Hard-right groups have expanded their influence across US government, report finds

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Southern Poverty Law Center releases report as US government pursues federal fraud charges against group

A new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) finds hard-right groups have increasingly expanded their influence across the US government, which is pursuing a federal fraud case into the civil rights organization.

Tuesday’s report – which identified 1,263 hate and anti-government groups in operation throughout 2025 – comes less than two months after it was indicted by the government it says the hard right has infiltrated.

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Tanks, guns and rocket launchers: The ties that bind the EU and South Korea – politico.eu

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  1. Tanks, guns and rocket launchers: The ties that bind the EU and South Korea  politico.eu
  2. North Korea Will ‘Never’ Get Nuclear Recognition, EU, Seoul Say  Bloomberg.com
  3. Why steel tariffs are rumbling the EU’s outreach to South Korea  Financial Times
  4. Newsletter: From K-pop to K2 tanks, South Korea flexes in Europe  Euronews.com
  5. South Korea presses EU for fair treatment on new steel import duties  Reuters
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Ukrainian strikes are inflicting pain deep inside Russia – The Economist

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  1. Ukrainian strikes are inflicting pain deep inside Russia  The Economist
  2. Ukraine’s deadly strikes are bringing the war home to Russians, and discontent is bubbling up  CNN
  3. Losing in Every Dimension - by Mick Ryan  Futura Doctrina | Mick Ryan
  4. Putin’s New Weakness Exposed in Humiliating Disaster  The Daily Beast
  5. When Russia Loses Its War in Ukraine  Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
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US judge finds man accused of killing woman on Charlotte train incompetent to stand trial

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Decarlos Brown Jr to stay in custody while receiving treatment for remainder of case over Iryna Zarutska’s death

The man accused of fatally stabbing Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte commuter train in August has been found incompetent to stand trial in federal court for now, the US attorney’s office for the western district of North Carolina said on Tuesday.

Decarlos Brown Jr, 35, is accused of killing Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, on a Charlotte light rail train in a case that drew national attention after a surveillance camera video depicting the violent attack was released.

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6 Countries Announce Sanctions Targeting Israeli Settler Networks – The New York Times

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  1. 6 Countries Announce Sanctions Targeting Israeli Settler Networks  The New York Times
  2. UK, France and other Western nations issue new sanctions on Israeli settlers in the West Bank  AP News
  3. Sanctions on settlers not enough: Target Israeli gov’t, say campaigners  Al Jazeera
  4. UK and allies sanction 'networks' enabling settler violence in West Bank  BBC
  5. UK, Canada, France and Norway announce coordinated sanctions over West Bank settler violence  Reuters
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Trump blames Iran for downing of army helicopter and says US must respond

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US president says crew members are ‘safe and uninjured’ after attack near strait of Hormuz early on Tuesday

Donald Trump has blamed Iran for downing a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz, warning that the US would be forced to respond to the attack.

The US army Apache helicopter gunship crashed off the coast of Oman early on Tuesday, according to US Central Command. The two crew members were later rescued in an unprecedented operation using an unmanned drone boat, the military said.

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Former Air Canada pilot charged after allegedly flying without proper license for 16 years – The Guardian

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  1. Former Air Canada pilot charged after allegedly flying without proper license for 16 years  The Guardian
  2. Air Canada pilot accused of flying for 17 years without correct licence  BBC
  3. Police allege ex-Air Canada captain flew flights for decades with fraudulent licensing  Global News
  4. Air Canada pilot arrested for flying without proper license  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Former Air Canada pilot flew hundreds of flights without proper license, police say  NBC News
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Former Air Canada pilot charged after allegedly flying without proper license for 16 years

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Geoffrey Wall is alleged to have flown over 900 flights domestically and internationally between 2009 and 2025

A former Air Canada pilot has been charged after flying for years without a proper license, Canadian police have said.

Geoffrey Wall, of Barrie, Ontario, is alleged to have operated as an airline captain between 2009 and 2025 without a license to fly large commercial passenger planes, according to Peel regional police.

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Taliban forces in Afghanistan open fire on rare protest sparked by women’s arrests over dress code – CBS News

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  1. Taliban forces in Afghanistan open fire on rare protest sparked by women's arrests over dress code  CBS News
  2. U.N. says at least 1 killed in crackdown on protests against the arrest of women in Afghanistan  WRAL
  3. Afghanistan: Taliban open fire during protest over arrests of women for dress code violation  WFRV Local 5
  4. UNAMA says 30 Women Arrested in Herat Over Dress Code, Boy Killed in Protest Crackdown  thekabultribune.com
  5. Taliban Summons Herat Vloggers Who Protested Detention of Women  Hasht-e Subh Daily
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‘Earth’s first starfleet’: Nasa reveals Artemis III crew and project’s next steps

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Luca Parmitano to pilot all-male crew of four paving way for planned first human landing on Artemis IV in 2028

Jared Isaacman, the Nasa administrator, hailed the creation of “Earth’s first starfleet” on Tuesday as he revealed the Artemis III crew and details of the next stages of the space agency’s project to return humans to the moon.

An Italian astronaut, Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency (ESA), will be the pilot of the planned two-week mission to lower Earth orbit next year that will test lunar landers from private companies Blue Origin and SpaceX.

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