🇬🇧👮‍♂️UK police officers fear hard winter of surging crime and civil unrest

▪️British police are reportedly preparing for a “tidal wave” of violent crime and public disorder against the backdrop of an exacerbating cost-of-living crisis caused by the energy catastrophe in Europe.

▪️Chiefs are reportedly concerned that "economic turmoil and financial instability" has the potential to spark a rise in crime, in particular "acquisitive" offences, a leaked national strategy paper has revealed.

▪️These include shoplifting, burglary and car theft, as well as online fraud, blackmail, and other crimes that “rely on exploiting financial vulnerability."

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“Britain has been through worse in the past - we have the attitude and spirit to get through it”

🇬🇧Liz Truss vowed “immediate” actions to help Britons with energy costs if she is confirmed as Tory leader tomorrow

She appeared on the BBC's new Sunday political show hosted by Laura Kuenssberg, where she warned against predictions of an “Armageddon scenario”, insisting that the UK has weathered tougher situations before.

🗯️Mrs. Truss appealed to the voters and said: “I will be clear with the public about the challenges we face and the tough decisions we need to make…. 'If I'm elected as prime minister, within one week I will make sure there is an announcement on how we are going to deal with the issue of energy bills and of long-term supply to put this country on the right footing for winter.”

However, she refused to say exactly what the support measures will include and even refused to rule out copying Labour's £70 billion plan to freeze the energy cap.

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😉 Former US President Donald Trump has suggested that he may run for the US presidency again in 2024.

▪️ The former POTUS was back on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania on Saturday - his first rally since the FBI's search of his Mar-a-Lago estate last month.

💭 He told his supporters: "We are leading Biden and everyone else, including the Republicans, by record numbers in the polls. So I may just have to do it again. You'll be... stay tuned. I have to do it again. You hear that Oz? (Senate nominee Dr Mehmet Oz) Do it again. May just have to do it again."

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❗Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says 'monstrous' that German weapons are used by nationalists in Ukraine against Russians, condemns Berlin's support for Kiev pro-nazi regime.

‼️ Kremlin: Nord Stream halted over EU violation of maintenance agreements, sanctions

🇬🇧Liz Truss “will be a disaster if she governs how she has campaigned," Scotland’s first minister argued.

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, pitched her view of Liz Truss’ campaign, accusing the conservative of campaigning on the "niche priorities" of Tory members, such as tax cuts.

🗯️“If she governs how she has campaigned over the summer, she will be a disaster - not just for Scotland but for all of the UK… The obsessions of a tiny, tiny number of Conservative Party members are not the right priorities for the country," Scotland's first minister declared.

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⚡️ Europe has made too many mistakes, they will have to pay for it, and they are paying for it now by leaving their comfort zone, Kremlin spokesman Peskov says

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❗Russia's MoD briefing:

▪️Russian Air Forces performed high precision air strikes destroying the provisional bases of the Ukrainian units from the 80th Air Assault Brigade and a munitions depot in the DPR. As a result, more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen as well as 11 armored and special motor vehicles have been eliminated;

▪️The Ukrainian Army has lost 11 tanks and 17 infantry combat vehicles, including 4 US-manufactured Bradley vehicles, 10 other combat armored vehicles, 5 pick-ups with large-calibre machine guns and over 150 servicemen as a result of its unsuccessful attempts to consolidate in several areas towards Nikolayev and Krivoy Rog;

▪️Russian Forces performed concentrated fire attacks at the positions of Ukrainian units from the 30th mechanized and 95 air assault brigades in the Kharkov region and in the DPR. AS a result, 110 Ukrainian troops have been eliminated;

▪️Russian Forces performed high precision strikes on two foreign mercenary bases in the DPR, eliminating up to 50 foreign militants;

▪️Russian Forces hit four Ukrainian command posts as well as 57 Ukrainian artillery units and 189 areas where Ukrainian Army manpower and military equipment are concentrated;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed three Ukrainian munitions depots in the DPR and in the Zaporozhye region;

▪️Russian air defense means destroyed five Ukrainian UAVs in the Kharkov region and in the DPR, as well as intercepted 3 U.S.-manufactured HARM anti-radar missiles in Kherson region and 7 MRLS projectiles near Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant.

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⚡Journalists witnessed Ukrainian saboteurs' failed storming of Zaporozhye NPP, the Russian Ministry of Defense says.

⚡The Russian side ensured the arrival of more than 60 journalists from France, US, China, Denmark, Japan, Germany, Turkey and other countries to the npp, the Russian Ministry of Defense says.

🇷🇺 🇪🇺 The price of gas in Russia is 40 times lower than in Europe, said Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak.

▪️ He noted that Russian citizens are guaranteed to be provided with heat and light in winter.

🗯 “If we compare, a thousand cubic meters of gas here [in Russia], it costs $70–80 for industrial consumers, for the population it is even cheaper… The difference is 40 times, and this is certainly our competitive advantage,” Novak emphasized.

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"It's times like these you learn to live again"

😢Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl broke down in tears on stage at the event that honored their late bandmate Taylor Hawkins, who died unexpectedly in March at the age of 50

📹 Watch footage showing how a British tourist is beaten to the ground and left unconscious on a street in Magaluf after he brandishes a golf club during a fight - as police arrest five men.

▪️ A video has emerged of a Briton being struck with an object and stamped on during an altercation on Martin Ros Garcia Street on the Spanish island of Majorca on July 26.

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🇷🇺 The 7th Eastern Economic Forum will take place on September 5-8 in Vladivostok, Russia's Far East and will involve representatives from at least 40 countries.

📍 This year's forum will last four days instead of three and will be dedicated to a brand new agenda: the emergence of the multipolar world and its effects on global business cooperation among the countries.

🌍 Historically the forum has attracted officials and business leaders from around the globe and remained popular throughout the years.

#EEF2022

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❗US Ambassador Sullivan has finished his work in Russia and left Moscow on Sunday. Until the arrival of Ambassador Sullivan's successor, Elizabeth Rood will perform the duties of charge d'affaires at the US Embassy in Moscow, the US Embassy said.

❗️🇷🇺Here's what you need to know about the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF)

▪️The EEF is one of the biggest business forums in Russia, holds a number of keynotes, speeches, presentations and sessions, held by Russian officials, as well as by companies and experts from other countries;

▪️The EEF was established in 2015 by President Vladimir Putin and is a major platform for signing agreements between businesses both large and small for the joint development of projects;

▪️The forum is usually attended by foreign leaders: late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended every EEF between 2016 and 2019, South Korean presidents visited the forum twice, and Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga became a frequent guest at the event. Chinese President Xi Jinping as well as the Prime Ministers of India (Narendra Modi) and Malaysia (Mahathir Mohamad) also visited EEF in previous years;

▪️This year, the forum will be held between September 5 and 8 in Vladivostok, Russia;

▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the event to address the plenary session on September 7;

▪️The upcoming forum will be dedicated to the emergence of the multipolar world and its effects on global business cooperation among the countries.

#EEF2022

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🇬🇧Palace insiders allege Harry and “delusional” Meghan are attacking the monarchy “because it is good for business,” with the Queen “waiting for the next nuclear bomb.”

🗯️“Everyone hoped they would go off to be financially independent, pursue their philanthropic endeavours and be happy - and that in going their own way, they might no longer feel the need to rail against the system as much as they still do,” one disgruntled insider said to a news agency.

The sources also claimed that the Queen, who is now 96, has refused a string of public events in recent months amid on-going concerns over her health. She also reportedly does not “want to be on tenterhooks” constantly waiting for the “next nuclear bomb”.

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🇺🇸Former US President Barack Obama wins the Best Narrator Emmy Award for documentary series “Our Great National Parks”

He becomes only the second US president in history to win an Emmy.

Obama's two Grammy awards and the Emmy put him halfway to becoming an Egot - someone who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award.

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📹🇩🇪Footage showing how residents of Cologne participated in a rally in support of Russia

Local media reports that nearly a thousand German residents, some holding Russian flags, walked through the streets of Cologne speaking against the weapons-supply to Ukraine and price rises.

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