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  Russia SMO Summary of the morning of July 17, 2026 By Eoin Walsh©️  Truth News Ireland™️ Truth News Ireland Today ▪️ The Russian Armed Forces launched missiles in the direction of the Odessa region. Attack UAVs operated in the Cherkasy, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhia regions. ▪️ The Ukrainian Armed Forces continued drone strikes against tankers and other civilian vessels at sea, expanding the strike zone to the Black Sea. In Crimea, transport infrastructure is under attack, and trucks are being hunted. The north of the peninsula is suffering from the aftermath of the attacks. ▪️ In the Bryansk region, yesterday morning, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the village of Suzemka with a Grad MLRS, killing a fifteen-year-old girl and her grandmother. A resident of the village was wounded. ▪️ In the Sumy direction , in the Shostka district, small-arms battles are ongoing in Ulanovo and on the approaches to Malaya Slobodka. In the Sumy district, fighting is taking place in...

 A Russian missile has destroyed a depot of depleted uranium near Kyiv! Uranium depot near Kyiv  The Russian armed forces have struck an ammunition depot on the outskirts of Kyiv, in Vishnevoe, where sub-calibre rounds with a depleted uranium-238 core and cluster bombs were stored.  Due to the threat of radioactive contamination, an emergency evacuation of residents in the area has begun, and the entire incident site has been completely cordoned off by the Ukrainian secret services. In other news regarding Ukraine:  Ukraine finally releases geolocations of soldiers in Konstantinvka - but the damage from Russia's claimed capture is already done: Unlike at Pokrovsk, there is no indication yet of a coordinated counterattack to reclaim parts of the city altogether. Furthermore, simply publishing geolocated videos of Ukrainian servicemen at all amounts to an admission that the Russian territorial claims have gained Western credulity which Kyiv must counteract. Another key...

  The point of view from others: The Principality of Sealand is a famous unrecognised micronation located on HM Fort Roughs, a decommissioned World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea. Situated about 11 kilometres off the coast of Suffolk, it was founded in September 1967 when former British major Paddy Roy Bates seized the platform from pirate radio broadcasters. The platform was originally built by the British military in 1943 during World War II to defend the coastline from German aircraft. In 1967, Paddy Roy Bates claimed it as a sovereign state, eventually naming it Sealand and establishing his family as the ruling monarchs. Over the years, the Principality of Sealand has defended its borders several times: The Royal Navy Clash (1968): British authorities attempted to remove Bates' son, Michael, and were repelled by warning shots and petrol bombs, resulting in Paddy Roy Bates being brought to British court, which ultimately declared that the fort was outside British ju...

 Why Do Millions Unite at Iran’s Supreme Leader Funeral... And Why Does the West Panic? Millions of Iranians attend the Funeral of The Great Ayatollah Ali Khamenei    Look at the huge crowds in Tehran right now. Millions of people marching together, showing real unity after their leader’s death. Is this just a funeral?  No. This is Iran proving it is a real civilisation-state.  Deep history, strong faith, tight families, and national pride. These things hold them together no matter what the outside world throws at them. Why does the West fear this so much?  Because Iran is a living rejection of their globalist plan.  They want to destroy everything solid: open borders that erase countries, broken families, mocked religion, weak nation-states, and confused ideas about gender and truth.  They push this everywhere to control people more easily. But Iran says no.  They hit Iran with attacks and sanctions, yet the people stay united and strong....

 Scientists cannot predict exact dates, so determining a specific annual likelihood for a massive "Big One" is impossible. However, experts warn the southern section of the San Andreas Fault is critically stressed—reaching its highest pressure levels in 1,000 years—making a major rupture inevitable over the coming decades. Key Seismic Hazard FactsThe "Big One" Window: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates a 75% likelihood of a magnitude 7.0 or greater earthquake occurring in California within the next 30 years. Historical Delay: Some portions of the fault, particularly near the Tejon Pass, have not ruptured since 1857, leading many geologists to consider the region overdue for a major seismic event Heightened Stress: Recent University of Hawai'i and University of California, Riverside models reveal the stress is equivalent to or exceeds values seen in the past millennium. Potential for "Dual" Quakes: The Cajon Pass acts as an "earthquake gat...

Tribal nations celebrate 150th anniversary of victory at Greasy Grass by Shirley Sneve and Kevin Abourezk A rider performs during a re-enactment of the Battle of Greasy Grass near the Little Bighorn National Monument and near where Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Cavalry troops met their end. The re-enactment took place on private land as part of commemoration events marking the 150th anniversary of the battle. (Kevin Abourezk/ICT) Source: ICT and AP. CROW AGENCY, Montana – Thousands from across the continent flocked to the rolling plains along the Little Bighorn River where 150 years ago to the day Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer met his demise at what U.S. schoolchildren know as the Battle of Little Bighorn or Custer’s Last Stand – but Native Nations know as Greasy Grass. “You know, Custer planned [a large-scale attack on tribes gathered along the river] because he wanted to be president,” said Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out. “And so news was supposed to hi...

  The West gave Iran a name — theocracy — and buried the reality beneath it. They never told you that Khomeini spent decades mastering one of the most rigorous legal traditions in human history, or that he built a constitutional republic ratified by 98% of the Iranian people in a free referendum. A nation of fanatics can be bombed with a clear conscience. A constitutional republic of 93 million people, founded by a supremely gifted jurist, is harder to dispose of. Read what they did not want you to know.   What They Never Told You: Ayatollah Khomeini Was a Great Jurist, Not a Fanatic                                By Lim Tean I want to tell you something that may surprise you. Iran has a constitution. It has an elected parliament. It has a president chosen by popular vote. It has a supreme court. It has a body analogous to a constitutional review council. It has institutional checks between competi...

America’s Drums of War: White House Issues War Threat Against Iran Israel, Washington’s closest ally in the Middle East, is armed to the teeth with the aid and assistance of the United States, and has built its own substantial nuclear arsenal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who bitterly opposed the 2015 nuclear agreement, immediately condemned the Iranian missile test on Monday. He said he would press the Trump administration to renew economic sanctions on Tehran when he visits Washington this month. By  Mint Press News Desk  |  February 3, 2017 Trump’s War On Iran / Cartoon by Carlos Latuff For MintPress The original source of this article is  World Socialist Web Site Copyright ©  Peter Symonds ,  World Socialist Web Site , 2017 In an extraordinarily bellicose statement Wednesday, US National Security Adviser Michael Flynn accused Iran of “destabilising behaviour across the Middle East” and warned, “As of t...

  Ireland News Today, Tuesday 23 June 2026 Truth News Ireland  Here are the main stories making headlines across Ireland right now: 1. Jeffrey Donaldson Found Guilty Former DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, 63, was convicted Monday at Newry Crown Court of one count of rape, 13 counts of indecent assault and four counts of gross indecency against two women when they were children, between 1985 and 2008. He denied all charges. Donaldson, who led the DUP from 2021 to 2024 and was NI’s longest-serving MP, stepped down after his arrest in March 2024. He spent his first night in Maghaberry Prison and faces a “lengthy” prison term at sentencing. His wife Eleanor was found to have aided and abetted him but was ruled unfit to stand trial.  An Taoiseach Micheál Martin called the crimes “ evil and horrific ”. 2. Heatwave Hits Ireland Met Éireann says Ireland is in the middle of an “ atypically hot spell ”. Temperatures are set to hit 30C in some areas, with sunny, dry conditions for...

  Jeffrey Donaldson :  From Longest-Serving NI MP to Convicted Sex Offender Sir Jeffrey Donaldson  Sir Jeffrey Mark Donaldson, born 7 December 1962 in Kilkeel, County Down, was one of Northern Ireland’s most prominent unionist politicians for nearly 40 years. His career ended in June 2026 when he was convicted of historic child sex offences.  Political Career Early years and UUP:  Donaldson became politically active at 18. He worked as election agent for Enoch Powell in the 1980s and was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1985 at age 22, the youngest person to win a seat at Stormont at the time. He served in the Ulster Defence Regiment from 1981-1985.  MP for Lagan Valley:   First elected to the UK House of Commons in 1997, he held the Lagan Valley seat for 27 years, making him Northern Ireland’s longest-serving MP at the time of his arrest. He was a key member of the Ulster Unionist Party negotiating team during the 1998 Good Friday Agree...

  Global Warming, Sea Levels, and Ireland .  Flooded Cork    How Global Warming and Sea Level Rise Will Permanently Reshape Coastal Regions ! Coastlines have always been dynamic, but human-caused global warming is accelerating change in ways that will leave them unrecognizable to future generations. The physics is straightforward: as Earth warms, ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica melt, and seawater expands as it heats. Together, they push sea levels up. The consequences cascade through ecology, economy, and culture. 1. More Land Lost to the Sea Since 1900, global average sea level has risen about 20-25 cm. The rate has doubled in the last 20 years. By 2100, projections from IPCC range from 0.3m to over 1m of rise depending on future emissions. That doesn’t sound like much, but on a flat coast, 30 cm can push the high-tide line inland by tens of meters.  For low-lying regions like the Netherlands, Bangladesh, and Pacific atoll nations, this means permanent l...

  Al Qassam Brigades Commander Martyred by Israel.  Israeli security official claims successful assassination of Al-Qassam Brigades commander Muhammad Odeh                             Muhammad Odeh

                      Sir Jeffrey Donaldson    The jury in the trial of former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson on sex offence charges has been sent home for the day. Before they were sent home for the evening they were told the case would begin tomorrow at 10.30am, when the prosecution would set out its case against Mr Donaldson. Mr Donaldson arrived at Newry Crown Court just after 9.15am this morning and was met by his solicitor at the door of the courthouse. Mr Donaldson's wife Eleanor is accused of aiding and abetting her husband's alleged offending. She has been deemed medically unfit to participate in a criminal trial and will instead face what is called a trial of the facts. The jury will be asked to decide whether she committed the offences she has been charged with. They cannot find her guilty but they can acquit. Both of the Donaldsons have denied all the charges. The case is expected to last around four weeks. Mr Do...