Prince Harry, Meghan to Skip Charles III Coronation as Children Not Invited

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will not attend the coronation of Charles III next month as their children have not been invited and the palace has rejected the couple's request to sing "Happy Birthday" to their son Archie from the royal balcony on the same day, British broadcaster reported on Friday.

The coronation of Charles III and his wife Camilla will take place on May 6 in Westminster Abbey. In March, it was reported that Harry and Meghan's son Archie and daughter Lilibet had not been invited.

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❗️ Key statements made by Russia’s FM Lavrov during the meeting with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu:

▪️Talks on the Ukrainian crisis can only be held by taking into account Russia's interests;

▪️Russia's part of the Black Sea grain deal is not fulfilled at all, which requires the West to ease restrictions on Russian agricultural and fertilizer exports. Obstacles remain and are even tightened;

▪️Russia will reevaluate the necessity of the grain deal if there is no progress on fulfillment of the Russian part;

▪️The settlement process between Palestinians and Israel has been pushed far back, Moscow stands for direct dialogue between the parties.

▪️Both parties discussed the construction of a gas hub in Turkey and the work of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant.

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❗️ Russia's ambassador to Denmark has said that according to experts in Moscow, the object found near the Nord Stream 2 was part of an explosive device

▪️ Moreover, the ambassador added that the refusal of Denmark, Germany and Sweden to cooperate with Russia on looking into the sabotage on the Nord Streams undermines the credibility of their investigation.

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❗️ Latest statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

▪️ Plans to deploy Russian nuclear weapons in Belarus will not require a revision of the Russian nuclear doctrine.

▪️ The military of Russia monitors and takes into account all the information, including Blinken's statement about plans for a counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

▪️ Lavrov commented on Lukashenko's idea to destroy all nuclear weapons in the world: "This will require consensus, but there is hardly any potential for such agreements in the world."

▪️ The contacts between Xi Jinping and Macron were very important.

▪️ China is a serious power, with a sovereign position and under external influence, it does not change its mind.

▪️ The Kremlin reads the news, but did not hear the Vatican's statements about the establishment of an Easter truce in Ukraine.

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📹🗣 Negotiations of a settlement in Ukraine can only be based on taking into account Russian interests, Lavrov says at presser after negotiations with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

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🎙️ Poehali! Our special correspondent Denis Bolotsky @BolotskySputnik is coming with a large interview with former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Kneissl.

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🇺🇸 “President Trump and I have been friends for 37 years”: Sputnik spoke to Judge Andrew Napolitano, former New Jersey Superior Court Judge and host of the Judging Freedom Podcast.

We talked about Donald Trump’s historic arraignment, and discussed the prosecution’s political engagement: Napolitano provided his expertise on the case.

The full video interview is coming later today. You don't want to miss it!

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Blinken Admits US's Lack of Preparedness for Hasty Afghanistan Withdrawal

The rapid fall of Kabul in 2021 took the United States by surprise and showed deficiencies in the US State Department's preparedness for the worst-case scenario in Afghanistan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said.

"This [the fall of Kabul] was seen as a very low probability, but obviously, potentially very high impact event and more could and should have been done to prepare for it," Blinken said.

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⚡️The US has resumed the construction of biological laboratories in Ukraine and is expanding the format of training Ukrainian biologists, Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops of the Russian armed forces, said

❗️ Russian MoD’s latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️ Russia’s military aircraft and artillery have engaged the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Kharkov region. During the day, up to 30 Ukrainian servicemen, two motor vehicles, and one D-30 howitzers have been eliminated.

▪️ Russia’s ground-attack aircraft, artillery and units have inflicted a fire damage on enemy manpower and military hardware in the DPR. Over 50 Ukrainian troops, two armoured fighting vehicles, one pick-up truck, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, and one D-30 howitzrt were eliminated.

▪️ Russian artillery have eliminated up to 260 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, one infantry fighting vehicle, three armoured fighting vehicles, eight motor vehicles, one Gvozdika self-propelled artillery system, Msta-B and D-20 howitzers in the DPR.

▪️ In South Donetsk and Zaporozhye directions, Russia’s aviation and artillery inflicted a fire damage on the Ukrainian units in the DPR. The enemy's losses have amounted to over 20 Ukrainian troops, two pick-up trucks, and one D-20 howitzer in this region during the day.

▪️ The Operational-Tactical and Army aircraft, Missile Troops and Artillery of the Armed Forces of Russia have neutralized 86 Ukrainian artillery units at their firing positions, enemy manpower and hardware in 102 areas.

▪️ Two ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been wiped out in the DPR and the LPR.

▪️ Russian air defence forces have intercepted two HIMARS MLRS shells during the day.

▪️ Some 406 airplanes and 228 helicopters, 3,695 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 air defence missile systems, 8,563 tanks and other armoured combat vehicles, 1,078 combat vehicles equipped with MRLS, 4,525 field artillery cannons and mortars, as well as 9,334 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.

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🇫🇷🗣 The French people did not choose to sanction Russia at the cost of soaring prices and inflation at home

▪️ Thierry Paul Valette, the leader of the Yellow Vest movement's political arm, argues that imposing sanctions against Moscow was not a fully sovereign decision of the French government, with French President Emmanuel Macron having made that step at the instructions of Brussels.

▪️ Among the consequences of Russia sanctions in France, the Yellow Vests leader listed energy insecurity, price hikes and logistical disruptions.

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📹 Former New Jersey Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano debunks the myth of ‘American freedom’ in an interview with Sputnik

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Ted Rall, political cartoonist and syndicated columnist, joins us to discuss French President Macron's meeting with China's President Xi in Beijing and the French president’s alleged will to stop the conflict in Ukraine

🎧Listen to more of Rall’s analysis in our podcast The Critical Hour