📹 The Russian Airborne Forces' artillery units ravage (0:10) (0:25) (0:34) the enemy on the outskirts of Artemovsk (Bakhmut)

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🗣 “If anyone in the UK is watching, listening, particularly you prime minister, I very much want to stay put … I very much want to stay put as foreign secretary. It’s a job that I love, I think it’s an important job.”

James Cleverly tells Sunak he wants to ‘stay put’ as foreign secretary, amid speculation of imminent cabinet reshuffle

The UK foreign secretary, who has been tipped in some reports as a contender to replace Ben Wallace as Sunak’s defence chief, clarified his desire to remain at the Foreign Office during an interview at the Aspen Security Forum in the US.

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🇷🇺🇨🇳 Russia, China kick off joint naval exercise "North/Interaction - 2023" in Sea of Japan

The main goal of the exercise is to strengthen naval cooperation between Russia and China, and to maintain stability and peace in the Asia-Pacific region.

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Google is testing a product that may help boot humans from the journalism industry and launch the start of AI reporters, a newly surfaced report revealed 

The tool, which is named “Genesis,” has already started to make the rounds and was pitched to outlets including the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal.

Some publishers and other online creators have criticized Google (as well as other tech companies pioneering AI technology) for using decades worth of their articles and other content to train the AI systems, which threaten to replace their line of work, without any compensation.

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Russian minefields weaken Kiev’s troops willingness to fight

A Ukrainian military service member told the Financial Times that "no obstacle seems so intimidating” before reaching the Russian positions, as the Armed Forces of Ukraine continues to lose its equipment and people.

With Bradleys and Leopards blown to pieces and strewn all over the battlefield, Ukrainian service members must make their way while walking under artillery fire. Meanwhile, Russian mines are everywhere, literally "every half a meter," he added.

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Vladimir Putin's online speech at BRICS summit expected to take place on August 23, the Russian leader is expected to participate in all forum discussions, according to South Africa's BRICS sherpa (emissary)

RaHDit, a Russian hacker group, has doxxed 1,700 agents of the Security Service of Ukraine, as well as 2,000 Ukrainian naval service members

The data on the Security Service employees was unveiled in response to the attack on the Crimean Bridge earlier this week, the hacker group told Sputnik.

The hackers also doxxed members of the UA Cats Division volunteer organization, which collects donations for sea drones for Ukraine.

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🇺🇸 The US Senate has rejected an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act  that would have required a congressional declaration of war prior to the US engaging in an Article 5 response pursuant to its NATO obligations

The amendment would clarify that it is the sense of the US Congress that the United States Article 5 obligation does not supersede constitutional requirements for Congress to formally declare war prior to US military engagement.

Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty provides for a collective alliance response in the event any one member is the victim of an armed attack.

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🇨🇳 China successfully launched four Tianmu-1 meteorological satellites into Earth orbit on Thursday using a Kuaizhou-1A solid-fuel carrier rocket, the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) said.

The carrier launched Tianmu-1-07, Tianmu-1-08, Tianmu-1-09 and Tianmu-1-10 satellites, the CASIC specified, adding that they would be used mainly to provide meteorological data for commercial use.

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❗️ Rheinmetall's armored vehicle plant will become a legitimate target in Ukraine if built, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova warns

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🇷🇺 On July 20, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will participate in an extraordinary meeting of the BRICS foreign ministers via video link on Thursday, with the agenda including preparations for the summit in South Africa, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

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❗ 🇷🇺 🇮🇳 India is pinning great hopes on Putin personally attending the #G20 summit in New Delhi, as stated by the Indian Ministry of External Affairs

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The Russian Armed Forces continued to launch retaliatory strikes with high-precision weapons at production centers and storage sites for unmanned boats in Ukraine’s Odessa region

The fuel infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the city of Nikolaev have been destroyed, the ministry added, saying that all all assigned targets were hit

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🇬🇧🇰🇵 The UK is urging North Korea to return to dialogue on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and to take credible steps towards denuclearization, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson stated.

It was also added that the UK considers North Korea’s ballistic missile launches on 18 July as a breach of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions and a move to destabilize the peace and security of the Korean Peninsula.

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Ukraine has begun to use US-provided cluster shells - US media report

"My mates have died and are dying in Ukraine," an Australian mercenary currently serving with the Ukrainian International Legion told an Australian radio station, adding that he has seen things there that, from a military perspective, are beyond unacceptable and are hurting Ukraine.

Foreign mercenaries in Ukraine are threatened with repercussions for spreading information about some “incompetent” Ukrainian commanders, who are putting them in danger, the mercenary said.

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"Europe is likely to see a devastating migration crisis after the suspension of the grain deal," Yusuf Alabarda, a Turkish political expert, told Sputnik. He also highlighted that the biggest victim of higher grain prices and shortages in the developing countries will be the European Union.

"We know very well that Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia and a couple of other African countries are mainly dependent on Ukrainian and Russian grain imports. Europe will be overwhelmed by migrants fleeing hunger," the expert stated.

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

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces stopped the activities of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group in the Kharkov region;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces destroyed fuel infrastructure facilities and ammunition depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Nikolaev;

▪️ The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasny Lyman direction amounted to 60 troops;

▪️ A sabotage and reconnaissance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed near Krasny Liman;

▪️ Losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Kupyansk amounted to 110 troops;

▪️ The actions of two sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were stopped in Zaporozhye Region;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces near Donetsk successfully repelled 16 Ukrainian Armed Forces attacks. More than 210 Ukrainian troops were eliminated;

▪️ Russian air defense systems intercepted 7 HIMARS shells, destroyed 32 Ukrainian UAVs;

▪️ The Russian Armed Forces eliminated up to 45 Ukrainian soldiers and a D-30 howitzer in Kherson Region;

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🇫🇷 The French military has been facing under-recruitment in recent years due to unattractive service conditions and lower pay compared to private sector, local radio reported on Thursday, citing army sources.

The army will likely fail its 2023 target of recruitment, falling short of 1,500-2,000 recruits, which is a source of concern for the French military leadership in light of the Ukrainian crisis, the broadcaster said.

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📹 Russian military inflicted new retaliation strikes on Thursday night on the areas of production and storage of drone boats of Ukraine military, the Russian Defense Ministry said

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