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MIL-OSI United Nations: 30 June 2025 News release Social connection linked to improved heath and reduced risk of early death

Source: World Health Organisation

The World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Connection has released its global report revealing that 1 in 6 people worldwide is affected by loneliness, with significant impacts on health and well-being. Loneliness is linked to an estimated 100 deaths every hour—more than 871 000 deaths annually. Strong social connections can lead to better health and longer life, the report says.

“In this Report, we pull back the curtain on loneliness and isolation as a defining challenge of our time. Our Commission lays out a road map for how we can build more connected lives and underscores the profound impact this can have on health, educational, and economic outcomes,” said Dr Vivek Murthy, Co-chair of the WHO Commission on Social Connection, and former Surgeon General of the United States of America.

WHO defines social connection as the ways people relate to and interact with others. Loneliness is described as the painful feeling that arises from a gap between desired and actual social connections, while social isolation refers to the objective lack of sufficient social connections.

“In this age when the possibilities to connect are endless, more and more people are finding themselves isolated and lonely,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. “Apart from the toll it takes on individuals, families and communities, left unaddressed, loneliness and social isolation will continue to cost society billions in terms of health care, education, and employment. I welcome the Commission’s report, which shines a light on the scale and impact of loneliness and isolation, and outlines key areas in which we can help people to reconnect in ways that matter most.”

Scale and causes of loneliness and social isolation

Loneliness affects people of all ages, especially youth and people living in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). Between 17–21% of individuals aged 13–29-year-olds reported feeling lonely, with the highest rates among teenagers. About 24% of people in low-income countries reported feeling lonely — twice the rate in high-income countries (about 11%).

“Even in a digitally connected world, many young people feel alone. As technology reshapes our lives, we must ensure it strengthens—not weakens—human connection. Our report shows that social connection must be integrated into all policies—from digital access to health, education, and employment,” said Chido Mpemba, Co-chair of the WHO Commission on Social Connection and Advisor to the African Union Chairperson.

While data on social isolation is more limited, it is estimated to affect up to 1 in 3 older adults and 1 in 4 adolescents. Some groups, such as people with disabilities, refugees or migrants, LGBTQ+ individuals, and indigenous groups and ethnic minorities, may face discrimination or additional barriers that make social connection harder.

Loneliness and social isolation have multiple causes. They include, for instance, poor health, low income and education, living alone, inadequate community infrastructure and public policies, and digital technologies. The report underscores the need for vigilance around the effects of excessive screen time or negative online interactions on the mental health and well-being of young people.

Impacts on health, quality of life and economies

Social connection can protect health across the lifespan. It can reduce inflammation, lower the risk of serious health problems, foster mental health, and prevent early death. It can also strengthen the social fabric, contributing to making communities healthier, safer and more prosperous.

In contrast, loneliness and social isolation increase the risk of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, cognitive decline, and premature death. It also affects mental health, with people who are lonely twice as likely to get depressed. Loneliness can also lead to anxiety, and thoughts of self-harm or suicide.

The impacts extend to learning and employment. Teenagers who felt lonely were 22% more likely to get lower grades or qualifications. Adults who are lonely may find it harder to find or maintain employment and may earn less over time.

At a community level, loneliness undermines social cohesion and costs billions in lost productivity and health care. Communities with strong social bonds tend to be safer, healthier and more resilient, including in response to disasters.

A path to healthier societies

The report of the WHO Commission on Social Connection outlines a roadmap for global action focusing on five key areas: policy, research, interventions, improved measurement (including developing a global Social Connection Index), and public engagement, to shift social norms and bolster a global movement for social connection.

Solutions to reduce loneliness and social isolation exist at multiple levels – national, community and individual – and range from raising awareness and changing national policies to strengthening social infrastructure (e.g., parks, libraries, cafés) and providing psychological interventions.

Most people know what it feels like to be lonely. And each person can make a difference through simple, everyday steps—like reaching out to a friend in need, putting away one’s phone to be fully present in conversation, greeting a neighbor, joining a local group, or volunteering. If the problem is more serious, finding out about available support and services for people who feel lonely is important.

The costs of social isolation and loneliness are high, but the benefits of social connection are far-reaching.

With the release of the Commission report, WHO calls on all Member States, communities and individuals to make social connection a public health priority.

Access the full report here

Editor’s notes

The report launch follows the first-ever resolution on social connection, adopted by the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2025, which urges Member States to develop and implement evidence-based policies, programmes and strategies to raise awareness and promote positive social connection for mental and physical health. At the WHA, WHO also announced a new campaign called “Knot Alone” to promote social connection for better health. Tune in to WHO’s social media channels to follow the campaign.

As part of its broader efforts, WHO has also launched the Social Connection Series to explore the lived experience of loneliness and social isolation. Learn more about the series here.

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June 30, 2025

MIL-OSI: Haffner Energy Reports Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI)

Haffner Energy Reports Annual Results for Fiscal Year 2024-2025

Strategic milestones were reached, opening up the prospect of a commercial and economic ramp-up in the current financial year

Vitry-le-François, France – June 30, 2025, 08:00am (CEST)

2024-2025, a year of milestones demonstrating Haffner Energy‘s technological maturity: commissioning of the Marolles showcase site and green hydrogen production kick-off; signature of a first contract essential to the development of a hydrogen, electricity, and biochar production unit at the Corbat Group site in Glovelier, Switzerland; new strategic partnerships with recognized international players, particularly in the SAF industry;
Launch of a capital increase¹ that resulted, after the close of the fiscal year, in a €7M fundraising with widening of the free float to almost 25%;
Net cash available of €559k at 03/31/2025 and a significantly reduced cash-burn rate, thanks to the ramp-up of the cash preservation plan initiated in November 2023;
EBITDA* improved significantly to -€10,011k, driven by revenue returning to positive at €378k and cost reductions, and a net loss of -€12,311k for the year ended 03/31/2025;
A consolidated 2025-2026 commercial outlook (total pipeline of €1.55Bn and €388M weighted pipeline² at the end of March 2025) and a confirmed EBITDA-breakeven target at 03/31/2026.

HAFFNER ENERGY (ISIN code: FR0014007ND6 – Ticker: ALHAF), just published its consolidated annual results at 03/31/2025, as approved on 06/27/2025 by the Board of Directors. On this occasion, the Company provided an update on its progress and outlook.

Philippe HAFFNER, Co-founder and CEO of Haffner Energy said:

“The 2024-2025 financial year is in continuity with the path we embarked on back in the second half of 2023. After launching new offers to expand our addressable market beyond hydrogen and achieving a significant increase in our project portfolio, we continue to roll out our roadmap. This year, we have carried out structuring projects that bring us closer to our objective of profitable growth: first, we have set up an industrial-scale showcase site in Marolles presenting all our technologies, whether in operation or still in development – seemingly the first site in the world to produce green hydrogen from solid biomass; this decisive element for the conversion of our project pipeline into contracts has already enabled us to sign a first contract for the installation of a hydrogen, electricity, and biochar production unit in Switzerland. To support our development, we have also continued to strengthen our network of partnerships with leading players, such as LanzaJet, LanzaTech, Atoba, and Luxaviation for the SAF market.

In terms of financial results, although the conversion of our project pipeline into contracts had not yet materialized at 03/31/2025 and we remain in a loss-making position, we have recorded an improvement in our EBITDA thanks to the cost-cutting efforts undertaken to preserve our cash. With the first significant contracts expected to be signed, the 2025-2026 financial year should enable us to achieve our target of breakeven EBITDA by March 31, 2026.

The capital increase launched at the end of the financial year, to which the family holding company Haffner Participation contributed €950k, resulted in a €7M fundraising in early April 2025. It will enable us to support the Company’s development. The success of this operation is due in particular to the commitment of most of our historical shareholders and to the arrival of new investors. We would like to thank them for their confidence in our project and our prospects, despite the recent turbulence on the Haffner Energy stock market.”

I. 2024-2025: ADVANCES ILLUSTRATE HAFFNER ENERGY’S TECHNOLOGICAL MATURITY

During the FY 2024-2025, Haffner Energy took crucial steps to accelerate its commercial and industrial development, with the creation of the Marolles showcase site and the signing of major partnership agreements, particularly in the SAF industry.

Operational commissioning of the Marolles hydrogen and renewable gas production, testing and training center: a strategic priority for the year

During the period, the attention of the Haffner Energy team was particularly focused on the installation and commissioning of a showcase site for the Company’s technologies and expertise in the Vitry-Marolles business park (Marne County), near its headquarters. Started in late 2023, the development of this production, testing and training center unfolded in several stages: after archaeological excavations, site preparation and equipment assembly, the center entered the renewable gas (syngas) production phase on June 18, 2024 (cf. 06/20/2024 press release). Equipped with new-generation equipment and intended to operate continuously 8,000 hours per year, this site was inaugurated on November 22, 2024, during Industry Week (cf. 11/22/2024 press release and press kit).

After obtaining regulatory approvals and installing additional equipment, the team dedicated to this project reached a strategic milestone for Haffner Energy’s industrial and commercial development with, in February 2025, the commissioning of mobility-grade green hydrogen production (cf. 02/26/2025 press releases). Green hydrogen produced as part of the activities on the Marolles site – 120 tonnes/year – is to be commercialized. Haffner Energy already signed an offtake Memorandum of Understanding on December 16, 2024, with a French operator specializing in hydrogen removal and resale in order to decarbonize mobility and industry.

This site now allows the Company’s customers and prospects to test the range of possibilities offered by Haffner Energy technologies at full-scale and with their own biomass: production of “super green” gas and hydrogen, co-production of electricity, production and/or gasification of biocarbon and/or biochar. This site is also intended to train their teams in operating and maintaining the equipment.

This project, which has resulted in the world’s first known site producing hydrogen from solid biomass residues, was made possible thanks to the support and commitment of the French public authorities through various local and national entities. It has thus benefited from more than €1.5M in public funding³, demonstrating the trust placed in Haffner Energy to contribute to the green reindustrialization strategy led by the French government.

While the success of this structuring project attests to Haffner Energy’s technological and industrial maturity, it will also demonstrate the economic and ecological relevance of its technologies. Indeed, compared to alternative technologies, water electrolysis in particular, the “super green” hydrogen produced by Haffner Energy through its thermolysis technology is especially competitive due to the low cost of the primary energy used (biomass), combined with excellent energy efficiency (+ 75% for installations > 20MW). In addition, this hydrogen is carbon negative when co-produced biochar is used to sequester biogenic carbon.

This showcase site is therefore a decisive tool to realize the Company’s commercial potential. In the short term, it will allow several contracts awaiting signature to move forward, as evidenced by the recent signing of a first contract for the construction of a hydrogen, electricity, and biochar production unit from forestry residues on the Corbat Group site in Glovelier, Switzerland, for H₂bois SA. This unit, which is expected to be commissioned in July 2026, represents a total order value for Haffner Energy that is likely to reach €8.3M including options (cf. 03/12/2025 press release).

2024-2025: new strategic partnerships with leading players

The growing maturity of Haffner Energy’s technologies in their various applications has enabled the Company to amplify the process of building strategic partnerships already underway and to gain the trust of leading players. During this past year, new agreements have mainly occurred in the SAF industry, the Company’s priority segment given its market potential.

Haffner Energy established a first partnership with the American company LanzaJet in June 2024 in the context of its SAF production plant project, Paris-Vatry SAF (cf. 06/06/2024 press release). A global leader in ATJ (Alcohol-to-Jet) technology, LanzaJet is a remarkably advanced player in the industry with more than 90 SAF projects in its portfolio. It was named in 2024 by Time Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential Companies”. Its investors include the Aéroport de Paris (ADP) group, British Airways, Airbus, Southwest Airlines and Microsoft, among others.

A key agreement was also signed in September 2024 with IðunnH2, the green hydrogen and sustainable e-fuel project developer in charge of Iceland’s largest e-SAF production plant project (65,000-tonne capacity). Located near Keflavík International Airport, the site is to be commissioned in 2028, using biogenic carbon from on-site biocarbon gasification with Haffner Energy’s patented technology. This solution was chosen by IðunnH2 for its ability to significantly reduce costs and increase productivity in the e-SAF production process. Indeed, in Iceland, the limited volumes of local biomass mean low access to biogenic carbon, an essential component of SAF. Haffner Energy’s supplies of solid biocarbon, gasified on-site by its Gasiliner®, will provide a competitive and flexible alternative to the usual option of biogenic CO₂, a gas that is expensive to capture, transport and store. (cf. 09/02/2024 press release).

Keen to amplify the scope of their first partnership, Haffner Energy and LanzaJet announced another partnership agreement in January 2025 (cf. 01/28/2025 press release), accompanied by LanzaTech, the developer of a differentiating solution for transforming syngas into ethanol and a LanzaJet shareholder. The Nasdaq-listed company is a recognized leader in commercial carbon management solutions.

The objective of the tripartite agreement is to explore joint projects for the conversion of biomass residues into sustainable aviation fuel across the entire SAF production value chain by combining the technologies of the three companies. It also involves exploring a variety of opportunities, including the development of industrial facilities, fuel purchase agreements, and joint technology licenses, as well as financial support and/or investment in specific SAF projects.

Haffner Energy also entered into a partnership agreement with ATOBA Energy in February 2025 (cf. 02/20/2025 press release), a SAF aggregator whose purpose is to solve the financial dilemma between airlines and producers by allowing different players to benefit from long-term SAF contracts at optimized prices, in particular through off-takes from diversified producers and technologies. This partnership should facilitate the financing of Haffner Energy’s SAF projects by removing the barriers of this value chain, as production plant projects struggle with signing the necessary contracts to guarantee investment returns. The identification of Haffner Energy by ATOBA Energy as a strategic player in the SAF ecosystem is another testament to the competitiveness of its technological solutions.

Lastly, after the end of the fiscal year, Haffner Energy announced a partnership agreement with global business aviation leader Luxaviation to accelerate the production and promotion of SAF. Luxaviation is to take an active role in SAF Zero (cf. 06/18/2024 press release), an initiative launched by Haffner Energy in September 2024 (cf. 09/12/2024 press release).

In addition, Haffner Energy has pursued its partnership approach aimed at diversifying its sustainable biomass supply sources. In France, a new agreement was signed in August 2024 with Bambbco, leader in the development of the bamboo industry in France (cf. 09/24/2024 press release). The partnership aims to improve the energy use of biomass, particularly on marginal lands and semi-desert areas, by creating local ecosystems for SAF projects. In a similar fashion, Haffner Energy had signed a partnership early 2024 with the US company Hexas, specialized in the production of raw plant-based materials from its regenerative crop: XanoGrass™ (cf. 03/13/2024 press release).

II. SUCCESSFULLY RAISING THE FUNDS NEEDED TO FINANCE THE COMPANY’S GROWTH

Shortly before FY 2024-2025 ended, Haffner Energy launched a capital increase through the issue of shares with share subscription warrants (ABSA), while maintaining shareholders’ preferential subscription rights (DPS).

This operation’s final completion, materialized by the settlement-delivery of the shares on April 4, 2025, i.e. just after the close of the fiscal year, enabled the company to raise €7M and expand its free float, which now stands at almost 25% of the capital.

As announced in June 2024, and within the framework of the authorizations granted by the Annual General Meeting of September 12, 2024, Haffner Energy raised funds to accelerate the Company’s development. Following a decision by the Board of Directors at its meeting of March 12, 2025, this took the form of a €7M capital increase through the issue of ABSAs with shareholders’ preferential subscription rights (DPS).

A two-stage transaction: €7M through the issue of ABSAs, potentially doubled if the warrants are exercised within 18 months.

As a reminder, the operation had the following characteristics:

– Transaction eligible for the IR-PME, PEA and PEA-PME, FIP-FCPI and Article 150-0 B ter schemes
– Allocation of preferential subscription rights (DPS): on the basis of 1 preferential subscription right for 1 share held on 03/14/2025
– Negotiability of DPS from 03/17/2025 to 03/26/2025 inclusive
– Subscription ratio: 9 ABSA for 23 Existing Shares
– Subscription price per ABSA: €0.40, i.e. a 59% discount to the closing price on 03/12/2025, the day before the transaction was announced (€0.98).
– ABSA subscription period from 03/19/2025 to 03/28/2025 inclusive
– Final completion of the issue recorded on 04/04/2025, for an amount of €6,995,497.60, of which €1,748,874.40 par value and €5,246,623.20 issue premium, bringing the Company’s share capital to €6,218,220.10.
– Settlement-delivery of the ABSA: 04/04/2025
– Trading of New Shares (ISIN: FR0014007ND6 – Ticker: ALHAF) and BSAs (ISIN FR001400Y4X9) on Euronext Growth in Paris since 04/04/2025Trading of New Shares (ISIN: FR0014007ND6 – Ticker: ALHAF) and BSAs (ISIN FR001400Y4X9) on Euronext Growth in Paris since 04/04/2025
– Terms and conditions of exercise of the warrants attached to the ABSAs (on the basis of 1 warrant per New Share): as from 04/04/2026 for a period of 6 months, 3 warrants entitling the holder to subscribe to one New Share at a price of €1.20. Exercise of all the warrants would ultimately represent a potential capital increase of €6,995,498 gross.

This operation benefited from the renewed support of historical shareholders (Haffner Participation, VICAT, EUREFI) and new investors, who had committed to participate in the transaction up to €5.5M.

It was carried out with the assistance of Gilbert Dupont, as global coordinator and bookrunner, and CIC Market Solutions as custodian.

Post-transaction, a modified capital structure and a near-doubling of the free float

The gross capital increase recorded by the Board of Directors at its meeting on April 1, 2025 amounted to €6,995,497.60, including €1,748,874.40 nominal value and €5,246,623.60 share premium, and resulted in the issuance of 17,488,744 ABSAs at a subscription price of €0.40 per share, including €0.10 nominal value and €0.30 issue premium (cf. press releases of 2/04/2025 and 4/04/2025).

Following the issuance of ABSA, Haffner Energy’s share capital was increased to €6,218,220.10 divided into 62,182,201 ordinary shares with a nominal value of €0.10.

The operation led to a change in the breakdown of capital and voting rights. In particular, the capital increase led to a significant increase in the free float (from 12.83% to 24.75%), which should ultimately prove positive for the share’s attractiveness.

Table: Impact of the ABSA issue on the breakdown of share capital and Differential Voting Rights

	Before Capital Increase				After Capital Increase
	Number of shares	% of Capital	Number of DVR	% of exercisable DVRs	Number of shares	% of Capital	Number of DVR	% of exercisable DVRs
Haffner Participation	17 824 000	39,88%	35 648 000	45,15%	20 199 000	32,48%	38 023 000	39,42%
Eurefi	5 741 600	12,85%	11 483 200	14,54%	8 311 600	13,37%	14 053 200	14,57%
*Sous total Concert*	*23 565 600*	*52,73%*	*47 131 200*	*59,69%*	*28 510 600*	*45,85%*	*52 076 200*	*53,99%*
Vicat	1 175 000	2,63%	1 175 000	1,49%	3 675 000	5,91%	3 675 000	3,81%
Eren Industries	1 000 000	2,24%	2 000 000	2,53%	1 391 302	2,24%	2 391 302	2,48%
Kouros	11 826 112	26,46%	21 920 542	27,76%	11 826 112	19,02%	21 920 542	22,73%
HRS	1 000 000	2,24%	1 000 000	1,27%	1 000 000	1,61%	1 000 000	1,04%
Flottant	5 736 238	12,83%	5 736 238	7,26%	15 388 680	24,75%	15 388 680	15,95%
Self-holding	390 507	0,87%	–	0,00%	390 507	0,63%	–	0,00%
TOTAL	44 693 457	100%	78 962 980	100%	62 182 201	100%	96 451 724	100%

For the record, a shareholder who did not take part in the operation and previously held 1% of the capital saw a dilutive effect of 0.72% applied to his position.

After the operation, stock price in turmoil

Mechanically, and all other things being equal, Haffner Energy’s share price should have fallen by around 28%, in line with the dilutive effect. However, following the capital increase, the share experienced unexpectedly high trading volumes, due first and foremost to massive and disorderly selling, leading to a drop in the share price to a low of €0.25 on 04/18/2025. Since then, the stock price has begun to rise again (to €0.35 on 06/23/2025). Trade is still occurring in very high volumes, without Haffner Energy having any specific information on their origin.

III. CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL RESULTS OF LOW SIGNIFICANCE, MARKED BY EFFORTS TO IMPROVE EBITDA AND PRESERVE CASH

The consolidated financial statements presented below, for which audit procedures are in progress, were approved by the Board of Directors at its 06/27/2025 meeting. The scope of consolidation and accounting methods used at March 31, 2025, are unchanged from the previous year: Haffner Energy’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS; the only consolidated subsidiary is Jacquier.

In terms of consolidated financial results, FY 2024-2025 displays a similar profile to the previous one, albeit with a few changes.

In thousands of euros	03.31.25 (12 months)	03.31.24 (12 months)
Net sales Other income	378 79	-157 69
EBITDA	-10,011	-12,791
Operating result	-12,275	-10,263
Net income	-12,311	-9,935
Shareholders’ equity	14,300	26,768
Cash available	559⁴	11,042

At 03/31/025, consolidated revenue remained amounted to €378k. It mainly comprised sales of boiler-making equipment by Jacquier and various services and studies by Haffner Energy.

As a reminder, consolidated revenue was negative for FY 2023-2024 (-157 k€) due to the impact of the termination of the R-Hynoca contract in December 2023⁵ (cf. 14/12/2023 press release).

Confirmed EBIDTA improvement thanks to cost-cutting measures

Extending the trend of the first half of the year, EBITDA⁶continued to improve to -€10,011k, under the combined effect of the decrease in purchases consumed (-15%), personnel costs (-17%) and external expenses (-23%), resulting from the full impact of the cash preservation plan initiated in November 2023.

Operating result nevertheless deteriorated (-€12,275k at 03/31/2025, down €2,012k compared to 03/31/2024). This change is mainly due to the reversal of provisions for losses on completion from the previous year in the amount of €5,787k.

As of 03/31/2025, consolidated net income stood at -€12,311k, registering a larger loss than last year (-€9,935k at 03/31/2024).

After appropriation of net income, shareholders’ equity amounted to €14,300k, excluding the impact of the capital increase which will be taken into account in FY 2025-2026 due to its completion after the closing date.

Haffner Energy’s other assets and liabilities are as follows:

On the assets side, non-current assets (€11,250k, or +€309k) were almost stable, mainly composed of intangible assets representing the Company’s intellectual property (€8,105k as of 03/31/2025 compared to €7,843k as of 03/31/2024). Current assets, on the other hand, contracted significantly to €22,456k (-€12,321k), mainly due to:

the consumption of a significant portion of cash (€559k as of 03/31/2025 compared to €11,042k as of 03/31/2024).
the decrease in other current assets (advances paid to suppliers for €2,464k and Research Tax Credit for €941k).

Conversely, inventories and outstandings increased, reaching €13,432k at the end of the financial year (+€3,287k) mainly due to the installation of the Marolles site.

On the liabilities side, shareholders’ equity amounted to €14,300k at 03/31/2025 (a decrease of €12,468k) mainly due to the allocation of the year’s profit to reserves. It should be noted that the capital increase is not taken into account as of 03/31/2025.
Non-current liabilities decreased slightly (-€268k at 03/31/2025 to €5,833k). This change takes into account the €500k RDI loan received from Bpifrance in March 2025.
Current liabilities, meanwhile, increased +€725k to €13,574k at 31/03/2025. This change is mainly due to the net increase in provisions ongoing litigations (+€882k to €1,116k at 31/03/2025).

It should be noted that, as the proceedings with Sara and Carbonloop are still in progress, the balance sheet position of previous years has been maintained. In addition, a provision has been booked in respect of employee-related litigation.

Net cash position necessitates fundraising despite reduced cash-burn rate

As of 03/31/2025, net cash and cash equivalents amounted to €559k.

As a reminder, the main measures of the cash preservation plan initiated since November 2023 and implemented during the year have focused on:

Overheads in addition to reinforced budget management and expense control measures, the company reduced fees, cancelled non-essential service or subcontracting contracts whose tasks could be handled internally, changed payroll managers, renegotiated the commercial terms of other contracts, and limited travel and related expenses to essentials.
- Payroll: in addition to the freeze on recruitment and replacements, as well as the absence of a general salary increase over FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-2025, Haffner Energy implemented a targeted redundancy plan in the summer of 2024, resulting in the loss of nine (9) positions. Subsequent to the balance sheet date, a redundancy plan for economic reasons was launched at SAS Jacquier. This redundancy plan resulted in the departure of three (3) employees from the workforce on 06/16/2025.
- Leased surface areas: these have been reduced in both Nantes and Paris, thanks to the relocation of the Paris offices in January 2025 and the termination of the lease on the 1st floor of the Nantes offices.
- Postponement of non-priority investments, such as the deployment of a new ERP system (€1.3M).
- Renegotiations with strategic partners and service providers to review certain delivery schedules and invoice payment deadlines (€3M)
- Deferrals of payments illustrating the commitment of all internal stakeholders to the company, such as the deferral of the payment of the individual portion of employees’ target-based bonuses and the payment of directors’ fees; lastly, we note the waiver by the two executives and founding investors, Philippe and Marc Haffner, of the variable portion of their remuneration for FY 2023-2024, as well as the temporary two-stage reduction of part of their fixed remuneration for FY 2023-2024 and FY 2024-2025. These amounts have been provisioned in the financial statements.

Thanks to the implementation of these cost-saving measures, the average monthly cash-burn rate was significantly reduced during the year, gradually falling from €1.4M at the end of 2023 to €1M at the end of 2024, to about €0.6M per month in Q1 2025 (calendar year), excluding income and non-recurring expenses.

In order to ensure that the Company would have the necessary resources to pursue its development until the expected ramp-up in revenue, and as announced as early as June 2024, Haffner Energy therefore initiated the above-mentioned capital increase during the year (see page 4).

Having carried out a review of its liquidity risk, the Company considers that it will have sufficient cash to finance its activities until at least 03/31/2026.

This cash outlook takes into account:

– The €7M capital increase finally subscribed on April 4, 2025, after the closing of FY 2024-2025;

– The receipt, in March 2025, of a €500k innovation grant from Bpifrance (RDI loan) for the hydrogen production, testing and training center project in Marolles (Marl’Hy);

– Cost reductions undertaken by the Company (see page 8) that cap the average monthly cash burn-rate, excluding non-recurring income and expenses, at around €600k (compared with €1M at the end of 2024).

In the 1st half of the year, this is subject to the successful completion of the endurance test at the Marolles site and the signature of the resulting contracts, as well as to the obtaining, during the year, of additional financing linked to the equipment at the Marolles site.

IV. PROJECTS AND PROSPECTS: FOUR NEW OPERATIONAL PRIORITIES

For the current financial year, the Haffner Energy team, boosted by the confidence and support from its business partners, shareholders and institutional ecosystem, has set four new operational priorities: accelerating the conversion of its pipeline, moving forward with the implementation of targeted strategic projects, continuing to structure its action, and simplifying its governance.

Accelerating pipeline conversion

At the end of FY 2024-2025, Haffner Energy had an estimated total sales pipeline of €1.55Bn compared to €1.4Bn at 03/31/2024, confirming a high level of commercial activity due to the various initiatives undertaken since mid-2023: launch of a high-capacity offer for the renewable gas market (syngas) and a SAF offer; business development in the United States through the creation of a subsidiary; increased presence in various US trade fairs dedicated to renewable energies and hydrogen⁷.

On the occasion of its capital increase, and in order to offer a clearer and more representative view of its business and prospects, the Company decided to adopt a communication based on a weighted sales pipeline** instead of medium-term annual revenue targets, as was previously practiced, as projects typically convert into backlog over a two-year cycle. This weighted pipeline is determined by applying a probability of success to the potential revenue of each project that counts in the sales pipeline

At the end of March 2025, Haffner Energy’s weighted sales pipeline stood at €388M.

Two contracts for hydrogen production equipment had been identified as likely to be signed following the start of hydrogen production at the Marolles site in February 2025 (cf. 02/26/2025 press release).

The first of these is the H₂bois project, for which Haffner Energy signed an initial contract on 03/12/2025, which is essential for the creation of this unit to produce hydrogen, electricity, and biochar from biomass at the Swiss Corbat group’s site (cf. 03/12/2025 press release). With delivery of the site scheduled for July 2026, orders for Haffner Energy are expected to be staggered between now and the end of FY 2025-2026.

The second regards REFORMERS’ Renewable Energy Valley project in Alkmaar in the Netherlands. The latter was awarded the 2025 World Hydrogen Award, “Clean Project” category, May 22, 2025, in Rotterdam, thanks to the choice of HYNOCA® as the green hydrogen production technology included in the project.

Advancing the implementation of a number of targeted strategic projects: R&D, Marolles, and commercial partnerships

While growing the market for existing solutions is the priority for the current financial year, Haffner Energy has continued and will continue to invest time in Research & Development in order to offer its customers new or optimized solutions. The performance of its biomass thermolysis technology is indeed the source of the recognition enjoyed by the Group. In particular, before the end of FY 2024-2025, the Company was awarded the “Innovative Company” label by Bpifrance. This recognition enabled the company to welcome an FCPI fund to its capital.

In April 2025, the Group presented a new line of production units, Hynoca® Flex 500 IG, capable of producing 12 tonnes per day of marketable green hydrogen for less than €3/kg without subsidies, and of generating profitable renewable electricity at peak times (cf. 24/04/2025 press release). Competitive with grey hydrogen and fossil fuels thanks to its energy efficiency of over 80%, this new solution offers all the flexibility of hydrogen and electricity cogeneration, enabling producers’ sites to manage random hydrogen demand and benefit from continuous operation without having to lock themselves into rigid off-take contracts.

The current year’s priorities also include optimizing equipment at the strategic Marolles site, and in particular finalizing the installation of the Gasiliner® (cf. 11/22/2024 press release).

The Haffner Energy team has also been working to advance the strategic Paris-Vatry SAF project. During FY 2024-2025, the Company finalized the creation of SPV (Special Project Vehicle) PARIS VATRY SAF SAS. In addition, Luxembourg-based Luxaviation, a global business aviation leader, confirmed its interest in playing an active role in spin-off SAF Zero at the International Paris Air Show this month. Luxaviation’s participation could take the form of financing the initial development of SAF activities, supporting strategy and global visibility, as well as off-take agreements in SAF Zero projects such as Paris-Vatry SAF (cf. 06/18/2025 press release).

Finally, the FactorHy project of a first plant to assemble renewable gas and hydrogen production modules is still underway. Preliminary studies have been completed and detailed studies for the building permit application are continuing.

Continuing to structure its action

Having completed the creation of Haffner Energy Inc., an unconsolidated US subsidiary, in May 2024, Haffner Energy will continue to work on structuring its action and future developments with a view, in particular, to making effective progress in the SAF market. For current FY, the Company intends to launch SAF Zero, a spin-off designed to maximize its potential in this booming market (cf. 12/09/2024 press release and 18/06/2025 press releases).

Simplifying its governance

In addition, Haffner Energy has decided to simplify its corporate governance to enhance efficiency.

At its meeting on 05/09/2025, the Board of Directors decided to propose the following to the 06/23/2025 Combined General Meeting of Shareholders:

a reduction in the number of Board members, with the early termination of the terms of office of Kouros France and Kouros SA, who also undertook to reduce their shareholding following the capital increase in which they did not wish to participate;
a partial renewal of the Board’s membership, to allow the entry of a new director representing the Luxembourg company Eren Industries, one of Haffner Energy’s industrial shareholders. A partner of Haffner Energy’s since the Company’s IPO, this recognized player in the energy transition is dedicated to technological innovation in the service of the natural resource economy. Eren Industries develops and invests in infrastructure projects, particularly in low-carbon energy production (hydrogen, biogas, biomethane, etc.), some of which could be projects of interest to Haffner Energy, and will provide the Board with all its sector expertise.
An update of the statutes simplifying the majority rules applicable to certain Board decisions, in line with common practice.

All the resolutions were adopted at the June 23, 2025 General Shareholders’ Meeting.

It should be noted that the Board of Directors has decided to reduce the attendance fees of independent directors as from the next financial year. Non-independent directors will not be remunerated.

In addition, Mrs Bich Van Ngo and Mrs Sophie Dutordoir, independent directors, resigned from the Board at the close of the Annual General Meeting on 06/23/2025.

Mr. Olivier Piron (Société E-Venture Management and Investment srl) was co-opted to the Board of Directors as an independent director at the close of the Board meeting of 06/27/2025.

As a result, Haffner Energy’s Board of Directors is now composed of six (6) members, up from eight (8) previously:

Mr. Philippe Haffner, Chairman and CEO of Haffner Energy
Mr. Marc Haffner, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Haffner Energy
Mrs. Francesca Ecsery, independent
Société E-Venture Management and Investment srl, with Mr. Olivier Piron as permanent representative
Europe and Growth, with Mr. Xavier Dethier as permanent representative
Eren Industries SA, with Mr. David Corchia as permanent representative

Next events

Shareholder webinar : July 1, 2025 – register here

Annual General Meeting : September 10, 2025

More detailed financial information on the annual accounts at 03/31/2025 is available on the website www.haffner-energy.com.

About Haffner Energy

Haffner Energy designs, manufactures, supplies, and operates biofuel and hydrogen solutions using biomass residues. Its innovative, patented thermolysis technology produces Sustainable Aviation Fuel, as well as renewable gas, hydrogen, and methanol. The company also contributes to regenerating the planet through the co-production of biogenic CO₂ and biochar. A company co-founded 32 years ago by Marc and Philippe Haffner, Haffner Energy has been working from the outset to decarbonize industry and all forms of mobility, as well as governments and local communities. Haffner Energy is listed on Euronext Growth (ISIN code : FR0014007ND6 – Mnémonique : ALHAF).

Investor relations

investisseurs@haffner-energy.com

Media relations

Laure BOURDON
laure.bourdon@haffner-energy.com
+33 (0) 7 87 96 35 15

Glossary:

The Company is now adopting a communication based on a weighted sales pipeline instead of medium-term annual revenue targets, as was previously practiced, as projects typically convert into backlog over a two-year cycle.

* Pipeline designates a business opportunity when at least one of the following situations occurs:
– a preliminary feasibility study for the installation of equipment is, or has been, carried out; or
– a budget offer, or a preliminary business plan for the project, or a complete commercial offer including specifications, has been sent to the customer and Haffner Energy is awaiting its response; or
– a letter of intent has been sent to Haffner Energy by the customer; or
– Haffner Energy has received an invitation to participate and is part of a tender process.

** The weighted pipeline is determined by applying a probability of success to the potential sales of each project included in the total pipeline. Thus, given a total pipeline of projects worth €1.55Bn at March 31, 2025, the weighted pipeline at March 31, 2025 stood at €388M, with “hydrogen projects” now accounting for only 18% of the weighted pipeline.

1 Subscription period for the Capital Increase closed on 03/29/2025, Settlement-Delivery on 04/04/2025.
2 In order to offer a clearer and more representative view of its business and prospects, the Company is now adopting a communication based on a weighted sales pipeline instead of medium-term annual revenue targets, as was previously practiced, as projects typically convert into backlog over a two-year cycle. This weighted pipeline is determined by applying a probability of success to the potential revenue of each project that counts in the sales pipeline.

3 Including an Innovation-Research and Development Loan (PIRD) in the amount of €500k granted by Bpifrance and received in early March 2025.
4 Cash and cash equivalents at 03/31/2025 do not include the €7M fundraising, which was completed after closing on 04/04/2025
5 The termination of the R-Hynoca contract was accompanied by a memorandum of understanding under which Haffner Energy will have to make two residual payments (€1M before 12/31/2025 and €0.85M before 12/31/2026).
6 EBITDA corresponds to operating income before depreciation and amortization, impairment net of reversals of fixed assets and current assets, and before operating provisions net of reversals.
7 Since January 2025, Haffner Energy has participated in Hyvolution Paris 2025, Bio360 Expo 2025 in Nantes, World Electrolysis Congress 2025 in Cologne, World Hydrogen Summit 2025 in Rotterdam, for example.

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June 30, 2025

MIL-OSI Russia: Iran Calls on UN to Recognize Israel and US as Initiators of “Aggression”

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

TEHRAN, June 30 (Xinhua) — Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi Abbas on Sunday called on the UN Security Council to recognize Israel and the United States as the initiators of “aggression” against Iran.

In a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UN Security Council President Caroline Rodriguez-Birkett, A. Araghchi called on the Council to shoulder its responsibilities in maintaining international peace and security, the official IRNA news agency reported.

He accused Israel of deliberately targeting residential buildings, civilians and civilian infrastructure, calling the attacks a “flagrant violation” of the UN Charter and a “flagrant breach” of international law.

A. Araghchi said that Israel and the United States also struck Iran’s nuclear facilities protected by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is a “gross violation of the UN Charter, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and IAEA documents and resolutions.”

Iran’s Foreign Minister stressed that the UN Security Council must hold the “aggressors” accountable and take measures to prevent the repetition of such “crimes.”

On June 13, Israel launched major airstrikes on several areas of Iran. Iran responded with several waves of missiles and drones targeting Israel.

On June 22, the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities. In response, Iran struck the American Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

On June 24, after 12 days of fighting, a ceasefire was reached between Iran and Israel. –0–

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI Russia: The experience and wisdom of the CPC in building a socially oriented state serve as a beacon for other countries and peoples – First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus

Translation. Region: Russian Federal

Source: People’s Republic of China in Russian – People’s Republic of China in Russian –

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

MINSK, June 30 /Xinhua/ — The experience and wisdom of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in building a socially oriented state and socialism with Chinese characteristics serve as a beacon for other countries and peoples, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus (CC CPB) Sergei Syrankov said in an interview with a Xinhua correspondent in Minsk the other day.

According to him, the CPC has shown the world by its example that the ideas of socialism can be successfully implemented in the state. “The focus on increasing the well-being of the masses instead of elite groups gives a colossal result for the state and society. Now the ideas of socialism with Chinese characteristics are in great demand in other countries. The experience and wisdom of the CPC in terms of building a socially oriented state and socialism with Chinese characteristics act as a beacon for other countries and peoples. China shows how to fight for its freedoms and how to become stronger on the path to building global socialism,” noted S. Syrankov.

He noted that thanks to the CPC, the Chinese people have achieved outstanding results in the economy, finance, science, technology, culture, and art. “We see how China’s infrastructure is developing by leaps and bounds: high-speed highways and roads are being built, and construction complexes of any complexity are being quickly erected. All of this has become possible only thanks to the CPC’s focus on serving the people. In fact, we see that China’s wealth is not in the hands of some oligarchic elite or Western corporations, but is working for the benefit of the people,” the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Belarus emphasized.

S. Syrankov especially noted that thanks to the CPC, the people of China became free and independent. “It was the CPC that directed the Chinese people to the great struggle against imperialism. And now, after 104 years, we see that only the strength of spirit and wisdom of the CPC allow us to successfully overcome all the difficult moments in relations with the United States and other Western countries focused on unfair competition, sanctions, pressure, intimidation, and wars,” he said.

In addition, S. Syrankov emphasized that it was the Chairman of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping who carried out economic reforms under the slogan “Chinese Dream”, which contributed to the high rates of economic growth of the country and an increase in the well-being of the nation.

“The Chairman of the PRC Xi Jinping is a leader who acts exclusively in the interests of the Chinese people. He understands and feels the needs of ordinary Chinese citizens and is focused on maximizing their well-being. He is demanding of himself and his subordinates, does not allow weaknesses and is focused on constant self-discipline. It is precisely these approaches that allow the Chairman of the PRC to receive recognition, love and support from the masses of China,” S. Syrankov emphasized.

He also drew attention to the fact that relations between China and Belarus are at the highest level – all-weather and comprehensive strategic partnership. This became possible due to the high level of trust that has formed between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

“Trust determines the development of all areas of our relations: economy, trade, culture, art, security. It is worth noting that the visit of the President of Belarus to China in early June 2025 outlined the further vector of development of our relations. Among them are the deepening of scientific and technological cooperation, the involvement of Belarusian enterprises in complex production processes of Chinese companies. We also see further deepening of cooperation between the two countries not only in the sphere of economy, science, but also in inter-party interaction,” summed up S. Syrankov. -0-

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June 30, 2025
How will the Dalai Lama’s successor be chosen?

Source: Government of India

Source: Government of India (4)

The choice of a successor to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhists, is a matter of riveting interest not only for followers of his religion, but also China, India, and the United States, for strategic reasons.

The Nobel peace laureate, who turns 90 on Sunday, is regarded as one of the world’s most influential figures, with a following extending well beyond Buddhism.

HOW WAS HE CHOSEN?

Tibetan tradition holds that the soul of a senior Buddhist monk is reincarnated after his death.

The 14th Dalai Lama, born as Lhamo Dhondup on July 6, 1935, to a farming family in northeastern Tibet, was identified as such a reincarnation when he was just two years old.

A search party sent by the Tibetan government made the decision on the basis of several signs, such as a vision revealed to a senior monk, the Dalai Lama’s website says. The searchers were convinced when the toddler identified belongings of the 13th Dalai Lama with the phrase, “It’s mine, it’s mine”.

In the winter of 1940, Lhamo Thondup was taken to the Potala Palace in Lhasa, the capital of today’s Tibet Autonomous Region, and officially installed as the spiritual leader of Tibetans.

HOW WILL HIS SUCCESSOR BE CHOSEN?

In his book “Voice for the Voiceless”, released in March 2025, the Dalai Lama said his successor would be born outside China.

The Dalai Lama has lived in exile in northern India since 1959, after fleeing a failed uprising against the rule of Mao Zedong’s Communists.

He wrote that he would release details about his succession around the time of his 90th birthday.

The Tibetan parliament-in-exile, based in the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, like the Dalai Lama, says a system has been established for the exiled government to continue its work while officers of the Gaden Phodrang Foundation will be charged with finding and recognising his successor.

The current Dalai Lama set up the foundation in 2015 to “maintain and support the tradition and institution of the Dalai Lama” with regard to his religious and spiritual duties, it says on its website. Its senior officers include several of his aides.

WHAT DOES CHINA SAY?

China says its leaders have the right to approve the Dalai Lama’s successor, as a legacy from imperial times. A selection ritual, in which the names of possible reincarnations are drawn from a golden urn, dates to 1793, during the Qing dynasty.

Chinese officials have repeatedly said the reincarnation of the Dalai Lama should be decided by following national laws that decree use of the golden urn and the birth of reincarnations within China’s borders.

But many Tibetans suspect any Chinese role in the selection as being a ploy to exert influence on the community.

It is inappropriate for Chinese Communists, who reject religion, “to meddle in the system of reincarnation of lamas, let alone that of the Dalai Lama,” the Buddhist leader has said.

In his book, he asked Tibetans not to accept “a candidate chosen for political ends by anyone, including those in the People’s Republic of China,” referring to the country by its official name.

Beijing brands the Dalai Lama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for keeping alive the Tibetan cause, as a “separatist” and prohibits displays of his picture or any public show of devotion towards him.

In March 2025, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said the Dalai Lama was a political exile with “no right to represent the Tibetan people at all”.

China denies suppressing the rights of the Tibetan people, and says its rule ended serfdom in, and brought prosperity to, a backward region.

WHAT ROLE COULD INDIA AND THE U.S. PLAY?

Apart from the Dalai Lama, India is estimated to be home to more than 100,000 Tibetan Buddhists who are free to study and work there.

Many Indians revere him, and international relations experts say his presence in India gives New Delhi some kind of leverage with rival China.

The United States, which faces rising competition from China for global dominance, has repeatedly said it is committed to advancing the human rights of Tibetans.

U.S. lawmakers have previously said they would not allow China to influence the choice of the Dalai Lama’s successor.

In 2024, then U.S. President Joe Biden signed a law that presses Beijing to resolve a dispute over Tibet’s demands for greater autonomy.

(Reuters)

June 30, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ailwood, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong

FG Trade/Getty

Last week, the Australian Human Rights Commission launched a new report on sexual harassment, called Speaking From Experience. It includes the voices of more than 300 victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment from vulnerable communities.

In it, the commission calls for a new wave of robust law reform measures to protect and support victim-survivors and hold employers accountable.

This report comes five years after the 2020 Respect@Work report, which made 55 recommendations to address workplace sexual harassment. Yet, in 2022, a survey by the commission found one in three workers had experienced sexual harassment.

This new report is a watershed one, building on the work already done since 2020. So how far have we come in dealing with workplace sexual harassment? And how would new laws help?

What’s in the new report?

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s new report, Speaking From Experience, emerges from the Respect@Work recommendations.

Recommendation 27 of the Respect@Work report suggested the commission establish a way to hear historical disclosures of workplace sexual harassment. The commission then turned this recommendation into its latest release.

This report was a listening process that put victim-survivors front and centre. First Nations, migrant, LGBTQIA+, disabled and young workers were the main contributors to the report.

An example of the experiences of the contributors is a fast food worker, who said:

I know personally for me, as a queer person, I’m just exhausted […] it’s
just a lot of mental energy and for nothing to happen, or for it to cause
more problems, it’s just like really a deterrent…

The commission was particularly concerned with identifying what does – and what does not – help victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment. The contributors shed light on what needs to change in the workplace and in the law.

One major theme was about non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are commonly used to settle workplace sexual harassment claims.

NDAs restrict who victim-survivors can speak to about their experience of workplace sexual harassment, including colleagues, friends, family and in public. Sometimes these agreements can hamper attempts to get support for the harassment.

The commission found victim-survivors are often pressured to sign NDAs in circumstances where the employer has far more power.

The commission recommended new legislation to restrict using agreements in this way.

This recommendation extends well beyond Respect@Work, which only produced best-practice guidelines. Extending the regulation is an important step forward, as subsequent research has revealed how ineffective these guidelines have been in practice.

Australia is now out of step with the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, which have all regulated the use of NDAs after the #MeToo movement.

Working Women’s Centres are currently leading a sector-wide campaign for change, and the regulation of NDAs is underway in Victoria.

Improving the positive duty

Respect@Work introduced a positive duty on people running a business or undertaking to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sexual harassment from the workplace.

In Speaking From Experience, the commission is asking for enhanced regulatory powers to enforce the positive duty to make it more effective.

Read more:
Explainer: what is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment and why is it so important?

The commission is currently prevented from speaking publicly, or to other regulatory agencies, about its enforcement activities unless it has entered an “enforceable undertaking” with an organisation or applied for a Federal Court order.

This means that, 18 months after being empowered to enforce the positive duty, the commission can’t speak publicly about how it is doing so.

To be an effective regulator, it must be able to publicise its enforcement actions and share information with other agencies.

The current law actually contributes to the culture of silencing and secrecy that continues to shroud workplace sexual harassment.

Further, there are currently no civil penalties for breaching the positive duty. In Speaking From Experience, the commission found this limits the extent to which some workplace leaders will take the positive duty seriously. It found this risks turning the prevention of workplace sexual harassment into a box-ticking compliance process.

The recommendations about penalties and transparency represent an acknowledgement that the commission’s powers to create systemic and structural change to target workplace sexual harassment are too limited.

In the absence of penalties, risk to reputation – the fear that public exposure of inaction or permissive workplace cultures concerning sexual harassment – remains the greatest incentive for employers to comply with the positive duty.

But workplace sexual harassment has been unlawful for more than 30 years. The current law does little more than continue to ask employers to do the right thing.

If the commission is not given the powers it needs to effectively enforce the law, too much reliance is placed on individual complainants to take action. As the Speaking From Experience report reveals, that means victim-survivors would need to overcome massive social, economic, cultural and legal barriers.

Over to the government

Speaking From Experience is a significant moment for workplace sexual harassment law reform and policy in Australia. It continues the work that Respect@Work started and takes it in a new direction, focusing on protecting and supporting victim-survivors and accountability for employers.

The Albanese government says it’s serious about addressing workplace gender equality and the prevention of violence against women. If that’s true, it should implement the commission’s recommendations in full, and quickly.

Sarah Ailwood does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

– ref. ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help – https://theconversation.com/im-just-exhausted-sexual-harassment-at-work-is-still-rife-these-new-laws-would-help-259884

MIL OSI Analysis – EveningReport.nz –

June 30, 2025
MIL-Evening Report: ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help

Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Sarah Ailwood, Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Wollongong

FG Trade/Getty

Last week, the Australian Human Rights Commission launched a new report on sexual harassment, called Speaking From Experience. It includes the voices of more than 300 victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment from vulnerable communities.

In it, the commission calls for a new wave of robust law reform measures to protect and support victim-survivors and hold employers accountable.

This report comes five years after the 2020 Respect@Work report, which made 55 recommendations to address workplace sexual harassment. Yet, in 2022, a survey by the commission found one in three workers had experienced sexual harassment.

This new report is a watershed one, building on the work already done since 2020. So how far have we come in dealing with workplace sexual harassment? And how would new laws help?

What’s in the new report?

The Australian Human Rights Commission’s new report, Speaking From Experience, emerges from the Respect@Work recommendations.

Recommendation 27 of the Respect@Work report suggested the commission establish a way to hear historical disclosures of workplace sexual harassment. The commission then turned this recommendation into its latest release.

This report was a listening process that put victim-survivors front and centre. First Nations, migrant, LGBTQIA+, disabled and young workers were the main contributors to the report.

An example of the experiences of the contributors is a fast food worker, who said:

I know personally for me, as a queer person, I’m just exhausted […] it’s
just a lot of mental energy and for nothing to happen, or for it to cause
more problems, it’s just like really a deterrent…

The commission was particularly concerned with identifying what does – and what does not – help victim-survivors of workplace sexual harassment. The contributors shed light on what needs to change in the workplace and in the law.

One major theme was about non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are commonly used to settle workplace sexual harassment claims.

NDAs restrict who victim-survivors can speak to about their experience of workplace sexual harassment, including colleagues, friends, family and in public. Sometimes these agreements can hamper attempts to get support for the harassment.

The commission found victim-survivors are often pressured to sign NDAs in circumstances where the employer has far more power.

The commission recommended new legislation to restrict using agreements in this way.

This recommendation extends well beyond Respect@Work, which only produced best-practice guidelines. Extending the regulation is an important step forward, as subsequent research has revealed how ineffective these guidelines have been in practice.

Australia is now out of step with the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada, which have all regulated the use of NDAs after the #MeToo movement.

Working Women’s Centres are currently leading a sector-wide campaign for change, and the regulation of NDAs is underway in Victoria.

Improving the positive duty

Respect@Work introduced a positive duty on people running a business or undertaking to take reasonable and proportionate measures to eliminate sexual harassment from the workplace.

In Speaking From Experience, the commission is asking for enhanced regulatory powers to enforce the positive duty to make it more effective.

Read more:
Explainer: what is a ‘positive duty’ to prevent workplace sexual harassment and why is it so important?

The commission is currently prevented from speaking publicly, or to other regulatory agencies, about its enforcement activities unless it has entered an “enforceable undertaking” with an organisation or applied for a Federal Court order.

This means that, 18 months after being empowered to enforce the positive duty, the commission can’t speak publicly about how it is doing so.

To be an effective regulator, it must be able to publicise its enforcement actions and share information with other agencies.

The current law actually contributes to the culture of silencing and secrecy that continues to shroud workplace sexual harassment.

Further, there are currently no civil penalties for breaching the positive duty. In Speaking From Experience, the commission found this limits the extent to which some workplace leaders will take the positive duty seriously. It found this risks turning the prevention of workplace sexual harassment into a box-ticking compliance process.

The recommendations about penalties and transparency represent an acknowledgement that the commission’s powers to create systemic and structural change to target workplace sexual harassment are too limited.

In the absence of penalties, risk to reputation – the fear that public exposure of inaction or permissive workplace cultures concerning sexual harassment – remains the greatest incentive for employers to comply with the positive duty.

But workplace sexual harassment has been unlawful for more than 30 years. The current law does little more than continue to ask employers to do the right thing.

If the commission is not given the powers it needs to effectively enforce the law, too much reliance is placed on individual complainants to take action. As the Speaking From Experience report reveals, that means victim-survivors would need to overcome massive social, economic, cultural and legal barriers.

Over to the government

Speaking From Experience is a significant moment for workplace sexual harassment law reform and policy in Australia. It continues the work that Respect@Work started and takes it in a new direction, focusing on protecting and supporting victim-survivors and accountability for employers.

The Albanese government says it’s serious about addressing workplace gender equality and the prevention of violence against women. If that’s true, it should implement the commission’s recommendations in full, and quickly.

Sarah Ailwood does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

– ref. ‘I’m just exhausted’: sexual harassment at work is still rife. These new laws would help – https://theconversation.com/im-just-exhausted-sexual-harassment-at-work-is-still-rife-these-new-laws-would-help-259884

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Jun 30, 2025 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

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Forecast Discussion

SPC AC 300056

Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0756 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Valid 300100Z – 301200Z

…THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS TO THE OZARKS…

…SUMMARY…
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible this
evening across the central/Southern Plains and Ozarks. More
isolated severe storms are possible across the Great lakes and upper
Midwest. Wind is the primary risk, though hail is expected across
portions of the High Plains.

…Central High Plains…
Several clusters of severe storms are ongoing from southern SD to
eastern WY/CO and into western KS/NE. Moderate instability and
elongated hodographs will continue to support supercells. Hail and
damaging winds will remain likely this evening.

With time, upscale growth into one or more larger clusters appears
likely across the eastern CO Plains and western NE/KS. Modest
forcing for ascent and effective shear suggest the degree of
organization of any clusters that form is somewhat uncertain.
Confidence in greater storm organization is highest across parts of
KS/NE along the sagging cold front. Here, large buoyancy and locally
stronger forcing may allow for more efficient upscale growth. Should
a more organized MCS develop, a conditional risk for gusts upward of
75 mph is possible across parts of the central Plains tonight.

…Ozarks to central KS…
An ongoing complex of thunderstorms with an established cold pool is
likely to persist into this evening amidst a very buoyant (4000 J/kg
MUCAPE) but weakly sheared air mass across the Ozarks and southern
Plains. Model guidance and observational trends suggest a gradual
weakening of the entire complex is likely with southward extent this
evening, related to the loss of diurnal heating and the lack of
broader deep-layer ascent. Still, isolated damaging gusts remain
possible across northern AR and southern MO.

To the west, new thunderstorm development across parts of
south-central KS and northeastern OK will likely be the new focus
for stronger storms on the flanks of the surging outflow tonight.
Given the degree of buoyancy, isolated damaging gusts and some hail
are possible. One or more clusters of strong to occasionally severe
storms are likely, and may persist into northern OK and southern KS
tonight.

…Great Lakes to the upper Midwest…
Isolated storm development remains possible this evening along
trailing outflow and a weak cold front from southern WI to IA.
Vertical shear is not particularly strong, and overall convective
organization is expected to be low. Still, remaining instability
and moist surface conditions will promote occasional strong
downdrafts this evening.

..Lyons.. 06/30/2025

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MIL-OSI USA: SPC Jun 30, 2025 0100 UTC Day 1 Convective Outlook

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Forecast Discussion

SPC AC 300056

Day 1 Convective Outlook
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0756 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

Valid 300100Z – 301200Z

…THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS TO THE OZARKS…

…SUMMARY…
Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible this
evening across the central/Southern Plains and Ozarks. More
isolated severe storms are possible across the Great lakes and upper
Midwest. Wind is the primary risk, though hail is expected across
portions of the High Plains.

…Central High Plains…
Several clusters of severe storms are ongoing from southern SD to
eastern WY/CO and into western KS/NE. Moderate instability and
elongated hodographs will continue to support supercells. Hail and
damaging winds will remain likely this evening.

With time, upscale growth into one or more larger clusters appears
likely across the eastern CO Plains and western NE/KS. Modest
forcing for ascent and effective shear suggest the degree of
organization of any clusters that form is somewhat uncertain.
Confidence in greater storm organization is highest across parts of
KS/NE along the sagging cold front. Here, large buoyancy and locally
stronger forcing may allow for more efficient upscale growth. Should
a more organized MCS develop, a conditional risk for gusts upward of
75 mph is possible across parts of the central Plains tonight.

…Ozarks to central KS…
An ongoing complex of thunderstorms with an established cold pool is
likely to persist into this evening amidst a very buoyant (4000 J/kg
MUCAPE) but weakly sheared air mass across the Ozarks and southern
Plains. Model guidance and observational trends suggest a gradual
weakening of the entire complex is likely with southward extent this
evening, related to the loss of diurnal heating and the lack of
broader deep-layer ascent. Still, isolated damaging gusts remain
possible across northern AR and southern MO.

To the west, new thunderstorm development across parts of
south-central KS and northeastern OK will likely be the new focus
for stronger storms on the flanks of the surging outflow tonight.
Given the degree of buoyancy, isolated damaging gusts and some hail
are possible. One or more clusters of strong to occasionally severe
storms are likely, and may persist into northern OK and southern KS
tonight.

…Great Lakes to the upper Midwest…
Isolated storm development remains possible this evening along
trailing outflow and a weak cold front from southern WI to IA.
Vertical shear is not particularly strong, and overall convective
organization is expected to be low. Still, remaining instability
and moist surface conditions will promote occasional strong
downdrafts this evening.

..Lyons.. 06/30/2025

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC – No MDs are in effect as of Mon Jun 30 05:02:09 UTC 2025

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Current Mesoscale DiscussionsUpdated: Mon Jun 30 05:05:03 UTC 2025 No Mesoscale Discussions are currently in effect.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC – No MDs are in effect as of Mon Jun 30 05:02:09 UTC 2025

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Current Mesoscale DiscussionsUpdated: Mon Jun 30 05:05:03 UTC 2025 No Mesoscale Discussions are currently in effect.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 477 Status Reports

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Watch 477 Status Reports

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 477

VALID 300130Z – 300200Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 NW DBQ TO
15 WSW LNR TO 25 NW MKE.

WW 477 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 300200Z.

..THOMPSON..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC025-043-045-049-065-300200-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

DANE GRANT GREEN
IOWA LAFAYETTE
$$

THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 477

VALID 292155Z – 292240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 35 S LSE TO
35 WSW OSH TO 25 NE MTW.

..THOMPSON..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC015-021-023-025-027-039-043-045-047-049-065-071-103-111-
292240-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CALUMET COLUMBIA CRAWFORD
DANE DODGE FOND DU LAC
GRANT GREEN GREEN LAKE
IOWA LAFAYETTE MANITOWOC
RICHLAND SAUK
$$

LMZ543-292240-

CW

. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI

$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 477

VALID 292025Z – 292140Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 20 NNE VOK
TO 30 S ESC.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1512.

..MARSH..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC001-009-015-021-023-025-027-029-039-043-045-047-049-057-061-
065-071-077-081-083-087-097-103-111-115-123-135-137-139-
292140-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS BROWN CALUMET
COLUMBIA CRAWFORD DANE
DODGE DOOR FOND DU LAC
GRANT GREEN GREEN LAKE
IOWA JUNEAU KEWAUNEE
LAFAYETTE MANITOWOC MARQUETTE
MONROE OCONTO OUTAGAMIE
PORTAGE RICHLAND SAUK
SHAWANO VERNON WAUPACA
WAUSHARA WINNEBAGO
$$

LMZ521-522-541-542-543-292140-

CW

. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI

STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI

TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI

$$
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REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 477

VALID 291945Z – 292040Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..GRAMS..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ARX…GRB…MKX…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 477

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

WIC001-009-015-021-023-025-027-029-039-043-045-047-049-057-061-
065-071-075-077-078-081-083-087-097-103-111-115-123-135-137-139-
292040-

WI
. WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS BROWN CALUMET
COLUMBIA CRAWFORD DANE
DODGE DOOR FOND DU LAC
GRANT GREEN GREEN LAKE
IOWA JUNEAU KEWAUNEE
LAFAYETTE MANITOWOC MARINETTE
MARQUETTE MENOMINEE MONROE
OCONTO OUTAGAMIE PORTAGE
RICHLAND SAUK SHAWANO
VERNON WAUPACA WAUSHARA
WINNEBAGO
$$

LMZ521-522-541-542-543-292040-

CW

. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM CEDAR RIVER TO ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE
AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

GREEN BAY SOUTH OF LINE FROM OCONTO WI TO LITTLE STURGEON BAY WI

ROCK ISLAND PASSAGE TO STURGEON BAY WI

STURGEON BAY TO TWO RIVERS WI

TWO RIVERS TO SHEBOYGAN WI

$$
THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 478 Status Reports

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Watch 478 Status Reports

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 478

VALID 300150Z – 300240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 55 NNW BVO
TO 20 S CNU TO GMJ.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1517

..THOMPSON..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC015-019-035-049-099-125-173-191-205-300240-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BUTLER CHAUTAUQUA COWLEY
ELK LABETTE MONTGOMERY
SEDGWICK SUMNER WILSON
$$

OKC035-037-041-097-105-113-115-117-131-143-145-147-300240-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG CREEK DELAWARE
MAYES NOWATA OSAGE
OTTAWA PAWNEE ROGERS
TULSA WAGONER WASHINGTON
$$

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REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 478

VALID 300005Z – 300140Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 30 S EMP TO
25 SE GMJ.

..THOMPSON..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC019-049-099-125-205-300140-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CHAUTAUQUA ELK LABETTE
MONTGOMERY WILSON
$$

OKC035-105-115-300140-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG NOWATA OTTAWA
$$

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REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 478

VALID 292210Z – 292340Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 N CNU TO
15 NNW JLN TO 20 ENE SGF.

..THOMPSON..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC019-021-037-049-099-125-133-205-207-292340-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CHAUTAUQUA CHEROKEE CRAWFORD
ELK LABETTE MONTGOMERY
NEOSHO WILSON WOODSON
$$

MOC009-043-077-097-109-119-145-209-213-292340-

MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARRY CHRISTIAN GREENE
JASPER LAWRENCE MCDONALD
NEWTON STONE TANEY
$$

OKC035-105-115-292340-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG NOWATA OTTAWA
$$

THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 478

VALID 292030Z – 292140Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE FORTHCOMING MESOSCALE DISCUSSION
1513.
..GRAMS..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…ICT…SGF…TSA…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 478

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

KSC001-011-019-021-037-049-099-125-133-205-207-292140-

KS
. KANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ALLEN BOURBON CHAUTAUQUA
CHEROKEE CRAWFORD ELK
LABETTE MONTGOMERY NEOSHO
WILSON WOODSON
$$

MOC009-011-039-043-057-077-085-097-109-119-145-167-185-209-213-
217-292140-

MO
. MISSOURI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BARRY BARTON CEDAR
CHRISTIAN DADE GREENE
HICKORY JASPER LAWRENCE
MCDONALD NEWTON POLK
ST. CLAIR STONE TANEY
VERNON
$$

OKC035-105-115-292140-

OK
. OKLAHOMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CRAIG NOWATA OTTAWA
$$

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REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 479 Status Reports

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Watch 479 Status Reports

STATUS REPORT #4 ON WW 479

VALID 300140Z – 300240Z

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 25 SE DGW TO
25 E CDR.

..SPC..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
300240-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC005-007-013-031-033-045-049-069-075-091-105-117-123-157-161-
165-300240-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ARTHUR BANNER BOX BUTTE
CHERRY CHEYENNE DAWES
DEUEL GARDEN GRANT
HOOKER KIMBALL MCPHERSON
MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF SHERIDAN
SIOUX
$$

SDC007-300240-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT
$$

WYC015-021-031-300240-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

GOSHEN LARAMIE PLATTE
$$

THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #3 ON WW 479

VALID 300005Z – 300140Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..SPC..06/30/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
300140-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC007-013-033-045-049-069-105-123-157-161-165-300140-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE
DAWES DEUEL GARDEN
KIMBALL MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF
SHERIDAN SIOUX
$$

SDC007-033-047-071-081-093-102-103-300140-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON LAWRENCE MEADE
OGLALA LAKOTA PENNINGTON
$$

WYC011-015-021-027-031-045-300140-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CROOK GOSHEN LARAMIE
NIOBRARA PLATTE WESTON
$$

THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #2 ON WW 479

VALID 292240Z – 292340Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..SPC..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
292340-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC007-013-033-045-049-069-105-123-157-161-165-292340-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE
DAWES DEUEL GARDEN
KIMBALL MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF
SHERIDAN SIOUX
$$

SDC007-033-047-071-081-093-102-103-292340-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON LAWRENCE MEADE
OGLALA LAKOTA PENNINGTON
$$

WYC011-015-021-027-031-045-292340-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CROOK GOSHEN LARAMIE
NIOBRARA PLATTE WESTON
$$

THE WATCH STATUS MESSAGE IS FOR GUIDANCE PURPOSES ONLY. PLEASE
REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
$$

STATUS REPORT #1 ON WW 479

VALID 292030Z – 292140Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE WATCH AREA.

..GRAMS..06/29/25

ATTN…WFO…BOU…CYS…LBF…UNR…

&&

STATUS REPORT FOR WS 479

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

COC001-005-013-014-031-039-069-073-075-087-095-115-121-123-
292140-

CO
. COLORADO COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

ADAMS ARAPAHOE BOULDER
BROOMFIELD DENVER ELBERT
LARIMER LINCOLN LOGAN
MORGAN PHILLIPS SEDGWICK
WASHINGTON WELD
$$

NEC007-013-033-045-049-069-105-123-157-161-165-292140-

NE
. NEBRASKA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE
DAWES DEUEL GARDEN
KIMBALL MORRILL SCOTTS BLUFF
SHERIDAN SIOUX
$$

SDC007-033-047-071-081-093-102-103-292140-

SD
. SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON LAWRENCE MEADE
OGLALA LAKOTA PENNINGTON
$$

WYC011-015-021-027-031-045-292140-

WY
. WYOMING COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

CROOK GOSHEN LARAMIE
NIOBRARA PLATTE WESTON
$$

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REFER TO WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION STATEMENTS FOR OFFICIAL
INFORMATION ON COUNTIES…INDEPENDENT CITIES AND MARINE ZONES
CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES.
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June 30, 2025
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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: SPC Severe Thunderstorm Watch 480

Source: US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

WW 480 SEVERE TSTM KS NE 300450Z – 301100Z

URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 480
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
1150 PM CDT Sun Jun 29 2025

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Kansas
Western and Central Nebraska

* Effective this Sunday night and Monday morning from 1150 PM
until 600 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include…
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible
Isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY…Various forecast guidance suggests that storms should
intensify, expand, and linearly organize into the overnight as they
progress southeastward, potentially into an MCS with wind
damage/some hail possible.

The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 85
statute miles north and south of a line from 30 miles north
northwest of Mccook NE to 30 miles southeast of Hastings NE. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU0).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

REMEMBER…A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.

&&

AVIATION…A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 550. Mean storm motion vector
30025.

…Guyer

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: Senator Marshall: This is $1,000 a Month for Hard-Working Kansans

US Senate News:

Source: United States Senator for Kansas Roger Marshall
Senator Marshall Joins NewsNation to Discuss The Republican Reconciliation Bill
Washington – On Sunday morning, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), joined Chris Stirewalt on NewsNation’s The Hill Sunday to discuss the current state of the Republican reconciliation bill as the Senate seeks to hold a vote early tomorrow morning and specifically address the rumors circulating from the fake news media.
Click HERE or on the image above to watch Senator Marshall’s full remarks.
On the home stretch of the reconciliation bill and getting it across the finish line:
“Well, I think if it weren’t for President Trump and John Thune and John Barrasso, [it] would be next to impossible. Vice President also came in and got involved as well, JD Vance. So, I think it’s constantly listening, it’s pushing, it’s the art of the deal. Both sides are saying they’re unhappy – we’re probably right over the target.”
On the need for more cuts down the road:
“Look, I think we have significant commitments from the White House and from leadership to continue to address this. Look, I actually think this bill will help shrink the debt. I think it’s going to grow the economy so much, just like it did under President Kennedy, President Reagan, President Clinton, and then again, under President Trump 45. I think it’ll grow the economy, shrink the debt. This is phase one. It’s not the end-all; we have a lot of work to do.
“I think what your listeners need to understand … is we’re extending this debt limit. If we don’t do that, it could help, it would hurt us, or on our debt, our bond rating. And number three is the Democrats will extract a pound of flesh to give that to us, because whoever’s in power gets blamed for it, right?”
On whether or not ‘unpopular’ cuts will get removed:
“I don’t. I think that’s only affecting one person. There are too many great things in this bill to vote for. We’re going to prevent the largest tax increase in history – this is the extension of President Trump’s legacy. If you supported President Trump, you should support this bill. We voted for him to secure the border. He’s going to run out of money soon. This bill is going to fund border security for four years, 2000 miles of barriers along with it, and tax cuts for everybody. This will mean $1,000 a month to hard-working Kansans back home.”
On how Medicaid is actually being strengthened and preserved:
“I’m not sure there’s ever a good time to cut anything up here. But I want to emphasize, we’re not cutting spending. We are actually increasing spending on Medicaid over the next years, at a rate higher than inflation. We’re gonna end up spending $200 billion more per year than what we are right now. We’re going to protect and preserve it for those who need it the most, for seniors in nursing homes, for people with disabilities, pregnant women, and children. So we need to protect and preserve it – make it financially solvent.
“But I’m so proud of what we did on this bill, $25 billion for rural hospitals and community health centers. Look, only 5% of Medicaid dollars end up in rural hospitals – the urban hospitals take 95% of that money. So we have $25 billion to help make those rule hospitals solvent. I think it’s an incredible solution. I compliment Susan Collins and Rick Scott on their work on that as well. They’ve done a great job helping get that across the finish line.”
On the major wins for Kansans:
“Look, you need to laser focus the message here. What you didn’t show is that if you address these one title at a time, it actually polls positively. So you need to go back home – I’m talking to union workers in Wichita, I talk about no tax on overtime. If I’m talking to farmers, there’s this 199A pass-through, crop insurance, 45Z. So you have to tailor your message if you do them one at a time.
“Talking to hardcore conservatives like me, we talk about President Trump’s legacy, that we’re securing the border. The left media has done an incredible job of labeling this bill bad, Trump bad, bill bad, but what we have to do is focus on the real message here: how much this is going to help Americans. This is the start of a new golden era for the Americans.”

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI United Kingdom: UK-US trade deal kicks into gear: immediate tariff cuts for UK auto and aerospace sectors
Source: United Kingdom – Executive Government & Departments

Press release

UK-US trade deal kicks into gear: immediate tariff cuts for UK auto and aerospace sectors

The UK-US trade deal has today come into force, slashing US export tariffs for the UK’s automotive and aerospace sectors.
Immediate benefits for UK auto and aerospace sectors as tariffs are slashed under the UK-US trade deal, protecting British jobs across the country.

UK car manufacturers can now export to the US under a reduced 10% tariff quota saving hundreds of millions annually and supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs.

The UK aerospace sector also gains a major boost, with 10% tariffs on goods like engines and aircraft parts removed today and a commitment to maintain them at 0%.

From today, British car and aerospace manufacturers will benefit from major tariff reductions when exporting to the US, saving thousands of jobs, as the landmark UK-US trade deal comes into effect.

The UK is the only country to have secured this deal with the US, reducing car export tariffs from 27.5% to 10%, saving manufacturers hundreds of millions each year and protecting hundreds of thousands of jobs.

At the same time, the aerospace sector has seen the removal of 10% tariffs on goods such as engines and aircraft parts, helping make companies such as Rolls Royce more competitive and allow them to continue to be at the cutting edge of innovation.

These changes are a huge win for both sectors and will help ensure UK manufacturers remain globally competitive, protect British jobs and continue to lead in innovation and excellence.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said:

Our historic trade deal with the United States delivers for British businesses and protects UK jobs. From today, our world-class automotive and aerospace industries will see tariffs slashed, safeguarding key industries that are vital to our economy.

We will always act in the national interest – backing British businesses and workers, delivering on our Plan for Change.

Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds said:

We agreed this deal with the US to protect jobs and support growth in some of our most vital sectors – and today, we’re delivering on that promise for the UK’s world-class automotive and aerospace industries.

British car manufacturers can now export to the US at a significantly reduced 10% tariff rate – down from 27.5% – and aerospace goods will see 10% tariffs removed, saving sectors hundreds of millions each year and safeguarding thousands of jobs.

This is a clear example of our Plan for Change in action: cutting costs for businesses, speeding up delivery of trade benefits, and helping UK industries thrive in a challenging global environment.

Kevin Craven, CEO of ADS said:

News that tariffs on aerospace goods are to be relaxed is welcome to the industry and regulatory bodies alike.

The UK’s aerospace sector is renowned for its innovation and excellence, and thanks to our role in the global supply chain, more than 100,000 people are employed in highly skilled jobs in the sector throughout the country.

Efforts to reach this outcome are hugely appreciated by a sector that has remained resilient against a multitude of external pressures.

Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of SMMT said:

The implementation of the new trading agreement between the UK and US is good news for US customers and a huge relief for the UK automotive companies that export to this critically important market.

It immediately slashes the punitive tariffs that brought the US export market to a standstill and threatened the viability of some of the most famous names in British manufacturing.

Securing the deal – the first and, so far, only automotive deal in place with the administration – is a diplomatic coup and provides a foundation on which to grow trade in the future. Combined with the new Industrial and Trade Strategies that have automotive at their heart, UK companies can look to the future with more optimism.

We have worked with the US and all parts of UK industry to build a quota system which is as simple, fair and effective as possible.

Thanks to the UK-US deal, the UK is the only country to be exempt from the global tariff of 50% on steel and aluminium. As the Prime Minister and President Trump have again confirmed, we will continue go further and make progress towards 0% tariffs on core steel products as agreed.

Today’s announcement demonstrates the kind of agile, sector-specific agreement outlined in the UK’s Trade Strategy — designed to deliver rapid, practical benefits for British businesses and workers in key industries.

This deal is one of many international agreements this government has secured recently to boost our economy, including a trade deal with India which will add £4.8 billion to the UK economy and £2.2 billion in wages every year, and a renewed EU deal which will add nearly £9 billion to the UK economy by 2040 on SPS and emissions measures alone.

Today’s announcement is the result of work happening at pace between both governments to lower the burden on UK businesses, especially the sectors most impacted by the tariffs. We will now update Parliament on the implementation of quotas on US beef and ethanol, as part of our commitment to the US under this deal.

Background:

The updated federal notice from the US Government confirming the change regarding UK auto and aerospace tariffs is available here: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/06/30/2025-12060/imports-of-automobiles-automobile-parts-civil-aircraft-and-civil-aircraft-parts-from-the-united.

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MIL OSI United Kingdom –
June 30, 2025
EAM Jaishankar on US visit from June 30; to attend Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on July 1

Source: Government of India

Source: Government of India (4)

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will pay an official visit to the United States from 30 June to 2 July at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to participate in the next Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (QFMM), scheduled for 1 July, an official said on Sunday.

In a statement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) stated that the Quad Foreign Ministers will build upon the discussions held during the last QFMM, which took place in Washington on January 21 this year.

“They will exchange views on regional and global developments, particularly those concerning the Indo-Pacific, and review the progress made on various Quad initiatives in the run-up to the Quad Leaders’ Summit, which will be hosted by India. The Ministers are also expected to deliberate on new proposals aimed at advancing the shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific,” the MEA statement read.

EAM Jaishankar will also inaugurate an exhibition titled, “The Human Cost of Terrorism” at the United Nations Headquarters, New York on June 30.

“The exhibition will highlight the devastating toll of heinous terrorist acts around the world, and the steps taken by the international community to combat terrorism,” the statement noted.

India’s UN Mission said it will “highlight the devastating toll of heinous terrorist acts around the world”.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host the upcoming QFMM, which will also be attended by Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Japan’s Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi, next Tuesday in Washington.

Rubio’s first diplomatic engagement after he took office on January 21 was the Quad foreign ministers meeting, which took place a day after President Donald Trump was inaugurated.

Next week’s meeting “builds on that momentum to advance a free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific”, Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the Department of State, Thomas Pigott, said.

“This is what American leadership looks like: strength, peace, and prosperity,” he said.

Earlier, S. Jaishankar posted on X that he had a phone conversation with Penny Wong on Thursday in preparation for the Quad meeting.

The Quad meeting will be the first time the ministers get together after the Pahalgam attack.

It will come a day before Pakistan takes over the rotating presidency of the Security Council.

The Quad meeting is expected to lay the groundwork for the Summit to be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi which will bring US President Donald Trump, and Prime Ministers Anthony Albanese of Australia and Shigeru Ishiba of Japan to India.

At their meeting in February, PM Modi said he looked forward to hosting Trump at the summit.

The first foreign affairs meeting after Trump’s inauguration showed his administration’s regional priority as China’s threat loomed. However, the world’s attention turned to the Middle East and Ukraine.

The conflict between Israel and Iran appears to have ebbed for now, freeing some bandwidth to turn attention to the Indo-Pacific, where China poses a challenge to the nations of the region.

(IANS)

June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: On Senate Floor, Murray Again Slams Republicans for Using Deceptive Tactics to Hide True Cost of Deficit-Busting Tax Cuts for Billionaires

US Senate News:

Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray
ICYMI EARLIER TODAY: Senator Murray Rips Into Republicans for Using Deceptive “Current Policy Baseline” to Hide True Cost of Deficit-Busting Tax Cuts for Billionaires
Murray: “Republicans should know, if they replace math with magic, if they tear up the Senate process, if they blow off the Senate Parliamentarian, that bill will come due.”
***VIDEO of Senator Murray’s remarks HERE***
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee and a senior member and former chair of the Senate Budget Committee, spoke out again on the Senate floor to slam Republicans’ use of a so-called “current policy baseline” to hide the true cost of their deficit-busting tax cuts for billionaires.
Republicans’ 940-page reconciliation bill—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—which they released in the dead of night, cuts more than $900 billion from Medicaid—$100 billion more than the House bill. About 17 million Americans will lose their health care, more than 300 rural hospitals could close, and more than 500 nursing homes could close. The legislation makes the largest cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history and will rip away nutrition assistance entirely from more than 5 million Americans and shift tens of billions of dollars in costs to states. The legislation also increases the debt by nearly $4 trillion dollars—nearly a trillion more than the House bill. About two in three Americans oppose the bill.
Senator Murray’s full remarks, as delivered, are below and HERE:
“Mr. President, there are some things you can’t change with legislation, despite what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to believe.
“For example, one plus one is two. And while a trillion might have a lot of zeroes in it—it is, in fact, a much, much bigger number.
“Now that might sound obvious, but apparently, my colleagues across the aisle need a little reminder.
“Because, right now, Republicans are pretending not to get it. It is almost beyond belief, and it is certainly beyond common sense.
“After years of complaining about the debt—in fact, at the same time they are talking about how we need to address the debt—Republicans now are suddenly pretending they don’t know how to count. Republicans are suddenly pretending the parliamentarian doesn’t exist if they don’t talk to her.
“Republicans are suddenly pretending that precedent doesn’t exist if they just fake amnesia, and that norms, and consequences for breaking them, will disappear if they wish it away really hard.
“My preschool students had more common sense!
“Republicans should know, if they replace math with magic, if they tear up the Senate process, if they blow off the Senate Parliamentarian, that bill will come due.
“And not just the bill for four trillion dollars—blown on tax cuts for billionaires and corporations—the bill will also come due for trashing this Senate process and precedent when Republicans are no longer in the majority.
“And, M. President, if Republicans are serious about plowing forward with rewriting—or ignoring—Senate procedure, and the laws of mathematics—I just ask, spare me the empty excuses. Spare me the explanations that totally ignore the reality of what you are doing.
“I mean, do they really think it washes away everything to say, “oh it’s fine to break the process in half because we say it’s fine’… ‘oh it’s fine, we have the authority to ignore math… give me a break!
“To every Republican who really thinks that is a convincing argument… to anyone who thinks ‘we can’ is an acceptable rationale for going nuclear and pretending the most expensive bill in the history of our country can be paid for by some magic bean counting…
“Here’s my challenge to you.
“Go back home and try that game with your constituents. Tell them: ‘It’s okay. Yes, the debt is going to be four trillion dollars higher ten years from now… that’s true. But it’s fine! We voted on it, and we get to say, a trillion is actually zero.’
“Go ahead, see how that works out for you. And you may as well tell them you are voting against gravity next, because that’s just as reasonable.
“And don’t forget, when you tell your families back home that four trillion in tax cuts for the billionaires and companies are free because you waved a wand, or you said some magic words, don’t forget to tell them: those are just tax cuts for the billionaires, not for working families.
“Don’t forget to tell the folks back home: ‘yeah, I voted to say a trillion dollars is nothing, but we still need to kick people off their health care—that’s too expensive. We still need to close those hospitals—we have to cut costs. And we still have to kick people off SNAP—because the debt is out of control.’
“And don’t forget to mention that, ‘No, we can’t afford child care. No, we can’t afford paid leave. No, we can’t afford to solve your problems. Magic math is apparently just for billionaires. You all are getting less.’
“Please, Republicans—send that message to your constituents. Just see how it goes over.
“Because, you can fool yourself, but you are not going to fool the American people. They don’t get to balance their budget with magic math. They don’t get to pretend a trillion dollars is nothing. And they don’t get to pretend that this bill is free.
“Because, at the end of the day, regardless of what policy baseline you all want to use in D.C., those families back home? They are the ones who will be paying the actual cost.
[…]
Senator Merkley: Would you yield to a question?
Senator Murray: I would.
Senator Merkley: In the time that you were Budget Chair, did you every contemplate a situation in which you argued that renewing a tax break that was, by law, expiring, would somehow have no impact on the deficit?
Senator Murray: To my friend from Oregon, I never would have contemplated, and I never would have put it forward. And I happen to know that if I had suggested that, that my Republican colleagues would have been all over me, telling me that breaks the rules.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: In Senate Floor Speech, Murray Rails Against Republican Bill That Will Rip Away Health Care, Nutrition Assistance, Abortion Access & Balloon National Debt to Fund Tax Cuts for Billionaires

US Senate News:

Source: United States Senator for Washington State Patty Murray
In Washington state, at least 306,000 people will lose health care under Republican bill; 900,000 Washingtonians could see SNAP benefits reduced or eliminated; 14 rural hospitals will be at risk of closure
***VIDEO of Senator Murray’s full floor speech HERE***
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, took to the Senate floor to speak out forcefully against Republicans’ reconciliation bill—the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—which, as Murray detailed, will rip away health care from millions of Americans, shutter the doors of hospitals and health care clinics across the country, make the largest cuts to Medicaid and nutrition assistance in history, and blow up the national debt—all so Republicans can fund massive tax breaks for billionaires.
Republicans’ 940-page bill, which they released in the dead of night, cuts more than $900 billion from Medicaid—$100 billion more than the House bill. That means about 17 million Americans will lose their health care, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and more than 300 rural hospitals and over 500 nursing homes could close because of the legislation. The legislation makes the largest cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in history and will rip away nutrition assistance entirely from more than 5 million Americans and shift tens of billions of dollars in costs to states. The legislation also increases the debt by nearly $4 trillion dollars—nearly a trillion more than the House bill. About two in three Americans oppose the bill.
In Washington state, 1.95 million people rely on Apple Health, Washington state’s Medicaid program, and over 300,000 Washingtonians access coverage through the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace (Washington Healthplanfinder). The Joint Economic Committee estimates that at least 306,312 people in Washington state would lose their health insurance under the Republican legislation—that includes 198,050 people who would be kicked off Medicaid and 108,262 people who would lose their coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Among other things, Republicans’ bill would institute work reporting requirements for Medicaid, which have been proven not to increase employment and just strip health care coverage from people who are already working or exempt—this would put more than 620,000 Washingtonians at risk of losing their health care coverage or having it delayed. Fourteen rural hospitals in Washington state would be at risk of closure under the Republican bill. The legislation also “defunds” Planned Parenthood for the next year, threatening the closure of up to 200 health centers across the country—90 percent of them in states where abortion is legal. 11 percent of Washington state residents rely on SNAP, and the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services estimated that more than 900,000 people across the state could their see SNAP benefits reduced or eliminated under the House bill—the Senate bill is just as extreme.
Senator Murray’s full remarks, as delivered, are below and HERE:
“I think it’s really important the discussion we had right now about the deficit and debt, but I want to talk a little bit more about this bill in general.
“You know, recent KFF polling shows that this Republican Big, Ugly, Betrayal bill is overwhelmingly unpopular. In fact, this thing is more underwater than the Titanic.
“Nearly two-in-three Americans view this bill unfavorably. That goes up to nearly three-in-four when they learn it will kick millions—millions—off their health insurance. And it goes up to nearly four-in-five when they learn it will choke off funding to their local hospital. In other words, the more the American people hear about what is actually in this Big, Ugly Betrayal bill, the more they dislike it.
“So with that in mind, I want to be here today to say a little bit more about what is in the Republicans’ latest version. Spoiler alert: it is still big, it is still ugly—and it is an absolute betrayal of the people who sent us here to fight for them.
“The Republican plan is still going to mean over 16 million people losing health care as patients get kicked off their ACA plans. Kids and struggling families will get kicked off Medicaid. Rural hospitals are going to forced to shut their doors.
“The Republican plan is still going to mean more starving families. New red tape is going to cut people off from their SNAP benefits that they need to put food on the table, and it is going to take away kids’ school meals.
“The Republican plan still rips away support from the people in this country who are struggling the most, to give away billions in tax breaks to billionaires who need help the least.
“In short, this latest version of Republicans’ bill would still be one of the biggest transfers of wealth from the people at the bottom to the people at the top in our nation’s history.
[Health Care]
“When it comes to health care, this Republican abomination will cause millions of people to lose their insurance, and see their costs skyrocket in one way or another.
“It will create mountains of new paperwork and bureaucratic barriers that are positively meant to kick people off their Medicaid and ACA coverage.
“And there is new sabotage to the ACA health care markets, which will mean more people losing their affordable coverage. Meanwhile, there is nothing—a big, fat zero—when it comes to renewing the tax credits Democrats passed to lower your health care costs.
“That’s right—while Republicans are showering their billionaire donors in new tax breaks, they will not lift a finger to extend health care tax credits that are saving millions of families thousands of dollars a year on health coverage.
“Instead, they are going to make sure people lose health care coverage—including our seniors, people with disabilities, pregnant women, millions of patients who rely on Medicaid.
“And let’s not forget, the cuts in their bill are going to shutter hospitals across the country, especially in our rural areas.
“Do you have Medicaid? Medicare? Employer-sponsored-coverage? Regardless, Republicans have some pretty bad news for you—because it hardly matters what insurance you’re on when you don’t have a hospital to get care anymore!
“In Washington state, we have fourteen rural hospitals that are fighting to survive and would likely close under this bill—mostly in areas represented by Republicans, I should add!
“Not to mention, we have six rural labor and delivery units that could be forced to close their doors under this bill.
“And you know what the Senate Republicans did? They made that problem worse! They put even more pressure on our rural hospitals!
“I’m telling you, this betrayal is getting bigger and uglier by the day. And this cannot get lost: Republicans want to shut the doors of one of the biggest health care providers in the country.
“They want to defund Planned Parenthood. That is wildly harmful and wildly unpopular.
“It would shutter at least 200 health centers that provide a wide spectrum of care—including cancer screenings, pap smears, birth control for millions of women.
[Nutrition]
“And let’s not forget, Republicans are cutting nutrition assistance too.
‘This Big Ugly Betrayal would make one of the biggest cuts to SNAP in history. We are talking around a $200 billion dollar cut over the next ten years. Now it should be obvious, but that would be devastating for our country and for our kids’ future.
“And yet, Republicans are not giving up on taking dinner off the table, taking school lunch off kids’ trays, all so they can shovel tax cuts at billionaires and wealthy corporations.
“And it is worth underscoring, the new red tape in their bill is even targeted at some of our most vulnerable families! Because it expands work requirements to apply to seniors and parents with kids in school.
“Mr. President, when my dad, a WWII veteran, got sick with Multiple Sclerosis, he lost his job. He lost his job. My mom was at home, 7 kids she was raising, my dad lost his job, and my mom had to spend some time getting some new skills so she could go back to work and take care of our family. You know what, during that time? We had to rely on food stamps in my family, to feed those seven kids in my family.
“But under this Republican bill today—because neither of my parents had a job during those few months—my family would not be eligible for SNAP benefits. We would not have even gotten food on our table at the worst time in my family’s life. This is wrong.
“Thanks to those food stamps, my family did get through that rough patch, and all seven of us kids grew up to give back to our communities—whether as a firefighter, a middle school teacher, or even here as a United States Senator.
“So I can’t emphasize enough: Republicans want to cut families from SNAP and Medicaid—programs that give people a hand up in hard times—why? So they can give an enormous hand out to the richest people and biggest companies in the country.
“Oh and, at the same time they are making it harder to afford groceries and health care, I should mention—they are also gutting energy investments in a completely chaotic way that is all but guaranteed to drive away jobs and drive up energy costs for all of American families.
[Higher Education]
“And at the same time, in this bill, they are giving billionaires billions of dollars, Republicans are going to give students the short end of the stick.
“This big mess of a bill would tear away programs and protections that make it possible for many students to pursue a higher education: it eliminates GRAD PLUS loans, it cuts families off from Parent Plus loans, it punishes students who go into public service or a medical residency, and more.
“Meanwhile, they are tearing down the guardrails—from gutting regulations that protect students whose universities commit fraud, to opening a Pandora’s box for Pell grants, with a new loophole that will let low-quality programs suck up our taxpayer dollars.
“These changes are especially going to hurt students from low-income families, and first-generation college students, and our veterans.
“Some of them will have no way to go to college when Republicans take their support away. Some will be driven into predatory private loans they can’t afford. And some will get lured into low-quality programs that take their money, waste taxpayer dollars, and leave the student worse off.
“And if that wasn’t enough—if the Secretary of Education wanted to try and stop this kind of fraud, and protect students, Republicans will leave them about as much authority as a school hall monitor.
“Because in this bill, Republicans prevent any Secretary of Education from making regulations that carry added benefits for borrowers.
“And it hardly matters if that is a good impact—like saving students’ money, or protecting taxpayer dollars from fraud, or making higher education more accessible—Republicans are going to make problems worse, and make fixing them even harder.
“Students in this country should be outraged.
[National Debt]
“And I want to be perfectly clear about something. If Republicans charge ahead with this big, awful, mess—which they seem intent on doing—they can kiss any last shred of credibility goodbye, as we just talked about, when it comes to pretending they care about balancing the budget or addressing the national debt.
“The idea was already laughable—for the entirety of the 21st Century, the biggest driver of the national debt has been tax cuts that Republicans championed.
“But now, as we just talked about, they want to put at least 4 trillion dollars—that is trillions, with a T—on the national credit card. Why? So they can shower the richest people on the planet with more money.
“And then they’re pretending all the math works and it’s kind of easy-peasy if they only just, they can do it if they kick people off health care, or take enough meals away from kids, or close enough hospitals, or—better still—use some absurd accounting gimmick to pretend, to pretend that billions of dollars in new tax cuts for their billionaire donors actually just don’t cost anything.
“Well I’ve got some bad news for Republicans—your math is terrible, and so is this bill. This thing is very expensive. And you don’t have to take my word for it.
“Ask the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which just said the latest version of this bill will add $4 trillion, “T,” trillion to the debt just over the next 10 years.
“If Republicans want to ignore them, you can also ask the fiscal hawks at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. They calculate that the House bill adds $5 trillion to our debt, when you include interest payments and the cost of making temporary provisions in this bill permanent. And we are told the Senate bill is even less fiscally responsible.
“Everyone agrees: this thing is not beautiful, but it is recklessly big. And it won’t just increase the debt—it will blow it up!
“Mr. President, this may very well be the most expensive bill in history. I say ‘may’ because Republicans are still planning changes, we have not yet gotten the final bill. They already cut out even more taxes for multinational corporations.
“SNAP benefits? They’re still on the chopping block. Health care? Still on the chopping block. In fact, they want to cut Medicaid even more painfully.
“We may not know how expensive the Republicans’ bill will be in the end, but we know who is paying for it. Paying for it is you, working families.
[Blocked Provisions]
“And it is important for people to know: as bad as this bill is, Republicans were trying to make it even worse.
“Now, Democrats have been fighting them every step of the way, and we have notched a few important wins by challenging every single provision we possibly could under the Senate rules.
“So I want to talk about some of the things Democrats were successful in striking out.
“Because if Republicans had had their way, not only would this bill take away more food from our struggling families, or shutter even more hospitals, and kick even more people off their health insurance. It would have also sold off our public lands!
“And instead of just slashing CFPB funding, it would have completely shuttered the doors of a very important federal watchdog that protects Americans from getting scammed.
“If Republicans had had their way, this bill would make it easier to buy gun silencers, harder to get your earned income tax credit, or pay off your student loan, and effectively impossible to get insurance plans on the marketplace that cover abortion care.
“If Republicans had had their way, this bill would have also given Trump more power to deny funding to our constituents on a whim, and less power for the courts to stop him.
“We are talking about a whole smorgasbord of really awful, unpopular ideas and policies that would have hurt our families and weakened our democracy. Ideas that were this close to making it into this bill.
“But Republicans did not have their way. Democrats have been fighting back at every single step. We got those provisions tossed in the shredder, and we are still doing our darndest to send the rest of the bill into the shredder as well.
[Making People Heard]
“Now let’s be clear, when we talk about how unpopular this bill is with the American people, the reason is simple: this bill polls like garbage, because it is garbage. That’s why it should go nowhere, except a trash bin.
“Democrats are going to keep pushing back on this monstrosity with absolutely everything we’ve got, at every step we can.
“We’re not going to stand by as Republicans shutter hospitals, so the richest people in the country can build another vacation home.
“We are not going to sit around and let Republicans kick millions of people off of their insurance and raise working families’ premiums—so corporate executives can get a bigger bonus.
“And we are not going to be silent as Republicans take food away from struggling families so they can help billionaires fuel up their private jets.
“We are going to keep speaking up, we are going to keep pushing back, and we are going to make sure everyone—everyone—knows exactly what is going on here. This bill is deeply unpopular—that much is clear.
“But if Republicans keep pushing for this disaster, buckle up, because we are only going to get louder and louder about how big this is, how ugly it is—and it is only going to get more unpopular with the folks back home as these provisions are enacted if this bill passes.
“I’m pretty astounded by how far some Republicans are trying to stick their heads in the sand on this. One Republican Senator told their concerned constituents, and I quote, ‘We are all going to die.’
“Maybe that’s a better name for the bill? At least it’s more honest. Because, when you take health care away from people, when you make it harder to get, when you make it harder to afford, when you close the only hospital for miles—yeah, you’re right, people will die.
“You’d think my colleagues would show a bit more concern about that. Instead, that senator actually doubled down. And in a response video she filmed walking through a cemetery—I don’t know how you get out of touch that much to misunderstand this, but let me clear about something to our Republicans: whistling past the graveyard is a metaphor to stop ignoring dangers. It is not a literal messaging suggestion!
“And if you thought Republicans couldn’t be any more dismissive to their own constituents, this week, another Republican Senator, who was speaking about people voicing their concerns about these Medicaid cuts, said they will, quote, people will ‘Get over it.’
“Mr. President: I have news for every one of my Republican colleagues who is trying to deny the reality of this bill and pretend the fairytales they are telling themselves are true.
“When someone’s local hospital closes, they don’t ‘get over it.’ When someone’s kid is kicked off health care, they do not ‘get over it.’
“And Republicans don’t want to take my word for it, they can listen to the doctor I spoke with who warned, when patients go uninsured, they delay care and it increases costs for everyone. Instead of paying $10 for diabetic medication, we’ll pay $10,000 for an amputation.
“Or, Republicans can actually read the countless letters I am getting from my constituents sharing their stories: ‘My dad is a double amputee, he relies on Medicaid,’ ‘Without Medicaid we couldn’t get my kids’ anti-seizure medication.’
“Or, ‘I’m a full-time caregiver for my daughter with cerebral palsy’… or my son with spina bifida… or my elderly mother… and this bill threatens to kick them off the health care and supportive services they rely on to survive.
“Or better yet, Republicans can go out and talk to their own constituents, because I have no doubt they will hear similar stories.
“They will even come to you! Advocates have been here in D.C. all week. I’ve seen them in the halls. I’ve heard from them from my office!
“And now Republicans can listen to the people across the country who are warning them about this bill. And they can do the right thing and abandon this effort, or they can keep ignoring them.
“But make no mistake, in the end the American people will have their voices and their votes heard.
“Because at the end of the day, this bill—this monstrosity of a bill—is all in the goal of a tax break for multi-billionaires and corporations. And the way they pay for it is by taking away your health care, and your nutrition—the things your families, or your neighbors, or people you know rely on. And that’s just wrong. It’s un-American. And we’re fighting back.”

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI USA: MEMO: Padilla Slams Republicans for Continued Hypocrisy on Senate Filibuster Rules

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MEMO: Padilla Slams Republicans for Continued Hypocrisy on Senate Filibuster Rules

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, circulated a memorandum to the Senate Democratic Caucus outlining Senate Republicans’ plans to shred longstanding filibuster rules by bypassing budget reconciliation restrictions with a partisan budget score. Republicans’ fabricated $440 billion budget score abuses Sec. 312(a) of the Congressional Budget Act by masking the actual cost of their billionaire-first reconciliation bill. In reality, the bill will cost $3.5 trillion over 10 years and will balloon the deficit beyond the 10-year window, which the Congressional Budget Office has explicitly stated violates the clear prohibitions of the statutory Byrd Rule.

“Republicans are once again going nuclear on the rules of the Senate, shattering the filibuster through a fabricated budget score to pass their billionaire-first reconciliation bill. They want to deceive the public using their own partisan budget baseline to hide the truth that their bill will rack up trillions more in debt than they’re claiming — all to make Trump’s billionaire buddies richer,” said Senator Padilla. “Their plan to blow up the Senate rulebook and sidestep nonpartisan scorekeepers is unprecedented and further demonstrates their complete hypocrisy when it comes to the filibuster. And we will not forget.”

This shortsighted move by Senate Republicans marks their second attempt to overrule the Senate Parliamentarian and circumvent the rules, after they abused the Congressional Review Act to eliminate California’s longstanding Clean Air Act waivers last month.

Full text of the memo is available here and below:

TO:                 Members of the Senate Democratic Caucus

FROM:           Ranking Member Alex Padilla, Senate Committee on Rules and Administration

DATE:            June 29, 2025

SUBJECT:     Republicans Go Nuclear Again to Break Filibuster by Fabricating a Budget Score

Summary

On May 21, the Republican majority utilized the nuclear option to eliminate a legislative filibuster for three joint resolutions regarding EPA waivers issued to California under the Clean Air Act.

Senate Republicans are now using nuclear tactics AGAIN to avoid budget reconciliation restrictions, effectively tearing up filibuster rules.

Now, they are using a fabricated budget score that claims their bill costs $440 billion, while their billionaire-first budget reconciliation bill actually costs $3.5 trillion over 10 years and adds to the deficit beyond the 10-year window, which is prohibited by the statutory Byrd Rule.

The Republican Anti-Filibuster Playbook

Step One – Abuse an existing law that provides expedited Senate consideration. With California’s Clean Air Act waivers, Senate Republicans abused the Congressional Review Act, which provides fast-track consideration to repeal rules, and created a new precedent to use the CRA on any action an agency submits to Congress, including waivers (which the Senate Parliamentarian determined are not rules).

Now, Republicans are abusing Sec. 312(a) of the Congressional Budget Act in an unprecedented way to distort the true cost of their reconciliation bill while taking advantage of reconciliation’s simple majority vote threshold. For the first time in the Senate’s history, Chairman Graham is using Sec. 312 to sidestep the non-partisan CBO scorekeepers and singlehandedly use a “current policy baseline” score for reconciliation purposes. Chairman Crapo directed the production of their own, partisan budget score, and today, Senate Republicans confirmed their plan.

Step Two – Go nuclear by ignoring the Parliamentarian’s guidance. With California’s waivers, the Republicans falsely claimed that they were not “overruling” the Parliamentarian because they contrived a process to avoid formally asking the question, but the record shows the Parliamentarian determined those resolutions were not entitled to expedited procedures. Republicans simply ignored that determination and went nuclear to create a new precedent and break a filibuster.

When it comes to “current policy baseline,” Republicans are running a very similar play – to abuse Sec. 312, they are refusing to meet with the Parliamentarian on their planned tactics to violate the Budget Act and the Byrd Rule. No matter what Republicans try to call it, or floor tactics they use, this will be a nuclear option to avoid a 60-vote threshold where Senate rules say that it would otherwise apply.

Future Senate Filibuster Implications

The Legislative Filibuster: In May, Leader Thune stated: “[w]hile Republicans are in charge, the legislative filibuster will remain in place.” But Senate Republicans’ commitments to not overrule the Parliamentarian have a huge loophole – whenever the Parliamentarian may rule against them, they can contrive a process to ignore the rules and evade a filibuster and its 60-vote threshold.

The reality is that Republicans will use majority-rule, filibuster-breaking tactics whenever it suits them. Once again, Senate Democrats should not forget.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI China: 21 Palestinians killed by Israeli army across Gaza

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

Palestinians are seen near a site of an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on June 27, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

At least 21 Palestinians were killed on Sunday in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire across the Gaza Strip, Gaza’s civil defense said, as the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of wide areas in Gaza City and northern parts of the enclave amid escalating military operations.

According to Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the civil defense in Gaza, Israeli warplanes struck residential houses and tents sheltering displaced people in various areas of the enclave, killing at least 17 people, including women and children. Dozens of others were injured, some critically.

Basal told Xinhua that four other Palestinians were killed while searching for food near the U.S.-backed aid distribution center in the Shakoush area, north of Rafah in southern Gaza.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on these incidents.

Munir al-Bursh, director general of Gaza’s health authorities, told Xinhua on Sunday the Israeli army has intensified its attacks over the past 24 hours, targeting residential areas and shelter centers.

“We are witnessing daily casualties and a worsening health crisis. Artillery fire is dispersing crowds waiting for aid,” al-Bursh said, noting that most injuries were to the head and chest.

Gaza’s health authorities warned that the humanitarian and medical situation has reached catastrophic levels due to the continued blockade that restricts the entry of emergency medical supplies.

Meanwhile, local sources told Xinhua that Israeli artillery shelled the eastern and southern outskirts of Gaza City, Jabalia in the north, and Khan Younis in the south, amid fierce fighting with Palestinian armed groups.

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said in a press statement on Sunday that its fighters had targeted an Israeli D9 bulldozer with a Yasin 105 missile east of Khan Younis, causing it to catch fire.

The group also claimed to have shelled Israeli army positions in the Ma’an area with mortars.

Also on Sunday, the Israeli army issued evacuation orders for residents in Jabalia and the Gaza City neighborhoods of al-Zaytoun, al-Tuffah, al-Daraj, and al-Sabra, urging civilians to move to the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza. The directive marks one of the largest evacuation orders issued in recent months.

Israeli army spokesperson for Arabic media Avichay Adraee warned that military operations would intensify in these areas and expand westward toward the city center.

Following the warning, witnesses reported that dozens of families fled their homes under heavy bombardment. Streets were filled with civilians, many carrying belongings on foot or in private vehicles, heading southward in search of safety.

On Sunday, Palestinian presidential spokesperson Nabil Abu Rudeineh warned of the danger of what he described as the largest displacement campaign in Gaza since the start of the conflict.

He urged the United States to pressure Israel to halt its operations and push for a ceasefire to prevent further escalation.

Abu Rudeineh reaffirmed that any political initiative must guarantee the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, including the establishment of an independent state with East Jerusalem as its capital based on the 1967 borders.

At least 6,175 Palestinians had been killed and 21,378 others injured since Israel renewed its intensive strikes in Gaza on March 18, bringing the total death toll since October 2023 to 56,500, and injuries to 133,419, Gaza’s health authorities said on Sunday.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI China: Iran’s top military commander questions Israel’s ceasefire commitment

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

A state funeral for the military commanders and nuclear scientists killed during a 12-day conflict with Israel is held in Tehran, Iran, on June 28, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

Iran’s top military commander on Sunday questioned Israel’s commitment to a recently agreed ceasefire following 12 days of fighting, warning that Tehran was prepared to respond forcefully to any renewed aggression, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency.

Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, made the remarks during a phone call with Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman, as the two discussed the conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States.

“We have serious doubts about the enemy’s adherence to the ceasefire,” Mousavi said. “If aggression is repeated, we are fully prepared to respond decisively.”

He accused Israel and the United States of launching attacks on Iran despite what he described as Tehran’s restraint, including during indirect nuclear talks with Washington.

Saudi Arabia’s defense chief condemned “aggression” against Iran and said Riyadh had made efforts to help end the conflict, according to Tasnim. The two sides also agreed to maintain consultations aimed at improving bilateral ties and promoting regional stability.

Separately, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, Majid Takht-Ravanchi, said Tehran had not scheduled any meeting with U.S. officials, rejecting recent claims by U.S. President Donald Trump of upcoming nuclear talks, state media reported.

Speaking at the close of a NATO summit earlier this week, Trump said U.S. and Iranian officials would meet the following week to discuss a possible nuclear deal.

The conflict escalated on June 13 when Israel launched airstrikes on Iranian territory, targeting military and nuclear facilities. The attacks killed senior commanders, nuclear scientists, and civilians, according to Iranian officials.

Iran retaliated with waves of missile and drone strikes against Israel. On June 22, U.S. forces bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities – Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. In response, Iran struck the U.S. Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

A ceasefire between Iran and Israel was reached last Tuesday after nearly two weeks of fighting.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI China: China lose to Canada at Men’s Volleyball Nations League

Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News

The Chinese team lost 3-0 to Canada in the 2025 Men’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) Chicago leg on Sunday.

In the first set, the two teams were tied from 1-1 to 12-12 before Canada pulled away with five straight points to lead 17-12. China closed the gap to 20-21 with blocks from Zhang Zhejia and Li Yongzhen and powerful attacks by Jiang Chuan. However, Canada held on to take the set 25-23 with strong serving and offense.

Jiang Chuan (R) of China spikes during the Pool 5 match between China and Canada at the Men’s Volleyball Nations League (VNL) 2025 in Chicago, the United States, June 29, 2025. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua)

China fell behind 4-7 in the second set but responded with four straight points to lead 8-7. The teams stayed close until 16-16, when Canada pulled ahead to win 25-20. China committed more errors, saw a drop in offensive efficiency, and struggled to contain Canada’s momentum.

In the third set, China trailed 6-1 early but narrowed the gap to 8-7 before losing steam. Led by captain Jiang Chuan, the team rallied to 19-17, but Canada held on to win the set 25-23 and seal the match.

Zhang Jingyin missed the match due to a knee injury, while Jiang Chuan returned to the starting lineup. China had opportunities to tie or take the lead in both the first and third sets but fell short in key moments.

The team continues to face challenges with first-pass stability, quick-attack execution from middle blockers, and setter variation.

Ranked 11th in the world, Canada holds a clear advantage over 24th-ranked China. This latest defeat marks China’s fourth straight loss to Canada, compounding a psychological disadvantage.

Jiang expressed his frustration. “Losing four matches in the Chicago leg is a wake-up call. We need to change some things in the next leg and strive for better performance,” he said.

“We didn’t play our best match. One or two players did a good job, a lot of players could not bring what they can do,” said China’s Belgian head coach Vital Heynen. “But (for sports) sometimes you don’t play as good as you are. We have to accept.”

“Seeing our whole situation, injuries, putting players coming back, some players have to take a lot of loads who are not used to do that, and cannot always bring that, that’s normal,” Heynen said. “I blame myself and the team, like we together are not good enough.”

“I think every match is so difficult for us. So we will try next week to win at least one match, to have at least a good ending of this VNL.”

Five national teams from China, the United States, Brazil, Italy and Canada competed in the Chicago leg of the 2025 VNL. China lost all four of its matches.

The VNL group stage spans three weeks, with Chicago hosting the second week. The third week will take place in Gdansk, Poland; Ljubljana, Slovenia; and the Kanto region of Japan. The finals are scheduled for July 30 to August 3 in Ningbo Beilun, east China’s Zhejiang Province.

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June 30, 2025
MIL-OSI Security: Pacific Partnership 2025 Conducts Mission Stop in Nuku’Alofa, Tonga, June 26, 2025 [Image 4 of 5]

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