Moscow’s future combat capabilities will depend on the outcome in Ukraine, Petr Pavel has predicted | NATO regards Russia as the biggest threat in Europe and is preparing for a major conflict, Czech President Petr Pavel said on Wednesday, reiterating that Central European nations would continue to stand by Kiev in its fight with Moscow. ● Speaking at a summit of the Visegrad Group, an informal political club which includes the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, Pavel noted that he did not have the impression that his counterparts had a diametrically opposing view on the Ukraine conflict.

■ Yars ICBM Loaded Into Silo in Russia's Kaluga Region (Sputnik News)

US officials involved in negotiations say the two sides are still working out the “final logistical details” | A hostage exchange deal between Israel and the Hamas militant group will be postponed until Friday, a senior Israeli official has said. The arrangement was originally set to begin on Thursday, with Israeli forces expected to pause operations for four days to allow aid into Gaza. ● Israeli National Security Council Director Tzachi Hanegbi announced the delay in a statement on Wednesday, stressing that the negotiations were still underway and that the deal was set to be finalized. [...] An unnamed Israeli official cited by Haaretz added that the four-day pause to Israel’s military operations would also be delayed, suggesting air and ground raids in Gaza would continue until the deal is officially implemented.

The Israeli occupation targets photojournalist Mohammad Ayyash in his home, killing him and his family in the overnight aggression that resulted in the death of hundreds of Palestinians. | Palestinian Wafa News Agency reported that photojournalist Mohammad Ayyash was martyred, along with a number of his family members, as a result of a raid carried out by the Israeli occupation that targeted his house in the Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip. ● In Gaza, martyr Ayyash is the latest of 63 other journalists that have also been martyred as a result of direct and deliberate Israeli raids in a clear genocidal policy aimed at assassinating the Palestinian narrative.

■ Remembering martyr Farah Omar in her hometown of Mashghara, West Bekaa (Al Mayadeen)

Geert Wilders’ Party For Freedom has more than doubled its presence in the Netherlands' parliament, pollsters say | The right-wing Party For Freedom (PVV) has taken a commanding lead in the Dutch general election, winning 35 parliamentary seats, compared to the Green-Labour alliance’s 26, according to an early exit poll. ● Released half an hour after voting closed on Wednesday night, the poll showed retiring Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s People's Party for Freedom and Democracy (VVD) taking only 23 seats. The newly-formed New Social Contract, a centrist party, is projected to finish in fourth place with 20 seats.

Archbishop Vigano: The WEF is threatening the heads of government of the 20 most industrialised nations in the world to carry out the Great Reset. It is a global coup d'etat, against which it is essential that people rise up. Those who govern nations have all become either… pic.twitter.com/xPZcPvgCm2

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■ Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò on Another World Is Possible

Katherine Watt on Worldstage with Bruce de Torres - 19 November 2023 | On today's show, investigative writer Katherine Watt discusses the changes to US law that not only block prosecution of Covid-era biomedical crimes but actually enable them as part of a plan developed over many decades. Also discussed are Sasha Latypova and the truths she brings to light, and Brook Jackson’s legal case which showed how clinical trials were never meant to be performed by the maker of one of the major Covid shots. ● GUEST OVERVIEW: Katherine Watt is an American Catholic writer and paralegal with a philosophy and natural sciences degree from Penn State who has worked as a reporter for small newspapers. Since 2005, she has published several independent journalism blogs covering local corporate and government corruption, and food, water, and energy security issues. Since 2020, she has investigated changes to US law that block prosecution of Covid-era biomedical crimes. Her primary work product is a timeline called the American Domestic Bioterrorism Program, which can be found at her Substack. Bailiwick News (AUDIO)

■ Katherine Watt on Another World Is Possibe