🤔The German government is considering flouting European Union (EU) rules against state aid to industries to counter US attempts to lure away investment and jobs.

Germany and France have protested that so-called Inflation Reduction Act, currently working its way through the US Congress, is in fact designed to attract large manufacturers to relocate across the Atlantic on the promise of far lower energy prices.

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🇷🇺 🇹🇷 Moscow calls on Turkey to show restraint in light of the strikes on Syrian territory, tensions cannot be allowed to escalate, Russia's special presidential envoy for Syria Alexander Lavrentyev said.

💬 "We will call on our Turkish colleagues to show certain restraint in order to prevent an escalation of tension, not only in the northern and northeastern regions of Syria, but throughout the entire territory," Lavrentyev said at the beginning of the 19th round of talks on the Syrian settlement in Astana.

🗣 He said work with all interested parties should be continued, and an attempt should be made to find a peaceful solution to the Kurdish issue.

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⚡️ Kosovo "prime minister" postponed fines for Serbian license plates for another 48 hours at the behest of the United States

Earlier, Kosovar authorities sent police special forces to its northern areas after failed negotiations with Belgrade on postponing Pristina's controversial policy on car plates.

📌 LIVE UPDATES: US becoming party to conflict in Ukraine, Russian Embassy says

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🇬🇧🇺🇦 The UK has supplied laser-guided Brimstone 2 missiles to Ukraine, British press reported.

▪️ The missile can travel at double the previous model's range.

▪️ The UK first supplied Brimstone missiles to Ukraine about six months ago. Ukrainian troops have modified trucks to serve as mobile launch platforms for the missiles that are usually launched from the air.

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▪️ The Associated Press has fired a journalist who wrote last week that Russian missiles allegedly "crossed the border of NATO member Poland, killing two people", US media reported, citing sources.

📌 On November 15, two missiles fell on Polish territory on the border with Ukraine, killing two people. Initially, Warsaw said that the missiles were Russian-made but later added that there was a high probability that they were shot by Ukrainian air defense forces working to intercept incoming Russian missiles. The Russian Defense Ministry said no strikes had been carried out on targets near the Ukrainian-Polish border.

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⚡️ The State Duma adopted a statement in connection with the execution of Russian prisoners of war

💥 🇹🇭 At least one person was killed and several were injured after a car bomb explosion caused a fire at a police station dormitory apartment on Suriya Pradit Road in Thailand, reports say.

A video has emerged online allegedly showing the aftermath of the blast.

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📹 A calm morning in Kosovska Mitrovica after Pristina delayed, for 48 hours, the decision to punish those who did not re-register their cars from Serbian license plates to plates with RKS (‘Republic of Kosovo’) symbols

🇵🇱 Russian pranksters Lexus and Vovan contacted Polish President Andrzej Duda shortly after a recent incident, where a stray Ukrainian missile hit Poland.

▪️ Posing as French President Macron, the pranksters asked the Polish president who, in his opinion, was to blame for what had happened.

▪️ The Polish leader said that in his opinion, the missile might belong to Russia, but that he was refraining from making accusations until the circumstances were clarified. Duda also said that in a conversation with Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart had expressed complete confidence that Moscow was fully responsible for the incident on the border, without waiting for the results of the investigation, adding that it couldn’t have been a Ukrainian missile.

▪️ As a result of the investigation, it was later revealed that the missile that hit the territory of Poland belonged to Ukraine.

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😁 📹 The President of the United States arrived at a military base in North Carolina to traditionally treat the employees to a gala dinner.

▪️ In turn, the Marines helped the US President to properly put on an apron which Joe Biden had originally put on inside out.

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🇺🇸 ⚽️ A goal by Timothy Weah, the son of the President of Liberia, helped the US team achieve a 1-1 draw against Wales at the World Cup in Qatar.

🇱🇷 The President of Liberia, George Weah, was also a football player; in 1995 he was recognized as the best player of the year according to FIFA, the best in Europe and the best African football player of the year.

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⚡️ Kremlin spokesperson Peskov’s latest statements:

▪️ Peskov commented on Erdogan's words that Russia hadn’t fulfiled its obligation to "cleanse" the Syrian regions of Kurdish formations, saying that there are nuances in the approaches, but the partnership nature of relations allows them to be discussed openly.

▪️ Peskov urged not to compare Putin with Khrushchev and pointed to different nuances which make the current situation unlike the Cuban Missile Crisis.

▪️ A meeting between Putin and the families of mobilized servicemen, including the mothers of fighters, is being prepared, Peskov said.

▪️ Peskov about searches of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra: this should be considered another link in the chain of these military actions against Russian Orthodoxy.

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

▪️Russian Forces eliminated more than 120 Ukrainian servicemen, as well as destroyed two Ukrainian tanks, six armored combat vehicles and five other vehicles near Donetsk;

▪️Russian troops eliminated and wounded more than 50 Ukrainian troops, as well as destroyed a Ukrainian tank, three combat infantry combat vehicles and five other vehicles near Vodyanoye and Pavlovka;

▪️Russian Forces eliminated up to 40 Ukrainian servicemen and mercenaries, as well as destroyed three armored vehicles and three pick-up trucks near Krasny Liman;

▪️Russian Army hit eleven Ukrainian command posts;

▪️Russian Forces destroyed two Ukrainian Buk-M1 self-propelled firing systems, as well as destroyed a Ukrainian ammunition depot near Kramatorsk (DPR);

▪️Russian troops destroyed a US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter battery radar in the DPR, as well as eliminated two Ukrainian mortar platoons in the LPR;

▪️Russian air defense destroyed six Ukrainian UAVs.

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🔺 First, we talk about the planned Turkish military operation along the northern border of Syria
🔺 Next, David Tawil joins us to discuss the potentially catastrophic railroad strike, which could see one of the US economy's major transportation sectors face a significant disruption
🔺 And, Ted Harvey shares his views on the January 6th Special Counsel for Trump, along with the House Republicans promising to investigate Biden and his family

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❗️Gazprom to start reducing gas supply to Sudzha gas measuring station on November 28, if imbalance of transit via Ukraine to Moldova persists - Company

📹"My land": The commander of the reconnaissance battalion "Sparta" explains why he would not let Ukrainian neo-Nazis into Donetsk

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⚡️ Gas prices in Europe surged by as much as 4% after Gazprom's announcement of a possible reduction in supplies through Ukraine, to above $1,280 per cubic meter

⚡️ Gas from Russia, intended for Moldovan consumers, 'settles' in Ukraine, Gazprom says

⚡️ Turkish drone strikes at joint base of International Coalition, Syrian Democratic Forces in province of Al-Hasakah - reports

⚡️World Cup Shock: Argentina has lost 2-1 to Saudi Arabia

🇦🇷Argentina scored four times in the first half, but managed to lose to Saudi Arabia in the opening match at the 2022 World Cup

⚽️Already in the 9th minute, Leandro Paredes was blocked in the penalty area, Lionel Messi opened the scoring in the match with an accurate shot from the 11-meter mark, having distinguished himself for the seventh time at the World Cup;

❌Argentina scored three more times after that: Messi scored in the 23rd minute, and Lautaro Martinez scored in the 28th and 35th, but Slavko Vincic canceled all goal-taking with the help of VAR due to the offside position;

😱After the break, Argentina turned on high pressure and managed to upset the opponent twice within five minutes: the precise strikes of Saleh Al Shehri and Feras Al-Brikan shocked the whole world.

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