🇺🇸🚌 Gov. Abbott warns Biden of 'more buses' of migrants amid the mulled 'Remain-in-Texas policy'

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has promised the Biden administration 'swift justice' if it sets into action a plan to force migrant families to remain in Texas.

“This scam was tried years ago & was shot down by a judge," Abbott said on X social media platform, adding that his state would send “even more buses of migrants to Washington D.C."

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🇷🇺📈 Western sanctions fail as trade between Russia and one of the US' closest neighbors hits a historic high

Russia’s trade with Mexico has hit a new high, according to a report by Russian media citing figures from Mexico’s official statistical service, the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI).

According to the data, trade turnover between the two countries jumped 17 percent year-on-year in June, by $324 million total, the highest level ever recorded. Mexican imports accounted for a whopping $322 million of the total hike, with exports to Russia accounting for about $2 million of the total.

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🇺🇸🤐 Biden fails to pronounce Saudi Crown Prince bin Salman's name twice at G20 forum

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❗️ The death toll in the earthquake in Morocco exceeded 1.3 thousand, more than 1.8 thousand were injured, media reports citing the Kingdom's Ministry of Internal Affairs

🌍 The declaration of the G20 summit in India was a blow to the West, a British business newspaper reports, adding that this highlights the lack of global consensus in support of Kiev.

The G20 leaders earlier in the day said in the New Delhi Summit Declaration that they had different views on and assessments of the Ukraine conflict during discussions of the issue, but all of them jointly call for respect for the UN Charter.

"That statement, hammered out over weeks of negotiations between diplomats, is a blow to western countries that have spent the past year attempting to convince developing countries to condemn Moscow and support Ukraine," the newspaper wrote.

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King of Morocco Mohammed VI on Saturday declared three days of national mourning following a devastating earthquake that killed over 1,300 people and left more than 1,800 injured in the North African nation, media reports citing the Kingdom's Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Earlier in the day, the king chaired a meeting in the royal palace in Rabat in connection with the disaster and instructed officials to take measures to address the situation, the Hespress media reported.

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🇨🇳 The Chinese armed forces on Saturday escorted one US and one Canadian warships passing through the Taiwan Strait, People's Liberation Army (PLA) spokesman Shi Yi said, adding that the escort had been carried out in accordance with law and regulations.

Chinese servicepeople maintain a high degree of combat readiness and are unwavering in defending national sovereignty and security, as well as regional peace and stability, the spokesman added.

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NATO has no indication that Russia intended to hit the alliance in light of the recent strikes on Ukraine's Danube ports, close to the Romanian border, and fresh drone debris found on the NATO member's soil, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.

Earlier in the day, the Romanian Defense Ministry said that fragments of a drone "similar to those used by the Russian army" were discovered some 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) southeast of the border village of Plauru, marking the second such incident in a week. On Wednesday, debris from a possible drone was found close to Romania's border with Ukraine, but NATO said it had no information indicating any intentional attack by Russia.

"Spoke to [Romanian President Klaus Iohannis about] Russian attacks on Ukraine by the Danube [and] drone parts found in Romania. No indication of intent to hit NATO, but the strikes are destabilizing," Stoltenberg wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

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❗️ The death toll in the earthquake in Morocco has increased to 2,012, a total of 2,059 others were injured, Moroccan newspaper reported citing Interior Ministry data

President Joe Biden is set to arrive in Hanoi on Sunday, with Vietnam and the US reportedly planning to sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership agreement” of a kind similar to one the Asian nation already has with China and Russia. What can be expected from Biden’s trip? Sputnik reached out to a veteran expert in regional affairs for details.

Check out his full analysis

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🇷🇺 Russia is implementing all of its plans and advancing despite multiple challenges, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday, adding that no development programs had been scaled down.

"[Moscow] does not budge one step from the implementation of its large-scale development programs. I would like to stress this. Just like the rest of our country. We do have many challenges that we are overcoming, but we are moving forward, developing, implementing all our plans, nothing has been cut," Putin said in his congratulatory remarks as the Russian capital celebrated its 876th anniversary.

The president added that Russia "is firmly defending and asserting its sovereignty today" and Muscovites, as well as people from other Russian regions, are fighting valiantly and heroically in Ukraine.

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❗️ The military in Niger accused France of deploying forces in ECOWAS countries for military intervention, media reports

🇦🇲🇦🇿 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in a telephone call with French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed his readiness to hold emergency talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to de-escalate the tense situation on the border between the two countries, Pashinyan's office said on Saturday.

There are periodic exchanges of fire on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Earlier in September, Baku accused Yerevan of using combat drones against Azerbaijani positions in the Kalbajar District, which injured two Azerbaijani soldiers. Yerevan, for its part, accused Baku of shelling Armenia's border positions, saying that three Armenian soldiers were killed and two others injured.

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❗️ Based on testing experiences in the special operation zone, the Armata tanks electronics will be modified, after which they are planned to be put into production and begin to be delivered to the troops next year, Viktor Murakhovsky, one of the leading Russian military experts, told Sputnik

🇵🇭🇷🇺 The Philippines is interested in supplying oil products from Russia and will discuss it at the trade and economic commission in October, the country's ambassador told Sputnik at the Eastern Economic Forum

❗️ Russian aviation and artillery struck assault groups of the Ukrainian nationalist Azov* brigade, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

In the Krasny Liman direction, Russian troops repelled three attempted attacks by the 63rd mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the ministry added.

*terrorist organization banned in Russia

🇷🇺 The 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) begins in Vladivostok, Russia, on Sunday.

The EEF serves as a global platform for business leaders, politicians, and public figures to discuss the development of Russia's Far East and its integration into the Asia-Pacific region. This year's motto, "The Path to Partnership, Peace and Prosperity," reflects the host country's desire to build constructive relations and engage in inclusive dialogue with foreign partners in the region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will address the forum's plenary session on Tuesday, joined by Vice President of Laos Pany Yathotou, the event's main guest. Additionally, Putin will hold bilateral talks with the Laotian vice president and meet with Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing.

Over 7,000 participants from 50+ countries, notably China, Myanmar, India, Mongolia, and Laos, will be in attendance at the Far Eastern Federal University campus from September 10-13.

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❗️ Russian air defense destroyed eight Ukrainian UAVs over the Black Sea near Crimea - Russian Defense Ministry

❗️ Russian aircraft destroyed 3 US-made Willard Sea Force boats with landing groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces near Zmeiny (Snake) Island in the Black Sea, which were heading towards Crimea, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported

🇺🇸 Judge Steve Jones has denied former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' request to transfer his Georgia election subversion case to US federal court. Jones cited a lack of jurisdiction and ordered the closure of the case, stating that Meadows' motion did not meet the criteria for removal to federal court because the actions in question were not related to his White House duties.

This ruling may set a precedent for similar cases where defendants seek to move their cases to federal court.

Meadows is one of 18 co-defendants facing charges related to alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 US presidential election in Georgia, with his lawyer arguing that his actions were within his legal duties as chief of staff and protected by the supremacy clause of the US Constitution.

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People in Morocco are too afraid to return to their homes, staying on the streets for fear of aftershocks of the earthquake that damaged thousands of houses, eyewitnesses of the deadly tragedy have shared with Sputnik.

Some neighborhoods were completely destroyed, leaving hundreds of people dead, and thousands displaced from their homes by the damage, and entire families killed under the rubble.

“Houses that were not demolished by the earthquake were so damaged that people could not stay in them due to the extent of the damage they suffered. And hundreds of people died under their houses, which collapsed on them in a matter of seconds before they could run out into the street,” Marrakesh resident Fatima Zahra al-Rashid told Sputnik.

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