📹 Video of the fighting near Krasnogorovka, footage by the 9th regiment of the DPR people's militia

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🇺🇸 Pink Floyd's Roger Waters made a speech at a rally of supporters of the founder of Wikileaks in Washington: "Julian [Assange] is still in Belmarsh prison, awaiting to be extradited in the US, where the government of the United States can kill him."

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🇲🇱🇫🇷 Read the detailed article about Mali accusing France of supporting terrorists inside the African country

▶️Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was criticized by Republicans and conservatives after she compared herself to Abraham Lincoln in her concession speech following Tuesday’s primary loss.

“Now the real work begins,” she said in an election night concession speech in Wyoming, summoning the legacy of both Abraham Lincoln and his Civil War-era military and presidential successor Ulysses Grant in her campaign against Trump.

“I will be doing whatever it takes to keep Donald Trump out of the Oval Office,” Cheney told NBC’s “Today” show early Wednesday. Pressed, she said that running for president “is something I’m thinking about, and I’ll make a decision in the coming months.”

Whether she runs or not, her belief that Trump poses a danger to democracy is a conviction that runs deep in her family.

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🔎Rudy Giuliani faced hours of questioning Wednesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta as a target of an investigation into attempts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.

Citing grand jury secrecy, the former New York City mayor and Trump attorney left the Fulton County courthouse without commenting to reporters roughly six hours after the special grand jury convened Wednesday as part of a rapidly escalating investigation that has ensnared several Trump allies.

Giuliani’s questioning took place behind closed doors, as grand jury proceedings are secret. Swarmed by news cameras Wednesday morning as he stepped out of a black SUV at the courthouse steps, Giuliani said he didn’t plan to talk about his testimony.

“Grand juries, as I recall, are secret,” said Giuliani, who came to court with his attorney, Robert Costello. “They ask the questions, and we’ll see.”

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😬📲Author and social media star John Clark, also known as The Meal Prep King, has sparked huge controversy after uploading an inflammatory video while sporting a black eye.

The 43-year-old streamed the live video from what appeared to be his home in Bolton, Greater Manchester, and began by stating he refused to have respect for women and that they should ‘shut the f*** up’ about their rights.

The social media personality, who boasts more than 420,000 Instagram followers, then referenced his facial injury, saying he “got whacked” before continuing his tirade.

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▪️The death of American actress Anne Heche was officially declared accidental after being behind the wheel of a car that crashed into a house at a speed of 140 kilometers per hour in Los Angeles, California, on August 5.

The Los Angeles County medical examiner ruled Wednesday that the 53-year-old artist died of smoke inhalation, burn injuries, and a "sternum fracture due to blunt trauma." These types of fractures are common in people who hit their chest with a steering wheel in traffic accidents.

The violent crash that the actress starred in destroyed much of a two-story house in the Mar Vista neighborhood of Los Angeles, and the vehicle ended up engulfed in flames. Dozens of firefighters battled the blaze that raged for more than an hour. According to the police, the car was going so fast that it left the road and burned when it hit the building, causing severe burns to Heche.

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🎵🎶Bad Bunny has jumped on the trend of releasing clothing with no gender label, and his latest magazine cover proves it. In what will be the September edition of Harper's Bazaar -the United States version- he shows himself in an impressive double-cut white dress with lower transparency, causing a stir on social media.

Although the singer has distinguished himself for his controversial but successful reggaeton songs, his peculiar fashion style has been a frequent target of criticism, debates, and avant-garde proposals that have positioned him as one of the favorite Latin artists in music magazines and is internationally recognized in the beauty industry.

This is not the first time the Puerto Rican is the protagonist of a magazine cover, wearing unique dresses and skirts.

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🔴Dozens of people were injured and killed when a massive explosion hit a Kabul mosque on Wednesday evening. Police said there were multiple casualties after the apparent attack in the Afghan capital.

Kabul police chief Khalid Zadran confirmed that an explosion occurred inside a mosque in northern Kabul. He did not provide a casualty toll. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid condemned the blast and said that "perpetrators of such crimes will soon be brought to justice and will be punished."

The exact number of casualties is unclear. News agencies have reported varying numbers of dead, from at least three as reported by AFP to ten as reported by AP. A Taliban intelligence official told Reuters news agency that as many as 35 people were wounded or killed, with the toll expected to rise.

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🤝Israel and Turkey have decided to restore full diplomatic ties and will return ambassadors to each other's countries, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's office said on Wednesday.

"Upgrading relations will contribute to deepening ties between the two peoples, expanding economic, trade, and cultural ties, and strengthening regional stability," the statement said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed the move, saying, "Appointment of ambassadors was one of the steps to normalize ties. Such a positive step came from Israel due to these efforts, and as Turkey, we also decided to appoint an ambassador to Israel, to Tel Aviv."

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📹 Florida authorities have published dramatic footage depicting a shootout at a gas station early Sunday morning. 

▪️ The incident took place just before 3 a.m. in the 8300 block of Thomas Drive in Panama City Beach, Florida, the Bay County Sheriff’s Office said. 

▪️ Investigators are currently working to charge 28-year-old Benjamin Lau from Havana, Florida with battery for allegedly starting the shooting.

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😡 Several lawyers have reacted to an agreement between the school district and the Minneapolis teachers union to fire white teachers first, regardless of seniority, underscoring that it is "unconstitutional" and predicting it could end up in the Supreme Court.

🗯 "The Supreme Court has been crystal clear, public schools cannot terminate teachers based on their skin color," Kimberly Hermann, general counsel for the Southeastern Legal Foundation said. "The contract between Minneapolis Public Schools and the local teachers union is unconstitutional, illegal and sets our country back decades in race relations."

▪️ The agreement put an end to a two-week strike earlier this year. It protects "underrepresented" populations from layoffs and is designed "to remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination," according to a spokesperson for Minneapolis Public Schools.

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🏔 Tanzanian authorities have installed high-speed internet providers on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, giving the opportunity to anybody with a phone to livestream their ascent up Africa’s tallest mountain.

▪️ State-owned Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation addressed the broadband community on Tuesday at an altitude of 720 meters. The nation’s data minister, Nape Nnauye, called the occasion historic.

🗯 “Previously, it was a bit dangerous for visitors and porters who had to operate without internet,” Nnauye commented during the launch of the service, flanked by authorities, officers and vacationers.

🗣 “All visitors will get connected … [up to] this point of the mountain,” he said at the Horombo Huts, one of many camps en route to the summit.

▪️ He added that the peak of the 5,895 meter mountain would also have internet connectivity within 12 months.

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⚡️ Russian MoD: Kiev preparing provocation at Zaporozhye NPP during UN Secretary General's visit

❗️ On August 19, the Kiev regime is preparing a resonant provocation at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant during a visit to Ukraine by the UN Secretary General, the Russian Ministry of Defense reports.

▪️ Ukrainian troops are planning to launch artillery strikes at the territory of the ZNPP from firing positions in Nikopol, and plan to blame Russia.

▪️ The Ministry of Defense emphasizes that Russian troops do not have heavy weapons either on the territory of the ZNPP or in the areas adjacent to it.

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📹 Footage showing the combat operation of the Western Military District’s Uragan multiple rocket launchers during the course of their missions destroying AFU positions during Russia's special military operation.

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📹 “They could arrest her at any moment”: German journalist Alina Lipp on how her reporting on Donbass has seen her family’s accounts frozen and her mother threatened with arrest.

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⚡️ Shelling of Energodar and Zaporozhye NPP continues, there is threat of damage to NPP's cooling system: regional administration

❗️ Beijing 'resolutely' opposes US-Taiwan trade talks, will take measures to 'safeguard sovereignty'

📊 Annual inflation in 19 eurozone countries in July is expected to accelerate to 8.9% from 8.6% a month earlier, marking a record high since the beginning of maintaining statistics, an analyst of the DailyFX portal said.

▪️ "Tomorrow brings European inflation numbers and the expectation is for another jump, this time to 8.9% from last month’s 8.6% headline read with Core CPI expected to increase to 4% from last month’s 3.7% print," senior strategist James Stanley said on Wednesday.

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🇺🇸 🇹🇼 Washington and Taipei have “reached a consensus on the negotiating mandate” for bilateral trade initiative to bolster economic ties, according to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).

▪️ In a statement on Wednesday, the USTR said that the first round of talks pertaining to the US-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade is expected to take place early this autumn.

▪️ The negotiations “will deepen our trade and investment relationship, advance mutual trade priorities based on shared values, and promote innovation and inclusive economic growth for our workers and businesses,” the statement pointed out.

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