🤔 Former US First Lady Michelle Obama was reluctant to support Joe Biden's nomination for a second term as President of the United States.

▪️ In an interview with an American television station released on Monday, when asked by the presenter whether she hoped that Biden would run again for the presidency of the United States in 2024, she said: "You know... We'll see. This is a personal decision that he and his family must make," Michelle Obama added.

▪️ At the same time, she noted that Biden "is doing everything in his power, in difficult circumstances," referring to the low approval ratings for his work among Americans and the economic problems that the country is facing.

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⚡️ Air raid alert announced in Kiev

📹WATCH: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explains why the EU and the US are a party to the hybrid war in Ukraine

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⚡️An air alert has been declared in all regions of Ukraine

⚡️ Ukrainian media report explosions in Kiev;

▪️Ukrainian media report explosions in Lvov;

▪️Ukrainian authorities report explosions in Kharkov;

▪️The metro has been reportedly stopped in Kharkov;

▪️Part of Lvov is cut off electricity, as a result of the strikes on the city, local authorities say

📹 Russia’s MoD has published footage showing Russian Aerospace Forces' Su-25 crews launching missile strikes at Ukraine Armed Forces’ military facilities and hardware

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❗️Russia’s FSB has detained a 20-year-old supporter of Ukrainian nationalism who was preparing a terrorist attack in a fuel warehouse in Sevastopol (video courtesy of FSB).

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🇮🇳🇨🇳 Indian PM Modi shook hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 gala dinner.

This is the first such warm greeting since the 2020 Ladakh border clash.

🌐👘 G20 leaders, including Russia, which is represented at the summit by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, appeared at the gala dinner in Indonesian national dress.

The leaders were seen wearing different colored batik shirts: 🇷🇺 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov wore a green shirt, 🇨🇳Chinese President Xi Jinping wore blue, 🇮🇳Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 🇬🇧British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and wore red, and 🇨🇦Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau was in purple.

The gala dinner concluded the official program of the first day of the G20 summit in Bali. The program will resume tomorrow.

Sputnik and RT Editor-in-Chief Margarita Simonyan has announced the launch of a Serbian-language RT news portal for the Balkans, noting that Kosovo is part of Serbia.

💬“We have launched RT in the Balkans because Kosovo is a part of Serbia," Simonyan said on her Telegram channel.

On the RT website, it is mentioned that broadcasting in the Serbian language is planned to be launched by 2024. What is more, RT Balkan is also available on Telegram in Serbian and Russian languages.

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💬“So all manner of people could end up there, but these people who have claims like asylum and refugee claims that are supposed to be processed end up there. The thing is, people are only supposed to be there for a day and end up getting kept there for weeks. So that's actually a violation of the law, basically. Also there shouldn't be any more than I think is 1600 people there at any one time because it's a processing center and I think it's closer to 4000 people being there. So, yeah, it's a pretty outrageous situation and it is difficult to see this as accidental or incidental. Because there have been long term issues with centers where people are being processed or people are being kept while their applications are being determined.” Mohamed Elmaazi, UK-based freelance journalist said.

🎧Listen to more of Elmaazi’s analysis in our podcast: Biden and Xi Meet, BRICs to Grow, Dems Clinch Senate

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🇷🇺Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has left Bali after the first day of the G20 summit as planned.

The final declaration will be approved on November 16 following a meeting on digitalization, Russia will be represented by Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

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❗️As Russia launches new high-precision strikes on Ukraine, here's everything you need to know:

▪️Russian forces conducted multiple high-precision strikes on military and energy facilities in Ukraine on November 15, according to Ukrainian media;

▪️Zelensky's office claimed that about 15 energy facilities in different regions were damaged;

▪️A number of cities, including Kiev, Zhitomir, parts of Lvov, Odessa and Kharkov, have been left without power, while rolling blackouts have been reported in the Kiev region;

▪️Ukrainian mobile operators have limited services in order to save electricity, the Lvov mayor said;

▪️The Ukrainian railway announced a delay in the movement of trains after strikes in several directions;

▪️Ukraine is seeing significant internet outages after strikes, cyber watchdog NetBlocks reported.

⚡️Polish PM convenes security meeting amid unconfirmed reports about explosions

🇭🇺Hungarian PM Orban calls Security Council meeting after Ukraine stops pumping oil via Druzhba pipeline

The Ukrainian side claims the move was prompted by a voltage drop.

MOL, the leading oil and gas company in Hungary, is closely following the developments and has reportedly stated that there’s enough oil reserves for the next three months.

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❗️Polish government spokesperson has urged not to publish unconfirmed information in connection with reports about explosions

"Due to the emergency situation, Prime Minister Morawiecki, in consultation with President Duda, has ordered a meeting of the National Security and Defense Committee. The information that will be presented at the committee will later, if possible, be brought to the attention of the public to the maximum extent,” spokesman Piotr Müller said.

🇭🇺Hungarian Defense Minister spoke with NATO Secretary General over the phone, Hungarian media report

🇺🇸🇵🇱US DoD cannot confirm reports of alleged fallen missiles in Poland

🇷🇺Russian Ministry of Defense Responds to Claims of Missiles in Poland:

🔹The statements of the Polish media and officials about the alleged fall of "Russian" missiles in the area of the settlement of Przewodów is a deliberate provocation in order to escalate the situation

🔹No strikes were made against targets near the Ukrainian-Polish state border by Russia

🔹The fragments published in haste by Polish media from the scene in the village of Przewodów have nothing to do with Russian weapons

🇺🇸Texas Governor Greg Abbott informed that he invoked invasion clauses on Tuesday to address the record-breaking influx of illegal immigration on the US-Mexico border during the Biden administration.

💬"I invoked the invasion clauses of the US and Texas Constitutions to fully authorize Texas to take unprecedented measures to defend our state against an invasion," Abbott wrote on Twitter.

Over two million migrants entered the United States illegally via the southern border in the 2022 fiscal year, breaking last year's record. Some organizations like the Federation for American Immigration Reform have claimed that the number of illegal immigrants that entered the country exceeds five million.

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