🚨Trump sues Jan. 6 panel to block subpoena for documents and testimony

Lawyers for the former US president noted in the late Friday suit that Trump retains immunity as former commander-in-chief.

The filing also indicates that subpoenas issued by the panel are "invalid" because they do not advance any legislative purpose and infringe on Trump's First Amendment rights, among other alleged offenses.

‘Tramp Stamp’ Tattoos Were Used by Ancient Egyptian Women for Protection During Childbirth

▪️Despite the more recent stigmatism of the so-called "tramp stamp," researchers have recently determined that the the tattoo has been around for thousands of years, and at one point, served as a protection for women.

▪️Researchers studying several ancient mummies found in tombs at the site of Egypt's Deir el-Medina since 2019 have found at least seven 3,000-year-old mummies at the excavation site sporting what appeared to be tattoos.

▪️The first lower back tattoo discovered was on the preserved left hip of a woman who had died when she was middle-aged. Found next to her body was a bowl—a symbol of a postnatal ritual, along with depictions of Bes, an ancient Egyptian deity of music and childbirth. The partially existing tattoo, if symmetrical at the time when the woman was still alive, would have run along her lower back.

👀 Adviser Confirms Trump Will Still Announce 2024 Bid on Tuesday

▪️ Former President Donald Trump is still going to announce his 2024 presidential campaign on Tuesday, longtime adviser Jason Miller said in an interview.

▪️On Monday, Trump said he had a "big announcement" to make on November 15. However, The Washington Post reported that longtime allies urged Trump to delay the move until after the Georgia senate runoff in December.

🗣️“President Trump is going to announce on Tuesday that he is running for president and it’s gonna be a very professional, very buttoned-up announcement. We did a run-through this morning with the logistics team,” Miller said on Steve Bannon's podcast, War Room, on Friday.

🇭🇺 On November 10, Hungary blocked €18 billion in EU financial aid to Ukraine, triggering a wave of criticism from the bloc's leadership. Budapest said that it has had enough of joint EU borrowing initiatives.

🇮🇹 Meanwhile, protesters in Italy and other EU nations have called for arms to stop being sent to Ukraine and for lifting anti-Russia sanctions.

💭 "There’s going to be more of it,” Joe Siracusa, US politics expert and professor of history and diplomacy at Curtin University, Australia, told Sputnik. “And I think every nation in Europe is going to do what they think they have to do to survive the winter and to get on with life. I mean, they're not committed to a life and death blueprint. Europe's not going down the rabbit hole because somebody wants to support [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky. And I think Zelensky really expects this to happen."

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PLA’s Newest Amphibious Assault Ship Anhui Joined ‘Combat-Oriented’ Drills, Chinese Media Says

▪️ The third Type 075 warship, Anhui, recently took part in “combat-oriented training,” according to Chinese media, which said it proved the Anhui had entered active service with the Chinese navy. A report on Weibo said the ship was “fully upgrading its combat readiness and war-fighting capabilities.”

▪️ The Anhui thus joins the Guangxi and the Hainan, the other two Type 075 ships, in buttressing the PLAN’s blue-water power projection. The Type 075 is China’s first amphibious assault ship, also called a landing helicopter dock (LHD): a type of helicopter carrier that is also capable of disembarking significant marine assault forces.

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📹 The Russian MoD has shared footage showing Su-30SM and Su-35S jets in action

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❗️Sen. Mark Kelly (D) is projected to win reelection in Arizona over Republican Blake Masters, boosting Democrats’ chances to retain control of the Senate for another two years

📹 Two unknown ships were spotted passing within the vicinity of the Nord Stream pipelines prior to the explosion, the CEO of the satellite imagery analytics platform SpaceKnow, Jerry Javornicky, said on Friday.

💬 "We have detected some dark [unidentified] ships, meaning vessels that were of a significant size, that were passing through that area of interest," Javornicky told a US magazine.

▪️ According to the media, two ships, measuring around 95 to 130 meters long, were spotted passing several miles of the Nord Stream leak sites.

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▪️ Republican candidate Joe Lombardo has unseated Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak, US media reports.

▪️ Lombardo’s victory ends four years of Democratic dominance in the key state, US media specified on Friday, showing that the Republican candidate, backed by former US President Donald Trump, has 49.3% of the votes, while Sisolak has 46.9%.

📌 The Republicans are projected to win the House majority after this week's midterms, but have performed far below expectations. Trump backed-candidates experienced mixed results while the former president himself acknowledged the midterms were "disappointing."

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😐 The United Kingdom and the European Union are planning to do "everything possible" to isolate Russia during the G20 Summit in Bali next week and encouraging other countries to stage walkouts during speeches of the Russian delegation, a Britsh newspaper reported on Friday, citing sources.

🗣 "We try to work with partners in order to show very, very, very firmly what the international community thinks about all these crimes, atrocities, and illegal actions by Russia," an EU foreign service spokesman told the media, adding that "that means also discouraging them from meeting [Russian Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov or from meeting anyone who is leading the Russian delegation or have people walk out when Russia stands to speak."

▪️ The spokesman added that the UK "is not keen on coordinating with the EU on foreign policy in general but on this issue, we have the same objective and are mutually reinforcing our efforts."

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🤔 Two unidentified vessels passed within the vicinity of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines prior to the underwater blasts there on September 26, according to newly-revealed satellite imagery analysis, prompting further speculation regarding what Russia has blasted as "obvious terrorist attack."

👉Here is what we know about the two ships so far

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🗣 Entrepreneur billionaire Elon Musk said that the major media will try to do everything possible to prevent his social network from developing citizen journalism.

💬 "As Twitter pursues the goal of elevating citizen journalism, the media elite will try everything to stop that from happening," Musk tweeted.

▪️ Musk also said that the mainstream media will flourish, but will witness the "destruction" of its stranglehold on the supply of information because of increased competition from citizens.

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🇨🇳 China successfully launched Tianzhou-5 unmanned cargo spacecraft, which is expected to dock with Tiangong space station and conduct a resupply mission, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Saturday.

💬 "The Long March-7 Y6 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-5, was launched from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site at 10:03 p.m. Beijing time [02:03 GMT]. Ten minutes later, unmanned cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-5 successfully separated from the rocket and entered a designated orbit," the message read.

▪️ The CMSA noted that the launch was successful as Tianzhou-5 would soon dock with Tiangong space station.

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📹 Russia’s MoD has published footage showing Russian servicemen continuing their intensive preparatory course at the Belarusian Armed Forces' training grounds

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🦖🌍 The unique activist raptor dinosaur Frankie charms delegates and other visitors to the UN COP27 climate summit in Egypt

The dinosaur representing the UN Development Program, urges conference goers: "Don't choose extinction."

Earlier, the prehistoric eco-activist managed to chat with Achim Steiner, the UN's global development chief, who was photographed with the local scaly celebrity.

The dinosaur's purpose is to reinforce the need for urgent action in tackling climate change, its creator Boaz Paldi explained

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🇹🇷🇮🇱 Turkish President Erdogan signed a decree appointing Sakir Ozkan Torunlar as Turkish Ambassador to Israel after the restoration of diplomatic relations between the countries.

In late August, Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu said that Turkey had decided to appoint an ambassador to Israel and restore diplomatic relations between the two states. Torunlar previously served as ambassador to Palestine.

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📹 Russia's MoD has revealed footage showing Airborne Troops' mobilised personnel finishing their combat training and unit cohesion courses in rear area of the special military operation

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