NEW - Twenty-six SAGE scientists, who advised the UK government during Covid, did not reveal they had received more than £200 million in grants from one of the world's biggest pharma investors — DailyMail
NEW - Syrian and Afghan migrants are suspects of violent crime far more frequently than German citizens, a shocking report from the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) reveals.
NEW - Zelensky's government sabotaged Western inspections. Hundreds of millions of dollars disappeared without oversight.
JUST IN - Thailand launches air strikes along disputed border with Cambodia — Reuters
NOW - Trump agrees the revenue from tariffs should be used to pay down the national debt but "we're making so much money with tariffs that we'll also be able to make a nice dividend to... middle income and lower income people, we're not talking about dividends to rich people." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/fcbdb85af28dc9162a9ca5de0a690a21ef00f179c023594f4fa151ea9cc8bced.file
NOW - Trump says he's disappointed, as Zelensky hasn't read the peace proposal yet. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/3fe61e46eeba74dd2030432baace95fc8c1389abecbbd120dc57e38e8e28dfea.file
JUST IN - U.S. State Dept issues a shelter in place for U.S. citizens in Cotonou, Benin and closes embassy, "Military activity is occurring in Cotonou today, December 7, following an attempted coup. Reports include gunfire, explosions, road closures, and restricted airport operations." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/34eab716a9cba963695ebeaae11e146a4e4081b25d65c7e98a97971263531dd1.file
NOW - Reporter presses Kari Lake on Trumps changes at the Kennedy center "The American people don't want it... they want to be entertained, they don't want to have a political agenda pushed at them... we don't want woke garbage, we want entertainment, arts, beauty." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/8219dc857a677d44506f15320fd4e4eae846d195233ba6b51cbbef08f9d6119a.file
JUST IN - Leading Scottish university, University of Glasgow, issues a trigger warning for a Harry Potter book telling students that it features "outdated attitudes and abuse" — Daily Mail
NOW - Netanyahu says Israel and Germany's destinies are intertwined, "We went through the greatest tragedy, that any people suffered, on German soil and committed by Germans..." https://hell.twtr.plus/media/d1b2860796d14e74bedf63c986e0428f34de5ae3671dff15ccaf95e7429cde83.file