Day: October 21, 2026

🇷🇺🇪🇺 U.S. intelligence believes Putin has ordered a major escalation of covert sabotage operations across NATO countries, raising fears of a direct confrontation between Russia and the alliance. The campaign reportedly began with an attempted explosive-drone attack at Germany’s Leipzig airport in August. The operation has since expanded to target military suppliers, communications infrastructure and commercial shipping, in an alleged Russian attempt to disrupt European support to Ukraine. The Leipzig incident was particularly dangerous; an explosives-laden drone targeted an airport used to transport military supplies, but the attack failed. Aides to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 21, 2026

🇷🇺🇪🇺 U.S. intelligence believes Putin has ordered a major escalation of covert sabotage operations across NATO countries, raising fears of a direct confrontation between Russia and the alliance.

The campaign reportedly began with an attempted explosive-drone attack at Germany’s Leipzig airport in August.

The operation has since expanded to target military suppliers, communications infrastructure and commercial shipping, in an alleged Russian attempt to disrupt European support to Ukraine.

The Leipzig incident was particularly dangerous; an explosives-laden drone targeted an airport used to transport military supplies, but the attack failed.

Aides to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Berlin would have considered invoking NATO’s Article 5 collective-defense clause if the attack had caused mass casualties.

Such a move could have escalated the conflict into a direct military confrontation with Russia.

Source: The Wall Street Journal / Writer: Mhedi

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УЖАС в КИЕВЕ! ВС РФ ударили дроном по многоэтажке: ДВОЕ ПОГИБШИХ

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 21, 2026

Российская армия атаковала Киев ударными дронами, удар пришелся по жилому многоквартирному дому. Два человека погибли, еще двоих госпитализировали. Об этом сообщили местные власти. Там произошел пожар. На месте работают все экстренные службы. Кадры последствий смотрите в материале корреспондентов FREEДOM.

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US President Donald Trump says he sometimes pretends to end his rallies early by walking away from the podium without warning to surprise the Secret Service.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 21, 2026

US President Donald Trump says he sometimes pretends to end his rallies early by walking away from the podium without warning to surprise the Secret Service.
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Europe Today: France to deploy army before weekend protests as Italy tightens powers

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Post date October 21, 2026

Europe Today: France to deploy army before weekend protests as Italy tightens powers

France will put soldiers on the streets ahead of more weekend protests, after days of violence and vandalism. Italy is giving police new powers, Albania’s protests enter a second week, and Greek students march today. In Oslo, Steve Witkoff meets Zelenskyy before heading to Moscow.

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Saudi Arabia has not responded yet to Iran’s offer to mediate between the Kingdom and the Iran-backed Houthi militia, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says.

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Post date October 21, 2026

Saudi Arabia has not responded yet to Iran’s offer to mediate between the Kingdom and the Iran-backed Houthi militia, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says.

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Trump’s Putin Adulation Doesn’t Chime With Americans

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Post date October 21, 2026

“You can drive all over the country and see Ukrainian flags almost everywhere.”

Despite the US administration’s stance on Ukraine, there are Ukrainian flags “almost everywhere” when you drive across the country, says former special assistant to the president for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia & adjunct senior fellow at RAND, William Courtney.

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Europe Today: Франция выводит армию перед протестами выходных, Италия усиливает полномочия

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Post date October 21, 2026

Europe Today: Франция выводит армию перед протестами выходных, Италия усиливает полномочия

Франция выведет военных на улицы перед новыми протестами выходных после дней насилия и вандализма. Италия усиливает полицию, протесты в Албании идут вторую неделю, греческие студенты сегодня маршируют. В Осло Стив Виткофф встречается с Зеленским перед поездкой в Москву.

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Elon Musk has said he wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla, in a deal that would combine his two trillion-dollar companies. Musk said both companies – worth a combined $3.5tn (£2.6tn) – were discussing a deal, and had established committees to look into the idea of merging. 🔗 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/10/20/elon-musk-wants-to-merge-spacex-and-tesla/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_tw_post_to-merge-spacex-and-tesla/

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Post date October 21, 2026

Elon Musk has said he wants to merge SpaceX and Tesla, in a deal that would combine his two trillion-dollar companies.

Musk said both companies – worth a combined $3.5tn (£2.6tn) – were discussing a deal, and had established committees to look into the idea of merging.

🔗 telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

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🇺🇸 The internet spent the weekend calling for a Black Monday crash. Wall Street went shopping instead. By Friday, CNN’s Fear & Greed Index had plunged to 18, deep in “Extreme Fear,” after the Nasdaq’s worst week since June. Chip stocks had lost 15.7% over 8 sessions, and on Saturday, nearly $52 million in leveraged crypto bets tied to those stocks were liquidated in just 10 minutes. Wall Street wasn’t even open! Then came Monday, exactly 39 years after the original Black Monday. Chip stocks finally snapped their losing streak, the Nasdaq jumped 1.1%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.4%. The S&P added another 0.3% yesterday, although chip stocks stalled. For perspective, on October 19, 1987, the Dow

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date October 21, 2026

🇺🇸 The internet spent the weekend calling for a Black Monday crash. Wall Street went shopping instead.

By Friday, CNN’s Fear & Greed Index had plunged to 18, deep in “Extreme Fear,” after the Nasdaq’s worst week since June.

Chip stocks had lost 15.7% over 8 sessions, and on Saturday, nearly $52 million in leveraged crypto bets tied to those stocks were liquidated in just 10 minutes. Wall Street wasn’t even open!

Then came Monday, exactly 39 years after the original Black Monday.

Chip stocks finally snapped their losing streak, the Nasdaq jumped 1.1%, and the S&P 500 rose 0.4%. The S&P added another 0.3% yesterday, although chip stocks stalled.

For perspective, on October 19, 1987, the Dow crashed 22.6% in a SINGLE day.

Its worst day since was a 12.9% plunge during the COVID panic in March 2020.

After 1987, Wall Street installed emergency brakes to halt trading during severe crashes. In 38 years, they’ve been triggered on just 5 days: once in 1997 and 4 times in March 2020.

And Friday’s “Extreme Fear” reading? It did its job.

It measured how terrified investors were. The mistake was treating it like a preview of Monday’s market.

Fear makes great headlines. It’s just a terrible fortune teller.

Sources: CNN, Reuters, CoinDesk, AP, Federal Reserve, SEC / Writer: Julie