Updates from the war zones

• Total economic losses for EU countries due to the refusal to buy Russian energy could amount to approximately 3 trillion euros ($3.4 trillion). This has resulted in sharp price hikes, high energy prices, declining living standards, and the closure and relocation of industrial enterprises.
• Five hours before the funeral ceremony started in Qom and Jamkaran, the grand mosque was already packed with mourners. Keep in mind, it was 1:30 am in Iran at that time. 

• Iran’s SNSC Secretary, Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, issued a statement: To the delusional President of America, who today threatened 91 million Iranians, I say: Before this, as the president of a rootless country with a 250-year history, you had spoken in similar language about wiping out Iran’s several thousand year old civilization. And the result for you was nothing but defeat, desperation, and a request for negotiations and a ceasefire. The Iranian people are strangers to the language of threats. So speak to the people of Iran with respect, otherwise we will respond to you in another language. 

• As pro-Palestine candidates gain momentum in primary elections across the US, Israel and its zionist lobby in Washington are maneuvering to make American complicity in this genocide permanent. 

• Chaos at Kölnn-Bonn German airport: The Human rights socialist group, which consists of German, Dutch, Turk, Greek and Kurds were both verbally and physically abused/assaulted after being denied to fly towards Iran to attend the funeral ceremony. 
• Jerusalem’s Archbishop tells of the vile abuse he faces from Jewish ultranationalists in the city.

• If this proposal to merge the U.S. and Israeli militaries passes into law, it will be almost impossible to undo.
• Trump’s intervention to revoke the Red Card from the US striker didn’t help. The USA lost to Belgium by a score of 4-1 and were eliminated from the World Cup after a scandal involving the cancellation of their player’s disqualification. The 'top scorer of the Americans', Folarin Balogun, who was saved from disqualification, did not score. The lego movies are taking over the internet. Satire abounds – this is an example: The US has declared war on Belgium citing ‘Belgium is 2 weeks away from developing a nuclear weapon.' What is Trump gonna do now?

• According to Allianz Trade, climate-related losses could shave between 5% and 7% off the EU's cumulative GDP between 2026 and 2030. France is projected to suffer the biggest hit, with losses of around $240 billion, followed by Italy ($147 billion), Germany ($131 billion) and Spain ($120 billion).
• Trump has pledged $300 million for Venezuela. That amount, in addition to the $500 million provided since January, represents only 10% of what has been stolen since the beginning of the year—an amount ranging from $4,000 million to $22,000 million in Venezuelan assets withheld or seized abroad, depending on the accounting method used, including funds blocked by sanctions.  It has also been reported that Trump sent 900 military personnel, but only 300 of them are rescue workers. Likewise, two warships arrived in Venezuela: the USS Fort Lauderdale and the USS Billings, equipped with significant firepower but lacking any capacity to address natural disasters of the kind that have affected Venezuela. No one has seen the U.S. rescue workers; their only public appearance was to hinder the efforts of those who are actually working, which forced Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello to intervene directly. In reality, the United States’ interventionist action is linked to its effort to seize and control Simón Bolívar Airport and the port of La Guaira.