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SINGER Arturo Suarez was arrested and deported to El Salvador’s mega-prison as part of Trump’s crackdown on alleged gang members. After being missing for weeks, the musician was spotted in a photo among shackled Venezuelans with skinheads. Youtube/SuarezVzlaCritics say tattoos like Suarez’ are being used as the basis for accusations of Venezuelan gang membership[/caption] ReutersSalvadoran police officers escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua[/caption] Youtube/SuarezVzlaArturo Suarez singing before authorities deported him to a mega-prison in El Salvador[/caption] His family believes the only reason he is behind bars is that his tattoos were mistakenly interpreted as gang symbols. Originally from Venezuela, Arturo Suarez, 33, had entered the US through legal channels and was waiting for his asylum claim to be processed. But the US government alleges that Suarez, like the other deported Venezuelans, is a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela. Suarez is currently detained in Bukele’s notoriously nightmarish Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT. The jail, which opened in 2023 as part of the Salvadoran brutal gang crackdown, is known for its inhumane conditions. The singer’s brother, Nelson Suarez, told Sky News that his brother has never faced trial or committed any crime. Indeed, he showed documents proving that his brother had no criminal record in all four countries that he has lived in – Venezuela, Chile, Colombia and the US. Nelson said his brother’s only “crime” is being Venezuelan and having tattoos. “You can see the hummingbird tattoo on his neck,” Nelson told Sky News, pointing to the picture of shaved inmates’ heads by which his family claim to have identified him. Nelson said his brother wanted a hummingbird in memory of their late mother. Suarez apparently has 33 tattoos in total, including a piano, poems and verses from the Bible. According to the “Alien Enemy Validation Guide” document given to immigration officers, there is a point-based system to determine if an immigrant in custody “may be validated” as a gang member. Tattoos that fall under a “symbolism” category score four points, according to the document, with some of the most suspicious being crowns, stars and the Michael Jordan Jumpman logo. Migrants who score six points and more may then be deemed members of the Tren de Aragua gang. via REUTERSSuarez’ family think that he is the third man in line closest to the camera with his tattoo circled, in a photo showing alleged members of Tren de Aragua recently deported by the US government[/caption] ReutersAlleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua recently deported by the US government to be imprisoned in CECOT[/caption] Suarez’ nightmare began one day while he was making a music video with Darwin Hernandez, a barber, and Hernandez’s brother, according to Darwin Hernandez’s wife Aida Diaz. Suddenly, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers raided the house in North Carolina where the men were playing music. Officers arrested both Suarez and Hernandez on February 8, and they have not been seen by their families since. Paola Paiva, Suarez’s sister, told Reuters how concerned their family is by his arbitrary arrest and deportation. “Due process needs to be carried out,” said Paiva. “We don’t know what is happening to him. This is practically a kidnapping. We haven’t heard any news of my brother for 16 days.” Kristi Noem spoke in front of prisoners and several deportees locked up in infamously hellish barracks Fernandez’ wife Diaz said her husband told her before he was deported that he had been asked to sign a paper which wrote that he was a member of Tren de Aragua. Although he marked ‘no’, Diaz soon saw her husband’s name on a list of those deported to El Salvador, which was released by CBS. Similar to Suarez’ case, Diaz told Reuters that Hernandez had no criminal record in any country – a claim that Reuters verified as true in Venezuela but could not independently verify beyond that. An ICE official said in a sworn statement last month that many of the men arrested and deported did not have US criminal records. American Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said a week ago that the men sent to CECOT include “murderers and rapists” from the Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gangs – labelled by the Trump administration as foreign terrorists. Noem looks at prisoners during a tour Desperate prisoners watch Noem obediently behind bars at CECOT Trump’s administration has invoked a 227-year-old law, the Alien Enemies Act, to target Tren de Aragua and is paying El Salvador to take in illegal migrants linked to the gang. This comes as Trump’s Home Secretary Kristi Noem was recently filmed touring the CECOT. In the video, Noem warned criminals who are thinking of coming to the US. She said: “We are in several other countries around the world with a message right now that’s saying if you are thinking of coming to America illegally, don’t do it. You are not welcome.” Noem met with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele shortly after the tour to discuss increasing the amount of US deportees bound for the infamous cell. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Bukele struck a deal to house Tren de Aragua deportees at CECOT in February. Rubio said that El Salvador is charging the US a “relatively low” fee for the brutal barracks, but the exact cost has not been disclosed. CECOT is located 47 miles south of El Salvador’s capital city San Salvador. Inmates are known to spend 23 and a half hours a day in stuffy cells that hold up to 70 people. A prisoner with MS-13 gang tattoos looks out of his cell at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ReutersEsmeralda Morillo, aunt of Venezuelan Arturo Suarez, 33, holds a sign that reads ‘Arturo Suarez, you are an artist, not a criminal. Freedom!’ during a protest demanding his release, in Caracas, Venezuela[/caption] ReutersAlejandro Guerrero paints a mural of Venezuelan singer Arturo Suarez, 33, whom the US alleged was member of the Tren de Aragua gang[/caption]

[/boxout] She even met her current boyfriend through the platform – though she admits she doesn’t feel completely safe on Roblox. She also claims the site has now moved towards encouraging users to “date”. “The game has changed so much,” says Holly. “I personally don’t find it as interesting and exciting anymore, and I don’t think it’s a safe game.”  Parental monitoring While some children have come out of their shells and formed close friendships on the platform, others have bonded with their parents or been educated through its games. But at what risk do these experiences come?  One mum, who plays Roblox to monitor her kids’ activity, claimed this month that she’d encountered “disturbing things” after entering a house in a game about adopting animals.  She described how a naked man lying on his back was telling children to “sit on it” to receive a free pet, while a shocking message on the building’s wall read: “im a child predotor (sic).” hindenburgresearch.comResearch uncovered multiple users with ‘Jeff Epstein’ in their names[/caption] SuppliedGames also included reference to Epstein[/caption] hindenburgresearch.comOther vile games referred to the sex abuse claims made against P Diddy[/caption] Mum Kate, 43, also plays Roblox after seeing how much her daughter Phoebe loves it.  She told The Sun that Phoebe was eight when she began playing the game.  At first, Kate’s husband John, 44, logged into Phoebe’s account to monitor her activity.  “We had to have a conversation about not accepting friend requests from people you don’t know because she had 50 friends and I was like, ‘Who are these people?’” said Kate.  “So, we got rid of all of those.” But in recent weeks, both Kate and John have downloaded Roblox themselves.  “Phoebe was so excited when we both downloaded Roblox,” said Kate, co-founder of the ecommerce brand, A Year of Dates. “She genuinely seemed really pleased we’d done it.” The family, from Bolton, now regularly play Roblox together on evenings and Kate says: “The games that [Phoebe] plays are mainly the role-play ones, where you’re walking around a town, and you can buy a house, and you can change your outfit.”  Kate and Phoebe also play Dress to Impress together – a wildly popular game, released in 2023, that has come under fire over claims of “sexually explicit” and offensive clothing.  While Kate has not seen anything to support these claims, she admitted: “They’re not outfits that I would be choosing.” She has, however, encountered explicit content in another game. Roblox players were repotedly able to play games that involved the killing of pregnant women South Wales PolicePaedo Owain Thomas paid a 10-year old boy with Robux to perform a sex act over a webcam[/caption] Paedo contacts Phoebe – whose “adoption” by an unknown man in the pet adoption game, Adopt Me!, alarmed Kate – now tends to play games on a private server, with only her friends.  These private servers can be purchased with Robux, the site’s virtual currency. Robux can also be used to deck out avatars in outfits, and to gain access to premium games. In 2019, it was reported that a perverted law graduate in Wales had paid a 10-year-old boy 400 Robux to perform a sexual act while he watched his victim on a webcam. Paedophile Owain Thomas, 29, was caged for 10 years after inciting more than 140 children – 60, aged under 13 – to carry out sexual acts on camera, according to Wales Online.  He had contacted his victims using online gaming platforms like Roblox.  They knew her name, her school and the town she lives in Mum of daughter targeted by paedo In another vile case linked to the platform, a 10-year-old girl was raped in woodland by a man who had groomed her over Roblox and the messaging app, Snapchat. Ryan Sutton, 24, was jailed in December after travelling 100 miles from Worcestershire to Finedon, Northamptonshire, to attack the primary school-aged girl, the Daily Mail reported.  Police said Sutton – who showed “no remorse” when arrested and interviewed – had groomed the vulnerable youngster into believing they were in “a legitimate relationship”. Meanwhile, in America, a woman was recently accused of using Roblox to instruct a 10-year-old to kill a two-month-old baby and slit the throats of the infant’s temporary guardians.  Tara Sykes allegedly used the game’s chat function to order the child to torture and murder the baby – who miraculously survived – citing methods like drowning, burning and dropping the child on the floor. It comes as Roblox has this month introduced new safety features that will allow parents to block their children from specific games and experiences. Parents will also be able to block or report their children’s friends on the platform, and learn more about which experiences their children are playing the most.  Northamptonshire PoliceRyan Sutton groomed a girl over Roblux before raping her in a woodland[/caption] Escambia County Sheriff's OfficeSicko Tara Sykes encouraged a 10-year-old on Roblox to torture and murder a baby[/caption] “For almost 20 years, Roblox has grown and innovated with safety at its core. These tools, features and innovations reflect our mission to make Roblox the safest and most civil online platform in the world,”  said Roblox’s Chief Safety Officer, Matt Kaufman. In his recent BBC interview, Roblox’s chief executive said: “We do, in the company, take the attitude that any bad – even one bad incident – is one too many.” Mr Baszucki added: “We watch for bullying, we watch for harassment, we filter all of those kinds of things and I would say, behind the scenes, the analysis goes on all the way to, if necessary, reaching out to law enforcement.” Violent games Despite Mr Baszucki’s comments, the BBC claimed it was able to bypass some safety filters on the site, which boasts 380million monthly active users and is worth a staggering $41billion (£31billion). And just this month, a British mum claimed on social media that a “random person” on Roblox had asked her daughter to meet them at her school.  “They knew her name, her school and the town she lives in,” shared the woman. The UK’s Online Safety Act requires platforms to take action against illegal content such as child sexual abuse and controlling behaviour. We attempted to set up an account under the name Jeffrey Epstein… only to see the name was taken, along with 900+ variations Companies face fines of up to £18million, or ten per cent of their qualifying global revenue, for non-compliance.  Last year, a report by a now-disbanded US investment firm branded Roblox “an X-rated paedophile hellscape” that exposed kids to “grooming, pornography” and “violent content”. The document added: “As a test, we attempted to set up an account under the name Jeffrey Epstein… only to see the name was taken, along with 900+ variations.”  Screenshots of Roblox games, shared in the report, show racist messages, threats to kill babies “with a knife”, and avatars carrying out shooting rampages at hospitals.  Roblox – which soared in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic, when youngsters were stuck at home with little to do – “totally” rejected the allegations made in the report.  Neuroscientist and founder of TAK Index, Dr Huriye Atilgan, who leads a multi-disciplinary team to evaluate the safety and developmental impact of children’s games, told The Sun that no platform is “completely safe”. Some games in Roblox have been found that let users ‘shoot-up’ hospitals “When you’re engaging with user-generated content and entering voice chat with strangers, it’s entirely possible that you’ll be exposed to inappropriate content, whether that’s sexually explicit scenes, bullying, or racist and homophobic messages,” said Dr Atilgan. “Parents need to be proactive here. First, set up parental controls. Talking to your children is just as important. Ask what they’re playing, who they’re talking to and if anything has made them uncomfortable. “The more open the conversation, the more likely they are to tell you if they see something inappropriate.” She added: “It’s also worth playing Roblox yourself. Understanding how it works makes it easier to spot risks and guide your child on safe gaming habits.” Kate agrees that concerned parents should play Roblox themselves.  “Look at what [your children] are playing, talk to them about it, get them to show you what they’re playing, even play it with them if you can,” she said.

US spies concluded that Covid could have leaked from a lab just three months into the pandemic, new documents reveal. The US Defense Department’s intelligence agency believed the virus could have been engineered in a lab in Wuhan, China – and caused the pandemic that has killed seven million people so far. ReutersA security guard keeps watch outside Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the WHO team in 2021[/caption] EPADr Shi Zhengli – dubbed ‘Batwoman’ for her research on bat coronaviruses – at the Wuhan Institute of Virology[/caption] Scientists at the Defense Intelligence Agency concluded the Wuhan Institute of Virology was highly skilled at genetic manipulation, according to analysis obtained by US Right to Know. And they said the unique make-up of Covid was “consistent with the hypothesis” that it was “a lab-engineered virus” that “escaped”. The 46-page presentation – dated June 25, 2020 and marked “secret” – concluded that the virus could have come from “a large bank” of bat coronaviruses at the US-funded Wuhan lab. For years, Shi Zhengli – the lead scientist at the Wuhan lab dubbed “Batwoman” – manipulated viruses to make them more infectious in humans, experts claim. Her lab has been at the centre of the storm since Covid emerged just miles from the facility. Just weeks before Covid emerged, their “bank” of more than 20,000 viruses was mysteriously taken offline. Many believe it could hold key clues about the origins. So far, the CIA, FBI and the US Department of Energy have all backed a lab leak as the most likely explanation – with many pointing the finger at the Wuhan lab. The Sun also revealed how military chiefs were repeatedly told that Covid was a lab leak at the start of the pandemic. But the new document from the Defense Intelligence Agency is the most detailed analysis released to the public so far that explains the evidence behind the theory. James Phillips, former Special Adviser to the Prime Minister between April 2020 and September 2022, said: “This is precisely the conclusion our team came to at the time, but in direct contradiction to the position the UK science establishment strongly took.” Biosafety expert Dr Richard Ebright claimed: “All informed parties and persons – without exception – have known for five years. “This includes those who lied to the public for five years.” Scientist Steve Massey told US Right to Know that the documents are “highly significant”. He said it shows that “a strong scientific basis supporting a potential lab leak was identified early on”. The analysis also pointed out that researchers at the Wuhan lab were carrying out experiments at biosafety levels “which would make an accidental release” of an infectious bat coronavirus “more likely”. They also noted “Chinese labs have had a history of virus escapes”. The docs were disclosed through a FOI request for assessments from scientists Robert Greg Cutlip, Jean-Paul Chretien, and John Hardham. The trio had conducted work for the National Center for Medical Intelligence – which is part of the Defense Intelligence Agency. The Great Covid Cover-up By Imogen Braddick, Assistant Foreign Editor FEW of us had heard of the Chinese city of Wuhan when the world was first paralysed by Covid-19 five years ago. Today, the sprawling metropolis is synonymous with the ­pandemic that claimed 227,000 lives in the UK — along with its sinister labs where top secret biological experiments are ­carried out. Within the first few days of Britain’s initial lockdown in March 2020, as millions were confined to their homes, questions were already being asked about whether Wuhan’s ­Institute of Virology could be behind the outbreak. Now, as the country marks the five-year anniversary of Covid-19, an exclusive documentary by The Sun reveals the experts, scientists and investigators who not only believe the virus was caused by a lab leak, but that American scientists helped to cover up the scandal. Our documentary took me to the heart of the origins of Covid and explores whether China was trying to cover up the creation of a ­biological weapon by blaming the pandemic on a wet food market 17 miles away. We also reveal that, while scientists publicly insisted the disease came from “natural” sources, behind the scenes they were exchanging messages about a laboratory leak. One expert told us: “Watergate was nothing compared to this. “This is the Chernobyl of biology.” Dr Robert Redfield, the former head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said that a few months before the pandemic, the Wuhan Institute was taken over by the Chinese military while officials deleted its databases and took on a contract for a new ventilation system. We now know that three lab researchers fell ill in November 2019 — a month before the first Covid cases were reported to the World Health Organisation. “I think that’s when the pandemic started,” said Dr Redfield, describing a “frenzied cover-up that was keeping Chinese President Xi Jinping up at night”. The US virologist says he was “aggressively silenced” when he voiced fears Covid had leaked from the lab, where “Batwoman” scientist Shi Zhengli was carrying out experiments on strains of coronavirus. In August 2023, The Australian reported that scientists from four intel agencies agreed with Chretien and Cutlip’s views. Yet government officials kept the findings out of the public eye. It comes after The Sun’s documentary The Covid Files: Inside the Wuhan lab-leak scandal lifted the lid on the early days of the pandemic in 2020 that killed millions. We spoke the experts, scientists and investigators who not only believe the virus was caused by a lab leak – but that American scientists helped to cover up the scandal. Scientists have repeatedly said that Covid was “exquisitely matched”, “completely pre-adapted” and “supercharged” for humans. And in January, we revealed that Dr Zhengli is still doing “risky” virus experiments. Robert Redfield, the director of America’s CDC during the pandemic, said the experiments have “potentially catastrophic consequences”. In a paper published in Nature, Shi and a team of scientists boasted they had built the first “customised” coronavirus “receptors”. In other words, Shi is creating the building blocks to change viruses so that they can infect different species – including humans, Mr Redfield said. He said: “Take bird flu – you can modify the receptor so that instead of chickens and turkeys, it can infect humans. “It’s potentially dangerous research. You are taking a non-pathogenic virus and changing it so that it could end up being dangerous to humans. “You may have a pathogen that is restricted to pigs – but now you could totally change it so that it’s highly infectious to other species too. “She’s playing around with bat viruses and modifying their receptor – so now they’ll infect cows or chickens, for example. It’s ill-advised. “There’s potential catastrophic consequences. It could cause a new pandemic in animals or humans.” The research will make growing viruses in human cells easier as they have created “customised” receptors for viruses. It means viruses can be more easily adapted to humans, experts said. Dr Alina Chan, a genetic engineering expert, told The Sun: “It looks like they have a new suite of engineered host cells to isolate more novel coronaviruses. “There’s some potential here for risky work to happen downstream.” Dr Chan, who co-authored Viral on the origins of the pandemic, added: “In other words, once you have all these novel viruses growing in the lab, what do you do with them?” Many pieces of the puzzle on the pandemic are yet to be found – and after five years of searching, no natural origin has been discovered. AFPIn the early days of the pandemic, Shi sequenced the virus and a critical role in the story of Covid[/caption] Shi collaborated with Peter Daszak, president of America’s EcoHealth Alliance, for decades on bat coronavirus research

AN AIRBNB has been left trashed after hundreds of feral teens crammed in for a wild party. The booking was supposed to be for a family of five, but 500 revellers arrived after an open-invite to the party was posted on Snapchat. 7 NewsThe pool was filled with furniture and beer cans[/caption] 7 NewsParty-goers were pictured by the pool[/caption] 7 NewsThe living room was trashed[/caption] 7 NewsThe kitchen was also left in an awful state[/caption] Airbnb Benjamin Holt thought he was renting the property to a family of five7 News Benjamin Holt received a booking for what he thought was a family of five for his home in East Brisbane, Australia. But the booking profile was a fake and an open-invite to the house party was posted on Snapchat. Around 500 teenagers responded to the invite and piled into the house for the booze-filled party. Holt was first alarmed when he received a threatening message on his Airbnb profile from one of the party-goers.  The teen wrote: “Hey, why the hell would you get the cops and news involved man.” “Idc (I don’t care) if you press charges on me, I should’ve thrashed the house even more. And btw (by the way) I ain’t paying for anything which was damaged. “Sent from my burner btw. If u wanna press charges go for it dude. But that would cost you too much money ahaha.” Police were then called to shutdown the out-of-control party – but the damage had already been done. After the cops arrived hundreds of teenagers fled from the house. Others were spotted causing chaos as they clashed with officers. Queensland Police confirmed the “large disturbance”. A police statement said: “Shortly after 7.45pm officers dispersed a large group of people from a Geelong Street address.” Shocking footage of the aftermath showed smashed glass and empty alcohol cans, a broken stair railing, and furniture and a vacuum among items thrown in the pool. It’s too early to estimate the total cost of the damages but it is thought to be thousands of dollars. But the Airbnb owner responded to the situation surprisingly calmly. Holt said “the hardest part” of the ordeal was telling families who had booked a holiday at his Airbnb that they could no longer stay. He said: “We had someone who was booked in yesterday for a five-night stay: two adults and two kids. “I had to call them the night before at 10.30pm and tell them they won’t be able to stay. “That’s the hardest part for me, the cancelled bookings, the people who have their holidays ruined.” But Holt said he wants those responsible to own up and help pay for the repairs. The owner added he thought they were “flushed with cash” as he had heard the event was a “paid party” – with an entry fee. Corey Worthington trashed his family home in Australia 16 years ago. The teen threw a party at his parents place in Melbourne on January 12, 2008. The party caused a night of unruly carnage, prompting police, the air-squad their dog squad to attend. His parents faced a $20,000 fine for the event that took place while they were away which grew a guest-list of more than 500 people. Neighbours‘ cars were smashed and the community was forced to clean up the aftermath which spilt onto the surrounding streets.

A MAD Putin mouthpiece has shared a chilling AI picture of a Russian nuke blowing up behind King Charles in the latest World War 3 treat. Vladimir Kornilov threatened the monarch with a “ceremonial” nuclear bomb and even urged him to pack his 72-hour emergency suitcase. East2WestRussian state media analyst Vladimir Kornilov mocks up a nuclear strike on King Charles[/caption] East2WestVladimir Kornilov, analyst at Putin-controlled state news outlet Russia Today[/caption] East2WestPutin leading TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov warns Sir Keir Starmer that the British troops he sends to Ukraine will face death[/caption] East2WestAn image of Kyiv burning following an overnight strike from Russia[/caption] The Russian media analyst mocked up the AI image as Putin’s puppets continue their threats that Britain isn’t taking warnings of nuclear Armageddon seriously enough . The shocking image shows King Charles stood with a somewhat exasperated expression, in his royal garments, as a nuclear mushroom fireball erupts behind him. The bizarre threat to the King comes after Kornilov appeared alongside the Kremlin’s top TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, who taunted UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to lead his troops into Ukraine. Solovyov jeered: “Well, we’ve already buried a lot of Brits here, and a lot of Frenchmen. “Well, come [to Ukraine], all of you, all of you die.” He even joked that it would be “good” if French and Brit troops were “led directly by their supreme commanders”. Solvyov chillingly added: “So that if we use tactical nuclear weapons, we use them wisely.” He also questioned “why anyone” would “feel sorry for them”. Meanwhile Kornilov posted the image and warned that “some special ceremonial bombs should be flying at the King if he sticks his nose in our way”. He added: “By the way, does he have a 72-hour ‘emergency suitcase packed?” The propagandist media has been sent into a frenzy over Starmer’s plan to send British and European peacekeeping troops to Ukraine. Putin ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin said today: “The Americans don’t want to go to war with us anymore, but they give the European Union [the opportunity] to continue doing it.” He too warned that Europe “is now making a suicidal move” and make the deceptive statement that the continent “wants to actually go to war with us directly”. Putin launched devastating missile assaults on Ukraine over the weekend in some of the most intensive and sustained attacks of the whole conflict. Vlad’s forces unleashed deadly Kh101 missiles from over the Caspian Sea – in breach of the naval ceasefire announced in March. Nato was forced to raise its war planes in response – both Polish and from other Allied members – to patrol air space bordering Ukraine. Poland’s command headquarters said: “Attention – due to the intensive activity of the long-range aviation of the Russian Federation, performing strikes on objects located, among others, in the west of Ukraine, the operation of Polish and allied aviation in our airspace has begun. “The RSZ [armed forces] Operational Commander activated all available forces and resources at his disposal. East2WestLeading Putin TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov [R] pictured with Vladimir Putin[/caption] AFPFire following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine[/caption] EPAUkrainian rescue service personnel work at the site of a rocket stike in Kyiv[/caption] APFirefighters put out a fire at an apartment building following Russia’s attack in Kupyansk, Kharkiv region[/caption] “On-call fighter pairs have been [scrambled], and ground-based air defence and radio-location reconnaissance systems have reached a state of highest readiness.” This blast came just one day after a Russian missile strike on Zelensky’s hometown Kryvyi Rih, killing at least 19 people, including at least nine children. A further 61 civilians were wounded. Bloodied survivors were seen staggering into the open or being pulled from the rubble on stretchers as flames roared from shattered buildings. Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of targeting residential areas and civilians throughout the three-year-long war. But Russia denies deliberately firing on non-military targets, despite thousands of civilians having been killed in Russian air strikes, including on schools, hospitals and apartment blocks. Ukraine and its Western allies in Europe believe these horror strikes show the dictator has no interest in brokering lasting peace in the region. Washington has been trying to hash out the terms of a deal between Ukraine and Russia in a bid to end Putin‘s three-year invasion. But the Kremlin has been insisting on a list of conditions and demands – delaying the process. Kyiv agreed on an initial proposal for a full 30-ceasefire earlier this month – but this was quickly rejected by Putin. Trump has previously said he was “p***ed off” with Putin for his lack of willingness to agree to a ceasefire. The US President took a rare aim at Putin last weekend after the Russian tyrant called for president Zelensky’s removal in an effort to stall peace talks. He said: “I was very angry, p***ed off, when Putin started getting into Zelensky’s credibility.” He also threatened to impose a 50 per cent tariff on countries buying Russian oil. Trump’s allies have urged the US President not to directly speak to the Russian tyrant until he fully commits to a ceasefire. Brits urged to prepare 3 day ‘survival kit’ BRITS have been urged to prepare a three-day “survival kit” as spies warn Vladimir Putin is plotting to sabotage gas pipelines and cause devastating blackouts. While the UK continues to pursue Net Zero environmental targets, the country has shown dangerous reliance on supplies of gas and electricity from abroad. Close to a whopping 40 per cent of the UK’s gas supply comes from Norway, most of which through the single, 700-mile Langeled pipeline. And fears loom that Russia is plotting to sabotage the gas pipelines, especially since one of their Yantar spy ships was detected mapping the UK’s critical underwater infrastructure in the North Sea recently. The UK is said to have been close to blackouts during winters in the past – but narrowly avoided emergency using last-resort reserves and Denmark’s electricity imported undersea. Now security experts have argued that Brit households should have a three-day survival kit – following suit of the rest of the EU. One source revealed: “We know that the Russians are active in the North Sea and have the power to cripple our energy links. “We need to become much more self-sufficient, and quickly. And households should be ready for all eventualities.” The push to get people survival-ready isn’t just a fever dream, but an EU-backed strategy. The European Union is now formally urging every household across its 27 member states to have a three day emergency kit ready – not just for war, but for natural disasters and crises of all kinds.