USA - Robert F Kennedy Jr. Trump’s Health Secretary pick, just launched a bombshell move to ban Big Pharma ads on TV, and it’s a direct strike at the heart of networks like CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC — leaving Trump supporters cheering and the left in panic. In a video, Patrick Bet-David exposes the dirty truth: “Big Pharma is keeping Cable TV in business. 75% of ad revenue on cable television comes from the Pharmaceutical Industry.” That’s $4.5 billion in 2022 alone, per MediaRadar, propping up these networks while they push drugs like Ozempic. The US and New Zealand are the only two countries allowing direct-to-consumer pharma ads, and RFK Jr’s plan, announced on March 24, 2025, aims to end Big Pharma’s stranglehold on media narratives, per Hollywood Reporter. This isn’t just a policy shift — it’s a war on the media’s lifeblood.

USA - A century ago, all of the preventable diseases and disorders in this country barely existed at all. Did you know that? There was hardly any case of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, autism, dementia, ADD, ADHD, severe allergies, and the list goes on. Wonder why? Mainly because there were no vaccines or processed foods. American farmers weren’t yet spraying deadly chemicals all over the agriculture to kill bugs and weeds in order to make more money. Then, the American Medical Association called all natural remedies quack medicine, while food factories started popping up right and left after WWII. Food became processed heavily with chemicals that keep it all from spoiling fast. Can it. Bag it. Box it. Freeze it. Who cares about American’s health, right? Let them get sick and we’ll just make MORE money off that, Big Pharma said to Big Food.

USA - Fresh off winning a landmark lawsuit, Missouri is moving quickly to seize Chinese-owned farmland and other assets in a bid to collect its landmark $24 billion civil judgment against Beijing for harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Attorney General Andrew Bailey told Just the News. “Missouri will start to identify and begin going to court to have court orders issued to seize those assets to make good on that judgment,” Bailey said on the "John Solomon Reports" podcast this week. Earlier this month, US District Court Judge Stephen N Limbaugh Jr declared that China’s communist government was liable for covering up the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and had engaged in “monopolistic actions” by hoarding protective equipment (PPE). He ruled Beijing should reimburse Missouri $24 billion for harm it inflicted on the state’s residents.

GERMANY - As the Trump administration continues to pursue a deal to end the war in Ukraine — one that may end up being more favorable to Moscow than Kyiv — Europeans, for the first time in decades, are focusing on their own military might. Nowhere is that shift as prominent as in Germany. Its armed forces, known as the Bundeswehr, have been the victim of years of underinvestment – but that is set to change. Presumptive Chancellor Friedrich Merz has decided that now is the moment for Germany to invest in its military, on levels not seen since the Cold War.

HUNGARY - The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has sounded the alarm over Hungary’s recent law banning pride events, urging the government to repeal it. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has argued that the legislation seeks to protect minors from harmful influences. The legislation, backed by Orban’s Fidesz party and its junior partner, the Christian Democrats, passed 136-27 under an expedited procedure. The measure amends the country’s assembly regulations to ban events that violate Hungary’s child protection laws, which prohibit the portrayal of homosexuality to minors. All profits from the fines will also be diverted to child protection policies. The law has sparked protests in Budapest, with opposition lawmakers using smoke bombs in the parliament chamber.

MIDDLE EAST - The Hamas terror organization on Monday morning announced the killing of Ismail Barhoum, a member of its political bureau and designated new prime minister of its Gaza government. Barhoum was killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Following initial reports of a rare strike on a hospital, a report from the Saudi news site al-Arabiya claimed that Barhoum was the target, which has since been confirmed officially by Hamas. “The strike was conducted following an extensive intelligence-gathering process and with precise munitions, in order to mitigate harm to the surrounding environment as much as possible,” the IDF said.

UK - Many will have felt deeply the death last week, at 105, of Group Captain John Hemingway. A Battle of Britain pilot, shot down four times, he was the Last of the Few. He was just 21 when he took to his Hurricane to fight the Luftwaffe and protect Britain from invasion. His remarkable generation are now almost all gone; and one wonders how many of today’s twentysomethings can begin to understand his courage, and that of millions like him; and how when faced with danger and adversity they simply got on with it. Of course, there were important differences between Group Captain Hemingway’s generation and those born in the early 21st century. People were not designated as suffering mental health problems because they were unhappy or nervous; self-obsession, the main pastime of too many of today’s young, was a taboo.

USA - Donald Trump would leap at the opportunity and, in an era of heightened tensions, it would tie us more closely to the US. If true, the proposed offer of associate Commonwealth membership to the United States, post-Brexit and in the era of the Trump tariffs, would be a masterstroke. Donald Trump responded favourably to rumours King Charles will formally offer the US the opportunity to become the next member of the 56-strong international association during the President's next State visit to Britain. While largely symbolic, that symbolism would cement UK-US ties in a heightened era of global tensions. As the Commonwealth is comprised of former British colonies, it would not be illogical to offer membership to the US. Little wonder Reform UK leader Nigel Farage wrote in response: "A Commonwealth with the USA would complete the alliance of the English-speaking peoples and help prevent the spread of CCP [Chinese Communist Party] influence."

GERMANY - A new Express documentary reveals how German Neo-Nazis are gaining traction with young people as memories of World War Two fade. Germany is in crisis as an increasing number of young people are turning to the far-Right - and even Neo-Nazi groups. As those with living memories of Adolf Hitler’s terrifying reign grow increasingly scarce, fascists are exploiting social media to question some of the worst atrocities and accuse the Allies of ‘war crimes.’ The re-emergence of the extremism, particularly in East Germany, comes as hard-Right political party Alternative for Germany or AfD gains a foothold in mainstream politics. At last month’s general election the party, who’ve attracted support from billionaire Elon Musk, finished second behind the conservative Christian Democratic Union. It is a result which has sent shockwaves through the nation which has historically been resistant to groups on the hard-Right.

UK - The law exists to be broken. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but there is no such thing as a society without lawbreakers. That said, the vast majority of us do follow the law, and we expect others to do the same; this is the unspoken bond of a high-trust society. But what happens when an increasing percentage of the population begins to ignore the law altogether? And what happens when our bodies of power fail to control them? Answer: You get the UK.

GERMANY - Research links Roman rule to regional differences in personality and wellbeing, with a 1,900-year-old border still shaping the Germany of today. It is commonplace to assert that the old boundary between capitalist West Germany and the socialist East can still be seen on virtually every statistical map, ranging from how people vote, how regularly they eat sausages and what they cook on Christmas Eve. Yet a study has suggested that the legacy of the Berlin Wall is a mere flash in the pan compared to a divide that is nearly 1,900 years older. If you really want to understand how modern Germany is structured, it argued, you should look instead to the ancient frontier of Roman rule.

GERMANY - To live within the Roman Empire has, it appears, conferred an advantage that has endured almost two thousand years. Those now living within the limes set by the empire at its height — from Hadrian’s Wall to the sands of the Sahara — are significantly less neurotic, more agreeable, open-minded and easy-going and live longer than the ruder natives to the north and east. And of nowhere, a Dutch professor of economic psychology has found, is this more true than of Germany.

UK - By rushing out artificial intelligence, we are making ourselves more vulnerable than ever. Using technology that has more holes than a Swiss cheese, we’ve never been in worse shape to enter a new cold war. And we’re about to make it a whole lot worse. Cyber threats to UK Plc have increased sharply in recent months. Late last year the National Cyber Security Centre warned how Russia’s APT29 hackers were targeting areas that businesses had left exposed to the internet. The big new tech fad of 2025, agentic AI, makes this exponentially worse.

IRAN - There is a point of optimism as US President Donald Trump embarks on his second term in office: His administration has clearly distinguished between the Islamic Republic regime and the Iranian people. Gradually, the world has begun to recognize that the brutal, occupying regime of corrupt, bloodthirsty, and anti-civilization clerics is fundamentally distinct from the noble, intelligent, and dignified people of Iran.

UK - Telegram, the Russian-speaking world’s favourite social media channel, has done more than just show drone footage in Ukraine and explosions around Moscow. It has become a recruiting tool for Kremlin agents to commit acts of sabotage. Over the past few years, adverts promising to pay petty criminals to attack sites around Europe have sprung up and some have even responded. It’s not clear how many have accepted. In the UK, there have already been a few arrests under the new National Security Act including one in 2024 for helping Russia. Sabotage as a service is not new and it’s far too soon to tell what’s happened at Heathrow, but while the counter-terrorism police (CTP) are doing their work we need to ensure UK resilience is defended.