Iran fears attacks on its territory
Iran's military authorities ordered the installation of advanced systems to prevent attacks in 51 cities, due to concern in the Islamic Republic about foreign attacks on its territory.
These are computerized systems that allow "detection and tracking of threats around the clock according to the type of threat and risk", as confirmed today (Saturday) by the Iranian Deputy Minister of Defense, General Mehdi Farahi.
"These days, depending on the strength of the countries, the way of fighting has become more complicated," explained the official.
The president of Iran presents the new air defense system, photo: AP
In recent years, Iran has been accusing the West and Israel in particular of carrying out cyber attacks on facilities and infrastructure in its territory, as well as sabotaging nuclear tensions.
At the same time, there has been a recent increase in suspicious actions against targets in Iran: since May, a series of incidents have taken place on the soil of the Islamic Republic, actions that have led to the mysterious deaths of several scientists and officers associated with the Revolutionary Guards' aviation and space unit.
Iran's new air defense system, photo: AFP
While shooting in the air: Police officers rescued themselves after being attacked at a nature party
Israel Police officers arrived at the illegal event that took place yesterday (Friday) early in the morning near the settlement of Migdal.
Dozens of young people participated in the nature party, some drunk and drugged.
The police located the organizers of the party, stopped the party and detained the organizers for questioning.
Policemen rescued themselves while shooting in the air after being attacked at a nature party in the north
The police said that when the officers searched the area to see if there were any young people in need of medical attention and to inform the participants that the party had been stopped, they noticed a young man who aroused their suspicion.
During his arrest, some of the young people started rioting and throwing objects and stones at the police.
Four young men who rioted and disturbed the police were arrested and an investigation was opened in order to locate other participants in the riot.
A 16-year-old was arrested on suspicion of running over a 4-year-old girl in Tel Aviv
A 16-year-old was arrested today (Saturday) on suspicion of running over a 4-year-old girl while riding an electric bicycle at the Tel Aviv port on Friday.
According to the suspicion, the boy rode at high speed and hit the girl, who was there with her father.
The boy hit the girl hard, threw her and fled the scene.
She was referred to the Ichilov Hospital suffering from a broken jaw.
Due to the injury, she was put into surgery.
Tel Aviv Port (archive), photo: Coco
The police officers of the traffic unit of the Yarkon area started an investigation in order to locate the offending boy.
On Saturday afternoon, he was located near his home in Tel Aviv and arrested.
The girl's father said: "We were buying a drink at a kiosk and suddenly three boys on electric bikes rode in front of us at a speed of 50 km/h.
One of them hit my daughter in the face.
She flew through the air and he fell too.
He got up and they ran away.
It's morally low to get up and run away after they saw she was injured."
Farewell to Gorbachev:
The final farewell to the former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, was held this morning (Saturday) in the Moscow cemetery without a state ceremony, and without the presence of President Vladimir Putin.
However, thousands of Russians passed his open coffin and laid a wreath as a mark of respect.
The funeral ceremony of Mikhail Gorbachev, photo: Reuters
Already in the morning, crowds gathered at the House of Unions in the Russian capital, a hall that was previously used for farewell ceremonies for senior Soviet officials, including Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin.
As mentioned, the Kremlin refused to make Gorbachev's death a state event, even though it had several signs that mentioned it, such as an honor guard and access to the general public.
Crowds on their way to the funeral ceremony of Mikhail Gorbachev, photo: IPA
Among those separated from Gorbachev is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, one of Putin's main allies, who surprisingly arrived on the scene together with a delegation from his country.
The Kremlin stated that the two do not intend to hold an official meeting.
As you may recall, the Russian president was unable to attend due to "schedule constraints", Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last Thursday.
Mikhail Gorbachev's daughter at her father's funeral in Moscow, photo: Reuters
Russia stops the gas pipeline to Germany
Russia's announcement came yesterday (Friday) after three days of shutting down the main direct gas supply pipeline to Germany - and from it to other countries in Western Europe, "Nordstream 1", for the purpose of "technical tests, the Russian energy concern "Gazprom" decided not to resume the operation of the pipeline due to "Oil leak" in one of the pipeline facilities near the city of St. Petersburg - until an unknown date.
A gas facility of the Russian "Gazprom" company, photo: AFP
This is not the first time that Russia has stopped supplying gas to Germany for "technical reasons".
In the corridors of the German government in Berlin, no one buys these "technical" excuses.
It is clear to the Germans that Moscow is using the gas supply weapon as political punitive measures for their political, military and economic support to Ukraine and their support for imposing strict sanctions on the Russian economy.
Europe is energetically dependent on Russian gas.
"Gazprom" in Germany, photo: I.P.I
Trouble in space: the launch to the moon has been postponed once again
For the second time, the launch of the shuttle "Artemis 1" of the American space agency (NASA) has been postponed once again after a leak was discovered in one of the hydrogen tanks. The launch of the shuttle "Artemis 1" of the American space agency (NASA) has been postponed once again after a leak was discovered in one from the hydrogen tanks.
The #Artemis I mission to the Moon has been postponed.
Teams attempted to fix an issue related to a leak in the hardware transferring fuel into the rocket, but were unsuccessful.
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"The crews tried to fix a problem related to a leak in the hardware that transfers fuel into the rocket, but were unsuccessful," NASA announced this evening (Saturday) about three hours before the planned launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
There is still no certainty regarding the new date for the launch, the historic event that is expected to return humanity to the moon 50 years after the end of the "Apollo" project, as this also depends on various factors and, above all, on the weather conditions.
Additional delays.
Artemis 1, photo: AFP
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