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Zelensky and Trump met at the Vatican.

Not really the time and place. And Zelensky refuses to wear a suit. Lack of respect for the Pope in my opinion.

lordm:
The chicken has come home to roost.


Putin will regret this stupid war

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A 🇷🇺 Russian military officer was killed by a terror attack on Friday after a car exploded in the town of Balashikha in the Moscow region, with Ukraine’s SBU intelligence the likely culprit, Russian news outlets Mash and Shot reported.

Mash named the officer as Yaroslav Moskalik, deputy head of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.

There was no immediate official confirmation from the authorities of what happened or details about the identity of the officer targeted.

Russian media outlet Baza, which has sources in Russia's law enforcement agencies, said a bomb in a parked car had been detonated remotely when the officer - who lived locally - walked past.

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A 🇺🇸 US Delta passenger jet caught fire on the tarmac at Orlando International Airport on Monday and passengers had to evacuate via the emergency exit slides, the Federal Aviation Authority said Monday.

Delta Air Lines Flight 1213, bound for Atlanta, was pushing back from the gate for departure at around 11:15 a.m. local time on Monday when an engine caught fire, the FAA said in a statement. There were no initial reports of injuries from the incident.

Passenger Kyle Becker, who was sitting in row 35, said he opened the window as soon as he heard people yell "fire!"

"There was a fire on the engine," Becker told CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave. "[It] was a little scary...just never had happened to me before. Start thinking, like, OK, what are the next steps. Trying to remain calm."

Delta said crew members evacuated the cabin when flames were seen in the tailpipe of one of the plane's two main engines and fire crews quickly responded. According to Delta, the plane, an Airbus 330, had 282 passengers, 10 flight attendants and two pilots on board.

"We appreciate our customers' cooperation and apologize for the experience," the airline said in a statement. "Nothing is more important than safety and Delta teams will work to get our customers to their final destinations as soon as possible."

The FAA said it will investigate the incident and Delta said maintenance teams will examine the aircraft.

CBS News transportation and safety expert Robert Sumwalt, the former chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, said it's important to act fast whenever there's a fire reported on an airplane.

"Certainly, if you've got fire on the airplane and you have the opportunity to do so, get those passengers off the airplane and get them off quickly," Sumwalt said.

In this case, Sumwalt said it looks like fuel got into the tailpipe and then it was ignited.

"The Airbus has an automatic start sequence, and ideally, the ignition occurs before the fuel is poured into it. It looks like somehow fuel got into the tailpipe and then it was ignited. It's supposed to happen the other way around," Sumwalt explained.

The engine fire marks the latest aviation scare involving the airline in recent months. In February, 21 people were injured after a Delta plane flipped upside down while landing amid wintry conditions at Toronto Pearson International Airport. All of the injured passengers were later released from the hospital.

In January, several people were injured after a Delta flight aborted its takeoff at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, forcing about 200 passengers to evacuate the plane through emergency slides.

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🇷🇺 President Putin sent condolences to Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, Camerlengo of Holy Roman Church, following the death of Pope Francis.

"I had many opportunities to converse with this outstanding man, and I will forever cherish his memory."

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🇷🇺 President Vladimir Putin congratulated Christians, Orthodox Christians and all citizens of Russia who celebrate Easter Sunday.

The message reads, in part:

“The great feast of Easter brings us love and hope, faith in goodness and justice, and unites us around enduring spiritual and moral ideals.

During these festive days, I would like to note with deep appreciation that today, as throughout history, the Russian Orthodox Church and other Christian denominations play an important and inspiring role in strengthening social accord and mutual understanding, in educating the younger generations, and in upholding family values. Of course, sincere recognition is due to the efforts of religious organisations aimed at supporting defenders of the Fatherland and their families, and at advancing vital patriotic, charitable and educational initiatives.”

Vladimir Putin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin attended the Easter vigil at the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The divine service was led by Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia.

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🇺🇸 An April 16 explosion destroyed a building at Northrop Grumman’s Innovation Systems plant in Promontory, Utah, where the company makes solid rocket motors for US government and commercial customers.

There was no immediate report of casualties, which occurred at 7:35 am local time. Local officials said they are investigating the accident.

Northrop officials say the accident will not delay any of its programs. The Air Force referred inquiries to Northrop.

A Northrop spokesman would not characterize the function of the building, and whether it was involved in production of solid rocket motors, or SRMs. Industry sources later told Air & Space Forces Magazine the building was used in part to store materials used to make solid rocket motors.

Northrop’s Innovation Systems—formerly Orbital ATK—accounts for nearly 90 percent of the SRM capacity in the U.S., a capability that supports Air Force, NASA, and commercial space launch activities.

A local television station flew a helicopter over the building, showing no active fire but major wreckage.

Crucially for the Air Force, Northrop plans to use large solid rocket motors developed in-house for the new LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile. However, Northrop officials said the destroyed building is not involved in the Sentinel program.

The facility is located north of the Great Salt Lake and northwest of the Ogden Air Logistics Complex, which has responsibility for Minuteman III rocket motor sustainment, among other systems.

What is now Northrop Grumman’s Innovation Systems was once the Thiokol company, which was acquired by Alliant Tech Systems in 2001. Alliant Tech Systems became ATK, and merged with Orbital Sciences Corp. in 2015. Three years later, Northrop acquired Orbital/ATK.

The nation’s large solid rocket motor capacity is so concentrated with Northrop that it had to agree to be a merchant provider of SRMs to Boeing in the competition to build the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent, now known as the Sentinel system.

Northrop was selected for the contract in 2020, after Boeing announced it would not bid, claiming it could not compete with Northrop’s in-house SRM advantage.

The next-largest producer of SRMs in the U.S. is Aerojet Rocketdyne, since 2023 a part of L3Harris.