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Budapest Urges Sweden to Stop 'Insulting All of Hungary' if They Want Their NATO Bid Accepted

💬 "Some Hungarian MPs don't feel comfortable because they have witnessed in recent years certain members of the Swedish government making a habit of continually questioning the state of democracy in Hungary. They keep insulting Hungarian voters and MPs, and, through them, the whole of Hungary," Orban told Hungarian media.

He stressed that Budapest doesn't voice its opinion of Swedish domestic political affairs and expects the same courtesy from Sweden concerning Hungary.

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❗️Key statements by Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev:

▪️The US will proclaim that the world should live by their rules at the Summit for Democracy;

▪️The summit will be a slap in the face to those whose sovereignty has been infringed upon;

▪️The Ukrainian crisis will be one of the main topics of the Summit for Democracy;

▪️NATO transformed Ukraine into a huge military camp in a bid to defeat and divide up Russia;

▪️The US is a “champion” by the number of wars it unleashed across the world;

▪️American foreign policy is shaped by corporations, who foment strife worldwide for profit;

▪️Washington elites seek to dupe the US public amid the backdrop of a systemic crisis countrywide.

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🌍🇺🇸 The United States will increase investment in Africa and help spur economic growth in an attempt to counter the influence of Russia and China, the US vice-president Kamala Harris said as she began a week-long tour of the continent

▪️During the trip, Harris will also discuss Washington's worries over China's involvement in technological and economic issues in Africa, as well as China's role in debt restructuring, senior US officials said last week.

▪️This week Harris will meet with Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo and visit a former slave castle from which slaves were transported to America during the era of the slave trade

▪️ Meanwhile, as the US media reported, Harris is likely to face widespread concerns that the US administration is building relationships with African countries due to the desire only to counter Russia and China, and not for the continent in itself.

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❗️All departures from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv halted due to protests.

Israel doctors' union announces suspension of country's healthcare system from Tuesday before announcement of halt to judicial reform, media report.

🥊🙎‍♀️The Women's Boxing World Championship, at which the Russian national team won three awards, has finished in India

🥇 The winner of the overall standings was the Indian team (4-0-0)🇮🇳, the second place was taken by the Chinese team (3-1-3)🇨🇳. The Russians won one gold, one silver and one bronze🇷🇺. Anastasia Demurchyan, who competes in the weight category up to 70kg, took gold and was crowned world champion, Natalia Sychugova (up to 63kg) took silver, and Diana Pyatak (up to 81kg) won bronze.

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❗️Israeli PM Netanyahu says he will suspend the controversial judicial reform, Israeli media report

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⚡️⚡️🇦🇫 Blast occurs near the Afghan foreign affairs ministry in Kabul: TV

No immediate reports about possible casualties

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❗️Ukrainian troops have shelled the Kalininsky district of Donetsk, there are casualties

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📹 Footage allegedly showing the scene of today's blast in Kabul has been circulating on social media

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❗️Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️Moscow considers it justified for Russia to present claims for compensation for sabotage of Nord Stream after identification of perpetrators;

▪️No preparations are underway for a visit by Putin to Turkiye;

▪️West's reaction will not affect Russia's plans to deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus;

▪️Large-scale sabotage against Russia like attack on Nord Stream could not have been committed without national intelligence services.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 The prerequisites for talking about the New START treaty will emerge only if Washington abandons its hostile policy toward Moscow, Russia's Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov told Sputnik.

💬 "Our demands are quite modest, clear and absolutely justified. We need the United States to give up its hostile policy toward Russia, and then there will be prerequisites for talking about the New START treaty," Ulyanov said.

Russia is not satisfied with behind-the-scenes consideration of the issue of the transfer of nuclear-powered submarines by the United States to Australia, an open discussion is needed, Mikhail Ulyanov added.

He added that Russia and China are actively opposing the behind-the-scenes discussions and called for a competent, professional, and depoliticized consideration of this issue from the perspective of nuclear non-proliferation and IAEA safeguards.

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New SNP Leader to Be Finally Crowned After Heated Battle

The Scottish National Party is in the thick of a leadership contest after the surprise resignation of former leader Nicola Sturgeon. The race is between three candidates: Humza Yousaf, Kate Forbes, and Ash Regan. Yousaf is the favorite among the liberal elite, but Forbes is more popular overall in Scotland. Regan's proposed policies have been met with criticism.

The new leader will be announced today, and Sturgeon is expected to formally submit her resignation to the King soon after.

The leadership contest comes amid attempts by Scottish nationalists to hold a second independence referendum, which has been ruled outside the jurisdiction of the Scottish Parliament by the UK Supreme Court.

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⚡️ Daesh* claims responsibility for deadly terror attack in Kabul on Monday

At least six people were killed in the suicide bombing.

* terrorist organisation banned in Russia