💊The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation says it will commit $1.2 billion to the effort to end polio worldwide. The money will help implement the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's strategy through 2026.

The initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries, the foundation said in a statement Sunday.

The foundation says on its website that it has contributed nearly $5 billion to the polio eradication initiative. The eradication initiative is a public-private partnership led by a group of national governments that includes the Gates Foundation, Rotary International, the World Health Organization, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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🤔"How obvious can the lies be?" Tucker Carlson Reacts to Nord Stream Probe

The Fox News Host talked about why Sweden's joint investigation into the sabotage hit - is now suddenly too sensitive to be shared.

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❗️Sounds of explosions were heard in the city of Kiev, Ukrainian media report

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that there was an explosion in the city center

❗️ Air raid siren sounds in Odessa and Nikolaev region for the second time this morning, local authorities say

Footage of combat work by the Osa air defense missile system (Russia MoD video)

'Osa' is used to cover motorized rifle and tank units, as well as important strategic facilities. The system can also shoot down enemy UAVs and cover the firing positions of artillerymen

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🇬🇧 Embattled Tory Prime Minister Liz Truss will try to stave off a leadership putsch by wooing moderate Conservatives on Monday night, the Times has reported

Truss will address the One Nation Conservatives - a centrist group of Tories - in Parliament after recent U-turns on her flagship tax policies left her premiership in jeopardy. Three Conservative MPs have already publicly called on Truss to quit, and rebel MPs are plotting to oust her. More than 100 Tories are ready to submit letters of no confidence to the chairman of the 1922 Committee, Sir Graham Brady, who may confront Truss on the matter of resignation in a week.

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⚡️ Air raid alert throughout Ukraine is reported by local media

“Let him sort out his own country, not ours”: A pensioner from the DPR sends his best wishes to Joe Biden

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Russia’s Uragan MLRS: detailed footage shows how the system is used during a special operation. The video includes bonus footage of Russia’s Ministry of Defense demonstrating how to shoot down a drone with an electromagnetic pulse

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Another day, another stunt by the Just Stop Oil mob: Activists climbed to the top of the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge in London forcing police to close it. They are demanding that the government halt all new oil and gas licences and consents

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🇦🇫 Bill Gates said he would not rule out a meeting with the Taliban* if it helps Afghanistan eradicate poliomyelitis

💬 The billionaire said that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's partners had already met with the Taliban in Qatar and added he was pleased that the movement did not sack the previous health minister, who he said was "quite capable."

Gates said that world leaders are not taking the threat of poliomyelitis seriously.

"The world is quite distracted, and there isn't as much energy going into pandemic preparedness as I would expect," he said.

*Organization is under UN sanctions over terrorist activities

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❗️The European Union has decided to dispatch 40 observers along the Armenian side of the international border with Azerbaijan, the European Council said

🇪🇺 The European Union's foreign ministers are expected to give the green light to a joint mission to train Ukrainian troops at their meeting in Luxembourg on Monday

It's been suggested that the training will start in mid-November and take place on EU territory. Poland is likely to host the main hub of the mission, with Germany also a key staging post for the effort. Similar programs which are already being run by individual European states will continue under their own steam until they are incorporated into the EU mission.

The ministers are also expected to earmark an extra slice of funds to reimburse EU member states for arms delivered to Ukraine.

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68 year old woman from Rubizhne condemns the "cursed fascists" from Ukraine who blew up her home with a HIMARS missile and left her crippled

⚡️ Israeli weapons deliveries to Kiev will destroy Moscow-Tel Aviv ties, Medvedev warns

Maria Salud Ramirez Caballero, the model for Coco's grandmother in Disney's 'Coco', dies aged 109 in Mexico

⚡️Swedish parliament elects new PM, Ulf Kristersson

❗️Kanye West is buying conservative social media platform Parler

“In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” Kanye West said.

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