🇺🇳 🇹🇷 Turkey is proposing to reform the United Nations since the organization is ineffective in addressing ongoing humanitarian crises, creating deadlocks rather than solutions to the global problems, the head of communications in the Turkish presidential office, Fahrettin Altun, said on Wednesday.

🗣 "Today, in the face of every situation in which the UN creates a deadlock rather than a solution, the legitimacy and necessity of our President's [Recep Tayyip Erdogan] demand for a UN reform become increasingly clear," Altun was quoted as saying by the Turkish Communications Directorate.

▪️ Altun added that Turkey proposed restructuring the UN Security Council, so that it adopted the perspective that "the world is bigger than five [permanent Council members]."

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⚡️ Israel, Turkey restore full diplomatic ties, Tel Aviv says

📹 ‘No one came for me’: Ukrainian POW recalls how he was shot by his own and abandoned in a ditch

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💰 Democrats have spent approximately $3.8 trillion on their top agenda items since Joe Biden began his presidential term.

🗣 "Democrats, even in this tough situation — polarized 50-50 — can actually get things done," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said after Democrats passed their Inflation Reduction Act this month. "They're going to see Democrats are actually getting things done that matter to them, mainstream things that matter to folks."

🗣 "No matter what they call their legislation, Democrats in Washington are addicted to spending your money," Chad Gilmartin, a spokesman for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy commented on the spending. "When Democrats said their multitrillion spending bill would ‘rescue’ the economy — it did the opposite by fueling historic inflation and imperiling every family’s budget.”

🗣 "Now Democrats say their latest spending bill, which also raises taxes during a recession, will ‘reduce’ the impact of their failures," Gilmartin said. "It’s clear Americans want a new direction to get our nation back on track."

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😕 Footage showing the demolition of a Soviet T-34 tank in the Estonian city of Narva.

▪️ It was dismantled in three hours and taken to the military museum in Viimsi, ERR writes.

▪️ Earlier, Estonian authorities announced that they had decided to get rid of all Soviet monuments in order, according to the country's prime minister, to prevent "inciting hatred in society."

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📹 ‘We see you running and we will shoot’: Ukrainian POW recalls how nationalist battalions opened fire on their own troops to hold back the retreat

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The 5th generation Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter jet was brought to the ARMY forum outside Moscow for the first time, presenting great opportunities for a photo op. Dr. Connie Rahakundini Bakrie – a military and defense analyst from Indonesia was among foreign guests who had a chance to go into the cockpit of the Russian plane.

📌 WATCH LIVE | Russian cosmonauts conduct spacewalk outside ISS

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👏 China highly appreciates the statement by Russian President Vladimir Putin that the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan was a "carefully planned provocation," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday.

🗯 "China highly appreciates the position expressed by Russian President Vladimir Putin," the diplomat said when asked to comment on the statements of the Russian leader.

▪️ Wang added that since Pelosi visited Taiwan, more than 170 countries have reaffirmed their commitment to the One China principle and supported Beijing's efforts to protect its state sovereignty and territorial integrity.

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😮 In Munich, a 19-year-old security guard of Arab origin showed the Nazi salute to Israeli athletes marching to a monument to their compatriots killed by Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Munich Olympics.

🙅‍♂️ The gesture is banned in Germany and the guard may face up to three years in prison.

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📹 ’They think we're no longer alive’: Pensioner from the liberated town of Gorskoye asked Russian soldiers to say hello to her sons after months without contact

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📹Sputnik footage from the site of a Ukrainian HIMARS missile attack against a residential building in Pervomaisk (LPR)

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🇨🇳 Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian on Twitter: "Everyone needs a clear understanding of himself. So does a nation"

🇨🇳 Zhao Lijian: 85% of the world's population didn't impose sanctions on Russia.

"Only the majority stands for the international community," he added.

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UN Secretary-General Guterres has arrived in Lvov, where he will hold a trilateral meeting with Zelensky and Erdogan tomorrow, his official representative told Sputnik

🇮🇷📹 Short and long-range missiles, UAVs: What did Iran exhibit at Russia's Army 2022 expo?

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❗️The Russian Embassy in the United States has appealed to the White House and the State Department to immediately issue visas to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his delegation to visit the United Nations General Assembly - Russian ambassador

🇲🇱🇫🇷Mali accuses France of informing and arming terrorists after French mission withdraws from the country

The Malian government sent a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday complaining about French actions in its territory, a day after the official departure of French troops from the African country. In the letter, Mali accused France of violating its airspace and providing intelligence and weapons to terrorist groups operating in its territory, calling the UN Security Council to pay attention to the situation

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