❗️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

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

▪️Ukrainian losses in the Kupyansk direction amounted to 65 servicemen;

▪️The Russian Army eliminated more than 85 Ukrainian servicemen in the Krasny Liman direction;

▪️Ukrainian losses in the Donetsk direction amounted to more than 400 servicemen and mercenaries;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter and 13 UAVs;

▪️Russian troops eliminated up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen and a Gvozdika howitzer in the Kherson direction;

▪️Russian forces destroyed a Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Kharkov region.

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🇺🇸💧Philadelphia residents sweep water off the shelves following a major chemical spill in the Delaware River. Video footage shows huge queues at a local shop.

Local authorities have advised residents they may want to switch to bottled water Sunday afternoon to avoid ingesting chemicals, but later dropped the suggestion, US media report.

The incident happened on March 24 in Bristol, where a spill of a latex product occurred along the Delaware River.

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❗️Vladimir Putin has awarded Fyodor, the Bryansk region boy who showed heroism during the attack by Ukrainian terrorists earlier this month, with a medal "For Courage"

On March 2 Ukrainian terrorists infiltrated the Bryansk region and opened fire at civilians. They shelled at least two cars, killing drivers on the spot. Ten-year-old Fyodor was in one of the cars with two girls en route to school.

With a NATO-caliber bullet lodged just under his shoulder blade, Fyodor jumped out of the car and led the two frightened schoolgirls toward the cover of the woods nearby. The schoolboy spent some time in hospital - and became a true inspiration for the country. For his selfless deed, the boy was awarded the medal "For Valor and Courage".

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❗️ Humza Yousaf wins internal party contest to become Scotland's new leader