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According to a report, Russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops and military equipment along the Ukraine border. Reportedly, Russia have demanded nato do not further expand to the east, barring Ukraine and Georgia from joining them. According to the report, both nato and the eu said they believe a sovereign state should have the freedom to choose their security alliances. Reportedly, the conflict erupted in 2014 when Russia took over the Crimean peninsula.

According to a report, the government have set up a commission to explore the high turnover of staff in the Irish defence forces. The report, which is due for publication this week was to examine the nature of the work and make reccomendations, but there are strong concerns among serving officers that the report won’t directly address the issue.

Reportedly, hunger is rampant in Afgahnistan where billions of dollars in state assets have been frozen.

According to a report, many formerly westernised officials have left their posts leading to a lack of qualified people.

According to a report, Ireland hope to ascertain a landing zone for northern Ireland protocol before the February elections in northern Ireland. Constructive talks are hoped for with regard to all parties, though the uk have refused to rule out invoking article 16, described as a process to unilateral action. The protocol currently allows the free movement of goods between northern and southern Ireland.

According to a report, Digital 9, an extensive multinational have agreed to purchase Tetra from eir who are now owned by British telecom.

Tetra Ireland which was commissioned by the Irish government operates a secure communications network used by emergency services.

According to a report, Russia have refused to rule out a deployment of Russian troops to Cuba and Venezuela if the u.s. and allies don’t stop military activity around the Ukraine. Reportedly, the military base in Guantanamo Bay has 8,500 u.s. sailors and marines stationed there. The Guantamano province, situated in the south east of the country is surrounded by steep hills which isolates it. It has been the subject of controversy, being a site for torture and mistreatment pertaining to the Gulf wars. According to a report, the u.s. secured control of the area under a 1903 lease.

Reportedly, in 2020 there was a failed u.s. attempt to oust president Nicolas Maduro. According to a report, there have been allegations of u.s. interference for some time, including coup attempts. Reportedly, Venezuela has the world’s largest proven oil reserves.

Reportedly, there were a number of accusations that the murder of solicitor Pat Finucane in February 1989 was the result of collusion between security forces and the Ulster defence association.

According to the report, John Stevens, then deputy commisioner of the metropolitan police returned to northern Ireland to launch an enquiry into Pat Finucane’s murder and allegations from British-Irish Rights Watch. The third report which was presented to the police service northern Ireland in 2003 concluded that with regard to the murder of Pat Finucane there had been a collusion between British security forces intelligence and the uda.

According to the report, in 1987 Brian Nelson a former member of the Ulster defence association returned to northern Ireland to rejoin the uda. Reportedly, he was paid £200 per week for supplying army intelligence with a list of possible targets and became head of the uda’s intelligence gathering activities.

According to the report, the murder of Loughlin Maggin in August 1989 was due to information supplied to the Ulster freedom fighters from the security forces. Reportedly, a number of other cases were examined, thought to be the result of collusion.

According to the report, the room within an ruc station in Belfast, used for enquiries into the collusion of British army forces and paramilitary groups was destroyed by fire, not thought to be a coincidence and never properly investigated.

According to a report, a new social justice publication suggests a number of reccomendations across various housing policy areas with a view to housing for all, the government’s new housing plan,  though only one proposal has so far been innitiated, a commision on housing which met for the first time this week.

According to reports, with regard to the rental market, the housing assistance payment and the rental accommodation scheme fails to facilitate a fair and reasonable rent, costs the government greviously and is no substitute for the building of affordable council type housing.

According to a report, german police have been the subject of criticism for using a covid 19 contact tracing app to track down witnesses in a local crime case.

With regard to uk data protection laws and the sharing of information by local and national bureaus, though it goes on, legalities have been used as an excuse not to ascertain a person’s innocence with regard to alleged benefit fraud.

Conversely, according to a report, phone data was accepted as evidence in the case of a man accused of abducting Kevin Lunney on the basis of alleged possibilities relating to a series of phone calls that might be suspicious, though no evidence.

According to a report, last year the French created an agency to combat misinformation and fake news. Reportedly, press freedom in France was established with laws against defamation and hate speech in an 1881 law.

According to a report, a publication released Tuesday made a series of reccomendations, including teaching children to question what they perceive in social media, highlighted as a probable medium of misinformation.

From the 1980’s independent newspapers, that is those free of government interests began to be singled out, targeted and infiltrated. Now, social media is the new threat to authoratative regimes. Reportedly, since 2018 Facebook Meta’s vice president for global affairs and communications is sir Nick Clegg, former leader of the Liberal democrats in Britain. According to a report, Nick deals with any complaints or dissent thought to be from authoratative regimes. Reportedly, Facebook Meta has been receiving a lot of unwarrented criticism.