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EU to target Russia’s armed forces and drone supplies in new sanctions
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The record of Russian people and entities sanctioned by the European Union may develop by about 200 whereas exports of drones and different unmanned aerial autos to Russia and Iran are to be prohibited beneath a brand new raft of sanctions proposed by European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen.
Russia’s armed forces, army officers, legislators, ministers, governors, political events and judges are featured on the Fee’s proposed ninth package deal of sanctions towards Russia over its struggle in Ukraine.
Up to now, the bloc has blacklisted 1,241 people and 118 entities.
“This record covers key figures in Russia’s brutal and deliberate missile strikes towards civilians, within the kidnapping of Ukrainian youngsters to Russia, and within the theft of Ukrainian agricultural merchandise,” von der Leyen mentioned in a press release.
The EU’s government additionally needs to chop Moscow’s entry to all kinds of drones and unmanned aerial autos by banning the direct exports of drone engines to Russia and the export to any third nations, reminiscent of Iran, that would provide them to Russia.
Moscow has been accused of utilizing so-called “kamikaze” drones, which self-destroy once they hit their goal, to cripple Ukraine’s energy grid and kill unusual residents. Components of the nation have been plunged into darkness in consequence, elevating fears of a large-scale humanitarian disaster.
In accordance with Western intelligence, these drones have been provided by Iran, one of many few allies that Moscow nonetheless has on the worldwide stage.
Iran denies offering Russia with this sort of weapon, regardless of the rising proof that proves the industrial connection between the 2 nations.
The sanctions nonetheless should be negotiated by member states earlier than they enter into power. A gathering of international affairs ministers is scheduled to happen on Monday.
A brand new report by Battle Armament Analysis, a UK-based organisation, revealed the Iranian drones utilized by Russia towards Ukraine have been constructed with elements made by American, European and Asian corporations, prompting questions on potential loopholes within the West’s united entrance.
The proposed package deal of EU sanctions – the ninth for the reason that struggle started on 24 February – may even introduce new export controls and restrictions on chosen chemical compounds, nerve brokers, electronics and IT elements which are liable to sustaining Russia’s struggle machine in Ukraine.
EU banks and monetary establishments might be fully banned from finishing up transactions with the Russian Regional Growth Financial institution, whereas 4 Russian channels accused of spreading pro-war propaganda might be taken off the air throughout EU territory.
Von der Leyen didn’t identify the 4 media retailers.
The bloc had beforehand suspended the broadcasting licences of a number of Russian state-owned channels, reminiscent of Sputnik, Russia At present and RTR-Planeta.
The EU may even prohibit its traders from beginning new ventures and tasks in Russia’s mining sector.
Von der Leyen’s proposal comes days after the EU, the G7 and Australia agreed to impose an unprecedented value cap on Russia’s crude oil at $60 per barrel.
Negotiations across the value cap have been linked to the ninth package deal of sanctions.
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Trudeau called out by steelworker who refuses to shake his hand during blunt exchange: 'Don't believe you'
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got an earful during a photo op from a cash-strapped steelworker who told the leader his policies have left his family scratching to make ends meet.
Footage of the tense exchange in Sault Ste. Marie, a city in Ontario, which was obtained by CTV News, went viral. The unidentified worker spurned Trudeau’s offer of doughnuts to complain about high taxes, medical bills and giveaways to people he deemed “lazy.”
“The 25% tariffs we just brought in is going to help you out … that’s going to keep your job,” Trudeau told the man.
“What about the 40% taxes I am paying? And I don’t have a doctor,” the employee of Algoma Steel shot back.
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Trudeau responded by saying that a multimillion-dollar investment from the Canadian government meant the man would have a job “for many years to come.” The man responded by saying that he expected Trudeau to be voted out.
“That’s what elections are for,” said the Liberal Party leader, who stayed calm and collected during the exchange. “I look forward to everyone exercising the right to vote. … We are going to invest in you and your job.”
“I don’t believe you for a second,” the steelworker shot back.
The man also mentioned that he felt unemployed Canadians got better access to affordable health care than he did after Trudeau referenced an initiative to help hundreds of thousands of Canadians get dental care.
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“Probably like my neighbor who doesn’t go to work because she’s lazy?” the steelworker asked.
“You know what? Most Canadians try to stick up for each other, and that’s what we’ve got to keep doing,” Trudeau responded before wishing the man good luck. At the end, the laborer appeared to refuse a handshake from Trudeau.
The next federal election in Canada is set to take place on Oct. 20, 2025. Trudeau’s government has been scrutinized amid a cost-of-living crisis affecting the country, though Trudeau has remained optimistic.
“Inflation came down last month, beating out expectations,” the prime minister wrote in a Facebook post on July 17. “But, until Canadians can feel that relief in their wallets, at the grocery store, and on their mortgages, the job’s not done.”
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Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, center, is shown during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, not pictured, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Sept. 22, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital reached out to Trudeau’s office for comment.
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Taiwan court orders release of ex-Taipei mayor arrested in corruption probe
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Taiwan People’s Party leader Ko Wen-je freed after court finds insufficient evidence to justify his detention.
A court in Taiwan has ordered the release of a former mayor and presidential candidate who was arrested over his alleged role in a corruption scandal, citing insufficient evidence for his detention.
Taipei District Court on Monday ruled that Ko Wen-je, a former mayor of Taipei and the leader of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP), should go free after finding that prosecutors had failed to make the case for his detention.
The court said prosecutors had not met the standard of there being a “high possibility” Ko had committed a crime.
“It cannot be concluded that the defendant… knowingly violated the law,” the court said in its ruling.
Ko was arrested on Saturday as part of a probe into alleged corruption in the redevelopment of the Core Pacific City shopping centre in the Taiwanese capital.
Ko, who came third in January’s presidential election, told reporters outside court that there was “no evidence” of his involvement in the real estate scandal.
A surgeon by training, Ko entered politics in 2014 when he successfully ran for the mayorship of Taipei as an independent candidate.
Re-elected as mayor of Taipei in 2018, he founded the TPP the following year as a third force to challenge the dominance of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and China-leaning Kuomintang (KMT).
Under the TPP banner, Ko received about one-quarter of the vote in the last presidential election, which was won by the DPP’s William Lai Ching-te.
While the TPP has only eight legislators in Taiwan’s 113-seat parliament, the party has gained outsized influence as both the DPP and KMT lack a ruling majority.
Ko, who draws much of his support from young people, is widely seen as a contender for the next election in 2028, although his popularity has been dented by a separate campaign funds scandal.
On Thursday, Ko said he would take a three-month leave of absence from the TPP leadership to take responsibility for the misreporting of campaign money and the use of election subsidies to set up a personal office space.
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