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False claims spread about military movements in Poland and Finland
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On-line misinformation in regards to the armies of Poland and Finland has circulated on-line amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Social media customers have falsely instructed that each European Union member states are getting ready to enter the struggle or interact in army battle.
Investigations by Euronews and different impartial fact-checkers have revealed that the claims are false and alleged video proof has been taken out of context.
In instances of battle and disaster, when individuals are hungry for particulars in regards to the struggle, misinformation may be equally as viral as verified details.
Each Moscow and Kyiv have used social media to unfold their propaganda, whereas pro-Kremlin customers have additionally unfold false claims.
Poland is NOT getting ready to invade Ukrainian territory
A latest viral video has falsely claimed that Poland is getting ready to ship troops into Western Ukraine to confront Russia.
The footage — which incorporates the emblem and branding of BBC Information — alleges that Poland’s army basic Yaroslav Mika had signed an order to place military sections on “full alert”.
The video was shared on-line by customers in quite a lot of languages, together with Czech, French, Italian, Polish, Russian, and Turkish.
However on-line searches present no file of the BBC ever producing a report on the story, and senior disinformation journalists at the company state that the video is “faux”.
The branding of the BBC was additionally beforehand used to unfold false claims about army strikes on a Kramamtorsk railway station that killed dozens of individuals.
Poland has led requires the EU to toughen sanctions on Russia and for the NATO alliance to arm Ukraine in the course of the struggle.
Whereas Poland has offered its neighbour with army help, it has not expressed any such plans to ship troops into Ukrainian territory.
The Normal Command of the Polish Armed Forces dismissed the allegations and said that any alleged order to maneuver troops was “counterfeit”.
“It is a false order of the Polish Normal Employees, the entire doc is faux,” its official Twitter account mentioned.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov mentioned on Friday that hostile rhetoric was popping out of Poland and instructed that Warsaw may very well be “a supply of risk”.
Polish authorities officers say Moscow and pro-Kremlin social media customers at the moment are launching data assaults in opposition to the nation.
“The faux order of the Polish basic, created for propaganda functions, was used for disinformation actions in opposition to Poland,” mentioned Stanisław Żaryn, a spokesman for Poland’s Particular Providers Ministry.
“The order was used to legitimise insinuations about Poland’s plans to assault western Ukraine,” he said on Twitter.
“[These] are all components indicating that Russia is conducting a coordinated data operation in opposition to Poland.”
Warsaw says it has not too long ago stepped up efforts to fight the unfold of “disinformation” being unfold by Russia.
Finland has NOT despatched military tanks to the jap Russian border
One other viral video has prompted false claims that Finland is getting ready to escalate tensions close to its 1,340-kilometre border with Russia.
The footage reveals a freight practice carrying dozens of tanks and army gear throughout a railway bridge by way of a metropolis.
Social media customers have alleged that the tanks are being transported towards jap Finland and the Russian border.
The video was broadly shared on Fb, Twitter, and Telegram and has gained a whole bunch of 1000’s of whole views.
However Finland’s Defence Forces have said that the claims are “not true” and that the gear is shifting away from Russia’s border.
In a assertion, the authority mentioned that the tanks had been heading in the direction of an annual two-week army train in western Finland.
“The Armoured Brigade will lead the Military mechanised train Arrow 22 at Pohjankangas Niinisalo and in Säkylä,” the Defence Forces mentioned.
“The train will contain round 150 armoured autos and as much as 300 different army autos,” it added. “Tracked autos can be transported by practice and by gear transporters to the train space.”
Matching the video with pictures on Google, Euronews discovered that the video was taken within the metropolis of Tampere. The footage reveals that the practice is shifting westwards, in the direction of the villages of Niinisalo and Säkylä.
Visting armies from the UK, Latvia, the USA and Estonia are additionally anticipated to take part within the deliberate army workout routines, alongside greater than 3,000 Finnish troopers.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led each Finland and Sweden to ship assault rifles and anti-tank weapons to Kyiv, breaking their coverage of not offering arms to international locations at struggle.
The 2 EU international locations have additionally been mulling NATO membership, regardless of warnings from Moscow.
Russia has threatened to strengthen its presence within the Baltic Sea if both Finland or Sweden had been to hitch the alliance.
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Kenyan police confront protesters day after president withdraws tax increase bill
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- Protests have continued across Kenya despite President William Ruto’s withdrawal of a controversial tax hike bill.
- Kenyan police on Thursday fired teargas at protesters in Nairobi and blocked roads to the presidential palace.
- Crowds in Mombasa, Kisumu and other cities have demanded President Ruto’s resignation.
Kenyan police fired teargas at dozens of protesters in Nairobi and blocked off roads to the presidential palace on Thursday as crowds took to the streets again nationwide, even after the president bowed to pressure to withdraw a tax hike bill.
Crowds called for President William Ruto to go further and step down in the capital, Mombasa, Kisumu and other centers, though the turnout was well down from the height of the mass rallies sparked by the tax measures over the past week.
Ruto withdrew the legislation including new taxes and hikes on Wednesday, a day after at least 23 people were killed in clashes at protests sparked by his plans, and parliament was briefly stormed and set alight.
KENYA’S PRESIDENT BACKTRACKS ON CONTROVERSIAL TAX INCREASES AFTER DEADLY PROTESTS SHAKE NATION
He is grappling with the most serious crisis of his two-year-old presidency as the youth-led protest movement has grown rapidly from online condemnations of the tax hikes into mass rallies demanding a political overhaul.
Protesters run to take cover outside the Kenyan Parliament after storming the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. Kenyan police fired teargas at dozens of protesters and blocked off roads to the presidential palace on Thursday as crowds took to the streets again nationwide, even after the president bowed to pressure to withdraw a tax hike bill. (LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images)
Dropping the bill has also hit plans to reduce the budget deficit and borrowing, as demanded by lenders including the International Monetary Fund.
Seven people were rushed to hospital with gunshot wounds in the town of Homa Bay in western Kenya on Thursday, Citizen TV reported, without going into further detail. Police commander Hassan Barua said he had sent officers to check on the report.
In Nairobi, police and soldiers patrolled the streets and blocked access to State House. Police fired teargas to disperse several dozen people who had gathered in the center of the city.
UN-BACKED CONTINGENT OF FOREIGN POLICE ARRIVES IN HAITI AS KENYA-LED FORCE PREPARES TO FACE GANGS
Doctors volunteer group Medics for Kenya said its staff at the Jamia Mosque/Crescent hospital had been hit by teargas, and that it condemned in “the strongest terms possible violence meted out on our volunteer medical teams”.
Reuters reporters saw army vehicles on the streets after the government deployed the military to help police.
Elsewhere, hundreds of protesters gathered in the port city of Mombasa and in the western city of Kisumu, local television footage showed, although those gatherings appeared peaceful.
“We are only coming here so that our voice can be heard, us as Gen Z, us as Kenyans, we are one,” said Berryl Nelima in Mombasa. “So the police should stop killing us, we are just peaceful protesters, we are unarmed.”
The protest movement has no formal leadership structure and has largely responded to messages, banners and slogans on social media. Posts on Thursday suggested protest supporters were divided on how far to carry the demonstrations.
“Let’s not be foolish as we fight for a better Kenya,” Boniface Mwangi, a prominent social justice activist, said in an Instagram post.
He voiced support for demonstrations on Thursday but opposed calls to invade State House, the president’s formal offices and residence, a move that he said could spur more violence and be used to justify a crackdown.
KENYAN PROTESTERS VOW TO CONTINUE DEMONSTRATIONS AFTER VIOLENT CLASHES LEAVE 23 DEAD
While some protest supporters said they would not demonstrate on Thursday as the finance bill had been scrapped, others pledged to press on, saying only Ruto’s resignation would satisfy them.
“Right now is not about just the finance bill but about #RutoMustGo,” political activist and protester Davis Tafari told Reuters in a text message. “We have to make sure that Ruto and his MPs have resigned and fresh elections are held … We occupy State House for dignity and justice.”
Eli Owuor, 34, from Kibera, an informal settlement and a traditional hotbed of protests, also said he was prepared to join a push on to State House.
“We may just need to visit Zakayo today in his house to prove that after parliament we can occupy State House,” he said, using a nickname protesters have given to Ruto that references a biblical tax collector viewed as corrupt.
DIALOGUE, AUSTERITY ARE NEXT STEPS
In a speech on Wednesday, Ruto defended his push to raise taxes on items such as bread, cooking oil and diapers, saying it was justified by the need to cut Kenya’s high debt, which has made borrowing difficult and squeezed the currency.
But he acknowledged that the public had overwhelmingly rejected the finance bill. He said he would now start a dialogue with Kenyan youth and work on austerity measures, beginning with cuts to the budget of the presidency.
The International Monetary Fund, which has been urging the government to cut its deficit to obtain more funding, said it was closely monitoring the situation in Kenya.
“We are deeply concerned about the tragic events in Kenya in recent days,” the IMF said in a statement. “Our main goal in supporting Kenya is to help it overcome the difficult economic challenges it faces and improve its economic prospects and the well-being of its people.”
Ratings agency Moody’s said the shift in focus to cutting spending rather than boosting revenue will complicate the disbursement of future IMF funding and slow the pace of fiscal consolidation.
Analysts at JPMorgan said they had maintained their forecasts for a deficit of 4.5% of GDP in FY2024/2025, but acknowledged the government and IMF targets could be revised in light of recent developments.
They said the Central Bank of Kenya was unlikely to begin cutting rates until the final quarter of this year.
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The Take: How is Argentina faring under Javier Milei?
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Argentina’s lower house votes on Javier Milei’s package of economic reforms. How will this affect ordinary Argentinians?
Argentina’s lower legislative house is set to approve President Javier Milei’s package of economic reforms. Despite signs of economic improvement on the macro level, the consequences of Milei’s spending cuts for the average person have been profound. How have everyday Argentinians been faring under Javier Milei?
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