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The accused of attempted assassination of the President of the United States, Cole Allen, has accepted this Thursday, in his second hearing in a Washington court, the precautionary measure requested by the Prosecutor’s Office against him to remain detained in preventive custody until the trial is held. His lawyer, Moxila Upadhyaya, has confirmed to the judge that she will not challenge the Government’s attempt to keep him under federal custody.

When the European members of NATO decided not to come to Donald Trump’s rescue when he asked for help to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the president said it no longer mattered, that the United States did not depend on the oil coming from the Gulf and that its blockade by Iran would have no consequences in Washington. “I have a suggestion for you: buy it from the U.S., we have plenty, and arm yourselves with the courage you lack, go to the strait and simply take the oil,” he urged the United Kingdom, Germany, France, and other European allies.

West of the Greek island of Crete, in waters of international jurisdiction -according to Greece-, and 1,100 kilometers from Gaza, the Israeli armed forces intercepted on Wednesday night at least 22 of the 57 vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla, which were heading with humanitarian aid to the Palestinian strip, according to reports from the flotilla and Israel. The Israeli Foreign Minister stated that about 175 activists have been detained, who are being transferred to the Hebrew country.

Surrender or die. Last Saturday, the fewer than 400 Russian soldiers defending the military base in Kidal, the symbolic city of the Tuareg in northern Mali, had to choose between life or a retreat smelling of failure. They chose to live.

According to most indicators, China’s manufacturing sector is the largest in the world and has grown faster than that of any other major economy in the past 25 years. The manufacturing sector has generated a total of about 5 trillion dollars in value added; and in 2024 it employed about 70 million workers in manufacturing enterprises above a certain size. China’s share in the global manufacturing industry has experienced strong increases: it went from 6% in 2000 to 26% in 2015; and, despite the ups and downs of some years, it approached 30% in 2024.

The Global Sumud Flotilla, which seeks to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza, reported being intercepted by vessels identifying themselves as Israeli while sailing near the coasts of Greece.

The presidents of Russia and the United States, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, held a telephone conversation on Wednesday afternoon in which the Russian leader, according to Kremlin sources, presented proposals to resolve the conflict over Iran’s nuclear program and to propose a ceasefire in Ukraine.

The conservative majority of the United States Supreme Court, with three judges appointed by Donald Trump, made a significant decision this Wednesday that will determine the outcome of the crucial midterm legislative elections in November and will reduce the representation of minorities to a minimum in states governed by Republicans.

For the first time since the war in Iran began, which has now lasted two months and remains in an unstable ceasefire, the Pentagon on Wednesday gave an official estimated figure of the cost of the conflict to taxpayers to date: 25 billion dollars. The Pentagon comptroller, Jay Hurst, explained at a Congressional hearing that most of this money corresponds to the tens of thousands of bombs and missiles used, although the military has also invested money in carrying out operations and replenishing equipment.

Russia cannot stop celebrating Victory Day, because it is part of its current DNA, but in next month’s military parade there will be no presence of heavy weaponry and the tanks and combat vehicles will not clatter like on other occasions over the cobblestones of Moscow’s Red Square during the traditional military parade.