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The future of the USA
Analysis: The cracks are many – Maga and Trump are no longer the same

The cracks between the Maga movement and Donald Trump are growing. It has reached the point that the president and the movement are no longer the same, writes Janan Ganesh in an analysis for the Financial Times.

First it was the bombing in Iran that aroused criticism among his followers. Then it was the new line in support for Ukraine. And most recently, the president's refusal to release documents from the Epstein investigation.

"All these quarrels will blow over. But each quarrel exposes an important truth: Trump and Maga are no longer the same. His movement has strong beliefs," writes Ganesh.

CNN's Stephen Collinson writes in an analysis that Trump only strengthened the conspiracy theories surrounding Jeffrey Epstein's death when he called his followers who wanted to see the documents "weaklings" on Truth Social.

But regardless of the harsh statements, Collinson believes that voters, unlike Maga profiles, still stand close to Trump.

“Despite the anger among Maga profiles in the media, the CNN/SSRS poll (their opinion poll, editor's note) shows that Trump's support among Republicans is rock-solid at 88 percent,” he writes.  

Security around the Baltic Sea
Report: More cable sabotage at sea is likely

Russian and Chinese sabotage against undersea cables is likely to increase, writes the American cybersecurity company Recorded Future in a new report according to The Guardian.

The authors specifically point to the risk of state-sponsored campaigns against data cables, and refer to several incidents in the North Atlantic, the Baltic Sea and the Pacific Ocean off Taiwan. Among other things, the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3 is mentioned, which was suspected of damaging several cables in the Baltic Sea in the fall of 2024, after its anchor was dragged several miles on the seabed.

The report also points out that most cable breaches that occur at sea are due to mistakes.

Nazi group claims murder of Ukrainian spy chief

An international Nazi organization has claimed the murder of Ivan Voronych, a colonel in the Ukrainian security service who was shot dead in Kyiv last week, reports The Guardian.

This is the group The Base, which writes on Telegram that “the shooting of the security service colonel is not the end, but only the beginning”.

The group aims to create a race war through destabilizing acts of violence and is “extremely dangerous”, terror researcher Magnus Ranstorp tells DN:

– The group is very secretive and consists of many different cells. It is likely that not many people outside the security services are aware of this.

Great Britain wants to give 16-year-olds the right to vote

The British government is proposing to lower the voting age in the country from 18 to 16, reports Reuters. According to the BBC, around 1.5 million more Britons are expected to be allowed to vote in the next election if the proposal goes through.

– 16-year-olds can work, pay taxes and join the army. So there is no reason why they should not have a say in who runs our country, says the country’s democracy minister Rushanara Ali.

The change still needs to be approved by parliament, but is one of the ruling Labour Party's election promises.