USA - This is not the first time the US has dealt with an illegal immigration problem. Only last time it was dealt with in a decidedly swifter and sterner manner. The response, coordinated by President Dwight Eisenhower, resulted in nearly 3 million illegal immigrants being sent home. During his administration, Eisenhower became the first American president forced to deal with problems stemming from illegal immigration. Only, in Eisenhower’s time the politically correct culture of liberal sensitivities had yet to emerge.

GERMANY - Germany is braced for catastrophic car tariffs that could send the country into a deep economic shock and create a perfect storm for Europe, experts have warned. US taxes on car imports could act as a massive jolt to the bloc’s economy, wiping €14.5 billion (£12.9 billion) off GDP, according to analysis from investment advisers, Redburn. The firm’s economists believe a “nasty turn” in EU-US trade tensions is coming, which when combined with market nerves over Italian debt, could shake the eurozone. If the US presses ahead with tariffs, Germany, which relies on carmaking for a fifth of its manufacturing activity, could see 0.28 percent shaved from its GDP alone, Redburn claims.

USA - The US Federal Reserve may be forced into emergency rate cuts as soon as this month after shockingly weak job figures set off recession tremors through the US bond markets and triggered a worldwide flight to safety. The US non-farm payrolls report for May fell far short of expectations at 75,000 new jobs, while the figures for both April and March were downgraded sharply. “It was a huge miss,” said James Smith from ING. Yields on 10-year US Treasuries fell instantly to 2.05 percent on the jobs data, leading to the most drastic inversion of the US yield curve seen so far in the current financial cycle.

USA - The White House has allowed high-tech US bomb parts to be built in Saudi Arabia despite them previously being used to target civilians, it has emerged. The Trump administration declared an emergency over Iran last month which allowed them to fast track a sale of American arms to Saudi Arabia as part of a weapons deal previously blocked by Congress. The emergency authorisation allows American defence company Raytheon to collaborate with Saudi Arabia to build 120,000 high-tech bomb parts in the country along with support for the country's F-15 warplanes, anti-tanks missiles and other equipment. Details of the arrangement were only released by the administration to Congress this week, infuriating lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

USA - The top executives of more than 180 companies have signed a letter that says abortion is essential in order for people to be successful in their businesses. “When everyone is empowered to succeed, our companies, our communities and our economy are better for it,” the executives say in the letter posted on a newly launched website titled “Don’t Ban Equality.” “Restricting access to comprehensive reproductive care, including abortion, threatens the health, independence and economic stability of our employees and customers,” they said, adding: “Simply put, it goes against our values and is bad for business.”

USA - In response to a coordinated, heavily-funded smear campaign against Natural News and myself, the Health Ranger, Facebook has now permanently banned Natural News from posting content. The channel name that has been banned is Facebook.com/healthranger, which was our primary channel reaching over 2.5 million people. This is on top of the permanent bans of Natural News content from Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google News, Apple and other techno-fascists that now represent the greatest threat to human freedom the world has ever seen.

SOUTHEAST ASIA - Swine Fever Spreads Like Wildfire Across Asia. "We have no way to stop it from spreading." Officials across Asia are reportedly calling on farmers to diversify their farms to offset the effects of the rapidly spreading African swine fever, a virus that's forced the region to slaughter millions of pigs in recent months. The fever, which is believed to be harmless to humans and is also known as pig Ebola, has been spreading across Southeast Asia at an alarming rate since last August, forcing pig farmers to cull the animals by the millions and causing the price of pork, a widely-used meat worldwide, to soar.

CHINA - Business is normally bustling at the sprawling Xinfandi produce market in southern Beijing, where stores, restaurants and thrifty shoppers buy their fruits and vegetables in bulk. But more apple sellers were napping than hustling one recent afternoon. The price of apples had nearly doubled, to roughly $1 per pound, and people were spending their money elsewhere. “Whoever eats apples these days must be loaded,” said Li Tao, who has been selling apples for more than 20 years. Migrant workers used to be able to afford apples, he said. “Now it’s too expensive,” Mr Li said. Rising food costs have become the talk of China. Experts are also watching the spread of a pest called the fall armyworm, a sort of caterpillar that likes to eat rice, sorghum and corn crops. More than 350 square miles of crops have been ravaged, according to official media, though the full impact on crop prices may not be felt until later in the year.

GERMANY - As the end of her tenure approaches, Angela Merkel has a view of the world that couldn't be much grimmer. She sees the pillars of the world order collapsing… When she holds the Fulbright Prize for International Understanding in her hands, the audience in the hall will rise to applause, Merkel will go to the podium and say what she now says so often: that the world is in a bad state, that the lessons of World War II are fading and that the international order as we know it is on increasingly unsteady footing. Merkel doesn't mention Donald Trump by name, but it is clear to everyone who she's referring to when she says: "We can see that thinking in terms of national spheres of influence is on the rise and that principles of international law or human rights are also being challenged as a result." The German chancellor against the forces of darkness - that is the message of the evening.

UK - Seventy years after its publication, George Orwell's classic dystopian novel "1984" continues to fascinate readers, in particular youngsters growing up in a social media-dominated age of increasing angst. "Some students are very shocked by it, and remain shocked by it," said Michael Callanan, an English teacher and director of the Orwell Youth Prize, which supports political expression amongst young people. "It is part of the paradox of a book being 70-years-old," he added. "I think they were taken aback by how fresh and how true to our lives today it strangely is."

ISRAEL - An Israeli minister has called on settlers to continue entering Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound and thanked security officials for making their visits possible after hundreds broke into the mosque during the final days of Ramadan. In a video released on Monday, Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev said: “We should do everything to keep ascending to the Temple Mount [the name used by Jews for Al-Aqsa].” “And hopefully soon, we will pray in the Temple Mount, our sacred place,” she added. Regev also thanked Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Interior Security Minister, and Jerusalem’s Police Chief for their “fight and contribution for Jews to ascend to the Temple Mount".

USA - The latest perverse fetish of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and pedophile (LGBTQP) cult is to prey on young children with mental disabilities, including little ones with Down syndrome or autism, and exploit them as transgender drag queens for sexual entertainment. During a recent episode of “The Alex Jones Show,” InfoWars host Alex Jones highlighted this vile practice, whereby LGBTQP adults are openly targeting and taking advantage of society’s most innocent and vulnerable members, corrupting these precious souls for their own debased amusement and pleasure. “It’s a big fetish … to have sex with Downs syndrome children because they can’t report you,” says Jones about LGBTQPs and the crimes against humanity they’re committing in the name of “love” and “tolerance.”

USA - The combination of the wettest planting season in US history, a catastrophic trade war with China and economic conditions that are brutal for small farms has produced a “perfect storm” for US farmers. Farm bankruptcies have already risen to the highest level in 7 years, but many expect that they will soon surge to all-time record highs. Due to the incredibly wet weather, millions upon millions of acres of prime US farmland will not be planted with crops at all this year. And millions of acres that do get planted will yield a lot less than usual because of the wretched conditions.

GERMANY - High ranking officials are contemplating sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait — joining the United States and France in challenging Beijing’s claims to what the West regards as an international waterway. If Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government actually goes ahead, it will be a remarkable revision of its we-keep-out-of-conflict reflexes. Germany will be openly backing its allies in a strategy certain to be found provocative by the country’s enforcers of non-combatant passivity. Last week, a second German official, at my request, confirmed its discussion by the defense ministry. Why would Germany get involved? Some elements in Merkel’s government see a double opportunity, given Berlin’s lousy relations with US President Donald Trump and wide disrespect elsewhere for its hide-under-the-bed routine. Admirably, there are German officials who want to combat the notion that the country is an irresponsible and non-committal ally.

USA - Speaker Nancy Pelosi told senior Democrats that she’d like to see President Donald Trump “in prison” as she clashed with House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler in a meeting on Tuesday night over whether to launch impeachment proceedings. Pelosi met with Nadler (Democrat for New York) and several other top Democrats who are aggressively pursuing investigations against the president, according to multiple sources. Nadler and other committee leaders have been embroiled in a behind-the-scenes turf battle for weeks over ownership of the Democrats’ sprawling investigation into Trump. They said she was expressing solidarity with pro-impeachment Democrats who want to hold the president accountable while disputing the idea that it is now time to take that step.