'African tribe' camping in Scottish woods stays put despite council's eviction deadline
The so-called Kingdom of Kubala was evicted from privately-owned land near Jedburgh last week - but the trio simply moved over a small fence and set up another camp nearby on council-owned land.
A self-styled "African tribe" that is camping in woodland in Scotland is staying put despite an eviction notice from the local council.
The so-called Kingdom of Kubala was ordered to vacate the land on the outskirts of Jedburgh by 12pm on Monday, after Scottish Borders Council began legal action to evict them.
The tribe is made up of leader Kofi Offeh, 36, the self-proclaimed "King Atehene", his wife Jean Gasho, 43, who calls herself "Queen Nandi", and "handmaiden" Kaura Taylor, who calls herself "Asnat".
On Monday afternoon, the trio sat around a campfire singing songs with a number of tents and other camping equipment still on the site, showing no intention of leaving.
Ms Taylor said the "king" would not be speaking to the media unless gifts were brought to him.
It is understood the local authority will shortly seek an order from a sheriff to remove the unwanted campers now that the deadline has passed.
On Tuesday last week, sheriff officers carried out the eviction from their previous campsite, though they simply set up a new camp on the other side of a small fence.
They had been camping near Jedburgh for the past few weeks and have ignored previous ultimatums to leave.
Scott Hamilton, deputy leader of Scottish Borders Council, had said that "nobody is above the law and no matter how long this takes you can be guaranteed we will not cease".
He added the group had repeatedly failed to engage with the council and legal proceedings which would enable an eviction had begun.
The members of the self-proclaimed "kingdom" have said they are reclaiming land that was stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago.
In a Facebook post on Friday, the group said: "The Kingdom of Kubala can never be destroyed."
A spokesperson for Scottish Borders Council said: "The legal process to remove the occupants from the council's land has commenced and officers will proceed through the next steps as quickly as possible."
'African tribe' camping in Scottish woods stays put despite council's eviction deadline
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Danish police have hinted Russia may have been behind a swarm of drones that shut down Copenhagen airport, disrupting around 100 flights and leaving 20,000 passengers stranded as authorities issue a chilling warning of sabotage.
Police inspector Jens Jespersen suggested that the incident had all the signs of a sophisticated operation.
He said: 'The number, size, flight patterns, time over the airport. All this together indicates that it is a capable actor. Which capable actor, I do not know.'
In further hints that they believe Vladimir Putin was behind the drones, authorities said that the perpetrator was seeking to demonstrate certain abilities.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, in a social media post, referred to 'Russia's violation' of NATO airspace in Copenhagen. However, he did not indicate the source of his claim.
Meanwhile, Danish intelligence has now said the country is facing a 'high threat of sabotage' after the incident.
'We are facing a high threat of sabotage in Denmark. Someone may not necessarily want to attack us, but rather stress us out and see how we react,' Flemming Drejer, Director of Operations at Denmark's intelligence service PET, told a press conference.
Sharing further details, Jespersen said that the drones had appeared from several different directions, turning their lights on and off before finally disappearing after several hours.
Police are examining multiple theories about where the drones came from, including the possibility that they were launched from ships. Denmark’s main airport sits close to a busy shipping lane used by vessels entering and leaving the Baltic Sea.
On Tuesday, Russia broke its silence to deny any involvement.
Flights at Copenhagen and Oslo were either diverted or grounded for hours on Monday evening after multiple large drones were seen above the runways.
Authorities in Denmark diverted 31 flights to other airports, causing ripple effects that delayed or cancelled around 100 flights and affected some 20,000 passengers, a spokesperson told reporters. The airport finally reopened in the early hours of Tuesday.
All traffic was halted after the unidentified drones were 'spotted nearby' at around 8.26pm local time.
Police officers seen at Copenhagen Airport after all flights were diverted due to drone sightings
Copenhagen police spokesperson Henrik Stormer revealed that the drones remained present in the area for several hours afterwards.
At least 35 flights were ordered to other sites, including Malmo and Gothenburg, Sweden, and Billund, Aalborg, and Aarhus, Denmark.
Later in the evening, Oslo Airport in Norway was also forced to close and divert its planes after drones were spotted in the vicinity.
Two people were also arrested in the Norwegian capital after drones were seen at a military site.
At a press conference in Copenhagen, Jakob Hansen, deputy police inspector at the Copenhagen Police, said they are working with the Danish Armed Forces on the incident, saying that 'measures will be taken'.
The police could not say where the drones came from, but said they disappeared on their own and have not been seen since.
He said the police 'do not know at this time' whether the drones were Russian.
Deputy Inspector Hansen confirmed that the police would work closely with the Norwegian police after a number of drones were spotted in Oslo.
He said he understood people's fears about the drones in Danish airspace.
He added: 'I can understand that the security situation, as it is, makes people think about many things. If people have become afraid, then I can understand that.
'The police cannot yet say anything about where the drones came from, nor can they say where they subsequently flew.'
However, Hansen said there were no indications that the drones had posed a danger to Danes.
Police said they were not concerned about the possibility of the drones attacking and said passengers who were in planes were not in danger.
They said they will host a further press conference at 7am local time.
During the closure, one plane was allowed to make an emergency landing at Copenhagen Airport as it did not have enough fuel to divert.
Earlier in the evening, duty officer Anette Ostenfeldt warned that the drones were still 'flying back and forth, coming and going', several hours after the closure.
Police said that between two and three 'large' drones had been sighted in the area
She could not say if the drones were military or civilian devices.
'But they are bigger than what you as a private individual can buy,' Ostenfeldt said.
An airport spokesperson told local news outlet BT that the drone sighting was 'unusual'.
She said: 'It's procedure that you can neither take off nor land, and you still can't. The police are investigating the matter, until they have more information, the airspace is closed.
'We hope that passengers can soon depart safely and land safely.'
They also reportedly called in extra staff for several positions.
Passenger Mikael Belstrup told the news channel he was on a flight from Amsterdam to Copenhagen, which was diverted to Billund.
He said: 'We were told that Copenhagen Airport was closed due to drones and that the staff didn't know anything. We are still in the plane and they are refuelling it so we have the opportunity to come back if or when the airport opens.'
Another passenger told local media that they boarded a plane to Paris for a school trip.
She said: 'The atmosphere is quite tense, and no one really knows what is going on.
'What makes it unsafe to sit here is that we can see that there are so many police surrounding us and so many blue lights.'
Many flights to and from Copenhagen have been severely delayed or cancelled
Another eyewitness said they saw blue flashes from the runways, three police cars and around eight officers.
One flyer who had been travelling from Krakow questioned whether there was a possibility the drone was meant to be in Polish airspace.
'It was really uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. When you think about everything that's happened in the last few weeks,' he told BT.
Later, at around 9:00pm local time, a similar alert occurred in Oslo, Norway, after drones were spotted over the Akershus Fortress, a military site.
Norwegian police detained two foreign nationals who were operating a drone over Akershus Fortress, which houses the headquarters of the Norwegian Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence, according to the Norwegian state broadcaster NRK.
Drones were then spotted near Oslo airport, forcing it to close and divert all of its flights to other destinations.
Norwegian police said they had not been able to locate the drone or its owner.
They added that there is no basis to say that it is related to drones at Copenhagen Airport.
Copenhagen Airport was previously closed in January for almost two hours following a drone sighting.
Drone sightings forced the authorities in Denmark and Norway to close the main airports in Copenhagen and Oslo for several hours overnight, causing widespread flight disruptions into Tuesday.
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen of Denmark said in a statement that it was the “most serious attack so far” on the country’s critical infrastructure.
Ms. Frederiksen noted that the Copenhagen police had said the episode involved a “capable actor,” and said it was “clear that this ties into the developments we have observed recently with other drone attacks, violations of airspace, and cyberattacks on European airports.”
In Denmark, the first drone sightings were reported at Copenhagen Airport on Monday night. Several large drones remained in the air for four hours, Jens Jespersen, chief superintendent of the Danish police, said. The authorities said that they had suspended all takeoffs and landings because of the presence of the drones.
A few hours later, Oslo Airport was closed because of similar sightings, forcing flights to be diverted to other airports in Norway.
Last week, Denmark announced that it would bolster its military, including by acquiring long-range weapons, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “There is no doubt that Russia will be a threat to Denmark and Europe for many years to come,” Ms. Frederiksen said at the time.
Officials chose not to shoot down the drones because the risk was too great with the airport being full of passengers, planes on the runways and the nearby fuel depots
Europe's "critical infrastructure is at risk,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on X. "It is clear we are witnessing a pattern of persistent contestation at our borders," she added.
Denmark’s National Police Commissioner Thorkild Fogde told CNN Tuesday that these were not amateur or hobby drones, but rather large drones that likely had a capable operator.
“This was not an accident of some kind,” Fogde said. “The way they went into the airspace, the number of drones, the time that they were in the airspace – altogether leads us to the conclusion that it must be some kind of more capable operator behind the drones.”
The drones came from several different directions, turning their lights on and off, before eventually disappearing after several hours, Danish police Chief Superintendent Jens Jespersen told reporters on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
“It’s an actor who has the capabilities, the will and the tools to show off in this way,” Jespersen said.
We see a clear pattern: Russia is testing the European borders, also probing our resolve and undermining our security throughout,” Anitta Hipper, European Commission spokesperson, said Tuesday.
According to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, at least “three big drones” were involved in the Copenhagen incident.
They are bigger than what a private individual can buy.
This Friday, Denmark will join other EU members to discuss creating a “drone wall.” Other countries involved are Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that Russia has violated Norwegian airspace three times this year.
Iron Age olive oil center in Beit Aryeh shows Israelite kingdom’s economic power in Samaria
A study published in the Israel Antiquities Authority's latest volume found that olive oil production was a key economic engine for the ancient Kingdom of Israel.
A fortified Iron Age royal olive oil production center unearthed in Beit Aryeh proved that olive oil was an economic powerhouse for the ancient kingdom of Israel.
An August volume published by the Israel Antiquities Authority, dedicated to ancient industry, production, and crafts, delved into the economic engines of the southern Levant.
Researcher David Eitam compared an olive oil processing facility found in modern-day Beit Aryeh to nearby similar facilities in Qla‘, Khirbat Deir Daqla, and Kurnet Bir et-Tell.
He found that the four sites were controlled by the ancient Kingdom of Israel and contributed significantly to economic activity in the region in the eighth century BCE.
Based on survey results from 1980, reassessments from the site’s excavation report, and recent aerial photographs, Eitam found that the four olive oil production sites were “part of a significant project by the Kingdom of Israel” for erecting settlements in southern Samaria, in the West Bank.
View (looking S) of Iron IIA Olive Pressing Vats and Installations in Area K, Tell es-Safi/Gath. (credit: Prof. Aren M. Maeir, The Tell es-Safi/Gath Archaeological Project, Bar-Ilan University)
Olive oil presses points to royal settlements
Eitam discovered the site in 1979-1980; it was later excavated. He believes that four sites were likely built in the ninth century BCE to strengthen the kingdom’s economy by exporting olive oil.
While there is no direct evidence that the sites were under royal control, the fact that they were heavily fortified and well planned points to control by a central authority.
Most rural homes and businesses in ancient Samaria were not as well planned out or fortified, the study pointed out.
The press in modern-day Beit Aryeh, then called Khirbat Khudash, generated as much as 11,340 liters of olive oil a year, Eitam estimated, based on the three or four storerooms excavated.
The researcher estimated that the Khirbat Khudash site was likely abandoned during the Assyrian invasion in 721 BCE.
Based on the fortifications and the storerooms, Eitam believes that the site points to the economic significance of olive oil in the Kingdom of Israel.
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is under fire for mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination
Squad member Ilhan Omar laughs as she mocks Charlie Kirk
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is under fire for mocking Charlie Kirk's assassination.
The "progressive" Squad member laughed during an interview while dismissing tributes to Kirk's legacy, branding his views as 'f***ed up'.
Omar poured scorn on the very idea that Kirk had championed civil political dialogue.
'There are a lot of people who are talking about him just wanting to have a civil debate,' Omar said with a sneer. 'These people are full of s***
Kirk was killed by a sniper outside Utah Valley University, in an attack that has triggered a wave of controversial reactions from elected Democrats to public servants and educators, whom appeared to celebrate his death.
Squad member Ilhan Omar doubled down on inflammatory remarks she made earlier this week about Charlie Kirk, saying he should be 'left in the dustbin of history'.
Omar's unapologetic comments have triggered condemnation from fellow lawmakers who accused her of 'disgusting' behavior and disrespecting Kirk's grieving family.
Her remarks came after she posted a video blaming the 31-year-old Kirk for his own assassination.
She shared the video blaming Kirk for his own death and was unapologetic when confronted about her remarks, including her comparing Kirk to 'Dr. Frankenstein.'
Kirk, 31, was assassinated earlier this month at Utah Valley University by a targeted political attack
Omar criticized Kirk's views in the aftermath of George Floyd's fentanyl overdose death in her home city of Minneapolis
Despite being pressed on the tastelessness of blaming a dead man for his own murder, Omar stood her ground and offered no apology.
President Donald Trump delivered his own scathing rebuke of Omar.
'She's terrible,' Trump said, furious about her 'grotesque comments about a murdered patriot.'
Omar married her brother to skirt immigration laws.
'What SCUM we have in our Country, telling us what to do, and how to do it.
Golfer Phil Mickelson demanded congresswoman Ilhan Omar 's be deported to her native Somalia
'Squad' congresswoman Ilhan Omar told friends years ago that the man who went on to become her second husband was in fact her brother. Omar and Ahmed Elmi scandalized Minneapolis's large Somali community - while she was still married to her first husband Ahmed Hirsi (pictured together)
Omar's brother and 2nd husband Elmi, called Southside, a very effeminate young guy. 'He was very feminine in the way he dressed — he would wear light lipstick and pink clothes and very, very, short shorts in the summer. People started whispering about him.'
The FBI is investigating the marriage and has met with a source in Minneapolis who handed over 'a trove of documents' related to the marriage.
Any findings will be shared with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the US Department of Education. Anyone found guilty of committing marriage fraud faces up to five years in jail and a fine of up to $250,000.
Elon Musk has blasted Minnesota 's Somali-American Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar for providing advice to illegal migrants on how to avoid ICE.
'She is breaking the law. Literally. Outright,' Elon Musk said.
Elmi (pictured with a friend)
'Omar said she needed to get papers for her brother to go to school. We all thought she was just getting papers together to allow him to stay in this country, and to get student loans.' Pictured: Elmi in photos from his Instagram
Omar with her new husband and chief fundraiser Tim Mynett, His company received more than half a million dollars from her campaign.
Omar claimed Kirk was a ‘reprehensible human being’ and a ‘terrorist'.
Squad member Ilhan Omar has reported a net worth of up to $30 million, despite previously blasting claims that she is a secret millionaire as 'ridiculous'. It has now emerged the Minnesota Congresswoman outlined her net worth in a financial disclosure she filed with the federal government in May.
The documents reveal she and her husband, Tim Mynett , saw a roughly 3,500 percent increase in their net worth last year when compared to 2023.
Federal Election Commission filings revealed Omar's campaign made up the vast majority of the money Mynett's consulting firm earned. E Street Group drew in $2.9 million from Rep. Omar's 2020 campaign. Omar's campaign contributed 78 percent of the total campaign funds received by the E Street Group.
At the same time, E Street Group received $134,800 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and an additional $500,000 in Economic Injury Disaster loans during the pandemic.
Omar has faced widespread criticism for sharing anti-Israel sentiments and pushing tropes insulting to Jewish people. Omar was forced to apologize for her a string of comments seen as insulting, insensitive and downright anti-Semitic. In a tweet at the time, the then-freshman congresswoman linked support for Israel to financial contributions by writing: 'It's all about the Benjamins.'
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) fled the scene and gave a nonchalant shrug-off when asked about the murder or two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C. overnight on May 22
Israeli embassy staffer Yaron Lischinsky and his girlfriend Sarah Milgrim were named as the tragic victims of the vile attack
Rep. Omar is one of the most outspoken on Capitol Hill in support of the Pallys
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., told a reporter to 'f*** off,' when asked about Democrats taking trips to Central America to support deported MS-13 killers
Democrat Representatives Robert Garcia and Maxwell Frost take part in a press conference to advocate for the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an MS-13 gang member deported from the U.S. and sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a maximum-security prison, in San Salvador, El Salvador
A Texas lawmaker claimed 'America would be a better place' if the Somali-American politician were deported. 'We should have never let Ilhan Omar into our country.'
Omar's remarks about Jewish students further fueled Republican demands for an ethics investigation. She said Jewish students are 'pro-genocide.'
A pro-Israel protester told her to 'Go to Gaza, sweetheart.' She responded simply: 'F**k you!'
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