📹 “West can end fighting in Ukraine tomorrow if the US and weapon manufacturers wanted it,” Pink Floyd's Roger Waters says in an interview with RT.

...but NATO and Joe Biden will fight till the last Ukrainian, he underlines.

Ukraine's President Zelensky promised to adhere to the Minsk agreements and stop the civil war in Ukraine, which has been going on since 2014 after the illegal coup d'etat, Waters says.

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📹 "They want to rule the world," Roger Waters says regarding American foreign policy. He also commented on Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, touching on the topic of national self-determination.

Waters further said that his interview with CNN was heavily edited and thus it didn't represent his "real views."

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🇦🇫 "I was the last to leave": The former Afghan president has explained why he fled the country despite promises not to do so. Ashraf Ghani said he didn't want to "give the Taliban* the pleasure of humiliating another Afghan president."

*The Taliban is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities

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❗️Ukraine’s president said in a statement that the Ukrainian Army will target Russian troops at the Zaporozhye nuclear plant

The Ukrainian Army has shelled the Zaporozhye nuclear plant several times, with Russia calling it an “act of nuclear terrorism.” Foreign journalists also slammed Kiev's strikes at the NPP, while UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has previously warned that any attack on a nuclear plant is "suicidal."

🌊Over 72,000 people were evacuated due to typhoons in Shizuoka, Japan. The prefecture of the Japanese city of Shizuoka, located in the center-south of that country, ordered the evacuation this Sunday due to typhoon Meari.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (AMJ) reported that the tropical storm passed through that territory at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour, with maximum sustained winds of 72 kilometers, causing heavy rainfall and intense waves.

Likewise, the authorities have been notified of landslides in areas of the Izu peninsula, very close to Tokyo (capital), which have left houses surrounded by mud, and five others isolated.

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▪️A bipartisan group of five US congressional lawmakers is in Taiwan. The trip comes less than two weeks after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan prompted China to react sharply.

The delegation, led by Senator Ed Markey, arrived in Taiwan by plane on Sunday. Taiwan's foreign ministry says the legislators will meet President Tsai Ing-wen and other figures to discuss security, the economy, and trade during their two-day stay.

The ministry said that the visit highlights Washington's strong support for Taiwan and demonstrates a friendship that is not afraid of China's threats. Pelosi visited Taiwan on August 2 and 3, becoming the first incumbent US House speaker to travel there in 25 years.

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🚃🌬A severe chemical leak accident forced the evacuation of more than 100 homes in Perris, 122 kilometers east of Los Angeles downtown, Friday morning and prompted the closure of the 215 Freeway in both directions.

NBC 4 news channel reported that Cal Fire Riverside County received a call about the chemical leak around 7:40 p.m. Thursday when someone discovered a large plume of smoke coming from a rail car along the railway parallel to the freeway in the town with over 77,000 residents.

Officials identified the leaking chemical as styrene, saying some chemical reaction inside the tank occurred when the chemical used in latex, synthetic rubber, and polystyrene resins was stored in an overheating situation.

Cal Fire Riverside County Chief John Crater spoke with experts across the country about the potential impacts of the leak, adding, "what they're telling me is this can resolve itself in two days."

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🏛🚨A man killed himself early Sunday in Washington D.C. after ramming the U.S. Capitol barrier. He drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol, then began firing gunshots in the air before fatally shooting himself, according to police, who said he did not seem to be targeting any member of Congress.

This event comes when law enforcement authorities across the country face increasing threats, and federal officials have warned about the potential of violent attacks on government buildings.

Authorities said the man, identified as Richard A. York III, 29, of Delaware, crashed into the barricade and that as he got out of the car, the vehicle became engulfed in flames. The man then opened fire, firing several shots as police approached.

Capitol Police said the man shot himself as the officers neared. He was later pronounced dead.

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▪️A sheriff's deputy has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting two women in custody at a Southern California jail, authorities said.

The 30-year-old deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Department could face charges including assault under the color of authority and sexual activity between a peace officer and inmate, according to a department statement.

An investigation began Aug. 8 when staff at Theo Lacy jail intercepted unspecified communication that described the alleged misconduct, the statement said. The deputy is suspected of establishing an inappropriate relationship with two female inmates starting in May.

“He is alleged to have sexually assaulted the female inmates separately on multiple occasions by sexually touching them over their clothes and showing them pornographic videos while in their housing locations,” the department statement said. The case will be forwarded to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution.

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⛽️The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline plummeted 45 cents over the past three weeks to $4.10 per gallon. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday that the continued decline comes as crude oil costs remain low.

"The drop of a dollar per gallon has not been enough to restore motorist demand, which is in retreat due to sustained high price levels," Lundberg said. The average price at the pump has been down a dollar over the past nine weeks, but it's 85 cents higher than it was one year ago.

Nationwide, the highest average price for regular-grade gas was in the San Francisco Bay Area, at $5.36 per gallon. The lowest average was in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at $3.38 per gallon.

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🇪🇨Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso says he has been diagnosed with melanoma, the most dangerous type of skin cancer, and will travel to the United States to undergo additional testing.

Lasso underwent surgery on July 29, 2022, in Ecuador for a lesion on his right eyelid that was thought to be basal cell carcinoma, another type of skin cancer. Still, test results indicate that it is melanoma, according to the president’s Sunday statement to the media, quoted by the Ecuadorian Ecuavisa TV channel.
The president told Ecuadorian media that he would make a personal trip to The United States to undergo medical screening there.

Lasso informed the National Assembly on Friday that he would be absent from the country from August 16-21 to undergo medical treatment in Houston, Texas.

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⚡️#BreakingNews Parkgoers evacuated due to a shooting at Six Flags Great America amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois.

◾️A powerful explosion hit a large market in the Armenian capital of Yerevan on Sunday, starting a fire and killing at least three people. Up to 60 people were reported injured. Some 25 people are still missing, according to local authorities.

Firefighters labored hours after the early afternoon blast at the Surmalu market to put out the blaze. Later on Sunday, Armenia saw bomb threats targeting metro stations and unspecified significant military and civilian facilities.

At least three people were reportedly rescued from beneath the debris. It was not immediately clear what caused the fireworks to detonate. The open-air market, some two kilometers (over a mile) south of Yerevan's center, is famous for its low prices and a wide variety of merchandise.

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‘A Year With Taliban’: Kabul Residents Tell Sputnik About Their Struggles (Part 1)

On 15 August 2021, the Taliban* gained control of Afghanistan, raising their flag over the presidential palace in Kabul. Speaking with Sputnik Afghanistan, residents of the capital said that the security situation in the country has generally improved over the past year. However, the number of problems they face every day is only increasing: unemployment and the prices of goods and services are on the rise.

Note: $1 is worth roughly 90 afghanis.

*The Taliban is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities

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🗣 Senator Rand Paul is calling for the Espionage Law to be repealed after the FBI conducted a high-profile search of Mar-a-Lago, the Florida estate of former president Donald Trump

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📹 Residents of Lisichansk told how Ukrainian forces destroyed every part of the settlement, going round in a loop starting at the very center

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LIVE UPDATES | Four dead, 14 injured in Ukrainian forces' shelling of DPR in 24 hours, authorities say