic Republic delivered a heavy slap to the U.S.’s face,” a reference to Iran’s missile strike on the U.S. Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council falsely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/iran-goes-full-baghdad-bob-claims-attack-destroyed-u-s-air-base-in-qatar">claimed</a> that its attack “destroyed the U.S. air base in Al-Udeid, Qatar.”
The attack involved the launch of 19 missiles, 18 of which were reportedly intercepted. The one missile that landed caused no casualties and resulted in only minimal damage.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-is-preparing-attacks-on-american-contractors-helping-distribute-aid-in-gaza?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Hamas+Is+Preparing+Attacks+On+American+Contractors+Helping+Distribute+Aid+In+Gaza">HAMAS IS PREPARING ATTACKS ON AMERICAN CONTRACTORS HELPING DISTRIBUTE AID IN GAZA</a>
Trump said Iran had provided advance warning to his administration, allowing U.S. personnel to shelter or evacuate in the strike, which has been regarded as a coordinated attack for the regime to save face.
“I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday.
Throughout Israel’s entire 12-day campaign against Iran, dubbed “Operation Rising Lion,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the IDF removed the threat of a significant number of Iranian ballistic missiles, and helped severely harm Iran’s nuclear program.
The IDF eliminated much of Iran’s senior military command and several leading nuclear scientists, destroyed the enrichment facility in Natanz, the uranium conversion plant in Isfahan, and the heavy water installation in Arak, according to Netanyahu. Other laboratories, factories, ballistic missile production facilities, and regime targets were also struck.
Following Israel&#8217;s first day of strikes on the Iranian regime, Khamenei responded, promising “severe punishment.”
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-announces-complete-and-total-ceasefire-between-israel-and-iran?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Announces+%E2%80%98Complete+And+Total+Ceasefire%E2%80%99+Between+Israel+and+Iran">TRUMP ANNOUNCES ‘COMPLETE AND TOTAL CEASEFIRE’ BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN</a>
“The Zionist regime has opened its dirty and bloody hand to commit a crime in our beloved country at dawn today, and has revealed its evils more than ever before by targeting residential areas,” he said. “This regime must expect severe punishment. The strong hand of the armed forces of the Islamic Republic will not abandon it, God willing.”
Khamenei made similar threats at Trump after the president called for an unconditional surrender before the U.S. took direct action against the regime, including claiming that the “harm the US will suffer will definitely be irreparable if they enter this conflict militarily.”
Just three days later, the U.S. directly entered the conflict by bombing key Iranian nuclear sites with Tomahawk missiles and 30,000-pound “bunker buster” bombs carried by B-2 Spirit bombers.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-has-been-clear-for-14-years-that-iran-cannot-have-a-nuclear-weapon?author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+Has+Been+Clear+For+14+Years+That+Iran+Cannot+Have+A+Nuclear+Weapon">TRUMP HAS BEEN CLEAR FOR 14 YEARS THAT IRAN CANNOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON</a>
Khamenei addressed Trump’s calls to surrender again in Thursday&#8217;s tweet storm, posting: “The US President stated, &#8216;Iran must surrender.&#8217; Needless to say, this statement is too big to come out of the US president&#8217;s mouth.”
Following the ceasefire, Iranian authorities have begun to crack down internally on its citizens with mass arrests, executions, and military deployments, despite no significant protests taking place during the 12 days the regime was weakened. The security crackdowns are reportedly primarily focused on the Kurdish areas where wide-scale protests have broken out in the past.
Over 705 people have been arrested since the start of the war, according to Iranian rights group HRNA, with many of them being accused of spying for Israel.

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Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei Declares Victory Over United States

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A shocking poll <a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/women-safety-london-streets-shock-poll-itv-sadiq-khan-sarah-everard-met-police-b1234774.html">found</a> that over half of London women do not feel safe in the capital city.
ITV News London <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">conducted</a> the Survation poll of 1,528 women and discovered that 57% of respondents do not feel safe on the city streets. Only 32% said they do. Nearly half said they have been followed or verbally harassed by a man, while a third said they’ve experienced physical or sexual assault, some more than once.
The issue of women’s safety in London has gained traction over the last few years, especially after the murders of Sarah Everard and Zara Aleena, as well as sisters Nicole Smallman and Bibaa Henry.
Mayor Sadiq Khan, who is Muslim, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">told</a> ITV News London that every three days, a woman in London is killed at the hands of a man.
“Across the globe it is every 10 minutes,” he said. “We&#8217;re doing our bit from City Hall, but we can&#8217;t do it ourselves. That&#8217;s why we are working really closely with the police, with the courts, with the CPS, with the judiciary, but also schools. It&#8217;s got to start from primary school.”
Despite the government committing to halving violence against women within the next decade, 58% of poll respondents said they do not believe the mayor is doing enough on the issue, with only 26% saying better education for young boys would help. 51% said increasing the number of law enforcement officers would make them feel safer. 
Jess Phillips, the Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, <a href="https://www.itv.com/news/london/2025-06-24/hold-us-to-account-over-target-to-reduce-violence-against-women-and-girls">said</a> the poll figures “saddened” her.
“Every woman I know has been harassed at some point in their life,” she stated.
When asked whether London has become more or less safe over the previous five years, 49% said it has become less safe while only 21% said it has become more safe.
Ben Russel, the Met’s deputy assistant commissioner, said that the volume of violence against women and girls is the real challenge.
“We are receiving thousands and thousands of reports every year. … We know we have got more to do to get to where we want to be. But it&#8217;s something that is important and we all recognise that,” he said.

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