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Full stream ahead! Denmark removes final hurdle for Russian gas pipeline to Europe Denmark has given the green light for the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to pass through its waters. Copenhagen’s delay in granting permission has been the main hurdle to completing the project on time. “The Danish Energy Agency has granted a permit to Nord Stream 2 AG to construct a section of the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipelines on the Danish continental shelf southeast of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea,” the agency said in a press release. It explained that the permit was granted in accordance with Denmark’s obligations under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Also on rt.com Russian gas supply via Nord Stream 2 pipeli...

Turkey and Russia to start patrolling Kurdish areas in northern Syria together on Friday – Erdogan Joint Turkish-Russian patrols will commence later this week as Kurdish forces continue leaving the 20-mile ‘safe zone’ along Syria’s border with Turkey, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. The joint patrols “start on Friday,” Erdogan said in a speech to lawmakers on Wednesday, referring to the deal he struck with Russian leader Vladimir Putin last week. The purpose of the patrols is to maintain security within ‘safe zone’ along the Turkish-Syrian border. The Russian Defense Ministry previously said that the Kurdish forces, who Ankara considers to be terrorists, have left the area through a specially-organized ‘safety corridor.’ They have been replaced...

Human chop shop: Body donation center made Frankenstein cadavers, US Army blew ‘em up A long-awaited court case against a medical research cadaver company has begun, and the grisly details have been laid bare in testimony, including the macabre discovery of a ‘Frankenstein’ torso with another body’s head sewn on. During an FBI raid on the center in 2014, distraught agents discovered tables stacked with dismembered human body parts, refrigerators stuffed with severed legs and heads, and a torso with the head of another cadaver sewn on.  Mark Cwynar, a retired FBI employee, compared the scene to Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein.’  “I personally observed several individuals emotionally upset. Some individuals refused to go back into the scene,” Cwynar clai...

‘Rupublicans’ should fight ‘infair’ impeachment: Trump tweet typos set Resistance tongues wagging again US President Donald Trump has urged his party to push back on the “impeachment nonsense” – but his early morning typos are feeding the trolls and the online ‘Resistance,’ convinced that they will get him this time. Tweeting on Wednesday morning, Trump repeated that the transcript of his July call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was “totally appropriate” and called the Democrat-led impeachment process “just a continuation of the Witch Hunt Hoax” – meaning the debunked Russian collusion conspiracy.  He managed to misspell a few things, however. In the sea of hostile responses every Trump tweet attracts were a few taking issue with ca...

BoJo’s Brexit deal would smash £70bn hole in UK economy - the size of Wales PM Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal would leave the UK £70 billion poorer - the equivalent of around £1,100 per person per year - according to The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NEISR) think tank. Experts at the NEISR decided to assess the economic impact of Johnson’s Brexit proposal agreed with Brussels, following the UK government’s refusal to conduct one themselves. Also on rt.com ‘Time to stuff the Turkey’: UK newspaper front pages react to Christmas election The think tank claims that even if the UK were to strike a free trade agreement with the EU by January 2021, the country’s GDP would be 3.5% smaller each ye...

English striker Ivan Toney asks fans to change below-the-belt chant 'so all of the young supporters can join in too' English League 1 striker Ivan Toney has asked his team's fans to tone down a chant referring to the size of his penis, saying he'd love them to chant something even kids can join in with during matches. Toney has become a huge hit with the fans at London Road, who serenade him with a chant that, among other things, revels in the size of his manhood.  The 23-year-old striker admitted he loves the adoration from the stands, but asked if the fans could tweak the song to make it more family-friendly in upcoming games. Speaking via the team's official club website, Toney explained: “I want to thank the supporters for the way they have bac...

Iran’s Khamenei says US & allies behind public turmoil in Iraq, Lebanon after Hariri resignation The supreme leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, has said the US and its Middle Eastern allies are to blame for the ongoing instability in Iraq and Lebanon. It comes after Lebanese PM Saad Hariri stepped down in response to protests. Khamenei said that mass protests in the two nations, both of which have good relations with Tehran, have been influenced by the US, Israel and “some Western countries.” He claimed the unrest had been funded by “reactionary countries” in the region, a term used by Iranian authorities to describe Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies. The Iranian leader called on protesters to demand action from their respective governments through le...

IDF soldier gets ONE MONTH in prison for ‘disobeying’ order and killing teenage Palestinian protester An Israeli soldier was sentenced to one month in prison after fatally shooting an unarmed Palestinian protester without his commander’s permission during the unrest along the Israeli-Gazan border. A military court ruled on Monday that an IDF service member broke the rules of engagement when he fired at a Palestinian protester, who attempted to climb the Gaza border fence during a protest along the border on July 13, 2018. Palestinian officials identified the protester as 15-year-old Othman Helles and said he died from a gunshot wound to the chest. A video from the scene showed Helles placing both feet on the fence before immediately collapsing on th...