Christian Thiels
@christianthiels.bsky.social
Civil Servant in Defence 🇩🇪 | he/him | 4mer Journalist & Spoxperson | No official German MoD account | personal views only | RP&FAV ≠ I agree
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Nature lover & ambitious (but rather amateurish) wildlife photographer Nikon D850/D5600
95%Vegan
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Good morning to a satisfactory Saturday everybody. The mist on the water of our lake makes for a truly magical impression - may your day have a little magic in it as well.
[📷Nikon D850 f/16,0 1/1000 24mm ISO 400]
[📷Nikon D850 f/16,0 1/1000 24mm ISO 400]
"As COP30 is underway in Belem, Brazil, the disastrous consequences of environmental crimes are visible across the Amazon. This highlights an oft-overlooked fact in the fight to combat a warming world: Tackling organized crime is also key to safeguarding the climate."
DW
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DW
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COP30: How Brazilian crime cartels undermine climate efforts – DW – 11/15/2025
Illegal logging, gold mining, and drug trafficking: Organized crime in Brazil is sabotaging efforts to combat global warming. This issue has long been overlooked at climate conferences. Is that finall...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:35 PM
"As COP30 is underway in Belem, Brazil, the disastrous consequences of environmental crimes are visible across the Amazon. This highlights an oft-overlooked fact in the fight to combat a warming world: Tackling organized crime is also key to safeguarding the climate."
DW
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DW
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"President Donald Trump has said he believes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s days are numbered, and that land strikes inside Venezuela are possible."
@cnn.com
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Trump likely to face long military commitment and chaos if he ousts Maduro in Venezuela, experts say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has said he believes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s days are numbered, and that land strikes inside Venezuela are possible.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
"President Donald Trump has said he believes Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s days are numbered, and that land strikes inside Venezuela are possible."
@cnn.com
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Good morning to a satisfactory Saturday everybody. The mist on the water of our lake makes for a truly magical impression - may your day have a little magic in it as well.
[📷Nikon D850 f/16,0 1/1000 24mm ISO 400]
[📷Nikon D850 f/16,0 1/1000 24mm ISO 400]
November 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Good morning to a satisfactory Saturday everybody. The mist on the water of our lake makes for a truly magical impression - may your day have a little magic in it as well.
[📷Nikon D850 f/16,0 1/1000 24mm ISO 400]
[📷Nikon D850 f/16,0 1/1000 24mm ISO 400]
ICYMI: "Germany's 2026 budget has cleared a key hurdle. Among the big items are pensions, an overhaul of the German armed services and more support for Ukraine. The plan now faces a final vote in parliament." DW
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German government agrees on record debt for 2026 – DW – 11/14/2025
Germany's 2026 budget has cleared a key hurdle. Among the big items are pensions, an overhaul of the German armed services and more support for Ukraine. The plan now faces a final vote in parliament.
www.dw.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
ICYMI: "Germany's 2026 budget has cleared a key hurdle. Among the big items are pensions, an overhaul of the German armed services and more support for Ukraine. The plan now faces a final vote in parliament." DW
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"Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this."
@theguardian.com
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@theguardian.com
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Orbán’s claims of Trump summit triumph mask growing doubts over his grip on power
Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:26 AM
"Embattled Hungarian leader says he won an indefinite reprieve from sanctions on oil and gas from Russia, but the US has since disputed this."
@theguardian.com
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@theguardian.com
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"A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv on Friday, killing six people in one apartment block, attacks that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as a 'heinous' bid to spread terror"
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Russia strike on Kyiv apartment block kills six, Ukraine says
A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv on Friday, killing six people in one apartment block, attacks that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as a "heinous" bid to spread terror. A Russia...
www.yahoo.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 AM
"A barrage of Russian missiles hit Kyiv on Friday, killing six people in one apartment block, attacks that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky denounced as a 'heinous' bid to spread terror"
@en.afp.com
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"The world's climate leaders are conceding that Earth's warming will shoot past a hard limit they set a decade ago in hopes of keeping the planet out of a danger zone. But they're not conceding defeat."
@euronews.com
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@euronews.com
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What would an 'overshoot' of 1.5°C mean for the planet?
Scientists warn of tipping points as temperatures push past safe limits,
but leaders stress action could still bring the planet back under 1.5°C.
www.euronews.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"The world's climate leaders are conceding that Earth's warming will shoot past a hard limit they set a decade ago in hopes of keeping the planet out of a danger zone. But they're not conceding defeat."
@euronews.com
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@euronews.com
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"Only 29% of Americans support using the U.S. military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved, a rebuke of President Donald Trump's strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, a @reuters.com /Ipsos poll found."
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November 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"Only 29% of Americans support using the U.S. military to kill suspected drug traffickers without a judge or court being involved, a rebuke of President Donald Trump's strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean, a @reuters.com /Ipsos poll found."
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"President Donald Trump has withdrawn all support for Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a firebrand conservative who long supported Trump's agenda but recently criticised several of his policies."
@bbcnews-world-rss.bsky.social
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Trump targets longtime MAGA ally Marjorie Taylor Greene
The Georgia congresswoman has criticised Trump's focus on foreign policy and handling of Jeffrey Epstein files.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"President Donald Trump has withdrawn all support for Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, a firebrand conservative who long supported Trump's agenda but recently criticised several of his policies."
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Bernard Arie Cohen, a boy of six years, brutally murdered by German Nazis like an estimated 1.5 million children. Many of the villains were fathers (and some mothers) themselves. Never forget: We're always just one step away from barbary.
15 November 1937 | A Dutch Jewish boy, Bernard Arie Cohen, was born in Den Bosch.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 10 February 1944 in a transport of 1,015 Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands. He was among 800 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
He arrived at #Auschwitz on 10 February 1944 in a transport of 1,015 Jews deported from the German-occupied Netherlands. He was among 800 of them murdered in gas chambers after the selection.
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Bernard Arie Cohen, a boy of six years, brutally murdered by German Nazis like an estimated 1.5 million children. Many of the villains were fathers (and some mothers) themselves. Never forget: We're always just one step away from barbary.
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
November 14, 2025 Ukraine
Situation report - @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and @criticalthreats.bsky.social
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Situation report - @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and @criticalthreats.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 8:12 AM
November 14, 2025 Ukraine
Situation report - @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and @criticalthreats.bsky.social
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Situation report - @thestudyofwar.bsky.social and @criticalthreats.bsky.social
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"Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era"
@the-independent.com
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How to fight in ‘hell’: Ukraine veterans say Nato not ready for war with Russia
Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"Frontline medics and soldiers near Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine tell World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley how Nato is far from ready for war with Russia - and is training for a bygone era"
@the-independent.com
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"Russian Partial Battlefield Air Interdiction Enabled Recent Russian Advances in Pokrovsk."
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November 14, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"Russian Partial Battlefield Air Interdiction Enabled Recent Russian Advances in Pokrovsk."
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My latest piece → Germany will make another at least €150 million available to finance an additional PURL package for #Ukraine. Previously, $500 million had already been made available. Details on this and the PURL mechanism in general in the article.
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Germany co-finances another PURL package for Ukraine | GAU
Germany will make another €150 million available to finance an additional PURL package to aid the Ukrainian army with US-made armaments.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"The convicted sex offender Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Bannon during an 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media ventures."
@theguardian.com
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@theguardian.com
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Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging
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November 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
"The convicted sex offender Epstein apparently served as a behind-the-scenes adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Bannon during an 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda, and to promote Bannon’s media ventures."
@theguardian.com
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"A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream."
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London judge finds global mining company BHP Group liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster
A London judge has ruled that BHP Group is liable for Brazil’s worst environmental disaster. The disaster occurred when a dam collapsed 10 years ago and released toxic waste into a major river.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
"A London judge ruled Friday that global mining company BHP Group is liable in Brazil’s worst environmental disaster when a dam collapse a decade ago unleashed tons of toxic waste into a major river, killing 19 people and devastating villages downstream."
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"The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologising for a misleading edit of one of his speeches, but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit."
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For misleading edit: BBC says sorry to Trump, but rejects defamation claim
The BBC has apologised to Donald Trump for a misleading edit of his speech but insists it gives no basis for his threatened $1 billion defamation claim.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"The BBC said Thursday that its chairman had sent a letter to US President Donald Trump apologising for a misleading edit of one of his speeches, but rejected that it was grounds for a defamation lawsuit."
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"Germany's lower house of parliament passed two bills late on Thursday aimed at lowering electricity prices, which are among the highest in Europe and are a burden on industry and the wider economy."
@reuters.com
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November 14, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Germany's lower house of parliament passed two bills late on Thursday aimed at lowering electricity prices, which are among the highest in Europe and are a burden on industry and the wider economy."
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"President Donald Trump was briefed this week on options for military operations inside Venezuela as he continues to mull a path forward in the country, four sources told @cnn.com"
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Trump briefed this week on options for military operations in Venezuela | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump was briefed this week on options for military operations inside Venezuela as he continues to mull a path forward in the country, four sources told CNN.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"President Donald Trump was briefed this week on options for military operations inside Venezuela as he continues to mull a path forward in the country, four sources told @cnn.com"
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November 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
"Swiss ministers are in Washington for talks aimed at slashing US President Donald Trump's steep 39% tariffs on Switzerland's exports to the US – the highest rate in Europe."
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Swiss deploy charm offensive in bid to slash crippling Trump tariffs
Swiss business leaders appear to have made progress with a private initiative in which reports say they brought gifts to the Oval Office.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:41 AM
"Swiss ministers are in Washington for talks aimed at slashing US President Donald Trump's steep 39% tariffs on Switzerland's exports to the US – the highest rate in Europe."
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"Kyiv was hit by a wave of overnight Russian drones and missiles that continued into early Friday, damaging buildings and causing fires across the city, killing one and injuring at least 26 people."
@euronews.com
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One killed and dozens injured in massive Russian attack on Kyiv
Kyiv was hit by a wave of overnight Russian drones and missiles that continued into early Friday, damaging buildings and causing fires across the city, killing one and injuring at least 26 people.
www.euronews.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
"Kyiv was hit by a wave of overnight Russian drones and missiles that continued into early Friday, damaging buildings and causing fires across the city, killing one and injuring at least 26 people."
@euronews.com
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