WORLD ROUNDUPWhat Would War Between Israel and Iran Look Like? | North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024 | France Wins Gold for Public Spending, and more
· Tommy Robinson Stokes Southport Riots — from Holiday in Europe
The far-right agitator is riling up his 800,000 online followers from abroad and posting images of violence linked to the EDL
· France Wins Gold for Public Spending, but the Largesse Bequeaths a Toxic Legacy
No one does social security like the French, but with the budget deficit soaring amid a political vacuum, the markets are getting nervous and the EU is demanding action
· What Would War Between Israel and Iran Look Like?
Two assassinations within hours suggest that Binyamin Netanyahu’s government is daring Tehran to retaliate and provoke an open conflict
· IDF Uncovers Hamas-built Drive-Through Tunnel on Gaza-Egypt Border
Pictures show combat vehicles can easily pass through the huge concrete-fortified underpass buried beneath the desert terrain
· North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024
Since 2006, North Korea has detonated six nuclear devices, updated its nuclear doctrine, and continued to introduce a variety of new missiles test-flown from new launch platforms
· ‘Pro-democracy Activist’ Convicted in U.S. of Giving Dissidents’ Intel to China
Shujun Wang helped found a pro-democracy group in New York city
Tommy Robinson Stokes Southport Riots — from Holiday in Europe (Dipesh Gadher, Dominic Hauschild, Katie Tarrant, Joey D’Urso, The Times)
Tommy Robinson has been stoking tensions over the Southport stabbings from thousands of miles away in southern Europe.
France Wins Gold for Public Spending, but the Largesse Bequeaths a Toxic Legacy (Peter Conradi, The Times)
Now at close to 57 per cent of GDP, government spending in France has long been way higher than in any of its G7 rivals; the equivalent figure for Britain is 44.2 per cent and for America 37.5 per cent.
What Would War Between Israel and Iran Look Like? (Michael Clarke, The Times)
There is growing concern, particularly in Washington, that Binyamin Netanyahu’s political survival instincts and the ultra-Zionists who prop up his government are spoiling to take on Hezbollah in Lebanon sooner rather than later.
IDF Uncovers Hamas-built Drive-Through Tunnel on Gaza-Egypt Border (Iona Cleave, The Telegraph)
Israel’s military has uncovered an unusually large Hamas tunnel close to the Gaza-Egypt border that appears to have been for vehicle passage.
North Korean nuclear weapons, 2024 (Hans M. Kristensen, Matt Korda, Eliana Johns, Mackenzie Knight, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists)
It is estimated that North Korea may have produced enough fissile material to hypothetically build up to 90 nuclear warheads, but has likely assembled fewer than that—potentially around 50.
‘Pro-democracy Activist’ Convicted in U.S. of Giving Dissidents’ Intel to China (AP / VOA News)
A Chinese American scholar was convicted Tuesday of U.S. charges of using his reputation as a pro-democracy activist to gather information on dissidents and feed it to his homeland’s government.
