⚡️ Russia resumes participation in inspection of ships in Black Sea, 8 ships are now in humanitarian corridor - UN

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🚀🐶 On this day 65 years ago, the first living being, the dog Laika, was sent into space.

👉 The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik-2 with Laika on board was not destined to return to Earth, being expected to stay in orbit for only a week. Unfortunately, due to issues with regulating the temperature, the dog died of overheating between five and seven hours after the launch. Nevertheless, this flight proved that living organisms could exist in a weightless environment.

💭 Vladimir Sychev, a scientist, told Sputnik that dogs had been used for such tests in the past, as they are suitable for ascertaining whether a living organism can survive a rocket launch, and being in orbit. He highlighted that dogs are not used for such experiments now.

🙏 On 11 April 2008, a monument was unveiled in Moscow to commemorate Laika. The monument is made in the form of a rocket, turning into an open palm, on which a bronze dog stands.

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⚡️🇵🇰 Firing reported near ex-Pakistani PM Imran Khan's container after it entered Wazirabad city as part of the 'Long March'

At least 4 people are injured, Khan is said to be safe, according to local media.

❗️WATCH: A footage from the firing scene emerged on social media.

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⚡️⚡️Russia has information that London handed over certain number of unmanned underwater vehicles to Kiev - Russian Foreign Ministry

⚡️ Bank of England raises interest rate from 2.25% to 3% – biggest increase since 1980s.

Bank of England also forecasts UK GDP decline in third quarter at 0.5%, economy in recession.

📌Russian Foreign Ministry’s latest statements on summoning British ambassador:

▪️The UK ambassador was summoned to express protest over London's active involvement in training Ukrainian military;

▪️The actions of the UK, similar to those in Sevastopol, could lead to an escalation of the situation and to unpredictable consequences;

▪️The UK ambassador was told that hostile provocations are unacceptable and that such actions should be stopped immediately


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⚡️⚡️⚡️ Glencore ordered to pay £280Mln in African oil bribery case

⚡️🇵🇰 WATCH shocking scenes from Pakistan's Wazirabad, where ex-PM Imran Khan was shot after a gunman opened fire at his container during the much-touted “Long March.”

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❗️Russian MoD briefing on the progress of the special military operation in Ukraine:

▪️Russian troops repelled all attacks by the Ukrainian Army and foreign mercenaries in the Kupyansk direction, eliminating more than 130 militants and Ukrainian servicemen, three tanks, two armored combat vehicles, and two Humvee armored vehicles;

▪️The Russian Army repelled an attack by the Ukrainian Army on the settlements of Makeevka, Ploschanka, and Chervonopopovka in the LPR, driving them back to their original positions;

▪️Russian forces eliminated more than 200 Ukrainian servicemen, four tanks, nine armored combat vehicles, and eight cars in the Krasny Liman direction;

▪️Russian troops thwarted an attack in the South Donetsk direction, eliminating about 80 Ukrainian servicemen, three infantry fighting vehicles, and two cars;

▪️The Russian Army eliminated more than 80 Ukrainian servicemen, six armored combat vehicles and seven multipurpose vehicles in the Nikolaev-Krivoy Rog direction;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed a US-made AN/TPQ-37 radar near the settlement of Dzerzhinsk, DPR;

▪️The Russian Air Force shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near the village of Kostyrka, Kherson region.

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⚡️ 107 Russian citizens return to Russia in prisoner exchange with Kiev, Defense Ministry says

⚡️⚡️Protests erupt in several parts of Pakistan following an assassination attempt against Imran Khan.

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❗️WATCH: Footage allegedly showing the moment of the shooting at Imran Khan's Long March emerged on social media

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⚡️️Police have responded to a trespassing call at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence, Palm Beach, law enforcement reported. Units were parked on the back side, but have since left. The Secret Service is conducting a sweep of the premises.

❗️The so-called collective West is utilizing the notion of a possible provocation with the use of a nuclear weapon to drum up a larger anti-Russia coalition, Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, has stated.

"The West, realizing that its sanctions policy towards Russia has failed, is searching for additional arguments in order to coax more and more states into a coalition to confront Russia. A possible provocation with use of nuclear weapons, as well as the very thesis of its use by Russia is being used to achieve these goals," said Patrushev.

Nikolai Patrushev also emphasized that Moscow is well aware of the masterminds and potential executors of such a false-flag attack, pointing to the recent warning issued by Russia.

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⚡️ Imran Khan was "misleading" people, he couldn’t tolerate it, says alleged gunman who shot former Pakistani PM

☢️ Did you know that Ukrainian scientists and research institutions have been engaged in nuclear research since the 1920s? Or that Pentagon planners proposed turning much of Ukraine into radioactive soot by using nukes during the Cold War?

👉 For more details on these historical tidbits, plus info on how Ukraine inherited, got rid of, and may be reconstituting its nuclear weapons program, check out this Sputnik explainer.

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⚡️ Imran Khan has named three people behind the assassination attempt against him today, PTI Secretary-General Asad Umar says.

According to Umar, Khan has information that his assassination was planned by PM Shehbaz Sharif, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, and a top army official.

🇪🇹 The Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) have signed a statement on the end of hostilities. This is what it entails:

▪️ The representatives of the Government of the Republic of Ethiopia and the TPLF have agreed to announce to the Ethiopian people and the rest of the world that, after 10 days of negotiations, they reached a peace agreement.

▪️ The parties have agreed permanently to silence their guns and end two years of conflict in northern Ethiopia.

▪️ Ethiopia added that it was fundamental that it reaffirm its commitment to safeguarding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ethiopia and to uphold the Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia [...] The two sides have also agreed on a detailed disarmament program, demobilization and reintegration of TPLF combatants, taking into account the security situation on the ground;

▪️Ethiopia and the TPLF agreed that the government will strengthen its collaboration with humanitarian organizations to continue to deliver aid to all those in need;

▪️ The parties agreed to implement transitional measures including the restoration of constitutional order in the Tigray region, a framework for the settlement of political disputes and a policy framework for transitional justice to ensure accountability, truth and justice. reconciliation;

▪️ To begin implementing these commitments without delay, the signatories have agreed to cease all forms of conflict and hostile propaganda. They will only make statements that support the rapid implementation of the agreement;

▪️ The Ethiopian government will continue its efforts to restore public services and rebuild infrastructure in all communities affected by the conflict;

▪️ Both parties are confident that Ethiopia's friends and members of the diplomatic community will support the reconstruction of infrastructure in the affected communities and the economic recovery of the country.

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⚡️ Benjamin Netanyahu secures plurality of votes in election after more than a year in opposition, paving the way for a triumphant return as Israel's prime minister.

▪️Israeli central election commission has completed the vote count, former Prime Minister Netanyahu's bloc has a majority of 64 mandates in 120-seat Knesset.

▪️Outgoing Israeli PM Yair Lapid has called Netanyahu to congratulate him on his victory.

▪️Tuesday’s elections were the fifth in less than four years, and witnessed a voter turnout of 71.3%, according to election officials.

▪️Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu served as the prime minister of Israel from 1996 to 1999 and again from 2009 to 2021.

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💬 “I think it just tells us that Australia doesn't have a sovereign government as far as foreign policy is concerned. Remember, you mentioned Pine Gap. Well, the last time Australia tried to remove the US base on the listening station on Pine Gap, that was in 1974, and they had their government overthrown. That was Gough Whitlam, who had actually opened relations with China in 1971 and 1972. Since then, Australia has always been an understudy and a subcontractor to US foreign policy,” says K.J. Noh, a scholar, educator, and journalist focusing on political economy and geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific.

🎧 Listen to more of KJ Noh's analysis on our podcast.

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