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❗️Russian fighter Islam Makhachev, from Dagestan, defeated Ireland's Ian Machado Garry by unanimous decision to retain his UFC welterweight title and extend his historic UFC win streak to 17 consecutive victories. @AussieCossack

❗️Romanian Minister of Defense Radu Miruta: Tonight, another drone entered Romanian national airspace without authorization and was shot down. At 04:44, the target was detected entering Romanian national airspace, 24 km north of Galați. At that moment, two Spanish F-18 fighter jets, which had already been scrambled as a precaution, received authorization to engage. At 05:01, the drone was intercepted and destroyed between the localities of Băleni and Cudalbi, in Galați County, in an unpopulated area. Congratulations to the Spanish pilots and the Romanian military personnel at the command center for a successful mission! Romania is defending its airspace, and our allies are standing with us. Vigilance, rapid response, and allied solidarity - these are the concrete guarantees of our security. Yes, Romania is on the front line of the European Union’s defense. @AussieCossack

❗️Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei: Marco Rubio: “Imagine an Iranian regime who, instead of spending billions of dollars supporting terrorist groups and building up all of these weapons, had invested that money into Iran, for the people of Iran, ” Donald Trump: “It’s not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things… We have to take care of one thing: military protection.” @AussieCossack

❗️Kiev last night. @AussieCossack

❗️Every single Ukrainian woman must now give birth to eight children in order to restore Ukraine's population to its 2022 level, according to Dmytro Hovsiiv, director of the Kiev Perinatal Center. @AussieCossack

❗️China backs Russia against Japan: 🇨🇳"China considers the Kuril Islands to be Russian territory, and we affirm our support for the unity, integrity, and sovereignty of Russian territory. We call on Japan to respect the results of the victory of the anti-fascist alliance in World War II." - Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs @AussieCossack

❗️The King of Dubai casually spotted walking around London. 😁In a sign of times he and his delegation were simply mistaken for a typical modern day British local family. @AussieCossack

❗️Over the past week, Russia’s Investigative Committee recorded attacks by Ukrainian forces on civilian areas in the DPR. Strike and FPV drones hit residential districts and infrastructure in Donetsk, Gorlovka, Makeevka, Mariupol and surrounding towns. Result: 4 civilians killed, 75 wounded (including 5 children and 4 ambulance workers). Over 240 incidents involving 280+ munitions damaged 38 homes, 43 infrastructure objects, and dozens of vehicles including an ambulance. @AussieCossack

❗️President Putin congratulates India and North Korea on August 15 holidays. Putin congratulated India on Independence Day and North Korea on Liberation Day, praising Russia's "particularly privileged strategic partnership" with India and saying ties with Pyongyang have reached an unprecedented level of comprehensive strategic partnership. He expressed confidence that cooperation with both countries will continue to strengthen regional and international security. @AussieCossack

❗️Iranian Foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei This passage from Dostoevsky’s "The Brothers Karamazov" aptly describes the situation in which the U.S. system of governance & foreign policy regarding Iran and the region finds itself due to its extreme reliance on 'lies': "The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to such a pass that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others." The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky. @AussieCossack

❗️Ukraine is set to receive Polish MiG-29 fighter jets within the coming weeks after negotiations reached the final stage. In exchange, Poland will receive various types of drones and Ukrainian military technologies as part of the agreement. 😂These MiGs are also going to end up the same way the others did. @AussieCossack

❗️Trump again compared himself with other U.S. Presidents. @AussieCossack

❗️Footage of the 7.7 magnitude earthquake which just hit Indonesia. @AussieCossack

❗️We represent the whole universe. There is nothing like the United States - Trump @AussieCossack

❗️The Catholic Church in Australia has publicly recognised the courage of victims and whistleblowers who stood up to powerful pedophile clergy following the guilty verdict against the former Bishop of Broome, Christopher Alan Saunders, on 13 sex offences in the Perth District Court on Thursday. Bishop Tim Norton of Broome today stated: “Our diocese acknowledges the courage of victims, survivors and other witnesses who came forward to express their truth. They showed extraordinary resilience and commitment through a long and difficult process.” Catholic Archbishop Timothy Costelloe added that those who came forward “have shown great courage, commitment and resilience” and that the Church “owes them a great debt of gratitude.” The Australian & New Zealand Diocese of ROCOR should follow this example in recognising the courage it takes to fight and defeat the institutionalised Rosentool pedophile cabal. Instead, Diocesan representative Fr Alexander Kotlareff directs hostility at victims and whistleblowers, telling them their complaints and investigations into the activities of pedophile priest Alexis Rosentool were “harming the church.” Archbishop George needs to set the record straight publicly: ❌Victims and whistleblowers do NOT harm the Church. ✅Pedophile priests and their diocesan colleagues who enable paedophilia actually harm the Church. The decades-long cover-up of former Archimandrite Alexis Rosentool's by fellow clergy was pure cowardice — and that is what damaged the Church. Rosentool is now a convicted paedophile serving a 19 year sentence in Goulbourn jail thanks to the courage and resilience of victims and whistleblowers. This was not "harming the church" - rather "cleansing it" as Fr. Michael Protopopov OAM confirmed privately to concerned parishioners in Dandenong. Get that into your head, Kotlareff. You, Karipoff and others who enabled paedophile Archimandrite Alexey Rosentool are the ones who caused the harm. Don't you dare blame victims and whistleblowers and accuse them of harming the church. Fr Gabriel Makarov from Brisbane has also been on the record telling members of the community that victims and whistleblowers have "caused irepairable damage to the diocese". This is not an acceptable position and must be publicly denounced by the diocese. Accountability is not an attack on the Church. Silence, cowardice and the enabling of pedophile predators is. 📝For the attention of Archbishop George (Schaefer) of Sydney, Australia and New Zealand from @AussieCossack

❗️A statement from President of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB, regarding the Christopher Saunders case. "The crimes of abuse of which the former bishop of Broome, Christopher Saunders, has been found guilty following a jury verdict in the District Court of Western Australia represent a betrayal of everything the gospel and the Catholic Church stand for. They are a violation of the human dignity of victims and survivors and a complete betrayal of their trust: these crimes deserve the strongest condemnation. As Bishop Tim Norton, the current bishop of Broome, has said in his pastoral letter, those whose bravery enabled them to come forward to expose these crimes – the victims, the survivors and other witnesses – have shown great courage, commitment and resilience through a long and difficult process. The Catholic community in Broome, and more widely in Western Australia and the rest of our nation, owes them a great debt of gratitude. While the horrors of abuse occur in secret, it is the courage of those who bring these horrors into the open which enables accountability and, through that accountability, the beginning of healing. The bishops of Australia join Bishop Norton in his apology to all those who have been a part of this terrible story. Standing beside him, we too “are deeply sorry for the hurt they have experienced. We are sorry for the shame they have endured. We are sorry that it has taken so long for their voices to be heard and for their pain to be acknowledged. We will do all we can to reach out to them for hope and healing”. With the conclusion of the trial the Church’s investigation can now recommence. Decisions about the position of the former bishop of Broome in the Church will therefore be determined by Rome. At the local level practical decisions about future financial and other support will be made by the Broome Diocese and informed by the outcome of the proceedings in Rome. Given the many failures of leaders and other members of the Church in the past, and tragically as we now realise still today, it is important that the Church continue to follow clear protocols. In his pastoral letter Bishop Norton asks some important questions: “How could such a proud, caring and determined diocese that features such remarkable communities and people be home to such a betrayal of trust? How could our diocesan leadership be involved in such heartless events?” These are questions not just for the diocese of Broome but for all of us in the Church in Australia." Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB

❗️Statement by the Broome Catholic Diocese in Western Australia: We wish to acknowledge the verdict handed down in the Perth District Court with respect to multiple charges against the former bishop, Christopher Saunders. Most importantly, our diocese acknowledges the courage of victims, survivors and other witnesses who came forward to express their truth. They showed extraordinary resilience and commitment through a long and difficult process. They deserved to be heard with compassion and treated with dignity. We are deeply sorry for the hurt they have experienced. We are sorry for the shame they have endured. We are sorry that it has taken so long for their voices to be heard and for their pain to be acknowledged. We will do all we can to reach out to them for hope and healing. We are acutely aware that the victims of this betrayal are not just those who have told their stories to police and before the court. Trust has been broken and wounds of betrayal and division have been exposed across the diocese. The hurt extends to those who have placed their trust in our leadership and our Church. Many who have served their parishes and their communities selflessly have been left with difficult questions and unresolved feelings. How could such a proud, caring and determined diocese that features such remarkable communities and people be home to such a betrayal of trust? How could our diocesan leadership be involved in such heartless events? Bishop Tim Norton SVD Bishop of Broome