🇬🇧 Boris Johnson has revealed how several months ago, BBC journalists asked him to give an interview about the Queen in the past tense - as though she had already died.

"And I’m afraid I simply choked up and I couldn’t go on," Johnson added. "I’m really not easily moved to tears, but I was so overcome with sadness, that I had to ask [the BBC] to go away."

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Grossi calls for immediate end of shelling in ZNPP area due to critical situation in facility’s power supply

❗More Russian troops filmed heading to the Kharkov region

📹 The Russian Defense Ministry has shown new footage of the deployment of reinforcements to the Kharkov region

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US policy on North Korea unchanged after country declares itself nuclear weapons state, Washington will continue to seek diplomacy - White House

🇮🇷🇺🇸 US imposes sanctions on Iran's intelligence ministry, minister over alleged cyber activities against US, allies - Treasury

🇪🇺 EU ministers have agreed to allocate 5 billion euros in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine out of the previously promised 9 billion euros - European Commission

Thousands of donkey penises worth around $478,000 that were about to be exported to Hong Kong have been seized by Nigerian officials

▪️The 16 sacks of animal parts were found in the animal export section of Murtala Muhammed Airport in Lagos, according to a local official;

▪️It's noteworthy that the cargo was “falsely declared as cow male genitals”

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🇫🇷 Pailleron, the largest swimming pool in Paris, has closed due to rising energy prices - media

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🇺🇸🇷🇺 White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said there is a "long way to go" before the G20 summit in November, when asked what US President Joe Biden will do if he encounters Russian President Vladimir Putin

🇬🇧 It looks like with Charles III becoming king of the UK, speculation about replacing the British monarch with local heads of state could gain momentum

UNESCO's inaction after Daria Dugina's murder will be taken into account in the future - Russian Foreign Ministry

The ministry emphasized that despite repeated calls (both publicly and through diplomatic channels) to the leadership of the UNESCO Secretariat to condemn the murder of Dugina, it has not happened.

Russia supports IAEA’s call to immediately end shellings of ZNPP and Ebergodar - envoy in Vienna

The European Commission recommends that EU countries not issue multiple-entry visas with a long validity period to Russian citizens - document

‼ TOS-1A Solntsepyok heavy flamethrower systems are being redeployed to the Kharkov region (Russian MoD video)

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Western sanctions regime makes trade of Russian grain challenging - UN spokesman

⚡🇺🇸 New York state is declaring a state of emergency due to a polio outbreak

▪The first case of polio in the United States since 1979 was earlier identified in the New York’s Rockland County;

▪Local officials estimate that the infection could have come from a person who previously received an oral polio vaccine outside the country, which contains live attenuated viruses, but is no longer used in the US

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Guterres deeply concerned by North Korea's newly adopted policy on nuclear forces - spokesman

📹 WATCH LIVE | Charles III addresses nation for first time as UK King

King Charles III: Prince William to be new Prince of Wales

First address of King Charles III:

▪Despite the death of Elizabeth II, the values of the monarchy "must remain constant"

▪The King promises to "support the constitutional principles of the country"

▪The King expresses his “love for Harry and Meghan”

🇺🇸🇬🇧 Biden says will attend Queen Elizabeth II's funeral

“Yes. I don’t know what the details are yet but I’ll be going,” the US President replied when asked by the White House pool journalists whether he plans to attend the funeral.