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Are you ready to die for Taipei, folks? UK Defence Secretary John Healey says “Britain stands ready to fight alongside allies in the Indo‑Pacific if conflict erupts over Taiwan.”
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China's military has been increasingly testing Taiwan's defenses, including encircling the island with aerial drones and detecting fighter jets off its East Coast. This has sparked debate about Taiwan's defense strategy, which relies on its mountainous East Coast as a safe haven.
Retired Admiral Lee Si Min advocates for asymmetrical warfare, focusing on mobile, civilian-operated defenses like anti-ship missiles and drones, to deter China. He believes China would only invade if confident in its ability to blockade Taiwan's East Coast, preventing allied assistance.
Conversely, Dr. Su Tsu Yun of Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research emphasizes a maritime defense strategy, utilizing systems like Patriot missiles and Phalanx cannons to create a "design loan" and hinder Chinese forces. New US access to bases in the Philippines could also aid Taiwan's defense.
Taiwan's defense ministry asserts there will be no safe rear during wartime. Despite strategic debates, the military agrees that deterring conflict is the ultimate goal.
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Speaker 0: This is the Taiwan Strait. In recent years, China has sent military aircraft across the Strait and towards the island's Southwest on a near daily basis, repeatedly testing Taiwan's ability to respond to an invasion along its West coast. But this year, China began doing something new. In April and May, Chinese aerial drones went further than ever before, encircling the entire island, and fighter jets were detected on the island's East Coast. Military experts say Taiwan has always relied on its mountainous terrain as a natural shield in the event of an attack, looking to its east as a safe place to refuel and rearm its fighter jets if the West Coast fell.
So China's growing range has led to competing ideas amongst the island's current and former military leaders about how Taiwan should respond.
Speaker 1: Terrain cannot protect ourselves anymore compared to decades ago.
Speaker 0: So how serious are these threats to Taiwan's East Coast, and does the island need to change its strategy? A key part of Taiwan's current strategy can be found here. This satellite imagery shows an air force base on the island's East that's over 30 years old. Bunkers built deep into the mountains store fighter jets and anti ship missiles like these that could launch in response to an attack on the main infrastructure in Taiwan's West. By sheltering these weapons in the mountains, Taipei plans to be able to prevent China from gaining early control of the skies.
Experts say this is crucial because the People's Liberation Army of China dwarfs Taiwan's military, limiting the island's capacity to defend against a full scale invasion from China on its own. Instead, its main strategy has been to survive in the East until allies, including The US, can arrive to assist the island. But some experts say China's recent incursions to the island's East and its growing military prowess are making Taiwan's current strategy outdated.
Speaker 1: You can see the developments and the modernization of the PLA. They have a lot of the measure and the capability attack from the eastern side. So eastern side is not the same as we thought the decades ago.
Speaker 0: Retired admiral Lee Si Min served for more than forty years in Taiwan's armed forces, retiring in 2019 as the chief of general staff. Since leaving Taiwan's military, he's advocated for the island to focus on smaller, widely distributed defenses rather than attempting to match China's offensive capabilities.
Speaker 1: We have to change the overall thinking about how to build up our capability. If China really wants to invade Taiwan, I believe that he should be very confident for their a two a d capability.
Speaker 0: A two a d, or anti access area denial, is the ability to control access to a military operation zone, usually using long range missiles to threaten any enemy forces that try to enter an area. A version of this was seen last year with Chinese military exercises that simulated a blockade of Taiwan. Live fire drills were carried out in six zones, blocking maritime traffic in those areas, and ballistic missiles were fired into waters off the island's East coast. Admiral Lee says China would only attempt an invasion of the island if they were confident that their a two a d capabilities would blockade Taiwan's East robustly enough to dissuade Taiwan's allies from coming to its assistance.
Speaker 1: No one will give you a guarantee that they will be here to aid if there's war across the streets.
Speaker 0: So instead of investing in large conventional weapons like tanks and warships, Lee says Taiwan should focus on mobile and civilian capabilities, such as portable anti ship and anti air missiles, drones, and radar systems that could make an invasion too challenging for China to even attempt.
Speaker 1: I believe that the asymmetrical warfare is the key for the weaker side or for the smaller one. In the early stage of the Ukraine war Russia used a lot of the tanks or armored vehicle tried to directly attack to Kyiv, but it failed because Ukraine has a lot of the small asymmetrical arms like the Stinger or Javelin or an an AW.
Speaker 0: And while Taiwan is building its supply of smaller arms, experts say it will still need to rely on the assistance of its allies, who are increasingly signaling their willingness to defend the island. A new US access to joint military bases in The Philippines could play a key role in Taiwan's East Coast strategy. These new bases are located on the other side of the Baixi Channel, a key access point for the navies of both China and The US, and an important maritime traffic route. Some US systems, including HIMARS, could reach the South Of Taiwan if placed on the other side of the channel, allowing them to strike back against the Chinese invasion attempt remotely. And while China's movements in the East have made some experts concerned about island's current strategy, others say Taiwan already has the capabilities it needs to stop China from rounding the island in the event of an invasion.
Speaker 2: In peacetime, you can let the POA's warper or warship to go around Taiwan. However, in the wartime, it's another situation. We have a right to defend ourselves.
Speaker 0: Doctor Su Tsu Yun is the director of Taiwan's Institute for National Defense and Security Research, a think tank funded by the island's military. He says watching the war in Ukraine has made it clear that Taiwan has some advantages in the event of an invasion attempt.
Speaker 2: You know, Ukraine is a so called ground battlefield. However, in Taiwan case, it's a maritime battle. So Taiwan can use limited resources to create a so called design loan to bracket POH navy or Rail Air Force to enter East Side Of Taiwan.
Speaker 0: So to do this, Taiwan is also investing in larger defensive systems like the Patriot and Phalanx, a cannon mounted on military vessels used to stop incoming threats. Taiwan's defense ministry said in earlier remarks that it won't entirely rely on its East Coast to be a safe haven in the event of a conflict, saying there will be no clear distinction between the frontlines and the rear during wartime. While China continues to signal its capabilities to take over Taiwan by force if necessary, the island is increasingly using its own war games and exercises to show Beijing and the world that it's able to defend itself.
Speaker 1: I hope all defense can tell the China side, can tell the PLA, don't invade us. If you invade, will suffer loss of the casualty and you are not able to occupy the Taiwan physically. So they will think twice.
Speaker 0: But even as they debate how best to repel an assault, the Taiwanese military circle agree that the best case scenario is to avoid any conflict in the strait.
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I believe Donald Trump's tariffs could severely harm Canada's economy, potentially reducing us to a Third World status. With 60% of our international trade tied to the U.S., which constitutes 40% of our GDP, the implications are dire. Many Canadians are expressing fears of an economic collapse, envisioning a future where we become known as "Snowy Mexico." The reliance on American trade makes the situation even more concerning.
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"Donald Trump's tariffs will turn Canada into a Third World country—no exaggeration. Soon, we'll be called 'Snowy Mexico.' Americans simply won't buy anything from us anymore. To understand the long-term impact of these tariffs, you have to realize that 60% of our international trade has always been with the U.S. And that's 40% of our GDP. In other words, our trade with America makes up half of our entire economic productivity." Canadians are predicting economic collapse and the country's transformation into a "Snow Mexico."
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Donald Trump's tariffs could severely impact Canada's economy, potentially leading to a significant rise in unemployment. With 60% of Canada's international trade linked to the U.S., these tariffs threaten to price Canadian goods out of the American market. The increase in apprehensions of individuals on terrorist watch lists at the Canada-U.S. border has prompted these tariffs, highlighting concerns over Canada's immigration policies. The current government is seen as ineffective, with ongoing issues like open borders contributing to the crisis. Despite calls for economic negotiation, Canada lacks the strength to effectively respond. The situation is precarious, and the future looks uncertain as the government struggles to maintain power amidst these challenges.
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Speaker 0: Donald Trump's tariffs are going to turn Canada into a third world country. Without exaggeration, we will soon be better known as Snow Mexico. So, first, what is a tariff? A tariff is an import or export tax, meaning anything that goes into America being sold to an American company or individual will have a 25% federal tax added to it to be paid by the person who is buying the product. Now, again, this doesn't mean Canadians will have to pay 25% more, but what it does is it prices us out of the international market, in when it comes to America.
Americans will just no longer buy anything from Canada. To put into perspective as to how big of a deal this is, roughly 60% of our international trade is with America, and that accounts for 40% of our overall GDP. So our trade with America is almost half of our entire economic productivity, which is about to just be wiped off of our spreadsheet. And, again, to really hammer in how serious this is, Doug Ford has said that his team has already advised him that he can expect unemployment numbers to go up by 500 to 600,000. Can Ontario's current unemployment is 600,000, meaning our unemployment is expected to double in the face of these tariffs and will definitely reach double digit percentage wise.
Now why are these tariffs being put in place? Donald Trump has cited our border as the issue. Over the recent years, the number of individuals being apprehended at the Canada US border that are on terrorist watch lists has skyrocketed. So to put as a comparison, it's roughly 350 individuals on terrorist watch list apprehended at the Canada US border compared to a 150 at the Mexico US border, meaning Canada is now the preferred route into America for terrorist and criminal organizations because of our lax immigration policies. For instance, Trudeau has turned Canada into an open border experiment over the last few years.
Even just today, the Globe and Mail reported that 50,000 international students have not been showing up for class, meaning we have people that just, you know, come here due from international student status and buy their way into Canada, essentially, and then just disappear once they're here. Even India has launched an investigation into the amount of Indians that come here with programs like our international student program and then immediately illegally cross into America. Also, our asylum program is a massive issue. People come here. They, they actually, here's a rock solid case.
It's the Ahmed al Bedi case, who was granted Canadian citizenship after despite being on video dismembering a victim for ISIS. He came here as an asylum seeker and did the whole year too long process of that and then got granted Canadian citizenship. So, again, this isn't the vast majority of them that are doing this, but the small number of them that are are just slipping through the cracks because Canada is run by absolute imbeciles. So, again, this is going to absolutely decimate Canada's economy. Every single province and territory in Canada is a larger trading partner with America than any other province.
So each independent province trades with America more than anyone else in Canada. This is not minor at all. And what is our current state of governance? Well, we've got a government that is holding Canada hostage to prorogation. So they in order to avoid a no confidence vote, there is no practical reason for this as far as needing to be done other than just to try to retain power, for the liberal party so that they can shoehorn Mark Carney in as Justin Trudeau's replacement.
So we've gone from having a World Economic Forum puppet to a World Economic Forum scriptwriter become the Canadian prime minister, and all of the exact same policies that have created the scenario where these tariffs are getting put on us, like, say, the open border policies are just going to continue. I know Trudeau said he was pulling back, but he hasn't, and he won't, and neither will his replacement. And, you know, you've got people like Doug Ford and Ottawa saying that we should go to economic war with America despite the fact that we are completely dysfunctional. And you know what? I typically agree that you should negotiate through strengths and that you shouldn't, you know, just take a fetal position when somebody is attacking you.
But the hard truth is that over the last 10 years, Canada's economy has been decimated to the point that we don't have strength to negotiate from. We are the equivalent of somebody that has atrophied and now can't get out of a wheelchair. You know, for the last 10 years, our GDP per capita has completely stagnated, if not declined. The only reason we are growing economically is because we are pouring people into this country and which is causing way more second and third order consequences than it is solving of problems. But I guess the one silver lining here is this, is that I think the border issue is a real issue for Trump.
However, I also think this is just a vendetta against Trudeau, and I think that he is likely using this whole scenario as a squeeze point in order to root out the Liberals from leadership in Canada so that he can have a, let's say, a competent leader to actually negotiate with. So one can hope that that's the scenario and, you know, that Canada will truly feel the pressure from this tariff incident. But, you know, we've got a government that seems to rather rule over ashes than give up power. So we'll see how this all plans out. But, yeah, I I I'm not trying to just be an alarmist here, but things are gonna get real shaky for Canada.
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I learned that the Conservative Party of Canada removed a video from social media after it mistakenly featured Russian fighter jets instead of Canadian ones. The video was meant to showcase a speech by Pierre Poilievre about training missions to defend Canada. The ruling Liberal Party seized on this error, criticizing the Conservatives for being too lenient toward Russia. Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair condemned the mix-up, pointing out the irony of Russian jets being shown in a context meant to represent Canadian defense efforts.
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The Conservative Party of #Canada has removed a video from its social media pages after it was discovered that it featured #Russian fighter jets instead of Canadian ones. CBC News reported that the video, which was posted on the social media platform X, was intended to showcase a speech by Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. During the speech, Poilievre discussed fighter jets conducting training missions and preparing to "defend home and native land," but the footage showed Russian aircraft instead of Canadian CF-18s. The ruling Liberal Party quickly capitalized on the error, accusing their Conservative rivals of being overly lenient toward Russia. Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair condemned the mistake, highlighting the irony of Poilievre's vision including Russian jets (SU-17 and possibly SU-27) supposedly flying over Canadian prairies during a training exercise.
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A fighter jet is seen during a training mission, preparing to defend our home and native land. The same plane is then observed above a university campus where students are heading to class.
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Speaker 0: And he looks up and what does he see? He sees a brand new fighter jet. They're doing a training mission in the sky, getting ready to defend our home and native land. The same plane is soon seen from a university campus where kids are hustling off to class.
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I had the incredible experience of witnessing a historic moment as "Swan Lake" was performed at the North Pole for the first time. During a summer cruise on the icebreaker "50 Years of Victory," a traveler, not a professional dancer, took to the ice and danced a segment of the ballet on pointe shoes. The iconic music of Tchaikovsky echoed through the Arctic, marking a unique and unforgettable event according to the Polar Travel Club.
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The ballet "Swan Lake" was performed at the North Pole for the first time, marking a new world record. This summer, during a tourist cruise to the North Pole aboard the icebreaker "50 Years of Victory," a traveler took the opportunity to perform. The ballerina danced a segment of "Swan Lake" amidst the snow-white ice of the Arctic, standing on pointe shoes at the very top of the world. Though not a professional ballet dancer, the guest performed a short variation at the North Pole to the iconic music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky, which resonated through the Arctic for the first time in history, according to the Polar Travel Club.
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Chuck Schumer warns Trump, if you keep messing with the NSA, CIA or the FBI terrible things will happen to you. https://t.co/evlT46TGIv
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He's provoking the intelligence community by criticizing them, which is unwise. They have ways to retaliate. The intelligence community is upset with how he's treated them. We rely on them for information, especially regarding Russian hacking.
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Speaker 0: He's taking these shots, these antagonisms taunting to the intelligence community. You take on the intelligence community. They have 6 ways from Sunday at getting back at you. So even for a practical, supposedly hard nosed businessman, he's being really dumb to do this. What do you think the intelligence community would do if they they were motivated to?
But I from what I am told, they are very upset with how he has treated them and talked about them. And we need the intelligence community. We don't know what's look at the Russian hacking.
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The man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump was spotted on a rooftop nearly 30 minutes before the shooting An officer at the rally took a picture of a sniper at 5:45 p.m. and reported a suspicious person, but no action was taken Inside job https://t.co/Xr1VpnDrKi
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A mayoral candidate in Mexico, Alfredo Cabrera, was shot and killed at a campaign rally in Coyuca de Benitez. Cabrera, from the Heart and Strength Alliance, was shot in the back while approaching the stage to greet supporters. He died immediately, and the attacker was later shot by security.
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In Mexico, mayoral candidate Alfredo Cabrera was fatally shot at a campaign rally in Coyuca de Benitez. Cabrera, who represented the Heart and Strength Alliance, was approaching the stage and greeting supporters when he was shot in the back. He died instantly, and the assailant was subsequently shot by security personnel.
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Se presentó una estafa en redes sociales que afectó al candidato a la alcaldía de Codica de Benítez, Alfredo Cabrera. Se encontraron alrededor de quince casquillos percutidos en la escena.
Translation: A scam targeting the mayoral candidate Alfredo Cabrera in Codica de Benítez was reported on social media. Approximately fifteen spent casings were found at the scene.
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Speaker 0: Se presentó agresor, una estafa siempre es la que está saliendo en redes. Ese ese es el resultó agresor. Y se quedó el candidato. En la cancha. Él es el candidato a la alcaldía de Codica de Benítez, Alfredo Cabrera.
Los casquillos aproximadamente como unos quince casquillos percutivos.
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In a thought-provoking conversation, journalist Lesley Stahl discusses the repercussions of sanctions and military actions in Iraq with Madeleine Albright. With over half a million children losing their lives, the question arises: Was it worth it? Albright acknowledges the difficult choice but stands by the decision.
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🗯️We heard that half a million children have already died. This is more than in Hiroshima. It was worth it? - We had a very difficult choice, but yes, we think it was worth it. CBS News journalist Lesley Stahl talks about the impact of sanctions and US military operations against Iraq with Madeleine Albright, 1996.
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Over half a million children have lost their lives, surpassing the number of child casualties in Hiroshima. Despite the difficulty of the decision, we believe the price is justified.
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Speaker 0: We have heard that half a 1000000 children have died. I mean, that's more children than died when in Hiroshima. And you know, is the price worth it? I think this is a very hard choice, but we think the price is worth it.
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The face expression Chrystia Freeland gives when asked if the government will reopen a report to establish how many people who fought with the Nazis are currently in Canada… Her grandfather literally was a Nazi.
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Beni Breth has called for the reopening of a commission report to determine the number of veterans who fought with the Nazis in Canada. The government has not yet responded to this request. The speaker acknowledges the hurt caused by these events and emphasizes the importance of taking appropriate next steps in the House of Commons. The government will carefully consider any further actions that may be necessary.
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Speaker 0: Their calls by Beni Breth to reopen a report by the commission so that Canadians can know how many veterans who fought with the Nazis are here in our country. Will the government do so and what is your response to that?
Speaker 1: I think Let me just start by reiterating and I don't think it can be said Too many times. How hurtful for so many people in Canada And around the world, what happened was and has been and continues to be. As, MPs, in our capacity as MPs, it's important for appropriate next steps in the house to be taken. And I think that is our immediate focus. And as a government, we're going to be very thoughtful about Any further steps that need to be taken.
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Who did this?
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In the chamber today, we have Jaroslav Hanka, a former Waffen SS soldier who fought for Hitler and was involved in the Holocaust. This raises concerns as he is a criminal and his presence reflects poorly on us.
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Speaker 0: We have here in the chamber today a literal Nazi. His name is Jaroslav Hanka, a Waffen SS soldier who pledged allegiance to Hitler, fought against our allies in the Soviet Union, and was complicit in the Holocaust. Paul. This man's a criminal. Not a great look for us.
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You can’t make this up!