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Since 2022, Orban's strategy has relied exclusively on using international alliances, specifically with the MAGA movement, to project domestic strength.

But as the domestic crisis deepens, this strategy is hitting a wall. Foreign policy, no matter how high-level, struggles to maintain the attention of a public worried about the collapse of the healthcare system and the rising cost of living.

Vance's visit also seemed like a piece of consolation.

Earlier in the campaign, government officials hinted that Donald Trump himself might travel to Hungary for CPAC at the end of March. Such a visit would have carried immense symbolic weight. Vance remains only a secondary figure in the eyes of the Hungarian public. Arriving in the final week of an intense campaign, his presence felt inappreciable.

The U.S. President himself could only muster a long, lazy post on his platform Truth Social, in which he called upon voters to cast their ballots for his "true friend, fighter, and winner" Orban.

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London (AFP) – Britain indicated Saturday it is shelving plans to return the Chagos Islands -- which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base -- to Mauritius, after US President Donald Trump strongly criticised the deal.

Britain struck a deal with Mauritius last year to hand back the Indian Ocean islands to its former colony and pay to lease Diego Garcia, the largest island, home to the military base, for a century.

Trump condemned the return agreement as "an act of great stupidity" and on Saturday British media reported that Prime Minister Keir Starmer's government would drop legislation needed to put the deal into effect.

A former top government official said London had been effectively forced to abandon the plan as a result of Trump's opposition.

"When the president of the United States is openly hostile, the government has to rethink, so this agreement... will go into the deep freeze for the time being," Simon McDonald, previously the most senior civil servant in the Foreign Office, told BBC radio.

Downing Street said in a statement: "We have always said we would only proceed with the deal if it has US support."

Starmer's office issued the statement in response to reports that legislation underpinning the deal to return the Indian Ocean archipelago to Mauritius was due to run out of time in parliament and that no new Chagos bill would be brought forward.

The Mauritian foreign minister, Dhananjay Ramful, vowed Saturday to reclaim the islands, which lie some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles) northeast of Mauritius.

"We will spare no effort to seize any diplomatic or legal avenue to complete the decolonisation process in this part of the Indian Ocean," Ramful said at an Indian Ocean Conference.

"This is a matter of justice."

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Police in northern Japan have returned a rifle to a veteran hunter who lost his gun permit after shooting a brown bear at a city's request. His right to possess a firearm was recently restored by the Supreme Court. ……

Just sad it took 7 years and many bear attacks for this result.

A 40dB. survey reveals deep pessimism about the planet’s future and sharp divisions over military spending

Archived version: https://archive.is/20260410212553/https://english.elpais.com/spain/2026-04-10/spaniards-see-trump-as-the-greatest-threat-to-world-peace-ahead-of-putin.html

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Two days before Hungary's elections, over 100,000 people gathered in Budapest for a concert urging citizens to vote out Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://apnews.com/article/hungary-orban-concert-election-3a054035c8a6bc9ddc52d2cb5b583f41

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Israel plans to permanently control the West Bank through domination and oppression — it believes it is exempt from international law

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-news/2026/04/10/west-bank-israel-approve/

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Israel's Netanyahu accused Spain of waging a 'diplomatic war' against Israel.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2026/4/10/netanyahu-removes-spain-from-gaza-coordination-centre-over-hostility

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The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has risen to 1,953, with 6,303 injured, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Friday, Anadolu reports.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260410-death-toll-from-israeli-attacks-on-lebanon-since-march-2-rises-to-1953/

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For 50 days out of a year, an average U.S. worker’s income taxes were wholly paid toward militarism.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://truthout.org/articles/the-average-us-taxpayer-spent-4049-on-war-and-weapons-last-year/

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If the US lifts sanctions on Iran, that will open the path to fee payments, which shippers will gladly pay amid sky-high oil and freight prices

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/game-how-iran-can-get-its-toll-strait-hormuz

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Hundreds of media workers have been killed by Israel during its all out muti-front aggression across West Asia during the past two and a half years.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/10/israel-assassinates-three-media-workers-in-one-day-in-gaza-and-lebanon/

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The law sets rules for the extraction of gold and strategic minerals with a focus on ensuring the country's sovereignty

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://peoplesdispatch.org/2026/04/10/venezuela-approves-mining-law-to-attract-foreign-investment-under-state-control/

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Officials say attackers opened fire near the village of Deh Mehri in Herat.

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The death toll from Israel’s massive, 10-minute blitz on Lebanon on Wednesday has surpassed 300 people.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://truthout.org/articles/trump-reportedly-agreed-to-include-lebanon-in-ceasefire-but-lied-about-it-anyway/

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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has issued a landmark decree to establish a Universal Health Service, initiating a process to ensure all 120 million citizens can access any public medical institution. The first phase begins April 13 with the rollout of a new Universal Health Credential, starting with citizens aged 85 and older. This unified digital and physical platform aims to eventually streamline care across facilities like the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), the Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE), and IMSS-Bienestar.

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Police are investigating whether the attack was politically motivated.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.politico.eu/article/attack-oil-pipeline-italy-threatened-fuel-supplies-across-southern-germany/

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For nearly four centuries, Canada lived in a rare, strategic luxury, without having to worry about the security of its borders.

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Canada shared its borders only with the friendly US, two oceans – the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean, Greenland, and the Arctic’s ‘no-man land’.

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This geographic luxury meant that, for centuries, Canada never truly had to think like a hard military power. The Arctic was frozen, impassable, and largely irrelevant. The South was friendly. The threats were distant.

It enjoyed what is referred to as the “peace dividend”.

However, in 2026, this illusion is disappearing fast. The Arctic is melting, and the South is no longer friendly.

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Russia is expanding its Arctic footprint. China calls itself a ‘near Arctic power’. The US is showing renewed interest in dominating the Arctic, with Greenland serving as just one piece of the Arctic jigsaw puzzle.

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Climate change, [Chief of the Defense Staff General Jennie] Carignan said, has brought seismic changes, and it is crucial for Canada to “position itself differently” to “ensure that we are in control and taking responsibility for our defense.”

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At the same time, Canada needs to diversify its supply chains, as it has been too reliant on the US for procuring weapons ... While European countries are focusing on “buy European” under the “Rearm Europe” program, an over US$850 billion rearmament program to strengthen European defense, Canada is enhancing its defense partnerships with the EU.

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However, Carignan said that “sustained and stable investments over the next 10–15 years” are necessary to carry out these transformation and modernization efforts.

Canada aims to invest CAN $500 billion in defense over the next 10 years.

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Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned Canada in March that Arctic militarization could lead to ‘unintentional incidents’ in the region.

The statement was Russia’s “signal” that it wants to be taken into account as other Arctic nations build up their military capacities in the North, says Alison LeClaire, Canada’s former ambassador to Russia.

In the meantime, Canada is continuing to “monitor developments and take steps to deter threats to allied security,” said Thida Ith, spokesperson for Global Affairs Canada, in an emailed response to Zakharova’s statement.

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Russia and China pose the most significant threat to Canada’s interests in the Arctic, says Canadian Armed Forces Maj.-Gen. Michael Wright.

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From 2014 to 2019, Russia established 14 airfields, six military bases, refurbished 16 Soviet-era deepwater ports, and established 10 border posts in the Arctic according to the Arctic Institute, a U.S.-based think tank.

Russia’s intelligence services have engaged in “foreign interference activities” in Canada’s Arctic, according to a 2024 report from CSIS, Canada’s spy agency.

The report didn’t specify what those activities are, but said the agency is working to “counter threats posed by the Russian Federation towards Canada’s Arctic sovereignty.”

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Here is the original report: Disinformation diplomacy: How malign actors are seeking to undermine democracy

"The information environment is increasingly being weaponised by malign state actors such as Russia, China and Iran and non-state actors like Daesh to sow distrust, undermine cohesion, and erode confidence in democratic institutions and norms," UK lawmakers warn in a report.

"Although this threat is not a new phenomenon, the scale and sophistication of foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI) is increasingly recognised as an existential threat to democratic societies."

The report presents particularly Russia as a clear threat for the UK and transatlantic security.

"Russia’s behaviour is that of a state at war against the West, and this will not change whilst Putin is in power. Therefore, it is vital that the Government ensures the UK and its allies harden their information ecosystems to make them an impenetrable and unattractive target of Russian interference."

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China is a multifaceted actor who is known to utilise a diverse toolkit including foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), economic coercion, transnational repression, and cyber-attacks to conduct foreign interference. In comparison to Russia, the Chinese approach to FIMI is more institutionalised and heavily invested in information laundering official Chinese Communist Party narratives to achieve, as James Kynge Senior Research Fellow for China and the World at Chatham House explained, President Xi Jinping’s “telling China’s story well” mantra.36 This approach seeks to emphasise Chinese successes, diminish negative content, and push Beijing friendly framing of issues of concern.

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The report mentions, among others, disinformation campaigns like Russia's Doppelganger or China's Spamouflage.

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Social media companies, should be required to make algorithms transparent to the public for research and to produce annual reports on disinformation.

"We also considered evidence from social media companies, given their potential central role in limiting the dissemination of FIMI. We remain dissatisfied with their actions to combat foreign interference and the lack of transparency around algorithmic systems that can be exploited by malign actors. We call on the Government to amend the Online Safety Act 2023 to ensure social media companies are required to provide algorithmic transparency to safeguard against manipulation."

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Whilst lawmakers recognise the wider pressures on public spending, they call on the UK Government "to increase its coordination with European and other allies."

"We therefore call on the Government to enhance its public communications and establish a centralised National Counter Disinformation Centre to improve coordination and response. This approach would complement international examples from allies like Sweden’s Psychological Defence Agency, Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation and France’s Vigilance and Protection against Foreign Digital Interference service (VIGINUM)."

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“Although people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait live under different systems, we will respect each other and move towards each other,” Cheng said, adding: “We will seek systemic solutions to prevent and avoid war.”

Both Xi and Cheng said they would uphold the 1992 Consensus and opposed Taiwan’s independence

Sir Keir Starmer has compared Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin as he says he is "fed up" with the actions of both leaders driving bill increases for Brits.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/starmer-compares-trump-to-putin-as-he-says-hes-fed-up-with-world-leaders-causing-5HjdXX4_2/

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Pakistan demanded an immediate halt to Israeli strikes on Lebanon as part of the ceasefire terms, as Iran's president said stopping the Lebanon war is a core condition for the truce. Wednesday's Israeli strikes killed 254 and wounded 1,165 in Lebanon.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.kurdistan24.net/en/story/906727/pakistan-demands-immediate-halt-to-israeli-strikes-on-lebanon-as-casualties-near-1500

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