🇵🇰🌾 Pakistan plans to import 300,000 tonnes of Russian wheat on a government-to-government basis, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports.

The deal, reportedly worth worth $112 million, is the first state-level import deal in the past two years with Moscow.

A pensioner from Shakhtyorsk describes how she heard a loud explosion and then together with local residents jumped out of the apartment block as Ukrainian forces struck at fuel tanks

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⚡️After the terrorist attack in Sevastopol, Russia was forced to suspend participation in the grain deal, but will continue dialogue with the UN and Turkey on agreements, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin says

⚡️Mishustin suggests creating a system for exchange of financial information and bank payments among Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members

A US diesel suppler has warned of “extremely high prices in the north-east along with supply outages along the south-east". Some cities might run dry on diesel for a few days at the terminal level, Mansfield Energy fuel logistics company noted in a press release. It speculated that diesel shortages were because of “poor pipeline shipping economics and historically low diesel inventories”.

Mansfield warned that although diesel consumers might face pain at the pump, suppliers would “rally to fill any gaps in supply"

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⚡️Silence of European states about terrorist attack on Nord Streams is unacceptable, such actions cannot be left unanswered - the Kremlin

Serbia's President has ordered the Serbian army to be on high alert regarding the situation in Kosovo, according to an announcement from Serbian Defense Minister Milos Vucevic on Tuesday.

The order came after the actions of the Kosovo Albanians, who from 1 November require Kosovo Serbs to re-register their car license plates

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❗️Russian Defence Minister Shoigu latest statement on Ukrainian crisis:

▪️Russian Armed Forces effectively reduce Ukraine's military potential by targeting critical infrastructure with precision-guided strikes;

▪️The Kiev regime continues to carry out terrorist acts to destroy the civilian population and destroy social facilities;

▪️Ukrainian forces do not stop shelling the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, evacuation sites and places of distribution of humanitarian aid, deliberately inflicting targeted strikes on civilian population;

▪️More than 200 HIMARS rockets have been intercepted.

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⚡️Turkish President Erdogan plans to hold phone talks with Russian President Putin and Ukrainian President Zelenskyy over the grain deal situation in the coming days, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said

❗️Russia’s MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Russian troops repelled an attack by a Ukrainian battalion tactical group reinforced by foreign mercenaries in the Kupyansk direction, eliminating more than 150 servicemen and militants, three tanks, four armored combat vehicles, and six pickup trucks.

▪️Russian Forces thwarted an attack by the Ukrainian Army against the settlements of Chervonopopovka and Makeevka in the LPR in the Krasny Liman direction, eliminating more than 30 servicemen, four infantry fighting vehicles, and three pickup trucks.

▪️The Russian Army repelled an attack by Ukrainian forces in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction, eliminating more than 110 servicemen, one tank, eight armored fighting vehicles, and eight pickup trucks.

▪️Russian troops destroyed eight Ukrainian command posts, as well as 63 artillery units, as well as manpower and military equipment in 154 districts.

▪️Russian forces destroyed three ammunition depots and two US-made AN/TPQ-50 counter-battery radar stations.

▪️The Russian Air Force shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft in the Apostolovo area of the Dnepropetrovsk region.

▪️Russian air defense systems destroyed nine UAVs, one Tochka-U ballistic missile, as well as six Alder shells near the city of Donetsk.

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🇬🇦 Gabon's environment minister Lee White slams developed nations' attitude to the climate change crisis

💬 “Over and over again, developed nations have committed and not delivered. They’ve committed to reduce emissions and they’re not delivering sufficiently. They’ve committed to funding and that funding doesn’t ever seem to materialise… It’s a horrible thing to say but until more people in developed nations are dying because of the climate crisis, it’s not going to change,” White said.

▪️The statement was made ahead of the upcoming United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27), which will be held in Egypt from November 6 to 18

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A trio of “planet killer” asteroids has been spotted by astronomers hiding in the bright glare of the Sun. Estimated to be 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) wide, one of these near-Earth objects (NEOs) is the largest potentially hazardous object heading towards our planet to be identified in the past eight years

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📹 An eerie black ring was spotted in the sky over Vietnam, a viral video on social media shows.

While the ring is spooky in appearance, it has a trivial explanation. Scientists say such black rings can appear when there is a blast through a circular structure, like a smokestack.

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The Russian Foreign Ministry's official spokesperson is asking London to comment on a mysterious 'It's done' text message allegedly sent by former Prime Minister Liz Truss to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken moments after the coordinated sabotage attack against the Nord Stream pipeline network in late September.

The 'It's done' SMS was reportedly among a trove of information obtained by a mystery group who hacked Truss' iPhone using a back door in Apple's iCloud architecture

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⚡️ Erdogan and Putin have discussed the situation around the grain deal over the phone

🇷🇺🌍 The first batch of fertilizers that Russia donates to Africa free of charge to be sent to the African continent the first week of November, said Secretary General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Rebecca Greenspan

💬 “Concrete actions bring certain results, especially with regard to fertilizers that are currently stored in ports and warehouses of European ports. These fertilizers are provided free of charge by Uralchem for humanitarian needs in Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America with the direct participation of the World Food program. We expect the first batch of fertilizers to go to Africa in the first week of November," Greenspan said at a meeting of the UN Security Council.

▪️Russia temporary suspended its participation in the grain deal following the UK-backed Kiev's terrorist attack on Russia's Black Sea Fleet and civilian ships in Sevastopol waters on Saturday.

▪️On Monday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia is willing to compensate for undeliverable grain supplies to Africa's poorest nations at its own expense

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⚡️ Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu spoke by phone with Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar. They discussed the situation related to the grain deal

⚡️ Ukraine must provide guarantees not to use the humanitarian corridor in the Black Sea for military purposes – Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

🔴🔵 The Democrats have failed to impress their prospective voters, with Republicans gaining a boost in support just ahead of the midterm elections, a new poll has found.

As pessimism about the economy and the direction of the country jump to their highest levels of the year, now 46% of likely voters will vote for a Republican, while 44% would vote for a Democrat.

The shift in preferences is attributed to growing concerns about the economy and the direction of the country, with only 19% saying the economy is headed in the right direction, while 71% say the economy is on the wrong track.

The poll also showed a lack of confidence in Biden’s economic leadership, with only 27% saying his policies had a positive impact on the economy. The leadership of the current US president is in low regard, with 55% of voters disapproving of his overall job performance, compared to 43% who approve.

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