💬The statements from UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after meeting with Presidents Erdogan and Zelensky on the global food crisis and grain deal:

▪️There are signs that global food markets have begun to stabilize;

▪️21 ships have departed Ukrainian ports under the grain deal;

▪️Wheat prices have dropped by 8% after the signing of the grain deal;

▪️Parties to the grain deal have worked in "good faith";

▪️There's no solution to the food crisis without Ukrainian or Russian products

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🇮🇹 Italy is hit by a downpour with hurricane winds. In Tuscany, a storm demolished trees and roofs, killing two with four injured. The video shows winds so strong that they spin the Ferris wheel

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🇮🇹 The consequences of the hurricane in Italy's Venice: this is what Piazza San Marco looks like

🇨🇳 Meanwhile in China: An army of robot dogs dancing in sync at the World Robot Conference in Beijing

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❗️Erdogan intends to discuss with Putin results of his talks in Lvov

🇬🇧 45 million Brits may be hit by fuel poverty by January, new study reveals

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In May, a war correspondent reported from the scene that a body of a murdered and raped woman had been found at Ukrainian Armed Forces positions after Russian forces took the village of Dolgen'koye.

Now, another terrible find in the forests of the Izium front was reported. A grave, containing the partially skeletonized remains of several women, apparently local civilians, was discovered not far from the former positions of the Ukrainian military.

🇧🇷Brazil's President Bolsonaro has been provoked and cursed by a blogger

A YouTuber named Wilker Leão uttered several provocations and curses against the president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro. In the video, Leão is seen filming the president, calling him "vagabundo" (a tramp). Bolsonaro tried to stop the footage himself, but only guards were able to push the man away.

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📹 The NYPD has shared footage of a man punching a 52-year-old in the head seemingly without provocation, causing a skull fracture, broken cheek and brain bleeding in the Bronx. The victim is in a critical condition and the police are searching for the suspect

❗️The air defense system in Crimea's Kerch has just worked, according to preliminary information. The advisor to the governor says there is no danger

🇲🇱🇫🇷France condemns Mali's statement that Paris is allegedly supplying terrorists with weapons and regards it as an "information manipulation" designed to distract attention from the deteriorating security situation in the West African country

"We condemn the spread of information manipulations, which in no way must distract attention from the deterioration of security and the humanitarian situation in the country, the first victims of which have been its population," a spokesman for the French Foreign Ministry said at a briefing, commenting on the accusations by the Malian authorities.

The spokesman stressed that France was withdrawing forces from Mali "in full transparency towards the Malian armed forces and partners" and would continue to fight terrorism in the Sahel and West Africa.

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The 67-year-old US man was murdered by a Wendy’s employee after complaining about his order

A man in Prescott Valley, Arizona, walked up to the Wendy's checkout to complain about his order, but the employee (35-year-old Antoine Kendrick) hit his head in response. Ten days later, the man died in hospital

🇺🇸Ex-diplomat: Former US officials' call to boost arm supplies to Kiev violates UN Charter, US laws

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❗️US sees value of New START Treaty, is as valuable today and even more so than it has been in past - State Department

📹 Cameras have recorded Volodymyr Zelensky's facial expressions at a press conference following the meeting with Turkish President Erdogan

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✈️ Small plane Crashes next to California freeway

One person was injured after a small silver plane crashed into a railing on Interstate 8 at about 10:45 a.m. and came to a stop under the freeway overpass on Greenfield Drive, California Highway Patrol said. According to Flightaware, the plane was a fixed-wing, single-engine 1951 Cessna 195.

CHP was conducting a preliminary investigation and the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board were heading to the scene to conduct their own investigations.

Several plane crashes have been reported near the small airport west of SR-67 and SR-52 in recent years. Investigates found there have been at least 41 plane or helicopter crashes into San Diego County neighborhoods since 2010, of those, 36 people died and 25 others were seriously injured.

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‼️ Air Defense systems shot down drone near Sevastopol - Governor ➡️ LIVE UPDATES

According to preliminary data, an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down near the Belbek airport north-west of Sevastopol by means of air defense, Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said on Thursday.

"Recently, according to preliminary data, an unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down near the Belbek airport by means of air defense. There is no damage," Razvozhaev said on Telegram, adding that there are no casualties either.

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‼️ Ukrainian troops shell Energodar with heavy artillery - Zaporozhye region authorities

Ukrainian troops began shelling the city of Energodar, located near the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, from heavy artillery at 22:50 local time, Vladimir Rogov, a member of the Zaporozhye regional administration's main council, said.

"Zelensky’s militants opened massive fire from heavy artillery on the city of Energodar from 22.50," Rogov said on Telegram.

The city authorities confirmed the information about the shelling and asked the residents to move to a safe place. Information about the places of shell explosions, as well as casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure is being specified, the city administration said in a statement.

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⚖️ Three indicted in prison beating death of notorious crime boss

Fotios Geas, also known as “Freddy,” 55, Paul J. DeCologero, also known as “Pauly,” 48, and Sean McKinnon, 36, were charged on Wednesday with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder of James “Whitey” Bulger at the United States Penitentiary Hazleton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia.

Assistant US Attorneys Brandon S. Flower and Randolph J. Bernard are prosecuting the case on behalf of the government. The FBI and the Bureau of Prisons Special Investigative Services investigated.

James Joseph "Whitey" Bulger Jr. was an American organized crime boss who led the Winter Hill Gang in Massachusetts. He was tried on 32 counts of racketeering, money laundering, extortion, and weapons charges, including complicity in nineteen murders. On 2013, he was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences.

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