GERMANY - The idea of obtaining nuclear weapons is no longer taboo for German politicians and the military, Russian envoy to Berlin Sergey Nechaev has told RIA Novosti, calling the growing discussions highly concerning. Berlin is in the process of a massive military buildup, planning to spend $582 billion on defense over the next four years, citing the supposed ‘Russian threat’. German officials have set 2029 as the deadline for the armed forces to be “war-ready” for a potential conflict with Russia – which Moscow has dismissed as “nonsense.” Berlin is explicitly barred from developing, producing, or acquiring its own nuclear weapons under the Two Plus Four Treaty which allowed reunification in 1990, as well as the 1969 Non-Proliferation Treaty. However, it hosts dozens of US nuclear weapons on its territory as part of NATO’s nuclear sharing arrangements.

GERMANY - German leaders are pursuing policies reminiscent of Adolf Hitler’s objectives of dominating Europe and inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned. Germany’s military buildup and ambitions go beyond defense, Lavrov told a press conference following his address to the 80th session of the UN General Assembly on Saturday. The foreign minister accused Chancellor Friedrich Merz of seeking to transform Germany back into “the main military machine of Europe,” citing his increasingly militaristic rhetoric. Merz vowed to turn the Bundeswehr into the “strongest conventional army in Europe” in a speech delivered less than a week after the world marked the 80th anniversary of the fall of the Third Reich in May.

GERMANY - German Chancellor Merz has rejected French President Macron’s request for the European Union to issue bonds to pay for stuff France cannot afford. Germany doesn’t want to pay for free stuff for the French government which is deeply in debt. Debt to GDP: Germany 65% - France 120%.

GERMANY - Germany will ban a leader of the AfD party, Björn Höcke, from speaking publicly in a German city. As Sentinel reported in July, Germany’s left-wing leaders were considering a speaking ban on the right-wing AfD party, which is gaining popularity. It is coming to pass. German courts are currently deliberating whether leading Alternative for Germany (AfD) politician Björn Höcke could be hit with a “speaking ban” during a campaign event in the city of Lindenberg im Allgäu. They have freedom of speech in Germany, and everyone can say what they want unless they decide to support extreme right-wing positions. The AfD party is not a Nazi party. They want to close the borders. The German politicians in power are authoritarians and will not let anyone take their power away. In Germany, you have free speech as long as they agree with what you are saying.

USA - For decades, former Congressman and presidential candidate Dr Ron Paul has stood as a lone voice of reason in a Washington DC wilderness of deceit. His prescient warnings about endless wars, the fraudulent Federal Reserve, and the erosion of civil liberties were once dismissed as fringe. Today, they read as the playbook for our present crisis. Now, in a landmark interview with Tucker Carlson, the 90-year-old statesman has delivered his most urgent diagnosis yet: the entrenched political order is terminally ill, and its collapse is imminent. This is not a prediction of mere policy change or electoral shift. It is a forecast of systemic failure, where the very foundations of centralized control — over money, information, and our bodies — are fracturing beyond repair. As Paul told Carlson, "The good news is, the system is going away". This statement is not one of despair, but of liberation. It signifies a critical inflection point where the lies can no longer hold, and the parallel systems built by a freedom-loving citizenry are poised to rise from the rubble.

JAPAN - Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, fresh off an astounding victory in snap elections for the lower house of parliament last week, said on Monday she would like to reopen discussions about amending the Japanese Constitution through a national referendum. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), which was established in 1954, is not mentioned in the current constitution, which was written in 1946. This leaves the Japanese military with an uncertain legal status, especially since Article 9 of the constitution “renounces war” and forbids Japan from maintaining land, sea, or air forces. The JSDF only exists because the Japanese government interpreted Article 9 to mean there could be no standing army, navy, or air force geared toward offensive military operations, but the nation could maintain some purely defensive units as a deterrence to potential attackers. It became difficult to argue that Japan could effectively defend itself with the small, purely defensive, and legally all-but-nonexistent JSDF.

USA - In the unfolding tapestry of our times, disruption is no longer a distant rumor but a palpable reality. Our world is on the cusp of profound transformations that promise to reshape every aspect of life as we know it. The challenges ahead are multifaceted, encompassing economic instability, social unrest, technological control, moral collapse, geopolitical tension, and spiritual deception. Each of these areas presents unique threats, but they are interconnected, amplifying the impact of one another. The convergence of these forces signals a new normal, one that demands our unwavering preparedness and resolute faith. The economic landscape is undergoing seismic shifts. Centralized financial systems, long propped up by fiat currencies, are showing signs of strain. The unprecedented money printing and inflation have eroded the purchasing power of currencies...

GERMANY - California Governor Gavin Newsom called on world leaders attending the Munich Security Conference in Germany to think about a future without President Donald Trump. "I hope if there is nothing else I communicate today: Donald Trump is temporary. He'll be gone in three years," Newsom said. Of Trump, Newsom encouraged leaders to "call this guy out" and stand up to the administration's actions on the climate and beyond. The California governor and potential 2028 presidential candidate was one of several potential White House hopefuls in Munich for the annual summit. At last year's gathering, Vice President JD Vance criticized European allies, accusing them of censoring right-wing political parties and not doing more to stop illegal migration. Since then, Trump's on-again, off-again tariffs, repeated threats to seize Greenland and calls for NATO allies to spend more on security have forced longtime US allies to question American commitments.

IRAN - As the diplomatic channel between the United States and Iran continues, Israel is preparing for war. Jerusalem’s red lines are nowhere near Tehran’s, which refuses even to consider limits on its missile program — the same missiles that caused destruction in Israel during the 12-day war. For Iran, its ballistic missile program is not merely a weapons system but a supreme strategic asset, possibly even more important than its nuclear project, given its proven ability to paralyze Israel’s home front and inflict significant damage despite advanced defense systems. Lessons from the war — in which Israel was forced to manage a “munitions economy” in the face of hundreds of launches, intercepting most of them yet still sustaining heavy damage — reinforced in Tehran the view that Israel is vulnerable to attrition attacks that could deplete its interceptor stockpiles. Because Iran views its missile array as a primary tool of deterrence and decisive force, intelligence assessments conclude it will not relinquish it even under US pressure in negotiations.

ISRAEL - For Jews, it is the site of both the First and Second Temples (destroyed in 586 BCE and 70 CE, respectively), and the holiest site in Judaism. For Muslims, it is the site where Mohammed ascended to heaven on a miraculous trip called Isra’ and Mi’raj (“the night journey and ascension”) and is the third-holiest site after Mecca and Medina. In the past few years, the number of Jews ascending to the Temple Mount has increased dramatically to more than 68,000 in the Hebrew year that ended in September 2025, an increase of 22% over the previous year, according to the Beyadenu activist group.