❗️Danish authority granted Nord Stream AG exemption allowing it to approach area of damage to gas pipelines

▪️Duration of survey in area of damage to Nord Stream pipelines will depend on access restrictions due to weather conditions

▪️Ship chartered by Nord Stream AG heads area of damage to pipelines, begins surveying points of gas pipeline rupture

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📹WATCH: Russian Osa air defense system crews continue protecting positions (video courtesy of Russia’s MoD)

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🔺 Next, we fast-forward to the Middle East to discuss all the important news: from the explosion in Istanbul to the fuel tankers attacked on Iraq–Syria Border
🔺 And, George Koo stops by to talk about China-US relations in the light of the meeting between Presidents Xi and Biden
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Cristiano Ronaldo has blasted Manchester United's top management, including club boss Erik Ten Hag, as he claimed that they were trying to oust him from the club.

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‼️IAEA declares it will send missions to several nuclear power plants in Ukraine in coming weeks

📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing how Russian Mi-28N attack helicopters destroy the Ukrainian Army’s strongpoints and hardware

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🇷🇺Russia plans to create "Iron Man" military suit for its soldiers

The Russian company Armocom is working on the "Legionnaire" project - an "Iron man suit" for soldiers. This project is set to be completed by the end of 2023. Previously it was believed that Legionnaire would be completed no sooner than 2025.

This suit will feature an exoskeleton, an external skeleton, to protect the human inside.

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📹WATCH: Russian infantry combat vehicles from the Western Military District attend an intensive training course in Belarus (video is courtesy of Russia’s MoD)

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‘At Least It Was Polite’: Observers See Few Groundbreaking Moments in Xi-Biden Meeting

The Monday meeting between the American and Chinese leaders in Bali, Indonesia, ahead of the Group of 20 summit didn’t break much new ground, experts told Sputnik, but if the two nations stick to their promises to increase cooperation and communication, it could steer the world away from disaster in the near term.

📹WATCH: DPR residents describe how Ukrainian strikes killed a fourteen-year-old girl.

More Voters Prefer DeSantis to Trump in 2024 Election, But Twice as Many Prefer Neither

A new poll carried out by YouGov in the days following the elections last week, revealed that more American voters prefer Trump’s presumed rival, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, to the ex-POTUS in an imagined contest for the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.


According to the survey, which collected a wide variety of data about voter behaviors and preferences, 23% of respondents said they would prefer to see DeSantis as the Republican nominee for president in the 2024 elections, and 20% said they would prefer Trump.

Biden 'absolutely believes' there is no need for new Cold War with China

US President Joe Biden expressed confidence on Monday after his first face-to-face presidential summit with China's Xi Jinping at the G20 in Bali.

Following the meeting, he claimed that there need not be a new cold war with China.

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Unveiling the first full-year budget since the economic crisis hit the nation, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday the government will take necessary steps to establish the legal framework for the export of products containing marijuana.

💬“A special committee is to be appointed to explore the cultivation of marijuana for export purposes,” the President said.

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China Speaks for Ceasefire in Ukraine, Start of Talks - Xi Jinping

China speaks for a ceasefire in Ukraine and the start of peace talks, the international community must create conditions for this, President Xi Jinping said at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali.

According to China Central Television, the sides exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine, and Xi stressed that China's position on the Ukrainian crisis is consistent and clear: China speaks for a ceasefire, cessation of hostilities and peace talks.

The Chinese leader said the international community should create conditions for this, and China will keep playing its constructive role.

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📹WATCH: A Russian serviceman released from Ukrainian captivity recalled how some of his comrades had died after being tortured.

📹 An investigation has been launched by the FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration after an incident with an unruly passengers over the weekend saw three individuals hospitalized, including a flight attendant.

▪️ Law enforcement removed a “disruptive customer” from flight 476 which was bound from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, early Sunday after it landed at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

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⚡️ Humanity hits the eight billion mark, according to the UN

🇨🇳 🇫🇷 China hopes France will push the European Union to an independent and constructive policy on China, Chinese President Xi Jinping said at a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali.

💬 "After many years of development, China and Europe have formed strong symbiotic economic relations. The sides should expand bilateral trade and investment, maintain the stability and continuity of global production chains and supply chains, and protect international trade and economic rules and order," Xi said as quoted by China Central Television.

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