🎞 Oscar winning actor Kevin Spacey has vowed to clear his name after appearing in court in London, where he charged with sexually assaulting three men.

👨‍⚖️ The 62-year-old Hollywood star attended Westminster Magistrates’ Court after returning to Britain from his home in the United States to face four counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent.

▪️ The allegations relate to three men, now in their 30s and 40s, in London and Gloucestershire between 2005 and 2013, while Spacey was artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.

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⚡️ Stoltenberg has announced that NATO's defence ministers have decided to increase the bloc's forces in Eastern Europe

📹 А clergyman tells how he was tortured by the Ukrainian security forces, who killed a man in front of him.

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❗️ Russian MoD: Fever-carrying mosquitoes studied in Ukrainian labs may have been used by US in Cuba

⚡️ Downing Street publishes resignation letter from Boris Johnson's ethics adviser Lord Geidt

▪️ NATO is "close" to accepting two new members - Pentagon chief Austin after talks in Brussels

▪️ Since the beginning of Russia's special op in Ukraine, NATO has deployed tens of thousands of soldiers. This move will continue, Austin confirmed.

❗️ Key points from the Russian MoD’s briefing on the US biolabs in Ukraine:

▪️ Since 2015, when large-scale financing of Ukrainian projects by the Pentagon began, numerous infections have been recorded among the military and residents of the DPR and LPR.

▪️ In 2016, the incidence of tularemia increased 9.5-fold compared to 2007, the number of cases among military personnel was especially high.

▪️ In NATO guidance documents, tularemia is considered one of the priority biological agents - it was used in the alliance's exercises in Sweden, as was confirmed in 2012.

▪️ Since 2017, in the 12 regions of Ukraine where biological facilities controlled by the Pentagon are located, dozens of outbreaks of hepatitis A have been recorded - more than 10 thousand people have fallen ill, in most cases the cause of the diseases has not been established.

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❗️ Stingers and Javelins that the West has delivered to Ukraine are already being sold on the black market, Lavrov says

❗️ Kiev admits that it does not want negotiations with Russia - Lavrov

❗️Obviously there are attempts to make 'second Ukraine' out of Moldova - Lavrov

❗️ Macron says France, Germany, Italy and Romania support 'immediate' EU candidate status for Ukraine

❗️ Germany's Scholz vows military backing for Ukraine for 'as long as needed'

🎥 A Ukrainian woman reveals how her disabled son was drafted to the Ukrainian Army.

"He asked for medical help but instead of sending him for treatment some “kind” Ukrainian superiors beat him up" - the woman recalls.

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🎥 'Food for Life' volunteers deliver hot meals to the people of Rubezhnoye, LPR.

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🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 President Biden told secretaries Austin and Blinken to tone down after they said publicly that the administration wanted Ukraine to “win” in the conflict with Russia, NBC News reports.

In a conference call held after the two visited Kiev in April, Biden expressed the belief they had gone too far. He voiced concerns that such comments could create unrealistic expectations and increase the risk of direct conflict with Russia, according to the report.

“Biden was not happy when Blinken and Austin talked about winning in Ukraine,” an unnamed official told the channel. “He was not happy with the rhetoric.”

Following the announcement of Beyonce's new album, British Vogue has released new photographs of the US superstar as she would grace the July cover of the magazine.

❗️ Russian FM Lavrov speaks on the situation in Ukraine:

▪️ Russia did not invade Ukraine, the operation was declared when there was no other way of explaining to the West that dragging Ukraine into NATO was a criminal act;

▪️ Russia did not attack anyone in Ukraine, rather, Russians were attacked in that country;

▪️On the two UK citizens sentenced to death in the DPR: I am sure the DPR has an independent court, London needs to appeal to Donetsk.

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🗣 Russian pranksters Vovan and Lexus have duped author JK Rowling into thinking she was speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

During the conversation with the comedians, the Brit stated that she supported tougher sanctions against Russia.

The writer also backed the idea of penning the Harry Potter killing curse "avada kedavra" on rockets launched to Donetsk and Lugansk.

In addition during the prank call, she stated that she would look into the possibility of removing the Z-shaped scar on Potter's forehead, replacing it with a Ukrainian trident.

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🌌 SpaceX employees have written an open letter criticizing the company's chief executive Elon Musk calling his behavior "a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks," the Verge reports. Employees are being asked to sign the letter before it is delivered to SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell.