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The Sun
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- The Sun
North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-un weeps over coffins of troops he sent to die in Putin's meatgrinder war in Ukraine
KIM Jong-un wept as he watched himself back draping flags over the coffins of North Korean troops he sent to die on Putin's front-line in Ukraine. Around 12,000 North Koreans were shipped over to fight for Russia - but they were ill-prepared for the battlefield and many were decimated. 7 7 7 Kim hosted a ceremony which remembered the soldiers taken out by Zelensky's brave army - and things got emotional for the tyrant. Thousands of North Koreans stood to attention in the vast auditorium, with Kim in the front row. Images of Kim draping the North Korean flag over soldiers' coffins were broadcast on a giant screen at the front while a huge orchestra played emotional music. Women in long dresses sang passionately and there was even a harp player stationed on the stage. Kim draped flags over at least six coffins, and could be seen resting his hands on them in reflection. Watching the scenes back, the dictator's eyes shone with emotion. Other members of the audience - which reportedly included North Korean and Russian soldiers - were also visibly moved. The state-run Korea Central News Agency hailed the gala for reaffirming the "ties of friendship and the genuine internationalist obligation between the peoples and armies of the two countries that were forged at the cost of blood. The event was attended by Russia's culture minster Olga Lyubimov, who was visiting the Hermit Kingdom to mark the first anniversary of the strategic partnership treaty. Signed last June by Putin and Kim, it included a mutual defence pact - guaranteeing they will protect one another. North Korea's 'Benidorm' to FINALLY open next week as tyrant Kim Jong-Un cuts ribbon - and Brits have signed up to visit The treaty is believed to have majorly ramped up co-operation between the nations. Moscow is understood to be providing Pyongyang with vital military technology - including blueprints for missile guidance systems and air defence weapons. And after months of speculation, the leaders finally admitted that North Korean troops had fought for Russia. Kim's men were first reported to be in Russia back in October, and the following month there was strong evidence of them on the battlefield. 7 7 7 They fought alongside Putin's men mainly in the Kursk region - an area of Russia which Ukraine took in a surprise incursion. Thousands of the North Koreans died, with analysts suggesting they were not prepared for the modern style of drone warfare. However, it was admitted that the Korean soldiers were ultimately instrumental in Russia winning back the land in March this year. As the rotten partnership blooms, North Korea is expected to send another 6,000 troops over to Russia later this summer. The military assistance has been slammed by concerned nations, including South Korea and Japan. Officials in Seoul have raised concerns that it violates UN sanctions on North Korea. 7
Telegraph
an hour ago
- Telegraph
The frontline in the war against Hamas is no longer in the Middle East
Militarily, Israel's campaign against some of the nastiest, most cunning terrorist forces that ever existed has been pretty darn successful. The IDF has torn through the heart of Hamas's power structure, killing off its thugs one by one, from Yahya Sinwar to Hakham Muhammad Issa Al-Issa, the military chief and October 7 mastermind who was reportedly eliminated this week. The Israelis have largely neutered Hezbollah, destroying vast numbers of its rockets and taking out much of its leadership. Bashar al-Assad is now a distant memory, and Jerusalem used the opportunity of his regime's collapse to wipe out large quantities of Syrian armaments. With its proxies humbled or gone, Iran was humiliated by Israel's aerial assault. The extent of the damage to the Iranian nuclear programme is disputed, but nobody can surely deny that the ayatollahs' ability to harm Israel and the West has been degraded. Unfortunately, on the other front in the war against Hamas, the enemy is global, worsening, and there is no end in sight. That is because in the case of Hamas's useful idiots in the West, the enemy lies within. It lies in seminar rooms, on campuses, in hospitals, schools, on the streets, and obviously all over our culture, as the 'death to the IDF' chants at Glastonbury make clear. This, of course, is only the real-world manifestation of an intifada already globalised on TikTok. There are daily reminders, each more ghoulish than the last, of how the enemies of freedom and justice are gliding to victory on this front, fuelling and, amazingly, lending legitimacy and momentum to a public, murderous passion against Israeli (and non-Israeli) Jews. Witness the reports of the treatment of Noa Argamani, one of the Israeli hostages kidnapped from the Nova music festival and rescued by Israeli forces in June last year, at an event in Canada the other day. She shared a post on X, stating that members of the University of Windsor's Palestinian solidarity group had surrounded a Jewish fundraiser she was attending, 'blocking the only entrance and shouting at Jewish attendees'. In a clip, a voice is heard shouting: 'Hamas is coming'. Argamani keeps a brave face. She says she will not let 'terror sympathisers control the narrative' but unfortunately no amount of right gets in the way of a world drunk, not for the first time, on wrong. Somehow, ferocious periods of moral and actual violence like the one we are in always seem to have Jewish lives as the punchline. There is something eerily familiar about it all. Hamas came. Hamas kidnapped me. Hamas murdered my friends. But I won; I survived. Now, I speak for those who can't. I'll keep exposing Hamas' crimes and fighting for the hostages' release—including my partner, Avinatan. I refuse to let terror sympathizers control the narrative. — Noa Argamani (@ArgamaniNoa) June 28, 2025 Efforts to defeat this hydra also appear to be failing. No sooner did Trump try to deport Mahmoud Khalil, Columbia University's pro-Palestinian activist, than he became the darling of the Left. I reckon we can expect a mayoral candidacy from him in future, should the likely tenure of Zohran Mamdani as the next mayor of New York, another man shot to prominence on the back of his criticism of Israel, ever come to an end. Outside of Gaza, in the streets of US cities, where Jews and Israelis until recently did not feel especially unsafe, the war is most decidedly hot, and literal, not figurative. If you were in any doubt about that, recall the fatal shooting of the Israeli embassy workers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim last month, followed by shouts of 'I did it for Palestine' by the alleged killer. Who can seriously say that such a horrifying act of evil will never happen again? Israel will never accept terror against its own people. It has proved that with devastating effectiveness in the time since October 7. The difference with the West is becoming ever more stark.
Sky News
an hour ago
- Sky News
British-Israeli soldier killed while fighting in Gaza
Why you can trust Sky News A British-Israeli soldier has been killed while fighting in Gaza. He was named by the IDF as Sergeant Yisrael Natan Rosenfeld, 20, from the city of Ra'anana. Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis said he was "heartbroken" to learn of the death of the soldier, who grew up in Hendon, northwest London, before moving to Israel with his family. "We mourn his loss together with his parents, Avi and Sam, his family, and all who knew and loved him," he said in a post on X. "May his memory be for a blessing, and may we soon see the day when no more families will endure such sorrow." The IDF soldier, who served in the 601st Combat Engineering Battalion, was killed by an explosive device on Sunday, the Times of Israel reported. The paper said Mr Rosenfeld moved to Israel from London with his family 11 years ago. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said it is "looking into reports that an IDF soldier who died in combat in Gaza is a British national". More than 860 Israeli soldiers have been killed since Israel's war against Hamas began on 7 October 2023, more than 400 of them during the fighting in Gaza. The war began when the militant group launched an attack on Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostage. Israel's offensive in Gaza has devastated the enclave and killed around 56,500 people, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians and combatants, but says more than half of the dead are women and children. It came as Donald Trump called for progress in ceasefire talks in the war between Israel and Hamas. "MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!!" the US president wrote on social media on Sunday. On Friday, Mr Trump raised expectations by claiming there could be an agreement within the next week.
