🇺🇸 US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said during a news conference that House Republicans are nearing a plan to temporarily fund the US government and avoid a potential shutdown.

"We’re very close there. I feel I just got a little more movement to go there," McCarthy said on Wednesday, when asked how close House Republicans are to a plan.

Congress must pass a government funding measure before the end of the month to avoid a shutdown. House Republicans have proposed legislation to extend government funding through the end of next month, in addition to border security measures.

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🇱🇧🇺🇸 A shooting has taken place at the gates of the US embassy in a suburb of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, with bullets hitting the embassy's gates.

Bullets hit the main gate of the US embassy in Aukar, a suburb east of Beirut, and several vehicles outside the building, a Lebanese broadcaster reported Wednesday.

Jake Nelson, a spokesperson for the embassy, later told US media that the shooting was reported at about 10:37 p.m. local time, but that there were no injuries as a result.

"Our facility is safe," Nelson told the outlet. "We are in close contact with host country law enforcement authorities."

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Russian peacekeepers have evacuated as many as 5,000 civilians from three districts in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, the Russian MoD says

All evacuees are being provided with resting places and hot meals, and Russian military medics are providing them with medical treatment.

The ministry said Russian peacekeepers continue to fulfill their tasks in the region and maintain "continuous interaction with Baku, Yerevan and [the Karabakh city of] Stepanakert aimed at preventing bloodshed, ensuring security and compliance with the norms of humanitarian law with regard to civilians, as well as ensuring the safety of the Russian peacekeeping contingent."

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Ukrainian soldiers' choice: Die in trenches or surrender as POWs

📹 Russian artillery deploys leaflet-loaded shells on Ukrainian positions, calls for surrender

The D-30 guns are equipped with unique shells which do not carry explosives, but instead hold bundles of persuasive leaflets. Every leaflet implores the Ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms and surrender themselves as prisoners of war, saving their lives and preventing further senseless bloodshed.

To effectively infiltrate enemy-controlled territory, the ammunition fuse timers are programmed to ignite at varying intervals, tailored to the distance of each target. After the shells burst leaflets are scattered over a wide area.

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🙂 Russian FM Lavrov in playful mood at UN General Assembly

Sergey Lavrov mocked journalists with restricted visas who were only allowed to travel within a limited area of New York. "Go for a walk. You're allowed to be 40 kilometers away," he said with a smile.

At a meeting with the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Lavrov sarcastically joked that Russia's only problem now was 'isolation'. The secretary-general appreciated the joke, noting the large number of people trying to sit down with Lavrov in his negotiating room.

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🇧🇾 The Belarusian Armed Forces will conduct training exercises in the Brest, Grodno and Minsk regions from September 22 to 26, which will be based on ''experience of modern armed conflicts'' and ''modern approaches to the use of troops,'' the Belarusian Defense Ministry reported

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📹 The Russian peacekeeping contingent continues to perform its tasks on the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh

Russian peacekeepers have already evacuated up to 5,000 civilians from three districts of the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Earlier, hostilities broke out between Armenia and Azerbaijan after Baku launched an "anti-terrorist operation" to "restore constitutional order" in Nagorno-Karabakh.

On Wednesday, the parties to the conflict agreed to a total ceasefire in the region, mediated by the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent.

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📹 The Strategic Missile Forces carried out large-scale command-and-control exercises with Yars complexes in Russia’s Sverdlovsk region

Over 3 thousand military personnel with over 300 units of heavy military equipment are taking part, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The Yars ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) is a modern nuclear missile that is designed to be launched from a mobile platform.

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Industrial enterprises are burning in the Kiev region after morning explosions, Ukraine’s minister of internal affairs reported.

Ukrainian Railways also reported that a number of trains were delayed due to a power outage.

A fire reportedly broke out at an industrial plant in the Lvov region.

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🗣 They’re trying to cover their tracks by suspending the lunatic spokesman and saying he went rogue

Popular American blogger and attorney Rogan O'Handley, also known by the pseudonym DC Draino, has commented on the dismissal of transgender Ukrainian Armed Forces spokesman Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, who recently called to hunt down Russia's journalists.


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Due to NATO maneuvers near the Russian borders, the risk of unintentional incidents and aggravation of the situation multiplies, the Russian Foreign Ministry told Sputnik

NATO is not hiding the fact that it is practicing actions to repel Russia's "attacks" in the course of their military drills. The exercise, like all other maneuvers of the Defender series, involves the deployment of US troops and equipment to Europe and working out the logistics for such actions, the ministry said.

The ministry recalled that Russia has repeatedly offered the bloc various initiatives to de-escalate and abandon provocative steps and has voluntarily moved its exercises inland.

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❗️A meeting between representatives of Azerbaijan and Karabakh Armenians began in the city of Yevlakh, Sputnik correspondent reports

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Russian military's daily operations against enemy forces

📹 Destruction of a temporary Ukrainian Marine Corps deployment point

A missile strike was launched at the location where the Ukrainian Armed Forces were concentrating manpower and equipment, identified by intelligence. An accurate strike successfully destroyed (0:08) the personnel and equipment.

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❗️Azerbaijan's Ministry of Defense has denied reports of an alleged attack by the Azerbaijani Army on the city of Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh

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🗣 Ukraine is a laboratory of learning for military innovation

📹 Ukraine serves as a testing ground for the exploration of cutting-edge military technologies, Dr. Mara Karlin, a senior Pentagon official, has acknowledged, adding that the US military is actively acquiring data on contemporary warfare tactics through the experiences gained from the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.

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❗️ Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called Vladimir Putin to apologize for the deaths of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh

Key statements made by the Russian and Azerbaijani presidents during their phone conversation:

▪️"Azerbaijani authorities will investigate the deaths of Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh," said Ilham Aliyev;

▪️Aliyev also expressed his willingness to provide financial assistance to the families of the fallen Russian soldiers;

▪️Vladimir Putin stressed the significance of safeguarding the rights and security of the Armenian population in Karabakh.

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⚡️The Commander of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Corps, whose subordinates are guilty of the death of Russian peacekeepers, has been removed from duty and detained, a source in the Russian law enforcement agency said

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❗️After the meeting in Yevlakh, the representative of the Armenians of Karabakh stated that there is no final agreement with Baku; details will need to be agreed upon at a further point

Simultaneously, the Aliyev's representative expressed that negotiations between the Armenians of Karabakh and Azerbaijan hold the potential for achieving a peace treaty that would end the conflict.

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🇸🇾🇨🇳 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has arrived in China, kicking off a visit to the country at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

The Syrian leader is reportedly expected to attend the opening ceremony of the 19th Asian Games. In addition to the summit with Xi, al-Assad, who is accompanied on the trip by his wife Asma, will also hold a series of meetings in Shanghai and Beijing, the Syrian presidency stated.

This is al-Assad's second trip to China and the first since the Syrian conflict began in 2011. The first time the Syrian president visited China was in 2004, after the United States introduced a package of sanctions against Damascus in May of the same year.

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