Exercises described by President Trump as an ‘armada’ to be led by the USS Abraham Lincoln amid standoff

The US has announced plans to hold multi-day military exercises in the Middle East as it deploys what Donald Trump has called an “armada” led by the USS Abraham Lincoln to the region as part of a tense standoff with Iran.

The display of US air power was announced as the White House has suggested it could launch new strikes on Iran after the government’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters that has left thousands dead and many more in detention with their fates uncertain.

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Ex-president avoids naming Trump but says ‘Minnesotans have suffered enough at the hands of this administration’

Joe Biden has joined other former Democratic presidents in condemning the fatal shooting of the 37-year-old ICU nurse Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis, saying that it “betrays our most basic values as Americans”.

In a statement that alluded to the constitutional right to due process, Biden said: “We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a nation that tramples the fourth amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized.”

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English clubs stroll through Champions League group phase but fatigue tends to take its toll by the spring

Has there been a great game in the Champions League group stage this season? Probably not. Even if there had been, it almost certainly didn’t mean all that much. But that’s the way of the modern game: an extremely protracted clearing of the throat before the real business begins.

Uefa will proudly tell the world that only six teams have nothing to play for in the final round of games on Wednesday, but whether it was worth 126 games to get to the mild peril of Napoli or Club Brugge possibly going out, or the questionable thrill of finding out whether Tottenham or Atalanta will have to endure the playoff round, is debatable.

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Dordrecht heeft van alle Nederlandse gemeenten, groter dan 100 duizend inwoners, de financiën opnieuw het best op orde. De Hoeksche Waard scoort het best bij de middelgrote gemeenten. Beide gemeenten profiteren in hoge mate van de verkoop van aandelen in Energiebedrijf Eneco, ziet accountantsbureau BDO.

Dordrecht heeft van alle Nederlandse gemeenten, groter dan 100 duizend inwoners, de financiën opnieuw het best op orde. De Hoeksche Waard scoort het best bij de middelgrote gemeenten. Beide gemeenten profiteren in hoge mate van de verkoop van aandelen in Energiebedrijf Eneco, ziet accountantsbureau BDO.

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Een gezicht en een naam, en nu 2 gezichten en namen, en het is moord. Politiek strategische moord. Om macht te laten zien, terreur te zaaien. Chaos en afleiding. Niks meer over de Epstein files.

En om nog iets kunnen voelen, dat zijn die afgestompte losers bij ICE. Nazi’s zijn het die een harde krijgen van macht en god weet wat er in die ICE detentiecentra afspeelt.

Het enige wat we nu zien van Palestina zijn foto’s, een skyline van architectuur. Geen namen of beelden of gezichten van al die vermoorde mensen. En het gaat maar door. Soedan, ook zo anoniem. En wij schieten niemand te hulp. Oekraïne dan wel maar dat duurt ook maar.

Dit had zo’n andere wereld kunnen zijn.

 

You Need A Kitchen Slide Rule. “Kitchen work is all about proportions, and nothing beats the slide rule for proportions.”

Plus, the gang says it got in via Microsoft Entra SSO

ShinyHunters says it stole several slices of data from Panera Bread, but that's just the yeast of everyone's problems. The extortionist gang also claims to have stolen data from CarMax and Edmunds, in addition to three other organizations it posted to its blog last week.…