🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran, US to conduct prisoner swap in two months, Islamic Republic's Foreign Ministry spokesman reveals

Five individuals with dual citizenship of the United States and Iran, previously accused of espionage, have already been released from prison and are under house arrest in Iran, the White House National Security Council noted.

The United States must also return five people to Iran as part of the deal.

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Over 31,000 acres affected by wildfire on Spain's Tenerife

"The area affected by the fire is currently 12,813 hectares (31,661 acres) in 11 municipalities … the perimeter is 90 kilometers [55 miles]," the government said, adding that about 379 firefighters are involved in extinguishing the fire.

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📹 🇧🇷 Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with his spouse, along with Chair of BRICS New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff arrived at OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa ahead of 15th BRICS Summit, which is to kick off in South Africa in Johannesburg on Tuesday

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📹 Footage of the destruction of Ukrainian armored vehicles

In the Zaporozhye region, Russian military personnel operating FPV drones destroy armored vehicles involved in attempts to break through Russian defenses.

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🔜 The New Rules show is coming out very soon!

We’ll be talking to Pepe Escobar, veteran geopolitical analyst and writer, about:

✔️ The upcoming BRICS Summit
✔️ Obstacles facing BRICS
✔️ The possibility of creating a BRICS currency and the bloc’s future

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

▪️ In South Donetsk, Ukrainian losses amounted to 110 soldiers, an AS-90 Braveheart, a Nona-S self-propelled gun and the M777 artillery system;

▪️ In the Zaporozhye region, Ukrainian losses amounted to 80 soldiers, FH-70, D-20 and D-30 howitzers and two US-made M119 guns. The Russian Army repelled five attacks by the 82nd Air Assault Brigade in the area of Rabotino;

▪️ Near Krasny Liman, Ukrainian losses amounted to 75 soldiers;

▪️ In the LPR, Russian forces repelled two attacks by Ukrainian troops in the area of Chervonaya Dibrova;

▪️ Near Kupyansk, the Russian Army repelled four attacks by Ukrainian forces. Ukrainian losses amounted to 160 soldiers;

▪️ In the Donetsk region, the Russian Army repelled three attacks by Ukrainian troops in the areas of Krasnogorovka and Nevelskoye. Ukrainian losses amounted to 225 soldiers;

▪️ Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 aircraft near the village of Staroraiskoye in the DPR.

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🇺🇸 Hurricane Hilary has passed over the southwestern United States: more than 40,000 people have been left without electricity in California, with schools closed in Los Angeles and San Diego.

Child-killer British nurse Lucy Letby sentenced for life

A British court has sentenced a former nurse to life in prison for killing seven babies and attempting to kill six more.

Lucy Letby killed newborns in British Chester by injecting air from a syringe into the body, which led to a rupture of the diaphragm.

The woman could be responsible for harming up to 30 more babies, according to media reports. The nurse herself does not admit guilt, her defense claims that she was the victim of a conspiracy to hide the poor state of affairs in the hospital.

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The Kiev regime made another attempt to conduct a terrorist attack using a fixed-wing UAV on 21 August at around 16:00 Moscow time

Russian air defence systems detected and destroyed the UAV over the territory of Belgorod region

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“We should not expect BRICS in two days in South Africa, turning the rules based international order upside down. No, this is going to be a gradual, slow moving, very challenging process. But what's happening in South Africa and immediately after South Africa, let's say, is a sort of Rosetta Stone for what's going to happen ahead,” Pepe Escobar, a geopolitical analyst and writer, told the New Rules podcast, commenting on the upcoming BRICS Summit.

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❗️ Roscosmos head’s key statements on the Luna-25 crash:

▪️Russia’s Luna-25 module crashed due to fact that engine did not turn off normally and ran for 127 seconds instead of 84;

▪️Russia’s Luna-25 module crashed into moon surface;

▪️ Luna-25’s transition to pre-landing orbit took place in radio communication zone, experts knew everything that was happening before crash;

▪️ Despite Luna-25 mission’s crash, Russia gained invaluable experience of flying to Moon and entering lunar orbit;

▪️ Commission on Luna-25 crash already started to work, it will have to figure out what led to abnormal operation of corrective engine.

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📹 Footage of the defeat of the Ukrainian IFV in the Zaporozhye region by soldiers of the "Osman" special forces

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🌐 Democratization of Multipolar World Order Lures BRICS Hopefuls, Expert Emphasizes

BRICS is promoting a more just global order, which explains the ever-increasing attention the bloc is attracting, a researcher at the Institute for Global Dialogue Mikatekiso Kubayi told Sputnik Africa.

🗣 “[…] It promotes collaboration, cooperation and peace, and promotes fairness in global governance, promotes equity, [and] in fact, the democratization of the multilateral system," he said, adding that "it's very organic"

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#SputnikInfographic📊 The Russian Federation was included in the list of countries that in 2022 were able to increase their wealth, according to a report by the Swiss bank UBS

According to the document, Russia's financial wealth has grown by $600 billion during 2022. UBS experts noted that household income in Russia grew rapidly between 2000 and 2020 (13%).

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🇮🇳 🌐 Muslims Unite Against Quran Burning

🗯 "Day by day, they play with the sentiments of Muslims. Again and again, they disrespect the great Quran, the way we see it, especially in Sweden, they burn the Quran, they do it again and again," one demonstrator said.

These demonstrations emphasize the importance of religious coexistence, aiming to raise awareness about the need for tolerance in a multicultural society. They also urge Muslims around the world to unite.

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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will attend the BRICS Summit in South Africa and will deliver a number of important messages, said his spokesman Dujarric.

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Ukrainian artillery fire faulty shells: 20% just fizzle out

Ukrainian forces are launching intense artillery fire on Russian positions in Zaporozhye near the village of Rabotino on a daily basis, but about 20% of Ukrainian shells fail to detonate, according to a fighter from the 71st Guards Motor Rifle Regiment, call sign "Monk."

💬 "Every morning, our wake-up call isn't an alarm clock, but rather artillery fire. Starting at 4 a.m., tanks are heavily engaged, as well as AGS [automatic grenade launchers], and artillery — everything that can be used - rains down on us. And quite often, about 20% of the shells do not explode. There are also cases with cluster munitions, where the shell explodes but does not deliver its submunition payload. It just explodes in the air [without the submunition detonation]," said "Monk."

In his opinion, this could be due to the age of the shells or to violations in the conditions of their storage.

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