👊 Manfred Weber, leader of the EU Parliament's biggest group, the European People's Party (EPP), threatened Turkey with isolation within NATO if it decides to block the membership bids of Finland and Sweden.

💬 "Not now. Everything that delays the process of achieving peace should be put on a waiting list," he argued.

👌 His position was backed by a fellow party member, Economic Development Minister Giancarlo Giorgetti, who argued that the accession to NATO of the two new countries located near Russia's borders, "will definitely not help to reduce the [duration of the Ukrainian] conflict".

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❗️ The US has already redistributed a significant amount of its liquefied natural gas to Europe and plans to continue this supply until the end of the year - Blinken

❗️🎥 "Everyone was on duty": Pulmonologist of the Mariupol intensive care hospital reveals that Mariupol doctors continued with their duties despite the shelling of the Ukraine Armed Forces, without water or light.

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❗️🎥 "They used civilians as human shields": DPR militia officer speaks about the Ukraine Armed Forces' tactics during the liberation of the village of Verkhnetoretskoye.

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❗️ Zakharova: Russia will not leave caddish and illegal actions of Western countries without response

⚡️ Sweden officially decides to apply for NATO membership

🗣 "The Social Democrats will thereby work to ensure that Sweden, if the application is approved, expresses unilateral reservations against the deployment of nuclear weapons and permanent bases on Swedish territory," the party said in a statement just hours after neighbouring Finland announced its official intention to apply for membership.

❗️🎥 "Last time I washed my hair was when it was raining": Mariupol resident speaks about water supply problems in the city.

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❗️🎥 "I demand he be put on trial": Mariupol resident reveals that Mayor Vadim Boychenko abandoned the city, and did not organise an evacuation.

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"The Great MAGA Prince": Former US President Donald Trump's oldest son has struck netizens with a bizarre announcement.

🗣 "My new pronouns are: The Great MAGA Prince!!! If you don't abide by that you're committing literal violence," Donald Trump Jr's tweet reads.

🗣 Joint Swedish-Finnish NATO bid is 'best thing for Sweden's security: Sweden's PM

🗣 Biden says hate remains 'stain on the soul of America'

❗️ Buffalo shooting suspect threatened a shooting at his high school, was sent for mental health treatment, official says

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🗣 "A lone gunman, armed with weapons of war and a hateful soul, shot and killed 10 innocent people in cold blood at a grocery store on Saturday afternoon in western New York state", Biden said in Washington at a service for fallen US police officers.

"We must all work together to address the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America," the president said.

🇺🇸 Some 7 US mercenaries who travelled to fight for Ukraine were killed in Rubezhnoye, the deputy head of Chechnya Alaudinov has told Sputnik.

He showed the ID card of one of the deceased mercenaries who was Joseph Ward Clark from Washington.

❗️Moscow to strengthen its troops on border with Finland should NATO deploy offensive arms

‘Never Say Never’: Former First Lady Melania Trump on if She Would Ever Return to the White House

🗣 “I like Washington, D.C. I know it operates completely different than any other city, but I really like it there”, the former FLOTUS said during a “Fox & Friends” interview.

🗣 “I enjoyed living in the White House. To be first lady of the United States was my greatest honor. I think we achieved a lot in the four years of Trump administration. I enjoyed taking care of the White House. It was my home for a while. I understood it is people’s house. And it was, it was a privilege to live there,” she went on to say.

Regarding the state of the country, Melania also said that she felt dismayed to see what is going on.

🗣 “I think it’s sad to see what’s going on – if you really look deeply into it. I think a lot of people are struggling and suffering and what is going on around the world as well. So it’s very sad to see and I hope it changes fast,” she told host Pete Hegseth.

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🇺🇸🤔WATCH: NYC mayor thinks there should not be any limitation on abortions

🇺🇸📢 VIDEO: Biden calls for funding the police

"Folks, the answer is not to abandon the streets. It's not to choose between safety and equal justice. We should agree, it's not to defund the police. It's to fund the police. Fund them!"