USA - We are starting to learn more about Ryan Routh’s background, and what we have learned may help to explain why he attempted to shoot Donald Trump. It turns out that Routh is a rabid pro-Ukraine activist. In 2022, he actually traveled to Ukraine to fight in the war, but at that time he said that he was turned away because he had no military experience. In an interview that was originally posted by Newsweek, he claimed that “Plan B” was to stay in Ukraine for a while and encourage other Americans that did have military experience to come and fight in the war. During that interview, he even claimed that he was getting foreigners placed in specific military units. So obviously Ryan Routh had extensive connections inside Ukraine. Did those connections play any sort of a role in the attempted shooting of Trump? Sadly, most Americans are not paying much attention to what is going on in Ukraine, and that is extremely unfortunate.

USA - The US and the UK have indicated they are considering Ukraine’s request to use Western-provided weapons to strike deeper into Russia. This comes despite concerns about potentially escalating the conflict, which is now in its third year. During a visit to Kyiv, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy discussed the matter with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. President Joe Biden is expected to further discuss this issue with Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington later this week.

RUSSIA - President Putin warns that NATO will enter a direct war with Russia if Ukraine uses long-range Western missiles to strike inside Russia. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has flatly stated that any long-range missile strikes carried out by Ukraine against the territory of Russia will constitute an act of war against the Russian Federation by NATO.

NETHERLANDS - The populist-led government in The Netherlands has announced it will use emergency powers to declare an asylum crisis and will formally request to “opt-out” from European Union migration diktats. Dutch Asylum Minister Marjolein Faber, a member of populist Geert Wilders’ Party for Freedom (PVV) said this week that the government will enact a “legal asylum crisis” to stem the tide of mass migration into the country, which is one of the most densely populated in the EU and is suffering under a housing crisis. Commenting on the move, Wilders wrote on X: “A new wind is blowing in the Netherlands. 2.5 million people voted for the PVV and we make it happen.” “If things continue like this, by 2050 there will be between 21 and 23 million inhabitants in the Netherlands. Far, far too much, on this very small piece of earth,” added MP Claudia van Zanten of the government coalition partner, pro-farmer BBB party.

USA - Locals in Springfield, Ohio, are speaking out about what the 20,000-plus Haitian migrant horde is doing to their town. "YouTuber turned investigative journalist" Tyler Oliveira posted a video of Springfield locals sharing how their town has changed ever since the Haitian migrant horde took hold of their area. "They're nothing but a headache," one guy told Oliveira about the migrants. "All they're doing is raising our rent and our taxes and wrecking vehicles. It's been nothing but a hassle since they've been here. It's been horrible." The local sentiment in and around Springfield is that these Haitians are coming to the area, getting driver's licenses quickly, and ravishing the place. The migrants are showing no interest in assimilating into American culture and are instead bringing their own culture to replace it. "They are given licenses in order to vote, obviously," someone commented on X, noting that Ohio is a swing state that Kamala has to win in order to stop Trump.

USA - To steal a phrase from Thomas Jefferson, the Federal Reserve and the US government have buried us under a "deluge of paper money." We deal with the consequences of this monetary malfeasance every time we go to the grocery store or the gas station. Our rapidly deprecating money buys less and less every single day. Central bankers and politicos claim to be fighting this inflationary monster, but the ugly truth is that inflation is by design. The political class is destroying your money as a matter of policy.

USA - The US Federal government just hit a dubious landmark — $1.6 TRILLION in interest payments expected by year end. It is already at $1.2 TRILLION. Interest payments will crowd out other expenditures, like Social Security, Defense and Medicare. Eternal deficits are not sustainable, especially since much of government spending represents payoffs to political donors.

UK - In today's Mail Charlie Mullins, the heroic entrepreneur who founded Pimlico Plumbers and grew it into a £140 million business employing thousands of people, explained why he could take it no more. He is selling his penthouse. He is flogging both the Bentley and the Rolls-Royce and he is going to Dubai because he is damned if he is going to pay Labour’s grotesque and unnecessary taxes, and he is not alone. I am told that the hedge funds are already leaving Mayfair, with the tech titans hot on their heels. They are heading for Italy, where you can do a 200,000 euros deal for a flat rate tax. They are going to Madrid, to Portugal, to Switzerland, to the Gulf, and of course to the United States – anywhere to escape the jaws of the ravening Reeves. Suddenly we are in the grip of a 1970s-style brain drain. At the very moment when Starmer has abandoned any attempt to control the entry of illegal migrants, wealth and talent is symmetrically starting to flee.

JAPAN - Japan scrambled fighter jets after Russian aircraft flew around the archipelago for the first time in five years, Tokyo said Friday. From Thursday morning to afternoon, the Russian Tu-142 aircraft flew from the sea between Japan and South Korea towards the southern Okinawa region, according to a defence ministry statement. They then went northwards over the Pacific Ocean to finish their journey off northern Hokkaido island, it added. The planes did not enter Japanese airspace but flew over an area subject to a territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, the official said. “In response, we mobilised Air Self-Defence Force fighter jets on an emergency basis,” the ministry statement said. Earlier this week, Russian and Chinese warships began joint drills in the Sea of Japan. Russia and China have ramped up military cooperation in recent years, with both railing against what they see as the US domination of global affairs.

USA - The world’s most powerful CEO just issued a grave warning to Americans: “This may be the most dangerous time the world has seen in decades.” His comment is especially disturbing because as the CEO of JPMorgan, the world’s largest bank, Jamie Dimon has access to more financial information than anyone. And he didn’t rise to power as a hot-head or doom-and-gloomer. He is calm, calculating, and knows the gravity of his words. So, if he believes political instability is reaching a boiling point, one that could even hurt the world’s largest bank, smart investors know to take evasive action. Dimon later got more specific when he said, “The danger is government debt and inflation.” He’s right, of course. The $35 trillion federal debt is a ticking time bomb.

IRAN - Ali Akbar Ahmadian, secretary-general of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran, on Wednesday called for the China-dominated BRICS economic group to create “a new security structure in the international arena to help the order and security of the future world.” Speaking at a BRICS forum in St Petersburg, Russia, Ahmadian proposed the creation of a “BRICS Security Commission” to address issues such as “terrorism, fundamentalism, narcotics, misappropriation of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, maritime insecurity, human trafficking, unauthorized biological activities as well as threats in cyberspace.”

RUSSIA - Russia said on Wednesday that its partnership with China was not aimed against third countries but the two powers could “combine potential” if faced with a threat from the United States. “I would like to remind you that Moscow and Beijing will respond to ‘double containment’ by the United States with ‘double counteraction’,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said when asked about a possible deployment of US missiles in Japan. The Japan Times reported on September 7 that the United States had expressed an interest in deploying a Typhon mid-range missile system to Japan for joint military exercises.

RUSSIA - Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has warned of the challenges that the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses for mankind. The church leader made the remarks at the ‘Culture of the 21st Century: Sovereignty or Globalism?’ forum in St Petersburg on Wednesday. “If humanity loses religious faith, particularly in the context of the growth of technologies associated with the emergence of artificial intelligence, then we are truly entering the era of the Apocalypse,” the Patriarch said. The development of humanity is only possible with the growth of faith and moral sense in people, Kirill stated, warning that otherwise there could be terrible consequences given the rise of technologies. “We are approaching an apocalyptic time, this is what we all need to clearly understand,” he reiterated. “And the only way out of this possible crisis is faith in God, I say it loudly to the whole world. If we renounce faith in God… nothing will work.”

FRANCE - The Church of the Immaculate Conception in France went up in flames at the start of September, becoming the latest classic church in Europe to burn. Authorities are trying to determine what is driving the attacks, and data points to anti-Christian radicals and Islamists as the primary culprits. A suspect with a history of allegedly committing arson attacks on churches was arrested for allegedly setting fire to the Saint-Omer church last week, according to France Bleu. He had recently been released from prison and allegedly targeted churches multiple times. The suspect, Joel Vigoreuz, reportedly had posts sympathetic to left-wing views and videos of Islamic preachers on his social media.

USA - "Our entire country feels like it's in the grips of some kind of demonic force,” says Liz Wheeler. She’s certainly not alone in this feeling. Glenn Beck has underlined for years the demonic oppression that plagues America and has even shared a vision God gave him that confirmed this for him. Tucker Carlson’s tune has also changed lately, as he’s begun to speak into the spirituality that dominates American politics. It seems there’s a growing awareness of what’s outlined in Ephesians 6:12: “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places."