⚡️Nancy Pelosi's husband assaulted in house attack

❗️Spokesman for Nancy Pelosi issues statement about attack on House Speaker’s husband

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🤔 Elon Musk, who reportedly bought Twitter, intends to abolish the permanent bans of accounts on the social network because he does not believe in lifelong restrictions

🇬🇧 Britain could transfer up to half of its stocks of NLAW anti-tank missile systems to Ukraine, according to a British newspaper

😠 Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who is exiled in Russia, said on Friday that censorship on Twitter and other social media had become excessive, depriving users of the right to make their own decisions regarding content.

🗣 Snowden's comment was in response to the news SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk had bought Twitter. Musk, who has criticized Twitter for limiting freedom of expression in the past, hinted that he finalized the platform's purchase in a tweet earlier on Friday reading, "the bird is free."

💬 "This is going to cause controversy, but platform censorship had clearly gone too far. Content moderation should be an individual decision, not a corporate prison. Let people make their own choices — and not just on Twitter," Snowden tweeted.

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📹A monument to the Soviet intelligence officer who eliminated the leader of the “Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists” and distinguished himself in the fight against fascists during the Great Patriotic War has been unveiled in Donetsk.

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⚡️Russian President Vladimir Putin holds meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu

⚡️Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that partial mobilization activities in Russia have been completed.

⚡️Goal to mobilize 300,00 people in Russia completed, military will now accept only volunteers, Russian Defense Minister says

📌WATCH LIVE: Russian President Putin Meets Defense Minister Shoigu to Discuss Partial Mobilization

📹WATCH: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reports to Russian President Vladimir Putin that partial mobilization activities in Russia have been completed

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❗️Main points from Putin-Shoigu meeting:

▪️Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has reported to Russian President Vladimir Putin that the goal to mobilize 300,000 people in Russia has been completed and military will now only accept volunteers;

▪️Shoigu reported that the average age of those called up as part of partial mobilization is 35 years;

▪️The Russian defense minister said that after military training, 82,000 of those connoscripted as part of the partial mobilization have already been sent to the active forces;

▪️Shoigu reported that there are 218,000 mobilized at training grounds and in the process of combat training;

▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin said that everything must be done to ensure that the instructions for improving the development of the armed forces are implemented in a short time;

▪️Russian President Vladimir Putin thanked everyone who joined the Russian Army during the partial mobilization for their loyalty to duty and patriotism.

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❗️Against the background of the Kiev forces' intensified shelling of civilians in Donbass and overall escalation of tensions in Ukraine, the US has announced new $275 million military aid package for Ukraine. It includes ammunition for HIMARS

💬“Just in the last few years, we've had something like nine coups on the African continent and a number of the leaders of those coups, these are military coups, have been trained and have been associated with the U.S. Africa Command. So they understand Africa is, in fact, key. But instead of competing with the Chinese, primarily, the Russians are there too, economically in providing more help, more assistance, better terms with the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, they are using what they see as their trump card, which is militarization. And the result has been these calls an uptick in activity in Somalia, again.” Ajamu Baraka, international human rights activist, organizer, political analyst and national organizer for the Black Alliance for Peace said.

🎧Listen to more of Baraka’s analysis in our podcast: US GDP in Q3, Migrants Killed, War on Terror in Africa

An unknown person assaulted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband with a hammer, police said. The motives are being investigated, and the FBI is now involved in the investigation.

The Twitter profile of Kanye West, who was suspended for posting allegedly anti-Semitic remarks, has been restored on the platform following Elon Musk taking ownership of the social media company

Elon Musk describes himself as a free speech absolutist and has laid out goals to prevent the platform from becoming an echo chamber of hate and division.

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❗️Motive for attack on Pelosi's husband is still being determined, suspect has been booked for attempted homicide, deadly weapon assault, elder abuse, police said