US Treasury official says those that evade price cap on Russian oil will face consequences under domestic law of jurisdictions implementing caps

🇺🇸 US to introduce UNGA resolution calling for end to anti-satellite missile tests - Harris

💬 “This April, I announced that our nation would not conduct destructive, direct-descent, anti-satellite missile testing, and later this month, the United States will introduce a resolution at the United Nations General Assembly to call on other nations to make the same commitment,” Harris said during remarks at the Johnson Space Center.

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📊 Discover how the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia went by in numbers

#EEF2022

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💰 $2.46 billion Boy Scouts reorganization plan

A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a $2.46 billion reorganization plan proposed by the Boy Scouts of America, which would allow it to keep operating while compensating tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as children while involved in Scouting.

The plan calls for the BSA and its local councils, along with settling insurance companies and troop sponsoring organizations, including Catholic institutions and parishes, to contribute to a fund for survivors.

More than 80,000 men have filed claims saying they were abused as children by troop leaders around the country. Most of the $2.46 billion is to be paid to survivors, but some funds would be set aside in a trust to continue litigation against entities that have not settled, mainly insurance companies.

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✈️ Small plane crash in San Diego Bay

Officials are responding to a plane that crash-landed into the San Diego Bay Friday afternoon near North Island. It is unknown how many people were inside of the plane at the time of the crash, and if there are any injuries.

According to FlightAware.com, the small plane took off from Halsey Field at 12:22 p.m. local time and made several “figure 8” movements before heading back towards the airfield and eventually landing at 1:17 p.m. in the San Diego Bay.

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‼️ Buying Russian oil above price cap, forging info May result in sanctions - US Treasury ➡️ LIVE UPDATES

Purchasing significant amounts of Russian oil above the agreed price cap or providing fraudulent information or documentation of the transactions may result in sanctions enforcement, the US Treasury Department said in a guidance document for the policy.

"Persons that make significant purchases of oil above the price cap and knowingly rely on service providers subject to the maritime services policy, or persons that knowingly provide false information, documentation, or attestations to such a service provider, will have potentially violated the maritime services policy and may be a target for a sanctions enforcement action," the guidance said on Friday.

The price cap will be set through a collaborative process of countries who agree to participate in the price cap coalition, according to the guidance.

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UPDATE | 🛢Ban on imports of Russian Oil to US remain in place after price cap in place - Treasury

The United States will maintain the previously imposed ban on Russian oil imports even after the implementation of the price cap on maritime crude oil imports originating from the country, according to preliminary guidance published by the US Treasury.

"Pursuant to Executive Order 14066 …, the United States has imposed a prohibition on the importation of Russian Federation origin crude oil; petroleum; and petroleum fuels, oils, and products of their distillation. This prohibition will remain in place alongside the U.S. implementation of the maritime services policy and price exception," the guidance said on Friday.

The price cap will take effect on December 5 for crude oil and on February 5, 2023, for refined products. Moscow has pledged to stop exporting Russian oil to those states that would apply the price caps.

MORE | 🇷🇺 Russian price cap mechanism to protect firms in cases of falsified price info - Treasury

The price cap mechanism on Russian oil implemented by the Group of Seven (G7) countries will provide protections for maritime service providers unknowingly involved in cases resulting from falsified records, the US Treasury Department said in a notice.

"This record keeping and attestation process is designed to create a 'safe harbor' for service providers from liability for breach of sanctions in cases where service providers inadvertently deal in the purchase of seaborne Russian oil above the price cap due to falsified records provided by those who act in bad faith and make material misrepresentations," the notice on Friday.

Ukrainian troops shell several settlements in Donetsk Region - DPR

Ukrainian troops have shelled three settlements in the Donetsk region, firing a total of eleven 155mm and 152mm artillery shells, the Donetsk People’s Republic’s (DPR) mission to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination on the ceasefire regime (JCCC) said.

"Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine in the following directions: 21:49 [18:49 GMT on Friday] in the direction of Netailove - city of Donetsk (Kuibyshevskyi district): 3 shells of 152mm caliber were fired; 21:53 in the direction of Novomykhailivka - Dokuchaievsk: 3 shells of 155mm caliber were fired; … 00:00 - Dyleevka - Holmivskyi: 5 shells of 152mm caliber were fired," the DPR mission said in a statement on Telegram.

‼️ Flags in UK to Be Raised to Full-Must for 26 Hours in Recognition of New King - London

National flags in the United Kingdom will be flown at full-mast over the weekend for 26 hours in recognition of UK King Charles III, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.

On Thursday evening, Buckingham Palace announced that Queen Elizabeth II, who ruled the Kingdom for more than 70 years, died at Balmoral castle in Scotland at the age of 96. Her eldest son, Charles III, will be officially proclaimed King at 09:00 GMT on Saturday, with his wife Camilla becoming Queen Consort.

"In recognition of the new Sovereign, flags will be flown at full-mast from the time of the Principal Proclamation at St James's Palace until one hour after the Proclamations in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales, after which flags will return to half-mast in mourning for the death of Her Majesty The Queen," Buckingham Palace said in a press release.

On Friday, the UK government issued a flag flying guidance following the passing of the Queen. According to the guidance, all official flags should be half-masted from Friday until 08.00 a.m. the day following The Queen’s State Funeral. The government also instructed that all non-official flags be taken down and replaced with a Union Flag at half-must.

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🚀 NASA fixing moon rocket leak

NASA said Thursday they will conduct another test after the repairs to ensure all hydrogen fuel leaks are plugged. If that test goes well — and if the Space Force extends a flight safety waiver — then NASA could take another stab at launching the 322-foot rocket in late September. Otherwise, the rocket will return to the hangar for additional work, delaying liftoff until at least October.

The Space Launch System rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — holds a crew capsule with three test dummies. The space agency wants to send the capsule into lunar orbit on a trial run, before putting astronauts on the next flight, in 2024.

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‼️ US President Joe Biden said he extended the national emergency powers imposed after the September 11 attacks in 2001 for another year.

"I have sent to the Federal Register the enclosed notice, stating that the emergency declared in Proclamation 7463 with respect to the terrorist attacks on the United States of September 11, 2001, is to continue in effect for an additional year," Biden said in a letter to Congress on Friday.

A terrorist threat against the United States continues and requires an extension of this national emergency after September 14, Biden said.

Then-President George W. Bush declared a national emergency after the terrorist attacks that took place in the United States 21 years ago.

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* On September 11, 2001, members of al-Qaeda (a terrorist group banned in Russia) and a number of other countries, attacked the World Trade Center and other facilities in the United States. As a result of the terrorist attacks, apart from 19 terrorists, 2,977 people died, another 24 went missing, making it the largest terrorist attack in history in terms of the number of victims. After the tragedy, Russia was the first state to offer Washington assistance in the fight against terrorism.

🎞️ Africa my beginning: Queen Elizabeth II's 70-Year love affair with the continent

The late Queen visited every member state of the Commonwealth of Nations except Cameroon and Rwanda, which only joined the organisation in 1995 and 2009 respectively, and this year's new members Gabon and Togo. She visited 28 of the former colonies in the 1960s alone.

‼️ 'Not a great choice': Fans upset over move to halt Premier League over Queen Elizabeth mourning

A period of national mourning has begun in the United Kingdom on Friday and is expected to last at least ten days until the late Queen is buried. Many organizations and businesses have changed their usual routine or completely suspended activities during the period of mourning.