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CI.A. Says Ukraine Did Not Target Putin’s Home in a Drone Strike, Contradicting Russia’s Claims

The assessment rebutted a claim that the Russian leader made to President Trump in a phone call this week.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine called Russia’s claim “a complete fabrication intended to justify additional attacks against Ukraine, including Kyiv, as well as Russia’s own refusal to take necessary steps to end the war.”
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  • Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
    The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in OctoberChemical companies owned by the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had already been granted as much as £70m in UK state aid in the past four years, before this week’s £50m government bailout for its Grangemouth plant in Scotland.State aid to Ineos in the last year alone was between £16m and £38m, according to government disclosures published this week. Since August 2022 the company has r
     

Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years

20. Dezember 2025 um 11:00

The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October

Chemical companies owned by the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had already been granted as much as £70m in UK state aid in the past four years, before this week’s £50m government bailout for its Grangemouth plant in Scotland.

State aid to Ineos in the last year alone was between £16m and £38m, according to government disclosures published this week. Since August 2022 the company has received between £28m and £70m.

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© Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA

© Photograph: Steve Welsh/PA

Afghans Who Assisted U.S. During the War Underwent Rigorous Vetting

30. November 2025 um 02:37
Former officials said the C.I.A. diligently assessed those who partnered with its forces, like the man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington.

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John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said the man accused of shooting two National Guard members, an Afghan who had worked with U.S. forces during the war in his country, “should have never been allowed to come here.”

D.C. Shooting Suspect Worked With C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan

The C.I.A. and an Afghan intelligence official said that the shooter had been part of an Afghan “partner force,” known as a Zero Unit, trained and supported by the agency in the southern province of Kandahar.

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Law enforcement at the scene of the shooting. The suspect had worked with a C.I.A.-supported military unit in Afghanistan.

Prisoner 951 review – this defiant Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe drama makes Britain look ridiculous

23. November 2025 um 22:10

This tale of one family’s six-year ordeal just highlights what an unserious country Britain became in that era. The cast, including Joseph Fiennes, are excellent

“My name is Nazanin. I do not know why I am here.”

“Everyone says that.”

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