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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 16h

The #BirdOfTheDay theme by @alan678.bsky.social (via @robcrank68.bsky.social) is #BlueWater, Alt theme is #Perched. So here are a Great Crested #Grebe with two kids and a #bluetit at the bird bath. [📷 #NikonD850 f/10,0 1/400 600mm ISO500 & f/6,3 1/125 600mm ISO2000] #birds #photography #ECK #birdsky

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 21h

"The pilot is run by Joint Interagency Task Force 401, or JIATF-401, the Army-led organization set up last year to coordinate counter-drone work across the military and other federal agencies." @defensenews.bsky.social www.defensenews.com/industry/tec...

defensenews.com

Pentagon names 4 directed-energy weapons for counter-drone program at US bases

The Pentagon named four directed energy weapons for a homeland counter-drone program, the first systems to be fielded and tested at U.S. bases.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 21h

"Police clashed with demonstrators in Lyon, used tear gas in Paris and Marseille and water cannon in Rennes, but there was little of the serious trouble that marred previous protests." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/videos/...

bbc.com

France: Riot police clash with school protesters and use tear gas

Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets across France amid a wave of protests by high-school pupils.

Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 21h

"Haiti, which has been engulfed by years of gang violence and political chaos, has indefinitely postponed elections due to be held later this year, officials said Tuesday." @en.afp.com www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...

Haiti has not held elections since 2016
© Clarens SIFFROY

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 22h

"Following the coalition's statement, Houthi-affiliated Al Masirah TV said ⁠Saudi forces carried out a strike in an area spanning the central governorates of Ibb and ⁠Taiz. There was no immediate confirmation from the Saudi-led coalition." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Houthis launch missiles at Yemen's Aden airport as fighting intensifies

Two missiles launched by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis targeted the international airport ‌of Yemen's southern port city of Aden early on Wednesday but no casualties were reported, the media office o...

Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 22h

"While Türkiye won out as host country, the marathon negotiations will be steered by Australia in an unprecedented arrangement reached after both nations bid to stage the world's premier climate gathering." @euronews.com www.euronews.com/2026/10/06/e...

euronews.com

Electrification, climate finance and crises: What to expect at COP31

The UN talks in Antalya next month will be backdropped by the energy crisis, extreme heat and Nepal's flood disaster.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 22h

Claude Vecksler, a baby boy of eleven months, brutally murdered by German Nazis - one of an estimated 1.5 million children that fell victim to the Holocaust. Lest we forget 🕯️

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 22h

Good morning to #WildlifeWednesday with a handsome #Mallard couple and a romantic quote by George Eliot:"Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns." [📷 #NikonD850 f/10,0 1/320 190mm ISO 1000] #nature #photography

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"It will deploy around 100 military personnel from the air defence unit in Halmstad, the government said. Sweden last week announced that it was deploying Gripen fighter jets to Poland as part of a NATO airspace surveillance mission." @tvpworld.bsky.social tvpworld.com/95783342/swe...

tvpworld.com

Sweden to deploy Patriot missiles to NATO hub in Poland

Sweden declined to say how many Patriot system units would be sent to Poland.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay as of @helenbennett.bsky.social is #BirdSupermodel Alt: #UnsungBirds. So here are a posing #Robin and a rather shy #Marshtit [📷 #NikonD850 f/6,3 1/100 600mm ISO8000 & f/11 1/160 600mm ISO1250] #ECK #Birdsky #nature #Photography #birdsofbluesky

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"A weak #Ukraine would give the Kremlin the freedom to focus its attention elsewhere. Investment in Ukraine’s future, therefore, is an investment in European security" @rusi.bsky.social www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

rusi.org

Development Aid will be Critical to Securing Ukraine

Ukraine needs weapons to win the war, but Europe will need a wider tool set to secure a peace.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"AfD holds 39 seats in the parliament and the BSW 5, giving Rausch the majority he needed to win the post, as the other parties combined — all of which reject working with the AfD — also hold 39 seats. The result means that members of parties besides AfD and BSW voted for him." DW p.dw.com/p/5NpGF

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Far-right AfD candidate elected state parliamentary speaker

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"After declaring a counter-offensive, government forces claimed Monday to have pushed the Houthis out of the Bab al-Mandab area, a key shipping route in the Red Sea, as well as the port city of Mocha, which was captured last month." @en.afp.com v @france24.com www.france24.com/en/live-news...

france24.com

Yemen's Houthis claim attack on Riyadh airport, deny losing territory

Yemen's Houthis claimed an attack on the main airport in the Saudi capital while also denying on Tuesday losing territory to government forces, as fighting intensified.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"According to a statement from the prosecutor's office, he is facing charges including alleged espionage, disclosure of state secrets, attempted treason, and working as a secret service agent." DW amp.dw.com/en/germanys-...

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Germany's ex-spy chief arrested for espionage

August Hanning served as the head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency from 1998 to 2005. According to German media, he is being investigated for allegedly passing on state secrets and working...

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"The legislation, which was re-adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, allows the preventive shooting of 859 brown bears this year. A further 110 protected large wild animals may be hunted as an intervention measure if they pose a threat to human life." @euronews.com www.euronews.com/2026/10/05/r...

euronews.com

Romanian president signs law regulating bear population cull

In recent years Romania has increasingly seen bears wandering into towns and villages, and the number of bear attacks has risen sharply.

Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"The Russian news outlet People of Baikal, citing unnamed sources close to the regional security services, said the dead woman may have contracted pneumonic plague from a broken test tube." @en.afp.com today.rtl.lu/news/world/r...

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Russia downplays plague reports as Trump offers US help

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"It marks the first time the PQ has been in power since 2014. It could prove to be a test for Prime Minister Mark Carney, setting up confrontations with Quebec over issues like immigration and the monarchy." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Separatist party wins Quebec election, adding new test to Canada's unity

The Parti Québécois, which secured a minority, has vowed to hold an independence referendum in the years to come.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"Trump provided no details on reimbursing taxpayers for ads that already aired, nor how he would go about having his political organization pay for such advertising." @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

Trump says Super Pac will pay for taxpayer-funded ads that sparked outcry

President’s U-turn comes after Democrats and Republicans condemned use of tax dollars for pro-Trump ads

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"States who signed on to a 1976 agreement are required to provide information on launches by governments and private companies as well as the general function of the space object, but are not required to provide details on their purpose." @apnews.com apnews.com/article/oute...

apnews.com

Lack of transparency in what space weapons nations are pursuing and even on what's already in orbit

The United States military recently confirmed that the U.S. has deployed weapons in space. It didn't specify the types or targets of these weapons.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

"US President Donald Trump has held back approval of the new package of arms sales to Taipei in order to maintain warm relations and a fragile trade truce with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In December, Trump approved an $11 ⁠billion package." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/china/...

Taiwan says it has not heard new US arms sales will be carved into smaller chunks

Taiwan Defence Minister Wellington Koo said on Tuesday he had not ‌heard that the US was planning on carving up a potential $14 billion arms sale into smaller chunks, but added that Washington's commi...

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Henriette Adelaar-Korijn: a name, a smile, a victim - one of millions we must never forget 🕯️

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026

Good morning and a terrific Tuesday. Autumn is coming and the leaves are turning brown, red, and yellow creating a very special setting for our lake. What a wonderful artist #nature is. Always take a little time to appreciate the beauty of it all. [📷 #NikonD850 f/6,3 1/160 24mm ISO100] #photography

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

"Plague is endemic to Siberia, location of the first known prehistoric human outbreak, as the bacterium that causes it, Yersinia pestis, is present among the small wild mammals in its vast wilderness and their fleas." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Dozens quarantined in Siberia after plague institute lab worker dies

A laboratory worker at a plague research institute in Siberia has fallen ill and died in undisclosed circumstances, prompting authorities to quarantine dozens of ‌people, and the head of Russia's hea...

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

Today's #BirdOfTheDay Alt. theme is: #BadWeather; any bird in inclement conditions. I'm not sure if this Grey #Heron in the freezing cold of last January qualifies though. [📷 #NikonD850 f/7,1 1/100 600mm ISO400] #ECK #birdphotography #birdsofbluesky #birdsky #naturephotography

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

"The Yemeni government's fierce statement was expected after the Houthis' offensive last month, which saw them seize control of the country's coastline, including the vital shipping lane of the Bab al-Mandab Strait." @bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social www.bbc.com/news/article...

bbc.com

Yemen government announces major operation to retake Houthi territory

The Yemeni president's announcement comes amid an exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition.

Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

"The bombers were redeployed back to their home bases in the US, according to a Pentagon official who was not authorised to discuss sensitive military movements and spoke on Sunday on condition of anonymity." @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.com

US bombers pulled from RAF Fairford base after suspected terror plot

Aircraft leave Gloucestershire base to return to US following arrest of dual British-Iranian national in central London

Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

"According to government sources quoted by RTVE, Sánchez began this period of reflection after Friday’s defeat in Parliament and is seeking the views of ministers and senior figures within the PSOE." @euronews.com www.euronews.com/2026/10/04/s...

euronews.com

Will Sánchez call early elections in Spain?

The Spanish prime minister is weighing an early election after parliament rejected his housing plans, amid protests over the weekend. 29 November is the earliest possible date. #EuropeNews

Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

"A campaign of heavy bombardment failed to bring a decisive close to the war launched by the US and Israel in late February, and Washington in recent weeks has dialled back military operations in favour of economic pressure." @en.afp.com v @france24.com www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...

france24.com

Iran says no military solution to war as peace talks with US stall

Iran's diplomat said on Sunday there was no military solution to the US war against Iran as peace talks appeared stalled. Washington has scaled back attacks in favour of economic pressure, while Iran'...

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

"The country’s electoral court in Brasilia said neither the 80-year-old incumbent, seeking his fourth non-consecutive term, nor the 45-year-old son of former President Jair Bolsonaro would garner the majority vote needed for an outright win." @apnews.com apnews.com/article/braz...

apnews.com

Brazil heads to a runoff election after Bolsonaro and Lula fail to garner a majority of votes

Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, and Brazil’s veteran President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will face off in a runoff for the top job of Latin America’s powerhouse economy.

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Christian Thiels @christianthiels.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

"The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said. Authorities charged Zhang, 34, with ⁠acting as an unregistered foreign agent." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...

US accuses California woman of spying for China, surveilling Taiwan president's son

US authorities arrested ‌a California woman on Sunday and accused her of spying on a son of Taiwan's president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said.