Putin is made of a different mold and clay. Listening to him is like watching him open up. Today, Putin sent his message to the people of Europe from Delhi. Below is the translation of what he said.
Russia has never been your enemy and never will be!
We have no need for Europe’s raw materials or its wealth; we have our own sufficient resources. We have absolutely no need for your raw materials. Russia is the world’s richest country in terms of natural resources.
We neither want your land nor your territory.
Look at the vastness of Russia on the map. Russia is almost twice the size of the whole of Europe. What use would your land be to us? What would we do with it?
Why do you think Russia is Europe’s enemy?
What has Russia done to you that has caused you harm?
Did we sell you gas and raw materials at prices lower than those extorted by your “friends”? Yes.
Did Russia lose 20 million lives to rid you of the Nazis during World War II? Yes.
Was Russia one of the first countries to help Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic? Yes.
Did we provide help during fires and natural disasters in Europe? Yes.
In the end, what has Russia done that they hate it so much for?
Russia is not your enemy; your real enemies are your leaders who rule over you.
A new report from Anthropic reveals how Yemeni terrorists, Iran and other actors have attempted to use the company’s artificial intelligence tools to develop weapons of mass destruction and to carry out attacks against the United States.
One section of the report, which was released on Thursday, described a “cell of threat actors based in northern Yemen” trying to use the company’s Claude AI to create a ballistic missile guidance system.
“The actors used Claude Code in place of human software engineers to develop the guidance, navigation and control software that steers and stabilizes a flying vehicle,” the company wrote. “For example, they used Claude to integrate an open-source autopilot onto a phone-class flight computer, writing the control and position estimation software, tuning the control settings, running a firmware build pipeline and performing a flight simulation.”
Using large language models like Claude to write functional software code without knowing how to write a programming language is commonly known as “vibecoding” and has been one of the revolutionary developments driving Anthropic’s rise to what is likely to be the largest initial public offering in history later this year.
The report did not name the Yemeni “threat actors,” but itsdescription of their development of “a multi-stage ballistic missile with a stated range goal above 2,000 kilometers” likely refers to the Iran-backed Houthis, who have used ballistic missiles to attack Israel, Saudi Arabia and other regional targets.
Anthropic said that it “disrupted” the Yemeni cell and informed “public- and private-sector partners to mitigate risks.” But the group used Claude to make progress in its weapons development programs, Anthropic said.
“We do not have evidence the actors succeeded in fielding an operational device, but they did test-fire a guided rocket,” the company said. “This field test appears to have failed: within hours, the actors returned to Claude to work out why it failed.”
The company says it banned the accounts, but “we have evidence that the actors had already built an offline simulation toolkit that does not rely on Claude or other engineering computing environments” to carry out the work.
In another case study, Anthropic said that “an Iran-nexus threat actor” used Claude to collect open-source data to generate targeting recommendations against U.S. Navy facilities in the Middle East.
“The compiled material included a roster of U.S. personnel scraped from captions on public military photographs, publicly accessible ship and aircraft transponder identifiers, commercial satellite-imagery query scripts and an inventory of public websites that exposed U.S. naval movements,” the company said.
The 154-page security report from the AI company also warned of suspected attempts to carry out biological weapons development and to use its models to support a propaganda campaign from Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance to wage “explanatory jihad.”
“We’re publishing this work because we believe we have a responsibility to disclose malicious misuse of our services,” the company said. “As models become increasingly capable, their risks will increase, unless AI developers and society’s defenders act to make them safer.”
A group of Temple Mount activists has condemned the government’s refusal to open Judaism’s holiest site to Jewish worshippers on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and allow the sounding of the shofar there.
Shofar B’Tzion chairman Yosef Rabin explained to JNS that while the court did not dismiss the petition outright, the absence of a defined timetable for a hearing has left the petitioners without an effective avenue for obtaining judicial relief before the holiday.
Rabin said the dispute is particularly significant this year because the first day of Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat. While the shofar is not normally sounded when Rosh Hashanah and Shabbat coincide, the Temple Mount is an exception, where, according to Jewish law, the shofar is to be sounded.
He explained that since the Second Intifada in the early 2000s, the government has generally banned Jewish access to the site on Shabbatot throughout the year. Rabin expressed hope that the government would make a “one-off” exception this year.
Rabin said that after 2,000 years, the Jewish people had returned to the Temple Mount and that it was absurd that Jews now have to argue with the State of Israel over the issue.
“The Jewish people have an intrinsic right to pray at our holiest place,” he said.
Rabin also compared the government’s policy to restrictions imposed under the British Mandate.
“Under the British Mandate, Jews were forbidden to sound the shofar at the Western Wall, and young Jews were arrested for defying the ban. Nearly 80 years after the establishment of the State of Israel, Netanyahu and Ben-Gvir have chosen to continue that policy in a new form—this time on the Temple Mount.”
Rothman wrote, “Blowing the shofar on Rosh Hashanah is one of the central commandments of the holiday. Significantly restricting the public’s ability to fulfill this mitzvah at the holy site constitutes a serious infringement.”
Asaf Fried, chairman of the Committee for Opening the Temple Mount on Shabbat, told JNS that the government’s refusal to open the site on the first day of Rosh Hashanah represented “a disregard for the rights of Jews to pray at the holiest site of the Jewish people.”
He said he has yet to receive a satisfactory answer as to why Jews are generally not permitted to ascend the Temple Mount for prayer on Shabbatot and why this is considered a security risk.
He explained that with the outbreak of the Second Intifada in 2000, the Mount was completely closed to Jews for three years. When Jews were allowed to return in 2003, there was no explanation for why they were no longer permitted to ascend on Shabbat.
“There is no reason for it. It doesn’t bother anyone. There are no Muslims up there that day,” he said
Fried remains hopeful that if the site is not opened on the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the court will allow Jewish visits during Sukkot and the other Jewish holidays in the month of Tishrei, some of which also fall on Shabbat this year.
Rabin said that this past April, he and other Temple Mount activists led a campaign to allow Jewishworship on the Temple Mount on Jerusalem Day, which coincided with a Friday—another day on which Jewish worshippers are generally prohibited from ascending the site.
At the same time, more than 20 government ministers and MKs called on the heads of the Israel Police and the police’s Jerusalem District to allow worship on that day.
In their joint declaration, BRICS summit participants spoke out against unilateral sanctions that violate international law.
BRICS also condemned the violation of Lebanon’s sovereignty and called on Israel to withdraw its troops from its territory, according to the declaration.
Other key points:
BRICS expressed deep concern over the US tightening unilateral blockade against Cuba and its adverse impact on the economy, energy supplies and humanitarian situation.
It reaffirmed its commitment to combating all forms of terrorism.
BRICS voiced alarm over deliberate attacks on peaceful facilities under IAEA safeguards.
The group stressed the need to strengthen energy security.
BRICS underscored the necessity of ensuring the peaceful use of space technologies.
The U.S. Navy is evaluating what to do with its headquarters in the Middle East after the Bahrain-based installation sustained damage during recent months of fighting with Iran.
For years, the Navy has managed its Middle East fleet operations out of Naval Support Activity Bahrain. Iranian forces began targeting the base after U.S. and Israeli forces launched strikes on Iran on Feb. 28.
"They blew the hell out of Bahrain," acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao said in an interview with The Epoch Times on Sept. 9, as he concluded a visit to a shipyard in Philadelphia.
While open-source imagery had previously indicated the Bahrain naval base sustained damage, Cao's comment marked a direct and official acknowledgement of the ongoing conflict's impact on the facility.
Last month, following reports that the crew of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln were facing strains after months supporting combat operations in the Middle East, the Navy told The Epoch Times that combat actions had disrupted traditional supply hubs in the region. Despite these disruptions, the service said the Lincoln's crew maintained continuous access to clean water, healthy meal options, and functional air conditioning.
At a Navy town hall event on Aug. 31, a sailor who had been displaced from NSA Bahrain asked Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle whether she would see the return of personal belongings she left on the base. Caudle said the service was working on a plan to reunite personnel with their belongings but said the service doesn't plan to return to the base "anytime soon."
When asked whether the Navy would need to repair NSA Bahrain in order to sustain its forces in the region, Cao said, "I have a task force that's looking at that."
The Iran conflict has fueled discussion over the continued utility of U.S. military outposts in the region.
Jim Webb, a U.S. Marine infantry veteran and independent national security consultant, said Cao's latest comments suggest that the current U.S. force posture in the Middle East "is unsustainable without continuing to be under attack."
When asked whether the Navy would need to repair NSA Bahrain in order to sustain its forces in the region, Cao said, "I have a task force that's looking at that."
The Iran conflict has fueled discussion over the continued utility of U.S. military outposts in the region.
Jim Webb, a U.S. Marine infantry veteran and independent national security consultant, said Cao's latest comments suggest that the current U.S. force posture in the Middle East "is unsustainable without continuing to be under attack."
"I don't think there's any way, you know, in the short, medium, or potentially even long term, that we can adequately defend a place like NSA Bahrain, or let alone the rest of the logistics bases there," Webb told The Epoch Times.
Webb said keeping U.S. troops at bases in the region makes those troops "constant targets."
