A bloke dubbed Indian Nostradamus has doubled-down on his claim that World War 3 is coming – and it's just a few days away.

Last month, the Daily Star reported how "New Nostradamus" Kushal Kumar, who claims to be an astrologer who predicts world events, recently told how tensions would rise between Israel and Hamas, both side of Korea, China and Taiwan and Russia and NATO.

Although some would say these were blindingly obvious open goals, Kumar used the Vedic astrology chart to do so. For the unaware, the chard is based in Hindu culture, and is supposed to be a “map of our karma” using planetary and star alignment.

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He also used it to predict the exact date World War Three is supposed to start – and it really is just a few weeks away. He claimed that the world-ending war will happen on June 18 – that's Tuesday, for those without a calendar.

And now he is back, just days before his prediction, to make the claim once again. He said: “NOW, Tuesday, 18 June 2024 has the strongest planetary stimulus to trigger WW3 although 10 and 29 June may have a say as well.

“Readers may be interested to know the stories of 10 June in news that can be read to have a message, somewhere in tune, whatsoever, with the predictive alert. The following news stories have been reported in news media on 10 and 11 June which appear to have something to do with what this writer said about 10 June.”

Citing terror attacks in Pakistan, North Korean soldiers crossing the demarcation line into South Korea – as well as K-pop music and rubbish bags flying in both direction – and the escalation between Israel and Lebanon, Kumar claimed that all of this points to his prediction coming true.

He warned: “It may be observed here that predictive alert for better care and appropriate strategy involves careful and serious interpretation of planetary impacts while unintended human error or slip cannot be ruled out entirely. So, watch the developing war scenario in hotspots across the globe as days pass by.”

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