Travelers To Europe Face Up To 6 Hour Lines As New Biometric System Causes Delays

Travelers To Europe Face Up To 6 Hour Lines As New Biometric System Causes Delays

Sean Miller

Despite Europe opening its borders to third world Replacement Migration, the European Union has implemented biometric mandates for travelers from visa-exempt countries, such as the United States and the United Kingdom.

Travelers are reportedly facing lines up to six hours long as they wait to be fingerprinted and face-scanned into the new Entry/Exit System (EES). Some have even been required to get back in line to be fingerprinted and face-scanned again. Others have missed flights due to the delays.

The publication Afar detailed one traveler’s experience, and why the chaos may be the new normal:

British traveler David Newton told the U.K.’s iPaper that he and his family were stuck in a five-hour line at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG), causing them to miss their flight back to England this past spring. Forced to book a new return, they waited another four hours to check their bags, then went through the EES process all over again. In total, they spent 11 hours at the airport.

But Newton’s experience may not be an outlier. At the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) annual meeting in Rio de Janeiro this week, Rafael Schvartzman, IATA’s regional vice president for Europe, warned that EES could leave passengers facing “challenging waiting times” of “three, four, five, and even six hours.”

The scanning of travelers’ biometrics has replaced physical stamps in passports.

When travelers first enter one of the 29 European countries in the Schengen Area, they must create their biometric digital file at a self-service kiosk by scanning their passport and submitting their facial scan and fingerprints. That record lasts for three years and is then used by the border authorities of each of the 29 countries to verify the passenger’s identity when they enter and exit the country. To pass through the automated border gates, passengers must rescan their passport and resubmit their fingerprints and facial scan.

Scanning travelers’ hands and faces cannot fix Europe’s problems, as the traditional passport stamping method did not create Europe’s problems. Passport stamping did not cause long delays, invasions of privacy, or a massive rate of illegal entry. The open borders Replacement Migration program did.

While tightening border controls and reducing traveler privacy may appear to be a security measure, Europe has never been less secure or have less privacy than it does now.

The Ongoing Charade of Hamas Disarmament

The Ongoing Charade of Hamas Disarmament

Khaled Abu Toameh

• Hamas is not agreeing to disarm. It is bargaining.

• The Cairo meetings reportedly focused heavily on what mediators described as the "restriction of weapons" rather than outright disarmament. Some proposals reportedly envision Hamas and other armed groups "depositing" weapons with Palestinian authorities or placing them under international supervision.

• This brush-off alone should convince Washington that the current strategy of negotiating with Hamas, as with Iran, is failing.

• The notion that Hamas would voluntarily surrender the means that allow it to dominate the Gaza Strip, intimidate Palestinians, and wage jihad (holy war) against Israel is detached from reality. Hamas did not spend decades building a military infrastructure, digging tunnels, stockpiling rockets, and indoctrinating generations of Palestinians only to hand over its weapons because mediators asked politely.

• Any agreement that allows Hamas to survive politically while retaining influence over the Gaza Strip is only postponing the next war.

• That Qatar and Turkey are once again serving as mediators just adds another layer of lunacy to the process. Both countries have long been among Hamas's most important political and financial supporters.

• Expecting Qatar and Turkey to pressure Hamas into disarming is asking sponsors to dismantle the very organization they have spent years supporting.

• For months, Washington has sought calm and stability across the Middle East. America's adversaries, however, increasingly interpret this desire for stability as weakness.

• Hamas sees endless negotiations. Hezbollah, Iran's Lebanese proxy, sees repeated efforts to preserve ceasefires. Iran sees a US administration eager to avoid significant escalation at any cost.

• Instead of complying with American demands, Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran are setting conditions and leading the Trump Administration around by the nose.

• For the past few years, every ceasefire has allowed Hamas to regroup. Every negotiation has given it time. Every diplomatic initiative has enabled it to re-entrench itself.

• That is not a sign of diplomatic progress. It is evidence of diplomatic failure.

• At some point, the Trump Administration might confront a simple reality: terrorist organizations do not voluntarily negotiate themselves out of existence.

• For both Hamas and Iran, survival means remaining armed so that they can continue pursuing their ultimate goal: the elimination of Israel, and for Iran, eventually Europe and the US.

• Until this reality is acknowledged, the world will continue to witness the same futile spectacle: mediators begging a terrorist organization to surrender weapons it never intends to give up.

  
  

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Northern Irish have had enough, Government responds by seeking more censorship

Belfast riots: Northern Irish have had enough, Government responds by seeking more censorship

Rhoda Wilson

Violent disorder erupted across Belfast and other parts of Northern Ireland for a second consecutive night on Wednesday, 10 June 2026. The disorder was triggered by the brutal knife attack on a disabled man by a Sudanese refugee.

The UK government’s response?  To amend the Online Safety Act to increase censorship and to further limit what information the public has access to.

Stephen Ogilvie, an Irishman in his 40s, was attacked by Hadi Alodid, a 30-year-old Sudanese national.  It wasn’t just a brutal stabbing incident.  It was something far more horrific. In the video circulating online, the attacker can be seen trying to decapitate his victim.  But the attacker was stopped by three men intervening,  one hitting the attacker with a wooden hurling stick as others kicked him to try to force him to release his victim.

Ogilvie has suffered life-changing injuries, including the loss of his left eye and severe damage to his right eye, face and back.  He remains in the hospital in serious but stable condition.

Alodid has been charged with attempted murder, possession of a knife in a public place and threats to kill.

To bypass UK border controls, people smugglers have been using the Common Travel Area – which allows free movement between Ireland and Northern Ireland without routine immigration checks – to move illegal immigrants into the UK.  Smugglers advertise a “backdoor” route where migrants fly to Dublin, Ireland, often using fake IDs or visas, and are instructed to enter the UK by taking a bus to Belfast, Northern Ireland, to claim asylum. This is how Alodid entered Northern Ireland in 2023. A few months after illegally entering Northern Ireland, Alodid claimed asylum, was given refugee status and leave to remain in the UK.

As Brendan in the video below says, the Northern Irish are “fed up.”

“We know the truth,” he says. “There’s kids getting chased all over the city and raped. There’s an influx of drugs and foreign men and criminals … [We want to see] mass deportations.  If anybody comes in here in the last ten years, it’s not so good for the country, they shouldn’t be here.”

The man in the video below quite rightly blames UK government policies for what’s happened.

Far right or just right? This well spoken local from Belfast is asked who is to blame for last nights unrest. Are you listening @Keir_Starmer ? This is how any sane minded person in Britain feels. 

And the caller in the video below tells TalkTV, “Our government is complicit in bringing these people into the country … Governments in the West are pushing this to push the digital ID through.”

TalkTV caller says what the rest of the country is thinking regarding the Belfast riots: "Our government is complicit in bringing these people into the country." "Governments in the West are pushing this to push the digital ID through." "It's part of [Agenda 2030]." "[Starmer ick off so that he can bring in curfews and lockdowns." "I'm just not going to be part of that again."

Protests are not only happening in various parts of Northern Ireland.  Yesterday, an anti-immigration rally was also held in Dublin.

Jim Ferguson posted a video of the protest, saying, “Footage from Dublin shows protesters expressing solidarity with the people of Belfast as demonstrations continue to spread. For generations, politicians spoke of the divisions between North and South. Today, many are pointing to something different: People on both sides of the border finding common cause on immigration, national identity and the future of their countries,” he said.

SOMETHING HISTORIC MAY BE HAPPENING

Footage from Dublin shows protesters expressing solidarity with the people of Belfast as demonstrations continue to spread. For generations, politicians spoke of the divisions between North and South. Today, many are pointing to something oth sides of the border finding common cause on immigration, national identity and the future of their countries. The old divisions may not be disappearing. But a new unity appears to be emerging. Unity is strength.

As Ferguson noted in another tweet, “What is emerging is bigger than a single protest. Bigger than a single city. And potentially bigger than the politicians who thought they could simply ride out the storm.”

A POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE IS RIPPLING ACROSS IRELAND

From Belfast to Dublin, the mood is changing. A powerful speech today highlighted the growing anger and frustration felt by many who believe their concerns have been ignored for too long. What is emerging is bigger than a than a single city. And potentially bigger than the politicians who thought they could simply ride out the storm. The ground is shifting.

And so, what has the UK government’s response been?  Just as after the horrific Southport murders, the Government’s solution is censorship.  People who are talking about the crime will be targeted instead of the criminals. How?  By using the Online Safety Act … again.

The Labour government has announced plans to amend the Online Safety Act to grant regulator Ofcom enhanced powers to crack down on social media content during “times of crisis,” a move triggered by the unrest following the Belfast knife attack, GB News reportedyesterday.

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall stated the changes will require platforms to take quicker action to remove illegal content that could incite violence or disorder, specifically targeting material amplified by figures like Elon Musk.

The proposal has sparked a censorship row and potential clash over free speech, with critics including Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin arguing ministers should address root causes like immigration policy rather than policing online discourse, the Daily Mail reported.

Noting the Daily Mail’s article, Bernie Spofforth tweeted, “The time between conspiracy theory and fact is now about 6 hours in the UK.”  Hours earlier, she had posted the tweet below saying:

“After what happened in Belfast, the emerging progressive argument seems to be that people are angry because social media allowed too many people to see the video. In other words, people would not be angry if they did not know. And that is exactly the point.

“Without full knowledge and information, people are far easier to control. Net Zero becomes ‘necessary’ because no one sees the cost. Climate change becomes unquestionable because the BBC says so.

“What I take from this is simple: censorship of information is every bit as important as censorship of speech. Because if people cannot compare notes, they cannot form conclusions. And if they cannot form conclusions, they cannot resist.

“This is not a moral stance they have taken. It is a political one. Those who believe their worldview is the only acceptable worldview will always end up justifying oppression, because they convince themselves they are doing it for your own good.

“The danger of the internet was never simply that it allowed people to speak. It was that it allowed people to know. And once the public knows too much, those who want control will conclude that knowledge itself is dangerous.

“That is why the fight for free speech is also a fight for free information.

“The battle now is not only over speech. It is over knowledge, information, and who gets to decide what the public is allowed to understand.”

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Turkey's Ottoman Dreams And Ezekiel's Warning

Turkey's Ottoman Dreams And Ezekiel's Warning

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Turkey's Interior Minister Mustafa Çiftçi openly declared his hope that one day Turkey would witness the "liberation of Jerusalem" just as it had supposedly witnessed the "liberation" of Damascus, Aleppo, and Karabakh. He even expressed a desire to become governor of Jerusalem for a day, declaring that lands once controlled by the Ottoman Empire would one day return to Turkish sovereignty.

For Israelis, these comments were not viewed as harmless political theater. They were interpreted as a direct challenge to Israel's sovereignty and a revival of old Ottoman ambitions.

Israel's response was swift and sharp.

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar reminded Turkey that "the corrupt Ottoman Empire is gone. Forever."

Defense Minister Israel Katz went even further, declaring that Jerusalem is not Constantinople and that Israel is not some crumbling medieval kingdom waiting to be conquered. Jerusalem, he emphasized, has been the capital of the Jewish people for 3,000 years and will remain Israel's capital.

Behind the exchange lies a much larger geopolitical story.

For years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has increasingly embraced a neo-Ottoman vision of Turkey's role in the Middle East. While modern Turkey was founded by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk as a secular republic following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, Erdoğan has steadily moved the nation back toward Islamic nationalism.

Many analysts believe Erdoğan sees Turkey not merely as a regional power but as the natural leader of the Sunni Muslim world.

That helps explain Turkey's growing involvement in Syria, Libya, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, and Gaza.

It also helps explain why Jerusalem occupies such an important place in Turkish political rhetoric.

For nearly 400 years, from 1516 until 1917, Jerusalem was under Ottoman control. The city's loss remains a symbolic wound for many Islamists who view the collapse of the Ottoman Empire as one of the great tragedies of Islamic history.

Today, some Turkish politicians openly speak as though history can be reversed.

But rhetoric about Jerusalem is only one part of the story.

This week Erdoğan also warned that Israeli military actions in Syria and Lebanon threaten Turkey itself. He declared that Turkey's security extends beyond its own borders into Aleppo, Damascus, and Beirut. He further warned that Turkey would respond forcefully if Turkish or Turkish-Cypriot interests were threatened.

Such statements reveal a growing willingness by Ankara to project military and political influence far beyond its borders.

At the same time, Israel increasingly views Turkey's support for Hamas and its close relationship with Islamist movements across the region as a direct threat.

The result is a rapidly deteriorating relationship between two of the most powerful militaries in the Middle East.

For students of Bible prophecy, however, these developments carry an additional layer of significance.

The Bible foretells a future coalition of nations that will one day march against Israel.

Ezekiel 38 describes an alliance led by "Gog of the land of Magog" that includes Persia, Gomer, and Beth Togarmah.

Most prophecy scholars identify Persia as modern Iran.

The names Gomer and Beth Togarmah have long been associated with regions that correspond largely to modern-day Turkey.

This is one of the reasons many prophecy watchers have paid such close attention to Turkey's transformation over the past two decades.

For much of the twentieth century, Turkey was one of Israel's strongest regional partners. It was secular, Western-oriented, and even maintained military cooperation with the Jewish state.

Yet today's Turkey looks very different.

Under Erdoğan, anti-Israel rhetoric has become commonplace. Turkish leaders regularly accuse Israel of aggression while simultaneously defending Hamas and other Islamist causes. The relationship has shifted from partnership to hostility.

Meanwhile, Iran and Turkey increasingly find themselves aligned on key regional issues despite their historic rivalries.

What is becoming increasingly clear, however, is that Turkey's trajectory is moving away from the secular vision of Atatürk and toward a far more assertive Islamic identity.

That shift has profound implications for the Middle East.

It also serves as a reminder that the geopolitical landscape surrounding Israel continues to evolve in ways that many Bible students find strikingly familiar.

The headlines coming out of Ankara and Jerusalem this week may seem like another diplomatic spat. But beneath the rhetoric lies a deeper struggle over history, sovereignty, religion, and regional power.

And for those watching the prophetic stage, Turkey's increasingly hostile posture toward Israel is one development that cannot be easily dismissed.

The Ottoman Empire may never return. But the alliances foretold by Ezekiel appear to be moving closer into focus with each passing year.

The Child Safety Trojan Horse: Digital IDs Are Coming

The Child Safety Trojan Horse: Digital IDs Are Coming

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Around the world, governments are increasingly moving to restrict children's access to social media, pornography, and other online content. On the surface, the goal seems noble. Most parents agree that children should not have unrestricted access to explicit material, predatory online communities, or social media platforms that have been linked to anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.

The problem is not necessarily the goal.

The problem is the method.

What is unfolding across Britain, Canada, Australia, France, and other nations may ultimately become one of the most significant battles over privacy, free speech, and digital freedom in the coming decade.

Because there is one unavoidable reality: to verify someone's age online, you must first verify who they are.

And that is where the danger begins.

Britain's Labour government recently announced plans to force major technology companies such as Apple and Google to implement age verification systems designed to prevent children from accessing pornography and even from taking or sharing nude photographs. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has argued that technology companies already possess the tools necessary to accomplish this and should be required to deploy them.

At first glance, many parents will applaud the effort.

Who wants children exposed to pornography?

Who wants minors sending explicit images?

Who wants online predators targeting vulnerable teenagers?

These are legitimate concerns.

Yet critics warn that the solution being proposed could require something unprecedented: population-wide identity verification to access large portions of the internet.

Civil liberties groups have sounded the alarm that age verification cannot function without collecting some form of identifying information. Whether it is a government-issued ID, facial recognition scan, biometric age estimation, passport verification, driver's license confirmation, or digital identity credential, the end result is largely the same.

The internet begins to lose its anonymity.

Instead of simply visiting a website, citizens may increasingly be required to prove who they are before being allowed access.

Supporters insist that such systems would only confirm age and would not permanently store identities.

History suggests otherwise.

Governments rarely surrender powers once they obtain them.

Throughout history, emergency powers, surveillance authorities, and security measures introduced for one purpose often expand into entirely different areas over time. What begins as child protection can quickly become misinformation monitoring. What begins as pornography restrictions can evolve into content restrictions. What begins as age verification can become identity verification for nearly everything online.

This phenomenon is often referred to as "mission creep."

And there are already signs of it emerging.

Britain's Online Safety framework not only contemplates age verification but also includes provisions that could require platforms to scan private communications for prohibited material. Critics argue that such measures threaten end-to-end encryption, one of the last remaining tools protecting private communications from government surveillance.

Signal, one of the world's leading encrypted messaging platforms, has repeatedly warned that creating government-approved backdoors into encrypted systems is technically impossible without creating vulnerabilities that can eventually be exploited by hackers, criminals, foreign governments, or malicious actors.

The fundamental problem is simple.

There is no such thing as a surveillance system that only the "good guys" can access.

Every database becomes a target.

Every digital credential becomes valuable.

Every identity system eventually creates opportunities for abuse.

Canada is now moving in a similar direction.

The proposed Safe Social Media Act would prohibit social media accounts for children under 16 while creating a new Digital Safety Commission tasked with overseeing compliance. Age verification would become a central component of enforcement.

Australia has already moved aggressively in this direction, reporting millions of accounts removed following its under-16 social media ban.

France, Spain, Denmark, South Korea, Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand, and other nations are considering similar restrictions.

Viewed individually, each proposal may appear reasonable.

Viewed collectively, however, they reveal something much larger.

A global framework is emerging in which access to information increasingly requires proof of identity.

Christians should pay particular attention to these developments.

The Bible repeatedly warns about the dangers of centralized systems of control. While age verification laws are not the fulfillment of prophecy, they contribute to a broader technological environment where access, participation, commerce, and information become increasingly dependent upon digital credentials and government-approved verification systems.

The greatest threats to freedom rarely arrive announcing themselves as threats.

They usually arrive carrying promises of security.