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Several US Warships Reportedly Transit Strait Of Hormuz As Pakistan Talks Led By Vance Start With Indirect Format Summary:  Axios reporting that 'several' US Navy warships crossed the Hormuz Strait on Saturday without coordination with Tehran in a huge, surprising development. Peace talks in Pakistan begin in indirect format, led by Vance and on Iran side - Ghalibaf, Arachchi. Saturday sees more Israeli strikes on Lebanon, with Hezbollah supporting Pakistan talks but rejecting 'separate deal' directly with Israel. Trump on talks and potential bigger future attacks on Iran: "You don’t need a backup plan" as Iran's "military...

While the ceasefire that was extended last week in Lebanon continues to inexplicably be presented as “holding,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered substantial escalation in the Israeli military action in Lebanon’s south, and the amount of strikes seems to be growing substantially over the weekend. At least ten people have been confirmed killed over […]

Google's New CAPTCHA Plans Will Create A Two-Tier Internet Only Accessible To Those With 'Approved' Devices Authored by Dr R P via The Daily Sceptic, Never mind Fancy Bear, or the NSO Group, the biggest threat to the open internet today is from the Big Tech corporations on which it has come to depend. For what else are we to conclude given that Google appears to be working on a system to lock large parts of the internet behind a new form of CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell...