## How Russia uses sex to ensnare Western diplomats

Authored by newstatesman.com

A Western diplomat in Russia tells me that he has never been so lonely.

The courts are currently hearing the case of an agent for Russia accused of planning a sexual sting on the investigative journalist Christo Grozev.

Captain John Foreman, ex-British defence attaché in Moscow, said that “every diplomat, Western or otherwise, is a potential target.

The Russians know this and try and ramp the pressure up so diplomats lose judgement or seek solace in booze and the opposite sex.”

In 2009, one British deputy consul-general serving in Russia, James Hudson, quit after video footage revealed him sleeping with two sex workers.

Or just plain Kompromat where an officer has been stupid enough to have an affair in Russia and gets photographed.”

The Western diplomat I spoke to in Moscow is lonelier than ever: “You just have to master yourself,” he winces. »

### Pentagon restores webpage for Black Medal of Honor winner but defends DEI purge

Authored by theguardian.com

The US defense department webpage celebrating a Black Medal of Honor recipient that was removed and had the letters “DEI” added to the site’s address has been restored – and the letters scrubbed – after an outcry.

On Saturday, the Guardian reported that US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s Medal of Honor webpage led to a “404” error message – and that the URL had been changed, with the word “medal” changed to “deimedal”.

Then president Richard Nixon awarded him the Medal of Honor, the country’s highest military honor, in 1970, making him the highest-ranking African American to receive it, according to the West Virginia military hall of fame. »

### Call Of Duty Veteran Creates New PlayStation Studio, Dark Outlaw Games

Authored by gamespot.com

Blundell said in an interview with Jeff Gerstmann that he's starting Dark Outlaw Games, which is a new studio inside of PlayStation Studios.

In 2021, Deviation Games signed a partnership with Sony to create a new IP that would exclusive to PlayStation.

He worked on a number of Call of Duty games over the years, and he directed 2015's Black Ops 3. »

### Air Force launches strikes in Gaza as cease-fire ends

Authored by ynetnews.com

The cease-fire in Gaza ended late on Monday as the Air Force launched extensive strikes on the Gaza Strip.

Hamas also called on the UN Security Council to urgently convene and force Israel to stop the war.

Schools will remain shut along the Gaza border on Tuesday the Home Front Command said. »

### Israel is breaking international law in Gaza, UK says for first time

Authored by thetimes.com

Israel is breaking international law in Gaza, Britain has said for the first time, as David Lammy accused Binyamin Netanyahu’s government of “starving children”.

The foreign secretary said that the two-week long blockade of food, fuel and medicine imposed by Israel on Gaza was “appalling and unacceptable”.

The UK, which has been keen to avoid damaging its deep intelligence-sharing relationship with Tel Aviv, has previously said that Israel’s military actions “risk” breaching international humanitarian law. »

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