End Times Headline News. March 4 2024

Israel said to boycott Cairo ceasefire talks. Nasrallah's grandson killed by Israeli strike. Russia Strikes Odesa. EU-wide digital wallet. Grim Reality At Border. Now they're LYING about MASKS

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Four telecom cables under Red Sea cut, affecting 25% of traffic, Hong Kong firm says

Hong Kong-based HGC Global Communications says four of its undersea telecommunications cables beneath the Red Sea have been cut, affecting some 25 percent of traffic.

The company says it is taking steps to mitigate the damage, including rerouting traffic around the globe and distributing other traffic via the 11 still operable cables in the Red Sea. It’s unclear how Israeli service providers may be affected.

After sinking ship, Houthis vow to destroy more British vessels in the Red Sea

Officials says London ‘is a rogue state that attacks Yemen and partners with America in sponsoring ongoing crimes against civilians in Gaza’

The Iran-backed Houthis of Yemen vowed on Sunday to continue targeting British ships in the Gulf of Aden following the sinking of the UK-owned vessel Rubymar. The US military confirmed on Saturday that the Rubymar — a cargo ship flying a Belizean flag and operated by a Lebanese firm — had sunk after being struck by an anti-ship ballistic missile fired by Houthis on February 18.

US VP Harris: Hamas must accept hostage deal, Israel must allow more aid

Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept a deal to release hostages in return for a 6-week cessation of hostilities.

US Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel on Sunday for not doing enough to ease a "humanitarian catastrophe" in Gaza as the Biden administration faces increasing pressure to rein in its close ally while it wages war with Hamas terrorists. Harris, speaking in front of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where state troopers beat US civil rights marchers nearly six decades ago, called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and urged Hamas to accept a deal to release hostages in return for a 6-week cessation of hostilities.

Israel said to boycott Cairo ceasefire talks over hostage list

In past negotiations, Hamas has sought to avoid discussing the well-being of individual hostages until after terms for their release are set.

Israel boycotted Gaza ceasefire talks in Cairo on Sunday after Hamas rejected its demand for a complete list naming hostages that are still alive, according to reports. A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for the talks, billed as a possible final hurdle before an agreement that would halt the fighting for six weeks and allow for the release of additional hostages out of the remaining 134 captives in Gaza…A US official who had briefed reporters on Saturday night said that the agreement was a very complex one.

Wall Street Journal: Hamas collects $100 million a year from Iran

Israel’s military operation in Gaza has deprived Hamas of its revenues from tax funds, leading to a need for foreign funding, including from charities.

Hamas collects about $100 million a year from Iran and roughly $600 million a year in taxes in Gaza, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The report noted that Israel’s military operation in Gaza has deprived Hamas of the tax funds, its biggest source of funding and as a result, foreign funding, including from charities, is now critical for the group, Western officials said.

IDF, local Gazans make attempt to cooperate on aid behind Hamas's back - report

The report stated that most clans refused, however a large clan reportedly agreed, and another one is considering the proposal.

The IDF has begun taking steps to test the rule of local Gazan clans in the Gaza Strip after Hamas was destroyed, according to a report by London-based Arabic newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. According to the report, the head of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Major General Ghassan Alian, was in contact with local leaders who weren't affiliated with Hamas in order to organize the protection of the humanitarian aid convoys by local armed groups.

Nasrallah's grandson killed by Israeli drone strike in south Lebanon - report

Tens of thousands of Israelis and Lebanese have fled villages on both sides of the frontier.

The grandson of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, Abbas Ahmed Halil, was one of the three Hezbollah terrorists killed on Saturday by an IDF strike in Neqoura in south Lebanon, according to a report by the Syrian radio channelVoice of the Capital on Sunday. This is yet to be confirmed by official sources, but the report cites the same attack in which the IDF  announced that three Hezbollah operatives were killed in a vehicle in southern Lebanon after it was attacked by an Israeli drone strike.

US envoy to visit Lebanon for talks to avoid Hezbollah-Israel war

The US envoy, Amos Hochstein is visiting Beirut on Monday to talk about de-escalating the situation between Israel and Lebanon.

On Sunday, a senior Lebanese official said that US envoy Amos Hochstein is due to visit Beirut on Monday to continue diplomatic efforts aimed at de-escalating the conflict across the Lebanese-Israeli border and bring stability. The Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah and Israel have been locked in hostilities for months in parallel to the Gaza war. It has marked the worst conflict between the heavily armed adversaries since the 2006 war, fueling fears of an even bigger confrontation.

Ukraine Gets Defense Boost from Israel

Israel will provide Ukraine with an early warning system against missiles as part of an aid package for Kyiv, as it condemned aggression from Russia

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, told the General Assembly on Monday that his country had provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the start of Vladimir Putin's full-scale invasion because it was "the moral thing to do." Comparing Russia's actions in Ukraine to the militant Hamas group's attacks on Israel on October 7, Erdan said his country knows "exactly how it feels to be aggressively invaded, (and) to have our towns and cities attacked" as he took aim at the "paralyzed" UN for not condemning the massacre that preceded the war in Gaza.

Russian Strike Rocks Ukraine's Odesa After Rare Drone Attack On St. Petersburg 

Russia's military may have its sights set on Ukraine's key southern port city of Odesa next. On Saturday a wave of drone and artillery strikes reportedly killed at least 11 people.

According to Ukraine government officials, "Eight were confirmed dead, including a child and a baby, after an overnight drone strike on the southern port city of Odesa." Two more bodies were said to have been found on Sunday. A direct drone strike appears to have destroyed a residential apartment block.

'A Complete Disaster For The German Govt' - Scholz Promises Probe Into "Very Serious" Leaked Recording Of Plan To Destroy Crimea Bridge

Yesterday, we detailed the leak of a wiretapped telephone conversation in which senior German officers discuss the use of German Taurus missiles, training, the capabilities of this system and the possibility of destroying the Crimean bridge.

They revealed many interesting facts. Embarrassing for the Germans, who have now launched an investigation...As The FT reports, German chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised a full investigation after Russia published a recording of a phone call between senior German air force officers in which they appeared to discuss supplying missiles to Ukraine.

German Defense Minister on Leak: Discussing Scenarios Does Not Mean Giving Taurus Missiles to Kiev

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Sunday that an audio recording published by Russian media showed German senior officers discussing "different scenarios" of events, not plans, and their conversation does not mean a "green light" to transferring Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.

"The officers were doing what they were here to do: they were thinking about different scenarios, without making plans in any way. There should be no doubt: this did not and does not mean a green light for the use of Taurus missiles — neither from [German] Chancellor [Olaf Scholz] nor from me," Pistorius said during a special address on the published audio recording.

Germany expecting war? Healthcare must be ready

German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said that German healthcare must be better prepared for all challenges, including military conflicts.

"It would be stupid to say that we are not preparing for a military conflict and then casually think that it will not happen because of that," Lauterbach said in an interview with the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
He responded to a journalist's question as to whether his statement that German health care must be better prepared for all disasters, including military conflicts, was spreading panic, reports DW. Before that, the social democratic politician said that the German health system "besides pandemics, must also prepare better for major disasters and possible military conflicts".

Moscow has received no ‘serious’ proposals for talks with Kiev – Lavrov

Russia has repeatedly stated it is ready for peace negotiations with Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said

Moscow has not abandoned the idea of peace talks with Kiev but has seen no genuine desire for this on the part of Ukraine or its Western backers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a press conference in Antalya on Saturday. Russia has not seen any “serious” negotiation proposals since the failed spring 2022 Istanbul peace deal, the foreign minister told journalists at the Diplomacy Forum in the Turkish city. Earlier this week, Türkiye’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said that his nation was ready to host peace talks between Moscow and Kiev and act as a mediator in this process.

Finland’s new president hails American nuclear weapons

Alexander Stubb has vowed to maintain a close relationship with Washington and the West

Finnish President Alexander Stubb has boasted that NATO membership gives his country a “real nuclear deterrent” in the form of American missiles. At his inauguration on Friday, Stubb promised to lead the Nordic nation into a “new era” of military partnership with the West. Stubb, who was nominated by the center-right National Coalition Party, defeated Pekka Haavisto, an independent candidate backed by the center-left Green League, by 51.6% of the vote to 48.4% last month.

Polish farmers shut down country’s border with Ukraine

“Not a single truck” is able to pass the blockade, Kiev’s border guards have said

Protesting Polish farmers blockaded all six border crossings to Ukraine on Sunday, according to Kiev’s border security agency. The move comes after months of protests by Poland’s agricultural workers against cheap Ukrainian imports threatening their livelihoods. “As of this morning, more than 2,400 cargo vehicles are waiting in queues” at all six crossing points, State Border Guard Service spokesman Andrey Demchenko told Ukraine’s ‘European Pravda’ news site.

Pakistan's New Prime Minister, Shehbaz Sharif, Installed As Pro-Khan Protests Hit Parliament

Shehbaz Sharif, the chairman of the PML-N party (Pakistan Muslim League-N), has been elected as the new prime minister of Pakistan by lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly on Sunday, according to national broadcasters.

This will be the 72 year-old Sharif's (who is brother of Nawaz Sharif) second time to lead the country as prime minister, having previously been in office between April 2022 and August 2023. He's entering office for a five year term.

Officials warn that UK terror threat is the highest since 9/11

Britain’s terror threat is now at the highest since 9/11, a security insider has warned. The expert has warned there is a “real risk” of co-ordinated terrorist action or of a lone outsider carrying out an isolated attack on these shores.

They also warned of record levels of “chatter” between extremists intercepted by spies which were at their highest levels since the September 11 terror attacks in the US. Politicians have also been informed that the Israel-Hamas war has been used as a “recruitment advert” by terror groups around the world.

Trudeau Scraps Event With Italy's Meloni After Pro-Palestinian Protesters Block Venue Entrance

The Canadian government and the Trudeau administration apparently cowered in the face of a sizable group of protesters angry at the soaring death toll in Gaza and Canada's pro-Israel policies on Saturday.

Typically heads of state, top government officials, and their schedules and access to high-secure venues take precedence, but apparently in this situation the pro-Palestinian protesters were allowed to 'win'. "A reception meant to cap off a day of meetings between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Italian counterpart was abruptly cancelled on Saturday after protesters blocked entrances to the venue and kept key figures, including the guests of honor, from getting in," a Canadian national broadcaster reported.

Nikki Haley gets first 2024 win in the Washington, D.C., GOP primary

Haley took the primary in the nation's capital, NBC News projects. It was one of Trump's weakest contests during his first run in 2016.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley won her first GOP presidential nominating contest Sunday, notching a victory in the Washington, D.C., primary, NBC News projects — a win her campaign hopes will spark some momentum ahead of next week’s Super Tuesday contests. Haley, who won the primary over former President Donald Trump, has for weeks pledged to stay in the race through Super Tuesday, when 15 states and American Samoa will hold nominating contests. Trump is dominating in nearly all of those states in most public polling and is expected to extend his commanding delegate lead. 

4,000 Criminals Escape Haiti’s Prisons Amid U.S. Border Crime Concerns

'They are happy to let America’s open border be the solution to their problem...'

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) An estimated total of 4,000 incarcerated individuals escaped from two of Haiti’s largest prisons following armed clashes between the national police and armed gangs, according to multiple local media outlets on Sunday. Haiti’s national police union reported on Sunday evening that armed gangs fired “many shots” intending to dismantle the police force. Subsequent footage from the Haitian Timesdepicted bodies with gunshot wounds at the prison entrance.

Kathy Hochul Has the Green Light to Give State Jobs to Illegal Migrants

In President Joe Biden’s America, illegal migrants get a five-star treatment while law-abiding U.S. citizens take a back seat. 

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-N.Y.) is trying to fast-track her plans of getting illegal aliens at the front of the line for government jobs. New York would be the first state in the nation to make it easier for asylum-seekers with work authorization to obtain government jobs. Hochul told Politico that she is “anxious to get this moving quickly.” The Democrat’s administration is easing requirements for such jobs as, English language proficiency, education qualifications, and certification for more than 4,000 state government jobs.

The term illegal immigrant will no longer be tolerated

Grim Reality At Border: Rancher Finds 17 Dead Immigrants And ‘Rape Trees’

Arizona rancher, John Ladd, owns property that stretches 10.5 miles along the Southern Border.

With 16,000 sprawling acres right near Mexico, it’s bound to see some crossings. Ladd tells a more gruesome tale than just crossings. Over 17 dead he’s seen over the years, and most recently his 8 year old grandson found 2 dead.

In addition to the corpses, on his property he found a rape tree.

MEPs back plans for an EU-wide digital wallet

The new digital identity framework will provide EU citizens with cross border digital access to key public services.

According to the regulation adopted on Thursday, and already agreed upon with EU ministers, this new Digital Identity Wallet will allow citizens to identify and authenticate themselves online without having to resort to commercial providers - a practice that raises trust, security and privacy concerns. The EU wallet will be used on a voluntary basis. During negotiations, MEPs secured provisions to safeguard citizens’ rights and foster an inclusive digital system by avoiding discrimination against people opting not to use the digital wallet.

Immigration is NOT a Fundamental Right

This post will explain why neither immigration nor entry into a country is a fundamental right, which is defined here for reference.

A person claiming a fundamental right to enter any country or nation, especially if everybody claims this right, would force the country being entered to accept and to admit the person claiming the right. However, if the country doesn’t desire or voluntarily accept the entry, then the claimed right to entry would force the country being entered to accept the entry against its will, violating the key criterion of a fundamental right. Therefore, entry into a country or nation cannot validly be claimed as a fundamental right.

Just Ahead: Deep Fakes And Shallow Reality

You’ve probably already seen deep fake videos portraying events that never happened in feeds from the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. The videos are so realistic that neither you nor I can tell that they’re fake.

In fact, you can now watch a video, clear as a bell, of a person who is no longer alive. That person can be with you, on screen, talking to you, interacting with you as well. Soon enough, that person will be standing in the room with you. Yes, hologram technology has come a long way. For the past few years, there have been hologram concerts with dead performers appearing on stage before thousands of people, singing their best songs—from the grave. It’s really taking off.

Nearly HALF of UK University scientists refuse to say Sex is binary

A survey highlighted by The Telegraph has found that only 58 percent of scientists at British universities believe that sex is binary.

The poll also found that most of the 200 scientists surveyed believe that gender is fluid.

Twenty-nine percent of respondents to the survey agreed with the statement that “sex is not binary,” while 13 percent of respondents did not share a view on the question or preferred not to give an opinion. That means that 42 percent of the scientists would not classify sex as binary.

NY attorney general sues world’s largest beef producer over methane emissions, climate commitments

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing JBS USA, the world’s largest producer of beef, over the company’s emissions and for “greenwashing” by allegedly misleading the public about its environmental impact.

In an announcement, James noted that beef production has the largest greenhouse gas footprint of any major food commodity and that animal agriculture accounts for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions. According to James, JBS USA’s various net-zero pledges for 2030 and 2040 are therefore misleading and “not feasible” given the scope of its worldwide beef production operations.

UPDATE: Texas wildfire causes ‘Catastrophic Losses’ to cattle herds: ‘Farmers & Ranchers are losing everything’

The devasting impact of the Texas wildfires is beginning to emerge as the cattle industry braces for historic losses. One of several wildfires raging in the Texas Panhandle has now grown to become the largest in state history.

The Smokehouse Creek fire has been burning since Monday and has so far destroyed over one million acres of land in Texas alone. However, emergency crews have made little progress in containing it. It has so far torched the most land than any other recorded wildfire in the history of the state. The same blaze has also destroyed 31,500 acres in Oklahoma, according to CNN. The Smokehouse Creek fire is just one of several that have ripped through Texas cattle country this week.

Now they're LYING about MASKS, Fismans Fraud is at it again

Canada has produced more "hate science" to justify their pandemic laws. The same author who produced the study targeting the unvaccinated has released a new study to justify mask mandates. It's just as flimsy as ever and data scientist Regina Watteel joins us to try to understand it.