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Britain and France have unveiled a new agreement to coordinate their nuclear arsenals more closely, citing what they see as heightened “threats”to security in Europe. Moscow has called the move part of NATO’s overtly anti-Russian policy, warning it would factor the agreement into its military planning.

In a joint statement on Thursday, the two governments said that British and French nuclear weapons are aimed at protecting the two nations’ vital interests, adding that “our nuclear forces are independent, but can be coordinated and contribute significantly to the overall security of the alliance.”

Speaking alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer hailed the so-called Northward declaration, warning NATO adversaries that they “will know that any extreme threat to this continent would prompt a response from our two nations.”

Meanwhile, Macron described the pact as “a message that our partners and adversaries must hear.” However, he rejected suggestions that the pact was linked to plans for a coalition to support Ukraine if there is a ceasefire with Russia.

London and Paris have also committed to expanding their jointly deployable units and moving them toward full warfighting readiness to deter or counter potential adversaries.

Britain is estimated to maintain around 225 nuclear warheads, while France has roughly 290, according to data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. For comparison’s sake, both the US and Russia possess in excess of 5,000 warheads.

In response, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov cautioned that Moscow could not ignore the combined potential of Britain and France as Washington’s closest NATO allies.

“All this fits into the general, frankly speaking, anti-Russian canvas of NATO policy… Once such interaction is formalized and placed on a stable, solid foundation, we will take this into account not only politically, but also in our military planning,” Ryabkov told RBK business daily.

In March, Macron proposed starting a debate on extending France’s nuclear umbrella over Paris’ allies in Europe, although Starmer at the time opposed any spread of nuclear weapons to new countries.

Russia’s Foreign Ministry at the time blasted Macron’s idea, accusing him of “nuclear blackmail,” saying France appeared eager to become “the nuclear patron of all Europe.” The ministry also warned that the move would not enhance the security of France or its allies.

https://www.rt.com/news/621326-uk-france-nuclear-pact/

 

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         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

zelenaya dolina....

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's Zapad Battlegroup took control of the village of Zelenaya Dolina in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

"As a result of active operations by units of the Zapad Battlegroup, the village of Zelenaya Dolina in the Donetsk People's Republic has been liberated," the ministry said in a statement.

Russia's Tsentr Battlegroup has eliminated up to 3,040 Ukrainian soldiers over the past week, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday.

"The enemy lost more than 3,040 military personnel, 16 armored combat vehicles, including two US-made HMMWV armored vehicles, 53 vehicles, 25 field artillery guns, and two counter-battery warfare stations," the ministry said in a statement.

The Zapad Battlegroup has eliminated over 1,550 Ukrainian soldiers, the Sever Battlegroup has eliminated more than 1,260 Ukrainian servicepeople, and the Yug Battlegroup has eliminated over 1,080 Ukrainian troops over the given period, the ministry said.

The Vostok Battlegroup took control of 2 villages in the Donetsk People's Republic in the past week, and Kiev lost over 1,400 soldiers, the ministry added.

The Russian forces carried out 6 group strikes over the past week, including with the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles, on Ukraine's defense industry, energy infrastructure facilities, and airfields.

 

https://sputnikglobe.com/20250711/russian-forces-take-control-of-zelenaya-dolina--settlement-in-dpr--1122427583.html

 

MAKE A DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

NO NATO IN "UKRAINE" (WHAT'S LEFT OF IT)

THE DONBASS REPUBLICS ARE NOW BACK IN THE RUSSIAN FOLD — AS THEY USED TO BE PRIOR 1922. THE RUSSIANS WON'T ABANDON THESE AGAIN.

THESE WILL ALSO INCLUDE ODESSA, KHERSON AND KHARKIV.....

CRIMEA IS RUSSIAN — AS IT USED TO BE PRIOR 1954

TRANSNISTRIA WILL BE PART OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.

A MEMORANDUM OF NON-AGGRESSION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE USA.

 

EASY.

 

THE WEST KNOWS IT.

 

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the bomb....

 

 

Watch Acclaimed New Film The Atomic Bowl Streaming TodayMy latest released today via PBS.

by  | Jul 12, 2025 | News | 1 Comment

Reprinted with permission from Greg Mitchell’s newsletter Between Rock and a Hard Place.

Just to start briefly: So today is the big day, as my latest film, “The Atomic Bowl,” started streaming this morning over PBS.org and all PBS apps (AppleTV, Roku, Android devices, iPhone, Vizio, Amazon Fire, Google TV,Samsung Smart TV and more). It will roll out over PBS stations during the next few weeks. That’s the 30-second trailer at top but here is the link to the PBS.org page where you can watch now or via the apps. Narrated by Peter Coyote. And one more time: the companion e-book, which was covered by the Washington Post yesterday.

If you watch the film (53 minutes) or read the book, let me know in comments or in an email.

Go here for full responses to the film so far (and more). Below, you’ll find a few of them. Thank you to “the team”: producer Lyn Goldfarb, editor Rob Burgos, composer John E. Low, associate producers Bill Geerhart and Barbara Bedway, researcher Tim Goldsmith, advisor Markus Nornes.

Re: “The Atomic Bowl”

  • “Today’s nuclear tensions make Mitchell’s storytelling more timely than ever.” — Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Inquirer
  • “A master storyteller and an urgent reminder of the terrors of nuclear war.” — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire 
  • “Fascinating. Poor Nagasaki got lost because it was the second bombing.” –Richard Rhodes, Pulitzer Prize winner for “The Making of the Atomic Bomb”
  • “A great movie–a hidden chapter in atomic history revealed.” — Jayne Loader, co-director of “The Atomic Cafe” (now in the National Film Registry)
  • “Excellent work–and very moving.”– Rick Perlstein, best-selling author of “Nixonland,” “Reaganland,” and other books
  • “This is superb and elicits very strong emotions. And also quite timely.”– Sarah Kernochan, two-time Academy Award-winning documentary director
  • “The story is riveting, and really fantastic archival film-making.” — Ben Proudfoot, winner of Academy Awards for best short documentaries 2021 and 2024
  • “An excellent, much-needed corrective to the general lack of coverage Nagasaki. ” — Glenn Silber, director of Academy Award nominee “The War at Home”

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  Greg Mitchell is the author of a dozen books, including “Hiroshima in America,” and the recent award-winning The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood – and America – Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, and has directed three documentary films since 2021, including two for PBS (plus award-winning “Atomic Cover-up”). He has written widely about the atomic bomb and atomic bombings, and their aftermath, for over forty years. He writes often at Oppenheimer: From Hiroshima to Hollywood.

https://www.antiwar.com/blog/2025/07/12/watch-acclaimed-new-film-the-atomic-bowl-streaming-today/

 

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         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.